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Development Of Baseline Water Quality Stormwater Detention Pond Model For Chesapeake Bay Catchments, William J. Musico

Civil & Environmental Engineering Theses & Dissertations

A stormwater detention pond model, EEMD (Environmentally Economic Management Design), was developed using VisualBasic to facilitate the design of extended detention basins. A detention basin is a design such that a site's stormwater runoff would meet certain environmental impact requirements. To ensure these environmental requirements are meet the Commonwealth of Virginia subscribes to the procedures outlined by the Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Department (CBLAD).

The purpose of the Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Department (CBLAD) Calculation Procedures is to ensure that the development of constructed areas do not further exacerbate current problems of stormwater-induced eutrophication and downstream flooding. The methodology is …

Aeroelastic Load Alleviation Using Shunted Piezolectrics, Anna-Maria Rivas Mcgowan

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Several analytical and experimental studies clearly demonstrate that piezoelectric materials (piezoelectrics) can be used as actuators to actively control vibratory response including aeroelastic response. However, two important issues in using piezoelectrics as actuators for active control are: 1) the potentially large amount of power required to operate the actuators, and 2) the complexities involved with active control (added hardware, control law design and implementation). Active or passive damping augmentation using shunted piezoelectrics may provide a viable alternative. This approach requires only simple electrical circuitry and very little or no electrical power. Shunted piezoelectrics have been shown to provide an efficient …

Development And Testing Of An Ac Micro Hollow Cathode Simulator, Thomas E. Caldwell

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

The use of AC source plasma discharge devices in applications such as material processing and film deposition has increased in recent years due to improvements in discharge efficiency made possible by devices such as the micro hollow cathode. Designing hollow cathodes for specific applications requires an understanding of the processes that govern the discharge. Simulation is an inexpensive tool for understanding hollow cathode operation and optimizing the device for specific applications. This thesis describes the development of an AC micro hollow cathode simulator. It details the theoretical models used in the simulation and presents the results of test cases intended …

On-Line Free Form Surface Measurement Via A Fuzzy-Logic Controlled Scanning Probe, Ming Chang, Paul P. Lin

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications

This paper presents a system and methodology for on-line free form surface measurement via a scanning contact probe installed on a CNC (computer numerical control) machine. The scanning probe provides more sampling points than any traditional touch trigger type of probes used on CNC machines, and better measuring accuracy than laser displacement sensing or structured lighting. The presented measuring system's main advantage is that the number of measured points can vary with the change of surface curvature. To improve the measuring stability and continuity, fuzzy logic control, in lieu of traditional PID control, is employed. As a result, the …

Frequency Driven Phasic Shifting And Elastic-Hysteretic Partitioning Properties Of Fractional Mechanical System Representation Schemes, Jerzy T. Sawicki, Joe Padovan

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications

Based on the Louiville–Riemann fractional formulation of lumped hysteretic mechanical system simulations, asymptotic-type relationships are derived. These are employed to determine how such operators, which act as viscoelastic elements, partition system energy into conservative and nonconservative components. Special emphasis is given to: (a) determine how operator order serves to weigh such a splitting, (b) determine how partitioning affects system phasing and amplitude response, and (c) to establish how conservative and nonconservative effects modulate during a given system cycle. The generality of the undertaken approach is such that multi-element fractional Kelvin Voigt formulations subject to spectrally rich inputs can be handled, …

Relationship Between Cost Of Technical Training And Cost Reduction Of Internal Defects At John Deere Waterloo Foundry, John Brackin

Graduate Research Papers

Can the cost of technical training at John Deere Waterloo Foundry pay for itself in the reduction of internal defects? This research compared training costs to the savings from reduced internal defects on Molding Unit 801 located in the John Deere Waterloo Foundry. Training was the independent variable of this research. The results of this research identified a correlation between training costs ( operational definition on page 10) and defect reduction costs. A correlation between these two established a break even point for training dollars spent.

