Browsing CE Theses and Dissertations by Subject "Electronic thesis"
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Discrete event-driven approach for electric vehicle charging and uncertainty evaluation
(Wichita State University, 2015-12)Reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission is gaining momentum in recent years, and the transportation industry is one of the major contributors. Electric vehicles are proven to have very low greenhouse gas emissions in ... -
Effect of embedding cylindrical microwire sensor tubes on the in-plane compressive strength of carbon-fiber reinforced polymer composite laminates
(Wichita State University, 2016-08)The influence of embedding a titanium alloy sensor tube in carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite laminates on the in-plane compressive strength has been presented. These sensor tubes cause geometric disturbances ... -
Effect of in-plane fiber tow waviness in the strength characteristics of different fiber reinforced composites
(Wichita State University, 2015-05)The purpose of this study was to investigate the strength and effectiveness of certain composite materials when induced by 'in-plane fiber tow waviness' in a composite ply. Fiber waviness is usually induced by infusion ... -
Effects of graphene functionalization on mechanical properties of carbon fiber laminate composites
(Wichita State University, 2015-12)Graphene is a marvelous structure that has an incredible mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties. However, graphene fails to retain its outstanding properties during agglomeration due to its enormous specific surface ... -
Effects of material surface characteristics on thermal-hydraulics in microchannel flow of Newtonian fluids
(Wichita State University, 2015-05)An investigation was conducted for fluid flow through microchannels to obtain a working correlation that can be used for any material and most commonly used Newtonian fluid. The microchannels that were studied had a hydraulic ... -
Estimation error analysis due to aggregation interval
(Wichita State University, 2015-07)Advancements to the power grid facilitates retail consumers to be participants. Smart Grid initiative allows two way communications by means of distributed intelligent devices and thus allows better controlling and monitoring ... -
Evaluation of tabbed composite specimens for material characterization under medium loading rates: a numerical study
(Wichita State University, 2016-08)Compression failure of laminated composites is a very complex mechanism involving one or more failure modes especially under high loading rates. Tabbed specimens per ASTM D695 / SACMA SRM 1R-94 are used to measure compressive ... -
Evolving design model synchronization for system health management using Laplace approximation
(Wichita State University, 2015-05)Lifecycle health management plays an increasingly important role in realizing resilience of aging complex engineered systems since it detects, diagnoses, and predicts system-wide effects of adverse events, therefore enables ... -
Fabrication of metallic scaffolds for bone tissue engineering
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Finite element modeling of a medium load transfer specimen under high speed loading
(Wichita State University, 2014-12)A three dimensional finite element model for a single-shear medium load transfer aluminum rivet joint specimen is used to study the installation parameters such as rivet/hole clearance, riveting squeeze force and material ... -
Hybrid parallelization and optimization of a higher-order Navier-Stokes equation solver
(Wichita State University, 2015-12)With the contemporary emerging transition for the past two decades in high-performance computing (HPC) towards clusters of nodes, it is possible to obtain an efficiently scalable computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code by ... -
Impact of control frequency on transformer level demand management and consumer comfort
(Wichita State University, 2015-05)A demand side management (DSM) scheme is proposed in this work to schedule Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) loads, using forward dynamic programming in order to maintain consumer's thermal comfort while ... -
Lightning strike protection and electromagnetic interference shielding for composite structures using metallic submicrofilm and nanofilm
(Wichita State University, 2016-08)Carbon fiber composites are very much imperative to future-generation aircraft structures. However, lightning strike protection (LSP) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) are one of the main concerns of today's aerospace ... -
Modeling and control of a flapping wing micro air vehicle at hover condition
(Wichita State University, 2016-07)In this thesis a mathematical model of a flapping wing MAV is discussed. Aerodynamic forces and moments due to some key unsteady aerodynamic mechanisms are studied to derive the vehicle's longitudinal equations of motion ... -
Multi-functional protective nanocomposite coatings of modified graphene and hexagonal boron nitride nanoparticles on transparent plastics
(Wichita State University, 2015-12)Nanocoating is the result of a coating application of nanomaterials to build a consistent network of molecules in a coating or paint to protect a surface. Graphene is an allotrope of carbon in the two dimensional form, ... -
Multisensor noninvasive blood glucose monitoring system
(Wichita State University, 2015-05)Diabetes and related complications are responsible for early death - one person in every 7 seconds. Long term and short term complications due to diabetes can be reduced through proper diet, physical exercise, and medication. ... -
Musculoskeletal biomechanics of human rolling
(Wichita State University, 2015-12)Rolling in the bed is an essential and complex activity of daily living. A reduction in rolling variability may reduce the complexity and aid our understanding of human rolling. The goal of this study was to find the ... -
Nano scaled antennas with metamaterial versus centimeter/millimeter scaled antennas without metamaterial
(Wichita State University, 2016-07)This paper studies the effects of liquid crystal (e.g, 4-Cyano-4'-pentylbiphenyl [5CB]) as a substrate on the performance of a nano-antenna at very high frequency, 0.1 THz to 10 THz. Also, since the size and shape of the ... -
Nonlinear finite element modeling and analysis of tire debris impact on aircraft structural components
(Wichita State University, 2015-05)The aim of this research is to develop a methodology which can be utilized to certify an aircraft for tire debris impact onto structural components and also to predict structural response by numerical simulation. After the ... -
Numerical analysis of adhesively bonded single lap joints under high speed tensile loading
(Wichita State University, 2015-12)Adhesively bonded joints pose complex solid mechanics problems through their inherent variations; material properties dependent on fabrication, stress singularities created by geometry of bonded structural assembly, and ...