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Integrating Value Stream Mapping And Simulation, Michelle E. Scullin
Integrating Value Stream Mapping And Simulation, Michelle E. Scullin
Theses and Dissertations
An important principle in Lean manufacturing, value stream mapping (VSM) can be helpful in understanding how process flow and information flow affect each other. A VSM is a static picture of a process that allows the user to see where value is added into the value stream. Simulation is used to evaluate the behavioral issues of processes. In a manufacturing realm this means simulation shows how each operation affects other operations so determinations can be made about where bottlenecks or other problems exist in the process. Theoretically, the integration of VSM and Simulation can aide in process improvement by showing …
Ortho-Planar Mechanisms For Microelectromechanical Systems, Craig P. Lusk
Ortho-Planar Mechanisms For Microelectromechanical Systems, Craig P. Lusk
Theses and Dissertations
A method for representing the design space of ortho-planar mechanisms has been developed. The method is based on the Theorem of Equality of Orientation Set Measures (TEOSM) which allows mechanisms to be represented by points in an abstract space. The method is first developed for single loop planar folded mechanisms with revolute joints, and later extended to mechanisms with prismatic joints and to spherical folded mechanisms. Functions which assign a value to each point in design space can be used to describe classes of mechanisms and evaluate their utility for MEMS design. Additionally, this work introduces the use of spherical …
Vision-Based Target Localization From A Small, Fixed-Wing Unmanned Air Vehicle, Joshua D. Redding
Vision-Based Target Localization From A Small, Fixed-Wing Unmanned Air Vehicle, Joshua D. Redding
Theses and Dissertations
Unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) are attracting increased attention as their envelope of suitable tasks expands to include activities such as perimeter tracking, search and rescue assistance, surveillance and reconnaissance. The simplified goal of many of these tasks is to image an object for tracking or information-gathering purposes. The ability to determine the inertial location of a visible, ground-based object without requiring a priori knowledge of its exact location would therefore prove beneficial. This thesis discusses a method of localizing a ground-based object when imaged from a fixed-wing UAV. Using the target's pixel location in an image, with measurements of UAV …
A Flexible Infrastructure For Multi-Agent Systems, Gerrit Addison N Sorensen
A Flexible Infrastructure For Multi-Agent Systems, Gerrit Addison N Sorensen
Theses and Dissertations
Multi-Agent coordination and control has been studied for a long time, but has recently gained more interest because of technology improvements allowing smaller, more versatile robots and other types of agents. To facilitate multi-agent experiments between heterogeneous agents, including robots and UAVs, we have created a test-bed with both simulation and hardware capabilities. This thesis discusses the creation of this unique, versatile test-bed for multi-agent experiments, also a unique graph creation algorithm, and some experimental results obtained using the test-bed.
Improved Network Analysis Of Coupled Antenna Diversity Performance, Michael A. Jensen, Matthew L. Morris
Improved Network Analysis Of Coupled Antenna Diversity Performance, Michael A. Jensen, Matthew L. Morris
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This paper presents a new framework for the analysis of mutually coupled diversity antennas based on network theory. The network model incorporates the matching network between the antennas and front-end amplifiers and uses a realistic model for the amplifier noise. The resulting analysis includes the impact of the coupled-antenna radiation patterns and impedance characteristics in determining the branch signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs). Application of the formulation to coupled dipole antennas characterized using full-wave electromagnetic analysis illustrates that a matching network providing a minimum amplifier noise figure achieves significantly better diversity performance than one providing maximum power transfer.
