Browsing by Author "Garg, Jivtesh"
Now showing items 1-20 of 29
-
Additive Manufacturing And Synthesis Of Advanced Antibacterial And Sensing Photocurable Polymer Nanocomposites
Billings, Christopher (2023-08-04)This work covers the synthesis, manufacturing techniques, and characterization of several novel nanocomposites produced with direct light processing-based additive manufacturing systems. Custom thermodynamic and UV control ... -
Additive Manufacturing of HDPE Using Selective Laser Sintering
Hoelzel, Benjamin (2019-05-10)Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) is an additive manufacturing technique that bonds solid powder particles into complex 3-Dimensional (3D) shapes. These objects are constructed by repeatedly sintering or fusing layers of ... -
Advanced Turbulence Modeling Strategies Within the Hybrid RANS-LES Framework
Jamal, Tausif (2020)Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) models still represent the most common turbulence modeling technique used in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) today. RANS models are preferred primarily due to their relatively low ... -
Analytical and computational modeling of multiphase flow in ferrofluid charged oscillating heat pipes
Wang, Huiyu (2020-07)Electromagnetic-based energy harvesting materials and devices have emerged as a prominent research area in the last ten years, especially systems using ferrofluidic induction—a process that generates voltage via the pulsation ... -
Blowoff characteristics of partially premixed flames of prevaporized blends of biofuels and petroleum fuels
Maleta, Tonci (2017-12-15)The laminar partially premixed flames of prevaporized Jet A, canola methyl ester (CME), palm methyl ester (PME), soy methyl ester (SME), and blend flames of Jet A and CME-PME-SME were studied over a range of equivalence ... -
Characterization of Hydrophobic Nanoporous Particle Liquids for Energy Absorption
Hsu, Yi (2016-12)Recently, the development of hydrophobic nanoporous technologies has drawn increased attention, especially for the applications of energy absorption and impact protection. Although significant amount of research has been ... -
Computational Analysis of Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer, and Phase Change in Capillary Channels
Naghashnejad, Mohammad (2021-08)The fluid mechanics and heat transfer associated with capillary-driven flows are of great interest for modeling transport phenomena in micro/miniature devices. Currently, a deeper understanding of this area is necessary ... -
Consideration of Lie Symmetry Groups in Computational Fluid Dynamics
Ozbenli, Ersin (2018)Lie symmetries are fundamental properties of differential equations that are often not actively considered in construction of numerical schemes relevant to computational fluid dynamics (CFD). While many of these numerical ... -
Design and development of a Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) 3D printer for potential biomedical engineering applications.
Hering, Jacob (2023-05)An additive manufacturing method called Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) involves heating material particles to bond them together. Each two-dimensional layer is selectively sintered in the fabrication piston until the part ... -
The Design of an Experimental Setup to Characterize Metal Stem Seals
Umanskaya, Olga (2020)Modernization has brought use of machinery in most industrial sectors to home use. Equipment used in the food industry, medical industry, construction, defense, aircraft, automotive, and energy industries utilizes the ... -
Design, Development, and Characterization of a Low Velocity Impact System
Collum, Cameron (2023-05-12)This paper introduces low-velocity impacts (LVI), presents a concept for evaluating them, tests various materials for proof-of-concept, and discusses how the machine could be used in future university projects as well as ... -
Development and characterization of advanced nanocomposites with enhanced mechanical and thermal properties
Taylor, Lane (2023-05-12)The mechanical and thermal properties of composites made of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), glass micro-balloons (GmBs), and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were investigated in this thesis. The objective of this study was to determine ... -
Effect of Alignment on Thermal Conductivity Enhancement of Polyethylene/Graphene Nanoplatelet Composite Materials
Saeidi-Javash, Mortaza (2017-05)Polymers offer several advantages such as low cost, light weight, corrosion resistance and ease of processing, however, they have much lower intrinsic thermal conductivity (<0.5 W/mK) compared to metals (> 20 W/mK) which ... -
EFFECT OF ALIGNMENT ON THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF POLYETHYLENE-GRAPHENE COMPOSITES AND COMPARISON WITH EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORY
Tarannum, Fatema (2019-08-01)Polymers show low thermal conductivity (<0.5 W/mK) in comparison to metals (>20 W/mK). Increased thermal conductivity of polymers can lead to useful applications in industry. The main objective of this research is to analyze ... -
Effect of Oxygen Content on Soot Formation in a Co-Flow Diffusion Flame Fueled with Canola Methyl Ester and Diesel
Prado Carbonell, Stephanie (2021-05-14)The release of carbon particles (or soot; nanoscale sized carbon spheres) during a combustion process is the sign of hydrocarbon fuel not burning completely. The physical property (nano scaled) and chemical compounds ... -
Efficient Computational Approaches for Treatment of Transformed Path Integrals
Von Gonten, Matthew (2018-12-14)In this thesis, efficient computational approaches for treatment of transformed path integrals (TPIs) are proposed. The TPI-based method allows us to calculate the time evolution probability density functions (PDFs) using ... -
The Feasibility of Using X-Ray Induced Acoustic Computed Tomography for Non-Destructive Testing of Aircraft Structural
Tran, Tiffany (2020-06-15)Aviation safety is a very important aspect of the aviation industry. One of the most important methods for increasing aviation safety is the non-destructive testing method. The non-destructive testing method is considered ... -
Flame Synthesis of Tungsten/Molybdenum Oxide Nanoscale Heterostructures with Complex Physical Morphologies
Cuello Jimenez, Walmy (2023-05-12)The focus of this dissertation is to investigate the synthesis of crystalline transition metal oxide (TMO) structures in a counter-flow diffusion flame. This thesis examines the underlying mechanisms for the flame synthesis ... -
Flames as a Unique Pyrolyzing Source for the Formation of Hydrophobic Carbon Films on Solid Substrates
Merchan-Breuer, Duncan (2022)In this work the rapid single-step flame synthesis of hydrophobic carbon layers (C-layers) on the surface of stainless-steel (SS) substrates is explored. A co-flow flame is used to generate a hydrophobic monolayer on the ... -
Hot Surface Ignition Properties of Pre-Vaporized Jet-A and Biodiesels
Spens, Alexander (2017-05)In the search for more environmentally friendly energy sources, biofuels have emerged as an attractive alternative to traditional petroleum fuels. In addition to being close to carbon-neutral and renewable, biofuels have ...