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Synthesis and Characterization of Graphene-Reinforced Polymer Filaments for Additive Manufacturing
(2021-12-21)Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) is a popular 3D printing process which uses a spool of thermoplastic polymer filament that is melted by the movable extruder printer head onto the bed to generate the required shape. The ... -
GUIDANCE LAWS FOR n-MOBILE AGENTS TO GRIP A MOVING TARGET
(2021-12-20)In this thesis, we consider the problem of n mobile agents carrying a gripper, with the objective of gripping a moving circular target. The target may move with constant velocity, or even maneuver. We develop guidance laws ... -
DETERMINATION OF GUIDANCE LAWS FOR UAV SYSTEMS IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS USING COLLISION CONE THEORY
(2021-12-17)Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also commonly known as drones, are used in various applications, including military applications such as surveillance and intelligence-gathering as well as civilian applications such as ... -
INVESTIGATION OF HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE OF DOUBLE PIPE COUNTER-FLOW HEAT PIPE USING THREE FLUIDS WATER, DOWTHERM, AND WATER-BASED NANOFLUID
(2021-12-14)Heat pipes are two-phase devices, capable of converting a significant amount of energy with low losses. They have been used in several applications such as systems thermal control and cooling. The purpose of the present ... -
PREDICTION OF SOLDER JOINT FATIGUE LIFE OF PHOTONIC PACKAGE USING Ⅲ-Ⅴ MATERIALS
(2021-12-14)Fatigue life prediction has become very important factor in reliability of any electronic components to withstand extreme thermal stresses in industrial standard. Hence, photonic packages are widely used in telecommunication ... -
Experimental Assessment of Rack-Level Dynamic Direct to Chip Liquid Cooling for Data Center and IT Equipment Reliability
(2020-12-10)Data centers are used by organizations for storing, processing and distribution of data. These data centers are run through-out the year due to which their thermal management is a growing concern. A popular way of eliminating ... -
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF IMMERSION COOLING ON A SERVER USING AL2O3/MINERAL OIL NANOFLUID
(2020-08-10)In the current world, technology has developed significantly, with a massive processing and storage of data, resulting in the high increase in Power Density and Heat Generation of servers, computers and its components in ... -
SUB-MODELLING APPROACH FOR COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT THERMAL SIMULATIONS OF LARGE LI-ION BATTERY PACKS
(2020-07-31)Accurate and rapid prediction of temperature distribution in a large Li-ion battery pack comprising thousands of cells is critical for ensuring safety and performance of battery packs for electric vehicles (EVs). Due to ... -
HAPTIC INTERFACE OPTIMIZATION FOR VIRTUAL ANASTOMOSIS SURGERY TRAINING
(2021-08-16)Virtual anastomosis surgery study allows surgeons to perform or practice suturing in virtual reality using a commercial haptic device. The haptic device can generate force feedback so that the user can feel the real touch ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF VIRTUAL SIMULATION FOR EVALUATION OF ROBOTIC ASSISTIVE ENVIRONMENT
(2021-08-18)Robotics research in virtual simulation has the advantage of reduced testing time, verification of algorithms on different systems before implementation, and cost-saving. Today’s simulation softwares are capable of providing ... -
DESIGN OF STREAMLINE-TRACED INLETS AND THEIR INTEGRATION WITH ROTATING DETONATION ENGINES
(2021-08-02)This thesis has two parts: 1) design of the streamline-traced inlets (STIs); and 2) integration of STIs with rotating detonation engines (RDEs). The STI design starts with a two-dimensional, isentropic compression flowfield ... -
ROTOR PERFORMANCE MODEL (RPM)
(2021-07-06)Rotorcraft performance modeling is of high interest with multiple industry codes in existence, many of which are high-fidelity and are comprehensive in the analyses that are achievable. Along with the high-fidelity and the ... -
OBJECT CLASSICATION, DETECTION AND STATE ESTIMATION USING YOLO V3 DEEP NEURAL NETWORK AND SENSOR FUSION OF STEREO CAMERA AND LIDAR
(2021-06-10)Real-time object classification, localization, and detection with region-based convolution neural network (R-CNN) require high computational power, or it consumes a tremendous amount of time with the use of the available ... -
SIMULATION OF A SOFT BODY NON-GRASP MANIPULATOR USING A SPRING-MASS-DAMPER CLOTH MODEL
(2021-08-12)Simulation and modeling are well known and important tools in the field of robotics, being used to validate design and in the development of robotic control systems. Traditionally, robotic systems have been primarily rigid ... -
METHODOLOGY TO DEVELOP ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK BASED CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR MULTIPLE AIR-COOLING UNITS IN A RAISED FLOOR DATA CENTER
(2019-06-03)A data center consists of a hierarchy of systems with dedicated control algorithms dictating their operational states. We could say, there exists an ensemble of dynamical systems, each executing a control task, while the ... -
THERMAL DESTRATIFICATION OF AIR STREAMS TO IMPROVE THE COOLING PROVISIONING OF AIR-COOLED DATA CENTERS
(2019-06-03)Air side economization is an arrangement of duct, damper and automatic control system which together allow introducing outside air to reduce the mechanical cooling during mild or cold weather thereby decrease the energy ... -
IMPACT OF VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES OF LOW LOSS PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS (PCBs) ON RELIABILITY OF WCSP PACKAGES UNDER DROP TEST
(2020-06-08)Reliability of electronic packages is a major concern as different failure modes are induced due to factors such as temperature loads, mechanical stresses, humidity, corrosion and so on. Finite element analysis (FEA) is ... -
MEASUREMENT OF CHANGE IN CTE OF PCBS DUE TO SINGLE PHASE IMMERSION COOLING AND IMPACT OF CHANGED PROPERTIES OF PCBS ON SOLDER JOINT RELIABILITY OF BGA PACKAGE
(2020-06-05)Oil immersion cooling in high-density data centers is emerging as an alternative for traditional air cooling because of the less power consumption, capacity to handle high power density and less space requirement. To adopt ... -
Experimental Study of Dynamic Cooling of Racks using Flow Control Devices
(2020-06-10)A data center is a cluster of multiple servers that a company uses to store and process large amounts of data. Due to never-ending demands, the processor densities are increasing every day. A higher processor density would ... -
CFD ANALYSIS ON LIQUID COOLED COLD PLATE USING COPPER NANOPARTICLES
(2020-06-05)In today’s world, most data centres have multiple racks with numerous servers in each of them. The high amount of heat dissipation has become the largest server-level cooling problem for the data centres. The higher ...