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A variety of aircraft morphing technologies have been investigated and represented by various researchers in the public domain. The morphing wing concepts involved the modification of aircraft wings during the in-flight course. Most of the technologies/concepts were based on biomimicry, where wing aerodynamic performance improved due to the change in wing shape. Here we describe a novel concept where in the flow parameters of airfoils arranged in configurations are investigated. The flow parameters are investigated using the numerical simulation tool ANSYS. A 2d flow simulation is performed using a Fluent solver to evaluate the flow configuration of the airfoils arranged in different configurations. The first configuration of airfoils is named a base, wherein the airfoils are arranged at zero angles of attack. The other two configurations are arranged by increasing the angular position of airfoils i.e., 15, 30, and 45 degrees. All these configurations are aerodynamically investigated at different sub-sonic speeds.

3D printing technologies have helped researchers fabricate cellular structures and have lightweight and desirable mechanical properties. One such structure is called “auxetic” structures. “Auxetics” is the term used for structures that exhibit a negative Poisson’s ratio (NPR) and offer a wide range of wide range of potential applications in automotive, aerospace and military industries due to their great load-bearing capabilities in association with excellent energy dissipating performance. PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) material is used to 3D print eight different unit cell design. For each unit cell design with three different core thickness of 1.00 mm, 1.50 mm and 2.00 subjected to projectile impact with 10J of kinetic energy were studied by means of explicit nonlinear finite element simulations using LS-DYNA. Studies were carried out. The energy absorbed by the sample, contact force and projectile kinetic energy time history are compared and the damage on each sample is also compared. It was found that the Chiral unit cell absorbs the max energy and have less damage compared to other unit cell design.

Heat pipe is used to extract heat generated from a surface and applicable to cooling of the many components. Some of the main applications of heat pipes are space crafts, computer systems, permafrost cooling, heat exchangers and thermal storage sub systems. In this work, an experiment will be carried out with an indirect heat composite pipe located with different orientation, heat input and mass flow. Thermal resistance, heat transfer coefficient and thermal efficiency are determined, which are applicable for laptop cooling and solar heating. Heat input 25 to 150 watts, with orientation angles 0, 30, 45, 90 degrees, mass flow rate are 0.01kg/sec, 0.02kg/sec and 0.03kg/sec are considered.

The development of reliable and sustainable traffic sign detection under difficult weather conditions, or DFR-TSD, is a key step in creating effective, safe, and sustainable autonomous driving systems. The suggested sustainable framework makes use of deep learning techniques to overcome the drawbacks of the current traffic sign detection systems, especially in difficult weather circumstances like haze and snow. The system uses a sustainable CNN pre-processing step to make traffic signs more visible in photos that have been impacted by the weather, followed by a sustainable pre-trained ResNet-50 model to recognize traffic signs. On the CURE-TSD dataset, which includes difficult weather circumstances such as haze, snow, and fog, the suggested sustainable framework was assessed. The testing findings showed how sustainably well the suggested framework performed in identifying traffic signs in adverse weather. The suggested sustainable framework outperforms previous approaches with a sustainable accuracy rating of 98.83%. The outcomes show that sustainable deep learning methods have the potential to enhance traffic sign identification models' functionality. The proposed sustainable framework’s front end offers a user-friendly interface that enables users to upload test photographs and view the results of the detection. There are four sustainable buttons on the UI for loading the model, uploading test photographs, spotting signs, and seeing the training graph. The Tkinter framework, which offers a user-friendly GUI toolkit that enables developers to quickly design and customize sustainable GUI programs, is used to develop the front end. The suggested sustainable DFR-TSD framework is a potential sustainable option for reliable traffic sign detection in adverse weather due to the sustainable pre-processing step, the sustainable pre-trained ResNet-50 model, and the sustainable user-friendly interface.

To achieve enhanced flux dissipation, microchannels heat sink are being effectively implemented in various engineering processes. Here, a numerical analysis is to be carried out on an open stepped micro pin fin heat sink (MPFHS) with different step size. The stepped pin fin heat sink (PFHS) having varied fin height in an array of two fins having inline arrangement. For the simulation purpose, a single-phase water was used as working fluid with variable thermophysical properties. The present configuration has operated for Reynolds number =100-500, heat flux of 500 kW/m2. The step variation of 100 µm, 200 µm and 300 µm has been considered. It was observed that with increase in step size, the heat transfer augmentation also increases. However, at higher Reynold number, the present studies does not provide effective results in terms of sustainability.

There is an increase in demand for new alloys in aerospace, power generation and nuclear industries. Nickel Based super alloys are known for having distinctive properties which are best suitable for these industries. In this study Nickel based super alloy Inconel 718, is used. Over the many years of intense research and development, these alloys have seen considerable evolution in their properties and efficiency. Behaviour of materials and its forming characteristics can be precisely analysed by determining anisotropic behaviour and mechanical properties. In the present study, tried to analyse the mechanical properties of Inconel 718 like yield strength (Ys), ultimate tensile strength (UTS), strain hardening exponent (n) and strain hardening coefficient (k). Uni-axial tensile tests were conducted on specimens with various parameters such as orientations, temperature and Strain rate. Anisotropy of Inconel 718 alloy was measured based on measurable parameters. The normal anisotropy parameter (f) and planer anisotropy (Δr) were measured and observed that the anisotropy parametres are incresed with the decrease in temperature.