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Factors Affecting The Performance Characteristics Of Wet Cooling Pads For Data Center Applications
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-12)
The energy consumption of data centers in the current US market is fast growing in large numbers by every day. It was reported that in 2013, US data centers almost consumed 91 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity significant ...
Design And Multifidelity Analysis Of Dual Mode Scramjet Compression System Using Coupled NPSS And Fluent Simulation
(Aerospace Engineering, 2014-07-14)
Hypersonic airbreathing engines provide many potential opportunities for future aerospace applications and immense efforts have been taken in gaining knowledge in them for the past decades .The physical phenomenon occurring ...
Experimental Investigation Of Nucleate Boiling And Thin-film Evaporation On Enhanced Silicon Surfaces
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-07-14)
The present work consists of two major studies. The first study investigates the effects of surface energy or wettability on nucleate pool boiling and the second study investigates the thin-film evaporative cooling for ...
Interaction Of Growing Cracks In Hydraulic Fracturing
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-07-14)
Recently, hydraulic fracturing has been utilized to extract natural gas and oil from low-permeability shale rocks. This technique has been studied in hundreds of papers. A deep understanding of the fracture network formation ...
Computational Analysis Of A Multistage Axial Compressor
(Aerospace Engineering, 2014-07-14)
Turbo machines are used extensively in Aerospace, Power Generation, and Oil & Gas Industries. Efficiency of these machines is often an important factor and has led to the continuous effort to improve the design to achieve ...
Unsteady Thrust Measurement Techniques For Pulse Detonation Engines
(Aerospace Engineering, 2014-07-14)
Thrust is a critical performance parameter and its correct determination is necessary to characterize an engine. Many conventional thrust measurement techniques prevail. However, further developments are required for correct ...
Computational Study Of Data Center Hotspot Mitigation With Snorkels As An Alternative Rack-level Containment Strategy
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-07-14)
One of the major concerns of companies around the world is business continuity and with that comes the need to prevent operational dysfunction by keeping their information systems available and functional. IT professionals ...
Dynamic Simulation Of Multibody Systems In Simultaneous, Indeterminate Contact And Impact With Friction
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-07-14)
This research is focused on improving the solutions obtained using theory in contact and impact modeling. A theoretical framework is developed which can simulate the performance of dynamic systems within a real world ...
Finite Element Based Methodology For Prediction Of Matrix-dominated Failure In Composites
(Aerospace Engineering, 2014-07-14)
The objective of this work is to develop a computational failure prognosis methodology applicable to virtual testing of composites. The major motivation for the establishment of virtual testing is the ability to reduce ...
Enhancement Of Pool Boiling And Evaporative Heat Transfer Using High Temperature Thermally Conductive Microporous Coatings
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-12)
The present research is an experimental study of the enhancement of pool boiling and evaporative heat transfer using high temperature thermally conductive microporous coatings. Two major types of coatings were investigated: ...