A research program was designed to investigate the characteristics of three-dimensional laminar wall jet flow of both Newtonian and two shear-thinning non-Newtonian fluids. The non-Newtonian fluids were prepared from xanthan gum solutions of various concentrations. Both experimental and numerical methodologies were employed in this study. The wall jet was created using a circular pipe of diameter 7 mm and flows into an open fluid tank. The initial Reynolds numbers based on the pipe diameter and jet exit velocity ranged from 250 to 800. The velocity measurements were conducted using a particle image velocimetry technique. The measurements were conducted at several streamwise locations to cover both the developing and self-similar regions. For the numerical study, the complete nonlinear Navier-Stokes equation was solved using an in-house colocated finite volume based CFD code. A Carreau model was employed for the non-Newtonian fluids. The viscosity in the governing equations was obtained explicitly. From the PIV measurements and CFD results, velocity profiles and jet half-widths were extracted at selected downstream locations to study the effects of Reynolds number and specific fluid type on the jet characteristics. It was observed that the numerical results are in reasonable agreement with the experimental data. The decay of maximum velocity, jet spread rates, skin friction coefficient, streamwise velocity profiles, and secondary flows depend strongly on the initial Reynolds number irrespective of the fluid. The results also show that the jet spreads more in the spanwise direction than in the transverse direction in the early flow development whereas the reverse is true in the downstream region. Important differences were observed when the results for the non-Newtonian fluids were compared with those for Newtonian fluid.

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The health and productive output of dairy cows can be closely correlated to individual cow feed intake. Being able to monitor feed intake on a daily basis is beneficial dairy farm management. Each cow can be addressed individually with minimal time required from those working with the animals. This is essential as time management is closely tied to resource management in a dairy operation. Anything that can save time and resources and increase profitability and herd health is a paramount advantage in dairy farming. This study examined the use of machine vision structured light illumination three-dimensional scanning of cow feed to determine the volume and weight of feed in a bin before and after feeding dairy cow. Calibration and control tests were conducted to determine the effectiveness and capability of implementing such a machine vision feed scanning system. Such a system is ideal as it does not obstruct workflow or cow feeding behavior. This is an improvement over existing systems as the system in this research study can be implemented into existing farm operations with minimal effort and costs.

Ink-jet deposition is an emerging technology that provides a more efficient, economic, scalable method of manufacturing than other traditional additive techniques by laying down droplets layer by layer to build up 3-D objects. The focus of this thesis is to investigate the material interface evolution during the droplet deposition process, which holds the key to understanding the material joining process. Droplet deposition is a complicated process and can be broken down into droplet impingement dynamics and droplet hardening. This research focuses on the study of the interface dynamics of droplet impingement. In order to study the interface dynamics, a novel metric is developed to quantify the evolving geometry of the droplet interface in both 2-D and 3-D for single and multiple droplets respectively, by measuring the similarity between the evolving droplet geometry and a desired shape. With the developed shape metric, the underlying physics of the interface evolution for single droplet impingement are examined with simulations using an experimentally validated numerical model. Results show that the Weber number determines the best achievable shape and its timing during the droplet impingement when Ohnesorge number is smaller than 1, while the Reynolds number is the determining factor when Ohnesorge number is larger than 1. A regime map is constructed with the results and an empirical splash criterion to guide the choice of process parameters for given fluid properties in order to achieve the best shape without splash for single droplet impingement. In order to study the interface dynamics for multiple droplet interaction, which is computationally prohibitive for commercial software packages, an efficient numerical model is developed based on the Lattice Boltzmann (LB) method. A new LB formulation equivalent to the phase-field model is developed with consistent boundary conditions through a multiscale analysis. The numerical model is validated by comparing its simulation results with that of commercial software COMSOL and experimental data. Results show our LB model not only has significant improvement of computational speed over COMSOL but is also more accurate. Finally, the developed numerical solver is used to study the interface evolution of multiple droplet interaction with the aid of the 3-D shape metric proposed before. Simulations are performed on a wide range of impingement conditions for two-droplet, a-line-of-droplet, and an-array-of-droplet interactions. The underlying physics of the interface coalescence and breakup coupling with the impingement dynamics are examined. For line-droplet interaction, the strategy for achieving the equilibrium shape in the shortest time is studied. An important issue is discovered for array-droplet interaction, which is the air bubble formation during the droplet interaction. The mechanism for the air bubble formation is investigated and the strategy to avoid this undesirable effect is also suggested. This thesis has largely reduced the gap between basic science of studying droplet impingement dynamics and engineering application in inkjet deposition and provided preliminary insights on the material joining process for additive manufacturing.

The purpose of the X-Form package is for use in the classroom as an instructional aid for teaching the algorithms and data used to represent, transform, and display objects in three-dimensional space. The program provides various areas containing graphic and textual representations of the data structures used in the creation and transformation of a three-dimensional object. Another area, containing the menu items, serves as an interface to the available demonstration items. These items include various object and viewing parameters which can be input by the user. The user then sees the result of the entered data, including animated graphics and changes in data structures. The graphic areas show the object at various stages of development, so that the user can understand the progression of the required manipulations. The textual representations are also designed to assist the user in understanding how useful information is derived from entered data. Through testing and statistical analysis, XForm has proven to be an effective tool for instruction of three-dimensional graphics. / Department of Computer Science

The main objective of this dissertation is to investigate a design methodology that can characterize and compensate for process and temperature variation. First, a design methodology is discussed to handle process variation in low-power memory for image processing application. This is followed by a design technique to characterize and recover TSV-defect-induced signal degradation in a 3D integrated circuit. For thermal variation, the spatiotemporal power migration is proposed as a methodology to handle thermal issues in digital systems both during the test and normal operation. The power migration continuously distributes the generated heat in space and time to control chip temperature. To enable this approach a unique method is developed, and verified through hardware for post-fabrication characterization of thermal system and prediction of transient variation in chip temperature. The inverse temperature dependence in a digital logic is characterized through hardware to help better thermal management in wide operating voltage design.

