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Backstepping Approach For Design Of Cascaded Pid Controller With Guaranteed Trajectory Tracking Performance For Micro-Air Uav, Yusuf Kartal
Backstepping Approach For Design Of Cascaded Pid Controller With Guaranteed Trajectory Tracking Performance For Micro-Air Uav, Yusuf Kartal
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Flight controllers for micro-air UAVs are generally designed using Proportional- Integral-Derivative (PID) methods, where the tuning of gains is difficult and time-consuming, and performance is not guaranteed. In this thesis, we develop a rigorous method based on the sliding mode analysis and nonlinear backstepping to design a PID controller with guaranteed performance. This technique provides the structure and gains for the PID controller, such that a robust and fast response of the UAV for trajectory tracking is achieved. First, the second-order sliding variable errors are used in a rigorous nonlinear backstepping design to obtain guaranteed performance for the nonlinear UAV …
Material Characterization And Fracture Prediction Of Fdm Printed Parts, Sanchita Sheth
Material Characterization And Fracture Prediction Of Fdm Printed Parts, Sanchita Sheth
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In order to take advantage of the design freedom that Additive Manufacturing offers, most applications require reliable material characterization. This can ensure that a design performs within its environment and life requirements. This work discusses two models. One investigates the raster angle dependency of stiffness properties and the other numerically predicts fracture in Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) printed polymer parts. Pre-processing of FDM geometry was done in Abaqus CAE (SIMULIA TM). FEA and post-processing was done in BSAM, which is a damage prediction software developed for composites. BSAM uses a regularized extended finite element approach of Discrete Damage Modeling. In …
A Robust Controller Design For A Tailless Uav With Effective Control Allocation, Ethem Hakan Orhan
A Robust Controller Design For A Tailless Uav With Effective Control Allocation, Ethem Hakan Orhan
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Attempts to completely remove the tails from aircraft can be dated back to the early days of modern aviation. A number of stability and control problems arising from the unique characteristics of the configuration resulted in poor handling qualities and some dangerous flight characteristics in the early designs. Lately, this configuration is becoming widespread again and the current state-of-the-art of fly-by wire technology and modern control design techniques enable design of tailless aircraft which are safe to fly. In this thesis, a study on the application of modern robust control design techniques on a tailless UAV is presented. A nonlinear …
Characterization Of Thermo-Mechanical Properties Of Copper Nano-Particles Infused Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (Abs)- 3d Printed Specimens, Viswajit Talluru
Characterization Of Thermo-Mechanical Properties Of Copper Nano-Particles Infused Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (Abs)- 3d Printed Specimens, Viswajit Talluru
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Now a days the use of metal nanoparticle infused polymer is becoming widespread, since the development of polymer with enhanced thermal properties are being used for the growth of electronic packaging industry. In this study, copper nanoparticles are mixed with the Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) thermoplastic in varying mass proportions, to observe the changes in thermal and structural properties of ABS. As expected, the extruded wire with high nano-particle concentration exhibited much higher thermal conductivity than its raw ABS form. For the case of 2% copper nanoparticle infused ABS using one dimensional steady state heat flux method though extrude wire …
Multi-Variable Optimization To Improve Temperature Uniformity In Burn-In Applications Subjected To Significant Thermal Shadowing, Ajinkya Suhas Mahajan
Multi-Variable Optimization To Improve Temperature Uniformity In Burn-In Applications Subjected To Significant Thermal Shadowing, Ajinkya Suhas Mahajan
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Burn-in test typically employs voltage and/or temperature to accelerate the appearance of latent reliability defects in semiconductor devices. As a result, burn-in becomes a critical step in the parts screening process and is the primary technique to eliminate defective parts in the early phase of the product life. Thermal control in burn-in processes is generally achieved by either active or passive thermal controlling. In an active thermal control, each device has an individual temperature monitoring system to maintain a specific temperature in which the cooling/heating of each socket is controlled by an individual fan or heater. Whereas in passive thermal …
