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Effects Of Large-Scale Transient Loading And Waste Heat Rejection On A Three Stream Variable Cycle Engine, Michael William Corbett
Effects Of Large-Scale Transient Loading And Waste Heat Rejection On A Three Stream Variable Cycle Engine, Michael William Corbett
Browse all Theses and Dissertations
The objective of the research presented in this document was to gain an understanding of the feasibility of extracting large amounts of transient shaft power from a variable cycle engine and to reject waste heat into the third stream bypass duct. This first required the development of a transient engine and controller simulation. After performing basic verification of the model, such as ensuring conservation of mass, tests were run for three missions using a low-efficiency periodic load which both required shaft power and created low quality waste heat. The waste heat generated by that load was lifted by a cooling …
A Collaborative Computational Framework For Multidisciplinary And Reliability-Based Analysis And Optimization Using Sorcer, Karkada Nagesha Aithala
A Collaborative Computational Framework For Multidisciplinary And Reliability-Based Analysis And Optimization Using Sorcer, Karkada Nagesha Aithala
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In a globalized and highly competitive world of product design, collaboration is a necessity to leverage the expertise available among various engineering teams to meet stringent product specifications and strict product delivery schedules reducing the concept to release time, and hence maintaining a competitive edge in the market. Physical location of teams may span organizational firewalls and different countries. Seamless access must be provided to hundreds of design tools that are utilized by the teams to carry out multidisciplinary analysis, optimization, and reliability studies in order to accurately estimate product performance. Service ORiented Computational EnviRonment (SORCER) is one of the …
Fabrication And Property Study Of Plasma Sprayed Alumina Coatings And Magnetron Sputtered Multilayers, Ranran Liu
Fabrication And Property Study Of Plasma Sprayed Alumina Coatings And Magnetron Sputtered Multilayers, Ranran Liu
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
In this study, air or atmospheric plasma spraying (APS), one of thermal spraying processes, was used to produce alumina coatings and single splats. Nanoindentation technique was used to measure the mechanical properties, such as hardness and elastic modulus, of APS alumina coatings and single splats. The detailed procedures to calculate elastic modulus and hardness, and testing parameters for nanoindentation have been provided. This study revealed that the phase combination of α-Al2O3 and γ-Al2O3 played an important role in the scattering distribution of nanoindentation results on APS alumina coatings. In addition, nanoindentation technique was used to predict the phase information of …
On The Thermodynamics Of Degradation, Mehdi Amir Darehbidi
On The Thermodynamics Of Degradation, Mehdi Amir Darehbidi
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
All materials when subjected to fatigue loading are prone to failure if the number of cycles exceeds a certain level. Prediction of the number of cycles to failure is, therefore, of utmost importance in nearly all engineering applications. The existing methods for evaluating the fatigue life are tedious, expensive, and extremely time consuming as fatigue often takes many thousands to millions of cycles until failure occurs. Therefore, methods that can readily estimate the number of cycles to failure are highly desirable. In this work, innovative solutions to fatigue problems are presented and their practical significance is discussed. The premise of …
Thermodynamic Approach To Fatigue Failure Analysis In Metals And Composite Materials, Mehdi Naderi Abadi
Thermodynamic Approach To Fatigue Failure Analysis In Metals And Composite Materials, Mehdi Naderi Abadi
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
Fatigue is a dissipative process and must obey the laws of thermodynamics. In general, it can be hypothesized that the degradation of machinery components is a consequence of irreversible thermodynamic processes that disorder a component, and that degradation is a time dependent phenomenon with increasing disorder. This suggests that entropy —a fundamental parameter in thermodynamics that characterizes disorder— offers a natural measure of component degradation. The majority of the existing methods for prediction of fatigue are limited to the study of a single fatigue mode, i.e., bending or torsion or tension-compression. Further, the variability in the duty cycle in a …
