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Title: A Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms for The Prediction of Thermal-Expansion of Spherical Shells
Author: Bumgarner, Kolby
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Machine Learning (ML) applications in material science is an active area of research due to its accurate predictive capabilities while also being generalizable. Experimentation where a physical model of the problem is constructed has been widely u...

Title: Analysis of a Low Enriched Uranium Centrifugal Gas Core Reactor
Author: Leer, Darrin
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Fluid mechanics, Physics, Radiation, Nuclear physics
Description: With the new NASA directive of returning to the Moon in 2024 as a stepping stone to missions to Mars and beyond, there is a renewed interest in developing nuclear thermal rockets (NTR) to reduce trip times. This thesis will focus on the analysis o...

Title: Aspects of Turbulence and Stochastic Processes in Fluid Mechanics
Author: Dahlberg, Jerry
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Fluid mechanics
Description: Three experimental studies are executed to examine aspects of turbulence and stochastic processes in fluid mechanics. Each experimental study is conducted in a different medium; water, wind and vibrated grain piles. Each study requires upgrades to...

Title: COMPARISON OF TAYLOR’S THEORY OF SPHERICAL BLAST TO A KNOWN NUMERICAL SOLUTION
Author: ROYADHIKARI, SANDIPKUMAR
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Taylor’s blast wave theory was the first of its kind and focused on the dynamics and thermodynamics of spherical blast waves. Taylor’s model was stated as a similarity solution and determined the time-dependent blast radius, as well as the radiall...

Title: CONSTITUTIVE MODELING OF ALUMINUM FOAM AND FINITE ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION FOR CRASH SIMULATIONS
Author: Bi, Jing
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Engineering
Description: In the past decades metallic foams have been increasingly used as filler materials in crashworthiness applications due to their relatively low cost and high capacity of energy absorption. Due to the destructive nature of crashes, studies on the pe...

Title: Chaos in Non-Euclidean Geometries Arising in Mechanics
Author: BHATTACHARYA, TAPOBRATA
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Mechanics, Mathematics
Description: Chaotic systems are a class of nonlinear dynamical systems that have captured the attention of mathematicians and engineers for long. Even though chaotic systems are deterministic in nature, long term prediction of behavior of such systems is diff...

Title: Computational Studies of the Effect of Moisture on Powder Bed Quality in Metal Additive Manufacturing
Author: Chakraborty, Arghajit
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Metal additive manufacturing techniques such as SLM, and DMLS, based on the powder bed fusion (PBF) process, rely on a high-quality powder bed to minimize the formation of defects in the manufactured part. Various parameters like blade velocity, t...

Title: DESIGN AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF HUB CALIBRATION OF TIRE FORCE AND MOMENT TESTING MACHINE
Author: Muthyala, Dhiraj Kumar
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Automobiles--Design and construction
Description: Tire cornering force and moment data from an indoor tire testing machine is very important to auto-makers and tire researchers with respect to the performance of vehicles. As such, the quality of the tire data is also crucial and it is dependent o...

Title: DEVELOPMENT OF DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM AND CALIBRATION PROTOCOL FOR TIRE CORNERING FORCE AND MOMENT TESTING MACHINE
Author: Dwivedi, Amol
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Tires provide the only point of contact between the car and the road. The safety of the driver, passenger depends on the contact patch between the tire and the road, a mere 81 2"x10" size of rubber is in contact with the road which lets us control...

Title: DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES FOR INVESTIGATIONS OF VORTEX MACHINING
Author: Howard, Stephen
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: This dissertation presents work done in investigation of a novel polishing process called Vortex Machining. Vortex Machining uses an oscillating probe to induce vortices in a polishing slurry above a workpiece, thereby removing material in regions...

Title: DYNAMIC WATER SORPTION IN TREHALOSE-SALT MIXTURES: EFFECT OF COMPOSITION ON RETENTION OF THE AMORPHOUS STATE
Author: Bagheri, Babak
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Biomechanics
Description: The disaccharide trehalose has received considerable attention in the bio-preservation field due to its outstanding properties as a glass former, and it is widely used in the pharmaceutical and food industries to stabilize dried products. In part,...

Title: Design, Analysis and Development of Brackets Exhibiting Snap Through Buckling Behavior
Author: Nukala, Surya Phani Krishna
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Support structures act as the back bone to the effective functionality of any system. Strength, stiffness and durability are the main contributing factors for a robust structure. But, sometimes it is important for a support structure to exhibit su...

Title: Design, Simulation, and Performance Analysis of Multifunctional Solar-Assisted Heat Pump Systems for Residential Buildings
Author: Zare, Amirahmad
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Residential buildings contribute about 22% of the national energy use in the U.S. Space heating, domestic hot water (DHW), and space cooling are the three major end uses, respectively accounting for 43%, 19%, and 8% of the residential sector’s tot...

Title: Development and analysis of a high-efficiency concentrating solar power tower plant concept
Author: Javanshir, Alireza
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) are one of the main problems of using fossil energy sources such as coal and natural gas. Thus, decarbonization of the energy sector, i.e., the increased use of the lower carbon intensity and carbon-free energy...

Title: EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS OPTIONS FOR COAL FIRED POWER PLANTS
Author: Ramanujam, Sriram
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Power resources, Thermodynamics
Description: Efficiency improvement of the existing coal-fired power plants has been recognized as a path of no regret. The Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule issued on August 21, 2018, requires a 2.1% to 4.5% reduction in net plant heat rate and 1.5% improvem...

Title: Evaluation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures and Level Walking Biomechanics in Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients
Author: Callahan, Christina
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Biomechanics
Description: iiiABSTRACT CHRISTINA AVERY CALLAHAN. An Evaluation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures and Level Walking Biomechanics in Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients. (Under the direction of DR. NIGEL ZHENG) Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) is frequently used ...

Title: Experimental Measurement of On-Vehicle Rolling Tire Contact Patch Shear Energy Intensity at Various Slip Angles
Author: Chandrashekar, Nagarjun
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Automobiles--Design and construction
Description: It has long been accepted that tire wear is directly related to the energy generated due to shear at the contact patch. Tire wear at any given point on the contact patch is proportional to the amount of shear energy intensity acting at that point....

Title: Experimental and computational evaluation of a vibratory finishing process
Author: Navare, Jayesh
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Vibratory finishing is among the widely recognized mass finishing techniques which is used for cleaning, deburring, edge rounding, polishing, and creating an isotropic surface finish on metal parts that have undergone previous machining operations...

Title: FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION DURING SEISMICALLY EXCITED SLOSHING WITHIN SHALLOW SKIRT SUPPORTED PRESSURE VESSELS
Author: Antaal, Bikramjit
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: This dissertation describes the finite element considerations employed in a seismic response spectrum analysis of a skirt supported, liquid containing pressure vessel. Like many axisymmetric cylindrical vessels, the gross seismic response to an in...

Title: Force and Moment Tire Data Modelling and Test Report Generation
Author: Agalgaonkar, Sudeep
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: For optimizing the performance of vehicles, tire force and moment data generated by a tire testing machine is crucial to automotive manufacturers. The data representation should involve more than the transmittal of raw data. Conceivable representa...