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Flow Loop Simulator, Tyler Ista, Kevin Rehm, Matt Starbuck

Mechanical Engineering

PG&E’s Diablo Canyon Power Plant has requested a full-sized flow process system for training of technicians by providing them a hands-on experience in a controlled environment. The basic design requirements were established to determine the scope of the project. An initial system layout was selected from a variety of concepts after similar system schematics, components, and processes had been researched. The resulting schematic was flexible to suit several needs of the control aspect while remaining simple.

Design efforts resulted in a system capable of many configurations; allowing for implementation of three training experiments. These experiments involve control of tank level …

'Transfer Effect Study Of A Virtual Borescope In Training Aircraft Maintenance Technicians', Melissa Dorlette Paul

All Theses

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has acknowledged training as an important tactic to improve the trustworthiness of inspection. This study was conducted to test the transfer of the skills learned with a simulator into the real world. For this purpose, data from seventeen students in the AMT program of Greenville Technical College was analyzed. Objective data was taken to assess the group's performance on the simulator after each session of training. The comparison between two groups was made using objective data, collected while the subjects went through a test on a real engine and using the real borescope, and subjective …

An Investigation Of Humeral Stress Fractures In Racing Thoroughbreds Using A 3d Finite Element Model In Conjunction With A Bone Remodeling Algorithm, Ryan James Moore

Master's Theses

The humerus of a racing horse Thoroughbred is highly susceptible to stress fractures at a characteristic location as a result of cyclic loading. The propensity of a Thoroughbred to exhibit humeral fracture has made equines useful models in the epidemiology of stress fractures. In this study, a racing Thoroughbred humerus was simulated during training using a 3D finite element model in conjunction with a bone remodeling algorithm. Nine muscle forces and two contact forces were applied to the 3-dimensional finite element model, which contains four separate load cases representing fore-stance, mid-stance, aft-stance, and standing. Four different training programs were incorporated …