An Exploratory Study On Continuous Wave Laser And High-Speed Camera Combination In Planar Particle Image Velocimetry For Low Speed Flows, Bunyamin Gencler
An Exploratory Study On Continuous Wave Laser And High-Speed Camera Combination In Planar Particle Image Velocimetry For Low Speed Flows, Bunyamin Gencler
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This study investigates the feasibility of using continuous wave lasers and high-speed CMOS cameras together in 2D particle image velocimetry (PIV) which is a widely-used non-intrusive method in experimental aerodynamics. In order to validate the setup, laminar and turbulent boundary layers over a flat plate with elliptical leading edge are examined in a low-speed wind tunnel. Before the experiments, the suitability of the elliptical-nose flat plate is determined (i.e. pressure gradient over the surface and separation), and the free-stream conditions (flow velocity and test section turbulence) are measured. To strengthen the validation of the setup, numerical simulations are added to …
Effect Of Sulfur - Porous Carbon Cathode Morphology On The Discharge Process In Lithium-Sulfur Battery, Sabarinathan Pushparajsubramaniyan
Effect Of Sulfur - Porous Carbon Cathode Morphology On The Discharge Process In Lithium-Sulfur Battery, Sabarinathan Pushparajsubramaniyan
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In the present era, Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are most commonly used in all electronic devices, but the demand for alternative energy increases rapidly due to the catastrophic climate caused by excess use of fossil fuels in automobiles. Li-ion batteries cannot fully satisfy the need as its theoretical capacity is low, and the cathode cost is high. On the other hand, Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) battery meets the requirement with the highest theoretical capacity of Sulfur 1672 mAh/g. Lithium anode and Sulfur cathode together form to be having the highest energy density. The highest energy capacity of Sulfur is achieved by the conversion …
Comparative Cfd Analysis Of The Effect Of Air And Liquid Cooling On The Form Factor Of Gpu Server, Ankit Bharatkumar Sutaria
Comparative Cfd Analysis Of The Effect Of Air And Liquid Cooling On The Form Factor Of Gpu Server, Ankit Bharatkumar Sutaria
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has becoming an important area which may significantly impact everyone’s daily life. This means a lot of high-performance chips such as high-performance CPU, GPU, FPGA (Field-programmable gate array), ASIC (application specific integrated circuit) devices may need. The thermal design power (TDP) of these chips are high, and now it is very common to see a processor TDP reaches as high as 300Watts[1]. When these high-power density processors are packaged together, the power density of the servers and compute boxes are significantly high. Traditional air-cooling is approaching its cooling capability limitation, especially when a cluster of racks is …
Design And Optimization Of Additively Manufactured Heat Sink And Heat Spreader For Microelectronics Cooling, Aditya Krishna Ganesh Ram
Design And Optimization Of Additively Manufactured Heat Sink And Heat Spreader For Microelectronics Cooling, Aditya Krishna Ganesh Ram
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High performance cooling is a critical requirement for modern microprocessors that generate large amounts of non-uniformly distributed heat. Metal heat spreaders and heat sinks have been traditionally used for thermal management. While the design of these components has traditionallly been restricted by manufacturability, in recent years, additive manufacturing has offered the capability to manufacture almost any design. This work analyzes and optimizes the performance of an additively manufactured heat sink and heat spreader. Computational heat transfer simulations were carried out to understand the variation of chip temperature and pressure drop for various designs. Discussion of key findings include the thermal …
Molecular Dynamics (Md) Thermal Simulations Of Molecular Bridging Across The Cathode-Separator Interface In Li-Ion Cell, Abhijeet Sundarrao Dhakane
Molecular Dynamics (Md) Thermal Simulations Of Molecular Bridging Across The Cathode-Separator Interface In Li-Ion Cell, Abhijeet Sundarrao Dhakane
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While Li-ion cells show outstanding electrochemical performance, their poor thermal transport characteristics results in reduced performance as well as significant safety concerns. The heterogeneous interface between cathode and separator plays a vital role in the dissipation of heat within a Li-ion cell. Previous studies showed that the cathode-separator interfacial thermal resistance contributes around 88% of total thermal resistance within the cell. In this research, thermal conductance across the cathode-separator interface is calculated using molecular dynamics simulations. Thermal transport in a pristine heterogeneous interface as well as interfaces functionalized with monolayers of APTES, nBTMS and MPTMS molecules is studied. The impact …
