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Experimental Investigation of Bent and Flattened Heat Pipes for Thermal Management of Defense and Aerospace Electronics 

Gomes, Christopher (2020-05-15)
Heat pipes are passive heat transport devices composed of a sturdy outer shell, a porous wick material, and a hermetically sealed inner chamber filled with a working fluid. These devices transfer heat energy from a ...

Experimental Investigation of Cavity Induced Two Phase Flow in Silicon Microchannels 

Pate, Daniel (2006-12-15)
Modern developments in microelectronics manufacturing and architecture continue to lead to reductions in feature sizes on microprocessor chips. The demand for faster and more powerful systems has approached the limits of ...

An Experimental Investigation of Confined Cyclonic Flows and Ensuing Jet 

Khan, Omer (2021-05-03)
Confined cyclonic flows are being explored for their application in propulsion due to several advantages rendered by confined vortices which include, increased fuel residence time, turbulence, and propellant mixing, resulting ...

Experimental Investigation of Flow Boiling Characteristics of an Immersion Cooled Server Model 

Chandrasekaran, Sriram (2017-07-27)
The meteoric growth of global communication and networking infrastructure has resulted in demand for high-performance data centers. With the increase in power capacity of server electronics, thermal management of data ...

Experimental Investigation of Flow Boiling in Saw-Toothed Silicon Microchannels 

Gao, Le (2018-07-20)
Modern-day microprocessors consist of over one billion integrated circuits on silicon chips as small as a human fingernail. Normal operation of this circuitry produces an enormous amount of heat on a very small footprint. ...

An Experimental Investigation of Liquid Metal MHPs 

Palkar, Ashish (2007-12-15)
The concept of heat pipes was introduced by R. S. Gaugler in 1940s and Cotter first introduced the idea of “micro” heat pipes in 1984. Cotter in his paper, defined the micro heat pipe as being one in which the mean curvature ...

An Experimental Investigation of Roll and Yaw Coupled Oscillations of a Delta Wing 

Walker, John (2011-05-03)
An experimental investigation was undertaken to study roll and yaw coupled oscillation of a delta wing. Results indicated that the oscillations started at a mean α = 29 for all cases. Beyond which the amplitude of oscillations ...

An experimental investigation of semi-automatic generation of concept maps from textbooks 

Nayak, Vineet (2019-07-18)
A concept map is a useful tool to organize and structure unstructured data, in this case, the information contained in a textbook. In education, a concept map can be used to set learning goals, monitor progress and visualize ...

Experimental investigation of the heat generation rate of a large format pouch-type lithium-ion battery 

Choi, Munnyeong (2023-01-03)  ETD File Embargoed
When battery cells are charged and discharged, heat is generated because of chemical reactions and the associated charge transport. The heat should be appropriately rejected to ensure the performance, safety, and lifespan ...

An Experimental Investigation of the Neural Correlates of the Acquired Capability for Suicide 

Willis, John (2017-07-27)
The high rate of fatal suicide attempts in men is a pressing issue as highlighted in the public conscious. The interpersonal–psychological theory of suicide has offered an explanation for the difference in suicidal behavior ...

Experimental Investigation of Thermo-Hydraulic Characteristics of Two-Phase Flow of FC72 in Microchannel Heat Sinks 

Thiagarajan, Naveenan (2009-11-20)
Advances in electronics such as chip level integration and die stacking have led to a bottleneck in further development since dissipation of the resulting high heat fluxes continues to be a challenge. Due to the tremendous ...

An Experimental Investigation on Air Pocket Entrapments Caused by Shear-Flow Instabilities in Rapid-Filling Pipes 

Cetin, Merve (2019-08-08)
Rapid filling conditions in closed conduits, such as the case of sewer filling during intense rain events, can lead to air pocket formation. Such formation creates many operational issues in urban water systems, including ...

Experimental Investigations on pressure pulses through different porous media 

Nicolaico, Gianlucca (2023-08-16)
Fluid mechanics traditionally and significantly investigate transient flows, which find applications ranging from flows in pipelines to porous media flows linked to water extraction and hydrocarbons. However, the nature ...

Experimental manipulation of emotion regulation self-efficacy: Effects on emotion regulation ability, perceived effort in the service of regulation, and affective reactivity 

Benfer, Natasha (2017-10-24)
Emotion regulation self-efficacy (Tamir & Mauss, 2011) is a construct of interest that may be prospectively linked to psychological distress. The present study sought to a) replicate findings in which enhanced emotion ...

Experimental Methods for the Analysis of Frost Nucleation and Frost Growth on Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Coated Flat Plate Surfaces in Forced Convection Channel Flows 

Adanur, Burak (2019-12-09)
An experimental system was designed and built to explore the effect of coated surfaces on frost formation. The experimental system consists of a wind tunnel test apparatus, dew point sensors, thermocouples for temperature ...

Experimental Study of Biomass Pyrolysis in a Fluidized Bed Reactor: Effect of Biomass Blending and In-situ Catalysis 

Mahadevan, Ravishankar (2015-05-07)
Lignocellulosic biomass has been recognized worldwide as a renewable resource of energy for the production of liquid biofuels due to its low cost and abundance. Several routes to convert biomass to biofuels have been studied ...

Experimental Study of Radiative Properties of Charcoal Combustion in Grills 

Vanaparti, Abhishek (2016-01-12)
This research focuses on the heat transfer characteristics of charcoal combustion in grills. Experiments were performed to observe the effects of fuel type, fuel amount, and fuel arrangement on the various thermal ...

Experimental Study of Renewable Energy Implementation in Cement Kilns through Industrial-Scale Downdraft Gasification of Poultry Litter 

Hains, Bryant (2011-08-17)
Waste biomass, most notably poultry litter, is a potential source of energy that is widely available and cheap, especially in the southeast. Using poultry litter as an energy source provides a year-round outlet for this ...

Experimental Study of Sea Salt Particles (SSP) Filtration Performance for On-Board SOFCs 

Zhao, Pengfei (2016-05-06)
This work described in the dissertation mainly focuses on the filtration of sea salt particles (SSP), which flow into the cathode side of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) on the ships. Currently, SOFCs are being considered ...

An Experimental Study of the Propagation of Equivalence Ratio Oscillations on their Effect on Combustion Instabilities 

Walker, Josh (2019-04-23)
Lean premixed combustors have become a promising method in gas turbine engines to operate more efficiently and within the regulatory standards for emissions. However, this lean premixed operation is susceptible to combustion ...