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  • Determination of stresses in riveted lap joints by the photoelastic method

    Creator:
    Bailey, Charles Ogden
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    photoelastic method DETERkINATION OF STRESSES IN RIVETED LAP JOINTS BY ThE PHOTOELASTIC !THOD CHARLES

  • Enabling safety-informed design decision making through simulation, reasoning and analysis

    Creator:
    Jensen, David Charles
    Abstract:
    While many organizations claim to "put safety first," safety is rarely considered early in the design process when system-level architectural decisions are made. Instead, system design follows an abstraction-to-detail process to first meet functional and then performance requirements. Following this process, safety assurance occurs in the later stages of design...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF David Charles Jensen

  • Numerical study of flow maldistribution in microchannels using fully resolved simulation

    Creator:
    Martin, Mathieu Georges Charles
    Abstract:
    This thesis addresses numerical simulation of flow maldistribution in microchannels. Microchannels are often associated with two phase-flows which can generate many problems such as plugging the channel or perturbing the flow. In this study we have used CFD and fully resolved technique to simulate what would happen in the case...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Mathieu Georges Charles Martin

  • Numerical design of a high-flux microchannel solar receiver

    Creator:
    Rymal, Charles
    Abstract:
    This thesis discusses the design of several microchannel solar receiver devices for use in CSP (concentrated solar power) using CFD (computational fluid dynamics) simulations. The goal is to demonstrate that, by taking advantage of the higher heat transfer coefficienct of microchannels, solar receivers can achieve higher efficiency than current receiver...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    1 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Charles Rymal for the degree

  • The development of analytic techniques and FORTRAN programs for the evaluation of plane motion mechanisms

    Creator:
    O'Kins, Charles Eugene
    Abstract:
    A mechanism is a constrained kinematic chain composed of gears, links, cams, or the like. Mechanisms are the building blocks of all machines, and, as such, their evaluation is of considerable importance to the mechanical designer. Because the mathematical analyses of systems with four or more moving members has been...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Charles Eugene OtKins for the

  • Predicting rebound of planar elastic collisions

    Creator:
    Cruz-Conde Gret, Raphaël
    Abstract:
    Impact is a large and complex field. It embraces both structures as simple as a nail, and more complex systems, such as a car collision. A central feature of impact theory is finding the dependence between the velocities before and after impact. The transformation law of the velocities in an...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    approved: Charles E. Smith Impact is a large and complex field. It embraces both structures as simple

  • An aeroelastic analysis of the Darrieus wind turbine

    Creator:
    Meyer, Edward Earnest
    Abstract:
    The stability of small oscillations of the troposkeinshaped blade used on Darrieus wind turbines is investigated. The blade is assumed to be attached to a perfectly rigid rotor shaft and spinning in still air. Linear equations of motion are derived which include the effects of in-plane, out-of-plane, and torsional stiffness,...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    approved: Redacted for privacy Charles E. Smith The stability of small oscillations of the troposkein

  • Parameters affecting mechanical collisions

    Creator:
    Aum, Ho Sung
    Abstract:
    Even though the elastic deformations that occur during the impact of colliding bodies may be small in comparison to their actual dimensions, they play an important role in mechanical collisions. During the time the bodies are in contact, elastic, friction, and inertia properties combine to produce a complex variation of...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    presented on May 13, 1992. Title: Parameters Affecting Mechanical Collisions Abstract approved: Charles E

  • Rebound predictions of mechanical collisions

    Creator:
    Lai, Liang-Ju
    Abstract:
    Predictions of mechanical collisions between two bodies frequently cannot be completed by the impulse-momentum equation together with a complete description of the motion of the system at the initial contact. Additional account must be taken of the deformations and frictional interaction induced by the impulsive reaction force, where the bodies...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    : Charles E. Smith Predictions of mechanical collisions between two bodies frequently cannot be

  • Derivation and automatic generation of Kane's dynamical equations for mechanical manipulators

    Creator:
    Nie, Tinglin
    Abstract:
    To design and precisely control a manipulator requires developing an efficient dynamic model of the system. The present work demonstrates how this can be accomplished by employing Kane's dynamical equations. First, a detailed manual derivation of the equations of motion for a particular robot is presented in such way that...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    first express my gratitude to Dr. Charles E. Smith, for serving as my major professor during this