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components as they age. The test uses a disk of Detasheet to transmit a shock through a PMMA barrier into a the test article.
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Circuits; Shock Tests; Initiators (Explosives)
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ENGINEERING (GENERAL)
Includes general research topics related to engineering and applied physics, and particular areas of vacuum technology, industrial
engineering, cryogenics, and fire prevention. For specific topics in engineering see categories 32 through 39.
20030032425 National Taiwan Univ. of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China
Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Volume 26, No. 1, January 2003
Chen, Shun-Tyan, Editor, Chines; January 2003; ISSN 0253-3839; 125 pp.; In English; Original contains color illustrations;
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This journal issue contains full papers with the following titles: (1) Car-Like Robot Motion Planning Based on Grey
Relational Pattern Analysis; (2) Two-Dimensional Adaptive Beamforming in DS-CDMA Communication with Local
Scattering Channels; (3) Applications of Model-Free Estimators to the Stock Market with the Use of Technical Indicators and
Non-Deterministic Features; (4) Loss-Minimization Control of Vector-Controlled Induction Motor Drives; (5) The Dynamic
Behavior of the Coherent Flow Between Shrouded Co-Rotating Disks; (6) Sequential Simulated Annealing for Multimodal
Design Optimization; (7) Tomographic Flow Structures of a Round Jet in a Crossflow .
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Mechanical Engineering; Dynamic Characteristics; Computerized Simulation; Applications Programs (Computers);
Mathematical Models; Applications Of Mathematics; Design Optimization
20030033882 Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, Oak Ridge National Lab., TN
Energy Savings Potential of Flexible and Adaptive HVAC Distribution Systems for Office Buildings
Loftness, V.; Brahme, R.; Mondazzi, M.; Vineyard, E.; MacDonald, M.; Jun. 2002; In English
Report No.(s): DE2002-795647; No Copyright; Avail: National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
Energy efficient office buildings must be easily reconfigurable, including their mechanical and electrical infrastructures,
to maintain maximum occupant productivity in an increasingly competitive global market for office space. There have been
several innovations in engineering practice towards delivering flexible, user-based services for air quality, thermal comfort,
lighting comfort and network access, predominantly using raised floors to move beyond embedded technologies in buildings
to end-user technologies. The goal of this research effort is to document the state-of-the-knowledge, engineering diversity, and
performance of recent developments in flexible and adaptive distribution systems in office buildings. Despite the need to
resolve the inevitable field errors of innovative components and assemblies, the introduction of flexible and adaptive HVAC
systems such as underfloor air, is approaching 10\% of the new construction market, and will continue to grow because of
performance gains, including: equal or lower first costs, significant churn savings, measured thermal comfort and indoor air
quality gains, and 20-35\% energy savings.
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Air Conditioning; Space Heating (Buildings); Ventilation; Energy Conservation; Environmental Engineering
20030033947 Kyoto Univ., Japan
Kogaku Kenkyu - Summaries of Research Activities, Volume 65
October 2002; In English; In Japanese; CD-ROM contains full text document presented in HTML file format; Copyright;
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This CD-ROM lists the faculty and academic departments at the Graduate School of Engineering at Kyoto University for
2001. It contains bibliographies for original articles, review articles and books published by the faculty during that year, and
lists research funded by grants from the Japanese government.
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Universities; Research; Engineering; Bibliographies
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