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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 ...
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 ...
The Development And Testing Of Pulsed Detonation Engine Ground Demonstrators
(Aerospace Engineering, 2008-09-17)
The successful implementation of a PDE running on fuel and air mixtures will require fast-acting fuel-air injection and mixing techniques, detonation initiation techniques such as DDT enhancing devices or a pre-detonator, ...
Context-aware Inference System To Capture Design Rationale From Legacy MCAD
(Mechanical Engineering, 2008-04-22)
There exist numerous design rationale systems that convert captured information into structured design rationale while providing rationale representation and retrieval. These systems woefully neglect the design rationale ...
Stress Distribution And Strength Prediction Of Composite Laminates With Multiple Holes
(Mechanical Engineering, 2008-04-22)
The major purpose of this study was to investigate failure of composite laminates with multiple unloaded holes in close proximity. The least square boundary collocation method for anisotropic materials was utilized to ...
Design For Reliability In Microoptelectromechanical Systems (MOEMS)
(Mechanical Engineering, 2008-08-08)
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) is an enabling technology for miniaturization. MEMS consist of micron sized moving mechanical structures and electronics fabricated on a suitable substrate such as silicon. MEMS has ...
A Least-squares/Galerkin Split Finite Element Method For Incompressible And Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations
(Aerospace Engineering, 2008-09-17)
Over the years Galerkin finite element method along with its variants has been used to solve incompressible and compressible Navier-Stokes equations. The Galerkin method which is more suited for self-adjoint type system ...
Methodologies For Automated Microassembly
(Mechanical Engineering, 2008-08-08)
The development of micromachining technologies has provided wide applications in micro sensing and actuation. However, most of the demonstrated devices are selectively constructed by fabrication processes that are limited ...
A Mathematical Model Development And Sensitivity Analysis Of Two Photon Polymerization For 3D Micro/nano Fabrication
(Mechanical Engineering, 2008-09-17)
Two photon polymerization (2PP) is an effective technique for the fabrication of complex polymeric 3-D micro/nano features using ultrashort pulses from a NIR laser source. The photosensitive material absorbs two photons ...
Closed-form Development Of A Family Of Higher Order Tetrahedral Elements Through The Fourth Order
(Mechanical Engineering, 2008-08-08)
This research is concerned with the development and implementation of a family of tetrahedral elements through the fourth order. The straight-sided tetrahedral elements are developed in closed-form. This work investigates ...