Browsing AUS Theses & Dissertations by College/Dept "College of Engineering"
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2D Elasto-Plastic Finite Element Analysis of Tunnels in Dubai, UAE
(2012-06)Major cities in UAE in general and Dubai in particular are facing significant challenges in terms of traffic flow patterns. Tunnels are being considered as viable option to alleviate the problems faced by transportation ... -
4D Printed Auxetic Structures with Tunable Mechanical Properties
(2019-06)Additive manufacturing (i.e., 3D printing) has revolutionized the entire design cycle from prototyping, machining, and assembly. The majority of the materials suitable for 3D printing result in rather rigid structures with ... -
5G User Equipment Phased Array Antenna Architecture for Millimeter Wave Beamforming Applications
(2018-12)With the increase in demand for higher capacities and enhanced coverage, extensive research is conducted towards addressing this demand through the upcoming fifth generation of mobile networks, also known as 5G. In order ... -
Acoustic Detection of Partial Discharge using Signal Processing and Pattern Recognition Techniques
(2010-05)Power transformers are one of the major components in electric network. The service area of power transformers is quite large which means that the failure of such equipment will cause huge losses for power companies. ... -
Acoustic Energy Harvesting using Dual Piezoelectric Plates
(2017-05)Sound is abundant energy found in our everyday lives, especially in urban places. Acoustic energy can be thought of as a good alternative energy source. Despite the fact that the sound is prevalent; it is challenging to ... -
Acoustically activated release of estrone-targeted liposomes used for breast cancer treatment
(2016-01)Chemotherapy is frequently used in cancer treatment. However, side effects associated with this type of treatment are often detrimental to the patient's health. This thesis discusses a novel approach of delivering a cytotoxic ... -
Adaptive Estimation of Li-ion Battery Model Parameters
(2016-05)This work presents a novel application of a high gain adaptive observer-based technique for Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery modeling. The model used in this work was originally developed by Chen and Mora. However, in Chen and ... -
Adaptive Neuro-Observer for Elastic Drive Systems
(2011-12)This work presents the design, implementation, testing, and validation of a Neural Network based observer for a real hardware elastic drive system. Diagonal recurrent neural network architecture and two types of controllers ... -
Adaptive PID Controller for a Non Linear Pendulum System Using Recurrent Neural Networks
(2005-06)The main objective of this research is to study feedforeword and recurrent neural networks (RNN) for nonlinear dynamic system identification and control. To be able to control, predict or analyze any system, accurate model ... -
Adaptive Time-Varying Brain Source Localization
(2019-11)According to the most recent statistics provided by the World Health Organization, 50 million individuals around the world are diagnosed with epilepsy with 2.5 million new cases diagnosed annually. One-third of this large ... -
Adaptive Video Streaming Over Cognitive Radio Networks
(2017-01)Several challenges face reliable video streaming over wireless networks due to the stringent requirements of high data rate, low error rate, and limited end-to-end delay. Cognitive radio (CR) networks offer a great advantage ... -
Added Mass Formulation For Fluid-Structure Interaction
(2016-05)Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) occurs due to interaction of multiple continuum fields. In our daily life, FSI is a common phenomenon. Birds flying in the air, leaves falling off the tree and waving flags are examples ... -
Adoption of Industry 4.0 for Sustainable Manufacturing
(2022-04)The Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) intends to help different industries monitor, control, and run their production systems efficiently. Most of the currently available Industry 4.0 implementation frameworks ... -
Adsorption study of desulfurization of diesel oil using activated charcoal
(2015-05)This research investigates the use of adsorptive desulfurization for diesel oil using carbon-based adsorbents, and it evaluates the effect of the adsorptive desulfurization on the ignition quality of diesel fuel. Two of ... -
Adsorptive Removal of Dyes from Aqueous Solutions Using Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
(2019-04)Synthetic dyes are commonly found in industrial wastewater due to their wide application as colorants in the textile, paper, food, leather and plastic industries. Among the various treatment methods, adsorption is generally ... -
Analysis and Design of Circular Shafts Using Finite Element Method
(2015-02)Rapid expansion of urban areas has created a need to expand/rehabilitate the existing buried infrastructure at the same or a greater rate. Technical challenges such as variable soil and rock profiles, high groundwater ...