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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"swimsuit"”.
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Surface Structure and Its Effect on Reducing Drag
… surface structures, including a Fastskin FSI swimsuit fabric, were adhered to NACA 0012 wing models to access their effectiveness in reducing drag at zero incidence. A similar wing model with an aircraft aluminum alloy skin with boundary layer trip strip served as a baseline for drag …
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Royal Rhinestones: The Beauty Pageant and Female Beauty in American Literature
… for American women. Through the metaphors of the swimsuit, talent, evening gown, and interview competitions, I explore components of beauty relating to sexuality, occupation, consumerism, and speech issues respectively. The dissertation explores these beauty issues through a wide cross-section of …
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Building a Reservoir
Building a Reservoir is a collection of poems and stories that meditate on the ways we congregate around, connect with, rely upon, enjoy, misunderstand, misuse, and mythicize water. Throughout the collection, water allows for reflection, scrutinization, and meaning-making and acts as a mirror, …