ASME Open Journal of Engineering: Recent submissions
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Influence of Thermal Gradients and Arctic Temperatures on the Mechanical Properties and Fracture Behavior of Woven Carbon and Woven Kevlar® Composites
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This study investigates the impact of thermal gradients (−60/23 °C), arctic temperature (−60 °C), and room temperature (23 °C) on the tensile and flexural properties of woven carbon and Kevlar® fiber-reinforced polymer ... -
Solid-State LiDAR With Optimized Dynamic Beam Power Intensity for Reduced Thermal Load
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Next generation sensor systems for automated vehicle navigation are likely to include light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors. Solid-state LiDAR technology that eliminates all mechanically moving parts is expected to ... -
Particulate Characterization and Lubricating Oil Tribology Investigations of a Gasoline Compression Ignition Engine Using Low Octane Fuels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)High compression ratio and lean-burn operation of low-octane gasoline-fueled compression ignition engines lead to significantly higher thermal efficiencies. Hence, it has emerged as a potential technology to propel medium ... -
Enhancing Efficiency in Collision Avoidance: A Study on Transfer Reinforcement Learning in Autonomous Ships’ Navigation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Collision avoidance in ships and robotic vehicles exemplifies a complex work process that necessitates effective scenario recognition and precise movement decision-making. Machine learning methods addressing such work ... -
Spacer Fluids for Use With Rock-Based Geopolymer
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Developing a spacer fluid compatible with geopolymers and capable of facilitating effective mud displacement becomes imperative when considering the utilization of geopolymers as a complete substitute for cement in oil and ... -
E-Fuels as Reduced Carbon Emission Options
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Synthetic “E-fuels,” or electro-fuels, have been introduced as a potential reduced carbon emissions energy source for power generation and vehicle propulsion applications. Environmental change is needed, with the transportation ... -
Measurement of Laminar Burning Speed of Methane/Hydrogen/Air Mixtures at High Pressures and Temperatures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Green hydrogen which could be produced from renewable sources by solar water splitting or photovoltaic electrolysis will play an important role in achieving net-zero in the near future. One possible approach will be to mix ... -
Effects of Intermediate Pressure and Split Ratio on Supercritical Modified Recompression Cycles Performance
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Engineers and scientists are continuously in search of higher power system efficiencies. Among new ones, supercritical recompression carbon dioxide power cycle has been promising. In addition to the simple recompression ... -
Experimental Validation of Analytical Predictions for the “Deviant” Density of Oleo-Nanofluids Based on the nanoFin Effect
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Experimental validation of the analytical predictions for the “deviant” density enhancement of nanofluids is presented in this study. Experimental measurements of density were complemented by transmission electron microscopy ... -
A Reversible Miniaturized Tesla Valve
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Tesla valves are passive fluid diodes originally proposed in 1920 by Nikola Tesla and consist of parallel tubes with bifurcated sections that rectify flow using fluid dynamics principles. Unlike conventional Tesla valves ... -
In-Silico Model Validation of Impact on a Composite Helmet Shell
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Numerical impact simulation plays a critical role in the development and improvement of helmet systems. Due to the curvature of the helmet, the selection of impact position on the helmet may affect the ability to correlate ... -
Innovative Materials and Techniques for Enhancing Hydrogen Storage: A Comprehensive Review of Damage Detection and Preventive Strategies
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Hydrogen is a promising alternative energy resource, but an improvement of secure and efficient storage solutions must be developed for its increased use. This review will investigate efforts to improve the storage of ... -
Effect of Fuel Injection Strategies on Performance, Regulated and Unregulated Emissions of a Gasoline Compression Ignition Engine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Gasoline compression ignition (GCI) mode engines are characterized by partially premixed charge combustion, leading to significant and simultaneous reductions of nitrogen oxides and particulate matter emissions. However, ... -
Blockchain Database for Improved Recording of Property Deeds
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The current manual process for property deed recording lacks automation, efficiency, and transparency. Real estate transactions require disjointed efforts from multiple parties, and they only become legally binding once ... -
Sound Pressure Slopes of Turbulent and Cavitating Liquids, and a Method to Predict Such Levels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This paper presents an author-created, unique method called the ABC method to predict sound pressure of turbulent and cavitating liquids according to ISA Standard 75.17 and is measured 1 m from the outer wall of a downstream ... -
Transient Response Analysis of Nonlinear Oscillators With Fractional Derivative Elements Under Gaussian White Noise Using Complex Fractional Moments
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Complex fractional moment (CFM), which is defined as the Mellin transform of a probability density function (PDF), has been successfully employed to find the response PDF of a wide variety of integer-order nonlinear ... -
Application of a Ranque–Hilsch Vortex Flow in an Internal Cooling of a Gas Turbine Engine Blade
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The efficiency of a gas turbine engine is directly impacted by the turbine inlet temperature and the corresponding pressure ratio. A major strategy, aside from the use of costly high-temperature blade materials, is increasing ... -
Current Status and Emerging Techniques for Measuring the Dielectric Properties of Biological Tissues
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The dielectric properties of biological tissues are key parameters that support the design and usability of a wide range of electromagnetic-based medical applications, including for diagnostics and therapeutics, and allow ... -
Replacing All Fossil Fuels With Nuclear-Enabled Hydrogen, Cellulosic Hydrocarbon Biofuels, and Dispatchable Electricity
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)We describe a roadmap using three sets of technologies to enable base-load nuclear reactors to replace all fossil fuels in a low-carbon world. The technologies integrate nuclear, wind, solar, hydroelectricity and biomass ... -
Thermodynamic Analysis of Comprehensive Performance of Carbon Dioxide(R744) and Its Mixture With Ethane(R170) Used in Refrigeration and Heating System at Low Evaporation Temperature
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)In this paper, the system performance of R744 and R744/R170 mixed refrigerants used in a single-stage compression transcritical cycle at low evaporation temperature was studied by simulation method, and the effect of ...