Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a widely used soft tissue imaging technique that has gained considerable success because of its sensitivity to several tissue parameters. However, commercially available whole-body imaging systems with large encircling radio frequency (RF) and gradient coils are less efficient when the goal is to obtain detailed, high-resolution images with high specificity and sensitivity from localized regions of the body such as the female breast. This research addresses these problems by proposing a new design in RF coil development for breast cancer screening in a conventional 1.5T MRI system. The new design provides two resonant receiving modes that operate in a quadrature configuration, and a region of interest (ROI) that closely conforms to the shape of the female breast. We adopted an optimum design strategy that combined the analytic Biot-Savart intergral equation with the Method of Moment formulation in the development of electromagnetic models and simulation tools. These models were used to analyze the magnetic field distribution and the spatial field coverage, as well as the magnetic field uniformity in the ROI. Results from our analysis were employed in the construction of a highly scalable prototype. The validation of our design strategy is confirmed by comparisons with the commercial Ansoft HFSS v8.5 finite element package.

The development of electronic textiles has increased significantly during the last ten years. By integrating electronic components or using conductive thread you can create textiles with different technical functions. CEVT is a innovation company within the automotive industry who have gained interest in electronic textiles. The department of innovation want to explore the possibility to integrate electronic textiles into future cars. The mission they have assigned us is a sub-goal in a larger end goal in which we will investigate whether one can develope a textile that can charge a phone wirelessly. To do this, a textile transmitter coil must be produced to enable the induction charging, which is what wireless charging really means. The method that was chosen to produce the textile transmitter coil was embroidery and the conductive thread that was used was a silver plated polyamide thread (HC12) from Sheildex. The thread had a resistance of <100 Ω per meter and some difficulties arose early on, where the resistance of the embroidered coil was to high. To reduce the resistance multiple stitches were sewn together and the conductive thread was also used as a lower thread. The resistance of the final coil had an average of almost 15 Ω which was significantly higher than desired. Tests were made to measure the inductive capability of the embroidered coil. This was done by measuring the power transmission between an embroidered coil and a Samsung Galaxy s8 reciever coil. The results showed that a power transmission was enabled, which means that it works. Though the power transmission was a lot lower when compaired to a commercial transmitter coil that was tested at the same time. The project did not result in a fabric that could wirelessly charge a mobile phone. Nevertheless, the test results showed that it is possible, since a power transmission did occur between the textile coil and the coil from the Samsung. Further research and optimization of the textile coil would be required to realize the induction charging textile. Two interesting ways to go would be by using another embroidery technique called Fibre Tailored Placement (FTP) or by developing a new conductive embroidery thread, with a lower resistance. / The development of electronic textiles has increased significantly during the last ten years. By integrating electronic components or using conductive thread you can create textiles with different technical functions. CEVT is a innovation company within the automotive industry who have gained interest in electronic textiles. The department of innovation want to explore the possibility to integrate electronic textiles into future cars. The mission they have assigned us is a sub-goal in a larger end goal in which we will investigate whether one can develope a textile that can charge a phone wirelessly. To do this, a textile transmitter coil must be produced to enable the induction charging, which is what wireless charging really means.The method that was chosen to produce the textile transmitter coil was embroidery and the conductive thread that was used was a silver plated polyamide thread (HC12) from Sheildex. The thread had a resistance of <100 Ω per meter and some difficulties arose early on, where the resistance of the embroidered coil was to high. To reduce the resistance multiple stitches were sewn together and the conductive thread was also used as a lower thread. The resistance of the final coil had an average of almost 15 Ω which was significantly higher than desired.Tests were made to measure the inductive capability of the embroidered coil. This was done by measuring the power transmission between an embroidered coil and a Samsung Galaxy s8 reciever coil. The results showed that a power transmission was enabled, which means that it works. Though the power transmission was a lot lower when compaired to a commercial transmitter coil that was tested at the same time.The project did not result in a fabric that could wirelessly charge a mobile phone. Nevertheless, the test results showed that it is possible, since a power transmission did occur between the textile coil and the coil from the Samsung. Further research and optimization of the textile coil would be required to realize the induction charging textile. Two interesting ways to go would be by using another embroidery technique called Fibre Tailored Placement (FTP) or by developing a new conductive embroidery thread, with a lower resistance.

