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Single and double cycle simulation techniques have been
employed to investigate the structure and properties of the
heat affected zone in HY-80 steel due to a single submerged
arc weld run and to the deposition of a ...
A six-degrees of freedom mathematical model of an experimental
Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) and the linearised longitudinal and
lateral models at 30m/sec are developed.
The longitudinal and lateral dynamics are analysed ...
This thesis is concerned primarily with the export marketing
performance of the Northern Ireland seed potato industry. The Industry
has shown a dramatic decline in exports over the past twenty years, and
this thesis ...
This report, sponsored by the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC), describes
the supply chain for fresh fruits and vegetables consumed as part of
school meals. FPC had previously identified schools serving children in
the ...
This thesis, describes work whose principal goal has been to research and identify an optimum algorithm for computing the Radon transform - optimum in the sense of minimum CPU time for maximum image fidelity. This transform ...
A literature review was conducted on several models which have been developed, based on Terzaghi's passive earth pressure theory, to describe the forces acting upon tillage implements during tillage operations. These models ...
Van Oirschot, Quirien(Cranfield University, 2000-03-01)
The shelf-life of the sweet potato storage root under tropical marketing conditions
limits its potential for marketing. This research aimed to identify the physiological
characteristics that affect the shelf-life of sweet ...
The main purpose of this research is to develop a set
of econometric Air-Rail competition models which are
sufficiently sensitive to measure the effects upon
demand of policy decisions, with regard to such variables
as ...
Pollard, Simon J. T.(Cranfield University, 2009-03)
This thesis charts a research journey through the disciplines of waste chemistry,
environmental risk assessment, policy analysis and corporate risk governance since
award of the candidate's PhD in 1990. The insights ...
Carbon-carbon composite materials have been identified as one of the most
potential materials for light weight and high temperature applications. Mechanical
properties of carbon-carbon composites do not degrade even at ...
Problem
Little research has taken place to investigate fretting fatigue under conditions of variable
amplitude loading (VAL) and no research using a complex loading spectra representative of
reality. The effect of cycles ...
The corrosion of iron is a
very old and complex phenomenon. Its employment for the
treatment of wastewater began in the earliest around ten years ago, with few earlier exceptions.
Most researchers have considered ...
Struvite causes maintenance, and operational problems due to fouling in wastewater
and sludge treatment systems. Struvite formation was initially investigated using a
series of jar tests on real and synthetic sludge ...
The purpose of this research was to develop a novel framework for the evaluation of
computer-based training (CBT) programmes used by employees of industrial
organisation. Whilst there is increasing demand for training ...
Field experiments, with 125 watt Mercury-Vapour light-traps, are described in
this Thesis. Catches of moths in water traps arranged in a circular mosaic
pattern around the light-trap were distributed bivariate normal. ...
In
England and Wales, rising demands on water resources and competition between
sectors is
leading to increased pressure on field vegetable growers to irrigate more
efficiently. Approximately 40,000ha of field scale ...
Investigations into nitrate leaching from sludge and sludge injection into
grassland have been undertaken for many years, however phosphate leaching from
soils and shallow
injection of sludge into grassland are relatively ...
The research is concerned with investigating the storage and usage of liquid
Hydrogen and Oxygen over a long duration. For this purpose a mission was defined where
these two
propellants are used to transport a six man ...
In the current research work, a computational analysis of a high-speed centrifugal
compressor stage for turbocharger applications is presented. A detailed investigation
about the interactions between
backswept impeller ...
The current study investigates a range of issues relating to the use
of a vane-recessed tubular-passage casing treatment as a passive stall control technique in a
multistage axial-flow compressor. The focus of the research ...