Optimization Of Water And Energy Use In Indirect Evaporative Cooling System By Cfd,
2016
University of Texas at Arlington
Optimization Of Water And Energy Use In Indirect Evaporative Cooling System By Cfd, Mansi Vijay Prajapati
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive
Data center cooling is becoming important to maintain environmental condition for ITE- Information technology equipment. Conventional evaporative wet cooling media lowers the temperature of the dry bulb temperature of incoming air in which heat transfer to water film and sensibly cool the product air by increasing moisture into air. Wet cooling media technique requires large quantity of clean water, which is reducing area where water is very less. Therefore, indirect evaporative cooling is good alternative. Chiller plants/Indirect Evaporative cooling(IEC) are used as a cooling source for larger data centers as they are more efficient in heat transfer without adding moisture …
Self-Propulsion Of Liquid Drops Between Non-Parallel Structures At Leidenfrost State,
2016
University of Texas at Arlington
Self-Propulsion Of Liquid Drops Between Non-Parallel Structures At Leidenfrost State, Manjarik Mrinal
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive
In this work, we explored self-propulsion of a liquid drop between non-parallel structures at a temperature above its Leidenfrost point. A theoretical model was first developed to determine conditions for a drop to move away from the corner of two non-parallel plates. Subsequently, these results were validated by experiments. Finally, in Leidenfrost states, both lyophilic and lyophobic drops were shown to have the same dimensional movements away from the corner of two non-parallel plates.
Effect Of Pcb Thickness On Solder Joint Reliability Of Qfn Package Under Power And Thermal Cycling,
2016
University of Texas at Arlington
Effect Of Pcb Thickness On Solder Joint Reliability Of Qfn Package Under Power And Thermal Cycling, Srinivas Rahul Rao
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive
Failure analysis and its effects are major reliability concerns in electronic packaging. More accurate fatigue life prediction can be obtained after the consideration of all affecting loads on the electronic devices. When an electronic device is turned off and then turned on multiple times, it creates a loading condition called power cycling. The die is the only heat source causing non-uniform temperature distribution. The solder joint reliability assessment of Quad Flat no-lead Package (QFN) is done through computational method i.e. Finite element analysis (FEA) under two different loads. In this paper, the power cycling and thermal cycling act as a …
Finite Element Modeling And Stress Distribution Of Unidirectional Composite Materials Under Transversal Loading,
2016
University of Texas at Arlington
Finite Element Modeling And Stress Distribution Of Unidirectional Composite Materials Under Transversal Loading, Pavan Agarwal
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive
Micromechanics of Composites analyze stresses inside any heterogeneous material. These stresses can not only be used for calculation of effective stiffness or compliance, but also for predicting strength and failure modes for these materials. This thesis is devoted to the stress analysis of unidirectional composites by finite element method. The key distinction from other finite element method modeling of the unidirectional composite was that the load on the cell was not prescribed, but was to be calculated taking into account the influence of the closest neighbors of the cell. Transversal unidirectional tension/compression and transversally symmetrical biaxial tension/compression were analyzed. In …
Non-Invasive Measurement Of The Internal Temperature Of Heat-Generating Bodies,
2016
University of Texas at Arlington
Non-Invasive Measurement Of The Internal Temperature Of Heat-Generating Bodies, Dean Raymond Anthony
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive
While the surface temperature of a heat-generating solid body can be measured using a variety of methods, there is a scarcity of techniques that exist for non-invasively measuring the temperature inside the solid body. Internal temperature measurement is very desirable as mere measurement of surface temperature gives no indication of the internal temperature. The highest temperature, usually located at the core of the body, dictates system performance and safety. For example, Li-ion cells provide good energy storage and conversion characteristics, but unfortunately suffer from safety problems related to overheating due to insufficient heat removal during operation. The following thesis presents …
Remote Patient Monitoring Using Health Bands With Activity Level Prescription,
2016
University of Texas at Arlington
Remote Patient Monitoring Using Health Bands With Activity Level Prescription, Pranay Shirolkar
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive
With the advent of new commercially available consumer grade fitness and health devices, it is now possible and very common for users to obtain, store, share and learn about some of their important physiological metrics such as steps taken, heart rate, quality of sleep and skin temperature. For devices with this wearable technology, it is common to find these sensors embedded in a smart watch, or dedicated wearable wrist bands such that among other functionalities of a wearable device, it is capable of smartly assisting users about their activity levels by leveraging the fact that these devices can be, and …
Evaluation Of Water Consumption And Savings Achieved In Datacenters Through Air Side Economization,
2016
University of Texas at Arlington
Evaluation Of Water Consumption And Savings Achieved In Datacenters Through Air Side Economization, Ravi Mishra
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive
Recent researches and a few facility owners have focused on eliminating the chiller plant altogether by implementing ‘Evaporative Cooling’, as an alternative or augmentation to compressor-based air conditioning since the energy consumption is dominated by the compressor work (around 41%) in the chiller plant. Because evaporative cooling systems consume water, when evaluating the energy savings potential of these systems, it is imperative to consider not just their impacts on electricity use, but also their impacts on water consumption as well since Joe Kava, Google’s head of data center operations, was quoted as saying that water is the “big elephant in …
