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Control of Flow Past an Airfoil Section Using Rotating Cylinders
(2015-02)
The flow past a NACA 0024 airfoil with a leading edge rotating cylinder is simulated numerically using the ANSYS CFX software. To delay the boundary layer separation from the airfoil surface, different configurations for ...
Flow Simulations of Axisymmetric Prolate Particles in a Cylindrical Pore
(2015-01)
The motion of small particles in a fluid is a classical fluid mechanics problem. The present study investigates the motion of axisymmetric prolate spheroids and Cassini ovals of micro-scale through Newtonian and non-Newtonian ...
Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You For The Last Time, Translation and Commentary
(2015-01)
Translation of humor is a field that may not have a fair share of research, especially in the English to Arabic field where the cultural aspect may differ more vividly compared to translating into other languages. This ...
Mesoscale Thermal Conductivity and Resistivity of Polycrystalline Graphite
(2015-07)
With rapid advances in Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and Nanotechnology applications, it has become essential to predict the properties of materials at length scales that are significantly below the macroscale. ...
Impact of Using Indirect Left-turns on Signalized Intersections
(2015-06)
Most developing areas are suffering from traffic congestion problems. The majority of traffic delays in urban areas occur at traffic signals. Over the past few decades, several transportation agencies have been applying ...
Thermodynamic Analysis of Integrated Renewable Energy Systems for Sustainable Building Operation
(2015-02)
Increasing demands for energy, depleting hydrocarbon reserves, and accelerated climate change drive the need to look for alternative sources of energy. The residential housing sector is one of the main consumers of electrical ...
A Navigation System for Indoor/Outdoor Environments with an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV)
(2015-05)
This thesis presents an approach for solving the global navigation problem of wheeled mobile robots. The presented solution for outdoor navigation uses Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) to estimate the robot location based on ...
Holistic Design: Optimizing Mechatronic Systems Using Multi Objective Optimization
(2015-05)
This thesis aims to present an integrated approach to mechatronic systems design using heuristic optimization techniques. This integrated approach will consider the kinematics of the system, the dynamics, and the control ...
Nonlinear Friction Identification of A Linear Voice Coil DC Motor
(2015-06)
Friction is a nonlinear phenomenon that has a major effect on the performance of servomechanisms and positioning systems such as CNC machines, robot manipulators, printers and disk drives. For this reason, accurate knowledge ...
ZigBee-Based Tangible Input Devices
(2015-05)
ZigBee has emerged as a dominant low-power wireless standard for input devices. It has been used widely for building wireless input devices. However, the design of input devices in user environments has remained traditional ...