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(2018-03-16)Plasma processing of materials plays a vital part in electronic, aerospace, automobile, metal manufacturing and biomedical industries. Plasma-surface interactions can be divided into two categories: controlled and erosive. ...
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(2012-02-06)It is known that modern turbofan engines produce more noise from their exhaust than can be accounted for by jet noise alone. Part of the extra noise coming from the exhaust of the engine is associated with the combustor. ...
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(2014-01-16)This work describes a systematic investigation to advance the scientific understanding of the electric oxygen-iodine laser (EOIL). The research reported on herein was largely conducted between the years of 2006 and 2011. ...
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Self-healing of delamination damage in glass/epoxy composites using catalyst functionalized fibers (2012-05-22)The use of polymer matrix fiber-reinforced composites in structural applications is growing because of the excellent specific strength and stiffness of these materials. Their wide spread acceptance, however, has been ...
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(2012-09-18)The use of structural fiber-reinforced polymeric composites and epoxy adhesives in aircraft, ships, vehicles, and wind turbine blades has increased markedly in the past decades. However, the polymeric matrix in these ...
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(2015-12-11)This thesis presents a process to optimize a cambered airfoil with the MATLAB genetic algorithm (GA) and a multipoint inverse method called PROFOIL. XFOIL was used to evaluate the aerodynamic performance of each airfoil. ...
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(2017-06-13)The mechanical behavior of thin films comprised of dense arrays of Si nanosprings and nanocolumns, and the mechanical and chemical lithiation properties of individual structures isolated from these films were investigated ...
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Simulation of Flowing Plasma Discharges With Applications to Lasers, Fuel Cells, and Microthrusters (2007)Small satellites (few kg) require muN - mNs thrust for station keeping with nominal power requirements (few Watts). MDs deposit power to flowing Ar (at 10s Torr), and the incremental velocity, gas temperature, and thrust ...
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(2011-01-14)Simulations of droplet dispersion behind cylinder wakes and downstream of icing tunnel spray bars were conducted. In both cases, a range of droplet sizes were investigated numerically with a Lagrangian particle trajectory ...
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(2019-07-15)This study investigates the computational design of thermo-mechanical systems. The optimization simultaneously finds the best placement of devices as well as placement and size of routing segments. The layout must satisfy ...
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(2019-04-26)Three-dimensional (3D) printing has widespread uses across many industries due to its versatility and capabilities. However, freeform fabrication of thermoset polymers remains a technical challenge. This thesis combines ...
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(2012-12)This work aims to further the research done on evaluating the effects of various perturbing forces on Earth-orbiting particles by numerical integration. One of the predominant perturbations on particle orbits is the solar ...
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(1994)There are two competing goals in computational fluid dynamics: high solution accuracy, and low computational cost. In the present research, three major tasks were performed to improve the solution accuracy and increase the ...
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(1985)In the studying of a nonlinear system under random excitation, it is usually difficult to determine the probability density of the system response. On the other hand, the equations for the statistical moments can be ...
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(2018-12-06)Establishing long-term human presence beyond low Earth-orbit will require cooperative use of emerging technologies, such as low-thrust solar electric propulsion, along with existing space exploration technologies. Trajectory ...
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(1993)Acceleration using centrifugal relays is a recently discovered method for the acceleration of spaceborne payloads to high velocity at high thrust. Centrifugal relays are moving rotors which progressively accelerate reaction ...
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