Comparative Rack Level Cfd Analysis Of Air To Hybrid Cooling Data Center, Jay Umeshkumar Parekh
Comparative Rack Level Cfd Analysis Of Air To Hybrid Cooling Data Center, Jay Umeshkumar Parekh
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The demand of data storage in the world is increasing, with this increase, demand for large data centers is growing. In response, we need to look for energy-efficient solutions to reduce the energy consumptions of the data centers. We want to reduce the energy used for cooling while keeping the data center equipment temperature in allowable range in high power density data center. The liquid or hybrid cooled servers are the alternatives that may be used instead of traditional air-cooled servers at Rack Level for the cooling power - different inlet temperatures and different percentage of hybrid cooling. This will …
Onboard Payload Mass Estimation And Electric Propulsion Modeling For Multicopters With Application In Unmanned Aerial Systems, Abel Martinez Martinez Martinez
Onboard Payload Mass Estimation And Electric Propulsion Modeling For Multicopters With Application In Unmanned Aerial Systems, Abel Martinez Martinez Martinez
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Unmanned vehicles are the future. The aim of the future online retailers, delivery and transportation companies would be air delivery using unmanned aerial vehicles. Multicopters are becoming rapidly famous because they o er a relatively easy-to-fly platform that is also very stable, and their mechanical simplicity. The possibility of estimating the weight of the multicopter in real time is really useful. A weight estimation system that could be implemented in multicopters with cable suspended payloads without using any extra sensors is presented in this thesis. The weight estimation system uses a functional relationship that correlates Pulse Position Modulation (PPM) signal …
Experimental Analysis For Optimization Of Thermal Performance Of A Server In Single Phase Immersion Cooling, Pravin Ashok Shinde
Experimental Analysis For Optimization Of Thermal Performance Of A Server In Single Phase Immersion Cooling, Pravin Ashok Shinde
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Liquid immersion cooling of servers in synthetic dielectric fluids is an emerging technology which offers significant cooling energy saving and increased power densities for data centers. A noteworthy advantage of using immersion cooling is high heat dissipation capacity which is roughly 1200 times greater than air. Other advantages of dielectric fluid immersion cooling include high rack density, better server performance, even temperature profile, reduction in noise. The enhanced thermal properties of oil lead to the considerable saving of both upfront and operating cost over traditional methods. In this study, a server is completely submerged in a synthetic dielectric fluid. Experiments …
Onboard Payload Mass Estimation And Electric Propulsion Modeling For Multicopters With Application In Unmanned Aerial Systems, Abel Martinez Martinez
Onboard Payload Mass Estimation And Electric Propulsion Modeling For Multicopters With Application In Unmanned Aerial Systems, Abel Martinez Martinez
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Unmanned vehicles are the future. The aim of the future online retailers, delivery and transportation companies would be air delivery using unmanned aerial vehicles. Multicopters are becoming rapidly famous because they o er a relatively easy-to-fly platform that is also very stable, and their mechanical simplicity. The possibility of estimating the weight of the multicopter in real time is really useful. A weight estimation system that could be implemented in multicopters with cable suspended payloads without using any extra sensors is presented in this thesis. The weight estimation system uses a functional relationship that correlates Pulse Position Modulation (PPM) signal …
Computational Analysis For Thermal Optimization Of Server For Single - Phase Immersion Cooling, Dhruvkumar Vimalkumar Gandhi
Computational Analysis For Thermal Optimization Of Server For Single - Phase Immersion Cooling, Dhruvkumar Vimalkumar Gandhi
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Complete immersion of servers in synthetic dielectric fluids is rapidly becoming a popular technique to minimize the energy consumed by data centers for cooling purposes. In general, immersion cooling offers noteworthy advantages over conventional air-cooling methods as synthetic dielectric fluids have high heat dissipation capacities which are roughly about 1200 times greater than air. Other advantages of dielectric fluid immersion cooling include even temperature profile on chips, reduction in noise and addressing reliability and operational enhancements like whisker formation and electro-chemical migration. Nevertheless, lack of data published and availability of long-term reliability data on immersion cooling is insufficient which makes …