Design Optimization Of Pressure Vessel With Particular Design Considerations,
2016
University of Texas at Arlington
Design Optimization Of Pressure Vessel With Particular Design Considerations, Artik Patel
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive
The pressure vessels in industries are generally designed with a high safety factor because the rupture of a pressure vessel can be extremely dangerous. A vessel that is poorly designed or ineffectively designed to handle high pressure pose a very significant threat to life and property. Because of this, the design and verification of pressure vessels is governed by design codes specified by the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. The objective of this thesis work is to minimize the total weight of a real-world pressure vessel structure subjected to stress constraints specified by the …
Smartwalker – Rolling Walker Instrumentation And Data Acquisition System Development To Monitor, Visualize And Store Rolling Walker Usage Data,
2016
University of Texas at Arlington
Smartwalker – Rolling Walker Instrumentation And Data Acquisition System Development To Monitor, Visualize And Store Rolling Walker Usage Data, Mauricio Jaguan Nieves
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive
The Smart Walker project was designed to fill a necessity of monitoring in real time the use of rolling walkers (RW) and study the causes that contribute to the high rate of fallings among its users. The main objectives of the project were to measure the major forces applied by RW users in real time and store it safely for further analysis. The first prototype of the Smart Walker includes the measurement of axial load, torque and gripping force applied on the handle as well as acceleration and rotation angles while it is being used. The axial load was measured …
Automated System For The Characterization Of The Biomechanical Properties Of Human Soft Tissue,
2016
University of Texas at Arlington
Automated System For The Characterization Of The Biomechanical Properties Of Human Soft Tissue, Michael R. Abraham
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive
Vaginal prolapse is a common condition that affects a large number (approximately 3.3 million in the US) of women, mainly above the age of 50 years. The condition is characterized by the weakening and breakdown of the pelvic support structures such as muscles and connective tissues, leading to the dislodging and prolapse of pelvic organs. Current examinations of the pelvic tissue are manually performed by the physician who assesses its rigidity. These exams are subjective and offer qualitative rather than quantitative results of the state of the pelvic tissue. In this research, a complete system was conceptualized and designed to …
Automated Lattice Optimization Of Hinge Fitting With Displacement Constraint,
2016
University of Texas at Arlington
Automated Lattice Optimization Of Hinge Fitting With Displacement Constraint, Vignesh Dakshnamoorthy
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive
Additive manufacturing enables fabrication of complex lattice cell structures that are not manufacturable using conventional methods. In order to exploit this lattice capability in structural designs, the effect on structural performance must be considered. This paper uses a goose neck door hinge component to illustrate the effects of lattice structure optimization when stiffness criteria drive part design. The effect of intermediate lattice cell density parameters on resulting lattice configurations from automated lattice structure optimization are studied and it is found that the compliance of the model depends upon the range of intermediate density elements present. The paper then compares the …
Hole Size, Location Optimization In A Plate And Cylindrical Shell For Minimum Stress Points Interfacing Ansys And Matlab,
2016
University of Texas at Arlington
Hole Size, Location Optimization In A Plate And Cylindrical Shell For Minimum Stress Points Interfacing Ansys And Matlab, Soundararaj Thangavel
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive
Discontinuities in Structures are inevitable. One such discontinuity in a plate and cylindrical shell is presence of a hole / holes. In Plates they are used for mounting bolts where as in Cylinder / Pressure Vessel, they provide provision for mounting Nozzles / Instruments. Location of these holes plays a primary role in minimizing the stress acting with out any external reinforcement. In this Thesis work, Location Parameters are optimized for the presence of one or more holes in a plate and cylindrical shell interfacing ANSYS and MATLAB with boundary constraints based on the geometry. Contour plots are generated for …
A Methodology To Develop A Control System App For Data Center Cooling,
2016
University of Texas at Arlington
A Methodology To Develop A Control System App For Data Center Cooling, Varun Rahul
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive
DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Management), are tools that are available in the industry to serve the purpose of controlling different parameters in the data center. But their cost is significantly high. The idea of developing a tool that is easily accessible at highly competitive costs will be the USP for its development. While developing such a software tool, there will be a few points that will be thoroughly emphasized upon: The software tool will have the flexibility of being used on any Operating System. It will be portable i.e. it can be set up on any device that supports a …
Interactive Analysis Of General Beam Configurations Using Finite Element Methods And Javascript,
2016
University of Texas at Arlington
Interactive Analysis Of General Beam Configurations Using Finite Element Methods And Javascript, Christopher G. Hernandez
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive
