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Dec 2003, Tractor Museum Dec 2003

Dec 2003, Tractor Museum

Lester F. Larsen Tractor Museum: Planning and Development Documents

Introductions Curator's Report Treasurer's Report


Oct 2003, Tractor Museum Oct 2003

Oct 2003, Tractor Museum

Lester F. Larsen Tractor Museum: Planning and Development Documents

Farmall Donation Storage Space Funding Opportunities


Jun 2003, Tractor Museum Jun 2003

Jun 2003, Tractor Museum

Lester F. Larsen Tractor Museum: Planning and Development Documents

Rehabilitation of Behlen Building Test Car Location Inside Insulation


Mar 2003, Tractor Museum Mar 2003

Mar 2003, Tractor Museum

Lester F. Larsen Tractor Museum: Planning and Development Documents

Foundations Liason Report Development Projects Report Report to the Director


Jan 2003, Tractor Museum Jan 2003

Jan 2003, Tractor Museum

Lester F. Larsen Tractor Museum: Planning and Development Documents

Interim Director Report Open House Suggested to Open Museum on Saturdays


Analytical And Fea Analysis Of Silicon Micro-Machined Capacitive Pressure Sensor, Eoghan O'Donoghue Jan 2003

Analytical And Fea Analysis Of Silicon Micro-Machined Capacitive Pressure Sensor, Eoghan O'Donoghue

Theses

This thesis is concerned with the electro-mechanical characterisation of MEMS capacitive pressure sensors and the determination of models to describe their behaviour.

The finite element software package ANSYS is validated as a tool for the examination of the electro-mechanical behaviour of capacitive pressure sensors. It is then used to incorporate the effects of applied load, voltage and residual stress into a model of the sensor structure. The capacitive pressure sensor is modelled both in 3D and also in 2D axis-symmetric modes. The error between the 2D and 3D models is quantified.

The behaviour of structures under electrostatic actuation is investigated. …


A Semi-Empirical Cellular Automata Model For Wildfire Monitoring From A Geosynchronous Space Platform, Brian D. Killough Jan 2003

A Semi-Empirical Cellular Automata Model For Wildfire Monitoring From A Geosynchronous Space Platform, Brian D. Killough

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

The environmental and human impacts of wildfires have grown considerably in recent years due to an increase in their frequency and coverage. Effective wildfire management and suppression requires real-time data to locate fire fronts, model their propagation and assess the impact of biomass burning. Existing empirical wildfire models are based on fuel properties and meteorological data with inadequate spatial or temporal sampling. A geosynchronous space platform with the proposed set of high resolution infrared detectors provides a unique capability to monitor fires at improved spatial and temporal resolutions. The proposed system is feasible with state-of-the-art hardware and software for high …