Electroextraction Across Droplet-Droplet Interface, Subhadeep Chakraborti
Electroextraction Across Droplet-Droplet Interface, Subhadeep Chakraborti
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Extraction of analytes from solvents is a crucial part of many medical, clinical, industrial and refinery processes. It is required for preconcentration of analytes into other solvents, purification of solvents and detection of harmful or toxic molecules. One of the very important methods of extraction in microfluidics is liquid-liquid extraction (LLE). LLE involves the use of two immiscible liquids for diffusion of analytes across the interface. Recently there has been a growing interest in the coupling of external electric field with LLE to enhance the extraction of charged analytes. This has led to the birth of a new extraction method …
Effect Of Dielectric Inter-Layer In Performance Of The Multi-Functional Material In Mechanical, Thermal And Environmental Loading Conditions, Rauhon Ahmed Shaik
Effect Of Dielectric Inter-Layer In Performance Of The Multi-Functional Material In Mechanical, Thermal And Environmental Loading Conditions, Rauhon Ahmed Shaik
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The demand for Electrical power storage devices for space shuttle, aircraft, car, bus and marine vehicles increased a great deal to have a greener and safer world. Decades of research has been done on development of light weight and high-performance energy storage devices such as batteries and structural capacitors. The use of structural capacitors can solve the high-performance energy storage requirement with no dead weight and also gives a strong structure. However, these heterogeneous materials experience different thermal expansions across the dielectric and electrodes inter layers due to which the energy storage capacity and mechanical performance evolve over time. Hence, …
Methodology To Develop Artificial Neural Network Based Control Strategies For Multiple Air-Cooling Units In A Raised Floor Data Center, Vibin Shalom Simon
Methodology To Develop Artificial Neural Network Based Control Strategies For Multiple Air-Cooling Units In A Raised Floor Data Center, Vibin Shalom Simon
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A data center consists of a hierarchy of systems with dedicated control algorithms dictating their operational states. We could say, there exists an ensemble of dynamical systems, each executing a control task, while the global objective is to drive the overall system to an optimum i.e. minimum total operational power at desired rack inlet temperatures. The dynamics of the Information Technology Equipment (ITE) workload and the cooling provisioning is non-linear in spatial and temporal parameter space. Data-driven modelling is one method to realistically model such non-linear dynamics and make predictions that are necessary for improved control design of the cooling …
Characterization Of 3d Printed Pla With The Help Of Mechanical, Di-Electric And X-Ray Diffraction Techniques, Sai Sri Nidhi Munaganuru
Characterization Of 3d Printed Pla With The Help Of Mechanical, Di-Electric And X-Ray Diffraction Techniques, Sai Sri Nidhi Munaganuru
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Additive manufacturing (AM) revolutionized many industries, i.e., Automotive, Biomedical, Aerospace and Defense. As opposed to traditional manufacturing methods, a part is manufactured layer by layer from 3D CAD models in AM. Though the vision of AM is impressive, there are many challenges that are hindering the widespread use of these complex parts. One of the main challenges is its strength that varies with different manufacturing parameters. We are going to investigate the effect of build parameters on the mechanical, electrical and crystalline properties of the additively manufactured heterogeneous material system. The goal of the thesis is to find a correlation …
Probabilistic Risk Assessment And The Path Planning Of Safe Task-Aware Autonomous Resilient Systems (Staars), Uluhan Cem Kaya
Probabilistic Risk Assessment And The Path Planning Of Safe Task-Aware Autonomous Resilient Systems (Staars), Uluhan Cem Kaya
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Recent advancements on the unmanned systems manifest the potential of these technologies to impact our daily life. In particular, the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) become ordinary for people in almost any area from aerial photography to emergency responses, from agricultural services to even autonomous deliveries. Increased autonomy and advancements in low-cost high-computing technologies made these compact autonomous solutions accessible to any party with ease. Easiness and affordability to access these systems accelerated the innovations and the novel ideas for the solution of diverse real-life problems. Despite its benefits, however, this widespread availability also resulted in the safety and regulatory concerns …
