Thesis is submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, School of Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2017 / Porous structures are increasingly becoming important engineering materials in aerospace, health, cooling of electronics, and several other areas. However, the supply of porous structures in these areas is still not being met because the conventional methods of manufacturing porous structures lack the modern requirements of competitiveness, quality, and exibility. Therefore, new meth- ods are required. One of these methods is the cold spray technology. However, studies do not give clear indications on how the cold spray technology could be used to fabricate porous structures. Consequently, this thesis uses various methods such as the control of cold spray parameters, powder mixtures, and the integration of the cold spray with alloy-de-alloy process to investigate the capability of cold spray technology to manufacture porous structures. The results of this investigation proved that the cold spray technology can be used to fabricate porous structures with varied amount of porosity for a number of applications. / MT 2018

A sudden expansion combustor (SUE) is analyzed using computation fluid dynamics (CFD). CO emissions and NOx emissions are computed for various operating conditions of the SUE combustor using a can type and an annular type geometrical configurations. The goal of this thesis is to see if the SUE combustor is a viable alternative to conventional combustors which utilize swirlers. It is found that for the can type combustor the NOx emissions were quite low compared to other combustor types but the CO emissions were fairly high. The annular combustor shows better CO emissions compared to the can type, but the CO emissions are still high compared to other combustors. Emissions can be improved by providing better mixing in the primary combustion zone. The SUE combustor design needs to be further refined in order for it to be a viable alternative to conventional combustors with swirlers. / by Daniel Rodriguez. / Thesis (M.S.C.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2013. / Includes bibliography. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / System requirements: Adobe Reader.

Unmanned aerial vehicles are a salient solution for rapid deployment in disaster relief, search and rescue, and warfare operations. In these scenarios, the agility, maneuverability and speed of the UAV are vital components towards saving human lives, successfully completing a mission, or stopping dangerous threats. Hence, a high speed, highly agile, and small footprint unmanned aerial vehicle capable of carrying minimal payloads would be the best suited design for completing the desired task. This thesis presents the design, analysis, and realization of a dual-nacelle tiltrotor unmanned aerial vehicle. The design of the dual-nacelle tiltrotor aerial vehicle utilizes two propellers for thrust with the ability to rotate the propellers about the sagittal plane to provide thrust vectoring. The dual-nacelle thrust vectoring of the aerial vehicle provides a slimmer profile, a smaller hover footprint, and allows for rapid aggressive maneuvers while maintaining a desired speed to quickly navigate through cluttered environments. The dynamic model of the dual-nacelle tiltrotor design was derived using the Newton-Euler method and a nonlinear PD controller was developed for spatial trajectory tracking. The dynamic model and nonlinear PD controller were implemented in Matlab Simulink using SimMechanics. The simulation verified the ability of the controlled tiltrotor to track a helical trajectory. To study the scalability of the design, two prototypes were developed: a micro scale tiltrotor prototype, 50mm wide and weighing 30g, and a large scale tiltrotor prototype, 0.5m wide and weighing 2.8kg. The micro scale tiltrotor has a 1.6:1 thrust to weight ratio with an estimated flight time of 6 mins in hover. The large scale tiltrotor has a 2.3:1 thrust to weight ratio with an estimated flight time of 4 mins in hover. A detailed realization of the tiltrotor prototypes is provided with discussions on mechanical design, fabrication, hardware selection, and software implementation. Both tiltrotor prototypes successfully demonstrated hovering, altitude, and yaw maneuvering while tethered and remotely controlled. The developed prototypes provide a framework for further research and development of control strategies for the aggressive maneuvering of underactuated tiltrotor aerial vehicles.

This work examines the use of macro-textured surfaces to reduce the contact time between impinging liquid droplets and non-wetting surfaces. Six macro-texture geometries are evaluated for their impact on maximum deformation diameters and contact time. The geometries considered are a set of spokes extending radially out from the impact point. Spoke counts of n=1 to n=6 are evaluated. The six spoke geometry demonstrated the maximum reduction in contact time with a 49% measured contact time reduction compared to a flat plate. This study evaluates droplet impacts experimentally using high-speed video. Samples are traditionally machined aluminum surfaces made non-wetting though the use of the Leidenfrost effect. In conjunction with the experimental results, we develop an analytical model to predict the contact time reduction based solely on impact Weber number and texture geometry. Finally, this study considers the impact of the macro-texture geometries on the dispersion of daughter droplets. High spoke-count geometries were observed to produce more than one droplet per spoke. Here again we develop an analytical model to predict this phase doubling based on a quasi-steady-state Rayleigh Plateau instability approach.

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The third part of this thesis is on one hole problem of asymmetric T and T -- Jz model, which we found can be turned into a single body problem and is solvable. We get the spectrum of the model and calculate as a result the mass of the hole. This model may be related to the two species fermion coexisting system which may be realized in the optical lattice. / This thesis project is mainly inspired by the newly discovered superconductor NaxCoO2 · yH 2O. It has a layered structure with an almost separated single band out of the inner band electrons. It becomes the theoretical focus because it is the first layered strongly correlated system that shows superconductivity besides the cuprate superconductors. It may help people to understand the superconductivity in the cuprate system. In this thesis we mainly focus our attention on the strongly correlated models on triangular lattice. These models are expected to provide a theoretical background for the Nax CoO2 · yH2O system. We investigate the magnetic and superconductivity properties of these models on the triangular lattice. By the mean field calculation of different magnetic orders we got a phase diagram of the triangular lattice Hubbard model for different magnetic orders in the Hubbard model in the triangular lattice. To further investigate the superconductivity pairing symmetry of the triangular lattice, we use the standard variational Monte Carlo method to find which kind of pairing symmetry is stabilized in the triangular lattice T -- J -- V model. Our finding is that the extended- f wave pairing is most stable in the lattice. / To further understand the properties of the related model in the electron interacting system in the triangular lattice, we also solve the few particle problem in the triangular lattice. For two particles with the T -- U -- J -- V model in the triangular lattice, we got the exact solutions. For four particles of the Hubbard model in the triangular lattice we got the asymptotic solutions. We discuss the existing of the bound states in these solutions and the pairing symmetry of these bound states. For system with two-hole and one down-spin away from the all up spin background we also get a solution utilizing a large U expansion. We discussed the relation of this solution with the Nagaoka states. / Fan, Rui = 三角格子上磁性與超導的研究 / 樊睿. / "September 2007." / Adviser: Lin Hai Qing. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-03, Section: B, page: 1719. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-87). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / School code: 1307. / Fan, Rui = San jiao ge zi shang ci xing yu chao dao de yan jiu / Fan Rui.