Small Footprint High Flow Rate Microdevice For Rare Target Cell Capture, Taehyun Park
Small Footprint High Flow Rate Microdevice For Rare Target Cell Capture, Taehyun Park
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
A novel high flow rate cell capture design was introduced to overcome the limitations of the current technologies or methods for rare target cell capture. Even though the rare target cell capture using BioMEMS technology has great potential for cancer diagnosis, previous rare cell capture research could not overcome the limitations of low flow rate or low recovery rate. Rare cell research requires precise sample preparation for accurate results. A new method of preparation for a single or a precise number of target cell was introduced. Current sample preparation methods which are not suitable for rare cell research, such as …
Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies Of Surface-Stress Effects In Metallic Nanostructures, Jijun Lao
Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies Of Surface-Stress Effects In Metallic Nanostructures, Jijun Lao
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
Using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations we investigate the surface-stress-induced structural transformations and pseudoelastic behavior in palladium (Pd) crystalline nanowires. For a <100> initial crystal orientation our studies indicate that the surface stress can cause Pd nanowires to spontaneously undergo structural changes with characteristics that are determined by the wire cross-sectional area. Specifically, when the cross-sectional area is below 2.18nm x 2.18nm the wire changes spontaneously its crystal structure from the initial fcc structure to a body-centered-tetragonal (bct) structure. In wires of larger cross-sectional area (i.e., 2.57nm x 2.57nm) the structural transformation is achieved via a spontaneous lattice reorientation leading to an …100>
Gas Turbine Blade Tip And Near Tip Heat Transfer With Film Cooling, Gregory Kramer
Gas Turbine Blade Tip And Near Tip Heat Transfer With Film Cooling, Gregory Kramer
LSU Master's Theses
Gas turbine blade tips experience very high thermal loads due to high temperature combustion gases and tip leakage flows. This leads to the tip region being very susceptible to experiencing failures. To better understand these effects, experiments were performed in a suction-type low speed wind tunnel cascade to determine heat transfer coefficients and film cooling effectiveness distributions on a highly-loaded 2-D gas turbine blade model in the tip and near-tip regions. The blade shape was generated to match the pressure coefficients of the operating turbine blade design. The model featured multiple tip and pressure side film cooling holes and a …
A Biomimic Self-Healing Shape Memory Polymer Based Syntactic Foam For Smart Structural Composites, Jones Nji
A Biomimic Self-Healing Shape Memory Polymer Based Syntactic Foam For Smart Structural Composites, Jones Nji
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
This study explored the development of a new self-healing Polystyrene Shape Memory Polymer (PSMP) based syntactic foam for service life extension in structural polymeric composites. The objective was to self-heal structural-length scale damage in an autonomous, efficient, timely and repeatable manner at the molecular-length scale. Self-healing is achieved through a novel two step close-then-heal (CTH) self-healing scheme, designed to mimic the natural biological process of wound healing in humans. A new methodology to fabricate three-dimensional (3-D) fiber reinforced shape memory polymer syntactic foam for structural applications was developed. The effect of impact energy on the ability for the 3-D fiber …
Autonomous Mobility And Manipulation Of A 9-Dof Wmra, William Garrett Pence
Autonomous Mobility And Manipulation Of A 9-Dof Wmra, William Garrett Pence
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The wheelchair-mounted robotic arm (WMRA) is a 9-degree of freedom (DoF) assistive system that consists of a 2-DoF modified commercial power wheelchair and a custom 7-DoF robotic arm. Kinematics and control methodology for the 9-DoF system that combine mobility and manipulation have been previously developed and implemented. This combined control allows the wheelchair and robotic arm to follow a single trajectory based on weighted optimizations. However, for the execution of activities of daily living (ADL) in the real-world environment, modified control techniques have been implemented.