Biomass-Coal Co-Combustion: Opportunity For Affordable Renewable Energy, Larry Lin Baxter
Biomass-Coal Co-Combustion: Opportunity For Affordable Renewable Energy, Larry Lin Baxter
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This investigation explores the reasons for and technical challenges associated with co-combustion of biomass and coal in boilers designed for coal (mainly pulverized coal) combustion. Biomass-coal co-combustion represents a near-term, low-risk, low-cost, sustainable, renewable energy option that promises reduction in net CO2 emissions, reduction in SOx and often NOx emissions, and several societal benefits. Technical issues associated with cofiring include fuel supply, handling and storage challenges, potential increases in corrosion, decreases in overall efficiency, ash deposition issues, pollutant emissions, carbon burnout, impacts on ash marketing, impacts on SCR performance, and overall economics. Each of these issues has been investigated and …
Attribution Standardization For Integrated Concurrent Engineering, Tyson J. Baker
Attribution Standardization For Integrated Concurrent Engineering, Tyson J. Baker
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Product design is a creative process, often subject to rapid and numerous design change requirements. To facilitate geometric redesign iterations, Parametric Computer-Aided Design CAD) systems were introduced. To manage the numerous product design iterations produced by parametric CAD systems, Product Data Management (PDM) systems were developed to capture, document, and manage each product revision. PDM has proved effective thus far at managing design history. However, PDM is built upon database management systems (DBMS), which have the capability of doing far more than simply managing product revision history. Product data consists not only of the physical geometry used to describe it, …
An Analysis Of Microstructure And Corrosion Resistance In Underwater Friction Stir Welded 304l Stainless Steel, Tad Dee Clark
An Analysis Of Microstructure And Corrosion Resistance In Underwater Friction Stir Welded 304l Stainless Steel, Tad Dee Clark
Theses and Dissertations
An effective procedure and parameter window was developed for underwater friction stir welding (UWFSW) 304L stainless steel with a PCBN tool. UWFSW produced statistically significant: increases in yield strengths, decreases in percent elongation. The ultimate tensile strength was found to be significantly higher at certain parameters. Although sigma was identified in the UWFSWs, a significant reduction of sigma was found in UWFSWs compared to ambient FSWs. The degree of sensitization in UWFSWs was evaluated using double loop EPR testing and oxalic acid electro-etched metallography. Results were compared to base metal, ambient FSW, and arc welds. Upper and lower sensitization localization …
A Pam Decomposition Of Weak Cpm, Mason B. Wardle
A Pam Decomposition Of Weak Cpm, Mason B. Wardle
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The Enhanced Flight Termination System uses weak CPM as its modulation scheme and a limiter-discriminator as its demodulation scheme. A PAM representation of weak CPM was developed which representation provided the necessary componenents to build a simplified PAM-based receiver that outperformed the EFTS limiter-discriminator, even in the presence of phase noise. The PAM representation also provided a new perspective into the negative characteristics of weak CPM.
Correlation Of Fault-Injection To Proton Accelerator Persistent Cross Section Measurements, Keith S. Morgan, Michael J. Wirthlin
Correlation Of Fault-Injection To Proton Accelerator Persistent Cross Section Measurements, Keith S. Morgan, Michael J. Wirthlin
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Sponsorship: Los Alamos National Laboratory. Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are an attractive solution for space system electronics. Unfortunately, FPGAs are susceptible to radiation-induced single-event upsets (SEU). As such, the FPGA Reliability Studies research group (http://reliability.ee.byu.edu) at Brigham Young University has studied ways to effectively measure the static, dynamic and persistent cross sections of an FPGA desgin; each of which are characterized in some way by how the part reacts to an SEU. One such method is to actually radiate an FPGA and monitor how it reacts to SEUs. A cheaper, more efficient solution is to use fault-injection to emulate …
Predicting On-Orbit Seu Rates, Keith S. Morgan, Michael J. Wirthlin
Predicting On-Orbit Seu Rates, Keith S. Morgan, Michael J. Wirthlin
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As process geometry sizes continue to decrease, microelectronics are becoming more vulnerable to the effects of radiation. Of particular concern are the effects of Single-Event Upsets (SEU) in Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA). An SEU causes a dynamic memory element, such as a flip-flop or latch, to unwantedly change state. Since FPGAs are becoming an increasingly attractive solution for space system electronics, it is desirable to predict static on-orbit SEU rates likely to be encountered by a particular device for any particular orbit. Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) can directly be calculated from a static SEU rate, allowing a system …
