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Title: WIND TOWER TECHNOLOGY: THE IMPACT OF CROSS-SECTION AND TURBINE SELECTION ON THE GENERATED POWER
Author: Corbett, Jonathan
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Renewable energy sources
Description: ABSTRACTJONATHAN CONRAD CORBETT. Wind Tower Technology: The Impact of Cross-Section and Turbine Selection on the Generated Power (Under the direction of DR. NAVID GOUDARZI, with DR. PRAVEEN RAMAPRABHU as chair of committee) The performance of wind...

Title: Variable Shearing Holography
Author: Shanmugam, Prithiviraj
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Optics
Description: From the perspective of manufacturing, it is not always ideal to use conventional methods of surface and optical metrology. Many optical metrology systems like interferometry use a stable temperature-controlled environment in a laboratory setting ...

Title: VARIATION OF WHEEL ALIGNMENT UNDER DIFFERENT LOAD CONDITIONS WITH A COMPARISON TO KINEMATICS AND COMPLIANCE TEST DATA
Author: Paradkar, Sagar
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Passenger car suspension and wheel angles have a strong influence on ride, handling, and tire wear. These angles are affected by both static vehicle alignment (as done at a wheel alignment shop) and by changes due to vehicle loading while driving....

Title: Ultraprecision Diamond Machining of Polycarbonate Complex Multi-Sided Freeform Optics
Author: Swagler, Steven
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Mechanical engineering
Description: Advances in technology are driving optical systems to become more and more complex and compact. Ultra-precision machining centers have advanced to catch up with optical designs but there is a defined set of methods defining the use of the machines...

Title: Towards Explainable Robots: Developing Consensus Reaching Mechanisms for Co-Robots in Haptic Shared Control Paradigms
Author: Izadi, Vahid
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Human-automation teaming (HAT) is gaining importance in military and commercial applications with autonomous vehicles because it promises to improve performance, reduce operating and designing platforms' costs, and increase adaptability to new sit...

Title: Toward fixtureless inspection of automotive fenders
Author: Grohol, Corbin
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: With nonrigid parts, it is most convenient for designers to specify the desired shape in the design condition; that is, the shape is specified with all loads present that the part will experience in service (gravity, assembly constraints, etc.). T...

Title: Time Domain Simulation with Applications in Compliant Workpiece Milling
Author: Rubeo, Mark
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: High performance application fields, such as the defense, power, and aerospace industries, benefit from the enhanced product quality and reduced cost associated with machining thin-walled, metallic structures over traditional fabrication and assem...

Title: Time Domain Approach to Stability in Machining Operations
Author: Berglind, Luke
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Machine tool chatter is a common occurrence in machining environments which can lead to undesirable part outcomes and can even cause damage to the machine. Chatter is a result of regenerative dynamic forces inherent in the machining process which ...

Title: Thermomechanical Modeling and Analysis of Precision Glass Molding Process
Author: Bobba, Dhanooj
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: The tremendous development in digital technology in the last few decades has increased the demand for ultra-precision optical components with enhanced optical performance, such as aspherical or freeform lenses. Typically, lenses made of polymers h...

Title: Thermo-Fluid and Mechanical Design and Optimization Of An Advanced Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger For Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycles
Author: Khalesi, Javad
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: A supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) Brayton power cycle is considered as one of the promising energy conversion systems for a number of applications such as advanced nuclear reactors, advanced fossil, and Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants du...

Title: Thermal Management and Electromechanical Noise Suppression in a Portable Josephson Junction Voltage Standard.
Author: Singh, Namit
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering
Description: A self-contained, fully portable, Josephson junction voltage reference standard system has been designed, developed and tested. The system relies on an active, closed-cycle refrigerator (CCR) cryocooler system and completely eliminates the relianc...

Title: The mechanics and control of robotic systems exploiting viscous phenomena for planar locomotion
Author: Hassing, Peter
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Viscous phenomena can be used to aid in the locomotion and control of robotic systems. With the aid of Lagrangian reduction techniques, it is shown that dissipation can be used to model nonholonomic, holonomic, and kinematically constrained system...

Title: The fundamental application of decision analysis to manufacturing.
Author: Karandikar, Jaydeep
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Industrial engineering
Description: Machining models are available to predict nearly every aspect of machining processes. In milling, for example, models are available to relate stability, part accuracy (from forced vibrations during stable machining), and tool wear to the selected ...

Title: The Influence of Reinforcement Size on the Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of a Nanostructured Aluminum-Based Metal Matrix Composite
Author: Behm, Nathan
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Materials science, Nanoscience
Description: With increased availability and growing commercial applications, aluminum- based metal matrix composites show promise as high specific strength structural materials. Before they can be implemented however, they require thorough characterization an...

Title: The Evalution of Chemical Wear on Single Crystal Diamond Tools while Diamond Turning a Binary Cu-Ni Alloy System
Author: Browy, Eric
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Optics, Engineering
Description: The current work describes the evaluation of chemical wear on diamond tools while diamond turning copper nickel alloys of varying composition. The primary goal of my project is to quantify the chemical wear of single crystal diamond tools while di...

Title: The Effects of Inlet Temperature and Turbulence Characteristics on the Flow Development Inside a Gas Turbine Exhaust Diffuser
Author: Bomela, Christian
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Power resources
Description: The overall industrial gas turbine efficiency is known to be influenced by the pressurerecovery in the exhaust system. The design and, subsequently, the performanceof an industrial gas turbine exhaust diffuser largely depend on its inflow conditio...

Title: The Design, Calibration, and Commissioning of a Benchmark Hypersonic Wind Tunnel
Author: Solomon, Jason
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Fluid mechanics
Description: In 2020, the United States Department of Defense requested $3.2 billion to fund research and development in hypersonic defense programs for the fiscal year of 2021. The demand for funding in hypersonic research directly responds to the increasing ...

Title: Test uncertainty ratio (TUR) and test uncertainty
Author: Khanam, Samira
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Measurement uncertainty is a natural parameter that can be used to characterize any measure¬ment process. Continually increasing demands of higher and higher dimensional accuracy in manufactured components places similar demands on the field of di...

Title: Task-Specific Uncertainty for Industrial Measurements
Author: Valdez, Mario
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: The purpose of measurement is to provide information about a quantity of interest – a measurand. Since no measurands are exactly known, measurement uncertainty is estimated for common measuring tasks in order to quantify the result of a measuring ...

Title: THERMAL AND MECHANICAL RESPONSES OF FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES UNDER ONE-SIDED FIRE EXPOSURE
Author: YU, ZIQING
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: This research investigated the thermal and mechanical responses of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in fire. The research focused on thermal decomposition and heat transfer, deformation, delamination, and structural integrity of FRP compo...