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Showing 1 to 20 of 306 for “"Structural components"”.
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Trends in Fertility in Kentucky Counties: Social and Structural Components
Stratification variables - such as educational attainment, income, poverty, race, women in the labor force, and metropolitan residence - as they relate to demographic change and response theory and economic analysis theory were examined. The theoretical perspectives were supported in the findings …
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The effect of overloading on reliability of wheel loader structural components
… of overloading the bucket on the reliability of structural components of a wheel loader.</p><p>To achieve these objectives, the research used data from on-board equipment monitors from the global fleet of ultra-class wheel loaders for a specific original equipment manufacturer to test the various …
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Life extension of structural components via an improved nondestructive testing methodology
… testing (NDT) techniques with respect to structural applications. The techniques analyzed exemplify the incorporation of digital technology into NDT and includes the following: meandering winding magnetometer array (MWM-array@) eddy current, phased-array ultrasonic (PA-UT), three …
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Development of CFRP Class A body panels and structural components for automotive applications
… and reproducible data to support automotive structural applications. The compressive strength was determined through ASTM D 695 M testing, and the results were correlated with test variations implemented. Various preparation methods were evaluated in the determination of the cause of …
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Myosin-Like Proteins in S. cerevisiae: Multifunctional, Structural Components of the Nuclear Envelope
… the Mlp proteins interact predominantly with components of the NPC, the mRNA transport and processing machinery, and the spindle pole body (SPB; the yeast microtubule organizing center). Structural and microscopic analyses show that the Mlp proteins may form the nuclear basket in yeast, as …
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Pseudoedge--a hierarchical skeletal modeler for the computer aided design of structural components
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1991.
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Fabrication and construction methods for low-cost, low-carbon structural components for housing in India
… reduction achieved, while ensuring that structural integrity is maintained. Of the three formwork fabrication methods examined, bent wood provides the most promising solution because of the consistency and complex shapes that are achievable, but it has drawbacks when other dimensions of …
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Multiscale Computational Framework for Analysis and Design of Ultra-High Performance Concrete Structural Components and Systems
… tools for the design and analysis of structural components and systems constructed with Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC). The modeling strategy utilizes the Lattice Discrete Particle Model (LDPM) to represent UHPC material and structural member response, and extends a …
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Preventing Sexual Violence Where It Most Often Occurs: An Investigation of the Situational and Structural Components of Child Sexual Abuse in Residential Settings
… the current study examined situational and structural components of the offense location, as well as factors related to the legal guardian, to provide a comprehensive examination of child sexual abuse in residential locations. Descriptive analyses revealed that sex offenses most often …
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Bamboo: An Alternative Building Material for Urban Ethiopia
… of construction methods, prefabrication of structural components and vertical densification of housing units, addressing the lack of skilled labor, cost of construction time and urban land respectively. An understanding of the design solution was established by constructing a full-scale …
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Multidisciplinary structural design and optimization for performance, cost, and flexibility
… and improving performance are two key factors in structural design. In the aerospace and automotive industries, this is particularly true with respect to design criteria such as strength, stiffness, mass, fatigue resistance, manufacturing cost, and maintenance cost. This design philosophy of …
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Are Chemical Defenses Allocated within Sponges to Defend Regions Most at Risk to Predator Attack?
… quality, 3) negatively correlated with sponge structural components, and 4) varied enough to have differential effects on predator deterrence. The concentrations of chemical defenses varied within Ircinia felix and Aplysina fulva, but were equal throughout I. campana. There were, however, no …
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Stock-constrained optimization of partially disassembled trusses
Reuse of structural components is a relatively unexplored area of research, with a lot of potential environmental impact. Structural reuse significantly reduces new material use, carbon emissions, and construction waste. This thesis shows a novel way of reusing structural components through partial …
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Structure and dynamics of mangetorheological fluids confined in microfluidic devices
… formed by self-assembled MR fluids as structural components in microfluidic devices. MR fluids are composed of micron-sized paramagnetic colloids suspended in a non-magnetic carrier fluid. When an external magnetic field is applied to the MR fluid it induces dipole moments in the …
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Engineering Drawing Segmentation and Understanding For Building Construction Digital Twins
… essential mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) components and structural components. Converting these drawings into BIM models remains a largely manual process, which is time-consuming, difficult to scale, and costly. This thesis presents a computer vision–based pipeline designed to automate two …
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Autonomous vision-based inspection of RC railway bridges for rapid post-earthquake response and recovery
… after an earthquake, coarse preliminary structural assessment is performed based on the data immediately available (e.g. ground acceleration data). Then, a human-based visual inspection is performed to obtain detailed information about the structures with suspected damage. This procedure …
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Nondestructive evaluation of FRP composite members using infrared thermography
… effective tool for nondestructive evaluation of structural members made of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials. The applicability of this method for the detection of subsurface anomalies such as voids, cracks, debonding, and delaminations in concrete bridge decks and pavements and …
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Calculation of wind borne debris impact in tornado event
… to wind-borne debris, which are usually damaged structural members and components with insufficient attachment. This debris, also referred to as missiles, can penetrate building walls and roofs and jeopardize human life. Because of this, there are standard impact criteria provided by Federal …
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