This thesis deals with the integral motor of tomorrow, and particularly with a variable speed, sensorless permanent magnet synchronous motor with an integrated converter. The rated power is 15 kW at 1500 r/min. The outer dimensions are approximately the same as for the equivalent standard induction motor. Control strategies for pumps and fans, i.e. suitable loads for variable speed motors, are briefly described. The huge energy savings that can be made by reducing the speed instead of throttling/choking the flow are pointed out. Compared to installing an induction motor with a separate converter, a PM integral motor will probably pay-off in less than a year. A totally analytical expression for calculating the airgap flux density of permanent magnet motors with buried magnets is derived. The analytical expression includes axial leakage, and iron saturation of the most narrow part of the magnetic circuit of the machine. A computer program for optimization of PM motors with buried magnets has been developed. It was used to design the manufactured prototype PM integral motor, and the parameters are investigated with analytical and/or FEM calculations. The optimization program is also used to suggest nearoptimum pole numbers for desired powers (4-37 kW) and speeds (750- 3000 r/min) of inverter-fed PM motors. Results show that compact buried PM motors should have relatively large airgaps and high NdFeB-magnet masses to improve the efficiency. Ferrite magnets are unsuitable. Measurements on the manufactured PM motor, the novel concept of stator integrated filter coils, and the complete PM integral motor are presented. Special attention was given to temperature and overall efficiency measurements. The rotor cage losses were investigated by time-stepping FEM. Four short circuit fault conditions were also examined in order to evaluate the risks of demagnetization of the buried magnets.

Solvent-borne thermally cured coil-coating resins contain large amounts of volatile organic solvents in order to obtain suitable flow for film application. This work describes how the expensive and environmental hazardous volatile organic solvent content of a solvent-borne thermally cured polyester/melamine coil-coating system can be reduced by introduction of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) as reactive diluents and modification of the polyester binder resin. The evaluated reactive diluents, two rape seed methyl esters (RMEs), two linseed oil methyl esters (LMEs), and a tall oil methyl ester (TOME) have been evaluated both in a fully formulated clear-coat system and via model studies. Viscosity measurements of wet paint mixtures showed that formulations with hyperbranched polyester binder hold lower viscosity than conventional polyester binder resins and that FAME works as a diluent. Fully formulated clear-coats were cured under simulated industrial coil-coating cure conditions and in a convection oven at lower temperatures respectively. FAME increases the mobility of the system enhancing the film formation process. Free-standing clear-coat films were analyzed with Raman, carbon-14 dating, extraction, dynamic mechanical analysis, and visual observation. Incorporation of FAME could not be confirmed by Raman analysis. However, carbon-14 dating indicated the presence of FAME that could not be extracted from the films. The mechanical properties of the films were also affected by the addition of FAMEs, oven temperature, choice of co-solvent, and flash-off period. Conventional film characterization tests on substrate supported coatings indicated that binder resin structure and cure conditions affect the final film properties. Model studies were performed to clarify how FAME can chemically react through transesterification with the hydroxyl-groups of the polyester. The transesterification reaction between different FAMEs and primary alcohols with and without tertiary hydrogen was monitored with 1H-NMR and real time IR. Evaporation and side reactions, e.g. alkene reactions, are competing factors to the transesterification reaction. The study showed that fatty acid structure, reaction time, and temperature affect the transesterification conversion, degree of side reactions, and choice of catalyst. A pigmented fully formulated polyester/melamine formulation with a reactive diluent was cured at full scale in an industrial coil-coating production facility. Evaluation of the final film properties showed that the coating fulfills the specification of conventional polyester/melamine coil-coating systems. / QC 20100817

Induction heating is one of the efficient and modern technique for heating raw materials for hot forging process. The induction heating furnaces use electro-magnetic field to transfer energy to the metal workpiece and heat is generated inside the material. The magnetic field can be provided by using induction coil. The power supplied to induction coil, the moving speed of the billet that is called conveyor speed and the coil box hole diameter are the factors affecting the resultant temperature of the heated billet. In this study, AISI 1045 type steel billets with a diameter of &Oslash / 30 mm and length of 100 mm have been heated in a particular induction heater. During heating, effects of different levels of power, conveyor speed and the coil boxes with different hole diameters are investigated. The 125 KW 3000 Hz induction heater which is available in METU-BILTIR Research and Application Center Forging Laboratory is used in experiments. The heating experiments are designed according to 23 Factorial Design of Experiment Method. Multiple linear regression technique is used to derive a mathematical formula to predict the temperature of the heated billet. A good correlation between the measured temperatures that are the results of different sets of induction heating parameters and the predicted temperatures that are calculated by using temperature prediction formula has been observed.

