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The Design And Implementation Of A Time-Shared Computer Based Construction Cost Estimating System For An Electric Utility, Thomas Arnold Westphal May 1974

The Design And Implementation Of A Time-Shared Computer Based Construction Cost Estimating System For An Electric Utility, Thomas Arnold Westphal

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The work of the distribution department of an elec tric utility involves a great deal of medium to heavy construction. This work is vital to serve the energy needs of the public. An electric utility constantly builds, reinforces, and repairs electric distribution facilities. The material and labor used to accomplish this construction is expensive. Money in sufficient amounts is seldom, if ever, available to finance all proposed construction projects. Therefore, the cost of proposed projects must be estimated in advance, so that management may decide on an economic basis which projects will be authorized.

The need for accurate construction cost …


Postwar Vignettes, Dana Brown May 1974

Postwar Vignettes, Dana Brown

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Master's Thesis, Susan Childs May 1974

Master's Thesis, Susan Childs

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Wood-Working Curriculum Proposal, Thomas Lacagnina May 1974

Wood-Working Curriculum Proposal, Thomas Lacagnina

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Communication Of The Master Site Plan Of Rochester Institute Of Technology, Barbara Ewig May 1974

Communication Of The Master Site Plan Of Rochester Institute Of Technology, Barbara Ewig

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The Magnificent American, Stanley Feingold May 1974

The Magnificent American, Stanley Feingold

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Notes On Liberation, Phillip Garbus May 1974

Notes On Liberation, Phillip Garbus

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Death Watch, Andrew Gelfand May 1974

Death Watch, Andrew Gelfand

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Two Studies In Animation, Irene Feingold May 1974

Two Studies In Animation, Irene Feingold

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Design Seminar, Clifford Bull Mar 1974

Design Seminar, Clifford Bull

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One Of Ten Thousand: A Way For The Printmaker; Thoughts And Images Related To Involvement In Zen Buddhism, C. Alan Fisher Feb 1974

One Of Ten Thousand: A Way For The Printmaker; Thoughts And Images Related To Involvement In Zen Buddhism, C. Alan Fisher

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Doing Portraits On The Street Or I Remember Goya, Robert Clarke Jan 1974

Doing Portraits On The Street Or I Remember Goya, Robert Clarke

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Development And Testing Of A Non-Recording Microdensitometer, Charles Biss, Randy Defrank Jan 1974

Development And Testing Of A Non-Recording Microdensitometer, Charles Biss, Randy Defrank

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A need exists in American industry for a small-area reading densitometer. The object of this effort was to examine optical designs proposed by Photographic Sciences Corporation, to formulate a reasonable system design, and to work this design into a prototype instrument. After testing several optical designs, one was chosen that proved its feasibility on the micro-optical bench. A case was designed for the unit and the optical system made of microscope components was set into place. A photomultiplier tube and amplifier were incorporated as the photometric measuring device. The system was tested and proved to exhibit the qualities of a …


Maldoror, Robert Trussell Jan 1974

Maldoror, Robert Trussell

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Multispectral Techniques Applied To Photomicrography, William Richard Mueller Jan 1974

Multispectral Techniques Applied To Photomicrography, William Richard Mueller

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Based upon an objects absorbtion and reflection characteristics to varying amounts of radiation, a series of selective wavelength band exposures were made for color separation of a microscopic specimen. The exposures axe made to record the specimens characteristic transmission or reflection patterns as a visible density value. The exposeures were made in a overlapping band width manner. The exposures were in the blue, green, and red regions of the spectrum. The resultant negetives were printed on Polycontrast paper using filter No. 2. The main purpose of the experiment was the design of a photographic system to remove the biological step …


A Unified Graphic Communications System For The Graphic Arts Research Center, Richard Marciniak Jan 1974

A Unified Graphic Communications System For The Graphic Arts Research Center, Richard Marciniak

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A Unified Matrix Formulation For The Unbalance Response Of A Flexible Rotor In Fluid-Film Bearings, Charles Thomas Jr Jan 1974

A Unified Matrix Formulation For The Unbalance Response Of A Flexible Rotor In Fluid-Film Bearings, Charles Thomas Jr

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An analysis and a computer program for determining the steady-state response of a general rotor-bearing system, based on the concept of a dynamic stiffness matrix, are presented in this thesis. The rotor is idealized as an axial assemblage of beam elements that have continuous mass and isotropic, elastic properties. These properties are developed by using the Bernoulli-Euler beam theory equations to form the dynamic stiffness matrix. Transverse shear effects are neglected. Gyroscopic coupling effects, asymmetric linearized bearing properties, and unbalanced loading are represented as optional end effects on the beam elements. The development necessitated the use of complex variables to …


The Corporate Identity Game: A Simulation Game Involving Graphic Design Methodology, Alonzo Foster Dec 1973

The Corporate Identity Game: A Simulation Game Involving Graphic Design Methodology, Alonzo Foster

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Papillomas, Warts, And Related Neoplasms: Forms Of Generative Cancers, Jonathan Atkin Dec 1973

