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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"High-performance applications"”.
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High Performance Applications on Reconfigurable Clusters
Many problems faced in the engineering world are computationally intensive. Filtering using FIR (Finite Impulse Response) filters is an example to that. This thesis discusses the implementation of a fast, reconfigurable, and scalable FIR (Finite Impulse Response) digital filter. Constant …
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Lignin-derived thermosetting vinyl ester resins for high performance applications
… matrix composites for use in a wide range of applications due to possessing relatively high moduli, strengths, and glass transition temperatures while maintaining low weight and cost. VE resins often contain high concentrations of a petroleum-based reactive diluent (RD), such as styrene. Many …
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Optical Flow Switching with time deadlines for high-performance applications
… for Optical Flow Switching (OFS) serving high performance applications with very stringent time deadline constraints. In particular, we attempt to meet setup times only slightly longer than one roundtrip time with networks at moderate to high loading. In this work, we propose three …
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High Performance Applications for the Single-Chip Message-Passing Parallel Computer
… instruction-level parallelism (ILP) within applications is reaching a point of diminishing returns. One approach to the aforementioned challenges is the Single-Chip Message-Passing (SCMP) Parallel Computer, developed at Virginia Tech. SCMP is a unique, tiled architecture aimed at …
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Design of an aluminum differential housing and driveline components for high performance applications
… use in the 2004 MIT Formula SAE vehicle, a small high-performance formula-style car. FEA analysis was used to create a two-piece design that was significantly lighter than the original Torsen housing. Bearing mounts used to attach the unit to the FSAE chassis as well as inboard driveline joints …
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A novel approach to embedding memory with crosstalk logic circuits for high performance applications
… consume most of the area on the die. To meet the high-speed performance demands by data-intensive applications like artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and machine learning, we intend to integrate memory with the logic to get built-in memory logic circuits that operate based on the crosstalk …
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Development of Additively Manufactured Quadrupole Mass Filters for Low-Cost and High-Performance Applications
… efforts have yielded devices with inadequate performance for practical applications in analytical chemistry. This study reports the successful creation of a low-cost, high-performance QMF by means of additive manufacturing. Vat photopolymerization of glass-ceramic feedstock was used to create …
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Development of aromatic polyesters for high performance applications and use of interchain transesterification reactions as a solid-state fabrication tool
… electrostatic powder coating is the simplest and highest performing deposition mechanism in terms of wear rate and provides the highest glass transition temperatures in an electrostatically-deposited polymeric powder coating known in literature or commercially. Low production of wear debris …
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Characterization of Thermoplastic Polyamide Composite Matrix Material
… composite material for a number of advanced and high performance applications, little has been reported concerning the processing-structure-property relationships for either the newly developed matrix resins or their combination in the composite. The research described here involves such a study …
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Water absorption of Wood Plastic Composite and Biopolymer reinforced with Switchgrass-fiber Biocomposite Materials
… they have gained a considerable ground in the high performance applications, such as aerospace and automobile industry. However, the use of polymers that can be recycled with carbon and other niche fibers renders the composite non-recyclable. The objective of this present research work was to …
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An energy efficient sub-threshold baseband processor architecture for pulsed ultra-wideband communications
… is currently being explored as a medium for high-data-rate last-meter wireless links. Accordingly, there has been much interest in integrating UWB radios onto battery-operated devices, creating a strong demand for energy efficient UWB systems. The objective of this work is to describe how …
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Optimizing directory-based cache coherence on the RAW architecture
… of long-latency memory requests, by providing a high speed data-path to local memory. However, in multi-processor systems utilizing shared memory, cache coherence protocols are necessary to ensure sequential consistency. Of the multiple coherence protocols developed, the scalability of …
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Analysis and Design of a Novel E-Core Common-Pole Switched Reluctance Machine
… stator core iron is presented for low-cost high-performance applications. In addition, three new magnetic structures for the E-core SRM comprising two segmented stator cores or a monolithic stator core are proposed for good manufacturability, mechanically robustness, ease of assembly, and …
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Investigation of Advanced Material Through Digital Volume Correlation Measurement Techniques
… are seeing increased industrial usage in high-performance applications were lightweight, high-strength, and material tailorability is required. Due to their heterogenous structure, displacement and strain fields developed under loading conditions are often complex and difficult to predict. …
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Density Functional Theory modeling of heterogeneous reactions of hydrocarbon intermediates on silicon carbide: surrogate kinetic model development for Chemical Vapor Infiltration
… to produce SiC-based ceramic matrix composites. High-performance applications require SiC-based materials; however, producing them presents difficulties due to limited deposition rates, high energy consumption, and uneven coatings. To overcome these challenges, the mechanism of SiC formation …
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Actively shielded air-core superconducting machines: optimization and design considerations
… in power density, which is enabling for certain high-performance applications such as electric aviation and off shore wind generation. However, key challenges include limitations of magnetic materials and containment of fields within the machine, all while achieving the necessary cooling. This …
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Thermo-optic Phase Spectroscopy techniques for multiscale thermal conductance characterization in semiconductor integrated circuits
… of three-dimensional (3D) architectures for high-performance applications. This thesis introduces Thermo-optic Phase Spectroscopy (TOPS), a family of non-destructive techniques for multiscale thermal conductance characterization across bulk materials, buried films and interfaces, and …
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Sustainable Engineering of Polyethylene Fiber Materials: Advancing Functional Properties of Diverse Textile-Based Structures
… and durability, informing design strategies for high-performance applications such as intra-vehicular spacesuits and wearable technologies. To understand the broader systems context, the thesis analyzes barriers to integrating recycled polyethylene (rPE) into textile supply chains, identifying …
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Designing RDMA-based efficient Communication for GPU Remoting
… (GPGPUs) has become crucial for accelerating high-performance applications. However, the procurement, setup, and maintenance of GPUs can be costly, and their continuous energy consumption poses additional challenges. Moreover, many applications exhibit suboptimal GPU utilization. To address …
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Structure, Properties and Treatments of Carbon Nanotube Fibres
… makes CNT fibres a potential candidate for high-performance applications. The fibre specific strength and stiffness are typically 1 GPa/SG and 50 GPa/SG, respectively; however, at small gauge lengths (< 2mm) they also show values of 6 - 9 GPa/SG strength and 180 - 390 GPa/SG stiffness. The …
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