Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering

Keynotes: Flying with Cracks, Damage Tolerance and NDT Potential Contributions of the Fraunhofer Institute for Non-destructive Testing IZFP to Aeronautical Safety.- Non-destructive Techniques and Systems for Process and Quality Control in the Automotive and Supplier Industry.- Recent Developments of Mechanical and Fatigue Analyses of Fiber-reinforced Structures for Aerospace Applications.- Future Trends in the Development of Vehicle Bodies regarding Lightweight and Cost.- Stirling Engine Technology and its Application on Solar Power Generation.- R&T Effort Led by MBDA in the Field of Aero-propulsion.- Computational Fluid Dynamics - A Design Tool for Aircraft Industries.- Design and Development of Lighter-than-Air Systems.- Technological Trends in the Application of Advanced Materials in Automobiles.- A Synchronous Wound Excitation Transverse Flux Machine with Solid Rotor.- Chapters: An Approach to Improve Aviation Quality Management using Total Quality Management Principles.- Design and Field Trials of a Payload Recovery Device for Tethered Aerostats.- Design of an Effective Subsonic Wing Cross-Section using Viscous-Inviscid Interactive Method.- Computational Study of Various Longitudinal Fin Profiles.- Dynamic Modeling and Simulation of Flapping Wings UAV.- Off Line Performance Measures of Two wheeler Engine - In Automatic Objective Method.- Optimization of Variable Speed Turbo Coupling in Boiler Feed Pump.- Cyclic Life Estimation of Turbine Rotor Blade Fitted in a Twin Spool Turbojet Engine.- CFD Analysis of Swirl Enhancement in a Direct Injection Diesel Engine with Vortex Generator in Inlet Manifold.- Numerical Study of Air-Intake Performance of a Scramjet with Strut Blockage at Various Angle of Attacks.- Numerical Study of Aerodynamic Characteristics of Triangular Flapping Wing for MAV.- Numerical Analysis of Suppression of Laminar Bubble at Low Reynolds Number using Different Protrusions.- Numerical Simulation of Rayleigh-Bernard Convection in Enclosures Filled with Nanofluid.- A Conceptual Design of Versatile Furtive Craft.- Reduction of the Passage between the Flame Tubes of the Combustor for a Millimetre Size Gas Turbine Engine in the Art of Micro Machine Technology.- Influence of Temperature on Mechanical Characterisation of Basalt/Epoxy Owen Fabric Composites.- Designing and Controlling the Performance of FMS - Application of Principle Component Analysis.- Improved Methods for Thermal and Compression Testing of Carbon Foams.- Integration of eLCAr Guidelines into Vehicle Design.- Design of Magnetic Wheel Rotor.- The Effect of Injection Pressure on Engine Performance while the Engine is running on Electrolytically Generated Hydrogen Oxygen Mixture.- Design and Fabrication of Air Pre-heater for Diesel Engine.- Studies on Tropical Conditions in Hot Sunny Days in India and their Effects on Interior Temperature Rise in Truck Cabin.- Impact of Co2 addition on Syngas Formation in the Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Methane.- Fabrication of Bamboo Fiber Reinforced Polylactide Biocomposites.- Emission Control by Selective Exhaust Gas Recirculation Scavenging System in Two Stroke Engine.- Design of Airfoil using Back Propagation Training with Combined Approach.- Improvement of Performance and Emission Characteristics of Diesel Engines using TBC and Emerging Techniques - A Review.