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Monitoring and Control of Intermittent Water Distribution Network
Millions of people in low and middle-income countries worldwide receive water only for a small fraction of the time in a day through piped networks. Even though the percentage of the world’s population with access to piped ...
Efficient Finite Element-Based Approaches for Solving Potential Flow Problems in Fluids
For many years, fluid flows have been modeled, starting from basic potential flow equations to full Navier-Stokes equations. The complexity of the flow increases as viscous effects, boundary layer, and flow separation are ...
Classical Approach to Understanding the Impact Dynamics of Hollow Droplets
Compound droplets are utilized in applications ranging from the preparation of emulsion to
biological cell printing and additive manufacturing. Here, we report on the impact dynamics of
a compound hollow droplet on a ...
Torque transport, mean velocity profiles and turbulent statistics of a wide-gap Taylor Couette flow
Wall-bounded turbulent flows that possess finite curvature of the mean flow streamlines are known to be starkly different from their
plane counterparts. One of the primary distinguishing features of such flows is the ...
Studies on modeling the mechanics of slender elastic ribbons
Ribbons are slender structures characterized by three disparate geometric dimensions: length >> width >> thickness. Such a dimensional disparity enables ribbons to bend, buckle, twist and crease response to simple loading ...
Assessment and Monitoring Of Hydrometeorological Variables And Extreme Conditions for Present and Future Climate Change Scenarios
Monitoring and assessment of Hydrological/hydrometeorological Variables (HVs) like
streamflow, soil moisture, precipitation, and temperature are essential for various applications
such as prediction/forecasting of natural ...
Resource Allocation for Natural Disasters using a Game-theoretic Framework
The occurrence of a severe natural disaster causes loss of life and
destruction of properties. The overall criticality of the disaster depends
on the nature of the disaster and the physical characteristics of
the affected ...
Experimental Studies on Co-current downdraft Biomass Gasifier
The main theme of the work carried out and reported in this thesis is to understand the processes involved in a co-current downdraft biomass gasification reactor and to analyse the data obtained with an attempt to provide ...
Non-classical mechanics and thermodynamics for continuum modelling of solids
This thesis dwells upon several aspects of continuum mechanics and thermodynamics to model elastic and inelastic response of solids. Broadly, the work presented may be categorized into two parts{ one focusing on the ...
Semi-active Control of Earthquake Induced Vibrations in Building Structures using MR Dampers: Algorithm Development and Benchmark Application
The thrust of this thesis is the development of two different kinds of feed-forward control strategy using the semi-active device MR damper to monitor MR damper supply current/voltage. The study develops a feed-forward ...