There has come about, in recent years, a renewed interest in aerospace vehicles operating in the hypersonic regime. With this interest has come a need to not only reestablish the hypersonic test capability that was available in the 1960s but to enhance this capability to meet the demanding needs of today's proposed vehicles. This will require more capable hypersonic wind tunnels with larger test sections, longer run times, and test gases more closely resembling the fluid to be encountered by the vehicle being developed. This document will review the current hypersonic testing capability, examine the operating characteristics of several hypersonic vehicles to develop a set of hypersonic testing requirements, and develop a preliminary design of a required hypersonic facility that addresses the demonstrated requirements. An order of magnitude cost estimate is also presented. / Master of Science

A typical application for an electronic autobalance is discussed, and the requirements for an autobalance automation system are developed. The design of six application programs that satisfy these requirements is presented, and the operation and interaction of these programs is discussed in detail. Typical weighing sessions of the autobalance while running under the automation system are described. Current status of the autobalance automation system is outlined, and recommendations for future action are made. / Master of Science

A procedure is developed which offers the potential to validate aircraft simulation models using noisy flight test measurements. The proposed validation procedure is based on the instrumental variable parameter identification method. The instrumental variable method requires a choice of "instruments." For this research, the "instruments" are chosen using the response predicted by an available simulation model. With the “instruments” chosen from the predicted response, it is shown that the parameter estimates are correlated with only the measured input noise vector. In contrast, the generally used least-squares approach is shown to be correlated with both the state and input noise vectors. Several studies are presented to demonstrate the utility of the validation procedure. These studies include input variations and noise variations. The method is demonstrated using longitudinal and lateral/directional axis cases derived from a nonlinear simulation of a high performance fighter aircraft. The results are presented using time response comparisons, eigenvalue comparisons, and identified stability derivative comparisons. The case study results confirm that the instrumental variable method performs better than the least-squares technique when the state noise level is high and the input noise level is relatively low. / Master of Science

A Sigma Pile was constructed to serve as a laboratory facility at V.P.I. Reproducible foil positions are possible with the positioning plates installed on the pile. Withdrawal of the two outer blocks in each foil channel is facilitated by a coupling mechanism. Five source positions permit operation with reduced harmonics. The neutron distribution in the pile was proven to be symmetric by horizontal and vertical traverses. By means of a diffusion length measurement, which gave an "L” of 54.5 ± 2 cm, and a Fermi Age measurement, which gave a "r” of 357 ± 5 cm², the parameters of the pile were shown to be in good agreement with published data on graphite. / Master of Science

As scientific understanding of the origin and order of coastal barrier islands continues to grow, designers are being forced to reevaluate their design strategies for the shore and near-shore areas. This project involves the design of an Environmental Research Laboratory on Back Bay, in the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The problems and possibilities associated with building on the barrier islands have been analyzed. and design solutions applicable to this and other sites have been presented. In the final design, the structure has been located in the bay, shoreward of the barrier islands and elevated to permit sunlight and rainfall to pass as uninterrupted as possible to the areas below. The object of such design is to have a minimum effect on the landscape (or waterscape) below the building, while creating new green space above. All these characteristics are intended as positive results, able to transfer to other water or land sites. / Master of Architecture

