The problem of heat transfer due to free convection in a channel formed
by two parallel, isoflux, vertical plates is of considerable importance in electronic
cooling applications, thermosiphons, the optimum spacing of plates or components,
industrial stacks, heat exchangers, nuclear power plants and combustion involving
vertical walls. Although in each...
The compressive behavior of continuous fiber composites is not as well
understood as their tensile behavior because research and industrial applications have until
recently focused on the latter. Furthermore, most theoretical and experimental studies on
the compression of composites have examined the case of unidirectional specimens with
fibers along the...
A dynamic propagation of a finite crack of opening
mode in a micropolar elastic solid was investigated.
By using an integral transform method, a pair of twodimensional
singular integral equations governing
stress and couple stress was formulated in terms of the
displacement transverse to the crack, macro- and microrotations,
and...
This thesis is concerned with simulating two forms of energy retrieval.
Standard computer programs are routinely used to simulate
such energy systems. However, the accuracy of these simulations is
not well documented. The main objective of the work presented here is
to evaluate the validity of this type of simulation...
The anchor-last mooring procedure is investigated in order to determine the transient forces in the mooring line and the velocities of the anchor. Transient forces were determined and the results showed that no severe snap loads occurred for the cases investigated. In addition, it was found that the vertical velocity...
The equations of motion of an elastic cable suspended in a
viscous medium from two arbitrary points are derived. These are
then linearized for the undamped, inextensible case, and it is found
that the equations describing the in-plane motion of the cable are
then independent of the equation describing the...
This report presents the analysis of ceramic heat
exchangers for use in a combined-cycle, wood-fired power
plant. The combined-cycle system investigated is
characterized by having a wood-fueled combustor, an
indirect-fired gas turbine, and a Rankine steam cycle.
The direct use of low-grade fuels, such as wood, in
present gas turbines...