The dependent variable was the dollar savings based on reduction of internal defects. There …

Evaluation Of Lead Anode Reactions In Acid Sulfate Electrolytes. I. Lead Alloys With Cobalt Additives, Pu Yu, Thomas J. O'Keefe

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Lead alloys, such as lead-calcium-tin and lead-silver, are the primary insoluble anodes used in the electrowinning of metals. While some difficulties are encountered in their use, there is no obvious replacement that is economically and technically competitive. Two of the specific problems with lead include decreased cathode purity due to incorporation from corrosion products and the relatively high overpotential which increases cell voltage. To gain an improved understanding of the fundamental behavior of lead anodes, the polarization behavior of six different alloys in sulfuric acid was evaluated. Some tests were also made with Co(II) in the acid sulfate electrolyte. Notable …

Assessment Of A Higher Harmonic Control System For Minimizing Vibrations On A Dynamically Scaled Tiltrotor Model, David J. Piatak

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations

The performance of a higher harmonic control system called the Multipoint Adaptive Vibration Suppression System (MA VSS) at reducing 3/rev wing vibratory loads and fuselage vibrations on a dynamically-scaled tiltrotor model is presented. Previous wind tunnel tests on a semispan aeroelastic tiltrotor model have demonstrated the effectiveness of MAVSS for reducing wing vibratory loads using both an active flaperon and swashplate. The primary goal, however, of such a vibration suppression system is to reduce tiltrotor fuselage vibrations in order to improve passenger comfort. The present study addresses the reduction of both wing and fuselage vibrations using MA VSS active flaperons …

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Building Services Engineering

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1999 (Spring) Ensi Informer Magazine, Morehead State University. Engineering Sciences Department

ENSI Informer Magazine Archive

The ENSI Informer Magazine published in the spring of 1999.

Interval Matching And Control For Hexahedral Mesh Generation Of Swept Volumes, Jason F. Shepherd

Theses and Dissertations

Surface meshing algorithms require certain relationships among the number of intervals on the curves that bound the surface. Assigning the number of intervals to all of the curves in the model such that all relationships are satisfied is called interval assignment. Volume meshing algorithms also require certain relationships among the numbers of intervals on each of the curves on the volume. These relationships are not always captured by surface meshing requirements. This thesis presents a news technique for automatically identifying volume constraints. In this technique, volume constraints are grouped with surface constraints and are solved simultaneously. A sweepable volume has …

An Investigation Into The Skills Needed For The Workforce In The Year 2005 For Midwest Manufacturing, George A. Ritland

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to define the collaborative skills identified by John Deere and provide the personnel who are involved in the hiring process at John Deere those results in order to assist them in evaluating potential employees for employment in the year 2005.

Preparation And Surface Studies Of Negative Electron Affinity Semiconductors Photocathodes, Khaled A. Elamrawi

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Fabrication of high quantum efficiency, long lifetime negative electron affinity photocathodes is important for applications such as photomultipliers, image intensifiers, electron beam lithography, electron microscopy, and polarized electron sources. The surface cleanliness of the III-V semiconductor photocathode is crucial in obtaining high photosensitivity.

GaAs(100) and InP(100) photocathodes are prepared by atomic hydrogen cleaning. The cleaning effect on the photocathode performance is discussed. The surface degradation mechanisms which reduce the photocathode lifetime are presented. The photocathode surface cleanliness, structure, and morphology are studied using reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED).

Quantum efficiencies of ∼14% and 8% are obtained for GaAs and InP, …

Information Modeling And Method Engineering: A Psychological Perspective, Keng Siau

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Information modeling is the cornerstone of information systems analysis and design. Information models, the products of information modeling, not only provide the abstractions required to facilitate communication between the analysts and end users, but they also provide a formal basis for developing tools and techniques used in information systems development. The process of designing, constructing, and adapting information modeling methods for information systems development is known as method engineering. Despite the pivotal role of modeling methods in successful information systems development, most modeling methods are designed based on common sense and intuition of the method designers with little or no …

An Experimental Investigation Into The Effect Of Clearance And Torque On Load Sharing In A Bolted Joint, Jerry B. Robertson

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations

The shear load experienced by each bolt in a multi-fastener bolted butt joint is a percentage of the total load applied to the joint. Joint failure can be premature when one fastener is subjected to a disproportional amount of the total load. Conversely, the ultimate load the joint can endure may be increased if the distribution of loads can be equalized by some means. In this investigation, two and four fastener butt joints were studied. An instrumented bolt was constructed that could measure the bending stresses in the bolt associated with the bearing load. That data was converted into force …