Simulation Modelling Of Thermal Runaway Propagation In Li Ion Batteries, Dhananjay Mishra
Simulation Modelling Of Thermal Runaway Propagation In Li Ion Batteries, Dhananjay Mishra
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Li Ion batteries are highly engineered systems which have become part and parcel of our daily lives. Safety of these systems has been in jeopardy ever since they were created. Mechanical abuse, shot circuit, overcharging or unfavorable working conditions can lead to catastrophic repercussions which might destroy complete battery pack. Previous works have investigated this problem, but many important aspects of design characteristics were left folded. This work not only investigates behavior of a single cell under adverse conditions but also lays emphasis on important factors such as thermal conductivity of the medium and cell gaps in a pack of …
Thermal Destratification Of Air Streams To Improve The Cooling Provisioning Of Air-Cooled Data Centers, Anto Joseph Barigala Charles Paulraj
Thermal Destratification Of Air Streams To Improve The Cooling Provisioning Of Air-Cooled Data Centers, Anto Joseph Barigala Charles Paulraj
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Air side economization is an arrangement of duct, damper and automatic control system which together allow introducing outside air to reduce the mechanical cooling during mild or cold weather thereby decrease the energy consumption. The outside ambient air and heated return air from the information technology (IT) pod is mixed inside a dedicated space to achieve a target cold aisle operating temperature and thereby increase economization. Major constrain faced by the design engineers while designing the Mixing Chamber/ Plenum is the stratification of air stream due to the Temperature gradient in the mixed air stream and this stratification can be …
A Comparison Of Discrete Damage Modeling Methods: The Effect Of Stacking Sequence On Progressive Failure Of The Skin Laminate In A Composite Pi-Joint Subject To Pull-Off Load, Joseph Keith Novak
A Comparison Of Discrete Damage Modeling Methods: The Effect Of Stacking Sequence On Progressive Failure Of The Skin Laminate In A Composite Pi-Joint Subject To Pull-Off Load, Joseph Keith Novak
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Discrete damage modeling of composite failure mechanisms including delamination, matrix cracking, and their interactions was performed for the skin laminate in a composite pi-joint test specimen subject to a pull-off load. The skin laminate stacking sequence was varied, and the pull-off load and path of predicted damage were recorded. Within the study two discrete damage modeling tools were used, Abaqus XFEM with a LaRC05 built-in user subroutine and BSAM. Both tools implement failure criteria developed at the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) to predict the location of damage initiation and both tools use similar cohesive zone models to model damage …
Impact Of Immersion Cooling On Thermo-Mechanical Properties Of Pcb's And Reliability Of Electronic Packages, Shrinath Shrinivas Ramdas
Impact Of Immersion Cooling On Thermo-Mechanical Properties Of Pcb's And Reliability Of Electronic Packages, Shrinath Shrinivas Ramdas
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Immersion cooling technique is used for the thermal management of high-density data centers to avoid overheating of components and failure of servers. However, to use this as a viable cooling technique, the effect of dielectric coolants on the reliability of server components needs to be evaluated. Previous work reported contradicting findings for Young’s modulus of PCBs, providing motivation for this work. This study focuses on effect of immersion cooling on the thermos-mechanical properties of printed circuit board (PCB) and its impact on reliability of electronic packages. Changes in thermo-mechanical properties like Young’s modulus (E), Glass transition temperature (Tg), Coefficient of …
Observation Of The Interaction Between A Transonic Shock Wave And A Wingtip Vortex||, Troy T. Bushmire
Observation Of The Interaction Between A Transonic Shock Wave And A Wingtip Vortex||, Troy T. Bushmire
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The present study observes the interaction between two fundamental phenomena in fluid mechanics: the transonic shock wave and the wingtip vortex. While these are two areas of fluid mechanics in which extensive experimental and numerical research has been conducted, there is little information on the interaction between the two. The present study numerically simulates a wing with a NACA-0012 section at Mach 0.758 and observes the interaction between the transonic shock wave and wingtip vortex for various angles of attack. The focus of the study is on the surface flow topology and the flow exterior to the boundary layer. Results …
