• Development and Characterization of ZrO2-Graphene Oxide Reinforced Al6061 Composite using Powder Metallurgy 

  Javaid, Saeed (School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST, 2024)

  The Automotive and Aerospace industry is revolutionizing driven by advancement in material. Aluminum and its alloys are of prime importance for weight reduction, but the growing demand of industry needs more advanced ...
• Numerical Analysis of Blended Wing Body VTOL UAV: Investigating Aerodynamic Characteristics Under Various Pylon Configurations 

  Illahi, Rabeyia Manzoor (School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST, 2024)

  The Blended Wing Body (BWB) configuration is a disruptive innovation in aviation design, offering a unified airframe where the fuselage and wings merge seamlessly into a single aerodynamic structure. This study focuses ...
• Maximizing Micro-Channel Heat Transfer Efficiency with Longitudinal Vortex Generators and Advanced Tri-Hybrid Nano-Fluids 

  Ahzam, Syed Muhammad (School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST, 2024)

  Advancements in electronics technology have significantly improved human lives but have also introduced new challenges in managing device performance. The trend towards smaller and more portable devices has intensified ...
• Effect of Energy Efficiency and Future Weather Scenarios on Energy Consumption of Hospital Building 

  Ghumman, Saad Saqlain (School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST, 2024)

  The building sector in Pakistan is responsible for a substantial 30-50% of the nation's overall energy usage, and this percentage is projected to increase even more as because of the negative impacts of climate change. ...
• Lie similarity transformations and Lie control parameters for heat transfer on unsteady stretching surface along with variable heat source or sink 

  Anwar, Muhammad Saad (School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST, 2024)

  The idea of this research is to analyze the flow on time dependent extending surface with changing heat flux. With the variable heat flux, we impose unsteadiness in the flow and temperature fields. We have developed a ...
• Effectiveness of Passive Measures on Energy Efficiency and Carbon Production of Commercial Building in Various Climate Zones 

  Hussain, Rohan (School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST, 2024)

  Climate change poses a significant threat, resulting in rising global temperatures and increased energy demands. Commercial buildings, being substantial consumers of energy, are at the forefront of this challenge. This ...
• On the onset of secondary stability in the wake of two rotating cylinders in tandem arrangement 

  Siddiqui, Muhammad Aneeb (School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST, 2024)

  Fluid dynamic transport around a body naturally observe unstable flow behind the body including different patterns of vortical shedding. But simultaneous imposition of rotation to vortex shedding bluff body results in ...
• Energy Absorption of Hybrid Lattice Structure based crash box designed for Additive manufacturing 

  Khan, Mehmood (School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST, 2024)

  Lattice structures have gained immense popularity in industries like automotive, aerospace, and biomedical due to their low densities and ability to occupy design areas unattainable with dense materials. Hybrid lattice ...
• Modeling and Simulation of a Hybrid Water Heating System 

  Arshad, Muhammad Ammar (School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST, 2024)

  The modeling and simulation being performed in this project is keeping in view the budgetary and space constraints of Small and Medium Enterprises in Pakistan while allowing flexible scalability for the solution to be ...
• Design, modeling, and experimental investigations of the piezoelectric energy harvesting of vortex-induced vibrations by bionic structures 

  Khan, Wajid (School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST, 2024)

  The study is aiming at the effectiveness of the energy harvesting performance in the wake of various modified bluff bodies through piezoelectric material. These wake dynamics can be correlated to the behavior of high-rise ...
• Numerical Investigation of Hexacopter Downwash Airflow Field at Various Flight Speeds and Heights for Agricultural Spraying Operation 

  Abbas, Muhammad Yawar (School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST, 2024)

  Multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as agricultural spraying drones have now become an integral part of the modern agricultural system. They are being used for spraying on the crops to protect the plants from ...
• Numerical investigation of flow around two co-rotating cylinders in side by side configuration 

  Mian, Moaqir Ahmad (School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST, 2024)

  This thesis investigates the fluid dynamics of co-rotating side-by-side cylinders under varying gap ratios (g*) and Reynolds numbers (Re) to understand vortex suppression, drag reduction, and lift coefficient behaviors. ...
• Tribological Analysis of Bis(2-Ethylhexyl) Phosphate Ionic Liquid Based Bio-Lubricants at Various Operating Conditions 

  Butt, Muhammad Moneeb (School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST, 2024)

  Mechanical components involving surface interaction requires lubrication at all costs to reduce friction and wear in order to avoid mechanical failure. Majority of lubricants used around the world are from mineral based ...
• Numerical Investigation of Non - Sinusoidal Pitching motion on Semi Active Flexible Flapping Hydrofoil 

  Naseer, Hassan (School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST, 2024)

  The numerical investigation based on the effect of trapezoidal pitching motion along with chordwise deformation on the energy extraction performance of semi active flapping hydrofoil is performed. The effect of flexibility ...
• Analysis of Enhanced Heat Transfer Characteristics of Geothermal Coaxial and Finned Borehole Heat Exchanger 

  Ameen, Muhammad (School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST, 2024)

  Geothermal energy has been recognized as a reliable and continuous resource of renewable energy. In the past, numerous investigations have been conducted to increase the thermal performance of the coaxial borehole heat ...
• Low Velocity Impact Response of Composite Sandwich Structure with Hybrid Honeycomb Core 

  Ayub, Usman (School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST, 2023)

  Lightweight design is one of the key characteristics of engineering design, as light weight not only reduces operational cost but also reduces the impact on environment due to lesser fuel consumption. The use of sandwich ...
• Effect of Stacking Sequence on Compression After Impact Performance of Basalt and Flax Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Hybrid Composites 

  Abbas Dogar, Muhammad Mughees (School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST, 2024)

  Our world is vulnerable to the dangers of global warming and climate change because of their implications on economic, health, safety, water, ecosystem, infrastructure, and food production. Dangers of environmental changes ...
• Performance Enhancement of a Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger by Introducing Novel Baffle Design 

  Sultan, Badar (School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST, 2024)

  This research involves the investigation of the performance of a Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger. The study is focused on examining the existing baffle designs. It also involves the design of changing the baffle to improve ...
• Mechanical Design And Material Characterization of Addivitively Manufactured Ti6al4v Control Surface For An Aero Vehicle Using Selective Laser Melting Technique 

  Shah, Syed Waqas Ali (School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST, 2024)

  The 3D printing of metals from power is an emerging technology in the field of material and manufacturing producing complex shape light weight geometries directly from design data. Selective laser melting is one of the ...
• Chip Formation Analysis and Machining Optimization of Titanium Ti6Al4V 

  Sajjad, Muhammad Uzair (School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST, 2024)

  The advancement in the materials science domain has led to the development of many robust composite alloys yielding high tensile strength, low density, and good corrosion resistance. One of such materials is the ...

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