Comprehensive Analysis Of Edge Detection In Color Image Processing, Shu-Yu Zhu, Konstantinos N. Kostas Plataniotis, Anastasios N. Venetsanopoulos

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Publications

Various approaches to edge detection for color images, including techniques extended from monochrome edge detection as well as vector space approaches, are examined. In particular, edge detection techniques based on vector order statistic operators and difference vector operators are studied in detail. Numerous edge detectors are obtained as special cases of these two classes of operators. The effect of distance measures on the performance of different color edge detectors is studied by employing distance measures other than the Euclidean norm. Variations are introduced to both the vector order statistic operators and the difference vector operators to improve noise performance. They …

The Use Of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 (Rhbmp-2) To Promote Spinal Fusion In A Nonhuman Primate Anterior Interbody Fusion Model, Brian P. Hecht, Jeffrey S. Fischgrund, Harry N. Harkowitz, Lori Penman, Jeffrey M. Toth, Ali Shirkhoda

Biomedical Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

Study Design. A study on the efficacy of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2 (rhBMP-2) in a nonhuman primate anterior interbody fusion model.

Objectives. To investigate the efficacy of rhBMP-2 with an absorbable collagen sponge carrier to promote spinal fusion in a nonhuman primate anterior interbody fusion model.

Summary of Background Data. RhBMP-2 is an osteoinductive growth factor capable of inducing new bone formation in vivo. Although dosage studies using rhBMP-2 have been performed on species of lower phylogenetic level, they cannot be extrapolated to the primate. Dosage studies on nonhuman primates are essential before proceeding with human primate application. …

Mar 1999, Tractor Museum

Lester F. Larsen Tractor Museum: Planning and Development Documents

Additional Funds Donation to Camp Creek Threshers Renovation Status

Genetic Engineering Of Wood Color In Plants, Vincent Lee C. Chiang, Chung-Jui Tsai, Gopi K. Podila

Michigan Tech Patents

The invention relates to genetically engineering the wood color of woody plants by incorporation of the lignin pathway gene O-methyltransferase into the genome of the plants.

Discrimination Of Volcano Activity And Mountain-Associated Waves Using Infrasonic Data And A Backpropagation Neural Network, Fredric M. Ham, Thomas A. Leeney, Heather M. Canady, Joseph C. Wheeler

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Publications

An integral part of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty monitoring is an international infrasonic monitoring network that is capable of detecting and verifying nuclear explosions. Reliable detection of such events must be made from data that may contain other sources of infrasonic phenomena. Infrasonic waves can also result from volcanic eruptions, mountain associated waves, auroral waves, earthquakes, meteors, avalanches, severe weather, quarry blasting, high-speed aircraft, gravity waves, and microbaroms. This paper shows that a feedforward multi-layer neural network discriminator, trained by backpropagation, is capable of distinguishing between two unique infrasonic events recorded from single station recordings with a relatively …

Spatio-Temporal Growth Of Nematic Domains In Liquid Crystal Polymer Mixtures, Hao-Wen Chiu, Thein Kyu

College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering

Dynamics of phase separation and morphology development in mixtures of a low molar mass liquid crystal (LC) and a polymer have been investigated theoretically in comparison with experimental results. In the theoretical model, the combined free-energy densities of Flory-Huggins theory for isotropic mixing and Maier-Saupe theory for nematic ordering have been incorporated into the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation (type C). The temporal evolution of the structure factor and the emergence of phase-separated liquid crystal domains have been simulated on the basis of an explicit central difference method based on a square lattice (128 x 128) with a periodic boundary condition. Of …

Cascaded Neural Networks For Sequenced Propagation Estimation, Multiuser Detection, And Adaptive Radio Resource Control Of Third-Generation Wireless Networks For Multimedia Services, William S. Hortos

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Publications

A hybrid neural network approach is presented to estimate radio propagation characteristics and multiuser interference and to evaluate their combined impact on throughput, latency and information loss in third-generation (3G) wireless networks. The latter three performance parameters influence the quality of service (QoS) for multimedia services under consideration for 3G networks. These networks, based on a hierarchical architecture of overlaying macrocells on top of micro- and picoells, are planned to operate in mobile urban and indoor environments with service demands emanating from circuit-switched, packetswitched and satellite-based traffic sources. Candidate radio interfaces for these networks employ a form of wideband CDMA …

