OPTIC: Orbiting Plutonian Topographic Image Craft Proposal for an Unmanned Mission to Pluto [PDF]
The proposal for an unmanned probe to Pluto is presented and described. The Orbiting Plutonian Topographic Image Craft's (OPTIC's) trip will take twenty years and after its arrival, will begin its data collection which includes image and radar mapping ...
Endre, Mark James +5 more
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A new scheme for fault tolerant traffic grooming in WDM optical networks [PDF]
, 2008 Traffic grooming techniques in optical networks are attracting increasing research attention in order to handle the huge bandwidth mismatch between high capacity lightpaths and low-rate individual traffic requests.
Rahman, Quazi R
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Maximum power point tracking algorithms performance comparison for photovoltaic systems under a wide range of dynamic partial shading condition [PDF]
, 2019 In the recent decades, the prolonged and increasing energy demand has caused a significant progress in the renewable energy enhancement and production.
Guillen Lázaro, Pablo
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Evaluation of ultrasonic pretreatment on anaerobic digestion of biomass for methane production [PDF]
, 2008 This thesis evaluated the effectiveness of ultrasonic pretreatment on biochemical methane potential (BMP) of corn-ethanol by-products (dried distiller grain with solubles (DDGs), centrifuge-solids, thin stillage, and corn-syrup) and four types of animal ...
Wu-haan, Wei
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Design of flexible actuators using electro-active polymers and CPG-based control strategies [PDF]
, 2013 Biomimetic design based on inspiration from nature for solutions for engineering problems has been practiced throughout human history. Invertebrate animals without a skeletal struc-ture have exible, robust and agile movements. For example, the octopus
Sanghi, Nitish
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Three Level Inverter based DTC of Induction Motors Utilizing RCPWM [PDF]
This paper introduces a streamlined space vector algorithm designed to regulate a three-level inverter-powered induction motor using direct torque control (DTC).
Abrol Monika +3 more
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The 1982 NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Program [PDF]
A NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Research Program was conducted to further the professional knowledge of qualified engineering and science faculty members, to stimulate an exchange of ideas between participants and NASA, to enrich and refresh the ...
Barfield, B. F. +3 more
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Physical investigation of slamming loads on a 2D body [PDF]
, 2015 In this thesis a physical investigation of the slamming loads on a two-dimensional body is performed. It includes an experimental analysis of a drop test performed at MARINTEK's laboratories on a wedge shaped section in two-dimensional flow conditions ...
Øien, Pauline Kværnes
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Multiple Three-Phase Induction Generators for Wind Energy Conversion Systems [PDF]
During the past decade, there has been a considerable increase in the number of published works on multiphase machines and drives. This increased interest has been largely driven by a need for the so-called green energy, i.e.
Zoric, I
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Benefit-cost methodology study with example application of the use of wind generators [PDF]
An example application for cost-benefit methodology is presented for the use of wind generators. The approach adopted for the example application consisted of the following activities: (1) surveying of the available wind data and wind power system ...
Justus, C. G. +5 more
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