Current Research
Thermal Imaging of Vehicular Subsystems
Principal investigator:
Graduate student(s):
Abedalrouf
Sree Harsha
Ali Al Ahmer
Sponsor(s):
US Army, Army Research Center ARC
Brief abstract:
A complete validated 3D finite differencing model to predict the vehicular thermal signatures.
Impact:
Deformation machining is a unique new manufacturing process that will enable the creation of features that are monolithic, less expensive and more accurate. Previous work in this area has laid the groundwork for achieving these research objectives by demonstrating the concept’s feasibility and creating a wide variety of interesting and useful part features that would be difficult or impossible to create using other processes. Potential applications span a variety of industries including aerospace, automotive, biomedical and electronic components to name a few. We project that for the aerospace industry alone recurring savings could reach $1 billion per year. This value comes from three areas: reduced equipment costs (3-axis machines verses 5 axis), reduced component weight and increased part accuracy. However, even greater benefit in all industries is expected to arise because designers will gain the ability to conceive new structures, which only become economically feasible using the advantages of deformation machining.
Project schedule:
Initiated in 2008 and completed in 2009
Preliminary results:
A complete spatial and temporal temperature maps of vehicular sub-systems.A validated 3D finite differencing model, for testing any proposed designs.