Development Of A User Cost Estimation Procedure For Work Zones., Michael Roy Adams
Development Of A User Cost Estimation Procedure For Work Zones., Michael Roy Adams
Theses and Dissertations
Work zones associated with highway construction projects create localized bottlenecks where the average traffic speed is reduced and queues are formed, thus causing increased costs as a result of the additional time and fuel needed to traverse the work zone. These user costs can be estimated and applied as a form of incentive to the contractor to complete the work sooner, thus allowing traffic to return to the free-flow speed. Methods to determine user costs are explored through a literature search, questionnaire survey, and interviews with employees of the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT). Based on the research and interviews, …
Two-Dimensional Grain Boundary Percolation In Alloy 304 Stainless Steel, Brent L. Adams, John A. Basinger, David T. Fullwood, E. R. Homer
Two-Dimensional Grain Boundary Percolation In Alloy 304 Stainless Steel, Brent L. Adams, John A. Basinger, David T. Fullwood, E. R. Homer
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This work was supported by the MRSEC program of the National Science Foundation under Award Number DMR-0079996. An experimentally-obtained percolation threshold for high-angle random grain boundary networks in alloy 304 stainless steel is compared to thresholds predicted by percolation theory. A discrepancy occurs in the two values (0.46 experimental and 0.65 theoretical). Possible reasons for the discrepancy are explored. The grain boundary network appears to be composed of two distinct sub-networks, with the 'outer' network acting as the dominant contributor to the percolating paths.
The Hybrid Architecture Parallel Fast Fourier Transform (Hapfft), Joseph M. Palmer
The Hybrid Architecture Parallel Fast Fourier Transform (Hapfft), Joseph M. Palmer
Theses and Dissertations
The FFT is an efficient algorithm for computing the DFT. It drastically reduces the cost of implementing the DFT on digital computing systems. Nevertheless, the FFT is still computationally intensive, and continued technological advances of computers demand larger and faster implementations of this algorithm. Past attempts at producing high-performance, and small FFT implementations, have focused on custom hardware (ASICs and FPGAs). Ultimately, the most efficient have been single-chipped, streaming I/O, pipelined FFT architectures. These architectures increase computational concurrency through the use of hardware pipelining. Streaming I/O, pipelined FFT architectures are capable of accepting a single data sample every clock cycle. …
Condition Analysis Of Concrete Bridge Decks In Utah, Robert S. Tuttle
Condition Analysis Of Concrete Bridge Decks In Utah, Robert S. Tuttle
Theses and Dissertations
Concrete bridge decks in Utah are experiencing observable deterioration due primarily to freeze-thaw cycles and the routine application of deicing salts during winter maintenance activities. Given the need for increasingly cost-effective strategies for bridge deck maintenance, rehabilitation, and replacement (MR&R), the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) initiated this research to ultimately develop a protocol offering guidance as to whether deteriorated bridge decks should be rehabilitated or replaced. While threshold values for various non-destructive condition assessment methods were proposed in earlier UDOT research, this work focused on implementing the recommended test criteria. Twelve bridges were identified by UDOT engineers for inclusion …
Experimental Nonlinear Tracking Control For Nonholonomic Mobile Robots With Input Constraints, Timothy Mclain, Randal W. Beard, Wei Ren, Ji-Sang Sun
Experimental Nonlinear Tracking Control For Nonholonomic Mobile Robots With Input Constraints, Timothy Mclain, Randal W. Beard, Wei Ren, Ji-Sang Sun
Faculty Publications
This paper presents experimental results of nonlinear trajectory tracking controllers for nonholonomic mobile robots with fixed-wing UAV-like input constraints. Programmed to emulate an unmanned air vehicle flying at constant altitude, a nonholonomic mobile robot is assigned to follow a desired trajectory to transition through a sequence of targets in the presence of static and dynamic threats. Two velocity controllers with input constraints are proposed for tracking control. Hardware results using these two velocity controllers are compared to simulation results of dynamic controllers based on nonsmooth backstepping to demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach.
