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  • Characterisation of failure in composite materials with acoustic emission and correlation with micromechanics 
    Öz, Fatih Ertuğrul. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2018., 2018.)
    Polymer composites fail through complex damage mechanisms. It is not easy to determine stress levels for onset of various damage mechanisms with a single uniaxial tension test, since their stress-strain responses do not ...
  • Characterization of NiMnGa magnetic shape memory alloys 
    Pirge, Gürsev. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2005., 2005.)
    Magnetic shape memory (MSM) alloys are a new class of actuator materials withhigh actuation frequency, energy density and strain and they can be used in themanufacturing of actuators, smart structures, sensors and transducers. ...
  • Closed-loop actuator and sensor location selection strategies for flexible structures 
    Güney, Murat. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2008., 2008.)
    In this thesis, the problem of finding the optimal actuator and sensor locations for vibration control of a flexible structure is studied. An iterative search strategy is used, where the closedloop criteria are selected ...
  • Computational and experimental investigation of low frequency noise in passenger vehicles 
    Oktav, Akın. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2016., 2016.)
    In this study, low frequency noise characteristics of passenger vehicles are addressed. Vehicle noise variability and dominant paths that cause low frequency booms are investigated. To diagnose the cause of variability, a ...
  • Convergence acceleration procedures for the computation of 2-D transonic flows 
    Türk, Uğur (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2014., 2014.)
    This study addresses a novel adaptive time stepping procedure, which leads to selection of larger time steps allowed by the physics of the problem. Information about the gradients of the flow variables can be regarded as ...
  • Core-shell PVA / gelatin nanofibrous scaffolds using multinozzle aqueous electrospinning 
    Şengör, Mustafa. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2019., 2019.)
    Biological scaffolds have been used in the reconstruction of the damaged tissues. They have similar morphology and structure to the host tissues. However, they can be produced using materials that can be harmful to humans ...
  • Creating multi-touch haptic feedback on an electrostatic tactile display 
    Sarkandi, Gholamreza Ilkhani. (TThesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2017., 2017.)
    This study is composed of two main parts. In the first part, we present single touch electrostatic tactile display analysis and modelling together with some prelim inary observation on conventional rendering methods. ...
  • Damage phenomenon in highly filled elastomers 
    Tunç, Birkan. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2017., 2017.)
    The complete pathway to construct a constitutive model well suited for nite element analysis of highly lled elastomeric materials undergoing large deformation and damage was studied. The e ects of viscoelasticity, ...
  • Design and analysis of three-dimensional phononic band gap structures with embedded intertial amplification mechanisms 
    Tanıker, Semih. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2015., 2015.)
    In this study, three-dimensional (3D) phononic band gap structures are investigated. First, in nite and nite periodic simple cubic, body centered cubic and face centered cubic lattices with and without inertial ampli ...
  • Design of composite structures for minumum weight 
    Akbulut, Mustafa. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2010., 2010.)
    The goal of this study is to develop methodologies to optimize the structural design of composite materials to achieve the minimum weight. Mainly three different problem areas were considered. Firstly, weight minimization ...
  • Design of spectrally selective coatings for high efficiency power generation devices 
    Khosroshahi, Ferhad Kazemi. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2017., 2018.)
    This thesis is aimed at designing and optimizing spectrally selective emitters/ filters for optical or thermal applications such as thermophotovoltaic (TPV) devices. Using spectrally selective emitters/filters in these devices ...
  • Design optimization of structures under fatigue loading 
    Ertaş, Ahmet Hanifi. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2009., 2009.)
    Many of the engineering failures are caused by fatigue. Fatigue failure can be defined as the tendency of a material to fracture by means of progressive brittle cracking under cyclic stresses. Because mechanical components ...
  • Development and modeling of a colonoscopy robot 
    Tutcu, Cem. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2020., 2020.)
    Colorectal cancer is the second leading mortality cause among all cancer types. Similar to the other cancer types, early detection plays a vital role in the prevention of mortality. Colonoscopy is an endoscopic method that ...
  • Dynamic analysis of diesel engine crankshaft system using finite elements and multibody system simulation programs 
    Yılmaz, Yasin. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2008., 2008.)
    In this thesis, dynamic analysis of in-line six cylinder diesel engine crankshaft system is carried out using analytical and numerical methods. The dynamic analysis of the crankshaft system consists of calculation of forces, ...
  • Experimental analysis and modeling of porous NiTi shape memory alloys 
    Özerim, Gülcan. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2022., 2022)
    Porosity brings new features to NiTi SMAs, and raises its potential for biomedical applications. Although different techniques are provided in the literature for manufacturing porous NiTi samples, the subject is still open ...
  • Experimentally verified numerical simulation of single crystal growth process with a low melt height and an axial vibration 
    Sheikhi, Aidin. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2018., 2018.)
    This Ph.D. dissertation investigates experimental and numerical crystal growth of antimony-doped germanium (Ge-Sb) single crystals. The investigation is a part of the TUBITAK project 212M030. The single crystal growth of ...
  • Fabrication and characterization of Al, AlMgSi, and AlSi foams 
    Mahmutyazıcıoğlu, Nazım. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2010., 2010.)
    Manufacturing of metal foams by using powder compact melting (PCM) method, with the most important considerations like material and method selection, powder blending, cold compaction, hot compaction and hot extrusion and ...
  • Failure criteria for functionally graded materials and application of GTN model using finite elements 
    Oral, Alpay. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2010., 2010.)
    Functionally Graded Materials (FGMs) are special composites with a point to point continuous property variation. In this failure of laboratory scale FGMs is modeled using Gurson - Tvergaard -Needleman (GTN) model. Stress, ...
  • Finite element analysis of plasticity-induced fatigue crack closure 
    Gökçen, Mehmet Gökhan. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2008., 2008.)
    Contact elements are implemented into the elastic-plastic finite element analysis of fatigue crack closure to predict crack opening stress, by developing a code using ANSYS Parametric Design Language. Although the use of ...
  • Finite-element analysis of radiative transport in gray participating media 
    Kalenderoğlu, Vahan. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 1980., 1980.)
    A finite-element solution scheme for radiative transport problems in gray participating media is devised, and its validity is substantiated through application to representative problems involving plane-parallel geometry ...

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