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- Title
- RETENTION OF THE AMORPHOUS STATE OF TREHALOSE AT HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY USING ORGANIC SALT ADDITIVES: A MECHANISTIC UNDERSTANDING
- Author
- Ziaei, Shima
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Materials science, Pharmacy--Research, Bioengineering
- Description
- The glassy or amorphous solid state of trehalose has been utilized in the food and pharmaceutical industry to immobilize and stabilize sensitive molecules and it is increasingly being explored for the preservation of biologics. Retention of the gl...
- Title
- Photovoltaic and Concentrated Solar Power Generation and Water Desalination in Arid Desert Regions
- Author
- Alsarraf, Faisal
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Renewable energy sources
- Description
- To evaluate the feasibility of solar power plants for both power generation and water desalination in arid desert locations, A Photovoltaic power plant was compared to a Concentrated Solar Power plant at different design capacities in the selected...
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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...
- Title
- Hierarchical Control Strategies for Spatiotemporally Varying Systems with Application to Airborne Wind Energy
- Author
- Bafandeh, Alireza
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering
- Description
- Wind energy represents a leading renewable resource for the production of clean and sustainable electricity for on- and off-grid networks. Nevertheless, tower and foundation costs, which typically represent about 30 percent of the total installati...
- Title
- HYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS OF EJECTA PRODUCTION FROM SHOCKED METALLIC SURFACES
- Author
- Karkhanis, Varad
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Mechanics, Aerospace engineering
- Description
- The phenomenon of mass ejection into vacuum from a shocked metallic free surfaces can have a deleterious effect on the implosion phase of the Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) process. Often, the ejecta take the form of a cloud of particles that a...
- Title
- Geometric methods for control of nonholonomic mechanical systems with applications to the control moment gyroscope and wheeled mobile robots
- Author
- Amengonu, Yawo
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Electrical engineering
- Description
- The advantage of geometric dynamics analysis over the classical analysis method is that geometric method is independent of the choice of coordinates. The work, presented here, applies differential geometry for analysis and control of underactuated...
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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...