Autologous Fibrinogen Purification And Concentration For Use In Fibrin Sealant, Steven M. Alston
Autologous Fibrinogen Purification And Concentration For Use In Fibrin Sealant, Steven M. Alston
Theses and Dissertations
Fibrinogen concentrates are used widely as a sealant during and after surgery to reduce blood loss. Commercially available fibrin sealants are made from pooled human blood, which carries the risk of blood-borne diseases, and are expensive. These concerns have brought to focus the need for autologous fibrinogen concentrates. This need has been addressed by utilizing a unique approach in which fibrinogen is precipitated from plasma with protamine. The physical properties of fibrin sealant prepared from fibrinogen precipitated with protamine were evaluated. The optimal precipitation conditions included a plasma protamine concentration of 10 mg/mL at room temperature. Under these conditions 96% …
Forest Fire Monitoring With Multiple Small Uavs, David W. Casbeer, Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. Mclain, Sai-Ming Li, Raman K. Mehra
Forest Fire Monitoring With Multiple Small Uavs, David W. Casbeer, Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. Mclain, Sai-Ming Li, Raman K. Mehra
Faculty Publications
Frequent and detailed updates of the development of a forest fire are essential for effective and safe fire fighting. Since a forest fire is typically inaccessible by ground vehicles due to mountainous terrain, small Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) are emerging as a promising solution to the problem of monitoring large forest fires. In this paper we present an effective path planning algorithm for a UAV utilizing infrared images that are collected on-board in realtime. In order to demonstrate the effectiveness of our path planning algorithm in realistic scenarios, we implemented the forest fire propagation model EMBYR to simulate the time …
Stable Polymer Micelle Systems As Anti-Cancer Drug Delivery Carriers, Yi Zeng
Stable Polymer Micelle Systems As Anti-Cancer Drug Delivery Carriers, Yi Zeng
Theses and Dissertations
Several temporarily stable polymer micelle systems that might be used as ultrasonic-activated drug delivery carriers were synthesized and investigated. These polymeric micelle systems were Plurogel®, Tetronic®, poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) and poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-lactaten). In previous work in our lab, Pruitt et al. developed a stabilized drug carrier named Plurogel® [5, 6]. Unfortunately, the rate of the successful Plurogel® synthesis was only about 30% by simply following Pruitt's process. In this work, this rate was improved to 60% by combining the process of adding 0.15 M NaCl and/or 10 µl/ml n-butanol and by preheating the solution before polymerization. Tetronics® were proved not …
Differentiation Between Melt And Freeze Stages Of The Melt Cycle Using Ssm/I Channel Ratios, David G. Long, Ivan S. Ashcraft
Differentiation Between Melt And Freeze Stages Of The Melt Cycle Using Ssm/I Channel Ratios, David G. Long, Ivan S. Ashcraft
Faculty Publications
Microwave remote sensing detection of snow melt and ablation generally focuses on the detection of liquid moisture in the snow-pack. For ablation estimation, it is important to determine if wet snow is in the process of melting or freezing. The different stages of the melt cycle are observed in the diurnal variation of Tb measurements from the Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) over Greenland. SSM/I channel ratios exhibit patterns indicating that they are sensitive to melt and freeze stages of the daily melt cycle. The horizontal to vertical polarization ratio is sensitive to surface wetness associated with melting. The 19-37-GHz …
The Effect Of Reactor Configuration On No Conversion And Energy Consumption In Non-Thermal Plasma Parallel Tube Reactors, Morris D. Argyle, Gui-Bing Zhao, S.V.B. Janardhan Garikipati, Xudong Hu, Maciej Radosz
The Effect Of Reactor Configuration On No Conversion And Energy Consumption In Non-Thermal Plasma Parallel Tube Reactors, Morris D. Argyle, Gui-Bing Zhao, S.V.B. Janardhan Garikipati, Xudong Hu, Maciej Radosz
Faculty Publications
