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Transistors Applied To An Fm-Fm Airborne Radio Telemetery System, R. H. Gablehouse Nov 1956

Transistors Applied To An Fm-Fm Airborne Radio Telemetery System, R. H. Gablehouse

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

The two semiconductor elements commonly used in transistor production, silicon and germanium, were discovered by two European chemists. A Swedish chemist, Jons Jakob Berzelius, separated and identified silicon in 1823. Germanium was discovered and named by a German chemist, Clemens Alexander Winkler in 1886.


A Technique For Obtaining Submicrosecond Exposure Times At Large Aperture In High-Speed Photography, Joseph A. Hull Sep 1956

A Technique For Obtaining Submicrosecond Exposure Times At Large Aperture In High-Speed Photography, Joseph A. Hull

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

The purpose of the investigation described in this report was to attempt to improve one of the existing techniques, namely, the Kerr cell type electrooptical shutter, to make it more applicable to the study of high-explosive physics. To provide a background for the reader, a brief discussion of the other techniques will be described. Some of the advantages and limitations of these systems will be discussed.


The Variations Of Stress Induced In An Eccentrically Located Bolt Securing A Flanged Joint, Verne E. Blake Jr. Jan 1956

The Variations Of Stress Induced In An Eccentrically Located Bolt Securing A Flanged Joint, Verne E. Blake Jr.

Mechanical Engineering ETDs

It is common practice in design work to use bolts as a means of attaching load carrying members. In many instances it is not possible to locate the bolt so the line of action of the external load will pass through the bolt axis. As a result, there are secondary loads, resulting from the eccentricity of the load paths, which the bolt must resist in addition to the primary loads.


Determination Of The Residual Vswr [Voltage Standing Wave Ratio] Of A Slotted Line., Michael C. Robel Jan 1956

Determination Of The Residual Vswr [Voltage Standing Wave Ratio] Of A Slotted Line., Michael C. Robel

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

Idealistically, a slotted line should be designed so that, when it is terminated in its characteristic impedance, the VSWR as determined by a movable probe in the slotted line will be 1.0. However, in practice this is not possible, particularly in the case of coaxial slotted lines where matching elements, adapters and connectors are utilized. The devices mentioned above have physical discontinuities which give rise to reflections, which cause a standing wave to be produced even though the line is terminated I its characteristic impedance.


High Stability Lc Oscillator For Use With A Capacitive Pressure Sensing Element, Arthur J. Eldridge Jan 1956

High Stability Lc Oscillator For Use With A Capacitive Pressure Sensing Element, Arthur J. Eldridge

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

In the course of work at the Sandia Corporation, a definite need arose for the measurement of barometric pressures to an accuracy beyond that attainable with commercially available equipment. The standard instrument for measuring these pressures is the mercurial barometer. While a visual method of reading the instrument produced good results to within a 0.1 millimeter of mercury, it was dependent upon the operator using as a reference a target of sighting on the top of the meniscus formed in the barometer tube by the mercury.


Corona Threshold Of Single And Multiple Conductor Lines, David S. Carrick Jan 1956

Corona Threshold Of Single And Multiple Conductor Lines, David S. Carrick

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

Corona is a self sustaining, often luminous discharge due to ionization adjacent to charged conductors, characterized by the electrodes having a small radius of curvature compared with the interelectrode gap. The display on a power transmission line is accompanied by a current between the conductors which to an engineer mean a power loss that should be minimized if unavoidable.


The Response Of Vibration Mounts Subjected To Biharmonic Vibration, Paul H. Adams Jan 1956

The Response Of Vibration Mounts Subjected To Biharmonic Vibration, Paul H. Adams

Mechanical Engineering ETDs

Existing specifications used in vibration testing are based on envelopes of many points of fixed frequency and vibration amplitude measured at specific points in aircraft. In addition these specifications are to some extent written to be compatible with the two common types of vibration test machines, the reaction or constant-displacement type and the electromagnetic or constant-acceleration type. Thus the "envelope" of the measured vibration amplitudes is drawn in such a manner as to have a constant displacement from 3 to 60 cycles per second, the range of the reaction type of vibration test machine, and a constant acceleration from 60 …