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Title: PERFORMANCE AND SPECIFICATION OF OPTICAL COMPONENTS WITH MID-SPATIAL FREQUENCY SURFACE ERRORS
Author: Aryan, Hamidreza
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Optics, Engineering
Description: The advent of sub-aperture computer-numerically controlled (CNC) manufacturing techniques has enabled new opportunities for high-performance optical components and systems. Freeform and other challenging designs are now possible like never before....

Title: Development of a Surface Resistivity Specification for Durable Concrete
Author: Biggers, Robert
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: Surface resistivity testing is a state-of-the-art method of testing concrete’s ability to resist chloride ion penetration. This electrical test is performed by passing an electrical current through a saturated concrete specimen, and has recently g...

Title: A COMBINED FINITE ELEMENT AND MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH FOR PREDICTING SPECIFIC CUTTING FORCES AND MAXIMUM TOOL TEMPERATURES DURING ORTHOGONAL MACHINING
Author: Mekarthy, Sai Manish Reddy
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Engineering, Computer science
Description: In machining, specific cutting forces and temperature fields in the shear zones are of primary interest. These quantities depend on many machining parameters, such as the cutting speed, rake angle, tool-tip radius, uncut chip thickness, etc. The f...

Title: DUAL PROJECTION FRINGE PROJECTION PROFILOMETRY
Author: Venkatesh, Bhanu teja
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Engineering, Three-dimensional modeling
Description: Fringe-pattern projection (FPP) techniques are widely used for surface-shape measurement in a wide range of applications like object and scene modeling, part inspection, and reverse engineering. This thesis presents a way to increase the accuracy ...

Title: MULTI-SCALE FINITE ELEMENT MODELING OF MULTI-PLY WOVEN FABRICS UNDER BALLISTIC IMPACTS
Author: Palta, Emre
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Mechanics, Engineering
Description: High-strength fiber reinforced woven fabrics are broadly utilized for their high strength-to-weight ratios and good flexibility to provide ballistic protection in security applications such as soft body armor equipment or protective layering of mi...

Title: LIFE CYCLE COST OPTIMIZATION OF A SOLAR COMBISYSTEM IN NEPAL
Author: Thapa, Bishan
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: Nepal has a huge potential for solar energy utilization to meet the growing energy demand. Solar thermal systems have been used in Nepal since the 1960s. In the past two decades, much work was done with a focus on improving design, fabrication, an...

Title: EFFICIENT ATTENTION GUIDED GAN ARCHITECTURE FOR UNSUPERVISED DEPTH ESTIMATION
Author: Bhattacharyya, sumanta
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Computer engineering
Description: Single image depth estimation has always been a key interest in computer visioncommunity. Although depth estimation from a single monocular image still is anill-posed problem, stereo images are in rescue. Deep-learning based approaches todepth est...

Title: FINITE ELEMENT STUDIES OF ORTHOGONAL MACHINING OF AISI 1045 STEEL
Author: Thekdi, Parth
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Engineering
Description: In this work, a two-dimensional finite element model of orthogonal machining ofAISI 1045 steel is developed using the commercial non-linear finite element packageABAQUS. The material behavior is described using the Johnson-Cook constitutivelaw. Fu...

Title: DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL TOOLS FOR MAGNETIC DRUG TARGETING IN CARDIOVASCULAR FLOW
Author: Ciero, Ashley
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering, Engineering
Description: The aim of the present work is to design and develop experimental and numerical tools to investigate the practicality of magnetic drug targeting (MDT) in a patient-specific diseased left carotid bifurcation artery for the potential prospects of tr...

Title: CONTROLLED GROWTH AND PROPERTY STUDY OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL LAYERED NANOSTRUCTURES OF MOLYBDENUM OXIDE
Author: Razmyar, Soheil
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Engineering, Nanotechnology
Description: Molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) is a versatile semiconductor material with a wide range of potential applications in photocatalysis, electrochromism/photochromism, sensing, and energy storage. Its highly anisotropic layered structure with weak van der ...

Title: CFD BASED ANALYSES OF THE EFFECTS OF 2017 NASCAR XFINITY RACING SERIES AERODYNAMIC RULE CHANGES
Author: Olkhovskyi, Nazarii
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: Xfinity racing series is an American stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. Forthe 2017 racing season, NASCAR introduced new regulations for this series in order todecrease aerodynamic influence on vehicle performance. Using only open-source...

Title: OPTICAL METROLOGY OF FREEFORM OPTICS UTILIZING INTERFEROMETRIC STITCHING
Author: Hovis, Clark
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Optics, Engineering
Description: The utilization of interferometric stitching with coherence scanning interferometers has allowed these instruments to measure much larger areas than a single site measurement would permit. This has a major impact on the measurement of mid-spatials...

Title: Optimization of Tire Test Protocol Using LabVIEW/PLC
Author: Nair, Harish
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Engineering, Automobiles--Design and construction
Description: Tires are one of the main components for the vehicle ground interaction. In orderto accurately evaluate and determine the dynamic behavior of vehicles, various tiremodels are widely recognized. These tire models are generated through rigorous test...

Title: ON THE USE AND LIMITATIONS OF FLASH THERMOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING DEFECTS IN VARIOUS METALLIC MATERIALS
Author: Patel, Kevin
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Engineering
Description: In this work, the predictive capabilities of Flash Thermography, a non-destructive testing method, in detecting the presence of defects in metallic parts are investigated using the Finite Element Method (FEM). Finite-element simulations of flash t...

Title: THE DESIGN OF AN IN-CONDUIT HYDROPOWER PLANT WITH A SEAL-FREE MAGNETIC TRANSMISSION
Author: Nichols, Casey
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Engineering, Power resources
Description: Presently, governments are focused on the development of diverse energy sources from renewable supplies. A major part of that is the development of pico-hydro and micro-hydro power generation in low head, low flow rate rivers and streams. Numerous...

Title: VISION-GUIDED ROBOT FOR PLANETARY HABITAT ASSEMBLY
Author: Whitlow, Kohl
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: The focus of this research is to develop a vision-guided autonomous system for structure or habitat construction on distant planets/moons in support of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD). The proposed approach would use building bl...