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1	STRAIN CONCENTRATION AND TENSION DOMINATED STIFFENED AEROSPACE STRUCTURES Lam, Daniel F. 18 May 2006 (has links) No description available. open hole Average K-values inch and widths K-values inch widths failure strain
2	Is the 0.018-inch or the 0.022-inch bracket slot system more effective for the levelling and alignment stage of orthodontic treatment? El-Angbawi, Ahmed M. F. January 2013 (has links) Aim: To compare the 0.018-inch and 0.022-inch conventional pre-adjusted orthodontic bracket slot systems in terms of the effectiveness of levelling and alignment stage of orthodontic treatment. Design: Prospective, multi-centre randomised clinical trial. Setting: This was undertaken in the secondary care hospital environment in Tayside NHS in the United Kingdom. Subjects and methods: One hundred and five orthodontic patients were randomly allocated to treatment with either the 0.018-inch bracket slot (n= 52) and 0.022-inch bracket slot (n=53) Victory conventional pre-adjusted bracket systems (3M Unitek). The patients were treated in three centres in secondary care hospitals Tayside NHS, United Kingdom. The levelling and alignment stage of treatment was assessed from the start of treatment until the ligation of the working archwire for each bracket slot system (0.016x0.022 stainless steel for the 0.018-inch group and 0.019x0.025 stainless steel for the 0.022-inch group). Periapical radiographs were taken before the start of treatment and after 9 months in treatment for the maxillary central incisors to assess orthodontically-induced inflammatory root resorption (OIIRR). The “Smiles better” questionnaire was completed by the participants at 6 months from the start of treatment. Primary outcome measures: The duration of the levelling and alignment stage of orthodontic treatment in the maxillary and mandibular arches. Secondary outcome measures: The number of scheduled appointments for the levelling and alignment stage of orthodontic treatment in the maxillary and mandibular arches, OIIRR at 9 months from the start of treatment using periapical radiographs and patient perception of wearing orthodontic appliances. Results: The data from 92 patients (mean age 19.55 years) were analysed after the completion of their levelling and alignment stage of orthodontic treatment. An ANOVA test showed no statistically significant difference in the duration or number of scheduled appointments for the levelling and alignment stage in the maxillary and mandibular arches between the two appliance groups. Non-parametric statistical test showed no statistically significant difference in the severity of OIIRR and patient perception of wearing orthodontic appliances between the two study groups except for the soreness of teeth, where more patients in the 0.022-inch group experienced significant teeth soreness than the 0.018-inch group. Multiple regression analysis determined that 49.6% of the variance in the duration of levelling and alignment duration for the maxillary arch can be explained by five factors: alignment of ectopic tooth, scheduled appointment intervals, gender, bracket slot size system and the number of failed scheduled visits. For the mandibular arch, 50.8% of the variance in the levelling and duration of alignment can be explained by three factors: scheduled appointment intervals, arch irregularity and the number of debonded brackets. Conclusions: There is no difference in the effectiveness of the levelling and alignment stage of orthodontic treatment between the 0.018-inch or 0.022-inch conventional bracket slot systems except for the soreness of teeth. 617.6
3	Comparison between field and analytical results on the structural performance of deeply buried 42&60-inch diameter high density polyethylene pipes AL Tarawneh, Bashar K. January 2002 (has links) No description available. Engineering, Civil Structural Performance Deeply Buried Pipes 42-inch Diameter Pipe 60-inch Diameter Pipe High Density Pipes Polyethylene Pipes
4	Experimental Analysis of the Use of 0.7-in. Diameter Strand in Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders Tamayo, Carlos A. 30 September 2021 (has links) No description available. Civil Engineering seven tenths inch diameter strands prestressing stand debonding confinement reinforcement prestressed girder
5	Comparison between field and analytical results on the structural performance of deeply buried 30-inch diameter thermoplastic pipes Moran, Alan P. January 2001 (has links) No description available. Engineering, Civil Structural Performance Deeply Buried Pipes 30-inch Diameter Pipes Thermoplastic Pipes
