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Title: A discrete element approach to predicting the uniaxial compressive response of plain concrete
Author: Tannu, Nakul
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Discrete element method (DEM) has become the method of choice for modeling the mechanical response of materials with granular structure. The method consists of representing the material as a collection of particles that interact with each other by...

Title: A finite element approach for calculating the wave attenuation characteristics of epoxy polymer matrix composites
Author: Ghag, Pratik Prashant
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: The macroscopic properties of a polymer composite are significantly affected by the properties of the inclusions, size, shape, and distribution. Finite element (FE) modeling provides a viable approach for investigating the effects of the inclusion...

Title: Areal gear metrology with modified flanks
Author: Ni, Kang
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Gears are critical mechanical components in power transmission systems, used across a board spectrum of industries such as automobile, aerospace and renewable energy. Given the advancement of design and manufacture of gears in the past decades, th...

Title: Computational investigations on the aerodynamics of a generic car model in proximity to a side wall
Author: Mallapragada, Srivatsa
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Fluid mechanics, Physics
Description: A moving road vehicle is subjected to many fluid interferences caused by a number of external agents apart from the vehicle itself. Vehicles moving in proximity to a side wall is an interesting aspect that has been little investigated in the liter...

Title: DATA MODELS TO SUPPORT METROLOGY
Author: Heysiattalab, Saeed
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Engineering
Description: The Quality Information Framework (QIF) is a project initiated in 2010 by the Dimensional Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC is an American Standards Developing Organization) to address metrology interoperability. Specifically, the QIF supports ...

Title: DEVELOPMENT OF A PROCEDURE FOR EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENT OF SHEAR ENERGY INTENSITY IN TIRE CONTACT PATCH
Author: Gulve, Piyush
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Energy dissipated in the contact patch of a rolling tire is related to material abrasion and tire wear. In this study, we calculate the shear energy intensity as the product of the sliding distance and the shear stresses as measured in the tread b...

Title: Design Analysis of Tesla Turbine
Author: Kausik, Galab
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: This thesis discusses the "Design Analysis of the Tesla Turbine" or so called "Flat Disc Turbine" using "Compressed Air" as the working fluid. Nikola Tesla invented the turbine in 1906 and received the patent in 1913. Using the word "Turbine", it ...

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: 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: Finite Element Modeling and Simulations of Tractor-Trailer Impacts on Highway Median Barriers
Author: Gutowski, Matthew
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Roadside safety hardware systems play a vital role in reducing both the number and severity of multi-vehicular collisions by preventing errant vehicles from traversing through an open median into oncoming traffic. The safety hardware used to preve...

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: INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF HIGH SULFUR CONTENT ON THE OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A TIER 4 INTERIM ULS DIESEL ENGINE
Author: Stinson, Kile
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: This thesis focuses on how high sulfur content diesel fuel impacts the operation of a Tier 4 Interim diesel engine designed to run on Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD). This was explored because U.S. nuclear power plants have these engines as their s...

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: Implementation of a cost effective non-destructive testing laboratory experiment
Author: Nye, Cameron
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering, Engineering
Description: A great amount of research is being performed in the field of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT). In addition, research is being performed in optimizing the distance learning experience, allowing students to gain equal involvement compared to students ...

Title: In Situ Fringe Projection Profilometry for Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process
Author: Zhang, Bin
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Optics, Engineering
Description: Additive manufacturing (AM) offers an industrial solution to produce parts with complex geometries and internal structures that conventional manufacturing techniques cannot produce. However, current metal additive process, particularly the laser p...

Title: Instrumentation, techniques, and evaluation of ePTV for particle manipulation studies using micro-scale oscillators
Author: Kafashi, Sajad
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering, Physics
Description: A need for dynamic micro-particle manipulation is the ability to position fragile particles without damaging them, for instance biological particles like blood cells, stem cells, neurons, pancreatic β cells, DNA, chromosomes, for repeated measurem...

Title: Metrology bench
Author: Jaganmohan, Prashanth
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Portable large scale metrology instruments continue to gain popularity due to their increasing use in industrial applications. As a result, it has become more and more crucial to develop reliable large scale artifacts or other large scale equipmen...

Title: Moisture sorption behavior, stability, and protein formulation characteristics of a trehalose choline chloride eutectic composition
Author: Burgin, Tiffany
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Materials science, Biochemistry
Description: Protein based drugs and therapeutics are an important treatment for many life-threatening diseases but they can also be extremely expensive. The unique 3-dimensional structure of a protein is responsible for its function but also contributes to it...

Title: Multiscale modeling of the properties of two-dimensional materials
Author: Wang, Xiaonan
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: The main objective of this dissertation is to study the thermal and mechanicalproperties of two dimensional materials. For this purpose, we use and combine atomiclevel simulations with continuum level simulations. In this dissertation, moleculardy...

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...