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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Full-Scale Testing"”.
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Full-Scale Testing Of A Passively Modulated Oil-To-Air Cooler
… prove and investigate this hypothesis through full-scale testing of a smart material-actuated Advanced Air Oil Cooler (AAOC). For testing a multidisciplinary test article was constructed with 3 smart material-actuated coolers operating in series. The test article was then wind tunnel tested to …
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Dynamic Full-Scale Testing of a Pile Cap with Loose Silty Sand Backfill
… neglected in design due to a limited amount of full-scale testing. This research presents the results of a combination of hydraulic actuator and eccentric-mass shaker full-scale testing of a pile cap with loose silty sand backfill to quantify the contribution of the passive earth resistance to …
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Design and full-scale testing of a sliding mode controller for a small underwater vehicle
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1989.
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Physical Testing of Potential Football Helmet Design Enhancements
… be tested.</p> <p>The design was tested in small scale first in order to make some preliminary conclusions about the design. In order to fully test the helmet design; however, full scale testing was required. In order to carry out this testing a drop tower was built based on National Operating …
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Performance Evaluation of New Corrugated-Type Embossments for Composite Deck
… The evaluation consists of uniformly loaded full-scale slab tests whose flexural strengths are compared with those given by different strength prediction methods that are alternatives to full-scale testing. The methods used in this study are the First Yield Method (Heagler 1992), the ASCE …
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Performance of laminated veneer wood plates in decking systems
… van trailer decking systems, 2) develop a testing facility to generate an experimental database on these product through full scale testing, and 3) develop and model the fatigue behavior of this type of product through small specimen tests and damage accumulation laws. A structural analysis …
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Elastomeric bearings in high demand applications : numerical study and experimental validation
… of a research project including material study, full-scale testing, field monitoring, and finite-element studies, with a focus primarily on finite-element studies of elastomeric bearings in comparison with laboratory and field measurements. A three-dimensional finite-element model capable of …
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Polymer dose prediction for sludge dewatering with a belt filter press
… a belt filter press. This involved correlating full-scale field studies to small scale laboratory testing. Bench testing involved the use of a high-speed mixer and two sludge dewatering response tests: the capillary suction time test and the time-to filter test. Full-scale testing measured the …
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Lateral Load Behavior and Capacity of Structures Composed of Steel-Plate Composite (SC) Walls
… of complete SC structural systems. Since full-scale testing of complete SC structures is impractical and expensive, this study uses a benchmarked finite element modeling approach to analyze and study the behavior of whole structures.
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Evaluation of various products for sediment perimeter barrier
… conditions. This study utilized standardized full-scale testing methods at the Erosion Control Research and Training Center (ECRTC) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to evaluate the relative performance of six alternatives to silt fence: woven monofilament geotextile, compost …
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Evaluating the Effect of Decking Fasteners on the Seismic Behavior of Steel Moment Frame Plastic Hinge Regions
A series of full-scale beam-to-column moment connection tests were completed to determine the effects of powder actuated fasteners (PAF) and puddle welds on the seismic behavior of steel moment connections. In seismic regions, PAF are currently prohibited in the connection region (referred to as …
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Evaluation of Field Tests Performed on an Aluminum Deck Bridge
… this research is to evaluate data collected from full-scale testing under test truck loading of an in-service ALUMADECK bridge system. The bridge is known as the Little Buffalo Creek Bridge and is located in Mecklenburg County, VA. The topics researched from the load tests are the composite action …
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Investigation of compaction characteristics of subbase material using the superpave gyratory compactor
… both the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) full-scale testing and Superpave Gyratory Compactor testing to determine if the SGC is a valuable tool for the prediction of airport pavement performance and design. The practicality of the SGC was based on extensive laboratory and field testing of …
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A Low Cycle Fatigue Testing Framework for Evaluating the Effect of Artifacts on the Seismic Behavior of Moment Frames
… structural systems with artifacts. For instance, full-scale testing of moment resisting connections is expensive which makes it economically infeasible to experimentally examine the wide range of possible artifact types, artifact locations, and structural configurations. A framework has been …
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A Feasiblity Study on the Fatigue Performance of Laser Beam Welds and Hybrid-Laser Arc Welds Used in an Innovative Modular Steel Sandwich Panel Bridge Deck SyStem
… of different panel parameters. Pushing forward, full scale testing is essential to the future employment of this innovative bridge deck system.
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Experimental Mechanics of Crack Width in Full-Scale Sections of Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavements
… accelerated traffic conditions at the ATREL full-scale testing facility. The opening and closing of cracks was measured at several transverse cracks, along with vertical deflections, transverse strains at the top of the slab, and pavement internal temperature. Two procedures were developed to …
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The Application of Mineral Processing Techniques to the Scrap Recycling Industry
… RCS eddy current separator system was tested in full scale. The principles this system uses, called circuit analysis, have been used by the mining industry for years, and can be used with any separation system. The Eriez RCS system surpassed the requirements of the Chinese regulations, while …
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Developing and Validating New Bolted End-Plate Moment Connection Configurations
… (whether from the literature or from this testing program). The experimental data from already tested configurations, eight-bolt extended four wide and eight-bolt extended stiffened, was analyzed. It was concluded that for the eight-bolt extended four wide configuration, the experimental …
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Experimental and numerical investigation of modular steel bridges
… performance of modular bridges through full-scale experimental testing and advanced finite element modeling. The experimental program included full-scale testing of two types of truss panels commonly used in modular bridge construction under ultimate load conditions. It also involved …
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Evaluation of semi-passive treatment technologies for septic lagoon capacity expansion
… Storring Septic, like many other similar small-scale wastewater treatment facilities across Canada, has the potential to act as a sustainable eco-engineered facility that municipalities and service providers could utilize to manage and dispose of their wastewater. However, it is of concern that …
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