6	Herstellung von GaN-Schichten mittels Hochtemperatur-Gasphasenepitaxie Schneider, Tom 03 August 2022 (has links) Verbindungshalbleiter mit einer großen Bandlücke wie Galliumnitrid (GaN) sind aufgrund ihrer hervorragenden elektronischen Eigenschaften für die Halbleiterindustrie von großem Interesse. Die Hochtemperatur-Gasphasenepitaxie, die auf dem physikalischen Gasphasentransport von Gallium basiert, ist eine alternative Methode der Gasphasenepitaxie von GaN. Im Mittelpunkt der vorliegenden Arbeit standen die Weiterentwicklung der Methode hinsichtlich der Verringerung der Kontamination und die Reduzierung der Versetzungsdichte in den GaN-Schichten. Dazu wurde eine neue Verdampfungszelle entwickelt und die komplexen, mehrstufigen Nukleations- und Wachstumsprozesse systematisch untersucht. Insgesamt wurden zu kommerziell verfügbaren GaN-Schichten vergleichbare Defektdichten erreicht. Zusätzlich wurde die Methode zur Abscheidung auf Saphir-Substraten mit einem Durchmesser von bis zu 2 Zoll aufskaliert. info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/620 ddc:620 Galliumnitrid Gasphasenepitaxie Verbindungshalbleiter Defekt Versetzung <Kristallographie> Substrat <Mikroelektronik>
7	Hörgeräte Papenburg, Jens Gerrit 21 March 2012 (has links) Die Geräte, durch die Musik im Zeitalter der technischen (Re-)Produktion gehört wird, haben sich immer wieder gewandelt. Solche Geräte müssen überhört werden. Nur so kann Musik gehört werden. Trotzdem – so die These der Arbeit – organisieren diese Geräte das Hören und sind Agenturen einer Bewirtschaftung und Technisierung der Wahrnehmung. In der Arbeit wird anhand von zwei Fallstudien aus der Geschichte der Rock- und Popmusik gezeigt, wie solche Geräte sowohl den Hörer als auch die gehörte Musik formieren. Durch Hörtechnologien bilden sich neue Hörpraktiken heraus und die Körperlichkeit des Hörers wird neu bestimmt. Die Anpassung von Klanggeschehen an spezifische Hörtechnologien wird im Mastering – dem letzten Schritt der technischen Musikproduktion – untersuchbar. Die Geräte, durch die Musik gehört wird, sind also weder schlichte Wiedergabetechnologien noch bloße elektrotechnische Artefakte. Vielmehr sind sie Gefüge aus Klanglichkeit, Körperlichkeit und Technologie. Diese werden in der Arbeit als Hörgeräte auf den Begriff gebracht. Die Hörgeräte der Rock- und Popmusik zielen – wie ihre medizintechnischen Verwandten – auf die Materialität der Wahrnehmung. Im Gegensatz zu diesen funktionieren sie jedoch nicht als Prothesen, die an einer gattungsweit postulierten Norm ausgerichtet sind. Statt Normen bergen sie Exzesse – an Serialität und Wiederholung – sowie Eskalationen – von Lautstärke und von hohen und tiefen Frequenzen. Die Arbeit ist in drei Kapiteln gegliedert. Im ersten Kapitel wird die These der Arbeit in Bezug auf theoretische Diskurse der Musik-, Kultur- und Medienwissenschaft verortet und eine begriffliche Systematik entwickelt. Kapitel zwei und drei sind Fallstudien gewidmet. In der ersten wird das Jukeboxhören der Rock’n’Roll-Kultur der 1950er Jahre untersucht, in der zweiten das Soundsystemhören der Disco- und Clubkultur der 1970er bis 1990er Jahre. Die im ersten Kapitel entwickelte begriffliche Systematik macht die Fallstudien vergleichbar. / The devices by which music is listened to in the age of technological (re-)production have changed over and over again. These devices must be imperceptible to the ear. Only then can music be heard. Nonetheless – this is the claim of the thesis – these devices organize hearing and are agents of a cultivation and technization of perception. Based on two case studies from the history of rock and pop music, this thesis reveals how such devices constitute not only the listener but also the music which is listened to. Through listening technologies new listening practices emerge and the corporality of the listener is newly defined. The adaptation of sound to specific listening technologies can be analysed during the mastering process, the last step in technological music production. The devices by which music is listened to are thus neither simple technologies of reproduction nor mere electrotechnical artefacts. Rather, they are assemblages of sound, corporality, and technology. In this thesis these assemblages are called “Hörgeräte” (listening devices). The listening devices of rock and pop music target – like medical-technical “Hörgeräte” (hearing aids) – the materiality of perception. Contrary to medical technologies, however, listening devices do not function as prostheses, which are calibrated according to medical industry standards. Instead, they contain excesses – of seriality and repetition – and escalations – of amplitude and high and low frequencies. The thesis is arranged in three chapters. In the first chapter I situate the main argument of the thesis within discourses of musicology, media and cultural studies, and develop my own terminology. Chapters two and three deal with case studies. In chapter two I investigate jukebox listening in 1950s rock’n’roll culture, whilst in chapter three I explore sound system listening in disco and club culture from the 1970s to the 1990s. The terminology developed in chapter one enables a comparison of the case studies. Kulturwissenschaft Geschichte des (Musik-)Hörens Geschichte des Nicht-Hörens auditive Wahrnehmung Technisierung des Hörens Bewirtschaftung des Hörens Hörgerät Materialität