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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"full-scale test"”.
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Tearing resistance for fillet welds in ships exposed to grounding : a full scale test & cost implications
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 1994.
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A Comparison of Predicted Brace Loads in Temporary Retaining Structures and Observed Brace Loads in Two Full Scale Test Sections
… the construction schedule, the geotechnical testing apparatus and instrumentation, and the data produced from the geotechnical instrumentation program. In this thesis, several theoretical approaches available for estimating the strut loads in braced excavations were examined and used to …
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Fracture Characteristics of Asphalt Concrete in Mode I, Mode II, and Mixed-Mode
Three mixtures from the full-scale test sections discussed above were used to develop and validate a new Mode II test for asphalt concrete. No previous literature was found that attempted to capture Mode II fracture energy in asphalt concrete, so a test was developed from an extensive review of …
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NUMERICAL, ANALYTICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE THERMAL BEHAVIOUR OF INNOVATIVE ENERGY GEOSTRUCTURES
… soil and open water. This study builds upon a full-scale EQW test installed in Delft, the Netherlands, which incorporated three distinct types of steel heat exchangers: (1) shallow loops and (2) add-on panels, both installed at a depth of 3 m, and (3) deep loops, positioned at a depth of 15 m. …
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Impact of added insulation on the hygrothermal performance of leaky exterior wall assemblies
… The procedure involves the construction of a full-scale test hut exposed consecutively to climatic conditions representing winter and late spring, inside the environmental chamber. Two re-insulation strategies are studied, with three different air leakage patterns, and compared to an insulated …
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The Design of Daylight Transporting Systems for Deep Space Illumination
… window opening on one side was constructed as a test cell. Inside, sensors were set up to allow light measurement at task level along the depth of the room. Light rays were deflected by the geometry of the ceiling cavity, through a number of internal reflections on the highly reflective film …
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Feasibility study in using intelligent-materials to create actuators with muscle capabilities that can enhance prosthetics
… development is however required, before a full scale test to prove that the concept can be performed. Though, data was assured, which may help guide any future development.
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Study of natural ventilation in buildings with large eddy simulation
… is computed directly and only the smallest scales of turbulence are modeled. This investigation has identified a filtered dynamic subgrid-scale model of LES to study natural ventilation. The experimental data from a wind tunnel, a full-scale test chamber, and other research data have been …
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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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Electric-drive vehicle emulation using advanced test bench
… the success of EDV implementation is developing test platforms that closely emulate the behavior of these vehicles.</p><p>In this dissertation, a new approach for emulating an EDV system on a motor/dynamometer test bench is investigated. Two different methods of emulation are discussed which are …
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Identification of fire gases in early stages of fire in laboratory scaled and full scale fire experiments
A series of reduced scale emulations of standard fires in a 2 m3 enclosure have been developed for studies at laboratory scale enabling useful comparison and correlation with full scale EN54/7 and UL268 test fires. This makes study of standard test fire conditions and products substantially more …
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The design and testing of large bore hose used for the offshore transportation of hydrocarbons
… by factual design criteria. Similarly the testing of the same could only be described as a faint shadow of reality. It was against this background and an increasing history of hose failures that the work described by this this thesis was initiated in the form of an I .H.D project put …
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Development of a Mechanistic Model for Geogrid Reinforced Flexible Pavements
… analysis. To validate the response model, full-scale flexible pavement test sections, geogrid reinforced and unreinforced, were constructed at the University of Illinois Advanced Transportation Research and Engineering Laboratory (ATREL). Results from full-scale tests showed reduced …
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Performance evaluation of a spread spectrum local area position location system
… theoretical analysis, a series of experimental tests, and by the development of a computer simulation package. A small scale experimental test was conducted as a proof of concept and a test of the prototype hardware. The small scale test was also used to estimate parameters of the computer …
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Investigation of the Failure Mechanisms of Intact and Deteriorated Culverts
… and one intact pipe) were then buried in the test pit at Queen’s University and examined under single wheel loading at both 0.9 m and 0.45 m of cover. The test results show that the surrounding soil compaction has a greater impact on the overall behaviour of corrugated metal culverts than the …
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Advanced Braking Systems for Heavy Vehicles
… were evaluated in vehicle simulations and with full-scale test data. The sliding mode controller was combined with the second generation actuator in vehicle simulations to compare its performance to an alternative actuator with piloted piston valves proposed for a separate project, and to …
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Retrofit Electrochromic Glazing: A longitudinal case study of occupant experience
… and air conditioning energy loads, using scale models, computer simulations and full scale test rooms. Few studies have considered the user experience of the technology, and none of the studies that have included data from human participants have been carried out in a real-world research …
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Development of GPR data analysis algorithms for predicting thin asphalt concrete overlay thickness and density
… and the thickness of the thin AC overlay at a full-scale test section. The results show that the MUSIC algorithm is an effective approach for increasing the 3-D GPR signal range resolution when the XCMP method is applied on thin AC overlay. Furthermore, a non-linear inversion technique is …
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Development of a Composite Concrete Bridge System for Short-to-Medium-Span Bridges
… and the cast-in-place topping is examined via a full scale test and the necessity of extended stirrups is explored. It is concluded that because of the large contact surface between the precast and cast-in-place elements, cohesion alone appears to provide the necessary horizontal shear strength …
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The Viability of Steel-Concrete Composite Girder Bridges with Continuous Profiled Steel Deck
… shear stud fatigue spacing requirements and the fully composite section requirements. The purpose of this research was to investigate whether continuous permanent metal deck form construction method can be used for bridges given the code departures. Using this method, a full scale test specimen …
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