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  • Interaction of water waves and deformable bodies

    Creator:
    Broderick, Laurie L.
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    A time-domain model was developed to predict the fluid/structure interaction of a three-dimensional deformable body in a fluid domain subject to long-crested finite amplitude waves. These nonlinear waves induce transient motion in the body. In turn, the interaction of the body with the waves modifies the wave field, causing additional...
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    Dissertation
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    . C. J. Garrison, Dr. R. T. Hudspeth, Dr. W. G. McDougal, Dr. C. K. Sonia and Dr. R. E. Wilson

  • Nonlinear adaptive control of highly maneuverable high performance aircraft

    Creator:
    Cho, Sul
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    This thesis presents an effective control design methodology using a one-step-ahead prediction adaptive control law and an adaptive control law based on a Lyapunov function. These control law were applied to a highly maneuverable high performance aircraft, in particular, a modified F/A-18. An adaptive controller is developed to maneuver an...
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    Dissertation
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    = Toin(k)cos(ar) (2.2.25) Tz = TLcos(k)sin(OT) (2.2.26) Right Engine : Tx = TRcos(8v)cos(c) (2.2.27

  • A study of compression loading of composite laminates

    Creator:
    Berbinau, Pierre J.
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    The compressive behavior of continuous fiber composites is not as well understood as their tensile behavior because research and industrial applications have until recently focused on the latter. Furthermore, most theoretical and experimental studies on the compression of composites have examined the case of unidirectional specimens with fibers along the...
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    Dissertation
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    . Warnes, Dawn Peters, and Charles K. Sollitt for serving as members of my graduate committee. In

  • Mass transport in laboratory water wave flumes

    Creator:
    Kim, Tae In
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    A complete solution, exact to second-order, for wave motion forced by a hinged-wavemaker of variable-draft is presented. A solution for a piston type wavemaker is also obtained as a special case of a hinged-wavemaker with negative infinite draft. The existing Stokes inviscid theories for mass transport is extended to include...
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    Dissertation
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    : Dr. Charles K. Sollitt; Dr. John W. Leonard; Dr. Larry S. Slotta; and Dr. Marshall J. English, for

  • Irregular points in wavemaker boundary value problem

    Creator:
    Tanaka, Yoshihiro
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    A global solution is presented that accurately accounts for the singular behavior at all irregular points. The linearized boundary value problem in a semi-infinite strip in the physical plane is transformed into a smooth unit disk by two successive conformal mappings. The global solution results from a Fredholm integral equation...
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    Dissertation
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    to Dr. John W. Leonard, Dr. John H. Nath, Dr. John L. Suagen, and Dr. Charles K. Sollitt for their

  • Optimal design of traction drive continuously variable transmissions

    Creator:
    Lim, Kyoung Ho
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    The optimal design technique for minimum power loss in traction drive continuously variable transmissions is developed. The mathematical model is developed to evaluate the traction force and torque in traction drive contact. Kinematic analysis of general traction drive contact is conducted to find the best configuration for minimum power loss....
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    Dissertation

  • Local scour at isolated obstacles on river beds

    Creator:
    Huang, Cheng-Chang
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    Maximum equilibrium scour depths, equilibrium scour volumes, and induced equilibrium movements at isolated obstacles on river beds were investigated in clear-water scour. The research was achieved by a systematic flume study based on the results of dimensional analysis of local scour. The main tested obstacles for local scour were cubes....
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    Dissertation
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    : Redacted for Privacy Peter C. KlingemaY Maximum equilibrium scour depths, equilibrium scour volumes, and

  • Sulforaphane Regulation of LncRNA in a Transplacental Nrf2 Knockout Mouse Model Exposed to Dibenzo[def,p]chrysene

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    Patel, Karan A.
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    Dibenzo[def,p]chrysene (DBC) is a highly potent, but less prevalent, environmental carcinogen belonging to a class of compounds known as Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs). They are highly ubiquitous and arise as a byproduct of natural and anthropogenic combustion processes. Previous studies have documented carcinogenic effects upon in utero exposure of PAHs....
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    Honors College Thesis
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    were incubated at 55°C in 100 µL DirectPCR® lysis reagent containing 0.06 mg proteinase K for 6-12

  • Nitrogen 15 studies with nonleguminous nitrogen-fixing plants

    Creator:
    Webster, Stephen Russell
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    Snowbrush (Ceanothus velutinus), red alder (Alnus rubra), and bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) are three important nitrogen- fixing nonleguminous species. They commonly grow in association with commercially important conifers in western United States and conceivably could be utilized to add nitrogen to forest ecosystems. Nitrogen 15 gas was used to study nitrogen...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , II throughout the study; the willingness of Drs. C. M. Gilmour and W. K. Ferrell to advise and

  • For the Purpose of Power: An Analysis of George W. Bush’s Warrantless Wiretapping Address

    Creator:
    Owens, Michael V.
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    The purpose of this study is to examine the rhetorical efforts of President George W. Bush in defending his administration's warrantless wiretapping program. Specifically, the study attempts to determine the president's underlying motives when he defended the National Security Agency in a December 2005 radio address by applying Kenneth Burke's...
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    Masters Thesis
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    “persuaded those who knew him that they had inaccurately assessed his significance” (Fisher 188). Edward C