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Browsing Theses (Master's and Ph.D) – Mechanical Engineering by Issue Date

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Simulation of Melting of a Pure Substance Using Curvilinear Moving Grids

Mirlatifi, Amir Motaleb (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2009)

ABSTRACT: Melting and solidification of metals play an important role in material processing, metallurgy, welding, and growth of crystals from melts and solutions. There are generally two types of methods to simulate the ...
Mathematical Modeling of Magnetic Regenerator Refrigeration Systems

Salarvand, Navid (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2009)

ABSTRACT: Active magnetic regenerative refrigeration (AMRR) systems are designed based on magnetocaloric effect of some special solid materials, such as Gadolinium-Silicon-Germanium, Ferrum-Rhodium, etc. During the last ...
Manufacturing, Simulation and Implementation of Concurrent Engineering to Improve ProductionA Case Study in Palm Oil Industry

Fonche, Cosmas Abong (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2010)

ABSTRACT: The objective of this thesis is to improve the performance of a medium size industrial manufacturing plant by studying the effects of its production line and developing a proposed model of the production stages ...
Designing and Optimization of a High Efficiency Single Family House Located in the TRNC

Ghazal, Maher T.S. (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2010)

The conscious design of building parameters and the awareness of the available materials that could be used in construction could decrease or in some cases eliminate the need for HVAC systems, and thus, optimizing building ...
An Experimental Study of Natural Convection of Nanofluid in a Rectangular Cavity

Tadrisi, Sedighe (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2010)

The concept of nanofluids refers to a new kind of heat transport fluids by suspending nano scaled metallic or nonmetallic particles in base fluids. The experimental results showed that the suspended nanoparticles increased ...
The Effect of Using Transverse Partitioning and Reflection on Single and Counter Flow Solar Air Heater Using Wire Mesh as an Absorber

Al-Khawajah, Monther Fuad (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2011)

ABSTRACT: Rising costs of conventional fuels, increasing energy demand, concerns over climate change and pollutants resulted from burning fossil fuels have increased the interest in various renewable energy technologies. ...
Experimental and Numerical investigation of flow structures behind Bluff Bodies in Tandem Arrangement

Dianat, Golnaz (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2011)

Flow structures attracted scientist since many decades. When a fluid flows around a bluff body or an object moves within a fluid at different Reynolds numbers different flow regimes can be observed. The flow properties ...
Energy Assessment of a Parabolic Trough Collector in North Cyprus

Solomon, Olopade Olusegun (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2011)

The present work is concerned with the investigation of the performance of a parabolic trough collector in North Cyprus. The Feasibility of using this collector for the purpose of supplying hot steam in a solar thermal ...
Design and development of an automated guided vehicle for educational purposes

Bijanrostami, Khosro (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2011)

An Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) is a set of cooperative driverless vehicle, used on manufacturing floor and coordinated by a centralized or distributed computer-based control system. AGVs-based Material Handling Systems ...
Integrated Solar Water Heater

Yassien, Husam Naufal Saleh (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2012)

ABSTARCT: Nowadays, water heating by using the solar energy has been spread all over the world. The studies on solar water heating system were stimulated the researchers due to the scarcity of natural energy resources, ...
Design and Development of an Auto-Steering System Control for Off-Road Vehicles

Kiani, Ehsan (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2012)

ABSTRACT: In this thesis, a control method is developed to enhance the path tracking accuracy of an agricultural vehicle steering system. Therefore, in order to boost the mean error value, the lateral error of a farm ...
Modeling of Turbulent Flow Past a Circular Cylinder Using Large Eddy Simulation on Unstructured Grids

Şibliyev, Orxan (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2012)

ABSTRACT: In this work, a computer program is written for solving the turbulent flow equations on unstructured grids using a Large Eddy Simulation (LES) model in C++ language. To test the code, two cases are considered: ...
Energetic and Exergetic Analyses of a Direct Steam Generation Solar Thermal Power Plant in Cyprus

Hamidi, Armita (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2012)

ABSTRACT: In recent decades, the threat of climate change and other environmental impacts of fossil fuels have reinforced interests in alternative and renewable energy sources for producing electricity. In this regard, ...
Winter performance of a Solar Humidification Dehumidification Desalination System

Enayatollahi, Reza (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2012)

ABSTRACT: The present study is concerned with desalinating the saline water, using the humidification dehumidification method. An open air open water cycle is chosen, whilst forced air circulation is applied. The system ...
Monitoring the Performance of a Small-Scale Wind Turbine

Esfahani, Mehdi Lajavardi (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2012)

ABSTRACT: Small wind turbines are known to generate less than 100 kW of electricity and they are used in farms, homes and small businesses for backup electricity to reduce electricity bills. The present work is concerned ...
Experimental Investigation of Thermal Conductivity through Nanofluids

Abid, Muhammad (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ), 2012-01)

ABSTRACT: The method used in this experimental work is the Temperature Oscillation Technique (TOT). Thermal conductivity measurement through Temperature Oscillation Technique is to fill the cylinder with the nanofluids, ...
Localization of wireless sensor networks for industrial applications

Yazdi, Poorya Ghafoorpoor (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ), 2012-09)

ABSTRACT: In new generation manufacturing systems, Wireless Sensor Networks have become an important technology because of the various ameliorations in comparison with common sensors, such as power consumption, connection ...
Investigation of formability of material in incremental sheet metal forming process

Khalatbari, Hosein (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ), 2012-09)

ABSTRACT: Currently, Incremental Sheet Forming (ISF) is known as a novel technology, which promises a higher flexibility in process, lower production price and lead time, in addition to improved formability of material ...
Application and Development of a New AGV in Sprinkler Irrigation

Jafari, Saeid (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2013)

ABSTRACT: The new technologies play a more and more important role in improving the productivity over the agriculture industry. In this way, the irrigation machines as well as technologies have significant roles. Nowadays, ...
Localization of Wireless Sensor Network Using Triangulation in Industrial Environment

Motlagh, Mohammad Rahim Zeraat Talab (Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), 2013)

ABSTRACT: Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have important role in new generation of manufacturing systems due to the fact that is an infrastructure comprised of computing, measuring and communication elements that gives the ...