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Manufacturing And Mechanics Of Polymer Matrix Composites, Md Shariful Islam
Manufacturing And Mechanics Of Polymer Matrix Composites, Md Shariful Islam
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Fiber-reinforced composite materials are widely used in the aerospace and automobile industries. Their strength-to-weight and stiffness-to-weight ratios make them suitable to be used in spacecraft, especially as cryogenic tank materials. One of the focus of this dissertation is to investigate the application of woven carbon and Kevlar® fiber composites as cryogenic tank materials. Tensile, bending and short beam shear tests are performed on rectangular specimens at room temperature and after cryogenic exposure (-196°C). It is found that the mechanical properties of these composite materials do not degrade significantly due to cryogenic exposure. It is observed that the failure mode took …
Design Optimization Of Sandwich Core, Mohammad Tauhiduzzaman
Design Optimization Of Sandwich Core, Mohammad Tauhiduzzaman
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Ultralight sandwich structures comprising of low-density core with stiff facings have attracted significant research interest for their considerable weight saving applications. The aircraft industries are focusing on decreasing the structural mass to lower the manufacturing and operating costs. Design analysis of the sandwich cores using finite element analysis has been developed as a promising concept to feature sandwich structures with maximum strength, stiffness, and reduced weight. To obtain multifunctional behavior of sandwich panels, a profound investigation of geometrical and mechanical properties in the transverse plane is required because it is very susceptible to any kind loadings. Structural optimization is one …
Effect Of Multi-Tube Injector Geometry On Flame Stability And Nox Emission In A High Pressure Gas Turbine Combustor, Sudipa Sarker
Effect Of Multi-Tube Injector Geometry On Flame Stability And Nox Emission In A High Pressure Gas Turbine Combustor, Sudipa Sarker
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Future generation gas turbine combustors for power production are expected to have the capability of operating on high hydrogen content fuels. To ensure the implementation of high hydrogen content (HHC) fuel in a power generation unit without negotiating with operational or emission advantages, the study of the flame stability regime and behavior of (HHC) fuel under gas turbine condition leads to the necessity of the development of an optically accessible high-pressure combustor. This Dissertation first presents the design of an optically high-pressure combustor facility based on 500 kW power and 1.5 MPa pressure which is the representative pressure of a …