Division of Mechanical Sciences: Recent submissions
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Behaviour Of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil–Aggregate Systems Under Static, Repeated And Cyclic Loads
(2016-04-26)Efficient road network and connectivity play vital role in the development of any country. Majority of the rural roads are unpaved and connectivity of rural roads is always a major challenge. Unpaved roads are also used ... -
An Investigation On The Effect Of Structural And Microstructural Attributes On Magnetostriction Of Tb-Dy-Fe And Fe-Ga Alloys
(2016-04-26)Giant magnetostrictive RFe2 type (R represents rare earths) intermetallics form an important class of magnetic materials keeping in view of their potential applications as sensors and/ or actuators. In this thesis, one ... -
A Residual Based h-Adaptive Strategy Employing A Zero Mean Polynomial Reconstruction
(2016-04-18)This thesis deals with the development of a new adaptive algorithm for three-dimensional fluid flows based on a residual error estimator. The residual, known as the R –parameter has been successfully extended to three ... -
Experimental Determination And New Correlations For Multi-Component Solid Solubilities In Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
(2016-03-02)The fluids that are operated above their critical temperature and pressure are known as supercritical fluids (SCFs). SCFs replaces the conventional organic solvents in the chemical processes due to their attractive ... -
Soil Moisture Modelling, Retrieval From Microwave Remote Sensing And Assimilation In A Tropical Watershed
(2016-03-01)The knowledge of soil moisture is of pronounced importance in various applications e.g. flood control, agricultural production and effective water resources management. These applications require the knowledge of spatial ... -
Air-Assited Atomization Strategies For High Viscosity Fuels
(2016-02-25)Atomization of fuel is an important pre-requisite for efficient combustion in devices such as gas turbines, liquid propellant rocket engines, internal combustion engines and incinerators. The overall objective of the present ... -
Confinement, Coarsening And Nonequilibrium Fluctuations In Glassy And Yielding Systems
(2016-02-17)One of the most important and interesting unsolved problems of science is the nature of glassy dynamics and the glass transition. It is quite an old problem, and starting from the early20th century there have been many ... -
Water Soluble Inorganic Aerosol Chemical Characteristics Over An Urban Site In Southern India
(2015-12-08)Aerosol are solid or liquid particles suspended in the atmosphere ranging in size from 10 3 to 102 m. Aerosol influence both the regional and global climate of the earth by its direct and indirect effect. Role of atmospheric ... -
Systematic Synthesis And Analysis Of Multi-DOF Toggle Mechanisms For Electrical Switches
(2015-12-07)Electrical switches are ubiquitous. Performance requirement for a switch is stringent. The operating mechanism mostly decides the performance of an electromechanical switch. However, design of such mechanisms, which involve ... -
Modeling Lysis Dynamcis Of Pore Forming Toxins And Determination Of Mechanical Properties Of Soft Materials
(2015-08-07)Pore forming toxins are known for their ability to efficiently form transmembrane pores which eventually leads to cell lysis. PFTs have potential applications in devel-oping novel drug and gene delivery strategies. Although ... -
Understanding And Supporting Conceptual Design Synthesis Of Multiple State Mechanical Devices
(2015-08-07)Conceptual design synthesis is part of the conceptual phase of the design process, which focuses on creating alternative, candidate solutions. Conceptual design phase has the greatest influence on the cost and characteristics ... -
Evolution Of Texture And Microstructure In Some NiTi Based Alloys And Their Impact On Shape Memory Behavior
(2015-07-08)NiTi based shape memory alloys (SMA) cover most of the commercially produced shape memory devices and components. The reversible martensitic transformation between the phases B2 (austenite) and B19′ (martensite) is responsible ... -
Study Of Stall Flutter Of An Isolated Blade In A Low Reynolds Number Incompressible Flow
(2015-07-08)Highly-loaded turbomachine blades can stall under off-design conditions. In this regime, the flow can separate close to the leading edge of the blade in a periodic manner that can lead to blade vibrations, commonly referred ... -
Studies On Synthesizing Fe And Fe-Cu Nanopowders By Levitational Gas Condensation Process And Their Consolidation Characteristics
(2015-02-25)There exist large number of techniques for the preparation of nanostructured materials. Among them the preparation of nanopowders by gas/vapour condensation is a popular one. Because of very high level of surface to volume ... -
Studies On The Isolation And Characterisation Of Bioreagents For The Flotation Of Sphalerite From Galena-Sphalerite System
(2015-01-07)A gradual depletion of high-grade ores, coupled with the growing demand for mineral commodities across the world has culminated in the increased exploitation of lean-grade ores with complex mineralogy. The mineral processing ... -
Crack Tip Fields And Mechanisms Of Fracture In Ductile FCC Single Crystals
(2015-01-07)An understanding of crack tip fields and fracture mechanisms in single crystals can help in developing better polycrystalline alloys and manufacturing processes. To this end, the effects of loading rate, material inertia ... -
Studies On Automization And Sprays Of Plant Oil Biofuels Using Laser-Based Diagnostics
(2014-12-12)Atomization characteristics of liquid fuel sprays control combustion efficiency and emissions in engines. The present work is motivated by the need to study the atomization and spray structure of vegetable oil biofuels for ... -
Assesment Of Air Quality And Anthropogenic Aerosol Fraction Over India Using Observations And Model
(2014-12-11)Air quality degradation is emerging to be an issue of major concern in India. Recent investigations have shown that anthropogenic aerosols have significant impact on climate as well as on health. In fourth assessment report ... -
Energy Separation And Lox Separation Studies In Vortex Tubes
(2014-11-24)Vortex Tube (VT) is a simple device having no moving mechanical parts, in which compressed gas at high pressure is injected through one or more tangential nozzles into a vortex chamber resulting in the separation of the ... -
Dynamics Of Water Drops Impacting Onto The Junction Of Dual-Textured Substrates Comprising Hydrophobic And Hydrophilic Portions
(2014-11-24)The research topic of liquid drop interaction with solid surfaces is being actively pursued to gain in-depth understanding of several practical cases such as the impingement of fuel spray droplets on surfaces like combustion ...