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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Cost-Effective Design"”.
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Cost effective design of composite structure for automotive applications
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1996.
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Cost-effective Design of Automotive Framing Systems Using Flexibility and Reconfigurability Principles
… which if adopted properly, will become a design foundation for the next generation of world-class production systems. They will help automotive companies achieve rapid response and cost-effective product delivery aligned with the current market demand. This research introduces new …
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The infrastructure cost planning model : an integrated solution to cost effective design
Submitted in fulfilment of the academic requirements for the Degree of Master of Technology: Civil Engineering and Surveying, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2009.
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The design and construction of an open channel recirculating water tank for the study of biological hydrocarbons
This project chronicles the design and construction of a small scale recirculating water tank for the purpose of studying biological hydrodynamics. Currently available systems were analyzed and studied prior to developing a new, cost effective design that provides laminar flow through a two foot …
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Development of Multiobjective Optimization Procedures for Seismic Design of Steel Moment Frame Structures
Genetic algorithm based automated seismic design procedures are developed in the present study for member sizing optimization of code-compliant regular plane steel special moment resisting frame structures with simultaneous as well as separate treatment of multiple objective functions that reflect …
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PARTICLE REMOVAL IN FLOC BLANKET CLARIFIERS VIA INTERNAL FLOW THROUGH POROUS FRACTAL AGGREGATES
… communities, calls for a reevaluation of the design bases of treatment technologies. Robust and cost-effective design requires optimization of the various unit processes in a water treatment train. The mechanism of primary particle removal in floc blanket clarifiers was characterized via …
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Design and control of resilient micro-inverter system
… The aim of this research was therefore to design a micro-inverter system with improved resiliency for grid connected applications. The thesis is broken into the Inverter phase and the Resiliency phase. The Inverter phase consisted of the design of two inverters: a 300W micro-inverter and a …
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Bamboo Housing: Building with Composites for Dignity and Longevity
… through the lenses of architectural and product design, engineering, manufacturing, agriculture, material science, environmental science, history, and culture. All case study work is based in the context of coastal Ecuador. The main goal of the thesis is to explore an identified need for a bamboo …
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Bridge approach slab analysis and design incorporating elastic soil support
… for moments and shear forces governing the design for a wide range of values of soil elastic modulus ranging from dense sand to very loose sand. Results from systematic studies assuming wash out of soil support are also presented using a customized uniaxial finite-difference model. The …
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Efficient spectrum sensing and utilization for cognitive radio
… exploit the spectrum. We present a robust and cost-effective design to ensure the improvement of spectrum efficiency with CR. We first propose probability-based spectrum sensing by utilizing the statistical characteristics of licensed channel occupancy, which achieves nearly optimal performance …
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Systematically controlling the error rates in variation-prone networks-on-chip for energy efficiency
… these proposals use ad-hoc controller designs that may not work under other scenarios and do not provide error bounds. This thesis develops a scheme that dynamically minimizes the Vdd of groups of routers in a variation-prone NoC using formal control-theory methods. The scheme, called …
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The application of a three-phase methodology to design an accessible photo CD player for older adults with mildly impaired vision
A three-phase methodology for designing accessible products for users with special needs was discussed. The effectiveness of the methodology was further evaluated through an application of the methodology to design an accessible Photo CD player for older adults with mildly impaired vision. Phase I …
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Advanced Energy Management Strategies for Multi-Energy Community Microgrids
… intelligence to enhance microgrid efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and environmental sustainability. This study proposes several approaches to minimize the operational cost of MECMGs. Initially, a techno-economic assessment was conducted, focusing on a grid-connected microgrid for regional …
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Computation of nonlinear hydrodynamic loads on floating wind turbines using fluid-impulse theory
… represent a promising technology for the cost effective harvesting of this abundant source of energy. To capture wind energy offshore, horizontal-axis wind turbines can be installed on offshore platforms and the study of hydrodynamic loads on these offshore platforms becomes a critical …
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Spannbetonfertigteile mit teilweiser Vorspannung aus hochfestem Beton
… The increase in bond strength results in an effective control of cracking by using smooth strands. In this way a design draft was developed in order to control crack width of partially prestressed members by strands only. The anchorage of pretensioned tendons at ultimate limit state is …
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Enhanced Ambient Heat Rejection in Passive Thermal Management Systems
… three technologies is constructed, allowing for cost-effective design decisions based on the cooling power requirements.
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The Makaa Project : co-design, performance testing, and techno-economics to improve a Ugandan charcoal cookstove
… of the Makaa stove. A one-day co-design workshop was held at the AEST site in Soroti to engage users, fabricators, and AEST employees in brainstorming and investigating opportunities to improve the design of the Makaa stove. While the designs researched at the workshop primarily …
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BEHAVIOUR AND STRENGTH OF PLATE TRUNNIONS SUBJECTED TO SHEAR LOADING
The current design specifications and recommended practice for fabricated plate trunnions provide generic recommendations on the geometric dimensions only. The detailed designs for trunnions to transfer the sling loads to the structure are dependent on the ingenuity of experienced engineers using …
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A STUDY OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL FROM MUNICIPAL SEWAGE IN SBR WITH THE APPLICATION OF THE TAGUCHI METHODS IN EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
… experimental conditions. The Taguchi Methods, a cost-effective design of experiment (DOE) method, was applied in the experimental design and data analysis of this study for optimizing the above controlling factors. This study also addressed the different performances between the suspended growth …
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Performance Analysis and Tank Test Validation of a Hybrid Wave-Current Energy Converter with a Single Power Takeoff
… energy harvesting devices need to advance to be cost-effective and competitive with other energy sources. This is difficult to achieve. Ocean wave excitation is irregular, which means that ocean wave height and wave periods are unpredictable and excitation forces on energy harvesting devices can …
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