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Multi-objective Design Optimization Of BEol/fBEol Region During Chip Attachment To Substrate
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-03-12)
Semiconductor industry has recognized the need to replace traditional Al/SiO2 interconnects with Cu/Low-k interconnects in the mainstream electronics devices following the latter's impact on power, RC delay, and cross-talk ...
Thermal Management Method For Foil Bearings In Turbine Hot Section
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-03-12)
Recently, Air Foil Bearings (AFB) are gaining higher industrial acceptance in micro-turbo machinery. AFB show high speed operating capability and environmental friendly operation in comparison to rolling element bearings. ...
A Computational Model To Characterize Different Flow Regimes For Microscale Re-entry Satellites
(Aerospace Engineering, 2014-03-12)
Atmospheric re-entry vehicles experience different flow regimes during flight due to the change in atmospheric density along the re-entry trajectory. This change in density creates non-equilibrium regions on the order of ...
Trajectory Generation And Constrained Control Of Quadrotors
(Aerospace Engineering, 2014-03-10)
Unmanned Aerial Systems, although still in early development, are expected to grow in both the military and civil sectors. As part of the UAV sector, the quadrotor helicopter platform has been receiving a lot of interest ...
Numerical Simulations Of Transonic Wingtip
(Aerospace Engineering, 2014-03-12)
This report presents numerical simulations using ANSYS FLUENT for a NACA 0012 wing both in two- and three-dimensional cases to compare with an experimental data. This comparison also allowed for any wall interference in ...
Development Of Multi-element Active Aerodynamics For The Formula SAE Car
(Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 2014-03-12)
This thesis focuses on the design, development, and implementation of an active aerodynamics system on 2013 Formula SAE car. The aerodynamics package itself consists of five element front and rear wings as well as an under ...
Point Measurement Of Detonation Wave Propagation Using Ion Guage
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-03-12)
Accurate measurement of detonation wave velocity is important in the study of detonations. Detonation wave velocity is calculated by the ratio of distance between two transducers which the wave front travels over the ...
Development Of Artificial Neural Network Based Black Box Model Of A Data Center As A Temperature Predicting Tool As A Function Of Server Location, Dissipating Server Heat And CRAC Fan Speed
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-03-12)
Modern data centers consume an astonishing 1.3\% power all around the world. As the number of data centers continue to grow, there is an increasing need and demand to develop new ways to reduce the power footprint. Several ...
A New Multiscale Approach For Dynamic Modeling And Simulation Of Micro-nano Biomolecular Systems Characterized By A Low Reynolds Number
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-07-14)
In this dissertation, a new multiscale computational framework was developed in order to model and simulate motility of micro-nano-sized objects in fluid environments, characterized with a low Reynolds number. Especially, ...
Multi-variable Design Optimization Of A Contemporary Cold Plate For A Fixed Pumping Power For Minimizing The Thermal Resistance
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-07-14)
Due to reliability concerns, thermal management of microprocessors has and continues to become a major challenge in electronic packaging. High circuit densities in modern integrated circuit semiconductor devices require ...