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Thermodynamic Analysis And Simulation Of A Solar Thermal Power System
(2014-05-21)
Solar energy is a virtually inexhaustible energy resource, and thus, has great potential in helping meet many of our future energy requirements. Current technology used for solar energy conversion, however, is not cost ...
Development And Performance Evaluation Of An Indirect Evaporative Air Cooler
(2014-09-09)
Evaporative cooling is an alternative and efficient method of cooling in dry climates. When a liquid evaporates into the surrounding gas, the energy required for the change of phase produces a cooling effect. The wet bulb ...
Microstructure Evolution In Semisolid Processing
(2014-09-09)
In this thesis, we present an experimental and numerical study of globularization during reheating of thixocast billet having non-dendritic microstructure. The process of reheating is an important step in the semisolid ...
Exploration And Assessment of HCCI Strategies for a Multi-Cylinder Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine
(2017-10-17)
Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) combustion is an alternative combustion mode in which the fuel is homogeneously mixed with air and is auto-ignited by compression. Due to charge homogeneity, this mode is ...
Effect of Convection and Shrinkage on Solidification and Microstructure Formation
(2017-11-24)
Understanding the fundamental mechanisms of solidification and the relative significance of different parameters governing these mechanisms is of vital importance for controlling the evolution of microstructure during ...
Interaction of Bubbles with Vortical Structures
(2017-09-23)
Bubbly turbulent flows occur in a variety of industrial, naval and geophysical problems. In these flows, the bubbles in the flow interact with turbulence and/or vortical structures present in the continuous phase, resulting ...
Influence of Contact Stresses on Shape Recovery in Sputter Deposited NiTiCu Thin Films
(2017-10-05)
NiTiCu is a shape memory alloy that regains its original shape after large amount of shape changing deformation when heated above a critical temperature called reverse martensitic trans-formation temperature( Af). When ...
Geometric Reasoning with Mesh-based Shape Representation in Product Development
(2017-10-09)
Triangle meshes have become an increasingly popular shape representation. Given the ease of standardization it allows and the proliferation of devices (scanners, range images ) that capture and output shape information as ...
Studies On The Dynamics And Stability Of Bicycles
(2009-02-25)
This thesis studies the dynamics and stability of some bicycles. The dynamics of idealized bicycles is of interest due to complexities associated with the behaviour of this seemingly simple machine. It is also useful as ...
Specification and Verification of Tolerances for Parts with Free-Form Surfaces
(2017-11-27)
The need for increased product variety and improved aesthetics require the manufacturing enterprise to reduce time to market and to increase use of free-form surfaces in the form of the product. These changes lead to ...