Mechanical engineering topic list of research papers
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Development of a Low Cost Small Sized In-Pipe Robot
Abstract This thesis reports the process of design and development of a low cost small sized in-pipe inspection robot. Problem of a pipe inspection operation surfaces when the robot only has a limited coverage of the inner surfaces of the pipe....
2012 / Md Raziq Asyraf Md Zin, Khairul Salleh Mohamed Sahari, Juniza Md Saad, Adzly Anuar, Abd Talip Zulkarnain -
Dynamic Analysis of a Two-link Flexible Manipulator Subject to Different Sets of Conditions
Abstract Dynamic analysis for flexible manipulator is very important for selecting the actuator size and designing the proper control strategy. The effect of different sets of initial and boundary conditions on the joints torques is investigated in...
2012 / Atef A. Ata, Waleed F. Fares, Mohamed Y. Sa’adeh -
A comparative study of rugby ball aerodynamics
Abstract The aerodynamic behaviour of oval shaped sports balls especially Rugby ball is considered to be complex due to its physical shape. Although some experimental studies were undertaken on Rugby ball aerodynamic behaviour, scant information on...
2012 / Victor Djamovski, Pascal Rosette, Harun Chowdhury, Firoz Alam, Tom Steiner -
Dynamic Characteristics Analysis of an Oil Turbine
Abstract This work is to study the dynamic characteristics of an oil turbine (OT) in the lubricating system of large-scale steam turbines. The configuration and the functions of OT are introduced. The mathematical models are accordingly explored. In ...
2012 / Biao Yan, Xide Lai, Jianghong Long, Xiao Huang, Fei Hao -
Study on Vehicle Operating Safe State Monitoring Parameter and Measurement Model
Abstract Aiming to the present problems of vehicle operating safe state monitoring technology, study on vehicle operating safe state monitoring parameter and measurement model is proposed. Vehicle operating safe state monitoring parameters including ...
2012 / Mengyao Pana, Guixiong Liu -
Vision Stability of Four-legged Robot Based on the Feedback of Motion Parameters
Abstract The motion parameters of the legs of four-legged robot are collected and sent to the robot vision system, which can solve the stabilization problems of the software-based algorithms in searching for the global motion parameters. The motion...
2012 / Zhiguo Shi, Qiao Zhang, Jun Tu, Zhiliang Wang, Xiaomeng Zhang -
Multi-Ion and Temperature Dependent Numerical Simulation of Electrochemical Machining
Abstract A temperature dependent multi-domain model is presented for numerical simulation of the electrochemical machining process with a moving cathode tool. The method includes mass transfer as a consequence of diffusion, convection and migration, ...
2013 / D. Deconinck, J. Deconinck -
Model-Based System Integration (MBSI) – Key Attributes of MBSE from the System Integrator's Perspective
Abstract Many system developments fail at the integration and qualification (I&Q) phases in the development and acquisition cycle. How can we, as Systems Engineers (SE), navigate the uncertainty and risk of system development to ensure I&Q...
2013 / Paul R. Montgomery -
Numerical Study of the Effect of Wedge Angle of a Wedge-Shaped Body in a Channel using Lattice Boltzmann Method
Abstract The aim of this paper is to study the fluid flow behavior around a wedge shaped body with different wedge angles placed in a channel using Lattice-Boltzmann Method (LBM). The LBM has built up on the D2Q9 model and the single relaxation time ...
2013 / M.A. Taher, Y.W. Lee, H.D. Kim -
Numerical Investigation of Flow Induced Vibration for the Triangular Array of Circular Cylinder
Abstract Flow Induced Vibration (FIV) in Cross Flow around Triangular Array of Circular Cylinders with two-degree of freedom is studied numerically, where the cylinder was allowed to vibrate in the transverse (cross-flow) and longitudinal...
2013 / Hardik R. Gohel, Balkrushna A. Shah, Absar M. Lakdawala -
Attenuation of glazing energy using linear patterns on the glass surface2015 / S.-J. Lin, Y.-C. Chen, H.-H. Li, C.-T. Huang
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Interaction between an elastic structure and free-surface flows: experimental versus numerical comparisons using the PFEM2008 / S. R. Idelsohn, J. Marti, A. Souto-Iglesias, E. Oñate
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Control system of stepper motor based on roundness and cylindricity measuring virtual instrument
Abstract The control system uses LABVIEW as the software development platform. The system includes ADLINK motion control card PCI-8134, LEETRO stepper motor drivers DMD 402A, and tables with LEETRO DM4240A stepper motors. The system uses ADLINK...
2011 / Qi Fa -Qun, Jing Xue-Dong, He Kai -
The Application of Contourlet Transform to Image Denoising
Abstract Coutourlet is a real represent method of two-dimensional image. The transform is consisted with two-layer filters: Laplacian pyramid transform is used to realize multi-scale decomposition and multi direction decomposition can be implemented ...
2011 / Dongfeng Guo, Jianbiao Chen -
Cathode design investigation based on iterative correction of predicted profile errors in electrochemical machining of compressor blades
Abstract Electrochemical machining (ECM) is an effective and economical manufacturing method for machining hard-to-cut metal materials that are often used in the aerospace field. Cathode design is very complicated in ECM and is a core problem...
2016 / Dong Zhu, Cheng Liu, Zhengyang Xu, Jia Liu -
Study on Fuzzy Self-Adaptive PID Control System of Biomass Boiler Drum Water2013 / Junran Jin, Hengshuo Huang, Junman Sun, Yongchao Pang
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A case study on thrust bearing failures at the SÃO SIMÃO hydroelectric power plant
Abstract After twenty years without any apparent problems on their combined guide and thrust bearings, the six 280MW hydrogenerators of the São Simão Hydroelectric Power Plant were failing. The source of the failure was the melting of the thrust pad ...
2013 / Matheus P. Porto, Licínio C. Porto, Ricardo N.N. Koury, Ernani W. Soares, Fernanda G. Coelho, et al. -
A Gear Cutting Predictive Model Using the Finite Element Method
Abstract Current processes for producing transmission gears involve hobbing, milling or shaping of a forged stock to obtain the gear shape. Gears are typically formed by hobbing tools made from solid tooling material, such as tungsten carbide, and...
2013 / W. Liu, D. Ren, S. Usui, J. Wadell, T.D. Marusich -
An experimental investigation on the trailing edge cooling of turbine blades
Abstract An experimental study was conducted to quantify the flow characteristics of the wall jets pertinent to trailing edge cooling of turbine blades. A high-resolution stereoscopic particle image velocimetry (PIV) system was used to conduct...
2012 / Zifeng Yang, Hui Hu -
Numerical Simulation Results and Laws of Transmission Lines Ice-melting
Abstract Based on the numerical simulation model of icing, the impact on icing of the current was further investigated. The critical current value with the meteorological conditions of foreign objects, as well as the physical parameters of the...
2012 / Di Yuxian, Liu Shengchun, Wang Jingchao