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Experimental Study of the Static and Dynamic Characteristics of a Long (L/D=0.75) Smooth Annular Seal Operating under Two-Phase (Liquid/Gas) Conditions with Three Inlet Preswirl Configurations
(2018-03-05)
The thesis presents measured results for rotordynamic coefficients and leakage of a long annular smooth seal tested with a mixture of silicone oil and air. Due to the difficulties in (a) making 2-phase homogeneous mixtures ...
Woody Breast Implication on Broiler Meat Quality: A Piece of the Puzzle
(2019-10-18)
Woody Breast condition (WB) is detrimental for water holding capacity of the meat (WHC). Two dietary experiments were conducted by varying the ingredients used to formulate traditional corn-soybean meal diets (SBM) in the ...
Development of Horizontal Vibration-Assisted Pulsed Electrochemical Machining System
(2018-06-01)
This research aims to understand flushing of byproducts between the anodic workpiece and the cathodic electrode in the electrochemical machining (ECM) process. The ion transport mechanism between the inter-electrode gaps ...
Design and Construction Integration of a Continuous Precast Prestressed Concrete Bridge System
(2011-04-15)
An effective, viable design solution for the elevated viaduct guideway for Universal Freight Shuttle (UFS) system championed by Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) is presented. The proposed precast elevated UFS bridge ...
The Responsibilities of Engineers
(2012-12-06)
Knowledge of the responsibilities of engineers is key to answering ethical questions about the work of engineers, because the decisions made by engineers often have ethical dimensions and implications. Engineers develop ...
Evaluation of Medical Expenditure Associated with Opioid Usage in Chronic Non-Cancer Pain
(2019-03-12)
In the United States, as of 2016 there were around 28 million individuals with chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) conditions. If uncontrolled, CNCP can have enormous economic, societal and health consequences. Currently, a ...
Optimization Methods and Algorithms for Classes of Black-Box and Grey-Box Problems
(2019-03-25)
There are many optimization problems in physics, chemistry, finance, computer science, engineering and operations research for which the analytical expressions of the objective and/or the constraints are unavailable. These ...
Removal of Mercury From Water Using Iron(II) Sulphide Nanoparticles and Ultrafiltration Membrane
(2019-03-07)
In this study, reactive nanoparticulate FeS was used to remove Hg(II) from water with an ultrafiltration system. A dead-end ultrafiltration (DE/UF) system was developed to remove Hg(II)- contacted FeS from water in the ...
Breaking with Tradition: Rethinking the Ubaid-Arabian Interaction of the 6th and 5th Millennia B.C.E.
(2015-05-01)
The goal of this thesis is to argue that the bitumen-reed-boats utilized in the maritime trade between Mesopotamia and the Arabian Peninsula during the later Ubaid period (ca. 5300 - 4800 B.C.E.) probably originated as a ...
Experimental Study of Confinement Effect on Phase Behavior of Hydrocarbons in Nano-Slit Channels Using Nanofluidic Devices
(2019-04-18)
A great amount of hydrocarbon pore volume in unconventional petroleum reservoirs is distributed in pores of very small sizes, ranging from a nanometer to 100 nm pores. In such a small pore size, fluid–rock interactions ...