The effect of surface roughness and sliding speed on the wear mode of low density polyethylene was studied with multipass experiments at the high sliding speeds by the use of a pin-on-disk wear machine. Surface roughness ...

A cylindrical-parabolic solar collector was thermally optimized for a winter season using a weather model and an extension of the present state-of-the-art collector theory. An accurate model for the cover transmittance and ...

A local energy conversion efficiency for a confined-discharge plasma generator is defined as the fraction of local power input which is transferred to the gas. The local efficiency is a maximum near the gas inlet and ...

Equations were derived to calculate the reflection points of acoustic rays emanating from a source to a receiver. Reflection points for up to three reflections could be determined if the location of the source, receiver ...

Ray acoustics has been applied to the propagation of sound waves in a homogeneous moving medium with sheared flow bounded by the hard walls of a duct. Differential equations describing the ray trajectories and spreading ...

The feasibility of obtaining improved fuel efficiency by incorporating a hydrostatic transmission was investigated. The proposed transmission was composed of positive-displacement axial-piston hydraulic devices. The ...

This thesis presents the theory and describes three interactive computer graphics programs for mechanical engineering design: Fatigue Analysis, Section Properties, and Beam Analysis. The Fatigue Analysis program sizes up ...

A 1/24th scale model of the SVS (Suspended Vehicle System) guideway was constructed, instrumented, and tested. The model simulated five 250-ft-spans of the cable-stayed guideway for high-speed mass transportation type ...