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Title: FUNDAMENTALS OF MATERIAL REMOVAL IN SILICON CARBIDE FOR FREEFORM OPTICS
Author: Shanmugam, Prithiviraj
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: The mechanical and thermal properties offered by Silicon carbide (SiC) make it an ideal material for reflective freeform optics. However, the hardness, brittleness and fracture toughness of the material pose a challenge to manufacturing. The manuf...

Title: Design and Verification of a Levitation Device
Author: Lambert, Brittney
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: This thesis describes the design and verication of a force measurement instrumentusing levitation through use of a voice coil actuator. The device can suspend an external force of up to 10N, and determine that external force to within ±0.003N. Mec...

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: Performance Investigation of Rotary Tables in Large-scale Metrology
Author: Wang, Qichang
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Rotary tables significantly improve the flexibility and efficiency of multi-axis measuring devices and multi-axis machining centers by providing a quick positioning of workpieces. Large-scale rotary tables are designed and produced for increasing ...

Title: REPLICATION OF FREEFORM OPTICS ONTO NEAR-NET-SHAPE SUBSTRATES USING DIAMOND TURNED STAMPERS
Author: Smith, Glen
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Freeform optics open a new design space for optical systems. Production of freeform optics, with no axis of rotational symmetry, often requires the use of multi-axis (>2) sub aperture machining and finishing techniques. These are expensive and imp...

Title: Quantification of Profile Measurement Data
Author: Javidpour, Farid
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Mathematics, Civil engineering
Description: Parts with complicated freeform shapes have been attracting more attention in industrial applications in recent decades. In most systems, the functional performance of these parts is directly related to the conformity of their profile with the des...

Title: DESIGN CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING OF A TIRE TEST MACHINE ROAD WHEEL CLEANING SYSTEM
Author: Verma, Shivendra
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: This thesis summarizes and reviews designed parts and methodology. Large, ten-ton plus, test machines are used which measure cornering forces and moments on passenger and race tires. These machines depend on an accurate and repeatable road surface...

Title: Development of an Adaptive X-ray Research Facility and a Direct Bonded Silicon Reference Object for Computed Tomography
Author: Thousand, Jeffery
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Our ability to harness the power of X-ray radiation has led to many important scientific discoveries. Two common applications for X-rays are crystallography and imaging through objects (tomography). Facility design is a critical component in optim...

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: DOPAMINE DETECTION VIA SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING FOR PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Author: Cutler, Eric
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Biomedical engineering
Description: Motion is controlled via the excitatory or inhibitory responses of the motor pathway by receptors in Substantia Nigra of the brain, modulated by a main neurotransmitter dopamine (DA). Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is the neurological disorder effecting...

Title: DUCTILE MACHINING OF CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS WITH VARIABLE RAKE SINGLE POINT DIAMOND MACHINING
Author: Griffin, Adam
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Materials science
Description: The effect of a variable rake machining process such as Fast Tool Servo (FTS) on optical IR crystalline materials isn’t well understood and can be difficult to test. This thesis proposes and develops the concept of using a 'starburst' cut geometry...

Title: A MODIFIED SELF-INTERFERENCE BASED INCOHERENT DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING SYSTEM
Author: Mishra, Abhinav
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Optics
Description: A Fresnel-type self-interference based incoherent digital holographic system that can measure the intensity and direction of incoming light field is proposed. This system is composed primarily of a convex lens as an objective, a linear polarizer, ...

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: 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: 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: A Numerical Study of Inhomogeneous Variable-Density Turbulence in Planar and Convergent Geometries.
Author: Djibrilla Boureima, Ismael
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: ISMAEL DJIBRILLA BOUREIMA. A Numerical Study of Inhomogeneous Variable-Density Turbulence in Planar and Convergent Geometries. (Under the direction of DR. PRAVEEN RAMAPRABHU)Hydrodynamic instabilities govern the growth of perturbations at the inte...

Title: Circumferential Stress Analysis in Steam Header
Author: Sutharson, Sam Jotham
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Mechanics, Applied--Mathematics
Description: Thick-walled cylindrical steam headers are subject to varying amounts of circumferential stresses in their normal operating cycles... Analyzing the variations in the amount and the location of hoop stresses on different samples with varying materi...

Title: Characterization of Geometric Surface Features Using Statistically Based Analytical Tools
Author: Azimi, Farzad
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: The nature and quality of a surface’s topography can play an important role in a part’s performance and expected longevity. The complexity of a surface topography means that while commonly used ISO 25178-2 height based statistical metrics are capa...

Title: OPTICAL DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT BY IMAGE CORRELATION
Author: Lambert, Nathan
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: This thesis describes the design and veriﬁcation of a scanning, optical, displacement measurement instrument, which utilizes digital image correlation (DIC) to measure displacement. This system is intended to provide proof of concept for a techniq...