A novel analytical technique was developed where gaseous hydrogen selenide formed by sodium tetrahydroborate reduction is transported to and trapped on a resistively heated gold-coated W-coil atom trap for in situ preconcentration. The atom trap is held at 165 &ordm / C during the collection stage and is heated up to 675 &ordm / C for revolatilization / analyte species formed are transported to an externally heated quartz T-tube where the atomization takes place and the transient signal is obtained. For gold, a high volume gas liquid separator (HVGLS) was designed to improve the detection limit of Au down to the ng mL-1 levels. In this apparatus, analyte and reductant solutions are collected in a limited volume and volatile analyte species are formed. After separation of the volatile analyte species from liquid phase, the entire analyte vapor is sent to an atomizer. A W-coil trap was used to further decrease the detection limit. The enhancement factor for the characteristic concentration was found to be 10.7 when compared to HG-AAS performance without W-coil trap by using peak height values. Furthermore, the generation of analytically useful volatile form of Au has been studied. The flow injection generation was performed in a dedicated generator consisting of a special mixing apparatus and gas-liquid separator design. The on-line atomization in the quartz tube multiatomizer for atomic absorption (AAS) detection has been employed as the convenient atomization/detection mean. 198Au, 199Au radioactive indicator of high specific activity together with AAS measurements was used to track quantitatively the transfer of analyte in the course of generation and transport to the atomizer. In-situ trapping in GF for AAS was explored as an alternative to the on-line atomization. Transmission electron microscopy measurements proved the presence of Au nanoparticles of diameter of approximately 10 nm and smaller transported from the generator by the flow of carrier Ar. For silver, three types of GLS which are U-shaped, cylindrical and high volume gas liquid separators (HVGLS) were used to compare the sensitivities of these GLSs during Ag determination. The DL (3s) values were found as 29 ng mL-1, 0.4 ng mL-1 and 0.05 ng mL-1 for U-shaped GLS, cylindrical GLS with W-coil trap and HVGLS with W-coil trap, respectively. For indium, two types of GLS which are cylindrical and HVGLS with W-coil trap were used. The LOD and characteristic concentration were found as 148 and 317 ng mL-1 with cylindrical shape GLS. HVGLS with W-coil trap was used to improve sensitivity. In this case, LOD and characteristic concentration were found to be 0.46 and 0.98 ng mL-1, respectively. Moreover, to increase the reactivity between indium and reductant solutions, Ru(acac)3 catalyst was used. In this case, LOD and characteristic concentration were found to be 0.13 and 0.23 ng mL-1, respectively. In the case of using this catalyst, sensitivity was enhanced around 1378 fold with respect to cylindrical GLS.

ABSTRACT Light emitting diodes of non-fully conjugated coil-like homopolymers and fully conjugated rigid-rod homopolymers with electron withdrawing or donating group were studied. A series of Poly[2,2-(m-2-X-phenylene)-4-4¡A-hexafluoroisopropane- bibenzoxazoles] (6F-PBO-X, with X = amine, hydrogen and nitro) and poly-p-(2-X- phenylene)-benzobisoxazole (PBO-X, with X = amine, hydrogen and nitro) were synthesized for light emitting diode applications to observe electroluminescence emission affected by electron withdrawing or donating group. All polymers were fabricated identically to form bi-layer light emitting diodes. In the devices, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonite)(PEDOT:PSS) was applied to be a hole transport layer; indium tin oxide (ITO) was the anode; and aluminum was the cathode. Devices of the non-fully conjugated coli-like polymers (6F-PBO-X) and the fully conjugated rigid-rod polymers (PBO-X) all showed threshold voltage about 4 V. In the electroluminescence (EL) spectrum, the maximum intensity of non-fully conjugated polymer (6F-PBO-X) with amine (-NH2), hydrogen (-H) or nitro (-NO2) functional group was at 499 nm, 505 nm and 515 nm, respectively, showing a 20 nm wavelength shift. From ¡VNH2, -H and ¡VNO2 groups, their Commission International de l`Eclairage (C. I. E.) coordinates were (0.30, 0.46), (0.34, 0.45) and (0.40, 0.46), respectively. The EL maximum intensity for fully conjugated rigid-rod polymer PBO-X was at 521 nm (-NH2) and 474 nm (-NO2) showing a 50 nm wavelength shift. Their C. I. E. coordinates were (0.42, 0.45) and (0.25, 0.38), respectively. This is attributed to the fully conjugated, collinear, coplanar, rigid-rod polymers (PBO-X) backbone readily affected by the push-pull functional groups showing a large red shift.