der Wahrnehmung Materialitäten der Musikkultur technisierte Organe Organ gewordene Technik eskalierte Organe Körperlichkeit des Hörens Hörpraxis Mastering Veröffentlichung von Musik technisierter Klang das Vorgehörte das Unhörbare das Ungehörte Mittler vs. Zwischenglieder Musikbegriff Klangkonzept Jukebox Soundsystem Single-Schallplatte Maxisingle Technologieentwicklung Rock’n’Roll Disco House Techno Musikwissenschaft Medientheorie Sound Studies Historische Anthropologie der Sinne Musikalische Vermittlungstheorie History of listening history of non-listening auditory perception technization of listening cultivation of listening listening device materiality of perception materialities of music culture organs and technology corporality of listening listening practice mastering practices of releasing music sound and technology mediator vs. intermediary concept of music concept of sound juke box sound system 7-inch single 12-inch single development of technology rock’n’roll disco house techno musicology media theory cultural studies sound studies anthropology of the senses theories of mediation 780 Musik 48 Musik AP 14900 ddc:780
8	Resolution-aware Slicing of CAD Data for 3D Printing Onyeako, Isidore January 2016 (has links) 3D printing applications have achieved increased success as an additive manufacturing (AM) process. Micro-structure of mechanical/biological materials present design challenges owing to the resolution of 3D printers and material properties/composition. Biological materials are complex in structure and composition. Efforts have been made by 3D printer manufacturers to provide materials with varying physical, mechanical and chemical properties, to handle simple to complex applications. As 3D printing is finding more medical applications, we expect future uses in areas such as hip replacement - where smoothness of the femoral head is important to reduce friction that can cause a lot of pain to a patient. The issue of print resolution plays a vital role due to staircase effect. In some practical applications where 3D printing is intended to produce replacement parts with joints with movable parts, low resolution printing results in fused joints when the joint clearance is intended to be very small. Various 3D printers are capable of print resolutions of up to 600dpi (dots per inch) as quoted in their datasheets. Although the above quoted level of detail can satisfy the micro-structure needs of a large set of biological/mechanical models under investigation, it is important to include the ability of a 3D slicing application to check that the printer can properly produce the feature with the smallest detail in a model. A way to perform this check would be the physical measurement of printed parts and comparison to expected results. Our work includes a method for using ray casting to detect features in the 3D CAD models whose sizes are below the minimum allowed by the printer resolution. The resolution validation method is tested using a few simple and complex 3D models. Our proposed method serves two purposes: (a) to assist CAD model designers in developing models whose printability is assured. This is achieved by warning or preventing the designer when they are about to perform shape operations that will lead to regions/features with sizes lower than that of the printer resolution; (b) to validate slicing outputs before generation of G-Codes to identify regions/features with sizes lower than the printer resolution. Additive manufacturing Three dimensional Two dimensional Dots per inch Computer Aided Design Fused Filament Fabrication Fused Deposition Model Electrom Beam Freeform Fabrication Electron Beam Melting Magnetic Resonnance Imaging Computed Tomography Rapid Prototyping Three dimensional printing Layered Manufacturing Stereolithography Selective Laser Sintering Direct Metal Laser Sintering Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene Standard Tessellation Language Initial Graphics Exchange Specification Wavefront's Object File Polygon File Standard Graphics Exchange Format Scalable vector graphics
9	BBT Acoustic Alternative Top Bracing CADD Data Set-NoRev-2022Jun28 Hemphill, Bill 22 July 2022 (has links) This electronic document file set consists of an overview presentation (PDF-formatted) file and companion video (MP4) and CADD files (DWG & DXF) for laser cutting the ETSU-developed alternate top bracing designs and marking templates for the STEM Guitar Project’s BBT (OM-sized) standard acoustic guitar kit. The three (3) alternative BBT top bracing designs in this release are (a) a one-piece base for the standard kit's (Martin-style) bracing, (b) 277 Ladder-style bracing, and (c) an X-braced fan-style bracing similar to traditional European or so-called 'classical' acoustic guitars. The CADD data set for each of the three (3) top bracing designs includes (a) a nominal 24" x 18" x 3mm (0.118") Baltic birch plywood laser layout of (1) the one-piece base with slots, (2) pre-radiused and pre-scalloped vertical braces with tabs