This monograph addresses the stability, robustness and performance analysis of Model Predictive Control (MPC) using absolute stability theory and an advanced robust control theory, called Integral Quadratic Constraints (IQC). The main problems of many existing analysis approaches for MPC systems are from the difficulty of explicitly incorporating the model uncertainties into the MPC formulations and the shortage of the efficient and systematic methods capable of implementing the stability, robustness and performance tests. The objective of this monograph is to cast the MPC system into a standard framework such that the abundant results in the classical nonlinear control and robust control theory can be utilized. This is realized by...
ISBN: 978-3-8383-5029-5
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The implantation of boron, carbon and zirconium ions into alumina, zirconia, zirconia-toughened-alumina, Orthinox stainless steel and a Co-Cr-Mo alloy were studied for potential biomedical applications. The ion dose for the three selected ion species was varied to investigate the mechanical behaviour and microstructural development of the various ceramic and metallic materials as a function of ion species and dose. The mechanical and chemical properties studied involved hardness, indentation fracture toughness, wettability and friction testing both before and after the implantation of each material. The microstructural effects of ion implantation were examined using Scanning Electron Microscopy and Transmission Electron Microscopy....
ISBN: 978-3-8383-7895-4
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The research work in this thesis involves an experimental and theoretical investigation for high speed machining of AISI 4140 medium carbon steels and AISI D2 tool steels which are classified as being difficult to machine materials. An experimental program was carried out to determine the cutting forces, chip formation, the secondary deformation zone thickness and surface roughness at different cutting speeds using a 0.4mm and 0.8mm nose radii ceramic tools and -7? rake angle for annealed (virgin) AISI 4140 and heat treated AISI 4140 steel. Another series of experiments was carried out on the annealed (virgin) and heat treated AISI D2 with 0.4mm, 0.8mm and 1.2mm nose radii CBN (Cubic Boron Nitride) tools under various cutting conditions....
ISBN: 978-3-6390-1017-6
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Thermal design in electronics cooling is to achieve effective heat removal to increase reliability and life of the components and systems. This book focuses on cooling of a Flip Chip (FC) package without the use of phase change materials(PCM). A numerical thermal model was developed and validated. CFD Simulation is performed for PCM and non-PCM based material studies. Relevant thermal performance data were obtained to show the effects of thermal interface material, lid, heat sink and process variables. Excellent agreement found between the numerical and the measured data. A novel PCM-based passive thermal control of electronic devices was investigated experimentally. A tall enclosure with uniform/discrete heat sources applied on sides...
ISBN: 978-3-8383-6087-4
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Catastrophic bearing failure is a major concern for the railroad industry because it can lead to costly train stoppages. Excessive heat buildup within the bearing is one of the main factors that can warn of impending failure. The work presented in this book is motivated by the need to understand the heat transfer paths to the bearing when wheel heating occurs. A series of experiments and finite element analyses were conducted in order to quantify the different heat transfer mechanisms, with an emphasis on radiation. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-3-8433-8545-9
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The main scope of this work is to examine and evaluate the roles of different aspects of adsorption science and technology (namely, the roles of the characteristics of the adsorbents, properties of the adsorbed molecules, interactions between the surface of the adsorbent and the adsorbed molecules, and among each of the adsorbed molecules and the others, thermodynamic properties of the adsorbed phase, and non-equilibrium dynamic behavior of the adsorption phenomenon) on the proper description of the adsorption phenomenon and prediction of the adsorption process behaviors. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд...
ISBN: 978-3-6393-0337-7
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The work in this monograph is divided in three parts. In the first part, it explores and discusses the diversity of concepts and motivations for obtaining good resolution and highly concentrated time- frequency distributions (TFDs) for the research community. The description of the methods used for TFDs' objective assessment is provided later in this part. In the second part, a novel multi-processes neural network based framework to obtain highly concentrated TFDs is proposed. The propose method utilizes a localised Bayesian regularised neural network model (BRNNM) to obtain the energy concentration along the instantaneous frequencies (IFs) of individual components in the multicomponent signals without assuming any prior knowledge. The...
ISBN: 978-3-6392-7615-2
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The Tin Ore obtained from the mine site is beneficiated into Tin concentrate, middling and Tin tailings. Tin tailings are collected as a waste from the process; this waste consists of about 25% of the total weight of Ore. The Tin tailings are disposed off in a secluded area and become wasted along river banks and farm lands or in mined out holes or they are poured on the top of slopes. Based on economics as well as environmental related issues, enormous efforts have been directed worldwide towards tin tailings management issues. Different avenues of tin tailings utilization are more or less known but none of them have so far proved to be economically viable or commercially feasible. Until now, there is no work on the economic value of...
ISBN: 978-3-8433-6780-6
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Japan's worst nuclear radiation accident took place at a uranium reprocessing facility in Tokai-mura, Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, Japan, on 30 September 1999. The accident occurred in a very small fuel preparation plant operated by JCO (formerly Japan Nuclear Fuel Conversion Co.), a subsidiary of Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. The direct cause of the criticality accident was workers putting uranyl nitrate solution containing about 16.6 kg of uranium, which exceeded the critical mass, into a precipitation tank. The tank was not designed to dissolve this type of solution and was not configured to prevent eventual criticality. Three workers were exposed to (neutron) radiation doses in...