Papillomas, Warts, And Related Neoplasms: Forms Of Generative Cancers, Jonathan Atkin

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Basketry Sculpture, Laura Glazier Dec 1973

Basketry Sculpture, Laura Glazier

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Creating Theme Bedspreads Through Loom And Non-Loom Techniques, Cindy Chal Oct 1973

Creating Theme Bedspreads Through Loom And Non-Loom Techniques, Cindy Chal

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Five Plays, William Roth Ortwein Oct 1973

Five Plays, William Roth Ortwein

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Biocatalytic Oxidation Of Nitrilotriacetate, Saul Hammerman Sep 1973

Biocatalytic Oxidation Of Nitrilotriacetate, Saul Hammerman

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The specific scope of this work is to study the biological and chemical effects of a single genetic strain of bacteria, Bacillus subtilis #9524, on the specific destruction to innocuous products of sodium nitrilotriacetate (NTA) and sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP). Insofar as the same strain of bacteria was used each time, under limited variability and sterile conditions, the side effects of multiple bacterial strains and their inter-relationships among themselves and the organic substrates are eliminated. This has allowed for excellent replication of results.

This is a generalized technique for the evaluation of the biodegradability of a compound. Whereas tests with activated …


Rubbery Acrylic Polymer Adhesives, Steven Walter Sep 1973

Rubbery Acrylic Polymer Adhesives, Steven Walter

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This study shows how rubbery acrylic polymer adhesives can be used to adhere rubber substrates to each other. Two substrate rubber compounds were used. A styrene-butadiene copolymer and a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer. The adhesives were homopolymers based on polybutyl acrylate and poly2-ethyl hexyl acrylate.

Two reference standards were used. The first was commercial rubber based, solvent cements. The second was commercial acrylic solution polymers. All experimental work was compared to these standards. An attempt was made to optimize the adhesive components, as well as the adhesive application procedures and curing conditions.

A primer coating consisting of polymer, monomer, and catalyst was …


Orientation To The Urbanarium, A Slide-Tape Production, Darryl Degelman Sep 1973

Orientation To The Urbanarium, A Slide-Tape Production, Darryl Degelman

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Picture Puzzle History, Jane Wattenberg Sep 1973

Picture Puzzle History, Jane Wattenberg

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The Design And Analysis Of A Rapid Transit Speed Regulator, Frank Svet Aug 1973

The Design And Analysis Of A Rapid Transit Speed Regulator, Frank Svet

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A rapid transit speed regulator is examined utilizing classical control theory and digital computer simulation. The transient response to velocity step input commands are examined under constraints placed on percent overshoot, steady state error, acceleration and jerk limiting. The effect of each constraint is examined for various weight trains. A means of loop compensation that will meet the desired design objectives concerning the transient response is then analyzed and simulated. A detailed discussion of both vehicle and motor dynamics is also presented.


The Quantitative Characterization Of Middle Distillate Fuels For Reduced Smoke Emission And Improved Low Temperature Operability, R. S. Feamster Jun 1973

The Quantitative Characterization Of Middle Distillate Fuels For Reduced Smoke Emission And Improved Low Temperature Operability, R. S. Feamster

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Forty-eight inference equations are presented to approximate the hydrocarbon composition of middle distillate fuels and of the solids separating from these fuels at temperatures below their cloud points by consideration of fuel physical inspections. The physical inspections consist of API gravity, aniline point, cloud point, and distillation curves for ten fuels from major United States and European refineries. To determine the percentage of solids separating from cooled fuels, each fuel is filtered over a temperature range from the cloud point to -40 F in 10 F increments. Aromatic, naphthenic, and paraffinic hydrocarbon contents and the r-paraffin carbon number distributions of …


Computer Simulation Of A Split Feed Claus Sulfur Recovery Plant, Thomas R. Woolley Jun 1973

Computer Simulation Of A Split Feed Claus Sulfur Recovery Plant, Thomas R. Woolley

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A computer program which calculates a complete heat and material balance around a "split feed" Claus sulfur recovery plant was written in Fortran IV for the RCA Spectra 70 computer. The program provides for up to three catalytic reactors, the hot gas bypass method of reheating, and a feed gas containing hydrogen sulfide, water vapor, hydrogen, and nitrogen. The program user specifies as input data the feed stream composition and temperature, the number of reactors, the combustion air temperature, the conversion in each reactor, the outlet temperature in each condenser, and the fraction of burner exit gas used for reheating …


The Photolysis Of Chlorobenzene In An Aqueous Environment, Louis John Del Tufo Jun 1973

The Photolysis Of Chlorobenzene In An Aqueous Environment, Louis John Del Tufo

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Chlorobenzene was chosen as a model system for the study of photochemically induced reactions in an aqueous environment. It was the goal of this research to achieve a reaction system which best approximates conditions existing in the environment. To do this, a basic model system was established, and then the effect on the rate by various parameters was studied. These parameters, which included the presence of oxygen and such inorganic compounds as might be present in receiving waters, (e.g. nitrate, sulfate, and phosphate), were chosen so as to meet the goal of this research.

Kinetic data was obtained for seven …