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A Study of Lateral and Longitudinal Tire Forces Produced on a Deformable Surface with Applied Traction and Braking
(2015-05-11)
An investigation into the effects that changing tire characteristics have on the production of lateral and longitudinal tire forces was conducted on a test wheel that was subjected to external traction and braking forces. ...
A Study of the Vibrational Reliability Performance of Different Doped Low-Creep Lead-Free Solder Paste and Solder BGA Packages
(2015-07-31)
The growing use of smaller and more powerful electronic components in more varied and adverse environments, especially in regards to mobile consumer electronics, has created the need to better understand how recent lead-free ...
A Study of Vibration-induced Fretting Corrosion in Electrical Connectors Based on Experimental Test and FEA Simulation
(2015-09-08)
In the field of electrical contacts, vibration induced fretting corrosion is generally
recognized as one of the major failure mechanisms. Many factors affect fretting corrosion,
including the normal force and the surface ...
An Experimental Exploration of Low-Cost Sensor and Vehicle Model Solutions for Precision Ground Vehicle Navigation
(2015-12-08)
This thesis presents the use of a vehicle dynamic model (VDM) in conjunction with standard vehicle safety sensors to assist a low-cost Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and low-cost Global Positioning System (GPS) for fused ...
Parametric Development of Wire 3D Printing
(2015-12-11)
Currently commercialized additive manufacturing techniques offer great detail in small, difficult to produce parts. They are also slow, limited in scale, and expensive. An additive technique that can rapidly produce large ...
Development and Testing of Open Architecture Composite Structures and Composite Yarns for Compressive Strength
(2015-12-16)
Open Architecture Composite Structures (O-ACS) are truss structures formed by braid-
ing specially designed hybrid yarns, made of high strength bers, on convex shaped mandrels.
Previous studies on them have shown that ...
Nonlinear Analysis of Horses Trotting with and without Sedation
(2015-12-10)
It is common to use sedatives in equine practice for surgical procedures, standing or recumbent, and for control of unruly patients. In recent years, there have been many investigations concerning the effect sedation might ...
Design and Experimental Validation of Longitudinal Controller of Connected Vehicles using Model Predictive Control
(2015-12-14)
In this thesis, a vehicle longitudinal control algorithm based on model predictive control (MPC) is applied to compute the desired relative acceleration of the following vehicle in leader-follower systems. Kinematic equations ...