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Development and analysis of techniques to improve air-cooling and temperature uniformity in battery packs
(2017-08-01)
One of the challenges to the advancement of electric vehicles is the requirement of an effective
thermal management system to maintain the temperature, and temperature uniformity of the
battery pack and the cell within the ...
Design of active trailer steering systems for long combination vehicles using robust control techniques
(2017-07-01)
The exponential growth in freightage and the ever-increasing traffic congestion has aided Long Combination Vehicles (LCVs) to emerge as an economical and pragmatic solution for freight transport compared to single unit ...
Investigation of drying conditions for dental practice loads
(2019-04-01)
This thesis investigates different drying techniques for dental practice loads experimentally and numerically. Several experiments are carried out by changing both top and bottom wall temperatures while changing the ranges ...
Experimental modelling of surface roughness and dynamic friction coefficient of diamond like carbon coated shafts
(2013-12-01)
Companies that coat their products with DLC often have strict surface roughness and friction coefficient goals. This research investigates the surface roughness and friction coefficient properties of uncoated and DLC coated ...
Nonlinear vibration analysis of viscoelastic plates with fractional damping
(2017-06-01)
Fractional calculus has the history as long as the classical calculus, but up to recent years, less attention has been paid to this method due to its complexity and difficulties in dealing with fractional derivatives and ...
A pragmatic testbed for distributed systems
(2017-11-01)
Distributed systems have become ubiquitous and they continue their growth through a range of services. With advances in resource virtualization technology such as Virtual Machines and software containers, developers no ...
Design and development of a parallel Proof of Work for permissionless blockchain systems
(2019-04-01)
Blockchain, which is the underlying technology for the Bitcoin cryptocurrency, is a distributed ledger forming a decentralized consensus in a peer-to-peer network. A large number of the current cryptocurrencies use blockchain ...
Optimization of residential buildings and renewable energy integration in small island developing states: the Bahamas as a case study
(2017-08-01)
An optimization approach is used to assess the energy performance and design of residential homes in The Bahamas with the goal of providing objective data for policy makers to achieve the sustainability goals in the country. ...
Performance of wide band gap switching devices in DC/DC converters of electric vehicles
(2016-10-01)
Low losses fast switching wide band gap (WBG) semiconductors, such as Gallium Nitride (GaN) and Silicon Carbide (SiC), are becoming viable candidates for DC/DC converters switches in the powertrain of electric vehicle (EV). ...
Prediction of the off-road rigid-ring model parameters for truck tire and soft soil interactions
(2017-07-01)
Significant time and cost savings can be realized through the use of virtual simulation of testing procedures across diverse areas of research and development. Fully detailed virtual truck models using the simplified ...