Environmental factors such as temperature, air, and water can have a profound
effect on the durability of asphalt concrete mixtures. In mild climates where good
quality aggregates and asphalt cement are available, the major contribution to
deterioration may be due to traffic loading and the resultant distress is manifested
in...
Pure aluminum deformed in torsion (shear) at elevated temperatures reaches
a broad "peak" stress and then undergoes about a 17% decrease in flow stress with
deformation to roughly 1-2 equivalent uniaxial strain. Beyond this strain the flow
stress is approximately constant. The sources for this softening are unclear. The
suggested...
Formal methods using text to specify abstract data types (ADTs) are powerful, but they require great effort and a high level of expertise. Visual programming languages present an alternative way of programming but are limited to building small programs. This research presents an approach for specifying ADTs using a combination...
The coverage of a learning algorithm is the number of concepts that can be learned by that algorithm from samples of a given size for given accuracy and confidence parameters. This thesis begins by asking whether good learning algorithms can be designed by maximizing their coverage. There are three questions...
This project implements the control of an AUTOMATIC GAMMA
WELL counting system with an AIM-65 microcomputer. All
states and control signals to and from the AIM-65 are
obtained via three VIAs (Versatile Interface Adaptors).
Motor controls were implemented using triacs, operational
amplifiers and TTL logic devices while the RTC (Real...
To be competitive in domestic and international markets, manufacturing management is routinely faced with the decision to automate or replace existing production facilities with advanced manufacturing technologies. Installation of advanced manufacturing technologies requires high capital investment, and there is much evidence to suggest that automation for automation's sake has proven...
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AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF
Budiman Saleh for the degree
Instant Messaging (IM) has grown rapidly among network users. It has even become a very important tool for the industry around the world. It is used in scheduling meetings, exchanging business information and clients information, and so on. Instant Messaging has been developed by private sectors or providers such as...
The objective of many steady-state simulations is to
study the behavior of a nonterminating system with a peak load
of infinite duration. Due to the complexity of the system, the
initial conditions of the system are often atypical that often
requires the simulators to start the system with the empty...
Two hundred twenty male students randomly selected
during Spring semester 1988 from each of two Saudi Arabian
universities, King Faisal and King Fand, were administered
a three-part attitude measurement instrument and a fourpart
Health-Related Physical Fitness Test. The attitude
measurement instrument, derived from the McDonald Attitude
Inventory and the Wear...