Thesis (B.S.)--University of Missouri, School of Mines and Metallurgy, 1910. / The entire thesis text is included in file. Typescript. Illustrated by author. Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering determined from "1874-1999 MSM-UMR Alumni Directory". Title from title screen of thesis/dissertation PDF file (viewed March 19, 2009)

Thesis (B.S.)--University of Missouri, School of Mines and Metallurgy, 1907. / The entire thesis text is included in file. Typescript. Illustrated by authors. Walter I. Phillips determined to be Walter Irving Phillips and A. J. Seltzer determined to Andrew Jackson Seltzer from "Forty-First Annual Catalogue. School of Mines and Metallurgy, University of Missouri". Title from title screen of thesis/dissertation PDF file (viewed February 2, 2009)

Thesis (B.S.)--University of Missouri, School of Mines and Metallurgy, 1906. / The entire thesis text is included in file. Typescript. Illustrated by authors. J. V. Stevens determined to be John Vivian Stevens, F. B. Powell determined to be Frank Bowman Powell, and J. D. Shanks determined to be John Dozier Shanks from "Forty-First Annual Catalogue. School of Mines and Metallurgy, University of Missouri". Title from title screen of thesis/dissertation PDF file (viewed February 4, 2009)

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, June, 1989. / Title from PDF t.p.

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2004. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 94 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 86-87).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1929. / Typescript. Includes various publications from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics written by the author, et. al. Includes bibliographical references.

Presented as Fritsche's Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1932. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (January 24, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.Phil.) - University of Queensland, 2006. / Includes bibliography.

M.Ing. / Steel products can be produced by either following the blast furnace with oxygen steel making route or the electric arc steel making route. The blast furnace with oxygen route requires liquid iron to produce steel and the electric arc route requires scrap metal as a major input. This in essence implies that for the blast furnace route if no liquid iron is produced, no steel products will be produced and similarly so for the electric arc route. ArcelorMittal Vanderbijlpark Works produces its liquid iron from two furnaces namely blast furnace C and blast furnace D. However the reliability of these furnaces is in question as their daily operations are plagued with random failures of equipment and machinery. The main consequence of these failures is the unavailability of the furnaces to produce liquid iron. This is undesirable from a business perspective due to the inherent production losses, loss of potential earnings as well as the high costs incurred to restore the furnaces back into operation.This research dissertation will focus on the operation of these blast furnaces. The fundamental success criteria for this research document will be to identify opportunities to improve the reliable operation of these furnaces. The scope of the work will however be limited to blast furnace C and particularly at improving its charging system’s availability. The availability of the charging system can be improved by knowing what type of failures to expect and how to mitigate their effects. A starting point would then be to examine past failure data. Thus data from 2008 has been collected and analyzed making use of statistical methods, design analysis methods and research methodologies. The results suggest that the availability of the system has a direct correlation between its reliability and maintainability. The results obtained were then subjected to a risk analysis to identify measures that could be employed to improve the charging system’s availability.