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Flight Dynamics Nonlinearity Assessment Across A New Aerodynamic Attitude Flight Envelope, Ayman Muhammad Abdallah
Flight Dynamics Nonlinearity Assessment Across A New Aerodynamic Attitude Flight Envelope, Ayman Muhammad Abdallah
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations
A new asymmetric level aerodynamic attitude flight envelope is introduced in this dissertation. The aerodynamic attitude envelope is an angle of attack vs. sideslip angle region which describes the extent of where an aircraft can sustain a steady slipping horizontal flight condition. The new envelope is thus an extension of the more common speed-altitude symmetric level flight envelope. This new envelope can be used for design requirements, dynamic analysis, control synthesis, or performance comparison. Moreover, this envelope provides enhanced insight into trimability-controllability limitations within the aircraft design model. The aerodynamic attitude flight envelope is constructed for a six degree of …
Nano Scale Mechanical Analysis Of Biomaterials Using Atomic Force Microscopy, Diganta Dutta
Nano Scale Mechanical Analysis Of Biomaterials Using Atomic Force Microscopy, Diganta Dutta
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations
The atomic force microscope (AFM) is a probe-based microscope that uses nanoscale and structural imaging where high resolution is desired. AFM has also been used in mechanical, electrical, and thermal engineering applications. This unique technique provides vital local material properties like the modulus of elasticity, hardness, surface potential, Hamaker constant, and the surface charge density from force versus displacement curve. Therefore, AFM was used to measure both the diameter and mechanical properties of the collagen nanostraws in human costal cartilage. Human costal cartilage forms a bridge between the sternum and bony ribs. The chest wall of some humans is deformed …
Adaptive Double Chain Quantum Genetic Algorithm For Constrained Optimization Problems, Kong Haipeng, Li Ni, Yuzhong Shen
Adaptive Double Chain Quantum Genetic Algorithm For Constrained Optimization Problems, Kong Haipeng, Li Ni, Yuzhong Shen
Computational Modeling & Simulation Engineering Faculty Publications
Optimization problems are often highly constrained and evolutionary algorithms (EAs) are effective methods to tackle this kind of problems. To further improve search efficiency and convergence rate of EAs, this paper presents an adaptive double chain quantum genetic algorithm (ADCQGA) for solving constrained optimization problems. ADCQGA makes use of double-individuals to represent solutions that are classified as feasible and infeasible solutions. Fitness (or evaluation) functions are defined for both types of solutions. Based on the fitness function, three types of step evolution (SE) are defined and utilized for judging evolutionary individuals. An adaptive rotation is proposed and used to facilitate …
Use Of Single Stage Model Rockets To Teach Some Engineering Principles And Practices To First Year Engineering And Engineering Technology Students, Hüseyin Sarper, Linda Vahala
Use Of Single Stage Model Rockets To Teach Some Engineering Principles And Practices To First Year Engineering And Engineering Technology Students, Hüseyin Sarper, Linda Vahala
Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications
Model rocketry has been called miniature astronautics; a technology in miniature, a hobby, a sport, a technological recreation, an educational tool, and it is all of these things. This paper will describe student projects using model rockets and engines to learn engineering principles for launching rockets and determining the apogee. Model rocketry is a powerful tool for instructors who wish to incorporate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics into a fun, engaging, and challenging activity for first year engineering students. The apogee can be determined using four distinct methods: trigonometry using hand held angle measuring tools, onboard altimeter devices, analytical calculations …
Correlation Of Csk2sb Photocathode Lifetime With Antimony Thickness, M. A. Mamun, C. Hernandez-Garcia, M. Poelker, A. A. Elmustafa
Correlation Of Csk2sb Photocathode Lifetime With Antimony Thickness, M. A. Mamun, C. Hernandez-Garcia, M. Poelker, A. A. Elmustafa
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Faculty Publications
CsK2Sb photocathodes with quantum efficiency on the order of 10% at 532 nm, and lifetime greater than 90 days at low voltage, were successfully manufactured via co-deposition of alkali species emanating from an effusion source. Photocathodes were characterized as a function of antimony layer thickness and alkali consumption, inside a vacuum chamber that was initially baked, but frequently vented without re-baking. Photocathode lifetime measured at low voltage is correlated with the antimony layer thickness. Photocathodes manufactured with comparatively thick antimony layers exhibited the best lifetime. We speculate that the antimony layer serves as a reservoir, or sponge, for …
Modeling, Dynamics And Control Of Spacecraft Relative Motion In A Perturbed Keplerian Orbit, Mohamed Okasha, Brett Newman
Modeling, Dynamics And Control Of Spacecraft Relative Motion In A Perturbed Keplerian Orbit, Mohamed Okasha, Brett Newman
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Faculty Publications
The dynamics of relative motion in a perturbed orbital environment are exploited based on Gauss' and Cowell's variational equations. The inertial coordinate frame and relative coordinate frame (Hill frame) are used, and a linear high fidelity model is developed to describe the relative motion. This model takes into account the primary gravitational and atmospheric drag perturbations. Then, this model is used in the design of a navigation, guidance, and control system of a chaser vehicle to approach towards and to depart from a target vehicle in proximity operations. Relative navigation uses an extended Kalman filter based on this relative model …
Uncertainty Estimates And Prediction Interval Development For Internal Strain Gage Balance Calibration Systems, Kenneth G. Toro
Uncertainty Estimates And Prediction Interval Development For Internal Strain Gage Balance Calibration Systems, Kenneth G. Toro
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations
Currently, there is a lack of the use of mathematically rigorous methods to evaluate the performance of multivariate force measurement systems. The specific problem addressed in the research stems from the practical issues faced by test engineers when wind tunnel models with internal strain gage balances are readied for test. Check loads are applied and the question that needs to be answered is whether or not the balance is reading within acceptable limits. These systems tend to be difficult to characterize uncertainty, primarily due to their multivariate nature, but also due to the desire for an estimate on the explanatory …
The Space Infrastructure Vulnerability Cadastre: Orbital Debris Critical Loads, Adrian V. Gheorghe, Daniel E. Yuchnovicz
The Space Infrastructure Vulnerability Cadastre: Orbital Debris Critical Loads, Adrian V. Gheorghe, Daniel E. Yuchnovicz
Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications
Orbital debris from over 50 years of human activity in space are threatening the operations of existing and future satellites and the sustainability of high-value satellite orbits. This technical memorandum calls for the development of a cadastre that depicts the vulnerability of critical satellite orbits to accumulating orbital debris. A space infrastructure vulnerability cadastre could serve as a governance tool for use by developers and operators of critical space infrastructures to better communicate the current and future vulnerability of high-value orbits to the accumulation of orbital debris. These high-value orbits are susceptible to "loss" for decades or centuries if generation …