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  • A study of cavitation instabilities in solids

    Creator:
    Puttapitukporn, Tumrong
    Abstract:
    Cavitation instabilities in elastic-plastic solids under spherically-symmetric and axisymmetric loadings were investigated using the finite element method. Both quasi-static and dynamic analyses were used to solve these problems. In the quasi-static analyses, we investigated a cavitation instability in elastic/perfectly-plastic, linear hardening elastic-plastic, power hardening elasticplastic, and constrained silver materials. Here,...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    ., Professor Yim, Solomon C. S., Associate Professor Paasch, Robert K. and Associate Professor Gupta, Rakesh

  • Mechanical linkage design for haptic rehabilitation and development of fine motor skills

    Creator:
    Streng, B. Taylor
    Abstract:
    Thousands of children and adults suffer from fine motor skill deficits due to developmental disabilities or brain trauma. In order to acquire or reclaim these precision motor movements, occupational therapists work closely with each patient to develop the muscle memory required for completing tasks such as handwriting or drawing. Although...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Wing Flutter Suppression via Distributed Propulsion

    Creator:
    Anderson, Cole J.
    Abstract:
    In a seminal paper published in 1982, scientist have warned that humanity was pushing earth’s ecosystems beyond their capacities to support the web of life. One response to the concern was outlined by NASA with its vision for advanced fixed wing transport aircraft to be environmentally compatible and have revolutionary...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis