Browsing Mechanical & Manufacturing Eng (Theses and Dissertations) by Title
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Passive mechanical properties of skeletal muscle in compression
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2007)The compressive properties of skeletal muscle are of prime interest in applications where muscle tissue is submitted to compressive loads; e.g., to improve the design of protective equipment for vehicular occupants, to ... -
Plate-type Acoustic Valve Resonator for, Low-frequency Sound Absorption
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Discipline of Mechanical & Manuf. Eng, 2024)Plate-type acoustic metamaterials with deep-subwavelength thickness have generated considerable enthusiasm for addressing low-frequency noise. These metamaterials can be tailored to obtain high absorption efficiency by ... -
Polymer / clay nanocomposites
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2012)Polymer/clay nanocomposites are a new class of materials with unique properties that are not shared by the pristine polymers or the conventional composites. These materials may present enhanced mechanical, themial, barrier ... -
Post-menopausal osteoporosis and the effect of remodelling on bone material
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2007)This work concerns the relationship between bone and its environment and how changes in this environment affect its mechanical behaviour. More particularly, it concerns how the alteration of this environment following ... -
Power and position-oriented process monitoring of freeform abrasive machining
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2013)Abrasive machining is used for the generation of freeform femoral implant surfaces in the biomedical industry. The abrasive machining operation is typified by high speed material removal in multiple axes, difficult-to-machine ... -
Prediciton of fatigue failure in engineering components using the finite element method
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2000)Prediction of fatigue failure in engineering artefects is becoming increasingly important as we enter the third millennium; more catastrophic fatigue failures will occur as engineers push the limits of design even further ... -
Process, precedent, and community : new learning environments for engineering design
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2014)Project-based design courses are an increasingly conunon component of engineering education. Most engineering schools have traditionally emphasized the analytical and scientific aspects of the discipline, and an increase ... -
Quantitative accoustic analysis of inhaler sounds for the objective assessment of inhaler adherence in patients with chronic respiratory diseases
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2016)Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are two of the most prevalent chronic respiratory disorders. Over 800 million people suffer from these diseases and over four million people die annually. Although ... -
Reconfigurable test execution systems machine and process development
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Engineering. Discipline of Mechanical & Manuf. Eng, 2018)Reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS) are a key enabling technology to meet new challenges in a global market. These emerging products and markets are defined as having short development cycles, being highly customisable ... -
Recovery factor and conjugate heat transfer for micro jet impingement
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2010)Impinging jets are renowned for achieving high rates of heat transfer over extended periods of time. The bulk of the research to date in this area has focused on relatively large diameter jets. However, the current study ... -
Resonant aeroacoustic source localisation in ducted bluff body flows
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Responses of bone cells to microinjury
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2012)Microdamage in bone has been implicated as a principal stimulator of bone remodeling through the release of numerous biochemical factors. Such factors initiate the bone resorbing and bone forming potential of the constitutive ... -
Simulation of bone fracture and cutting using the theory of critical distances
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2008)This work was concerned with the prediction of bone fracture in situations where fracture was initiated in areas of stress concentration. Two conditions were studied: (i) fracture in bones and bone samples weakened by the ... -
Simulation of microcrack growth and repair in living bone
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2013)As they are the structural components of the body, bones are subjected to the accumulation of damage because of cyclical stress (fatigue). The fatigue damage in bone takes the form of microscopic cracks (microcracks) that ...
