This paper presents a linear global stability analysis of the incompressible axisymmetric boundary layer on a circular cone. The base flow is considered parallel to the axis of the cone at the inlet. The angle of attack ...
Sundaram, Dilip; Yang, Vigor; Yetter, Richard A.(Elsevier, 2017-07)
Metal particles are attractive candidate fuels for various propulsion and energy-conversion applications, primarily due to their high energy densities. Micron-sized particles present several drawbacks, such as high ignition ...
Bhoraniya, Ramesh; Narayanan, Vinod(Institute of Physics, 2017-04)
This paper presents linear biglobal stability analysis of axisymmetric boundary layer over a circular cone. An incompressible flow over a sharp circular cone is considered with zero angle of attack. The base flow velocity ...
Oxidative steam reforming of ethanol is an important process for on board production of hydrogen in fuel cell based auxiliary power systems. Although the process has been extensively studied from a catalyst perspective, ...
Divyaprakash(Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, 2016)
Underwater pipelines are used for the transportation of oil and gas across rivers and oceans.
They obstruct the flow of water which causes erosion beneath these pipelines. Once the gap
between the pipeline and the ...
Kumar, Brijesh(Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, 2016)
Miniaturized redox flow batteries have seen interest in electronic applications
because of their potential to simultaneously deliver electric power and remove
heat. For these applications, the flow battery has to be ...
Bashir, Asim(Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, 2016)
Seismic hazard assessment is the key tool for rational planning, safety and design in seismically
vulnerable regions. The Gujarat state of India is the only state in peninsular India with the
maximum seismic hazard ...
Mishra, Sandeep kumar(Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, 2016)
The mechanical behavior of materials at small length scales depend on not only the composition of the material but also the structure and arrangement of the atoms and molecules. In biolfilaments such as DNA, mechanical ...
The increased computational and storage demand has increased the heat dissipation of servers in data centers. The flow inside the data center is highly dynamic due to various parameters such as server workload, server fan ...
Goyal, Abheeti(Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, 2015)
Computational evaluation of the aerodynamic and propulsive characteristics of several annular wing-propeller configurations to assess the effect of propeller on the aerodynamic performance of the annular wing for application ...
Shah, Ustav(Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, 2016)
Underactuated mechanical systems are essentially the systems which have lesser number of free control actuators than degrees of freedom. Due to their diverse applications and potential usage in multiple disciplines, tracking ...
Garg, Mohit(Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, 2016)
The bending and twisting deformations of bio-filaments on intermediate length scales
of the order of 5-100 nm play a key role in many biological processes. For instance, the looping behavior of DNA molecules plays a pivotal ...
Swapnil(Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, 2016)
Taylor Couette flow is very common in engineering systems. It has been the basis for various fluid flow observations like viscometric viscosity measurements and observation of first successful validation of Linear stability ...
Gupta, Vishnu Kumar(Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, 2016)
The demand for refrigeration and cooling systems has been increased rapidly in past few decades. Increase in emissions of harmful refrigerants used in vapor compression cooling systems has been a major reason in the ozone ...
Srivastav, Satya(Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, 2016)
Topology optimization is a load path based design method that optimizes material distribution by finding the optimum number, location and shape of the hole/opening within a given design space subjected to given loading ...