In order to execute macro ADL tasks, such as a "go to and pick up" …
Physically Meaningful Harmonization Of Tire/Pavement Friction Measurement Devices, Madhura Priyanga Nishshanke Rajapakshe
Physically Meaningful Harmonization Of Tire/Pavement Friction Measurement Devices, Madhura Priyanga Nishshanke Rajapakshe
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Accurate characterization and evaluation of tire/pavement friction is critical in assuring runway and highway safety. Historically, Pavement Friction Measurement Devices (PFMDs) employing different measuring mechanisms have been used to evaluate tire/pavement friction. They yield significantly disparate friction coefficients under the same contact conditions. Currently, an empirically developed data harmonization method based on a reference device (Dynamic Friction Tester (DFT)) is used in an attempt to overcome the disparities between the measurements using various different PFMDs. However, this method, which has been standardized by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM E1960), has been criticized for its inconsistency by researchers …
Sub-Cooled Pool Boiling Enhancement With Nanofluids, Elliott Charles Rice
Sub-Cooled Pool Boiling Enhancement With Nanofluids, Elliott Charles Rice
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Phase-change heat transfer is an important process used in many engineering thermal designs. Boiling is an important phase change phenomena as it is a common heat transfer process in many thermal systems. Phase change processes are critical to thermodynamic cycles as most closed loop systems have an evaporator, in which the phase change process occurs. There are many applications/processes in which engineers employ the advantages of boiling heat transfer, as they seek to improve heat transfer performance. Recent research efforts have experimentally shown that nanofluids can have significantly better heat transfer properties than those of the pure base fluids, such …
Thermophysical Characterization Of Nanofluids Through Molecular Dynamic Simulations, John Shelton
Thermophysical Characterization Of Nanofluids Through Molecular Dynamic Simulations, John Shelton
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Using equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations, an analysis of the key thermophysical properties critical to heat transfer processes is performed. Replication of thermal conductivity and shear viscosity observations found in experimental investigations were performed using a theoretical nanopthesis-fluid system and a novel colloid-fluid interaction potential to investigate the key nanofluid parameters. Analysis of both the heat current (thermal conductivity) and stress (shear viscosity) autocorrelation functions have suggested that the dominant physical mechanisms for thermal and momentum transport arises from enhancements to the longitudinal and transverse acoustic modes energy transfer brought about by the increased mass ratio of the nanopthesis to the …
Modeling And Parameter Study Of Bistable Spherical Compliant Mechanisms, Chester Smith
Modeling And Parameter Study Of Bistable Spherical Compliant Mechanisms, Chester Smith
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The bistable spherical compliant mechanism (BSCM) is a novel device capable of large, repeatable, out-of-plane motion, characteristics that are somewhat difficult to achieve with surface micromachined microelectromechanical systems. An improved pseudo-rigid-body model (PRBM) to predict the behavior of the BSCM is presented. The new model was used to analyze seven different versions of the device, each with a different compliant joint length. The new model, which adds torsion, is compared with a finite element analysis (FEA) beam model. The new model more closely approximates the results yielded by FEA than previous models used to analyze the BSCM. Future work is …
Polydimethylsiloxane Mechanical Properties Measured By Macroscopic Compression And Nanoindentation Techniques, Zhixin Wang
Polydimethylsiloxane Mechanical Properties Measured By Macroscopic Compression And Nanoindentation Techniques, Zhixin Wang
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
In this thesis, the relationship between the elastic modulus of PDMS and the base/agent ratio (the amount of crosslinking) is studied. Reliable macroscopic compression test instrument was developed. Preload method was applied for the nanoindentation flat punch test to develop full contact.
In chapter 2, an easy instrument setup for macroscopic compression test is described. A series of PDMS samples with different base/agent ratios were tested using the macroscopic compression method. The relationship between PDMS elastic modulus and its base/agent ratio was established.