ISBN: 978-6-1312-9783-0
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In Maori tradition, Tokomaru was one of the great ocean-going canoes that were used in the migrations that settled New Zealand. It was commanded by Manaia. His brother-in-law had originally owned the canoe. When Manaia's wife was raped by a group of men, he slew them, including the chief Tupenu. Killing his brother-in-law, he took the Tokomaru and set sail with his family for New Zealand. Landing at Whangaparaoa, they finally settled at Taranaki. Te Ati Awa iwi trace their ancestry back to Tokomaru. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения...
ISBN: 978-6-1319-4622-6
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Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tonopah Test Range Airport is located near the center of the Tonopah Test Range, 27 NM (50 km; 31 mi) southeast of Tonopah, Nevada and 140 mi (230 km) northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is a major airfield with a 12,000 ft x 150 ft (3,658 m x 46 m) runway, instrument approach facilities, and nighttime illumination. The facility boasts over fifty hangars and an extensive support infrastructure. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Tonopah Test Range is assigned TNX by the FAA and XSD by the IATA (which assigned TNX to Stung Treng, Cambodia). The airport's ICAO identifier is KTNX. Tonopah is owned by the USAF Air Combat Command. The known...
ISBN: 978-6-1308-9361-3
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Today machining relies heavily on CNC machine for conventional job, but very selective machines are made for sculptured wooden surfaces. Though there are some CNC machines specially for machining sculptured work but their cost are way beyond the limit of artists. This book presents a method of tool path planning for machining complex sculptured surfaces by triangular mesh offset for cheap and efficient NC- machine which can be used by artists easily without learning its technical. Once the surface is offset by ball nosed milling cutter radius, the tool path planning is performed by ray intersection method separately for roughing and finishing pass with variable pitch, assuming the milling cutter as a ray which intersect the offset STL...
ISBN: 978-3-8383-6660-9
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The current work is devoted to integration system analysis methods for solving machine manufacturing problems. In the work is utilized theoretical basis of the methodology of functional modelling - IDEF0, as a basis of structural analysis. Small and medium size enterprises have not enough resources to obtain up-to-date methodologies for planning and analysing the production. Hence the activities, giving support for everyday business processes, are needed. The novelty of this work is the development of an integrated rationalization method consisting of manufacturing system modelling, simulation, cost estimation and reliability of the processes. In the given work the main approaches and stages of system analysis implementation, allowing...
ISBN: 978-3-6392-8597-0
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The analyses of state of art trends of developing CAD systems for mechanical engineering products and methods of computer aided workholders design are offered. The framework of the environment model to support the optimal workholder design (DESIGN SPACE) is described. Technique to represent information and knowledge for family of similar products is offered. This approach is based on the tree graph structures to model the designed products and used components. For specify the DS the two types of structuring techniques are adopted: AND decomposition for concurrency, and OR decomposition for clustering of optional solutions. The case base reasoning approach (CBR) for the solution of problems is applied and described. The fact is that many...
ISBN: 978-3-8433-5766-1
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Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Toronto streetcar system comprises eleven streetcar (tram) routes in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), the municipal public transit operator. The network is concentrated downtown and in proximity to the city's waterfront. Much of the streetcar route network dates back to the 19th century. Unlike newer light rail transit (LRT) systems, most of Toronto's streetcar routes operate in the classic style on street trackage shared with car traffic, and streetcars stop on demand at frequent stops like buses. Some routes do operate wholly or partly within their own rights-of-way, but they still stop on demand at frequent stops. Данное издание...
ISBN: 978-6-1304-9457-5
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A tow truck (also called a wrecker, a breakdown truck, recovery truck or a breakdown lorry), is a vehicle used to transport motor vehicles to another location (generally a repair garage), or to recover vehicles which are no longer on a drivable surface. Towing services are generally provided by an emergency road service operator. Vehicles are often towed in the case of breakdowns or collisions, or may be impounded for legal reasons. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1303-2046-1
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This work connects IT with automation engineering. Real-time remote control, data acquisition and monitoring via the internet or WAP become essential in process automation. This book presents research and development of the water process control in the automation laboratory of Technobothnia. It covers documentation, system modeling, simulation and evaluation, controller design and implementation as well as remote monitoring and control leading to e- Automation. The control task is focusing on controlling the water level, using the modern high performance SIEMENS SIMATIC S7-300 PLC and the world's leading Wonderware FactorySuite InTouch interactive HMI for visualization to realize fully digital PID closed-loop feedback control. The...
ISBN: 978-3-8383-9791-7
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What are the ethical and political implications when the very foundations of life -things of awe and spiritual significance - are translated into products accessible to few people? This book critically analyses this historic recontextualisation. Through mediation - when meaning moves `from one text to another, from one discourse to another` - biotechnology is transformed into analysable data and into public discourses. The unique book links biotechnology with media and citizenship. As with any `commodity`, biological products have been commodified. Because enormous speculative investment rests on this, risk will be understated and benefit will be overstated. Benefits will be unfairly distributed. Already, the bioprospecting of Southern...
Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Towing is the process of pulling or drawing behind a chain, line, bar or some other form of coupling. Towing is most visibly performed by road vehicles, but anything from waterborne vessels to tractors to people can tow cargo. Troop carrying and cargo carrying gliders were towed behind powered aircraft during WWII and remains a popular means for modern leisure gliders to take off. In the maritime industry in particular, towing is a refined science. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1303-5394-0
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