Browsing 2021 UMKC Theses - Freely Available Online by Thesis Department "Mechanical Engineering (UMKC)"
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Assessment of genetic algorithm based assignment strategies for unmanned systems using the multiple traveling salesman problem with moving targets
(2021)The continuous and rapid advancements in autonomous unmanned systems technologies presents increasingly sophisticated threats to military operations. These threats necessitate the prioritization of improved strategies for ... -
Design, Modeling and Testing of a Cascaded Heading Stabilization Controller for a Cruciform Parachute System
(2021)The work presented in this thesis pertains to the advancement of an existing novel aerial delivery platform that utilizes a cruciform parachute canopy. The cruciform design represents a compromise between the simplicity ... -
Development and Viability of an Inverted Descent Quadrotor for Precision Aerial Delivery
(2021)The field of Precision Aerial Delivery strives for the highest standard of accuracy, with sights set on delivering payloads from high altitudes to mere feet from goal locations. Quadrotors, due to high maneuverability and ... -
Development of a Jet Impingement Thermal Management System for a Semiconductor Device with the Implementation of Dielectric Nanofluids
(2021)This study investigates the viability of a liquid jet-impingement (JI) thermal management system (TMS). The JI-TMS was used as a heat dissipation tactic to ensure a silicon semiconductor-based pulse-power devices temperature ... -
Experimental investigation of U-Pipe evacuated tube solar collector: thermal performance enhancement methodology
(2021)In this study thermal performance comparison of U-Pipe evacuated tube solar collector (ETC) vs heat pipe ETC (HPETC) was investigated experimentally. ETC's are available in either heat pipe or u-pipe configurations. In ... -
Implementation and Assessment of State Estimation Algorithms in Simulation and Real-World Applications
(2021)State estimation algorithms are important mathematical tools for engineers and are capable of improving system modeling capabilities and scenario outcomes. Typically, systems utilize a variety of sensors to measure certain ... -
Interfacial self-assemblies of surfactants at water-oil interfaces
(2021)The generation of novel synthetic materials with functionality and hierarchical ordering is a major focus of current studies in materials science and engineering. Self-assembling amphiphilic materials (such as lipids or ... -
Optic nerve subarachnoid space cerebral spinal fluid computational fluid dynamics
(2021)Cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) is driven throughout the subarachnoid space (SAS) and serves a variety of crucial functions. The behavior of CSF within the optic nerve subarachnoid space (ONSAS) has special interest because ...