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Finite Element Analysis of Sandwich T-Joints Subjected to Water Slamming Loads
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)This article evaluates the structural response of a sandwich ship hull with T-joint longitudinal stiffeners subjected to water slamming. Finite element analysis was conducted using the commercial code LS-DYNA. The ... -
Finite Element Modeling of Water Slamming on Sandwich Hull Structures
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)This article evaluates the structural response of ship hull sandwich panels subjected to water slamming. Structural responses were obtained from several finite element (FE) model simulations developed by using the ... -
Free Convection Fresnel Lenses Concentrator
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)This project involves an evaluation of an improved Fresnel lenses solar energy concentrator. Its innovation consists of preventing forced convection heat losses at the receiver area. Heat losses by convection and by ... -
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade Design for the Urban Areas in Puerto Rico
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines are the preferred and most common method for power extraction from wind. In this study, the researcher will test three different airfoils to design a blade that optimizes ... -
Horizontal Fall Arrest and Restraint System Design for High Altitude Construction and Maintenance Work
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2020)Horizontal fall arrest system design and implementation for future construction and maintenance work atop Building 10 of the International Distribution Center facilities of Cardinal Health located in Guaynabo, Puerto ... -
Improvement of Paterson Kelly V-Blender Ventilation System
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)This paper presents the successful improvement and implementation of ventilation system modifications in a Patterson Kelly VBlender used in Upjohn (Pfizer Division) Pharmaceutical located at Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. ... -
Inviscid, Incompressible CFD Solver with Coordinate Transformation for Aerodynamic Applications
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)Fluid mechanics is a complex field of study with many modern design applications. Mechanical and aerospace engineers frequently have the need to analyze fluid flow patterns for practical design purposes ranging from a ... -
A Modified Computer Model of a Hyperbolic Energy Analyzer to Determining Its Potential for Operating as a Mass Spectrometer
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)Conventional energy analyzers are used as a plasma diagnostic tool for the determination of ion and electron energy spectra and temperature, having applications in a broad range of disciplines, including molecular spectroscopy, ... -
New Material and Personal Lifting for Material Management Building
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)A new elevator will be installed in the materials handling building of Lilly del Caribe. For it, a facility commissioning will be carried out, since where the stairs of the building are, it will be installed there. It ... -
Optimization of a SAE aero design aircraft
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)The Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (PUPR) has participated in SAE Aero Design for the previous years. SAE Aero Design is an international competition in which an airplane is designed by the students into one ... -
Optimization of a SDOF Cantilever Beam Piezoelectric Energy Harvester with a Lump Mass at the End Tip
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)With the development of low power electronics and energy harvesting technology, selfpowered systems have become a research hotspot over the last decade. The main advantage of selfpowered systems is that they require ... -
Parallel Plates Internal Heat Transfer Analysis for Electronic Cooling
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)Two-dimensional heat transfer analysis using the Integral Equation Method between a series of parallel plates with uniform surface heating to determine the Temperature Distribution as a Thermal Model for a Supercomputer ... -
Parametric Study of Lift-Drag Coefficients vs. Geometric Parameters of Axial Compressor/Turbine for Flow Blade Interactions
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)This project is a parametric study of the Lift-Drag coefficients from blade hub to tip radius of Axial Compressor/Turbine for flow blade interactions. The study contemplates the effect of Lift and Drag forces varying ... -
Preliminary Wind Turbine Assessment Using Urban Scaling Factors in Puerto Rico
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)Abstract - It is well known that wind energy applications are most effective in wide open areas. As shown in the literature, rather than completely discard the location of wind turbines in urban areas, the reduction in ... -
A Quadcopter Test Bed for Academic and Research on Control Systems Design
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)This article presents the development of a quadcopter platform to be used for future academic and research studies in control systems in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Polytechnic University of Puerto ... -
Simulating the Effects of Static Loads on a Transtibial Prosthetic’s Major Components Made of Composite Materials Modeled on SolidWorks
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2023)The purpose of this design project was to investigate the effects of weight and durability of a transtibial prothesis modeled on composite materials subjected to loads. The work focused on solid mechanics and modules of ... -
Stirling Engine Mechanism Analysis as a Function of Internal Pressure Variation
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)The Stirling heat engine was conceived in the in the early 1800's as an alternative to the steam engine. It is a regenerative close-cycle engine which utilizes the expansion and contraction of a working fluid at different ... -
Surface Response Modeling for Rotor-Dynamics Systems
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)This paper presents the way to generate an equation that does not exist, to analyze different rotor-dynamics system. With the analysis and design software, the results desired were obtained in order to be able to create ... -
Thermal Diffusivity of a Single Crystal Silicon Wafer n-type Doped with Manganese
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)Abstract - The thermoelectric-silicon based material is gaining enormous interest since silicon is abundant and cheap. The thermoelectric materials operate in direct conversion from heat to electrical energy with no mobile ... -
The Use of Vibration to Neutralize the Parkinson Disease Hand Tremor
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)Today there are some treatments available for the Parkinson Disease. Even though there is no standard treatment for the disease, because it’s progressive and has no cure, there are some technologies that help the ...