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Full-Text Articles in Mechanical Engineering
Dynamics Modeling Of Molten Salt Reactors, Visura Umesh Pathirana
Dynamics Modeling Of Molten Salt Reactors, Visura Umesh Pathirana
Doctoral Dissertations
The abundance of energy is a necessity for the prosperity of humans. The rise in energy demand has created energy shortages and issues related to energy security. Nuclear energy can produce vast amounts of reliable energy without many of the negative externalities associated with other competing energy sources, such as coal and natural gas. As a result, public interest in nuclear power has increased in the past decade. Many new types of nuclear reactor are proposed. These nuclear reactor designs feature many passive technologies that can operate without external influence. Reactors that feature advanced passive safety features are catagorized as …
Stress Relaxation Cracking In 347h Austenitic Steel Weldments Under Various Heat Treatments: Experiments And Modeling, Yi Yang
Doctoral Dissertations
347H austenitic stainless steel exhibits exceptional creep and corrosion resistance, rendering it an exemplary candidate for pipeline materials, particularly in mid- to high-temperature working conditions. However, due to constraints in component dimensions, welding has been chosen as the preferred method for joining pipeline systems extensively employed in nuclear power plants, fossil fuel plants, and petrochemical companies. The welding process entails the accumulation of residual stress during the cooling stage, along with the introduction of microstructure evolution. Moreover, the residual stress field and microstructure continuously evolve under service conditions, thereby intensifying the susceptibility of crack initiation and propagation. The initial residual …
A Two-Diameter Helical Endmill Beam Model For Tool Tip Dynamics Prediction With Application To Milling, Emma D. Betters
A Two-Diameter Helical Endmill Beam Model For Tool Tip Dynamics Prediction With Application To Milling, Emma D. Betters
Doctoral Dissertations
The aim of this dissertation is to describe the dynamic response of helical endmill geometries to enable the use of receptance coupling substructure analysis (RCSA) to predict the tool tip vibration response of arbitrary tool-holder-spindle-machine combinations. The tool tip vibration response, or receptance, is a key input for milling stability prediction. Currently, a measurement is required to determine the tool tip receptance for each tool-holder-spindle-machine combination, which may not be possible in production environments. In the RCSA approach, the spindle receptances are measured once and archived, while the tool and holder are modeled. Tool tip receptances are predicted by analytically …
Additively Manufactured Nature Inspired Morphology For Redesign: Advancing Next Generation Energy Systems, Vanshika Singh
Additively Manufactured Nature Inspired Morphology For Redesign: Advancing Next Generation Energy Systems, Vanshika Singh
Doctoral Dissertations
To meet cleaner energy goals and increasing demand, energy systems such as gas turbines and power plants are required to be operated under harsh loading conditions like higher temperatures and pressures, fluctuating loads, and corrosive environments. Advanced manufacturing techniques such as additive manufacturing (AM) have put us on the trajectory for next-generation system designs, allowing complex geometries and high-temperature alloys with tailored material properties. We need new and systematic design philosophies to use AM's unique characteristics prudently. For a given functionality, nature tends to provide similar solutions in animate and inanimate structures. We propose to take inspiration from nature's repetitive …
Development And Biomechanical Analysis Toward A Mechanically Passive Wearable Shoulder Exoskeleton, Seyyed Morteza Asgari
Development And Biomechanical Analysis Toward A Mechanically Passive Wearable Shoulder Exoskeleton, Seyyed Morteza Asgari
Doctoral Dissertations
Shoulder disability is a prevalent health issue associated with various orthopedic and neurological conditions, like rotator cuff tear and peripheral nerve injury. Many individuals with shoulder disability experience mild to moderate impairment and struggle with elevating the shoulder or holding the arm against gravity. To address this clinical need, I have focused my research on developing wearable passive exoskeletons that provide continuous at-home movement assistance. Through a combination of experiments and computational tools, I aim to optimize the design of these exoskeletons.
