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Defect analysis using resonant ultrasound spectroscopy
(2009-05-15)
This thesis demonstrates the practicability of using Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy (RUS) in combination with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to determine the size and location of a defect in a material of known geometry ...
Coupled dynamic analysis of floating offshore wind farms
(2009-05-15)
During the past decade, the demand for clean renewable energy continues to rise
drastically in Europe, the US, and other countries. Wind energy in the ocean can possibly
be one of those future renewable clean energy sources ...
Standardization of Spanish Shipbuilding: Ordenanzas para la Fabrica de Navios de Guerra y Mercante - 1607,1613,1618
(2009-05-15)
During the first two decades of the 17th century King Philip III (1598-1621) of
Spain and Portugal launched an effort to standardize all shipbuilding in the Iberian
Peninsula. These efforts of standardization constitute ...
Instrucción Náutica (1587) by Diego García de Palacio: an early NAUTICAL handbook from Mexico.
(2009-05-15)
In 1587, an ambitious colonial bureaucrat in Mexico City published a handbook
titled Instrucción náutica. Although navigational books were common throughout the
16th century, the Instrucción náutica was the first printed ...
An evaluation of membrane materials for the treatment of highly concentrated suspended salt solutions in reverse osmosis and nanofiltration processes for desalination
(2009-05-15)
This thesis presents a study to enhance and improve a zero liquid discharge
(ZLD) reverse osmosis process that uses seed crystals to promote crystallization of the
dissolved salts in the residual brine while it is being ...