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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"0910 Manufacturing Engineering"”.
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Temperature measurement using rare earth doped fibre fluorescence
Optical fibre sensors have been developed to measure a wide range of parameters and in many circumstances show significant advantages over conventional measurement techniques. This thesis investigates a relatively new method of measuring temperature using optical fibres, known as the fluorescence …
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Monitoring the structural integrity of packaging materials subjected to sustained random loads
During the distribution phase, packaged consignments are exposed to a variety of environmental hazards, such as vibrations, which, if excessively severe, may cause damage to or even destroy the product. The ability of packaging systems to withstand these dynamic loads is an important factor, since …
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Natural fibre reinforced cement composites
The health problems associated with asbestos and its related products necessitated in finding alternative resource of fibres. Over the last two decades natural fibre (mainly wood pulp fibre) has emerged as the most acceptable alternative reinforcement for fibre cement products. The first three …
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Evaluation of the performance of corrugated shipping containers : virgin versus recycled boards
The compression strength and creep responses of corrugated fibreboard boxes after exposure to high and cyclic relative humidity conditions were studied and compared between boxes made from virgin and recycled liners and mediums which had the same ring crush values. The effect of moisture absorption …
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Creep properties of corrugated fibreboard containers for produce in simulated road transport environment
Standard methods for the performance testing of corrugated fibreboard boxes use some static or quasi-static characteristic of the box as the performance indicator. The aim of this project was to develop a performance-based test method for corrugated boxes for fresh horticultural produce, using a …
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Analysis and evaluation of a reusable engine packaging system
The research work presented in this thesis is concerned with evaluating a newly designed reusable engine packaging system which has been proposed by the Holden Engine Company for transporting engines manufactured in Australia to the Opel Company in Germany. A description of the experimental …
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Algorithms for pipeline transfer scheduling
A common logistics problem in the petroleum industry is the scheduling of the pipeline transfer of petroleum fuels from oil refineries to distribution terminals. With a fixed set of pipelines, each with its own restrictions and constraints, the scheduler must organize the products and timing of …
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The analysis and simulation of the spectral and statistical properties of road roughness for package performance testing
The laboratory evaluation of package performance is traditionally based on the reproduction of vehicle vertical acceleration from the Power Spectral Density (PSD) estimate. The vertical vehicle response acceleration is primarily a function of vehicle suspension and speed, but is ultimately caused …
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Solutions to problems encountered during the adoption and management of new colour measuring and control technology in the textile industry
This research identifies the key factors involved in the successful adoption of a computerised match prediction system in the textile industry. The adoption of this technology has created big problems for many companies and few have succeeded without difficulty. Five companies adopting the …
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3D object recognition and retrieval using navigating robots with active vision : "MROLR", a mobile robotic object locator and retriever
This work describes the development of a new type of "service robot" called "MROLR" capable of searching for, locating (pose determining), recognizing, and retrieving 3D objects in an indoor environment. Key related contributions include the development of 3D object-model creation and editing …
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Fire development in passenger trains
This thesis presents research consisting of experiments and analysis of fire development in a passenger train carriage. The aim of this research is to use experiments, particularly a full-scale passenger train fire experiment, to increase understanding of fire behaviour in passenger trains and …