In pursuit of this goal, I have designed, fabricated, and preliminarily evaluated a wearable, passive, cam-driven shoulder exoskeleton …
Experimental Investigation Of The Vortex-Induced Vibration Response Of A Flexibly-Mounted Rigid Cylinder In The Shear-Thinning And Inertial-Viscoelastic Flow Regimes, Pieter Boersma
Doctoral Dissertations
Flexible or flexibly-mounted structures with bluff cross-sections in flow can shed vortices at frequencies that increase with increasing flow velocity. When this shedding frequency is equal to the structure's natural frequency, the structure can oscillate. This is called vortex-induced vibrations (VIV). VIV is present in multiple fluid-structure interaction (FSI) systems which can be found in industrial, medical, and engineering applications. These oscillations can be desirable or undesirable, so understanding the physics behind this phenomenon is important. This work seeks to investigate experimentally the VIV response in the inertial-viscoelastic regime where fluid inertia and elasticity influence the system. The subcritical Newtonian …
Micro And Nano R2r Embossing Of Extruded Polymers, Raymond S. Frenkel
Micro And Nano R2r Embossing Of Extruded Polymers, Raymond S. Frenkel
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation presents a process for directly imprinting or embossing extruded polymers as an advancement in roll-to-roll (R2R) embossing methods that avoids the problems of converting preformed films, increases throughput, and reduces costs. A proof-of-concept R2R apparatus was designed and constructed for directly embossing extruded polymer, and experimental results were evaluated. This laboratory scale R2R apparatus employed a thin metal ribbon belt mold with micro or nano scale features in a calendering setup, with a close coupled induction heating (IH) coil to preheat the ribbon mold above glass transition temperature (Tg) of the polymer, prior to contact with …
Additive Manufacturing Of High-Performance Nanolamellar Eutectic High-Entropy Alloys, Jie Ren
Additive Manufacturing Of High-Performance Nanolamellar Eutectic High-Entropy Alloys, Jie Ren
Doctoral Dissertations
Additive manufacturing, also called three-dimensional (3D) printing, is an emerging technology for printing net-shaped components layer by layer for applications in automotive, aerospace, biomedical and other industries. In addition to the vast design freedom offered by this approach, metal 3D printing via laser powder-bed fusion (L-PBF) involves large temperature gradients and rapid cooling and provides exciting opportunities for producing microstructures and mechanical properties beyond those achievable by conventional processing routes. Although these extreme printing conditions enable microstructural refinement to the nanoscale for achieving high strength. However, high-strength nanostructured alloys by laser additive manufacturing often suffer from limited ductility. Eutectic high-entropy …
Spall Characteristics Of Additively Manufactured Stainless Steel, Kevin Lamb
Spall Characteristics Of Additively Manufactured Stainless Steel, Kevin Lamb
Doctoral Dissertations
Additive manufacturing (AM) has rapidly transformed from a novelty prototyping technology into a growing sector of production across a wide range of industries. Much work has been documented in literature to demonstrate the behavior of AM products under static and quasi-static loading conditions. However, the behavior of AM materials under high strain rate loading is not as well understood. This research attempts to advance the fundamental knowledge of the relationship between the unique aspects of AM and the mechanical performance under high velocity impact loading conditions.
This project examines the behavior of AM 316L stainless steel (SS) exposed to high …
Heat Pump Integrated Thermal Storage For Building Demand Response And Decarbonization, Sara Sultan
Heat Pump Integrated Thermal Storage For Building Demand Response And Decarbonization, Sara Sultan
Doctoral Dissertations
This work presents a novel thermal energy storage (TES) integrated with existing residential heat pump (HP). The research focuses on controls and configuration for energy, demand, cost and carbon emissions savings for residential buildings’ energy consumption. This work will be significant in developing a framework especially for reduced energy demand and carbon emissions associated with space heating and cooling in residential buildings. Since buildings account for about 40% primary energy consumption in U.S. and half of that is associated with HP.
