MASTERS' THESES (MIED): Recent submissions

  • DESIGN - OPTIMIZATION AND PERFORMANCE OF PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER 
    Sahdev, Sanjeev Kumar (IIT ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    The plate heat exchanger is an important heat recovery equipment which transfers heat from high temperature fluid to low temperature fluid with help of corrugated plates. The plates of plate heat exchanger provide large ...
  • MODELLING OF CRACK IN PRESSURE VESSELS BY IGA USING THIN SHELL THEORY 
    Singla, Rijul (I I T ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    This thesis aims to model the crack on the pressure vessel surface so as its rupture can be avoided. It is well known that pressure vessel finds immense applications in almost all industries. They normally work on high ...
  • DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF ROLLER BEARING USING FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (FEM) 
    Yadav, Vedant (I I T ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    Rolling element bearing being one of the key components in rotating machinery, so their good condition is vital for the machine performance. Any bearing in operation will invariably fail at some point, with may cause the ...
  • MODELING OF FRACTURE IN BIO-INSPIRED MATERIALS 
    Mahar, Aman (I I T ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    Nacre (mother of pearl), bone, and teeth boast a prominent amalgamation of mechanical facets such as strength, toughness and sti ness. Merger of these properties in engineering materials is still a challenge. Nacre, which ...
  • DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF HUMAN-STRUCTURE INTERACTION 
    Godara, Anoop Kumar (I I T ROORKEE, 2018-06)
    Structures nowadays are made lighter, taller and longer which causes increased flexibility of the structure. Due to this there is increase in number of issues identified with human induced vibration of bridges, floors, ...
  • FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF GUIDED WAVE PROPAGATION THROUGH DEFECT FREE PIPE BENDS 
    G., Bharadwaj (I I T ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    This report focuses on understanding the propagation of ultrasonic guided waves through pipe bends. ANSYS 18.1 has been used to develop the geometry of straight pipe during the initial phase which is then extended to pipe ...
  • FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER-BASED VARIABLE FOCAL LENGTH REFLECTOR 
    Rameshkumar, Jivani Chinmay (I I T ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    Dielectric Elastomers (DEs) belong to the class of soft actuators which are employed to perform biomimetic actuation. These actuators have promising future applications in many fields, including adaptive optics. The primary ...
  • ACTIVE VIBRATION ANALYSIS AND CONTROL OF MEMBRANE REFLECTOR 
    Gupta, Kushagra (I I T ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    Current space-based imaging platforms are significantly constrained in both size and weight by the launch vehicle. Increased payload size and weight results in increased cost and a decrease in launch responsiveness. Use ...
  • COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS BASED INVESTIGATIONS OF BRAIN BIOMECHANICS 
    Singh, Manik (I I T ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been identified as “signature wound” in recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Blast wave generated by improvised explosive devices can cause mild, moderate and several injuries to ...
  • ISOGEOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF VEHICLE IMPACT 
    Yadav, Pawan Kumar (I I T ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    Isogeometric Analysis is a very e cient tool developed in the area of computational mechanics. In this method design and analysis can be integrated by using NURBS technology for geometric design and isoparametric concept ...
  • FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF FLOW INDUCED VIBRATIONS ON STENT 
    Kumar, Pradip (I I T ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    Stents are spring like structures used to support weak arteries and to keep the blocked arteries open. But the problem with the stents is that the blockage reoccurs at the site after a certain period of time (restenosis). ...
  • DEVELOPMENT OF OCCUPANT MULTIBODY MODEL FOR VEHICLE RESTRAINT SYSTEM IN FRONTAL IMPACT 
    Silmana, Sachin (I I T ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    The thesis aims to study the theoretical model of vehicle occupant and to nd chances of injury using the passive safety component i.e. seat-belt and airbag. To reduce the e ect of injury key variable are force applied ...
  • MACHINING OF SIC MATERIALS USING ECSM PROCESS 
    Mohitkak, Aniket D. (I I T ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    Currently, composites and ceramic materials are replacing the metals owing to their properties such as high hardness, brittleness, strength and electrical insulation. The application of Travelling Wire Electrochemical Spark ...
  • COMPOSTING BEHAVIOUR OF NATURAL FIBER REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES 
    Kumar, Dharmendra (I I T ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    In the present research work, degradation behaviour of bio-composites incorporating banana fibers in poly-lactic acid matrix has been studied. The bio-composites were developed using extrusion-injection molding process. ...
  • A NOVEL DESIGN OF INDIAN MUSICAL FLUTE FOR CONTINUOUS OUTPUT FREQUENCY 
    Narayan, Dhruv (I I T ROORKEE, 2017-12)
    Preparation of Indian musical flutes of professional grade is quite a time consuming and mundane task. As musical applications require significantly higher level of accuracy and the physical phenomena involved are exceptionally ...
  • IN-SITU CASTING OF MAGNESIUM METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE BY MICROWAVE ENERGY 
    Yadav, Jitendra (I I T ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    Demand of advanced materials to achieve high specific strength in aerospace industry always motivates researchers to develop tailored materials and advanced processing techniques. Conventional processes are mostly unsuitable ...
  • INVESTIGATION ON SONICATION OF ELECTROCHEMICAL DISCHARGE TREPANNING PROCESS 
    Pawariya, Kapil (I I T ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    In the present work, an attempt was made to use ultrasonic energy to augment the performance of electrochemical discharge trepanning (ECDT) process. The effect of various process parameters such as applied voltage, pulse ...
  • PRODUCTION OF METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES BY ELECTOMAGNETIC STIR CASTING PROCESS 
    Agarwal, Nitish (I I T ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    The combination of high strength material with better corrosion resistant reinforcement leads to formation of metal matrix composites (MMCs) that are beneficial for a large scale of engineering applications. Given that ...
  • STUDY & ANALYSIS OF REJECTION PARAMETERS FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF CPSEs PERFORMANCE 
    Kumar, Sumant (I I T ROORKEE, 2017-12)
    India is one of the biggest rising economies of the 21st century. The Indian economy maintains a growth rate of 6%. To continue its growth, the support of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) is very necessary because ...
  • MODELING THE SPECTRAL EFFECTS ON PHOTO-VOLTAIC CELL OUTPUT 
    Tiwari, Abhinav (I I T ROORKEE, 2018-05)
    Irradiance over a Photo-voltaic are governed by atmospheric constituents, geography of the region and relative orientation with the earth surface. Spectral effects are determined by of scattering, extinction as well as ...