In der blechverarbeitenden Industrie ist in den letzten Jahrzehnten der zunehmende Einsatz organisch bandbeschichteter Bleche zu verzeichnen. Diese so genannten Coil Coating-Werkstoffe werden derzeit vorwiegend im Baubereich für Fassaden und Innenausstattungen, für Haushaltsgeräte und Unterhaltungselektronik sowie zunehmend in der Automobilindustrie eingesetzt. Neuerdings sind Coil Coating-Werkstoffe verfügbar, die aus vier Schichten bestehen und vor allem den ästhetischen Anforderungen der Automobilindustrie für den Außenhautbereich entsprechen. Sie sind eines von vielen Puzzleteilen zur Komplettierung des Gesamtbildes von zukünftigen modernen Fahrzeugkonzepten wie z.B. Modulbauweisen, weil sie die teure Stückbeschichtung bei der Produktion einsparen und somit durch Wegfall von Fertigungsstufen eine Kostenreduzierung erreicht werden kann. Beim Einsatz von neuen Coil Coating-Werkstoffen mit Schichtdicken bis 100 μm ist auf eine fertigungsgerechte Produktgestaltung zu achten. Die zum Fügen von Feinblechen etablierten thermischen Fügeverfahren sind aufgrund der Entstehung von Oberflächenschädigungen nicht anwendbar. Als ökonomische und technologische Fügealternative bietet sich hier das Durchsetzfügen oder Clinchen insbesondere mit der Unterstützung von Wirkmedien an. Jedoch bestehen erhebliche Kenntnisdefizite zum Clinchen organisch bandbeschichteter Feinbleche mit Gesamtschichtdicken größer als 30 μm. Handlungsbedarf resultiert aus den negativen Auswirkungen des Fügeprozesses auf die Beschichtungen und auf die qualitätsbestimmenden Eigenschaften der gefertigten Verbindung. Diese Arbeit soll einen Beitrag zur Erweiterung des Kenntnisstands für das schädigungsfreie Clinchen von organisch beschichteten Blechen leisten. Ziel ist es, ein Clinchverfahren zu entwickeln, das organisch endbeschichtetes Feinblech bei guter Verbindungsfestigkeit schädigungsfrei fügt. Hierzu sind folgende Punkte erarbeitet worden: -In einem ersten Schritt wurde der Stand der Technik zu Coil Coating-Werkstoffen und die Problemstellung beim Clinchen von vorbeschichteten Blechen. -Im nächsten Schritt sind als Ausgangssituation der Arbeit Referenzwerte zur Lackschädigung beim Clinchen von endlackierten Blechen mit konventionellen Clinchwerkzeugen erarbeitet worden. Es zeigt sich, dass mit konventionellen Clinchverfahren Verbindungen mit akzeptabler Festigkeit und guter ästhetischer Erscheinung nicht herstellbar sind. -Aufbauend auf den gewonnenen Erkenntnissen werden neue Ansätze zum schädigungsfreien Clinchen vorgestellt, die auf wirkmedienunterstützte Umformverfahren basieren. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf der Reduzierung von lokalen Dehnungen und der Reibung während des Clinchens sowie auf der Verbesserung des Werkstoffflusses durch die Minimierung des Werkzeug-Werkstoffkontaktes. Die vorgestellten Lösungsansätze zu Änderungen an der Werkzeuggeometrie und am Clinchverfahren selbst durch den Einsatz von elastischen und flüssigen Wirkmedien werden begleitend mit der Finite-Elemente-Simulation überprüft. -In weiteren praktischen Untersuchungen an einer neu entwickelten Versuchsanlage sind die numerischen Ergebnisse verifiziert worden. Das Clinchen mit flüssigen Wirkmedien zeigt sich dabei als ein gut geeignetes Verfahren zum Fügen mit akzeptabler und deutlich reduzierter Lackschädigung bei guter Verbindungsfestigkeit. -Die Kenntnis von Dehnungszuständen und deren Vergleich mit den sichtbaren Schädigungen auf den Oberflächen ermöglichen die Erschließung der Vorteile aus der Kombination von hydraulischer Tiefung und dem mechanischen Stauchen. In der vorliegenden Arbeit sind neue Lösungsansätze zum Clinchen von Coil Coating-Werkstoffen mit geringsten Oberflächenschädigungen unter Verwendung von Wirkmedien vorgestellt und erläutert worden. Die durchgeführten Untersuchungen zeigen eine Möglichkeit auf, Coil Coating-Werkstoffe schädigungsarm und prozesssicher zu fügen. Die Lösungsansätze und Erkenntnisse dieser Arbeit sollen die Generierung von neuen Perspektiven für die Anwendung von Coil Coating-Werkstoffen unterstützen. Das Ergebnis lässt erwarten, dass in Zukunft neue Schritte auf dem Weg zum Einsatz von endlackiertem getätigt werden können, weil ein sicheres und robustes Fügeverfahren für die Produktion zur Verfügung gestellt werden kann.

