• YSZ-Ceria for chemical looping syngas production 

  Chattopadhyay, Abhirup (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  The increase of carbon footprint over the years is a serious cause of concern for mankind in recent times. As a consequence, carbon capture and sequestration has been given unprecedented focus. Chemical looping combustion ...
• Development of a high-fidelity engine modeling framework in Simulink with automated combustion parameter tuning 

  Thompson, Bradley Adam (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  The automotive industry continually seeks to improve performance and fuel efficiency due to increasing fuel costs, consumer demands, and greenhouse gas regulations. With advancements in computer-aided design, engine ...
• Commissioning of high speed imaging system for rainbow schlieren measurements of vaporizing liquid fuel sprays 

  Mirynowski, Eileen Marie (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  The fuel injection process has been studied since the internal combustion engine was developed. Direct injection has been an integral part to the success of diesel engines, where there is minimal time for the fuel to mix ...
• Circuit optimization for enhancing the output power of a piezoelectric energy harvester 

  Zargarani, Anahita (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  The goal of this research is to investigate electrical circuits for piezoelectric energy harvesting, and proposing an electrical interface to enhance the output power of a piezoelectric energy harvester. Following this is ...
• Processing-surface integrity-fatigue relationship in electrical discharge machining of nitinol shape memory alloy 

  Liu, Jingfu (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  Nitinol is a nearly equiatomic nickel-titanium shape memory alloy (SMA) with two unique properties, i.e., thermal shape memory and superelasticity. Nitinol has broad applications in medical device, aerospace, actuator, ...
• Thermal and thermomechanical studies of beam-based powder-bed additive manufacturing processes 

  Cheng, Bo (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  Powder-bed beam-based metal additive manufacturing (AM) such as electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM) and selective laser melting (SLM) has a potential to offer innovative solutions to many challenges faced in the ...
• Energy consumption and process sustainability of hard milling 

  Liu, Ziye (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

  Energy consumption becomes a serious concern for manufacturing industry because it not only consumes substantial amounts of energy and materials but also produces huge amount of greenhouse CO2 emissions. With the drive for ...
• Surface integrity of laser cutting nitinol shape memory alloy 

  Fu, Chenhao (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

  Every year, millions of people experience new or recurrent stroke or heart attack. Cholesterol plaque buildup is the culprit for these fatal diseases. One standard procedure to treat these diseases is inserting a stent ...
• Fuel flexible clean combustion of liquid fuels by a novel twin fluid atomization 

  Niguse, Yonas Goitom (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

  Research on alternative fuel combustion systems is important to address global energy and environmental concerns. Renewable fuels, such as biofuels have attracted significant attention as potential sources to achieve energy ...
• Linear, nonlinear and networked-based vibration control of smart flexible structures 

  Omidi, Ehsan (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

  Flexible structures are one of the most frequently used elements in different systems. They can be easily shaped to any desired form, they are light-weight, relatively inexpensive, and they have the required mechanical ...
• On temperature measurements and analysis in electron beam additive manufacturing using near infrared thermography 

  Price, Steven Wynne (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

  Powder-based electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM) is a type of additive manufacturing (AM) that utilizes an electron beam to sequentially melt cross-sections of the desired part in a bed of metal powder. There is ...
• Real-time heat flux estimation using filter based solutions for inverse heat conduction problems 

  Najafi, Hamidreza (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

  Real-time heat flux measurement has great significance in numerous applications such as metal heat treating, quenching, fire safety tests, furnace operation, thermal therapy and more. Direct measurement of heat flux is not ...
• Computational modeling to study the effect of fuel pre-treatment on IC engine combustion control 

  Dantuluri, Venkateswara Raju (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

  Conventional internal combustion (IC) engine combustion strategies such as homogeneous charge spark ignition (HCSI) and stratified charge compression ignition (SCCI) engines have nearly reached their maximum performance ...
• Finite element analysis of machining damage in manufacturing ceramic implants 

  Sun, Dongwei (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

  Ceramics are popular biomaterials used to manufacture orthopedic implants due to their excellent biomechanical properties. The inherent high hardness and brittleness of ceramics make precision machining of implants very ...
• Design, theory, development and testing of a new form of steam power generation – the practical steam engine 

  Tolbert, Joshua Aaron (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

  A new form of steam power generation, a Practical Steam Engine (PSE), is analyzed. This product focuses on applications of power generation from steam with insufficient flow and/or pressure reduction for efficient steam ...
• Modeling a piezoelectric flag as a membrane for energy harvesting 

  Frey, Gary Owen (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

  The goal of this research is to model a piezoelectric flag as a membrane for the sake of energy harvesting. Typically, a flag is modeled as a beam, but it is modeled as a membrane in this study with the hopes of more ...
• Processing, surface integrity, and performance of biodegradable magnesium-calcium implants by laser shock peening 

  Sealy, Michael Patrick (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

  Every year, several million people suffer bone fractures caused by accidents or age related diseases in the U.S. alone. The annual incidence of bone fractures is expected to escalate in the coming years due increased life ...
• The fundamental relationship between tool wear, surface integrity, and fatigue in milling of difficult-to-cut alloys 

  Li, Wei (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

  Tool wear is the critical factor to determine machining economy since it is directly related to tool life and the overall cost of production. Surface integrity (surface finish, microstructure, residual stress, microhardness, ...
• Process mechanics and surface integrity of low plasticity burnishing of SE508 Nitinol alloy 

  McKinney, John Ellis (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

  Superelastic Nitinol and shape memory alloys have attracted growing attentions over the recent years in the areas of biomedical and aerospace applications. Surface integrity of Nitinol devices by various fabrication processes ...
• Thermodynamics of post-growth annealing of cadmium zinc telluride nuclear radiation detectors 

  Adams, Aaron Lee (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

  Nuclear Radiation Detectors are used for detecting, tracking, and identifying radioactive materials which emit high-energy gamma and X-rays. The use of Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CdZnTe) detectors is particularly attractive ...

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