to ensure proper orientation and alignment, and (3) various gages and jigs and (b) a nominal 15" x 20" marking template. The 'provided as is" CADD data is formatted for use on a Universal Laser Systems (ULS) laser cutter digital (CNC) device. Each CADD drawing is also provided in two (2) formats: Autodesk AutoCAD 2007 .DWG and .DXF R12. Users should modify and adapt the CADD data as required to fit their equipment. This CADD data set is released and distributed under a Creative Commons license; users are also encouraged to make changes o the data and share (with attribution) their designs with the worldwide acoustic guitar building community. BBT acoustic guitar brace bracing top CADD CAD DWG DXF R12 lutier ETSU OM orchestra model STEM STEM Guitar building project kit storefront 3mm 0.118" Baltic birch plywood sheet 24 18 3mm 0.118 laser cut engrave etch marking template layout Martin Martin-style X-brace X-bracing X-braced X tone arm tonal variant alternative alt ladder 277 fan classicial European tab slot bump out radiused 300 inch 25 foot 762 meter radius base vertical scallop glue wood go-bar go bar deck jig fixture gage gauge headstock head plate neck contour fret stack stackable align alignment position orientation vertical perpendicular T1 upper bout lower kerfing sand chisel shape weight lighten light tone tap carbon-dioxide CO2 10.6 µm Universal Laser Systems ULS workboard waxed baker sheet Acoustics, Dynamics, and Controls Adult and Continuing Education Algebraic Geometry Appalachian Studies Art Education Educational Technology Elementary Education and Teaching Engineering Education Geometry and Topology Harmonic Analysis and Representation Higher Education and Teaching Industrial and Product Design Manufacturing Music Music Education Other Engineering Science and Materials Polymer and Organic Materials Science and Mathematics Education Secondary Education and Teaching Structural Materials Vocational Education
10	BBT Acoustic Alternative Top Bracing CADD Data Set-NoRev-2022Jun28 Hemphill, Bill 22 July 2022 (has links) This electronic document file set consists of an overview presentation (PDF-formatted) file and companion video (MP4) and CADD files (DWG & DXF) for laser cutting the ETSU-developed alternate top bracing designs and marking templates for the STEM Guitar Project’s BBT (OM-sized) standard acoustic guitar kit. The three (3) alternative BBT top bracing designs in this release are (a) a one-piece base for the standard kit's (Martin-style) bracing, (b) 277 Ladder-style bracing, and (c) an X-braced fan-style bracing similar to traditional European or so-called 'classical' acoustic guitars. The CADD data set for each of the three (3) top bracing designs includes (a) a nominal 24" x 18" x 3mm (0.118") Baltic birch plywood laser layout of (1) the one-piece base with slots, (2) pre-radiused and pre-scalloped vertical braces with tabs to ensure proper orientation and alignment, and (3) various gages and jigs and (b) a nominal 15" x 20" marking template. The 'provided as is" CADD data is formatted for use on a Universal Laser Systems (ULS) laser cutter digital (CNC) device. Each CADD drawing is also provided in two (2) formats: Autodesk AutoCAD 2007 .DWG and .DXF R12. Users should modify and adapt the CADD data as required to fit their equipment. This CADD data set is released and distributed under a Creative Commons license; users are also encouraged to make changes o the data and share (with attribution) their designs with the worldwide acoustic guitar building community. BBT acoustic guitar brace bracing top CADD CAD DWG DXF R12 lutier ETSU OM orchestra model STEM STEM Guitar building project kit storefront 3mm 0.118" Baltic birch plywood sheet 24 18 3mm 0.118 laser cut engrave etch marking template layout Martin Martin-style X-brace X-bracing X-braced X tone arm tonal variant alternative alt ladder 277 fan classicial European tab slot bump out radiused 300 inch 25 foot 762 meter radius base vertical scallop glue wood go-bar go bar deck jig fixture gage gauge headstock head plate neck contour fret stack stackable align alignment position orientation vertical perpendicular T1 upper bout lower kerfing sand chisel shape weight lighten light tone tap carbon-dioxide CO2 10.6 µm Universal Laser Systems ULS workboard waxed baker sheet Acoustics, Dynamics, and Controls Adult and Continuing Education Algebra Algebraic Geometry Appalachian Studies Applied Mathematics Art Education Biology Computer-Aided Engineering and Design Educational Technology Elementary Education and Teaching Engineering Education Engineering Science and Materials Forest Sciences Geometry and Topology Harmonic Analysis and Representation Industrial and Product Design Manufacturing Music Music Education Other Engineering Other Engineering Science and Materials Physics Polymer and Organic Materials Polymer Chemistry Science and Mathematics Education Secondary Education and Teaching Structural Materials Vocational Education

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