Reachable Set Computation And Analysis For Perturbed Linear Systems, Prabhjeet Singh Arora
Reachable Set Computation And Analysis For Perturbed Linear Systems, Prabhjeet Singh Arora
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Determination of the set of all possible states, which a system can attain, plays an important role in safety for critical application. Prior knowledge of this set for the complete run-time provides critical information about how a system may evolve, providing accurate information of all the states, which could violate constraints. The knowledge of these states, helps in estimating control input, which can control the system, such that, these states are eliminated from the reachable set. Computation of reachable set of a dynamic system for a set of initial conditions can be easily performed, provided the analytical solution of the …
An Analytical Design Of Experiments Method For Fatigue Constrained Design Optimization Of A 3d Printed Structure, Ashish Pokharel
An Analytical Design Of Experiments Method For Fatigue Constrained Design Optimization Of A 3d Printed Structure, Ashish Pokharel
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A design of experiments approach has been used to analytically determine a low cycle fatigue (LCF) constraint for use in design optimization of 3D printed structures. In context of metal additive manufacturing, the process of melting, solidification and consolidation of metal powder introduces very high temperature gradient field within the build which in turn results in high compressive stresses at the core and tensile stresses at the outer surface of the part after it has cooled down to room temperature post build. An approach of finite element modeling in ANSYS Additive has been used to develop a residual stress profile …
Sensor Tasking For Satellite Tracking Utilizing Observability Measures, Mitchel T. Mcdonald
Sensor Tasking For Satellite Tracking Utilizing Observability Measures, Mitchel T. Mcdonald
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In this thesis, novel observability-measure based sensor tasking methods are studied for satellite tracking applications. The tasking is performed by first computing the Hellinger Distance between ground/space based sensors and space objects, and then the measure is utilized for selecting the sensors that maximize observability. Several other measures such as the Fisher Information Gain, Largest Lyapunov Exponent, and Shannon Information Gain have also been utilized and the performance of these measures are computed against each other. The object's state estimates are obtained using nonlinear estimation techniques. The Extended Kalman Filter, Unscented Kalman Filter, and Bootstrap Particle Filter are compared within …
Design And Development Of Flexible Mems-Based Ph Sensor For Agricultural And Biomedical Applications, Shardul Sonu Pawar
Design And Development Of Flexible Mems-Based Ph Sensor For Agricultural And Biomedical Applications, Shardul Sonu Pawar
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The purpose of this study is to demonstrate a novel method of using a flexible MEMS-based pH sensor for agricultural and biomedical applications. The first part of the thesis involves demonstration of the capability of our pH sensor for monitoring pH level change in the food product. The pH sensor we have developed consists of Iridium Oxide (IrOx) and Silver Chloride (AgCl) sensing electrodes. The sensor is designed to monitor and sustain long-term continuous usage, which makes it suitable for a wide variety of agricultural based applications. The electrochemical potential generated between IrOx and AgCl electrode is monitored and further …
Enhancing Tensile Strength Of Fdm Parts Using Thermal Annealing And Uniaxial Pressure, Rhugdhrivya Rane
Enhancing Tensile Strength Of Fdm Parts Using Thermal Annealing And Uniaxial Pressure, Rhugdhrivya Rane
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Additive manufacturing has been a revolutionary and disruptive technological development in the field of design and manufacturing with Fused deposition modelling (FDM) being at the forefront of this technology. But it is seen that parts printed using FDM suffer from an inherent deficiency of weak tensile strength in the out of plane direction (z-direction) thus limiting their application. This issue of weak z-direction strength is due to the weak Inter-bead bond strength of adjacent polymer interfaces. The purpose of this work is to increase this Inter-Bead bond strength thus increasing the overall tensile strength of the part. In this work, …