Os Laboratórios de Investigação Médica (LIM) do HCFMUSP foram criados com a publicação do Decreto n. 9.720, de 20 de abril de 1977, que oficializou o Regulamento do Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP (HCFMUSP). Por esse instrumento, os LIM se apresentam como uma das unidades do HCFMUSP, ao qual se vinculam administrativamente. Pelo mesmo instrumento, vinculam-se academicamente à Faculdade de Medicina da USP (FMUSP). Esse conjunto de laboratórios desenvolve pesquisa básica e aplicada nos diversos campos das ciências da saúde, além de métodos diagnósticos. Até a implantação da Reforma Universitária, em 1968, as atividades de pesquisa básica transcorriam nos departamentos básicos da FMUSP, articuladas com os departamentos aplicados, que se estabeleceram no HCFMUSP desde sua criação, em 1943, resultando no avanço da assistência médica prestada aos pacientes. Os departamentos básicos, com seus laboratórios e salas de aula, ocupavam quase todo o edifício sede. Com a aplicação das medidas da Reforma Universitária e presentes no Estatuto da USP, esses departamentos foram transferidos para o campus da Cidade Universitária, onde nuclearam, sobretudo, o Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB). Decorreu da Reforma importante ruptura na produção de conhecimentos na FMUSP, além do arriscado esvaziamento do prédio. O objetivo desta dissertação é reconstituir, pela perspectiva histórica, a trajetória institucional percorrida para sanar as perdas sofridas pela FMUSP e pelo HC e que culminaram com a criação dos LIM no período compreendido entre a implantação da Reforma Universitária até sua efetiva incorporação à estrutura do HCFMUSP, em 1977. O percurso da criação dos LIM foi reconstituído pelo diálogo entre os vestígios encontrados na documentação institucional e as memórias de atores institucionais que viveram esse período, apoiado pela historiografia acerca do ensino e das práticas médicas da FMUSP e do HCFMUSP / The Medical Investigation Laboratories (LIMs) of the University of São Paulo Medical School Clinics Hospital (HCFMUSP) were created with the passing of decree n. 9.720 of April 20, 1977, which formalized the latter\'s by-laws. As set by the decree, the LIMs are one of the units of HCFMUSP, to which they are administratively connected. The same instrument also establishes an academic link between the labs and the Medical School of the University (FMUSP). This set of labs conducts basic and applied research in the most diverse fields of health sciences, and develops diagnostic methods. Up until the 1968 University Reform in Brazil, basic research activity was conducted by the basic departments in conjunction with the applied departments of the Medical School - which existed at HCFMUSP since its foundation in 1943. This arrangement resulted in improvements in the medical care provided to patients. The basic departments, along with their labs and classrooms, occupied almost the entire headquarters building. With the enforcement of the measures defined by the University Reform - also present in the by-laws of the University of São Paulo - these departments were transferred to the main campus (Cidade Universitária) and mostly placed under the umbrella of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICB). As a consequence of the Reform, there was a risky emptying of FMUSP\'s building, and a disruption in its knowledge production. The objective of the present dissertation is to reconstruct, from a historical perspective, the institutional path taken with the aim of overcoming the losses faced by the medical school and its hospital, which culminated in the creation of the LIMs in the period between the implementation of the University Reform and the laboratories\' actual incorporation into HCFMUSP\'s structure in 1977. The LIMs\' creation process was reconstructed based on a dialogue between the traces found in the institution\'s documents and the recollections of players who witnessed the process, with the support of historiography on FMUSP and HCFMUSP\'s medical and teaching practices

by Mak Wing-lai Tony. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [42]). / ABSTRACT / TABLE OF CONTENTS / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT / CHAPTER / Chapter I --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter II --- METHODOLOGY --- p.9 / Chapter III --- RESULTS --- p.19 / Chapter IV --- DISCUSSION --- p.32 / APPENDIX / BIBLIOGRAPHY

Qu Cong. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves i-iii (3rd gp.)). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.i / Content --- p.ii / Abstract --- p.iv / Abstract (Chinese) --- p.vi / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Long Distance Laboratory --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Overview of Web-Based Laboratory --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Project of Development of Web-Based Laboratory --- p.5 / Chapter 1.4 --- Thesis Outline --- p.7 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Laboratory Layout --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- DC Motor System --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2 --- Coupled Tank System --- p.11 / Chapter 2.3 --- Mass-Spring-Damper System --- p.13 / Chapter 2.4 --- Ball and Beam System --- p.15 / Chapter 2.5 --- Configurations --- p.16 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- System Architecture --- p.18 / Chapter 3.1 --- Hardware Architecture --- p.18 / Chapter 3.2 --- Software Architecture --- p.21 / Chapter 3.3 --- Architecture Characteristics --- p.24 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Control Methodology --- p.28 / Chapter 4.1 --- Basic Control Concepts --- p.28 / Chapter 4.2 --- System Modeling --- p.30 / Chapter 4.3 --- Controller Design Methods --- p.36 / Chapter 4.4 --- Digital Control --- p.42 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Mass-Spring-Damper System --- p.45 / Chapter 5.1 --- System Setup --- p.45 / Chapter 5.2 --- Experiment Design --- p.49 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Ball and Beam System --- p.58 / Chapter 6.1 --- System Setup --- p.59 / Chapter 6.2 --- Experiment Design --- p.61 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Education Practice --- p.76 / Chapter 7.1 --- Practice and Analysis --- p.76 / Chapter 7.2 --- Remarks --- p.80 / Chapter Chapter 8 --- Conclusions and Future Work --- p.82 / Chapter 8.1 --- Concluding Remarks --- p.82 / Chapter 8.2 --- Future Work --- p.84 / Bibliography --- p.i

Thesis (D.P.H.)--University of Michigan, 1993.

Thesis (D.P.H.)--University of Michigan, 1993.