This work shows that the configuration of a pulsed corona discharge reactor strongly affects the rate of electron collision reactions. Experiments involving the decomposition of NO in N2 were performed in a reactor in which the number or parallel reactor tubes varied from 1 to 10 at a constant pressure of 147.6 kPa and ambient temperature. A previously developed lumped model of the reactions accurately predicted the effects of varying the initial concentrations of NO (from 240ppm to 593ppm) and gas residence time (from 1.93 to 742 s). With an increasing number of parallel reactor tubes, the rate of the …
The Effect Of Oxygen On Nonthermal-Plasma Reactions Of Nitrogen Oxides In Nitrogen, Morris D. Argyle, Gui-Bing Zhao, S.V.B. Janardhan Garikipati, Xudong Hu, Maciej Radosz
The Effect Of Oxygen On Nonthermal-Plasma Reactions Of Nitrogen Oxides In Nitrogen, Morris D. Argyle, Gui-Bing Zhao, S.V.B. Janardhan Garikipati, Xudong Hu, Maciej Radosz
Faculty Publications
NO is mainly converted to NO2 by chemical oxidation in the presence of oxygen. Initial selectivity analysis shows that three electron collision reactions are important for NOX evolution in O2/N2. The rate constants of these reactions decrease with increasing oxygen concentration. This is because oxygen is electronegative and hence reduces the electron concentration. The rate constant of O2 dissociation by electron collision reaction is almost two orders of magnitude higher than that of N2 dissociation. NO formation occurs predominantly through N(2D) + O2 → NO + O. The critical oxygen concentration, defined as the concentration above which the NOX formation …
Microparticle Influenced Electroosmotic Flow, John M. Young
Microparticle Influenced Electroosmotic Flow, John M. Young
Theses and Dissertations
The influence of microparticles on electroosmotic flow was investigated experimentally and numerically. Experiments were conducted using four different particle types of varying chemical composition, surface charge and polarity. Each particle type was tested at five different volume fractions ranging from 0.001 – 0.025. With a constant applied electric field, positively charged particles enhanced the electroosmotic flow by as much as 850%. The enhancement depended on particle composition, size and concentration. For negatively charged particles, the bulk electroosmotic flow was retarded with the largest reductions being 35%. This occurred for the greatest negative paricle concentration studied. A final experimental study utilizing …
Development Of An Energy-Based Nearfield Acoustic Holography System, Michael C. Harris
Development Of An Energy-Based Nearfield Acoustic Holography System, Michael C. Harris
Theses and Dissertations
Acoustical-based imaging techniques have found merit in determining the behavior of vibrating structures. These techniques are commonly used in numerous applications to obtain detailed noise source information and energy distributions on source surfaces. This thesis focuses on the continued development of the nearfield acoustic holography (NAH) approach. Conventional NAH consists of first capturing pressure data on a two-dimensional conformal measurement contour in the nearfield of the radiating source. These data are then propagated back to the vibrating structure to obtain the normal velocity profile on the source surface. With the source surface velocity profile known, the acoustic pressure, particle velocity, …
Sound Quality Analysis Of Sewing Machines, James J. Chatterley
Sound Quality Analysis Of Sewing Machines, James J. Chatterley
Theses and Dissertations
Sound quality analysis is a tool designed to help determine customer preferences, which can be used to help the designer improve product quality. Many industries desire to know how the consuming public perceives their product, as this affects the product life and success. This research investigates which of the six sewing machines provided by Viking Sewing Machine Group (VSM group) consumers find most acoustically appealing. The sound quality analysis methods used include both jury based listening tests and quantitative sound quality metrics from empirical equations. The results from both methods are completely independent and are shown to have a very …
Effects Of Fuel Molecular Structure And Composition On Soot Formation In Direct-Injection Spray Flames, Kenth Ingemar Svensson
Effects Of Fuel Molecular Structure And Composition On Soot Formation In Direct-Injection Spray Flames, Kenth Ingemar Svensson
Theses and Dissertations
