Mechanical Engineering (ME): Recent submissions
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Tribology Of An Etched Near-Eutectic Aluminium-Silicon Alloy Sliding Against A Steel Counterface
(2013-05-01)Lightweight aluminium-silicon alloy is an attractive material for making engine cylinders in automobiles. It imparts good power to weight ratio to the engine. High silicon containing aluminium alloys are used in current ... -
A Continuous Optimization Approach To Protein Design With Structural And Functional Constraints
(2013-04-30)We have developed a novel computational approach to functional de novo protein design using gradient based continuous optimization techniques. Motivated by many engineering applications in which a cost function is optimized ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
CFD Studies Of Pulse Tube Refrigerators
(2012-12-06)The performance evaluation and parametric studies of an Inertance Tube Pulse Tube Refrigerator (IPTR) are performed for different length-to-diameter ratios, with the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) package FLUENT. The ... -
Studies On Squeeze Cast Copper Based Metal Matrix Composites
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Studies In Depth Sensing Indentation
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Model Reference Learning Control Using ANFIS
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The Dynamics Of Erosion Of Gradient-Zone In Solar Ponds
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Possible Chaos In Robot Control Equations
(2012-05-16)