# Browse by Subject "Engineering, Mechanical"

• (1980)
The three techniques proposed herein--calibration of instrumented spatial linkages, kinematic modelling of anatomical joints, and osteometric scaling--may be jointly directed at one of the most prevalent and frustrating, ...

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• (2000)
Many of the methods currently available for the design and analysis of fixtures are frequently complicated and costly. This thesis concentrates on the development of methods that provide a rapid and useful approximation ...

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An elasto-viscoplastic polycrystal plasticity model is developed that considers the kinetics of plastic flow. Strain rate and temperature dependencies, included in the single crystal constitutive response, are based on the ...

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• (1992)
A quality design is, in part, a design for a quality product. A quality design also incorporates manufacturability, prevention of failures, and other aspects influencing the value of the designed product. Loss of quality ...

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• (1996)
The objective of the present research was to investigate the applicability of large-eddy simulations to predict the characteristics of turbulent wakes of bluff bodies. The problem considered concerns turbulent flow over a ...

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Deposition of particles in a square duct is the focus of the second set of simulations. Ten particle response times are studied. Simulations are carried out using one-way coupling as well as select cases using two- and ...

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• (1995)
The large scale structure and mixing characteristics of the flowfield surrounding a single, underexpanded, sonic, transverse jet injected into a Mach 1.6 crossflow were experimentally studied. The flowfield was investigated ...

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• (1994)
TiN films have been deposited on Ti-6Al-4V substrates by a cw CO$\sb2$ laser chemical vapor deposition (LCVD) process with TiCl$\sb4$, H$\sb2$, and N$\sb2$. Pulsed dye laser induced fluorescence (LIF) spectroscopy is used ...

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• (1996)
The structure of hydrogen jet diffusion flames has been investigated using coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) and laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) to obtain temperature and nitric oxide (NO) concentrations in ...

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• (1979)

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• (1992)
This experimental investigation into shallow laser welding describes new techniques for visualizing, measuring dimensions, and mapping the deformation of the weld pool free surface. The first known measurements of the ...

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• (2007)
This thesis studies the lateral tracking and stability control problem of ground vehicle in the context of autonomous automated vehicle system. An autonomous vehicle platoon is composed of a human-driven lead vehicle and ...

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• (1996)
A finite element technique has been applied to the hyperbolic system of partial differential equations for a turbidity current flowing in deep ambient water. Since the standard Galerkin method yields spurious oscillations ...

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• (1992)
Problem solving activity by groups of agents is an increasingly common phenomenon in a vast variety of domains. This phenomenon may be attributed to a combination of factors: an increasing trend towards specialization of ...

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• (1989)
Design predictions for liquid metal current collectors require a thorough knowledge of liquid metal flows in a narrow gap between a fixed surface and a moving surface, with a strong applied magnetic field and with a free ...

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• (1989)
In the self-cooling blankets of the Tokamak fusion reactor, a liquid metal, namely liquid lithium, is pumped through a system of ducts to transfer heat and capture neutrons. One of the blanket designs proposed in Argonne ...

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• (2000)
Axial loads in the soldier piles develop due to tieback prestressing and downdrag. The significance of the contribution from downdrag depends upon the available axial capacity of the piles and stiffness of the ground. ...

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• (1964)

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