An existing air source HP in integrated with a phase change material (PCM) based TES via active configuration where …
An Automated, Deep Learning Approach To Systematically & Sequentially Derive Three-Dimensional Knee Kinematics Directly From Two-Dimensional Fluoroscopic Video, Viet Dung Nguyen
An Automated, Deep Learning Approach To Systematically & Sequentially Derive Three-Dimensional Knee Kinematics Directly From Two-Dimensional Fluoroscopic Video, Viet Dung Nguyen
Doctoral Dissertations
Total knee arthroplasty (TKA), also known as total knee replacement, is a surgical procedure to replace damaged parts of the knee joint with artificial components. It aims to relieve pain and improve knee function. TKA can improve knee kinematics and reduce pain, but it may also cause altered joint mechanics and complications. Proper patient selection, implant design, and surgical technique are important for successful outcomes. Kinematics analysis plays a vital role in TKA by evaluating knee joint movement and mechanics. It helps assess surgery success, guides implant and technique selection, informs implant design improvements, detects problems early, and improves patient …
Development Of A Soft Robotic Approach For An Intra-Abdominal Wireless Laparoscopic Camera, Hui Liu
Development Of A Soft Robotic Approach For An Intra-Abdominal Wireless Laparoscopic Camera, Hui Liu
Doctoral Dissertations
In Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS), the Magnetic Anchoring and Guidance System (MAGS) arises as a promising technique to provide larger workspaces and field of vision for the laparoscopes, relief space for other instruments, and require fewer incisions. Inspired by MAGS, many concept designs related to fully insertable magnetically driven laparoscopes are developed and tested on the transabdominal operation. However, ignoring the tissue interaction and insertion procedure, most of the designs adopt rigid structures, which not only damage the patients' tissue with excess stress concentration and sliding motion but also require complicated operation for the insertion. Meanwhile, lacking state tracking of …
Intelligent Traffic Control With Connected And Automated Vehicles, Yang Shi
Intelligent Traffic Control With Connected And Automated Vehicles, Yang Shi
Doctoral Dissertations
The recent advancements in communication technology, transportation infrastructure, computational techniques, and artificial intelligence are driving a revolution in future transportation systems. Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) are attracting a lot of attention due to their potential to reduce traffic accidents, ease congestion, and improve traffic efficiency. This study focuses on addressing the challenges in controlling future CAV-enabled transportation systems. The aim is to develop a framework for the control of CAV-based traffic systems to improve roadway safety, travel efficiency, and energy efficiency. The study proposes new methods for vehicle speed control and traffic signal control at signalized intersections and corridors …
Investigating The Electrochemical Performance Of Biphenyl-Sodium Polysulfide Organic Redox Flow Batteries, Mohammad Bahzad
Investigating The Electrochemical Performance Of Biphenyl-Sodium Polysulfide Organic Redox Flow Batteries, Mohammad Bahzad
Doctoral Dissertations
With the increased utilization of renewable energy sources, demand for long-duration energy storage systems has increased to moderate the intermittent power generation problem of these sources. Among the various energy storage technologies, those based on electrochemical conversion have received tremendous attention in recent decades. Organic redox flow batteries (ORFBs) are promising candidates for large-scale energy storage. The advantages of ORFBs are flexibility, wide voltage window, high energy density, and low cost. Although recent developments in ORFBs are promising, their future implementation requires further development, especially to understand their electrochemical performance and alleviate system inefficiencies. Most of ORFBs' performance loss comes …
Space-Angle Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method For Radiative Transfer Equation, Hang Wang
Space-Angle Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method For Radiative Transfer Equation, Hang Wang
Doctoral Dissertations
Radiative transfer theory describes the interaction of radiation with scattering and absorbing media. It has applications in neutron transport, atmospheric physics, heat transfer, molecular imaging, and others. In steady state, the radiative transfer equation is an integro-differential equation of five independent variables, which are 3 dimensions in space and 2 dimensions in the angular direction. This high dimensionality and the presence of the integral term present serious challenges when solving the equation numerically. Over the past 50 years, several techniques for solving the radiative transfer equation (RTE) have been introduced. These include, but are certainly not limited to, Monte Carlo …
Heat Transfer Characteristics Of Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage, Kedar Prashant Shete
Heat Transfer Characteristics Of Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage, Kedar Prashant Shete
Doctoral Dissertations
Latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) systems can be used to reduce electric demand when used in conjunction with Combined Heat and Power Plants or HVAC(Heating, Ventilation, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning), as they can regulate the demand and supply of thermal energy. They can also be used to integrate renewable energy sources with the grid. A design procedure and performance modeling is required for designing and using thermal energy storage systems effectively. We propose hypotheses about the performance of an LHTES device with different operating conditions and material properties, for devices that are governed by different modes of heat transfer. We …