In chapter 3, PDMS nanoindentation DMA tests provide stable data with different test control models. The storage …
Design And Analysis Of An Innovative Semi-Flexible Hybrid Personal-Body-Armor System, Daniel Jeffrey Miller
Design And Analysis Of An Innovative Semi-Flexible Hybrid Personal-Body-Armor System, Daniel Jeffrey Miller
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Current military-grade rifle body armor technology uses hard ballistic plates positioned on top of flexible materials, such as woven Kevlar® to stop projectiles and absorb the energy of the impact. However, absorbing the impact energy and stopping a rifle projectile comes at a cost to the wearer - mobility. In this thesis, a new concept for personal body armor is proposed - a semi-flexible hybrid body armor. This hybrid armor is comprised of two components that work as a system to effectively balance the flexibility offered by a soft fabric based armor with the protection level of hard plated armor. …
Numerical Simulations Of Heat Transfer Processes In A Dehumidifying Wavy Fin And A Confined Liquid Jet Impingement On Various Surfaces, Mutasim Mohamed Sarour Elsheikh
Numerical Simulations Of Heat Transfer Processes In A Dehumidifying Wavy Fin And A Confined Liquid Jet Impingement On Various Surfaces, Mutasim Mohamed Sarour Elsheikh
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This thesis consists of two different research problems. In the first one, the heat transfer characteristic of wavy fin assembly with dehumidification is carried out. In general, fin tube heat exchangers are employed in a wide variety of engineering applications, such as cooling coils for air conditioning, air pre-heaters in power plants and for heat dissipation from engine coolants in automobile radiators. In these heat exchangers, a heat transfer fluid such as water, oil, or refrigerant, flows through a parallel tube bank, while a second heat transfer fluid, such as air, is directed across the tubes. Since the principal resistance …
Effect Of Piezoelectric Actuation On Curved Beams And Single Lap Joints, Calicia Johnson
Effect Of Piezoelectric Actuation On Curved Beams And Single Lap Joints, Calicia Johnson
LSU Master's Theses
Piezoelectric materials have seen a significant usage increase over the past decade. They have been found to be effective as either sensors or actuators in smart structure applications, which allows them to act more as an adaptive system rather than a passive system. Piezoelectric materials are very effective transducers which convert mechanical energy into electrical energy, known as the direct piezoelectric effect or they have the ability to convert electrical energy to mechanical energy, known as the converse piezoelectric effect. The absence of additional mechanical parts, its lightweight and high strength to weight ratio is what make piezoelectric materials so …
A Microstructure Based Model Of The Deformation Mechanisms And Flow Stress During Elevated Temperature Straining Of A Magnesium Alloy, David Cipoletti, A.F. Bower, P.E. Krajewski
A Microstructure Based Model Of The Deformation Mechanisms And Flow Stress During Elevated Temperature Straining Of A Magnesium Alloy, David Cipoletti, A.F. Bower, P.E. Krajewski
David E. Cipoletti
No abstract provided.
Thermal Modelling For Laser Treatment Of Port Wine Stains, Dong Li, Guo-Xiang Wang, Yaling He
Thermal Modelling For Laser Treatment Of Port Wine Stains, Dong Li, Guo-Xiang Wang, Yaling He
Dr. Guo-Xiang Wang
No abstract provided.
Single-Shot Gas-Phase Thermometry Using Pure-Rotational Hybrid Femtosecond/Picosecond Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering, Terrence R. Meyer
Single-Shot Gas-Phase Thermometry Using Pure-Rotational Hybrid Femtosecond/Picosecond Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering, Terrence R. Meyer
Terrence R Meyer
© 2011 Optical Society of America. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modifications of the content of this paper are prohibited
An Efficient Method Of Modeling Material Properties Using A Thermal Diffusion Analogy: An Example Based On Craniofacial Bone, Ian Grosse, Julian L. Davis, Elizabeth R. Dumont, David S S. Strait
An Efficient Method Of Modeling Material Properties Using A Thermal Diffusion Analogy: An Example Based On Craniofacial Bone, Ian Grosse, Julian L. Davis, Elizabeth R. Dumont, David S S. Strait
Ian Grosse
The ability to incorporate detailed geometry into finite element models has allowed researchers to investigate the influence of morphology on performance aspects of skeletal components. This advance has also allowed researchers to explore the effect of different material models, ranging from simple (e.g., isotropic) to complex (e.g., orthotropic), on the response of bone. However, bone's complicated geometry makes it difficult to incorporate complex material models into finite element models of bone. This difficulty is due to variation in the spatial orientation of material properties throughout bone. Our analysis addresses this problem by taking full advantage of a finite element program's …
Voltage Impulse Induced Bistable Magnetization Switching In Multiferroic Heterostructures, Tianxiang Nan
Voltage Impulse Induced Bistable Magnetization Switching In Multiferroic Heterostructures, Tianxiang Nan
Tianxiang Nan
We report on voltage impulse induced reversible bistable magnetization switching in FeGaB/lead zirconate titanate (PZT) multiferroic heterostructures at room temperature. This was realized through strain-mediated magnetoelectric coupling between ferroelectric PZT and ferromagnetic FeGaB layer. Two reversible and stable voltage-impulse induced mechanical strain states were obtained in the PZT by applying an electric field impulse with its amplitude smaller than the electric coercive field, which led to reversible voltage impulse induced bistable magnetization switching. These voltage impulse induced bistable magnetization switching in multiferroic heterostructures provides a promising approach to power efficient bistable magnetization switching that is crucial for information storage.
