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Showing 1 to 20 of 237 for “"Test Rig"”.
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Design of a cascade test rig
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1947.
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Pin-joint test rig design and scaling laws
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2000.
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Evaluation of the VPI & SU fluid film bearing test rig
… This work presents an initial evaluation of a test rig for verifying such codes. This presentation includes background information on the techniques and terminology of fluid-film bearing analysis and two basic approaches to experimental evaluation of fluid-film bearings. To establish one such …
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High Speed flywheel and test rig design for rural energy storage
… of the flywheel energy storage system and test rig using locally available materials was investigated. Experiments were conducted for speeds up to 6,000 rpm. The electromechanical battery was able to store a maximum of 77Wh of energy. The shortfall of the system to meet its design …
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Test rig design to simulate ashlock valve erosion in coal gasification systems
… in literature, a design for a laboratory test apparatus to closely simulate the in-service problem was proposed. A test rig prototype, reproducing service conditions of temperature, pressure and geometry, was constructed and preliminary testing conducted. Various problems impairing the …
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On-line data acquisition and instrumentation improvements for the transonic turbine test rig.
The Transonic Turbine Test Rig located in the Turbo-Propulsion Laboratory of the Naval Postgraduate School is used to analyze axial turbine stage performance. The Test Rig is designed to separately measure stator and rotor losses without the use of velocity or pressure surveys. Various stator and …
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Development of an induction motor condition monitoring test rig And fault detection strategies
… develop an induction motor condition monitoring test rig to experimentally simulate the common faults associated with induction motors and to develop strategies for detecting these faults that employ signal processing techniques. Literature on basic concepts of induction motors and inverter …
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The development of a test rig to determine fouling factors of feedwater heaters
… purpose of this study was to design and build a test rig that can accurately measure fouling factors of feed water heater tubes that has been in service for a full life cycle. A comprehensive literature study was performed to decide on the most effective test method, as well as the required …
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Design of a Portable Tire Test Rig and Vehicle Roll-Over Stability Control
… the easiest and cheapest method for vehicle testing. No longer do multiple, intensive, physical tests need be performed to analyze the performance parameters that one wishes to validate. One component of the vehicle simulation that is crucial to the correctness of the result is the tire. …
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Estimation of Disturbance Inputs to a Tire Coupled Quarter-car Suspension Test Rig
… on the sprung mass of a quarter-car suspension test rig was generated. This information is intended for use in active control methods applied to vehicle suspensions. This estimate is achieved with two acceleration measurements as inputs to the estimator; one each on the sprung and unsprung …
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Development of a novel test rig for the evaluation of aircraft fuel tank sealants
… and sealed joints. However, nearly all such tests are of a "static" nature and yet it is acknowledged that joint movement leads to leaks. Thus the missing component of testing is movement coupled with the other key variables. The aircraft industry has been searching for a relatively simple …
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Development of a specialised test rig for assessing the efficiency of large industrial induction machines
… scrutinizes the application of international testing standards for estimation of induction machine efficiency in South Africa (SA) and across the globe. Approximately 60% of the electrical consumption in SA is utilised by motorised systems. The need for optimization of efficiency is on the …
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Multibody Dynamics Modeling and System Identification for a Quarter-Car Test Rig with McPherson Strut Suspension
… response of a state-of-the-art quarter-car test rig that was designed, constructed, and installed at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) for the Performance Engineering Research Lab (PERL). Attached to the experimental quarter-car rig was the front left McPherson strut …
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Dynamic surface temperature measurement on the first stage turbine blades in a turbofan jet engine test rig
… during transient operation in a turbofan engine test rig. A single fiber radiation pyrometer was used to view the suction side of the blades from approximately 60 percent axial chord to the trailing edge at an average radial location of 70 percent blade height. A single ceramic-coated blade …
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Design and Evaluation of an Automated Experimental Test Rig for Determination of the Dynamic Characteristics of Fluid-Film Bearings
… the development and evaluation of an automated test rig for the evaluation of hydrodynamic journal bearings to provide some of the needed experimental data. This work describes the test rig in detail, including the results of experimental characterization of many of the test rig subsystems. …
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Design and Adaptive Control of a Lab-based, Tire-coupled, Quarter-car Suspension Test Rig for the Accurate Re-creation of Vehicle Response
… goal. First, a state-ofthe-art quarter-car test platform has been designed and constructed to offer increased testing flexibility at a reasonable cost not found commercially. With this new test rig completed, the second objective is a proof-of-concept evaluation of a well known adaptive …
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Cracked shaft detection rig
… presents the design and set-up of a complete test rig that can be used for experimental research on response characteristics of cracked rotors. The results of this research will permit increased confidence in detecting the presence of rotor cracks in turbomachinery. The designed rig is capable …
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Experimental design to determine the effect of temperature and Mach number on entropy noise
… Laboratory sought to create an entropy noise test rig that could determine the relationship between entropy noise and the flow parameters of temperature change and nozzle Mach number. The apparatus simulates entropy noise in an aero engine. In the test rig, compressed air enters an anechoic …
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Combined Time and Frequency Domain Approaches to the Operational Identification of Vehicle Suspension Systems
… design, well established force–response testing methods and vehicle suspension experimental testing and simulation. A quarter car suspension test rig is designed and built to facilitate experimental suspension system testing. A novel shock absorber force measurement set–up is developed …
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Condition Monitoring Techniques for Wind Turbines
… the development of a condition monitoring test rig and the innovation and application of signal processing techniques for the detection of faults in non-stationary signals. Work is supported throughout by information from wind turbine operators and their experiences of variable speed, …
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