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Title: Constitutive Modeling and Dynamic Impact Analysis of Bighorn Sheep Horn
Author: Li, Zheng
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) is known for its giant spiral horns that can sustain impact loading at a speed up to 5.5 m/s during ramming without causing severe damage or head concussion. The bighorn sheep horn is composed of a keratin-based bio...

Title: Distributed Renewable Energy Technologies:Design and Development of Scalable Transmission Systems
Author: Menon, Shruti Mohandas
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Renewable forms of energy are being intensively pursued and investigated in systems connected to the grid as well as in standalone applications. The global energy generation is expected to grow 2.7 times by the year 2035. Today, renewable energy r...

Title: Experimental Study and Numerical Modeling of the Performance of Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) Brine/Coal Fly Ash Co-Disposal
Author: He, Rui
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering, Environmental management, Human ecology--Study and teaching
Description: The coal-fired steam electricity plants are interested in finding efficient ways to manageby-products from the combustion process out of environmental and regulatory considerations. As one of the major solid by-products, the coal fly ash (CFA) is ...

Title: Exploiting Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications
Author: Karami, Morteza
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Physics, Electromagnetism
Description: Metamaterials are man-made structures developed to engineer electromagnetic waves, and they have been studied intensely in recent decades. Although there are still debates about the performance of these types of artificial materials, many practica...

Title: Fall Detection Using a Single Video Camera
Author: Schlegel, Elizabeth
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Computer science, Aging
Description: Falls among the elderly are concerning, especially if they go unnoticed for an extended period of time. Due to fear of falling, many people end up in assisted living facilities or nursing homes which are costly and the lack of independence greatly...

Title: INVESTIGATION OF TURBULENCE IN GRANULAR FLOW
Author: Abdelrahman, Mohamed
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Mechanics, Engineering
Description: Granular flow poses interesting questions in terms of both theoretical and applied mechanics. The increased utilization of vibrational finishing processes in the manufacturing of high precision components has resulted in an increased need to under...

Title: MECHANICAL DESIGN AND FAILURE MODE ANALYSIS OF MULTI-STAGE MAGNETIC GEARS
Author: Modaresahmadi, Sina
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Magnetic gearboxes are a developing technology that is being considered as an alternative to mechanical gearboxes for non-contact transmission of torque in numerous applications. While mechanical gearboxes are commonplace in mechanical designs due...

Title: Modeling of Machining using a combined Finite Element (FE) and Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method
Author: Ojal, Nishant
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: In this thesis, a combined approach based on the Finite Element (FE) and Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) methods is proposed to model turning operations. The approach exploits the advantages of each method and leads to high-fidelity coupled ...

Title: NUMERICAL EVALUATION OF RETROFIT DESIGNS OF CABLE MEDIAN BARRIERS USING RECLAIMED TIRES
Author: Badar, Amey
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: This thesis presents a research attempt at finding out a viable retrofit system design for cable median barriers using reclaimed tires. Finite element analysis was used to conduct simulations in order to evaluate the performance of retrofit barrie...

Title: PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A TWO-BAR BRIDGE RAIL FOR COMPLIANCE WITH MASH TL-3 CONDITIONS USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
Author: Fatoki, Joshua
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Roadside barriers are important safety devices installed on highways to mitigate the severity of injuries caused by crashes of errant vehicles. The two-bar metal bridge rail is a commonly used roadside barrier in North Carolina and is recognized f...

Title: THE FRACTIONAL BISPECTRUM NOISE REDUCTION TECHNIQUE AND APPLICATIONS IN INTERFEROMETRY
Author: Babaie, Jonathan
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Optics
Description: In the field of optical metrology, there are many existing techniques for measurement of the surface profile or film thickness of a sample of interest. However, many of these common techniques break down when there exists a high level of noise in ...

Title: WATER REPELLENCY EFFECT ON UNSATURATED PROPERTIES OF COMPACTED COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS
Author: Dumenu, Livingstone
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: The generation of electricity from coal-fired power plants continue to be a mainstream approach. It is estimated that about 107 million tons of coal combustion residuals (CCRs) were generated in 2017 in the US (ACAA 2018). This equal amount of CCR...