A study was made of the film characteristics and the local heat transfer coefficients for the downward flow of steam condensing in a vertical tube. The mass velocity of the steam was such that the flow occurred in the annular-mist regime. The interfacial wave velocities, frequencies, and amplitudes were experimentally determined using needle contact probes. From these data on wave characteristics a statistical wave form was obtained. The liquid mass flow occurring in identifiable waves was determined from a numerical integration over the disturbance layer (i.e., that portion of the liquid layer in which waves are present) and compared to the liquid mass flow given by an energy balance and an entrainment correlation. The results indicated a heavy concentration of liquid particle entrainment in the neighborhood of the film. In addition, the axial profiles of the local heat fluxes and local heat transfer coefficients across the film were obtained. The film Nusselt number at the location of the probes based on an operationally defined mean film thickness was found to correlate with the product of the dynamic quality and the ratio of liquid to gas densities. / Master of Science

A study was made to determine the effects of fillers on the mechanical properties of a flexible polyester resin. Also, a method was demonstrated for a constrained optimization of the volumetric cost of the filled polyester. The fillers investigated included clay, marble, nut shell flour, and glass beads and microspheres. Mechanical property data were generated for different filler concentrations and particle sizes. The properties tested were density, tensile strength, ultimate elongation, secant modulus, and flexural strength. Testing was performed according to standard methods using an Instron Universal Testing Machine with strain gage. Contrary to the results of previous investigators, rigid particulate fillers (e.g., clay, marble, and nut shell flour, excluding glass beads and microspheres) significantly increased the tensile strength of the resin. Increases in flexural strength were observed for certain fillers. Both tensile and flexural strength improvements were greater for smaller particles than for larger ones. The fillers increased the modulus and decreased the ultimate elongation of the resin. The method of optimization included an experimental design to generate data and a polynomial regression analysis to determine the mechanical property constraint functions. The constraints were well approximated by linear functions, and linear programming was used to find an optimum. The linear functions could also be used to give a reasonable approximation of the mechanical property constraints outside the experimental region. / M.S.

Modern day control systems, utilizing a digital computer, contain samplers as well as linear and nonlinear elements. State space techniques are the best means for analyzing systems of this type. SAMP (State Analysis Modeling Program, SAMPler), a digital computer program, uses these techniques in order to provide the following: 1. SAMP is capable of analyzing a system containing integrators, summing junctions, fixed gain terms, samplers, and a variety of nonlinearities. 2. Samplers can be the zero order hold type or the finite width type. They can operate at different rates. 3. A novel feature of this program is utilizing a high speed sampler for simulation of nonlinearities. 4. SAMP's inputs are essentially the matrices required for a state space analysis. They include the system coefficient matrix (A), the state transition matrix (B), the initial state vector (W), and a novel specification matrix (C). S. The program contains built in diagnostics designed to aid the user troubleshoot his program setup. 6. Primary program output is a print/plot of any state variable versus time. If selected the status of all state variables versus time will be printed. 7. SAMP contains a built in example designed to aid the user understand program operation. / M.S.

In recent years, statistical theory has become widely used in the study of reliability. In this study, we shall consider two types of estimators, namely, the Bayes and minimum variance unbiased estimators for the scale parameter θ in the truncated Weibull life testing model when the shape parameter ρ assumed known. In addition, we shall estimate the corresponding reliability function of the above estimators. The first type of estimator of θ and the reliability function we will consider is the Bayes estimator using the general uniform, exponential, and inverted gamma distributions as prior probability density functions for the parameter θ, We shall also derive the minimum variance unbiased estimator (MVUE). For each prior probability density function, the Bayes estimator is compared with the MVUE by Monte Carlo simulation. Also, the Bayes estimators for a given prior density of θ are compared with the results of Canavos and Tsokos [5]. Their model was the Weibull probability density function with guaranteed time τ. / M.S.

