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Optimization Of The Tool Path In A Robotic Environment
(Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
The rising costs and demand coupled with shrinking energy generating resources has triggered the need for optimum use of energy resources, minimizing the overhead costs and maximizing the profits. Robots have been long ...
Development Of A Quantum Dot Mediated Thermometry For Minimally Invasive Thermal Therapy
(Mechanical Engineering, 2009-09-16)
Thermally-related, minimally invasive therapies are designed to treat tumors while minimizing damage to the surrounding tissues. Adjacent tissues become susceptible to thermal injury to ensure the cancer is completely ...
An Analytical And Numerical Model For Design Of Non- Uniformly Powered Silicon Chips Based On Both Thermal And Device Clock Performance
(Mechanical Engineering, 2008-04-22)
Silicon chips continue to grow in capabilities, complexity and performance. Silicon chips typically integrate functional components such as logic and level two (L2) cache memory in their architecture. This functional ...
An Experimental Investigation Of Ionization Of Supersonic Air By A Corona Discharge
(Aerospace Engineering, 2007-08-23)
A technique is developed to ionize supersonic air flow in a shock tube by a weak corona discharge. The driven section of the tube is open to the atmosphere. The shock propagates in the driven section at about 1 km/s by ...
Optimal-control Theoretic Methods For Optimization And Regulation Of Distributed Parameter Systems
(Aerospace Engineering, 2009-09-16)
Optimal control and optimization of distributed parameter systems are discussed in the context of a common control framework. The adjoint method of optimization and the traditional linear quadratic regulator implementation ...
Enhancement Of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Using Thermally-conductive Microporous Coating Techniques
(Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
The present research is an experimental study of the enhancement of boiling heat transfer using microporous coating techniques. The current research is divided into four major phases. During the first phase, the effects ...
On The Near Field Mean Flow Structure Of Transverse Jets Issuing Into A Supersonic Freestream
(Aerospace Engineering, 2008-04-22)
The near field mean flow structure of transverse jets issuing from a surface into
supersonic crossflow is examined using numerical methods and separation topology. The
Navier-Stokes solver Falcon, developed at Lockheed ...
Semi-analytical Complex Variable Based Stochastic Finite Element Method
(Mechanical Engineering, 2009-09-16)
The stochastic finite element method (SFEM) is an approach that allows an analyst to define material, load, and geometry parameters as random variables to represent uncertainty in an engineering problem. The method is then ...
Characterization And Cooling Capacity Enhancement Of A Porous Ceramic Wick Based Coldplate
(Mechanical Engineering, 2009-09-16)
Current passive cooling methods of aerospace and military, high heat-flux electronics include the use of thermal planes made of exotic metal alloys, which have been designed, at a great expense, to have high thermal ...
Experimental Investigation Of Flow Boiling And Spray Cooling On Enhanced Surfaces In FC-72
(Mechanical Engineering, 2009-09-16)
In this study the effect of a recently developed, thermally conductive microporous coating on flow boiling and spray cooling performance was studied using FC-72 as the working fluid. The overall goal is to further increase ...