<p>This thesis deals with the integral motor of tomorrow, and particularly with a variable speed, sensorless permanent magnet synchronous motor with an integrated converter. The rated power is 15 kW at 1500 r/min. The outer dimensions are approximately the same as for the equivalent standard induction motor.</p><p>Control strategies for pumps and fans, i.e. suitable loads for variable speed motors, are briefly described. The huge energy savings that can be made by reducing the speed instead of throttling/choking the flow are pointed out. Compared to installing an induction motor with a separate converter, a PM integral motor will probably pay-off in less than a year.</p><p>A <i>totally analytical</i> expression for calculating the airgap flux density of permanent magnet motors with buried magnets is derived. The analytical expression includes axial leakage, and iron saturation of the most narrow part of the magnetic circuit of the machine.</p><p>A computer program for optimization of PM motors with buried magnets has been developed. It was used to design the manufactured prototype PM integral motor, and the parameters are investigated with analytical and/or FEM calculations. The optimization program is also used to suggest nearoptimum pole numbers for desired powers (4-37 kW) and speeds (750- 3000 r/min) of inverter-fed PM motors. Results show that compact buried PM motors should have relatively large airgaps and high NdFeB-magnet masses to improve the efficiency. Ferrite magnets are unsuitable.</p><p>Measurements on the manufactured PM motor, the novel concept of stator integrated filter coils, and the complete PM integral motor are presented. Special attention was given to temperature and overall efficiency measurements.</p><p>The rotor cage losses were investigated by time-stepping FEM. Four short circuit fault conditions were also examined in order to evaluate the risks of demagnetization of the buried magnets. </p>

Several analytical mean field models are presented for the class of stimuli responsive polymers that are driven by the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) transition. For solutions above the polymer crossover concentration, a hybrid model combines lattice-fluid excluded volume and van-der-Waals interactions with a combinatorial approach for the statistics of hydrogen bonding, hydration, and ionic bonding. This approach yields models for the LCST of both neutral polymers and lightly charged polyelectrolytes in aqueous salt solution. The results are shown to be in semi-quantitative agreement with experimental data for the cloud point of polyethylene oxide (PEO) in aqueous solution with various salts, and some aspects of the lyotropic series are reproduced. Results for lightly charged polyelectrolytes are compared to and shown to be in qualitative agreement with aspects of experimentally observed behavior. Finally, a framework is established for extension of these models to further aspects of the lyotropic series and polyelectrolyte behavior. At the nanoscale, lattice fluid (LF) and scaled particle theory (SPT) approaches are employed to model the LCST-related coil-globule-transition (CGT) of isolated polymer chains in highly dilute solution. The predicted CGT behavior semi-quantitatively correlates with experimental results for several polymer-solvent systems and over a range of pressures. Both the LF and SPT models exhibit a heating induced coil-to-globule transition (HCGT) temperature that increases with pressure until it merges with a cooling induced coil-to-globule transition (CCGT). The point at which the CCGT and HCGT meet is a hypercritical point that also corresponds to a merging of the lower critical and upper critical solution temperatures. Theoretical results are discussed in terms of a generalized polymer/solvent phase diagram that possesses three hypercritical points. Within the lattice model, a dimensionless transition temperature [author gives mathematical symbol] is given for a long chain simply by the equation [author gives mathematical equation], where [part of the equation] is the bulk solvent occupied volume fraction at the transition temperature. Furthermore, there is a critical value of the ratio of polymer to solvent S-L characteristic temperature below which no HCGT transition is predicted for an infinite chain. / text