The purpose of this thesis is to examine from a feminist perspective two novels of the Austrian writer, Marlen Haushofer (1920, Frauenstein-1970, Steyr): Die Tapetentur (1957) and Die Mansarde (1969). / Both work were written in a "pre-feminist" period in the history of German women writers. However, with the aid of contemporary feminist approaches, they can be rediscovered and deciphered for the modern reader. / In the first chapter I will introduce the theories to be applied, the biography of her author and the reception of the work, focusing on areas relevant to the topic of the thesis. The recurring themes of spatial isolation and speechlessness will then be analysed in terms of form and content. Through the observation of physical spaces and their psychological implications, and through the investigation of a new form of verbal expression and freedom, a process of writing continuity ("Fortschreibung") emerges from Haushofer's world. / In the related characters of two women figures, Annette in Die Tapetentur and the unnamed heroine in Die Mansarde, Marlen Haushofer establishes a line of development in her work. At the end of her literary career, she succeeds in delivering to the reader her encoded version of the liberation of women from their fettered, hopeless existence.

Orientador: João Manuel Cardoso de Mello / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Economia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-13T23:42:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Quadros_WaldirJosede_D.pdf: 7602795 bytes, checksum: 37afacacf9a61f5bef7fe1dc109178be (MD5) Previous issue date: 1991 / Resumo: Não informado / Abstract: Not informed. / Doutorado / Doutor em Ciências Econômicas

Orientador: Mauricio Chafin Coutinho / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Economia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-14T00:36:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pedrosa_IvoVasconcelos_D.pdf: 5405186 bytes, checksum: 0280c2b44a6727e27044c5ecba1f7163 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1991 / Resumo: O estudo desenvolvido nesta tese tem como objeto o Estado capitalista brasileiro entre meados dos anos setenta e meados dos oitenta. Concentra-se nos sistemas de gastos públicos e de seu financiamento, especificamente, asaplicações de recursos nas áreas com impactos redistributivos de renda ou de riqueza, comumente denominadas de 'áreas sociais'...Observação: O resumo, na íntegra, poderá ser visualizado no texto completo da tese digital / Abstract: This thesis has the Brazilian capitalist state during the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s as its subject. It focuses on public outlays and their financing. More specifically, it investigates the process of resource alocation in areas with income and wealth redistributive impacts, the so-called 'social areas'...Note: The complete abstract is available with the full electronic digital thesis or dissertations / Doutorado / Doutor em Economia

Orientador: Liana Maria Aureliano da Silva / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Economia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-15T03:59:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Leao_IgorZanoniConstantCarneiro_M.pdf: 4544877 bytes, checksum: 3d4ca1e8154fcb6bfeca2d237deb18c8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1986 / Resumo: Não informado / Abstract: Not informed. / Mestrado / Mestre em Economia

Tesis para optar al grado de Magíster en Estudios Latinoamericanos

Orientador: Modesto Carone Neto / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem / O exemplar 2 do IEL possui paginação diferente (174f.) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-16T00:48:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Franco_RenatoBueno_M.pdf: 4731482 bytes, checksum: 53aa37f9cc8e50be380b835b20133e8e (MD5) Previous issue date: 1992 / Não tem resumo na obra impressa Resumo base IEL: A cultura elaborada durante os anos 70 não apresenta um caráter homogêneo e tampouco uma única característica efetivamente dominante. Ela viveu com os nervos tensos e experimentou muitos caminhos, alguns verdadeiramente surpreendentes. Entretanto, apesar dessa complexidade constituída pela pluralidade de tendências que a irrigaram, é possível - não contudo sem alguma dose de exagero ou arbitrariedade - dividi-la em (ao menos) dois momentos distintos. Ao primeiro deles, que começa em 1969 e se estende até 1974 (e coincide com os anos mais truculentos da ditadura militar) chamaremos de "Cultura da Derrota". Ao segundo, que coincide com a política "de abertura" (e vai de 1975 a 1980) chamaremos de "Época de Resistência". Estudar a produção cultural - ou melhor - a atividade literária dessa década não é, dada sua natureza complexa, tarefa fácil. Esse período é, desde 1964, decisivo para a moderna configuração política do País e ele certamente propõe à literatura um elenco considerável de problemas temáticos e estéticos bastante original. / Abstract: Not informed. / Mestrado / Teoria e Critica Literaria / Mestre em Letras