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Design Of A Miniature Hydraulic Power Unit, Ryan D. Bruneau
Design Of A Miniature Hydraulic Power Unit, Ryan D. Bruneau
Honors Theses
The need for a newly designed miniature hydraulic power unit has received the attention of Parker-Hannifin Hydraulic Pump/Motor Division. The current power unit is no longer marketable due to the associated costs and its relative size. As a result, a miniature hydraulic power unit has been designed, the culmination to the engineering curriculum at Western Michigan University. In order to increase the overall marketability and to reduce production costs, a transparent plastic reservoir has been incorporated into the design. An appropriate polymer has been chosen to meet the design requirements and finite element analysis has been used to verify the …
Patient Flow Through A Hospital Emergency Department, Mark Czuk
Patient Flow Through A Hospital Emergency Department, Mark Czuk
Honors Theses
Bronson Methodist Hospital, located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, is committed to the goal of providing comprehensive health care to the people of Southwestern Michigan. Bronson is actively involved in continually improving their services in order to better serve the community. This process of continuous improvement covers all hospital operations including the Emergency Department. Through studying the Emergency Department process, and how the department interacts with other departments in the hospital, improvements can be made which can lead to a better service provided to the community.
Design Of A Vibration Excitation Device, Brian Wallace, Brandon Dawe
Design Of A Vibration Excitation Device, Brian Wallace, Brandon Dawe
Honors Theses
A vibration excitation source has been designed for use in beam and plate vibration laboratory demonstrations. This source is capable of providing single frequency excitations below 160 cycles per second (Hz). Since it will be used in a variety of experiments by students, ease of use and quick setup time have been major considerations of design. Performance of this source has been evaluated and will be presented along with one example application.