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- Title
- A Semi-Quantitative Schlieren High-Speed Flow Diagnostic: Analysis of High-Pressure-Ratio, Overexpanded Planar Flow in Rocket Nozzles
- Author
- Thorsett-Hill, Karen
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering
- Description
- This work introduces a semi-quantitative schlieren (SQS) method which is used to qualitatively and quantitatively analyze complex, unsteady, compressible flows in a small, planar convergent-divergent nozzle. A basic schlieren system is used to ima...
- Title
- COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF IMPURITIES ON THE DUCTILITY OF TANTALUM AND TUNGSTEN BASED ON ATOMISTIC AND FIRST PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS
- Author
- Pan, Zhiliang
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Materials science
- Description
-
Tungsten and tantalum are neighbors in the Periodic Table of the Elements and, as refractory metals, both have very high melting points (tungsten: 3422
o C, tantalum: 2996o C). However, the ductility of the two metals is quite different especially at...
- 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
- ENGINEERING OXYGEN TRANSPORT FOR IMPROVING CELL PERFORMANCE IN HEPATIC DEVICES
- Author
- Shi, Gengbei
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Biomedical engineering
- Description
- The bioartificial liver (BAL) advancing medical technology aims to provide temporary liver substitution for patients in dire need of liver transplants and also for drug development. Yet despite nearly fifty years of development, the approval for t...
- Title
- EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING MASS TRANSPORT AND CRYOPRESERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUES
- Author
- Karthik Kumar, Balasubramanian
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Biomedical engineering
- Description
- A bioreactor is a large-scale engineered in vitro device that maintains a 3D arrangement of functioning cells for use in various bioengineering applications. The current work is focused on heat and mass transfer issues related to the bioreactor's ...
- Title
- EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF TURBULENT WAKE STRUCTURES AND DYNAMIC COUPLING OF TANDEM LIFTING BODIES IN A HYDRODYNAMIC CHANNEL
- Author
- Hellman, Samuel
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering
- Description
- Two experimental studies are carried out on interacting tandem bodies in incompressible, turbulent flow and the design of a hydrodynamic water channel in which the studies are conducted is discussed. The water channel has a 1 m^2 test section, and...
- Title
- FULL-SCALE TESTING AND NUMERICAL MODELING OF A MULTISTORY MASONRY STRUCTURE SUBJECTED TO INTERNAL BLAST LOADING
- Author
- Zapata, Brian
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Physics, Civil engineering
- Description
- As military and diplomatic representatives of the United States are deployed throughout the world, they must frequently make use of local, existing facilities; it is inevitable that some of these will be load bearing unreinforced masonry (URM) str...
- Title
- Knee Joint Biomechanics after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
- Author
- Wang, Hongsheng
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Biomechanics, Biomedical engineering
- Description
- Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is an important stabilizer of the knee joint. After ACL rupture, the knee joint has difficulty maintaining its stability; thus the patient often has to receive an ACL-reconstructive surgery to regain the knee joint...
- Title
- MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRCTURES, EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENT AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION
- Author
- Wu, Xiaoxia
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Nanotechnology
- Description
- One-Dimensional (1D) nanostructures are generally defined as having at least one dimension between 1 and 100 nm. Investigations of their mechanical properties are important from both fundamental study and application point of view. Different metho...
- Title
- THERMAL AND MECHANICAL RESPONSES OF FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES UNDER ONE-SIDED FIRE EXPOSURE
- Author
- YU, ZIQING
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering
- Description
- This research investigated the thermal and mechanical responses of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in fire. The research focused on thermal decomposition and heat transfer, deformation, delamination, and structural integrity of FRP compo...
- Title
- Thermal Management and Electromechanical Noise Suppression in a Portable Josephson Junction Voltage Standard.
- Author
- Singh, Namit
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering
- Description
- A self-contained, fully portable, Josephson junction voltage reference standard system has been designed, developed and tested. The system relies on an active, closed-cycle refrigerator (CCR) cryocooler system and completely eliminates the relianc...