Division of Mechanical Sciences: Recent submissions
Now showing items 1721-1740 of 1945
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Reduced Order Modeling Of Stochastic Dynamic Systems
(2010-07-23)Uncertainties in both loading and structural characteristics can adversely affect the response and reliability of a structure. Parameter uncertainties in structural dynamics can arise due to several sources. These include ... -
Studies On Dissimilar Metal Welding
(2010-07-23)The area of research dealing with joining of dissimilar metals has been active in recent time. Although fusion and non-fusion techniques of joining have been effectively used for manufacturing components, a comprehensive ... -
Numerical Study Of Low Mach Number Conjugate Natural Convection And Radiation In A Vertical Annulus
(2010-07-23)The problem of low Mach number (non-Boussin´esq) conjugate laminar natural convection combined with surface radiation in a vertical annulus with a centrally located vertical heat generating rod is studied numerically, ... -
An Investigation On Role Of Surface Reflectance And Aerosol Model In Remote Sensing Of Aerosols From Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Over India
(2010-07-21)The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites have provided a global distribution of aerosols. The space-based inversion of MODIS measurements requires assumption about ... -
Factors Affecting The Static And Dynamic Response Of Jointed Rock Masses
(2010-07-20)Infrastructure is developing at an extremely fast pace which includes construction of metros, underground storage places, railway bridges, caverns and tunnels. Very often these structures are found in or on the rock masses. ... -
Studies On Transport Phenomena During Solidification In Presence Of Electromagnetic Stirring
(2010-07-20)In several applications of casting, dendritic microstructure is not desirable as it results in poor mechanical properties. Enhancing the fluid flow in the mushy zone by stirring is one of the means to suppress this dendritic ... -
Intraseasonal Variations In Sea Level Pressure And Association With Tropical Convection
(2010-07-19)This thesis deals with tropical intraseasonal variation (TISV) having time scales in 20-80 day range. Variations on this time scale have been observed to have profound influence on the weather and climate of the entire ... -
A Comparative Study Of The Numerical Techniques Used In The Wrinkling Analysis Of Membranes
(2010-07-19)This work is a comparative study of the various numerical techniques used for analyzing membranes. Membrane analysis is complicated by the fact that local instabilities occur in membranes in the form of small waves or ... -
Breakout Noise From The Coupled Acoustic-Structural HVAC Systems
(2010-07-19)Noise control in the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems is one of the critical design parameters in measuring the occupant comfort. The noise generated by air-handling units propagates through the ... -
Investigations On Film Cooling At Hypersonic Mach Number Using Forward Facing Injection From Micro-Jet Array
(2010-07-16)A body in a hypersonic flow field will experience very high heating especially during re-entry. Conventionally this problem is tackled to some extent by the use of large angle blunt cones. At the cost of increased drag, ... -
Fracture Characteristics Of Self Consolidating Concrete
(2010-07-16)Self-consolidating concrete (SCC) has wide use for placement in congested reinforced concrete structures in recent years. SCC represents one of the most outstanding advances in concrete technology during the last two ... -
Instabilities In Supersonic Couette Flow
(2010-07-15)Compressible plane Couette flow is studied with superposed small perturbations. The steady mean flow is characterized by a non-uniform shear-rate and a varying temperature across the wall-normal direction for an appropriate ... -
Acoustic Source Characterization Of The Exhaust And Intake Systems Of I.C. Engines
(2010-07-15)For an engine running at a constant speed, both exhaust and intake processes are periodic in nature. This inspires the muffler designer to go for the much easier and faster frequency domain modeling. But analogous to ... -
Remedial Measures For Alkali Induced Heave In Soils
(2010-07-15)Sub-surface soil pollution by various processes with high concentration of contaminants can significantly alter geotechnical properties of soils causing unexpected failures of structures founded on them. The changes can ... -
Design Of Two-Axis Displacement-Amplifying Compliant Mechanisms Using Topology Optimization
(2010-07-14)This thesis deals with the design of two-axis displacement-amplifying compliant mechanisms (DaCMs) using topology optimization. The two-axis compliant mechanisms considered here are XY positioners and two-axis inertial ... -
Studies Of Glass Formation In Al-La-Ni And Mg-TM-RE Alloys With A Structure Mapping Approach
(2010-07-14)The glass-forming composition ranges in Al-La-Ni and Mg-TM (Cu, Zn)-Y alloys were predicted using Miedema’s model. Glass-forming abilities of Al-La-Ni alloys and Mg-Cu-RE alloys were studied in terms of reduced glass ... -
Engineering Analysis Of Pichia Pastoris Fermentation
(2010-07-14)In recent years, several industrial yeasts, owing to their robust growth and certain other characteristics, have been developed as recombinant host systems for commercial production of heterologous proteins. One such ... -
Theoretical And Experimental Studies Of Capillary Pumped Loop And Loop Heat Pipe
(2010-07-13)Capillary pumped loop (CPL) and loop heat pipe (LHP), are two-phase heat transport devices which rely on surface tension induced by a fine pore wick to drive a working fluid in a loop. These are based on a working principle ... -
Mechanism And Control Of Sulphuric Acid Induced Heave in Soils
(2010-07-12)The escalating pollution of the environment has been one of the greatest concerns of science in recent years. Industrial advances in agriculture, expansion of chemical industries and a general change in lifestyle all over ... -
Turbulent Jet Diffusion Flame : Studies On Lliftoff, Stabilization And Autoignition
(2010-07-09)This thesis is concerned with investigations on two related issues of turbulent jet diffusion flame, namely (a) stabilization at liftoff and (b) autoignition in a turbulent jet diffusion flame. The approach of Conditional ...