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(2010-08-31)First part of the thesis deals with the dynamics and stability of nonlinear delay gyroscopic systems with periodically varying delay. The aim is to demonstrate that greater depths of cut may be achieved in a boring process ...
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(2017-01-18)The Lower Atmosphere Ionosphere Coupling Experiment (LAICE) is a NanoSatellite which will be performing in-situ measurements of neutral and ion densities in the mesosphere, lower thermosphere, and ionosphere and correlating ...
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(2004)This study is a comprehensive look at the feasibility of using magnetostrictive tags to detect damage in a structural composite. The brittle nature of the failure process of polymer matrix composite poses a technical ...
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(2018-06-21)In this thesis, multiple problems concerning the equilibrium and stability properties of thin deformable objects are considered, with particular focus given to the analysis of thin elastic rods. The problems considered can ...
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(2020-03-09)A homogenized reaction-diffusion model is used to study the mechanism of frontal polymerization in glass-fiber-reinforced dicyclopentadiene-matrix composites by studying the effects of the material properties of the ...
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(2017-12-15)This thesis presents the study of an advanced non-equilibrium model for state-specific chemical kinetics based on method of moments. The focus of this project is on the rovibrational chemical kinetics of the N2-N system. ...
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(2019-07-19)In LiDAR Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), probability distribution approximations of point clouds, such as the Normal Distribution Transform (NDT), can be leveraged for compact map storage and fast lookup. ...
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(2012-05-22)Aerodynamic characteristics of Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) is not well addressed in aeronautics literature, and more experimental data are required to help better understand the behavior of fixed-wing MAVs. In the current ...
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(2015-12-11)High angle-of-attack flight testing was performed using the UIUC Subscale Sukhoi, which is a 35% scale, 2.6 m (102 in) wingspan Sukhoi 29S electric model aircraft that was developed at the University of Illinois at ...
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(2011-01-14)The behavior of small-scale propellers operating in vertical descent and through the vortex ring state (VRS) was measured. In particular, a total of 26 propellers with varying diameters (9 to 11 in) were tested in the ...
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(2010-01-06)Very low Reynolds number aerodynamics is a rapidly growing field of interest, especially in regard to the design and development of micro- and nano-air vehicles. In the work culminating in this thesis, force measurement ...
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(2014-05-30)Glancing Angle Deposition (GLAD) based Cu nanospring films are a promising form of film that combines high electrical and thermal conductivities with robust mechanical performance. This dissertation research focuses on ...
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(2012-09-18)This research focused on the mechanical characterization of individual carbon fibers reinforced with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) which were dispersed in the polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursor. The carbon nanofibers were obtained ...
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(2015-12-11)Thin films of discrete micro and nanostructures fabricated by the method of Glancing Angle Deposition (GLAD) provide a means to build compliant interfaces that maintain important properties of the constituent materials, ...
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Mechanics of deformation and fracture of silicon electrodes in high-capacity lithium-ion batteries (2018-01-04)Lithium ion batteries, a high energy density system, store energy by insertion of Li ions into solid electrodes. Silicon is one of the most promising electrode materials for high performance lithium ion batteries, since ...
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(2015-07-21)This study presents a methodology for the identification of linear and nonlinear regions of operation for a system that behaves almost linearly in the limit of extreme values of (a) certain parameter(s). An Euler-Bernoulli ...
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(2014-05-30)Aerodynamic performance of small-scale fixed-wing flight is not well understood, and flight data are needed to gain a better understanding of the aerodynamics of micro air vehicles (MAVs) flying at Reynolds numbers between ...
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(2018-04-18)Corrosion causes enormous damage to products and infrastructure on an annual basis. The most common approach to mitigate corrosion is to apply a protective coating (layer) to the targeted “substrate” well before placing ...
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