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• Wind tunnel study of wind farms with alternating 2- and 3-bladed wind turbines 

  Hayat, Imran (2017-12-11)

  With offshore wind farms gaining substantial momentum in recent years, 2-bladed turbines (2BT) are increasingly becoming a viable alternative to 3-bladed counterparts (3BT). In this wind tunnel study, model wind farms with ...

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• Limiting factors of the tensile strength of aramid fibers 

  Sahin, Korhan (2017-12-08)

  The correlation between the evolution of crystallite orientation in aramid fibers during loading and their mechanical and failure behavior were investigated. Three types of as-spun aramid fibers and a heat-treated type ...

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• Wave management in 1D and 2D granular systems: designs for stress wave mitigation and control 

  Waymel, Robert Frank (2017-12-04)

  Controlling stress waves during impact beyond merely dissipating their energy through material fracture, fragmentation, yielding etc., has been a significant focus of research in recent years. Materials exhibiting stress ...

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• Observing and modelling the legless jumping mechanism of click beetles for bio-inspired robotic design 

  Bolmin, Ophelia (2017-12-15)

  Click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) have evolved a unique jumping mechanism to right themselves when on their dorsal side without using their legs or any other appendages. This work describes and analyzes the stages of ...

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• Maximum entropy quadratic model to characterize chemical non-equilibrium in re-entry flows 

  Sharma Priyadarshini, Maitreyee (2017-12-15)

  This thesis presents the study of an advanced non-equilibrium model for state-specific chemical kinetics based on method of moments. The focus of this project is on the rovibrational chemical kinetics of the N2-N system. ...

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