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Control And Simulation Of Relative Motion For Aerial Refueling In Racetrack Maneuver
(Aerospace Engineering, 2007-08-23)
This thesis addresses the problem of controlling the receiver aircraft to achieve a successful aerial refueling. For the performance verification of the controller, a new set of nonlinear, 6-DOF, rigid body equations of ...
Freezing-induced Microstructural Changes Of Collagen Scaffolds
(Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
Understanding the effects of freezing on the functional properties of tissues is critical to cryopreservation of native and artificial tissues, and prognosis after cryotherapies. Although investigations have been performed ...
Computer-aided Patient Specific Treatment Planning Of Cryosurgery For Breast Cancer
(Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
Cryosurgery, which is to destroy tumors by use of localized freezing, is an emerging treatment modality for breast cancer as the size of detectable tumor becomes smaller due to more frequent use of various diagnostic imaging ...
Modular Multi-scale Assembly System For MEMS Packaging
(Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
A multi-scale robotic assembly problem is approached here with focus on mechanical design for precision positioning at the microscale. The assembly system is characterized in terms of accuracy/repeatability and calibration ...
Investigation Of Minimum Response For Damage Assessment
(Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
Assessment of structural damage based on changes in vibratory response characteristics has been researched for many years, with much attention directed toward the use of modal parameters. Modal responses contribute to ...
Design Optimization And Synthesis Of Manipulators Based On Various Manipulation Indices
(Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
Design optimization of serial manipulators involves striking a balance between an appropriate joint angle and exact link lengths. The optimization technique used in this thesis uses a unique algorithm that optimizes the ...
Reliability Of Lead-free Solder Under Cyclic Bending
(Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
To characterize particular compositions of lead free solder, four point cyclic bending test was conducted to study the affects of accelerated stress testing on the package to board interconnects. Nine CTBGA packages with ...
Parameters Affecting Critical Heat Flux Of Nanofluids: Heater Size, Pressure Orientation And Anti-freeze Addition
(Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
This research aims at investigating the effect, heater size, pressure, heater orientation and effect of anti-freeze addition on critical heat flux of nanofluids which have shown large potentials as coolants for high power ...
Development Of Three Block Thermal Compact Model And Verification Of Modified Linear Superposition Technique For Stacked Die
(Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
Over the last few years an impressive amount of progress has been achieved in the field of compact modeling of chip packages. But available compact modeling methods could not address the issue of limitation on the mesh ...
Uncertainty Characterization Of Orbital Debris
(Aerospace Engineering, 2007-08-23)
The increase of orbital debris in the low Earth orbit is a concern for the space industry. Spacecraft and satellites are at risk of collision with orbital debris. Collisions can damage sensitive components or result in ...