A research program was designed to investigate the characteristics of three-dimensional laminar wall jet flow of both Newtonian and two shear-thinning non-Newtonian fluids. The non-Newtonian fluids were prepared from xanthan gum solutions of various concentrations. Both experimental and numerical methodologies were employed in this study. The wall jet was created using a circular pipe of diameter 7 mm and flows into an open fluid tank. The initial Reynolds numbers based on the pipe diameter and jet exit velocity ranged from 250 to 800. The velocity measurements were conducted using a particle image velocimetry technique. The measurements were conducted at several streamwise locations to cover both the developing and self-similar regions. For the numerical study, the complete nonlinear Navier-Stokes equation was solved using an in-house colocated finite volume based CFD code. A Carreau model was employed for the non-Newtonian fluids. The viscosity in the governing equations was obtained explicitly. From the PIV measurements and CFD results, velocity profiles and jet half-widths were extracted at selected downstream locations to study the effects of Reynolds number and specific fluid type on the jet characteristics. It was observed that the numerical results are in reasonable agreement with the experimental data. The decay of maximum velocity, jet spread rates, skin friction coefficient, streamwise velocity profiles, and secondary flows depend strongly on the initial Reynolds number irrespective of the fluid. The results also show that the jet spreads more in the spanwise direction than in the transverse direction in the early flow development whereas the reverse is true in the downstream region. Important differences were observed when the results for the non-Newtonian fluids were compared with those for Newtonian fluid.

Ocean environments with sloped seafloors can give rise to sound paths that do not remain in a constant plane of propagation. Numerical modelling of sound fields in such environments requires the use of computer models that fully account for out-of-plane sound propagation effects. The inclusion of these three-dimensional effects can be computationally intensive and the effects are often neglected in computer sound propagation codes. The current state-of-the art in sound propagation modelling has seen the development of models that can fully account for out-of-plane sound propagation. Such a model has been implemented in this research to provide acoustic consultants JASCO Applied Sciences with an important tool for environmental noise impact assessment in complicated marine environments. The model is described and validation results are shown for benchmark test cases. The model is also applied to study three-dimensional propagation effects in measured data from a realistic ocean environment. Particular analysis techniques assist in the interpretation of the modelled sound field for this physical test environment providing new insight into the characteristics of the test environment. / Graduate

This thesis describes a non-linear finite element model suitable for the analysis of reinforced concrete, or steel, structures under general three-dimensional states of loading. The 20 noded isoparametric brick element has been used to model the concrete and reinforcing bars are idealised as axial members embedded within the concrete elements. The compressive behaviour of concrete is simulated by an elasto-plastic work hardening model followed by a perfectly plastic plateau which is terminated at the onset the . crushing. In tension, a smeared crack model with fixed orthogonal cracks has been used with the inclusion of models for the retained post-cracking stress and the reduced shear modulus. The non-linear equations of equilibrium have been solved using an incremental-iterative technique operating under load control. The solution algorithms used are the standard and the modified Newton-Raphson methods. Line searches have been implemented to accelerate convergence. The numerical integration has been generally carried out using 15 point Gaussian type rules. Results of a study to investigate the performance of these rules show that the 15 point rules are accurate and computationally efficient compared with the 27(3X3X3) point Gaussian rule. The three- dimensional finite element model has been used to investigate the problem of elasto-plastic torsion of homogeneous members. The accuracy of the finite element solutions obtained for beams of different cross-sections subjected to pure and warping torsion have been assessed by comparing them with the available exact or approximate analytical solutions. Because the present work is devoted towards the analysis of reinforced concrete members which fail in shear or torsional modes, the computer program incorporates three models to account for the degradation in the compressive strength of concrete due to presence of tensile straining of transverse reinforcement. The numerical solutions obtained for reinforced concrete panels under pure shear and beams in torsion and combined torsion and bending reveal that the inclusion of a model for reducing the compressive strength of cracked concrete can significantly improve the correlation of the predicted post-cracking stiffness and the computed ultimate loads with the experimental results. Parametric studies to investigate the effects of some important material and solution parameters have been carried out. It is concluded that in the presence of a compression strength reduction model, the tension-stiffening parameters required for reinforced concrete members under torsion should be similar to those used for members in which bending dominates.

A general three-dimensional hydroelasticity theory for the evaluation of responses has been adapted to formulate hydrodynamic coefficients for submerged shell-type structures. The derivation of the theory has been presented and is placed in context with other methods of analysis. The ability of this form of analysis to offer an insight into the physical behaviour of practical systems is demonstrated. The influence of external boundaries and fluid viscosity was considered separately using a flexible cylinder as the model. When the surrounding fluid is water, viscosity was assessed to be significant for slender structural members and flexible pipes and in situations where the clearance to an outer casing was slight. To validate the three-dimensional hydroelasticity theory, predictions of resonance frequencies and mode shapes were compared, with measured data from trials undertaken in enclosed tanks. These data exhibited differences due to the position of the test structures in relation to free and fixed boundaries. The rationale of the testing programme and practical considerations of instrumentation, capture and storage of data are described in detail. At first sight a relatively unsophisticated analytical method appeared to offer better correlation with the measured data than the hydroelastic solution. This impression was mistaken, the agreement was merely fortuitous as only the hydroelastic approach is capable of reproducing-the trends recorded in the experiments. The significance of an accurate dynamic analysis using finite elements and the influence of physical factors such as buoyancy on the predicted results are also examined.