• Simulation based design and performance assessment of a controlled cascaded pneumatic wave energy converter 

  Thacher, Eric (2017-08-31)

  The AOE Accumulated Ocean Energy Inc. (AOE) wave energy converter (WEC) is a cascaded pneumatic system, in which air is successively compressed through three point absorber devices on the way to shore; this air is then ...
• Local model interpolation for stable haptic interaction 

  McWilliam, Rebecca (2017-08-31)

  Haptic, or force, interaction in virtual environments can support the development of physical manipulation skills if users feel realistic forces in response to their motion in the virtual environment. The realism of the ...
• Atomization based dual regime spray coating system: design and applications 

  Rukosuyev, Maxym (2017-08-28)

  In modern research and industrial applications, the importance of coatings can hardly be underestimated. Coatings are used extensively in optics, biomedical instruments, cutting tools, and solar panels to name a few. The ...
• Development of a multifunctional dressing for epidermal wound monitoring and on-site drug delivery 

  Mirani, Bahram (2017-08-28)

  The treatment of epidermal wounds, particularly chronic wounds, is one of the most ubiquitous medical challenges and has imposed a considerable financial burden on the global health care system. Several factors in epidermal ...
• A non-gradient heuristic topology optimization approach using bond-based peridynamic theory 

  Abdelhamid, Ahmed (2017-08-24)

  Peridynamics (PD), a reformulation of the Classical Continuum Mechanics (CCM), is a new and promising meshless and nonlocal computational method in solid mechanics. To permit discontinuities, the PD integro-differential ...
• Application of impact resonance method for evaluation of the dynamic elastic properties of polypropylene fiber reinforced concrete 

  El-Newihy, Adham (2017-08-10)

  For evaluation and quality control of concrete structures, the impact resonant frequency method is widely accepted for monitoring structure in-service properties and detecting structural damage. Common defects in concrete ...
• Stable bilateral teleoperation with time-varying delays 

  Yang, Yuan (2017-07-12)

  A teleoperation system is a master-slave robotic system in which the master and slave robots are at different geographical locations and synchronize their motions through the communication channel, with the goal of enabling ...
• Nonlinear analysis and experimental investigation of liquid sheet breakup 

  Jazayeri, Seyed Ali (2017-06-22)

  A nonlinear stability analysis of a liquid sheet moving in an incompressible gas medium at rest subject to sinuous disturbances is presented. The first, second and third order governing equations have been derived along ...
• Numerical models for tidal turbine farms 

  Shives, Michael Robert (2017-06-22)

  Anthropogenic climate change is approaching predicted tipping points and there is an urgent need to de-carbonize energy systems on a global scale. Generation technologies that do not emit greenhouse gas need to be rapidly ...
• Direct optimal control of flexible structures with application to adaptive optics systems 

  Abdelkader, Chellabi (2017-06-08)

  An adaptive optics system consists mainly of a wavefront sensor to detect optical aberrations, a control system to reconstruct the wavefront and compute a correction, and a deformable mirror to apply the correction. In ...
• Moisture management in VIP retrofitted walls 

  Sharma, Abhishek (2017-06-07)

  Thermal resistance per unit thickness for Vacuum Insulation Panel (VIP) is 5 to 10 times higher than conventional insulation materials. This makes VIP an attractive option for retrofitting exterior building envelopes. ...
• Effect of morphological features of fuel cell cathodes on liquid water transport 

  Losier, Valérie Raymonde (2017-05-25)

  Liquid water management in the cathode of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) is crucial to efficient transport of gases and to maintaining electrochemical activity in the catalyst layer. Cracks and interfacial ...
• Intelligent rough machining of sculptured parts 

  Li, Hui (2017-05-15)

  Sculptured parts, characterized by interconnected and bounded parametric surface patches, are widely used in aerospace, automobile, shipbuilding and plastic mold industries due to their functional and aesthetic properties. ...
• Single overload fatigue crack growth retardation : an implementation of plasticity induced closure 

  Kirmani, Ghulam Ashraf-Ul-Harmain (2017-05-11)

  Fatigue life prediction following overloads is required in such applications as, aerospace, automobile, and pressure vessels industries for damage tolerant design. Modelling of life prediction in fatigue is complicated ...
• The development of self-interference of split HOLZ (SIS-HOLZ) lines for measuring z-dependent atomic displacement in crystals 

  Norouzpour, Mana (2017-05-01)

  Measuring atomic displacement inside crystals has been an important field of interest for decades especially in semiconductor industry for its effect on the crystal structure and symmetry, subsequently on the bandgap ...
• Experimental comparison of heat pipes and thermosyphons containing methanol and acteone 

  Strain, Jana (2017-04-26)

  The cold chain industry has a need for a standalone, electricity independent cooling unit that is used for both storage of warehouse product and on deliveries [1]. Mixed temperature fresh and frozen food deliveries are ...
• Material screening and performance analysis of active magnetic heat pumps 

  Niknia, Iman (2017-04-26)

  With the discovery of the magnetocaloric effect, utilizing magnetocaloric materials in cycles to generate cooling power began. The magnetocaloric effect is a physical phenomenon observed in some magnetic materials where ...
• Market-based demand response integration in super-smart grids in the presence of variable renewable generation 

  Behboodi Kalhori, Sahand (2017-04-25)

  Variable generator output levels from renewable energies is an important technical obstacle to the transition from fossil fuels to renewable resources. Super grids and smart grids are among the most effective solutions ...
• Stochastic methods for unsteady aerodynamic analysis of wings and wind turbine blades 

  Fluck, Manuel (2017-04-25)

  Advancing towards `better' wind turbine designs engineers face two central challenges: first, current aerodynamic models (based on Blade Element Momentum theory) are inherently limited to comparatively simple designs of ...
• The potential benefits of combined heat and power based district energy grids 

  Duquette, Jean (2017-02-28)

  In this dissertation, an assessment is conducted of the potential benefits of combined heat and power (CHP) based district energy (DE) grids in energy systems of different scale having significant fossil fuel fired electrical ...

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