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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 Baseball Pitching: An Investigation of Shoulder Rotational Properties, Biomechanics, and Injury
- Author
- Stokes, Hannah
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Biomechanics
- Description
- Throwing arm injuries are common because of the demand on the shoulder. Shoulder exams and pitching mechanics are regularly monitored by team physicians. Excessive instability and joint loading in baseball pitching are risk factors for throwing ar...
- Title
- Analysis of Tip Injection Parameters at Different Tip Clearance Sizes on the Performance of the Transonic Axial Compressor Rotor
- Author
- Sheikhshahrokhdehkordi, Mohammadamin
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering
- Description
- The main objective of this thesis is to investigate the near-stall endwall flow structures of the gap between the blade and the casing on the performance and the rotor stability of a transonic compressor rotor with and without high-speed endwall a...
- 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
- 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
- Enhanced Thermal Imaging a Novel Imaging Technique for Monitoring Re-Perfusion Post-Operatively
- Author
- McGinnis, Cobey
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Optics, Biomedical engineering, Physics
- Description
- We are developing a real-time infrared imaging technique, Enhanced Thermal Imaging(ETI), that can detect blood vessels embedded in tissue and assess tissue perfusion. ETI is a combination of standard thermal imaging (8 - 10 μm) and selective heati...
- 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...