Controlling Mechanical Properties Of Well-Defined Polymer Networks, Ipek Sacligil
Controlling Mechanical Properties Of Well-Defined Polymer Networks, Ipek Sacligil
Doctoral Dissertations
Polymer networks are one of the most versatile and highly studied material class that revolutionized many aspects of life. Connecting the final network properties to the molecular parameters of its building blocks remains a major research thrust. Recent advances in network synthesis techniques allowed for accurate predictions of elastic modulus in model networks. Tew Group has developed highly efficient, thiol-norbornene networks with controllable mechanical properties. Chapter 2 focuses on modifying the gel fracture energy predicted by Lake-Thomas theory by accounting for loop defects. This study allowed for a priori estimates of gel fracture energy by combining theory, experiments, and simulations. …
Surface Engineering And Microfabrication Of Pdms-Based Devices For Women’S Health Applications, Jamar Hawkins
Surface Engineering And Microfabrication Of Pdms-Based Devices For Women’S Health Applications, Jamar Hawkins
Doctoral Dissertations
Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) is a widely used polymer in biomedical and microfluidics research due to its optical transparency, castability, gas permeability, and relative biocompatibility. However, while the favorable intrinsic properties of the polymer are typically suitable for preventing experimental artifacts, the true advantage of these devices often comes from their customized patterning and design, which can be tailored to specific applications. Critical parameters in biomedical applications such as chemical concentration profiles, fluid streamlines, substrate topography, and mechanical stiffness can all be fine-tuned simply by selecting the appropriate dimensions and arrangement of PDMS microstructures. To address challenges in expanding the application of …
Thermal Transport Across 2d/3d Van Der Waals Interfaces, Cameron Foss
Thermal Transport Across 2d/3d Van Der Waals Interfaces, Cameron Foss
Doctoral Dissertations
Designing improved field-effect-transistors (FETs) that are mass-producible and meet the fabrication standards set by legacy silicon CMOS manufacturing is required for pushing the microelectronics industry into further enhanced technological generations. Historically, the downscaling of feature sizes in FETs has enabled improved performance, reduced power consumption, and increased packing density in microelectronics for several decades. However, many are claiming Moore's law no longer applies as the era of silicon CMOS scaling potentially nears its end with designs approaching fundamental atomic-scale limits -- that is, the few- to sub-nanometer range. Ultrathin two-dimensional (2D) materials present a new paradigm of materials science and …
A Primal Treatise Of Constant-Force Compliant Segment And Mechanism Design With Applications, Vamsi Lodagala
A Primal Treatise Of Constant-Force Compliant Segment And Mechanism Design With Applications, Vamsi Lodagala
Doctoral Dissertations
"The evolution of compliant mechanisms propelled the development of constant-force mechanisms (CFMs) for various applications because of their unique characteristics. Many research endeavors have presented different techniques that often involve some optimization to design the CFMs. However, the mechanics of the generation of constant force at the elemental level is not well understood. This research effort theorizes and validates that simple, compliant segment with different boundary conditions, subjected to axial loading, produce near-constant force without the need for design optimization. Analytical models are developed based on the pseudo-rigid-body model (PRBM) concept to predict their force-displacement behavior, and to establish that …
Unsteady Flow Behaviors Generated By Three-Dimensional Lattice Geometries As Measured By Laser Doppler Velocimetry, Yi Qiao
Doctoral Dissertations
"The relation between flow stream turbulence and heat transfer has been known for a long time, that the heat transfer rate is increased if the turbulence or fluctuation level of the flow increases. Open cell foams and compact heat exchangers are two of the most common models applied for heat transfer augmentation. However, the small ligaments of open cell foams limit the heat conducted and smooth passages in compact heat exchangers cannot cause flow unsteadiness. Accordingly, new geometric models are needed to improve the heat transfer enhancement. Three-dimensional (3D) lattice geometries with a range of features and sizes can be …
Characterization And Improvement Of Powder Properties Through Plasma Spheroidization For Use In The Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process, M. Hossein Sehhat
Characterization And Improvement Of Powder Properties Through Plasma Spheroidization For Use In The Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process, M. Hossein Sehhat
Doctoral Dissertations
"This research was conducted to characterize the powder properties using different characterization techniques to enhance the powder behavior in the Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) process. One of the shortcomings of LPBF process is the high cost of gas-atomized powder feedstock. To overcome this downside, the cheaper water-atomized powder was characterized and used in LPBF process, and its performance was compared with those of gas-atomized powder. Also, the plasma spheroidization process was used to improve the powder characteristics; if the spheroidized powder could function as well as the virgin powder, plasma spheroidization process could be applied to the used powders …