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On the development of sensible heat storage for concentrated solar power applications: Thermo-fluid management and materials
Sensible heat storages have extensive use in thermal energy deployment, including concentrated solar power (CSP) applications. Usually, CSP pants demand various techno-economic features in sensible heat storage, such as ... -
On Topological Approaches for Planning of Electro-Mechanical Assemblies
Assembly planning pertains to the process of creating a complete plan for fabricating the product from its constituent parts, considering the final product geometry and resources available at the manufacturing facility. ... -
Optimal Synthesis of Adjustable Four-Link Planar and Spherical Crank-Rocker Type Mechanisms for Approximate Multi-Path Generation
(2018-04-02)The well known synthesis problem of obtaining dimensions of a four-link mechanism such that a point on the coupler link traces a desired path has been extensively studied. There are two types of path generation–path specified ... -
Performance Analysis Of A Photovoltaic Powered Cold Store
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Periodically Perforated Sheets : Design And analysis
(2013-06-17)Periodically perforated sheets(PS) are ubiquitous in nature as well as in engineered artifacts developed for aerospace, automotive, marine, nuclear and structural applications. PS are indispensable for saving weight and ... -
A phenomenological one-dimensional model for elastic ribbons
Ribbons exhibit fascinating buckling-dominated behavior under mechanical loading because of a unique combination of geometric dimensions. The recent interest in examining engineering applications of ribbon-like structures ... -
Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers : From Design to Applications
(2018-06-21)Ultrasonic sensors are well known for various applications such as NDT, ultrasound imaging, and proximity sensing. Conventional ultrasound transducers are bulky, work at notoriously high voltages, and consume significant ... -
Possible Chaos In Robot Control Equations
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Power Loss Minimization for Drag Reduction and Self-Propulsion using Surface Mass Transpiration
(2017-11-29)The remarkable efficacy with which normal surface mass transpiration (blowing and suction) alters a given base flow to achieve a desired predefined objective has motivated several investigations on drag reduction, ... -
Pragmatic Design of Compliant Mechanisms using Selection Maps
(2018-04-02)A pragmatic method for designing compliant mechanisms is developed in this thesis, by selecting among existing mechanisms one that may be modified as required. This method complements existing techniques by answering ... -
A Prestress Based Approach To Rotor whirl
(2010-06-02)Rotordynamics is an important area in mechanical engineering. Many machines contain rotating parts. It is well known that rotating components can develop large amplitude lateral vibrations near certain speeds called critical ... -
Processing, Structure and Properties of Friction Stir Process Derived In-situ Nano Composites and Foams
High specific-strength materials with high toughness can reduce the weight of automobile and aerospace components. Lightweight components for these applications are essential, as they can significantly improve fuel efficiency. ... -
Propulsive Performance of Pitching Foils Investigated with Viscous Vortex Particle Method
Unsteady flapping foil based thrusters have emerged as ideal candidates for enabling propulsion in bioinspired and bio-mimetic devices such as autonomous underwater vehicles. To a large extent, this emergence has been ... -
Quantitative Laser-Based Diagnostics and Modelling of Syngas-Air Counterflow Diffusion Flames
(2018-06-05)Syngas, a gaseous mixture of H2, CO and diluents such as N2, CO2, is a clean fuel generated via gasification of coal or biomass. Syngas produced via gasification typically has low calorific values due to very high dilution ... -
Recognition And Suppression Of Blends In A Tessellated Solid Model
(2007-12-29)Blend recognition and suppression from a tessellated model is important in applications such as model simplification in analysis and collaborative design where tessellated models are being used. This could also be used to ... -
Resculpting In Voxel Modeling
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Resonances and beats in nonlinear structural acoustic waveguides
In this thesis that is entirely analytical in nature, nonlinear wave propagation in various structural-acoustic waveguide geometries is studied. The waveguides considered include a circular cylindrical waveguide with a ... -
Robust Finite Element Strategies for Structures, Acoustics, Electromagnetics and Magneto-hydrodynamics
(2017-12-13)The finite element method (FEM) is a widely-used numerical tool in the fields of structural dynamics, acoustics and electromagnetics. In this work, our goal is to develop robust FEM strategies for solving problems in the ...