Browsing CE Theses and Dissertations by Subject "Electronic thesis"
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Online privacy preservation using packet padding
(Wichita State University, 2015-12)It is becoming very convenient for Internet users across the globe to have at their fingertips major online services, such as banking, equity share marketing, medical information, shopping, and much more. It is important ... -
Operational usage and flight loads analysis of three king air models used as lead planes
(Wichita State University, 2015-05)Flight data from three models of the Beechcraft King Air aircraft has been used to perform operational usage and flight loads analysis. These aircraft have been own mostly as lead planes during the 2009 through 2013 fire ... -
Optimal control in selective catalytic reduction using linear quadratic regulator
(Wichita State University, 2016-05)In current scenario, it is significant to have harmful emissions under control and supervision by deploying control technology is indispensable. In the thermal power plants, diesel engine industries hazardous gases are ... -
Optimal design of capillary-wick for high heat flux thermal management system
(Wichita State University, 2015-05)A thermal management system for high heat flux is in great demand as the device sizes become smaller. A failure of the optimal thermal management leads to poor performance, large degradation, and/or complete system breakdown. ... -
Patient specific fluid structure interaction (FSI) modeling: Anticipating the growth of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) by considering the effects of hypertension and aorta wall material properties with intraluminal thrombus (ILT)
(Wichita State University, 2015-07)An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) occurs when there is a bulge formed in the large blood vessels that supply blood to the abdomen, pelvis, and legs. Abdominal aortic aneurysms pose a serious risk of rupture and can be ... -
Performance analysis of frequency-hopped MPSK system under Rician fading and partial band tone jamming
(Wichita State University, 2015-12)This paper considers a coherent (instead of non-coherent) modulation technique such as M-ary phase-shift keying (MPSK) and M-ary quadrature amplitude-shift keying (MQAM) for a slow frequency hopping (FH) spread spectrum ... -
Performance comparison of human and dummy models in various vehicle frontal crash scenarios based on federal regulatory standards
(Wichita State University, 2016-07)Significant advancements in enhancing passenger safety and vehicle structures have been made in the automotive industry to protect the occupants and to minimize the injuries during crash events. Variety of crash tests, ... -
Prediction of strength of bonded scarf repaired laminate using 3-D virtual crack closure technique
(Wichita State University, 2015-05)Scarf bonded repair is the most widely used technique to repair composite laminates, especially critical and highly loaded components. This thesis presents the findings from an attempt at the prediction of the strength of ... -
Proton conductivity of graphene-based Nafion® catalyst layer for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell
(Wichita State University, 2015-07)Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) are the most assuring alternative power sources for a clean energy/environmental future, however, performance needs to be improved for large-scale commercialization. One of ... -
Radial feeder reliability evaluation in the presence of storage
(Wichita State University, 2015-05)Smart Grid demands changes to the existing distribution system. One of the ways to improve the operation of the distribution system is to use battery storage technology to aid the distribution network in minimizing the ... -
Study of the effect of an embedded cylindrical sensor on the in-plane tensile properties of laminated composites
(Wichita State University, 2015-12)The presence of defects or embedded sensors in a composite part could reduce the tensile properties of the composite. A cylindrical microwire temperature sensor tube is embedded into unidirectional and fabric weave laminates ... -
Studying activated carbons of natural sources for supercapacitor applications
(Wichita State University, 2015-12)Activated carbon (AC) can be produced from natural sources such as pistachio and acorn shells, which can be an inexpensive and good use of natural waste, and used in energy storage devices, such as supercapacitors. The ... -
The intersection of energy, healthcare and climate
(Wichita State University, 2015-05)The reduction of energy use in hospitals as energy intensive units is critical to the overall goals of lowering the cost of healthcare and emissions from those facilities. Hence, the assessment and identification of key ... -
The OS elixir: On the impact of operating system upgrades on mobile device lifespan
(Wichita State University, 2015-05)With the rapid proliferation of mobile devices, the issues of energy consumed to manufacture these devices and the environmental impact of electronic waste comes to the fore. One avenue to improve upon these issues is to ... -
Tight bounds on one-pass map-reduce algorithms for matrix multiplication
(Wichita State University, 2015-12)MapReduce is an effi t parallel computation model introduced by Google, for performing many large-scale computations, including matrix multiplication. Matrix multiplication can be done using either an one-pass or a two-pass ... -
Tool rake face temperature distribution by near infrared thermography
(Wichita State University, 2015-12)This thesis is concerned with experimentally obtained full field temperature distributions at the interface between chip and tool - the tool rake face - for the machining of Ti6Al4V and Inconel 718. As part of the work ... -
Towards cloud-based crowd-augmented spectrum mapping for dynamic spectrum access
(Wichita State University, 2015-12)In recent years, applications using wireless technology has dramatically increased. This has led to the challenge of improving the spatio-temporal spectrum utilization. Dynamic spectrum access is a method of opportunistically ... -
Transmission line positive sequence parameter determination using synchronized phasor measurement
(Wichita State University, 2015-05)Transmission lines are a vital yet often over simplified component in a power system. While digital power system models use impedance values to represent both the balanced and unbalanced states of a transmission line, these ... -
Vertical impact simulations of a full-size and simplified scaled models of an aircraft fuselage section
(Wichita State University, 2015-07)Computer simulations of aircraft crashworthiness of aircraft using validated models have provided insight into the nature of the energy-absorption of structures and allow parametric studies in evaluation of different crash ... -
What makes bugs get fixed in open source software?: A Replication study and a text-based approach
(Wichita State University, 2016-07)Bugs are the central force driving the many corrective maintenance and evolutionary changes in large-scale software systems. Over the years, many facets of bugs and their resolution haven been studied extensively. As ...