Browsing by Department "Mechanical Engineering"
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(2019-11-07)This work introduces a structural composite material enabled by 3D printing technologies. The composite consists of a 3D-printed frame filled with another material for property enhancement. Unlike traditional composites ...
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(2020-10-29)Conventional rotordynamic analyses generally simplify the rotor, neglecting detailed geometrical characteristics. However, in modern rotating machines, rotors consist of multiple complex-shaped parts that are usually ...
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(2022-04-11)The separation between printed part and vat floor in constrained surface vat photopolymerization (VP) is a crucial issue, which limits the printability on different materials and the overall printing speed. This study aims ...
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(2019-09-06)Bulk-flow predictive models (BFM), though simple and fast, often fail to accurately predict the performance of gas labyrinth seals (LSs). In this work, a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis quantifies the effects ...
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(2021-06-03)An oblique, Cartesian, coordinate system arises from the geometry affiliated with a Gram-Schmidt (QR) factorization of the deformation gradient F, wherein Q is a proper orthogonal matrix and R is an upper-triangular matrix. ...
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(2020-04-09)The natural gas industry has entered a substantial boom recently as the world seeks out more forms of inexpensive, reliable, and more environmentally friendly energy. Moving this natural gas requires a complex network of ...
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(2023-05-04)Modern building operation and management largely relied on the Internet of Things (IoT) technology by connecting controllable devices through a communication network. However, this all-connected configuration could also ...
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(2022-05-23)High resolution mappings of brain activity have historically been restricted to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) measures. Brain wave recordings via electroencephalography (EEG) have nonstationary statistical ...
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(2020-05-14)In the subsea oil and gas industry, multiphase pumps and wet gas compressors are preferred technologies as they eliminate a conventional liquid-gas separation station to save up to 30% of capital investment. Seals in ...
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(2022-12-09)Concrete is the most widely used quasi-brittle material in building and infrastructure constructions. Such structures can be exposed to various types of load conditions. Some of these can potentially result in the catastrophic ...
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(2023-05-03)The primary goal of this thesis project is to develop a robotic and software platform for agricultural observation purposes within a multi-robot system using a mixed reality user interface. The presented hardware consists ...
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(2011-08-18)Flywheel has intrinsic advantages over other energy storage forms such as hydraulic storage, batteries and compressed airs. These advantages include higher robustness, longer life cycle, great energy density, higher ...
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A Parametric Study for Jet Impingement Heat Transfer Enhancement Using Different Roughness Elements (2023-08-02)Gas turbines are utilized for a variety of industrial applications, such as electric power generation (large land-based gas turbines), driving compressors and pumps, and providing thrust for aircraft propulsion (jet engines). ...
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(2023-05-05)Solid deposits form when a lubricant undergoes thermal breakdown due to high-temperature conditions and can cause adverse operational effects within engines. A collection device designed to allow coke to form on its surface ...
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(2018-11-29)The need to understand and control factors influencing sound testing of range hood and bathroom ventilation fans in a semi-reverberant sound chamber is of great importance to both certification bodies, such as the Home ...
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(2023-05-03)The main objective of this study is to develop a single-camera unit-based three-dimensional surface imaging technique that could be used to reduce the disparity error in three-dimensional (3D) image reconstruction and ...
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(1982)Retrofitting a standard air-cooled air conditioner with a water-cooled condenser can increase the COP of the unit by 60% and increase the capacity of the unit by 40%. However, to fully realize these improvements, modification ...
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(2019-10-30)Building Commissioning is important for evaluating energy and dollar savings in existing buildings. Energy Systems Lab of Texas A&M University has developed WinAM with the purpose of aiding that process. WinAM is a ...
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(2020-10-15)A self-equalizing tilting pad thrust bearing (TPTB) improves operation reliability by adjusting its pads to accommodate thrust collar tilt, and hence removing a source of frequent wearing. Although recent literature states ...
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(2020-04-08)Object detection is important for autonomous vehicles. While regular cameras can be easily affected by low light environments or high brightness objects, thermal cameras can still get sharp images in those conditions. In ...