Advancements in computer technology have contributed to the widespread practice of modelling and solving engineering problems through the use of specialized software. The wide use of engineering software comes with the disadvantage to the user of costs from the required purchase of software licenses. The creation of accurate, trusted, and freely available applications capable of conducting meaningful analysis of engineering problems is a way to mitigate to the costs associated with every-day engineering computations. Writing applications in the JavaScript programming language allows the applications to run within any computer browser, without the need to install specialized software, since all internet …
Slicing Algorithm For Complex Contour Generation From Coarse Meshed Iso-Surface Data,
2016
University of Texas at Arlington
Slicing Algorithm For Complex Contour Generation From Coarse Meshed Iso-Surface Data, Divya Hareshkumar Shukla
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive
Finite element based topology optimization is used to develop complex geometric configurations for additive manufacturing. Complex coarse-meshed Iso-surface data is extracted from topology optimization results and smooth mathematical geometry must be fit to that data in order to accomplish further design development. To accomplish this geometry fitting, cross-section data must be extracted at specific locations. The stereo lithography (STL) file format is a triangular mesh format which can be developed using 3D CAD Software and is widely used for additive layer manufacturing processes. The main aim of this research work is to generate cross-section contours using a nearest tail-to-head distance …
Experimental And Numerical Study Of Heat Transfer Phenomenon In A Micro Droplet Reactor,
2016
University of Texas at Arlington
Experimental And Numerical Study Of Heat Transfer Phenomenon In A Micro Droplet Reactor, Chintan Jitendra Gandhi
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive
Temperature is an important control parameter during chemical reaction process. Micro reactors have attracted much attention due to its capability of excellent heat and mass transfer, fast reaction, and inherent safety of small scale. Among various types of micro reactors, micro droplet as a batch reactor has its own advantages such as high multiplexing capability. However, strong heat dissipation characteristics of microscale systems (due to large surface to volume ratio) hampers the measurement and monitor of enthalpy changes during the reaction. This study mainly focuses on temperature monitoring at micro droplet reactor by using thin film resistance temperature detector (RTD). …
An Open Source App-Hardware Setup To Control The System For Data Center Cooling,
2016
University of Texas at Arlington
An Open Source App-Hardware Setup To Control The System For Data Center Cooling, Anay Satish Darekar
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive
Control systems for data center cooling exists in the proprietary form and are often sold as part of the overall unit. They provide vital information related to the cooling systems and supply information on the temperature and humidity conditions inside the data center. Since most of these control systems software are proprietary they are expensive and hence not accessible to all. This project aims to develop a control system that operates on similar lines, but is economical and easily available. Developing a desktop or mobile based application not only gives the end user control over the cooling method (ex. DEC …
Computational Study And Optimization Of Wet Cooling Media In Direct Evaporative Heat Exchanger,
2016
University of Texas at Arlington
Computational Study And Optimization Of Wet Cooling Media In Direct Evaporative Heat Exchanger, Tejas Vijay Bhongale
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive
Evaporative cooling media pads are the primary component of importance in direct evaporative cooling units. To increase the overall efficiency of direct evaporative cooling systems, a wet cooling media pad is considered for further optimization in design and operation. An installation technique called ‘staging’ of cooling media pads is examined and evaluated for its incremental cooling, water usage, and operational cooling efficiency. For Staging, a cooling media is divided into multiple vertical sections, and separate water distribution headers control each part. Staging of cooling media can reduce water consumption in data centers and potentially lessen the amount of cooling media …
Fabrication, Calibration And Characterization Of Micro-Scale Resistance Temperature Detectors,
2016
University of Texas at Arlington
Fabrication, Calibration And Characterization Of Micro-Scale Resistance Temperature Detectors, Kunjan Anilkumar Chaudhari
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive
Through this research, fabrication, calibration and characterization of micro-scale Resistance Temperature Detector (RTD) were studied. The RTD is meant to sense the temperature at the micro scale level on the hot spot of integrated circuit devices. Material that we focused in this study was indium tin oxide (ITO). Indium tin oxide thin films are widely used as an electrode owing to its optically transparent and electrical conducting properties. However, ITO thin film behavior as an RTD has not been well studied yet, which we aimed in this study. The commercially available ITO thin film deposited on a glass substrate was …
Fem Analysis Of Composite Stringers For An Airplane Fuselage,
2016
University of Texas at Arlington
Fem Analysis Of Composite Stringers For An Airplane Fuselage, Akashsingh Birendrasingh Thakur
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive
With the advent of technology, materials have advanced many folds; One such technical revelation has been Fiber-reinforced Composite Materials. Composite materials have two major advantages, among many others: Improved strength and stiffness, especially compared to other materials on a unit weight basis. For example, Composite materials have stiffness comparable to the stiffness of steel but with a strength decimal order higher and more than three times lighter. These advantages have led to new aircraft and spacecraft designs that are radical departures from past efforts based on conventional materials. The stringers serve to take up(along with the skin) the compression and …
