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Thermal Electrochemical Dynamic Modeling of Sealed Lead Acid Batteries
(2009-08-06)
Limitations to battery technology ranks second as the most vital problem facing the electronic and mechanical engineering industry in the future. The life span and performance of batteries specifically SLI (Starting – ...
Thermal Estimation and Analysis of Three-Phase Induction Motors under Voltage Unbalance
(2026-04-27)
Voltage unbalance is a persistent power quality issue in industrial and commercial facilities, and induction motors are especially sensitive to its effects. Even moderate levels of unbalance, which are common in practice, ...
Thermal Field Mapping Technique for Friction Stir Process
(2009-12-14)
Friction Stir Welding is a solid state “green” welding method developed by The Welding Institute (UK). An internal thermal mapping instrument has been developed which allows for symmetrical mapping of the thermal fields ...
Thermal Management and Data Archiving in Data Centers
(2016-05-06)
This dissertation is focused on thermal and resource management of data centers. Recognizing that there is the lack of comprehensive benchmarks for thermal management in the context of cluster computing in data centers, ...
Thermal Modeling and Management of Storage Systems
(2014-06-24)
Energy consumption of data storage systems has increased significantly for the past decades. There is an urgent need to build energy-efficient data storage systems. Computing cost of IT facilities and cooling cost of air ...
Thermal Modeling and Simulation of Metals Additive Manufacturing
(2019-12-05)
Additive manufacturing (AM) enables a layer-wise approach to near-net shape fabrication of three-dimensional computer aided designs. In powder-metal-based AM processes, such as directed energy deposition (DED) and laser-powder ...
Thermal Modeling of the Laser-Powder Bed Fusion Process
(2018-07-24)
Parts fabricated using laser-based additive manufacturing (AM) methods, such as laser-powder bed fusion (L-PBF) receive very high, localized heat fluxes from a laser within a purged, shielding gas (i.e. argon) environment ...
Thermal Performance of Ball Grid Arrays and Thin Interface Materials
(2005-08-15)
Current electronic packages exhibit very high and ever increasing power densities. That trend mandates the need for enhanced thermal performance. This study introduces a state of the art apparatus to measure thermal ...
Thermal Segregation: Causes and Effects on In-Place Density and Fatigue Performance of Asphalt Mixtures
(2012-04-17)
Previous research has demonstrated that an excessive loss of mix temperature during hauling and paving operations can cause significant reductions in the mix consistency and therefore, in its ability to be compacted ...
Thermal Stability of Tagatose
(2009-07-06)
Tagatose is a minimally absorbed monosaccharide that has prebiotic properties. To achieve this prebiotic benefit, tagatose in foods and beverages must not be lost during processing. However, data on the thermal stability ...
Thermal Tolerance and Burrowing Behaviors of Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)
(2024-12-04)
Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) are a globally invasive species whose burrowing habits contribute to damn and levee failures, erosion, and resistance to control measures. I used artificial burrowing chambers to ...
Thermal-Aware File and Resource Allocation in Data Centers
(2017-12-04)
After addressing the issue of reducing power consumption by computing nodes in data centers, in recent years, computer scientists are focusing on reducing cooling cost of the data centers, thereby making the data centers ...
Thermal-aware Resource Management in Energy Efficient Clusters
(2018-07-25)
There is a pressing need for thermal management in most electronic devices today, ranging from portables to high-performance servers, and it poses barriers to the safe operations of data centers. The goal of thermal ...
Thermal-Mechanical Characterization and Microstructural Evolution of Lead Free Solder Alloys in Harsh Environment Applications
(2021-04-27)
With the emergence of the modern electronic packaging technology over the last few decades, lead free solder alloys have been the primary interconnects material used in electronic packaging industry due to their relatively ...
Thermo-mechanical Reliability Models for Life Prediction of Area Array Electronics in Extreme Environments
(2006-05-15)
The increasing functionality in modern microelectronics requires more complexity in less space and more reliability at lower cost. Demands on miniaturization have lead to the evolution of several types of area array packages ...
Thermo-mechanical reliability models for life prediction of ball grid arrays on Cu-core PCBS in extreme environments
(2007-08-15)
In this work, thermo-mechanical models for reliability prediction of BGA packages mounted on Cu-core printed circuit assemblies in harsh environments have been developed. The models have been developed based on thermo-mechanical ...
Thermodynamic Model and Initial Experimental Investigation of Air Dehumidification through Electrically Charged Vapor Capturing Electrostatic Droplets
(2022-04-18)
The removal of water vapor from the air to reduce relative humidity is a well known indoor environmental comfort requirement. Common dehumidification approaches require a substantial amount of energy and usually involve ...
Thermoplastic polymer nanocomposites
(2016-11-09)
This thesis describes the use of non-covalent functionalization of nanomaterials and pre-processing methods for improving thermal and mechanical properties of melt processed thermoplastic polymer nanocomposites. The effects ...
Thermosetting Polymers from Renewable Resources
(2016-08-26)
Polymer science was born as an answer to the need to produce and to understand materials such as plastics, rubber, adhesives, fibers, and paints. It has been recognize as an interdisciplinary field, combining theoretical ...
Thermotolerance in Gossypium hirsutum
(2006-12-15)
Heat and drought are major factors that affect the annual cotton yield. Cotton farmers are always looking for plants that are more thermotolerant and drought tolerant to increase the yield. These characteristics can be ...