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Title: A Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms for The Prediction of Thermal-Expansion of Spherical Shells
Author: Bumgarner, Kolby
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Machine Learning (ML) applications in material science is an active area of research due to its accurate predictive capabilities while also being generalizable. Experimentation where a physical model of the problem is constructed has been widely u...

Title: Analysis of Baseball Pitching: An Investigation of Shoulder Rotational Properties, Biomechanics, and Injury
Author: Stokes, Hannah
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Biomechanics
Description: Throwing arm injuries are common because of the demand on the shoulder. Shoulder exams and pitching mechanics are regularly monitored by team physicians. Excessive instability and joint loading in baseball pitching are risk factors for throwing ar...

Title: Analysis of Tip Injection Parameters at Different Tip Clearance Sizes on the Performance of the Transonic Axial Compressor Rotor
Author: Sheikhshahrokhdehkordi, Mohammadamin
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: The main objective of this thesis is to investigate the near-stall endwall flow structures of the gap between the blade and the casing on the performance and the rotor stability of a transonic compressor rotor with and without high-speed endwall a...

Title: Analysis of a Low Enriched Uranium Centrifugal Gas Core Reactor
Author: Leer, Darrin
Date Created: 2020
Description: With the new NASA directive of returning to the Moon in 2024 as a stepping stone to missions to Mars and beyond, there is a renewed interest in developing nuclear thermal rockets (NTR) to reduce trip times. This thesis will focus on the analysis o...

Title: Analysis of a Low Enriched Uranium Centrifugal Gas Core Reactor
Author: Leer, Darrin
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Fluid mechanics, Physics, Radiation, Nuclear physics
Description: With the new NASA directive of returning to the Moon in 2024 as a stepping stone to missions to Mars and beyond, there is a renewed interest in developing nuclear thermal rockets (NTR) to reduce trip times. This thesis will focus on the analysis o...

Title: Aspects of Turbulence and Stochastic Processes in Fluid Mechanics
Author: Dahlberg, Jerry
Date Created: 2018
Description: Three experimental studies are executed to examine aspects of turbulence and stochastic processes in fluid mechanics. Each experimental study is conducted in a different medium; water, wind and vibrated grain piles. Each study requires upgrades to...

Title: Aspects of Turbulence and Stochastic Processes in Fluid Mechanics
Author: Dahlberg, Jerry
Date Created: 2018
Description: Three experimental studies are executed to examine aspects of turbulence and stochastic processes in fluid mechanics. Each experimental study is conducted in a different medium; water, wind and vibrated grain piles. Each study requires upgrades to...

Title: Aspects of Turbulence and Stochastic Processes in Fluid Mechanics
Author: Dahlberg, Jerry
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Fluid mechanics
Description: Three experimental studies are executed to examine aspects of turbulence and stochastic processes in fluid mechanics. Each experimental study is conducted in a different medium; water, wind and vibrated grain piles. Each study requires upgrades to...

Title: COMPARISON OF TAYLOR’S THEORY OF SPHERICAL BLAST TO A KNOWN NUMERICAL SOLUTION
Author: ROYADHIKARI, SANDIPKUMAR
Date Created: 2015
Description: Taylor’s blast wave theory was the first of its kind and focused on the dynamics and thermodynamics of spherical blast waves. Taylor’s model was stated as a similarity solution and determined the time-dependent blast radius, as well as the radiall...

Title: COMPARISON OF TAYLOR’S THEORY OF SPHERICAL BLAST TO A KNOWN NUMERICAL SOLUTION
Author: ROYADHIKARI, SANDIPKUMAR
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Taylor’s blast wave theory was the first of its kind and focused on the dynamics and thermodynamics of spherical blast waves. Taylor’s model was stated as a similarity solution and determined the time-dependent blast radius, as well as the radiall...

Title: CONSTITUTIVE MODELING OF ALUMINUM FOAM AND FINITE ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION FOR CRASH SIMULATIONS
Author: Bi, Jing
Date Created: 2012
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: CONSTITUTIVE MODELING OF ALUMINUM FOAM AND FINITE ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION FOR CRASH SIMULATIONS
Author: Bi, Jing
Date Created: 2012
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: 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: Chaos in Non-Euclidean Geometries Arising in Mechanics
Author: BHATTACHARYA, TAPOBRATA
Date Created: 2015
Description: Chaotic systems are a class of nonlinear dynamical systems that have captured the attention of mathematicians and engineers for long. Even though chaotic systems are deterministic in nature, long term prediction of behavior of such systems is diff...

Title: Chaos in Non-Euclidean Geometries Arising in Mechanics
Author: BHATTACHARYA, TAPOBRATA
Date Created: 2015
Description: Chaotic systems are a class of nonlinear dynamical systems that have captured the attention of mathematicians and engineers for long. Even though chaotic systems are deterministic in nature, long term prediction of behavior of such systems is diff...

Title: Chaos in Non-Euclidean Geometries Arising in Mechanics
Author: BHATTACHARYA, TAPOBRATA
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Mechanics, Mathematics
Description: Chaotic systems are a class of nonlinear dynamical systems that have captured the attention of mathematicians and engineers for long. Even though chaotic systems are deterministic in nature, long term prediction of behavior of such systems is diff...

Title: Computational Studies of the Effect of Moisture on Powder Bed Quality in Metal Additive Manufacturing
Author: Chakraborty, Arghajit
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Metal additive manufacturing techniques such as SLM, and DMLS, based on the powder bed fusion (PBF) process, rely on a high-quality powder bed to minimize the formation of defects in the manufactured part. Various parameters like blade velocity, t...

Title: DESIGN AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF HUB CALIBRATION OF TIRE FORCE AND MOMENT TESTING MACHINE
Author: Muthyala, Dhiraj Kumar
Date Created: 2018
Description: Tire cornering force and moment data from an indoor tire testing machine is very important to auto-makers and tire researchers with respect to the performance of vehicles. As such, the quality of the tire data is also crucial and it is dependent o...

Title: DESIGN AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF HUB CALIBRATION OF TIRE FORCE AND MOMENT TESTING MACHINE
Author: Muthyala, Dhiraj Kumar
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Automobiles--Design and construction
Description: Tire cornering force and moment data from an indoor tire testing machine is very important to auto-makers and tire researchers with respect to the performance of vehicles. As such, the quality of the tire data is also crucial and it is dependent o...

Title: DEVELOPMENT OF DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM AND CALIBRATION PROTOCOL FOR TIRE CORNERING FORCE AND MOMENT TESTING MACHINE
Author: Dwivedi, Amol
Date Created: 2018
Description: Tires provide the only point of contact between the car and the road. The safety of the driver, passenger depends on the contact patch between the tire and the road, a mere 81 2"x10" size of rubber is in contact with the road which lets us control...