Mechanical Engineering (ME): Recent submissions
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Geometric modeliing using slice representation
The thesis addresses mainly two issues in geometric modeling, high-level modeling techniques and reconstruction. High-level modeling techniques essentially include boolean operations on objects with same as well as different ... -
Experimental studies on travelling bubble cavitatin noise
An effectively controlled uniform travelling bubble cavitation was made possible at almost all freestream conditions by seeding the flow with artificial nuclei generated by electrolysis within the boundary layer of three ... -
Stress analysis of spinning discs and shells
This thesis is concerned with the stress analysis of isotropic and orthotropic spinning discs and shells. The shell geometries considered in this thesis are: spherical shallow shell, conical shell, and cylindrical shell. ... -
Extended finite simulations of cohensive crack propagation under mode-3 loading
Modeling of propagating discontinuities (cracks) is a challenging problem in the field of computational mechanics. Numerical techniques such as Finite Difference Method (FDM), Boundary Element Method (BEM), and Finite ... -
Lossless collisions and complex behaviour in simple impacting systems
Humans have always tried to take cues from the animal kingdom, incorporating ideas into their creations, either w ith an intention o f devising a new one or making the existing ones better. Animal locomotion not only ... -
Thin film flows : integral methods and experiments on the circular hydraulic jump
This work is an integral analysis of radial and planar thin liquid film flows and an experimental study on the circular hydraulic jump on a circular horizontal plate. These thin film flows are obtained either by the ... -
Measurement of temperature in low velocity high temperature gas streams
Many investigations have been conducted for the development of suitable devices for the measurement of gas temperature in the field of gas turbines and jet propulsion. Each of the methods developed is suitable for a certain ... -
Stability of unbounded and bounded granular shear flows
Recent computer simulations of granular flows (Hopkins & Louge 1991; Goldhirsch, Kui & Zanetti 1993) have identified an interesting picture of cluster formation. In this thesis, we have attempted to explain particle ... -
Towards the concepts of hydrodynamic cavition control
A careful study of the existing literature available in the field of cavitation, reveals the potential of ultrasonics to be used as a tool for controlling and, if possible, eliminating hydrodynamic cavitation through the ... -
Casing boundary layer decelopment in axial impellers with TIP clearence
Casing wall boundary layers are heavily skewed under the action of secondary and tip clearance flows, relative wall motion and the transverse forces associated with the blade rows. The growth of the casing boundary layers ... -
Studies on film boiling
A boundary layer analysis is made for the two-phase flow problem in laminar film boiling under various situations. The situations considered are: Film boiling on horizontal cylinders and spheres Forced convection film ... -
Stochhastic chatter theory
The machining process on modern machine tools is a dynamic phenomenon having cause-and-effect interaction under stochastic environments. With a steady increase in utilization parameters, intensive vibrations occur, which ... -
Rotary atomization of non-Newtonian liquids for Spray drying applications
Food wastage poses a significant threat to the nation’s food supply and safety due to inadequate storage infrastructure and logistics facilities. This study explores the potential of spray drying as a viable solution to ... -
On the mismatch between predicted and measured frequencies in model testing
Mathematical models verified against ground test data are often necessary in the aerospace industry. They are used for predicting system performance in the intended as well as in any altered operating environments. They ... -
Transient and steady-state response of second and higher order non-linear systems
The present investigation deals with the transient flnfl steady-state response o£ second and higher order nonlinear systems. The method of attack consists of the ultraspherical polynomial approximation and the weighted ... -
Lay Tracks : New approach to automated quadrilateral mesh generation using MAT
This thesis describes Lay Tracks, a new mesh generation algorithm to automatically generate an all quad mesh using the medial axis transform (MAT). LayTracks combines the merits of two popular direct techniques for quad ... -
Some approximate methods of analysis of Non-Linear Dynamical systems
The present investigation concerns some approximate methods of analysis in the area of non-linear oscillations. The analysis includes the steady-state as well as the transient response of non-linear systems. In both cases, ... -
Understanding failure in heterogeneous materials
The failure of heterogeneous materials is a practical problem that occurs in several diverse applications. Material heterogeneity can arise from porosity (e.g., due to some processing history), variation in continuum-scale ... -
A Capillary-fed Evaporative Microthruster for Micro/Nano Satellites
Small satellites offer a unique platform for short-term and low-cost communications and surveillance missions. They are essential for, scientific research, and technology demonstration due to their ability to provide rapid ...