Division of Mechanical Sciences: Recent submissions
Now showing items 1361-1380 of 1943
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Modeling Of Contaminant Transport Through Soils And Landfill Liners
(2013-04-26)Accurate modeling of contaminant transport and sorption processes in the soil and landfill liners is a prerequisite for realistic model simulations of contaminant fate and transport in the environment. These studies are ... -
Development Of Ionic Catalysts For The Water-gas Shift Reaction And Exhaust Gas Purification
(2013-04-04)Treatment of fuel cell feed H2 for the removal of CO is important owing to the poisoning of the catalysts, thereby affecting the performance of the fuel cell. Strong and preferential adsorption of CO over the catalyst takes ... -
Force-Amplifying Compliant Mechanisms For Micromachined Resonant Accelerometers
(2013-04-04)This thesis work provides an insight into the design of Force-amplifying Compliant Mechanisms (FaCMs) that are integrated with micromachined resonant accelerometers to increase their sensitivity. An FaCM, by mechanically ... -
Microstructure And Mechanical Properties Of Consolidated Magnesium Chips
(2013-04-04)Development of sustainable manufacturing and conservation of primary materials are the key challenges to environmental degradation and climate change. Recycling of primary materials is one of the approaches suggested for ... -
Experimental And Numerical Studies On Flame Stability And Optimization Of A Compact Trapped Vortex Combustor
(2013-03-27)A new Trapped Vortex Combustor (TVC) concept has been studied for applications such as those in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as it offers potential for superior flame stability and low pressure loss. Flame stability is ... -
Diffusion Studies On Systems Related to Nickel Based Superalloys
(2013-02-28)Superalloys offer high temperature strength, excellent creep, corrosion and oxidation resistances, microstructural stability and good fatigue life at elevated temperatures. The composition of the superalloys has been ... -
Studies On Thermodynamics And Phase Equilibria Of Selected Oxide Systems
(2013-02-20)The availability of high quality thermodynamic data on solid solutions and compounds present in multicomponent systems assists in optimizing processing parameters for synthesis, and in evaluating stability domains and ... -
Thermal Behaviour Of Mono-Fibre Composites And Hybrid Composites At Cryogenic Temperatures
(2013-01-31)Hybrid composites forms an important field of research in the area of composite science and engineering as it gives the advantage of avoiding complex lay-up designs and provides better tuning compatibility to get desired ... -
Study Of Liquid Fuel Film Transport And Its Effect On Cold Start Hydrocarbon Emissions In A Carburetted Engine
(2013-01-31)The present work is concerned with fundamental studies on the liquid fuel transport in the intake manifold of small carburetted engines. This work is motivated by the need for development of technologies to meet the stringent ... -
Analysis Of Squeeze Film Damping In Microdevices
(2012-12-12)There are various energy dissipation mechanisms that affect the dynamic response of microstructures used in MEMS devices. A cumulative effect of such losses is captured by an important characteristic of the structure called ... -
Biobeneficiation Of Bauxite Using Aspergillus Niger
(2012-12-12)