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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Full-scale prototype"”.
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Fluid Flow and Performance Characteristics of a Cyclone Separator Operating Under Side Stream Conditions
… as well as both model particle tests and full scale prototype tests to quantify the effect of base suction and cyclone performance.<br/><br/>Flow visualisation has highlighted the extension of the vortices into the solid receiver at the base of the cyclone. The flow patterns in this region …
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Variable volume architecture : expanding the boundary
… the act of probing into constructs of various scales. The design and manufacturing of a full scale prototype is explored to bring bearing on the physical resolution of the proposal. The device is an acknowledgment of potential applications and uses. The material, spatial, and structural nature …
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Design of inflatable solar concentrator
… which was used to design and manufacture small-scale and full-scale prototypes. Experiments were designed to test the performance of the concentrators and the test results were used to determine a model accuracy of 11.4 1.3 % and 1.9±1.6% using the small-scale prototype and full-scale prototype, …
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Electrical Design and Testing of an Uplink Antenna for Nanosatellite Applications
… efficient operation for a UHF signal. A full-scale prototype was fabricated to measure frequency dependent characteristics of the antenna. A gamma match and a quarter-wave sleeve balun transformer were integrated to the system to minimize the power reflected at the antenna input and to …
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Mechanical development of the actuation system of a parabolic solar trough
… in the selection and purchase of parts for a full scale prototype at a site in New Hampshire using one 4ft lead screw and a 0.16 horsepower motor to drive each end of the trough.
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Design and analysis of a hybrid steel/composite pipe for high-pressure applications
… were used to validate the design and fabricate a full-scale prototype. The prototype was successfully tested and exceeded maximum design pressure.
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Impact Analysis and Design Development for Air-Dropped Antarctic Seismo-Geodetic Ice Penetrator
… detailed, analyzed and tested. Results from a full-scale prototype hardware test in Juneau, Alaska are discussed.
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Developing a Platform for Expanding AUV exploRation to Longer ranges (PEARL)
… design and testing to develop PEARL. The first prototype explores the structures and docking capabilities of PEARL to inform initial designs. A model was then created and validated to predict energy management onboard PEARL to determine the optimal power system to be implemented. A larger scale …
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Load bearing interface design for a pan-tilt mechanism for severe marine environments
… was designed and constructed to subject reduced-scale designs to military standard environmental testing for shock in the laboratory. These test results were analyzed using moving average filtering to develop confidence intervals to validate the design mathematics. A full-scale prototype was …
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Swelling behaviour of unsaturated fine grained soils
… the laboratory tests performed and an existing prototype experimental wall. Three types of soils with different plasticity have been tested simulating the boundary conditions that act on a soil element behind a stiff wall. Therefore the laboratory equipment was designed or modified to enable the …
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Laboratory Tests of a Bridge Deck Prototype With Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bars as the Top Mat of Reinforcement
… primary objective of this project was to test a full-scale prototype of an actual bridge deck containing GFRP bars as the top mat of reinforcement. The purpose of the tests was to verify that the design would resist the loads for which it was designed and provide assurance that the deck would not …
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Design and Construction of a 1/3-Scale, 1986 Cessna 172P Flight-Test Aircraft
<p>The incredible cost of prototype flight testing can be a very limiting factor in the optimization of new designs as they proceed from the drawing board to the flight line. The use of low-cost scaled models to predict full-scale prototype performance is the focus of this project. It will be shown …
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The field testing of a vortex sewage overflow.
A full scale prototype of a vortex storm sewage overflow with peripheral spill has been build in Sheffield, its design being based on the results of model tests. The project described has been involved in monitoring this prototype with the aims of i) Assessing its hydraulic performance, ii) …
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Free4orm framing : high-performance bending-active strip construction
… employed in residential and general medium-scale construction. To do so, it investigates the flexural geometry, the structural performance, and volumetric approaches to systematizing elastically bent developable strips. Many rapidly-renewable sheet materials exist or are near market, and the …
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(De) materializing detail: technology, structure, design. Development of a reinforced glass connection technique
… selected for development and construction of a full-scale prototype. The final version of the detail results in a visually faded connection, not only for being composed entirely by transparent materials, but also for the rigorous simplicity of configuration and disposition between the parts. It …
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Stress-strain response of soft soils stabilised with alkali activated industrial by-products
… me to be deeply involved in constructing a full-scale prototype of a (sub)base layer stabilised with alkali-activated binders and conventional binders. Big challenges arose, including the definition of a construction methodology, equipment selection, on-site handling of distinct materials, …
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The Force Floor: Design and Development of a Low-Cost 3D Force Sensing Area Which Utilises Machine Learning to Estimate 3D GRF and CoP from Single-Axis Loadcells
… be measured, leading to a system that cannot be fully described analytically - and is possibly nonlinear in its behaviour. This research investigates the design and small-scale manufacture (to 20 units) of a low-cost force plate design that utilises a machine learning model to overcome these …
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Seismic experimental analyses and surrogate models of multi-component systems in special-risk industrial facilities
… objectives for NSCs; ii) the need for fully comprehensive testing campaigns data on coupling effects between main structures and NSCs. In this respect, this doctorate thesis introduces a computational framework for an efficient and accurate seismic state-dependent fragility analysis; it …
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Energy retrofitting of existing tunnels - from conceptualization to full-scale implementation
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment