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Universal Voltage Rate Sensor Interface, Jayanth Chakradhar Kruttiventi

Masters Theses

Measurement of heat flux is required in many aerospace and heat treatment applications. Temperature data collected at embedded sites are noisy especially when measurements are taken in hostile environments. The predicted heat flux, when based on the rate of change of temperature, is more accurate than using temperature data as the latter data form is ill-posed. In the context of heat flux prediction, calculating the rate of change of temperature involves differentiation, which is the primary source of ill-posed effects.

This work involves developing a universal voltage rate sensor interface that minimizes these effects and also improves the signal-to-noise ratio. …