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Modeling, Machine Vision Sensing and Material Flow System Definition of Braiding Point Motion
(2011-02-03)
This dissertation is focused on the modeling of one kind of braiding machine and its key part, the carrier. The carrier is a small mass-spring-damping tensioning system, which defines the characteristics and response of ...
Chaotic Dynamic Character of Human Chewing Determined Using New Three-Dimensional Motion Capture Techniques
(2015-05-05)
A need exists to determine the dynamic character of natural human chewing so human mandible or lower jaw biomechanics can be fully understood. No one has reported investigating the dynamic character of natural human chewing ...
The Effects of Mechanical Stress on Semiconductor Devices
(2015-04-24)
Mechanical strains and stresses are developed during the fabrication, assembly and packaging of the integrated circuit (IC) chips. Sources include processes such as shallow trench isolation, wafer backgrinding and dicing, ...
Interfacial Thermal Resistance Measurements of Solution Deposited CNT Films on Copper Substrates
(2015-07-28)
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been regarded as one of the most promising materials for electronics applications during the past two decades according to their outstanding electrical properties. However, the fabrication ...
Parametric Study of a Commercial-Scale Biomass Downdraft Gasifier: Experiments and Equilibrium Modeling
(2010-08-04)
Biomass has already emerged in the renewable energy arena as one of the promising candidates
for the future. Biomass has been a major source of fuel for human from the existence of
mankind. Rapid urbanization and widespread ...
Design and Evaluation of a 3D Road Geometry Based Heavy Truck Fuel Optimization System
(2010-07-28)
This dissertation develops a 3D road geometry based optimal powertrain control system in reducing the fuel consumption of heavy trucks. The real-time optimal control (OC) system, solving a constrained nonlinear programming ...
Modeling, Analysis, and Validation of Temperature Dependent Vibration Induced Fretting Corrosion
(2010-04-27)
Connector reliability is an extremely important factor in electronic packaging, especially with regard to vehicle electronics. Two of the major drivers for fretting corrosion are vibration and thermal cycling. Most previous ...
Path Duplication Using GPS Carrier Based Relative Position for Automated Ground Vehicle Convoys
(2010-04-15)
A GPS based automated convoy strategy to duplicate the path of a lead vehicle is presented in this dissertation. Laser scanners and cameras are not used; all information available comes from GPS or inertial systems. An ...
Electrical and Nonlinear Optical Studies of Specific Organic Molecular and Nonconjugated Conductive Polymeric Systems
(2010-10-15)
In this research, structural, electrical and nonlinear optical characteristics of: (a) single
crystal films involving a noncentrosymmetric molecule DAST and a laser dye IR125 and (b)
specific nonconjugated conducting ...
A Study of the Kalina Cycle System 11 for the Recovery of Industrial Waste Heat with Heat Pump Augmentation
(2010-12-08)
The recovery of industrial waste heat is becoming an area of increased interest due to the ever climbing cost of energy. In the past, the low temperatures that most industrial waste heat is at have prevented the recovery ...