An experimental jet impingement facility was constructed with the capability of conducting a detailed analysis of the local heat transfer coefficients beneath an array of large impinging jets. The facility was validated ...
Helical compression springs are normally used to provide a linear force response to compressive displacement. However, compression springs can be used to provide lateral force and rotational torque responses to lateral and ...
The creation of a capstone course for an un-
dergraduate computer science curriculum mirrors traditional software design. Initially, a high-level goal is created. This is refined into lower-level
specifications by ...
The use of horses as a means of therapy has been documented for some time. To determine why this type of therapy works and to provide a means of expanding its accessibility, a mechanical horse has been developed. Data ...
A new method for the determination of complex permittivity values is explained. The Waveguide-Cutoff method consists of a rectangular chamber with loop antennas for excitation from a Vector Network Analyzer. It then ...
One challenge faced by the engineering discipline in the near future is increased
electric power demand coupled with greater efficiency requirements for power generation
stations. Development of more robust control ...
As the demand for electric power grows and regulations on power plant operation become stricter, the size, and therefore complexity, of new power plant units is increasing while the intricacies of the multiple simultaneous ...
One of the most interesting applications of a new field of mathematics called dynamic equations on time scales is the modeling, analysis and design of distributed control networks. This thesis documents the development ...
Many flows of engineering interest occur over surfaces that exhibit roughness with thermal conductivities much lower than common metals and alloys. This is especially true of in-service gas turbine blades with surface ...
This project investigates m-fold cross-validation algorithms for automatic selection of k with k-nearest neighbors problems. An algorithm taxonomy is used to identify different m-fold cross-validation algorithms. The ...
Impulse C is a C-to-HDL compiler from Impulse Accelerated Technology that facilitates the introduction of software programmers, mathematicians, and scientists, into the realm of FPGA-based algorithm development for high-speed ...
The goal of this thesis is to evaluate the Processor Designer family of tools from CoWare, Inc. Processor Designer uses the L.I.S.A. 2.0 (Language for Instruction Set Architecture) language. The evaluation is being ...
This thesis investigates the tradeoffs associated with typical communication system designs for packetized wireless transmission systems. Communication system design requires judicious selection of source data rate, data ...
This is the software described in the technical report “Event Driven Simulation without Loops or Conditionals” available from this archive. This package is part of the FHDL system and must be installed in your FHDL directory.
Event driven simulation normally requires a great deal of computation to perform a multitude of different tasks. The purpose of this paper is to show that none of these computations are necessary. Most computations are ...
Swarm Intelligence is the study of "the emergent collective intelligence of groups of simple agents." Recent research has explored the important applications in the field of business, telecommunications, robotics and ...
Modern gas turbine engines commonly operate at temperatures above the melting point of the turbine’s blades and vanes. Internal and external cooling of the blades is required for sustained operation and prolonged engine ...
The use of micro-electromechanical system devices (MEMS) have been studied extensively in literature for control of flow separation and transitioning to turbulent flow. However, there is limited information about how ...
Dynamic equations on time scales comprise an exciting new area of research in
mathematics which promises applications in many areas, particularly control theory.
This thesis describes the design and implementation of a ...
Jet impingement is often employed within the leading edge of modern gas turbine airfoils to combat the extreme heat loads incurred within this region. This experimental investigation employs a transient liquid crystal ...