Browsing Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Department "Mechanical engineering (MU)"
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An analysis of the induction time in the acetylene oxygen reaction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)"The importance of hydrocarbon combustion in flames and explosions of gases has long been recognized and hence continues to attract intensive investigation. Even though many new results are presented each year the proposed ... -
Development of a multiple-specimen, reversed-flexure fatigue tester and its application to the testing of titanium sheet
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)"Advancing technology constantly increases the demands on existing engineering materials. These demands are extremely severe for aerospace materials where the necessity for a higher strength-to-weight ratio is complicated ... -
Effects of constraint variation on the fatigue growth of surface flaws
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1985)Studies have shown that fatigue growth of semielliptic surface flaws in plates is not adequately predicted solely by stress intensity factor analysis. The variation in stress field triaxiality along the flaw border must ... -
A holographic interferometry study of an axisymmetric shock-wave/boundary-layer strong interaction flow
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1986)An experimental study of the axisymmetric shock-wave/ turbulent boundary-layer strong-interaction flow generated in the vicinity of a cylinder-cone intersection has been conducted. The present data are useful in the ... -
Measurements and analyses of nasal and oral airflow during isolated sound productions by normal and cleft palate speakers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)Speech sound is produced through the superimposition of a coordinated series of progressive and dynamic processes. These processes include respiration, phonation, resonance, and articulation and are accomplished by making ... -
Modeling and optimization of anaerobic swine waste digestion systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1985)Mathematical models of the digestion process, an anaerobic digestion system, and an economic analysis of a digestion system were developed. The goal was to accurately simulate the performance of a facility producing less ... -
An optical lateral control system for vehicles
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)"It is evident that we will need a new mode of highway transportation within the next fifteen years. There are already 103 million vehicles (cars, trucks, and buses) on our roads; the majority of which are concentrated in ... -
Program for optimization of experimental data within a constrained configuration
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1975)"The purpose of this thesis is to discuss and evaluate the development of a computer program for the optimization of a variable within a constrained situation. The objective of the program is to determine what combination ... -
Reduction of shaking forces in a slider crank mechanism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1970)The object of this study was to determine the periodic angular speed of the crankshaft of a slider crank mechanism which will minimize the shaking forces and torque of the mechanism on the block. Both the inertial shaking ... -
Strengthening dental amalgams
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)"For over 100 years dental restorations have been produced from an alloy containing mercury, silver, tin, and other components in lesser amounts. Early research done by such men as Townsend and Flagg in the last half of ... -
A study of parametric instability of eccentrically stiffened rectangular plates
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)The purpose of the investigation was to determine the onset of parametric instability for a simply-supported rectangular stiffened plate subjected to periodic in-plane loads. The static buckling and the free vibration of ... -
Theory of flexure of orthotropic multi-layer circular sandwich plates
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1968)The theory of flexure of multi-layer orthotropic circular sandwich plates is obtained by extremizing the augmented complementary energy. The complementary energy is the sum of the strain energies of the individual layers ... -
A thesis on mechanical drawing in technical schools
(University of Missouri, 1905)The variations of the courses offered in mechanical drawing in the technical schools are a matter worthy of attention. The fact that such variations exist is simply evidence of the difference of opinions of those having ...