Numerous investigations have been conducted to determine the effect of fuel composition and molecular structure on particulate emissions using exhaust gas analysis, but relatively few measurements have been obtained in-cylinder or under conditions where fuel effects can be isolated from other variables. In this work, dimethoxymethane was used as the base fuel to produce a non-sooting flame in a constant volume combustion vessel at 1000 K, and a density of 16.6 kg/m3. A second fuel was then added incrementally to determine an incipient soot limit. Line-of-sight extinction measurements were used as the primary diagnostic tool to determine if a correlation …
Effects Of Moisture On Combustion Characteristics Of Live California Chaparral And Utah Foliage, Steven G. Smith
Effects Of Moisture On Combustion Characteristics Of Live California Chaparral And Utah Foliage, Steven G. Smith
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Current fire-spread models are based largely on empirical correlations based on fires burning through dead pine needles. There is a need to increase the accuracy of modeling wildfires in live vegetation. This project investigates the quantitative and qualitative ignition characteristics of eight live fuels, four from southern California (manzanita, scrub oak, ceanothus, and chamise) and four from Utah (canyon maple, gambel oak, big sagebrush, and Utah juniper). Individual leaves were observed as they were exposed to hot gases from a flat flame burner. The broadleaf species from both California and Utah had noticeable surface changes during the ignition process. All …
Development Of A Five-Axis Machining Algorithm In Flat End Mill Roughing, Michael Blaine Thompson
Development Of A Five-Axis Machining Algorithm In Flat End Mill Roughing, Michael Blaine Thompson
Theses and Dissertations
To further the research done in machining complex surfaces, Jensen [1993] developed an algorithm that matches the normal curvature at a point along the surface with the resultant radius formed by tilting a standard flat end mill. The algorithm called Curvature Matched Machining (CM2) is faster and more efficient than conventional three-axis machining [Jensen 1993, Simpson 1995 & Kitchen 1996]. Despite the successes of CM2 there are still many areas available for research. Consider the machining of a mold or die. The complex nature of a mold requires at least 20-30 weeks of lead time. Of those 20-30 weeks 50% …
Development And Application Of A New Modeling Technique For Production Control Schemes In Manufacturing Systems, Bashar Hafez Sader
Development And Application Of A New Modeling Technique For Production Control Schemes In Manufacturing Systems, Bashar Hafez Sader
Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation presents dynamic system models of continuous manufacturing systems based on analogies with electrical systems. The developed modeling technique has the capability to explicitly specify production control schemes including control points, material and information flow paths, and logical operations. The model provides standard graphical representations and governing equations to describe both the steady state and transient responses of continuous manufacturing systems. For deterministic systems, these equations can be solved to get closed-form solutions. For stochastic systems, numerical solutions can be obtained for any probabilistic distribution. The electrical analogs provide an excellent tool to model control signals and logical operations. …
Higher Radix Floating-Point Representations For Fpga-Based Arithmetic, Bryan Christopher Catanzaro
Higher Radix Floating-Point Representations For Fpga-Based Arithmetic, Bryan Christopher Catanzaro
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Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are increasingly being used for high-throughput floating-point computation. It is forecasted that by 2009, FPGAs will provide an order of magnitude greater sustained floating-point throughput than conventional processors. FPGA implementations of floating-point operators have historically been designed to use binary floating-point representations, as do general purpose processors. Binary representations were chosen as the standard over three decades ago because they provide maximal numerical accuracy per bit of floating-point data. However, the unique nature of FPGA-based computation makes numerical accuracy per unit of FPGA resources a more important measure of the usefulness of a given floating-point …