Modeling And Simulation Of Microwave Double Absorption On Methanol Steam Reforming For Hydrogen Production, Wei-Hsin Chen
Modeling And Simulation Of Microwave Double Absorption On Methanol Steam Reforming For Hydrogen Production, Wei-Hsin Chen
Wei-Hsin Chen
No abstract provided.
Failure Analysis Of Retrieved Uhmwpe Tibial Insert In Total Knee Replacement
Failure Analysis Of Retrieved Uhmwpe Tibial Insert In Total Knee Replacement
A.S. Md Abdul Haseeb
This study involves the failure analysis of an ultra high molecular polyethylene (UHMWPE) tibial insert from Apollo® Total Knee System, which was removed after 10. years of service from 70. years old female patient. The tibial insert was investigated by using a stereoscope, scanning electron microscope (SEM), infinite focus microscope (IFM) and energy disperse spectroscopy (EDS) to characterize the morphology and composition of the bearing surface. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and Fourier transform spectroscopy (FTIR) were employed to characterize the degradation and crystallinity of the component. Gel-permeation chromatography (GPC) was used to measure the polyethylene tibial insert molecular weight. Results …
Bioheat Transfer, Alireza Zolfaghari, Mehdi Maerefat
Bioheat Transfer, Alireza Zolfaghari, Mehdi Maerefat
Dr Alireza Zolfaghari
No abstract provided.
Issues Of Wind Power For Renewable Society Construction At 3-11 Earthquake & Tsunami Striken Areas 被災地からの自然エネルギー社会づくりと風力発電の課題, Masayuki Horio
Issues Of Wind Power For Renewable Society Construction At 3-11 Earthquake & Tsunami Striken Areas 被災地からの自然エネルギー社会づくりと風力発電の課題, Masayuki Horio
Masayuki Horio
No abstract provided.
Reverse Logic - Safety Of Spent Nuclear Fuel Disposal, Antti Lempinen, Marianne Silvan-Lempinen
Reverse Logic - Safety Of Spent Nuclear Fuel Disposal, Antti Lempinen, Marianne Silvan-Lempinen
Antti Lempinen
No abstract provided.
The Homotopy Perturbation Method For Free Vibration Analysis Of Beam On Elastic Foundation, Baki Ozturk, Safa Bozkurt Coskun
The Homotopy Perturbation Method For Free Vibration Analysis Of Beam On Elastic Foundation, Baki Ozturk, Safa Bozkurt Coskun
Safa Bozkurt Coskun
In this study, the homotopy perturbation method (HPM) is applied to free vibration analysis of beam on elastic foundation. This numerical method is applied on three different axially loaded cases, namely: 1) one end fixed, the other end simply supported; 2) both ends fixed and 3) both ends simply supported cases. Analytical solutions and frequency factors are evaluated for different ratios of axial load N acting on the beam to Euler buckling load, Nr. The application of HPM for the particular problem in this study gives results which are in excellent agreement with both analytical solutions and the variational iteration …