Energygauge Usa: A Residential Building Energy Simulation Design Tool, Florida Solar Energy Center, Danny Parker

FSEC Energy Research Center®

The Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) is developing a new software (EnergyGauge USA) which allows simple calculation and rating of energy use of residential buildings around the United States. In the past, most residential analysis and rating software have used simplified methods for calculation of residential building energy performance due to limitations on computing speed. However, EnergyGauge USA, takes advantage of current generation personal computers that perform an hourly annual computer simulation in less than 30 seconds. A simplified user interface allows buildings to be quickly defined while bringing the computing power and accuracy of an hourly computer simulation to …

The Probability Distribution Of Nscat Measurements, Paul E. Johnson, David G. Long

Faculty Publications

NSCAT makes only indirect measurements of wind. The direct measurement is of the backscattered radar power. The signal power is contaminated by radiometric noise so a separate measurement of the noise power is subtracted from the signal-plus-noise measurement to estimate the backscattered power. Using the radar equation, sigma-0 is computed from the measured signal power. From multiple sigma-0 mesaurements made at different azimuth angles, the wind is estimated. In wind retrieval, the NSCAT sigma-0 measurements are assumed to have a Gaussian probability distribution with a variance which depends on the mean. Given this distribution model, the maximum-likelihood estimtor is formed …

Security, Safety, And The Law: The Alpine Cable Accident, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes how legal Issues pertaining to fatal aviation accidents with and without significant politico-military implications can contribute to or detract from security and safety phenomena leading to yet other fatal accidents.

Observations Of Lattice Curvature Near The Interface Of A Deformed Aluminium Bicrystal, Brent L. Adams, W. E. King, S. Sun

Faculty Publications

This work was partially supported by MRSEC Program of the National Science Foundation (DMR-9632556), and under the auspices of the US Department of Energy and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under contract W-7405- Eng-48. S. Sun gratefully acknowledges the comments of Professor E. T. Onat, Professor B. T. Chu and Professor W. Tong of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Yale University, and their valuable guidance in the process of completing this project as a doctoral dissertation. The assistance of B. El-Dasher of Carnegie-Mellon University is also gratefully acknowledged. Reported here is a study of the pattern of lattice curvature near the …

Hand Held Data Recorder (Hhdr), Charles M. Burt, Stuart Styles

BioResource and Agricultural Engineering

A HHDR is used to collect data from the field and to download that data to a database to generate reports for meters in the districts. The data can be collected intermittently or on a daily basis since these are not route based data collectors. The data is collected by means of a hand held portable unit that scans a bar code identification label that is permanently affixed to the meter. Data is then entered by means of a keypad or a scan sheet and the operator goes to the next meter. At the end of the day the unit …

Novel Carbon-Carbon Bond Oxidative Cleavage Of Hexabenzyl-Hexaazaisowurtzitane By N-Buono And (Nh4)2ce(No3)6, Xiao-Pei Guan, Hong Yan, Jian-Guang Sun, Yong-Zhong Yu

Publications and Research

Treatment of 2,4,6,8,10,12-hexabenzyl-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexaazatetracyclo-[5.5.0.05,9.03,11]dodecane with n-butyl nitrite or ammonium cerium nitrate results in novel C(1)-C(7) oxidative cleavage to give 1,3,4,5,7,8-hexabenzyl-cis-cisoid-cis-hexahydro-1H,5H-diimidazolinium[4,5-b:4′,5′-e]pyrazine dinitrate.

Activated Carbon Produced From Agricultural Residues, Daniel W. Armstrong, V. J. Flanigan, William Joseph James, Jui-Lung Li, Kimber L. Rundlett

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

A process for producing activated carbon from agricultural residues by heating the residues to a temperature in the range of about 250° C. to about 550° C. to volatilize organic compounds in the residues and to carbonize the residues and further heating to activate the carbonized residues. Activated carbon produced from agricultural residues.

Development Of Esal Forecasting Procedures For Superpave Pavement Design, Brad W. Rister, David L. Allen

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

This report documents the analysis methods used to develop the Equivalent Single Axle Load (ESAL) forecasting program for Superpave projects. In addition, this report discusses the procedures used in the ESAL forecasting program to forecast ESALs in the design lane for pavement resurfacing/overlay projects which are consistent with the Superpave process of asphaltic mixture design.