Browsing by Title
Now showing items 5777-5796 of 24439
-
Design Optimization And Synthesis Of Manipulators Based On Various Manipulation Indices
(Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Design optimization of serial manipulators involves striking a balance between an appropriate joint angle and exact link lengths. The optimization technique used in this thesis uses a unique algorithm that optimizes the ... -
Design Optimization Of A Wind Turbine Blade
(Aerospace Engineering, 2011-07-14)This work focuses on designing a blade of 45 meters in length that produces a power of 1.6 MW. The design of the blade was done using the Blade Element Momentum theory and the Prandtl's tip loss factor was used. The ... -
DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF AN ELASTICALLY SUPPORTED MULTI-BEAM ROTORDYNAMIC SYSTEM TO MINIMIZE FLEXURAL RESPONSE WITH CONSIDERATIONS FOR ROBUSTNESS
(2020-04-08)Modern rotating machines are often required to operate with a small physical footprint and/or overall weight; necessitating that they utilize wide-ranging shaft speed to accomplish needed power levels. It is not uncommon ... -
Design Optimization of Pressure Vessel with Particular Design Considerations
(2016-12-19)The pressure vessels in industries are generally designed with a high safety factor because the rupture of a pressure vessel can be extremely dangerous. A vessel that is poorly designed or ineffectively designed to handle ... -
Design Optimization of Race Car Steering Knuckle for Additive Manufacturing
(2017-05-19)Additive manufacturing enables increased geometric complexity in structural configuration compared with conventional manufacturing methods. A Physics-first Computer Aided engineering (CAE) process beginning with structural ... -
Design Optimization Using Augmented Lagrangian Particle Swarm Optimization
(Mechanical Engineering, 2011-07-14)Engineering optimization problems normally include multiple, non-trivial, non-linear constraints. Traditionally gradient based optimization methods were used to solve these types of problems because of their high computational ... -
Design principles for large foil bearings based on scaling laws: Analyses and Experiment
(2018-12-06)Gas foil bearings are used for supporting high speed turbomachinery systems. They are characterized by complex physical and thermal interactions between the lubricating fluid and the structural elements. Mathematically, ... -
DESIGN SYNTHESIS, ANALYSIS, AND REFINEMENT OF A THREE-SURFACE NEXT-GENERATION REGIONAL JET
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2019-05)The regional jet is an area of fierce competition among the airline industry, where every advantage in terms of operating cost and weight reduction are incredibly important. The study was concerned with possible advantages ... -
Design, Analysis And Development Of A Morphable Wing Structure For Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Performance Augmentation
(Mechanical Engineering, 2007-09-17)In this research, we propose mechanisms to continuously morph a wing from a lower aspect ratio to a higher and to further extremities of a gull and an inverted-gull configuration. The mechanism comprises of a linear actuator ... -
Design, Calibration And Testing Of A Force Balance For A Hypersonic Shock Tunnel
(Aerospace Engineering, 2012-07-25)The forces acting on a flight vehicle are critical for determining its performance. Of particular interest is the hypersonic regime. Force measurements are much more complex in hypersonic flows, where those speeds are ... -
DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND CONTROL OF A WHEELCHAIR MOUNTED ROBOTIC ARM
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2019-05)Many people who suffer from paralysis in the upper body require assistance with everyday activities such as eating and drinking. This assistance is usually provided by a caregiver or family member. The senior design team ... -
DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A FLOW CONTROL DEVICE FOR DYNAMIC COOLING LIQUID-COOLED SERVERS
(2021-05-15)Since the early ’60s, based on Moore’s law, transistor density has been doubling every generation resulting in increased power density. Eventually, in the early ’90s, we moved from constant voltage to constant electric ... -
DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND VALIDATION OF A NOVEL OPTICAL IMAGING DEVICE FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
(2019-07-31)Fluorescence and luminescence imaging are two promising optical techniques for diagnosing a variety of critical pathologies in vivo, including wound healing, inflammation, and vascular diseases. Despite this, there is a ... -
DESIGN, EVALUATION, AND MODELING OF MEDIUM VOLTAGE DC ENERGY CONVERSION TESTBED WITH EMPHASIS ON ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE
(2019-05-06)Much work has been done in recent years regarding the emphasis and newfound importance of energy storage and energy conversion within systems that, at one time, functioned off of simple alternating current (AC) busses. ... -
Design, Fabrication And Assembly Of 3-D Microstructures
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)The primary goal of a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) is to integrate electronics, sensors and actuators into a tiny system, which can be easily fabricated and packaged. Currently there is no standard process for ... -
Design, Fabrication And Characterization Of Guided-mode Resonance Transmission Filters
(Electrical Engineering, 2014-07-14)This dissertation addresses photonic devices enabled by the guided-mode resonance (GMR) effect. As periodic phototonic structures can become highly reflective or transmissive at resonance, this effect has been utilized to ... -
Design, Fabrication And Evaluation Of A Novel Microfluidic Based In Vitro Cell Migration Assay
(Biomedical Engineering, 2014-09-17)Microfabrication and microfluidic devices have been recognized as potential platforms for cell-based and drug screening studies. Human glioblastoma multiforme (hGBM) cells migrate inside the central nervous system (CNS) ... -
Design, Fabrication And Test Of Surface Tension-driven Microboats And Thermally Oscillatory Bubble-propelled Microsubmarines
(Mechanical Engineering, 2013-10-23)In this work, we develop microboats and microsubmarines, which are capable of moving on and under water, respectively. The microboat is propelled due to the difference between surface tensions around stern and bow. This ... -
Design, Microfabrication And Characterization Of A Microheater Platform For Studying DNA-surface Interactions
(Electrical Engineering, 2012-07-25)The past few decades have witnessed significant research towards developing DNA biosensors and gene chips. These devices obtain sequence-specific DNA information in a faster, simpler and cheaper manner compared to traditional ... -
DESIGN, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS IN DATA CENTER THERMAL MANAGEMENT
(2021-08-16)Evaporative cooling is an alternative data center cooling solution that presents significant energy cost savings in acquisition and operation when compared to conventional air conditioning and mechanical refrigeration ...