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Assembly Effects on Trussed Roof Systems -- Tests and Preliminary Analysis
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988)Adapting wood structural design to more reliability based methods can be accomplished with reliable test data and accurate computer modeling techniques. This report covers the testing and analysis of 3 wood truss ... -
The effects of waste glass aggregate on the strength and durability of Portland Cement Concrete
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996)Waste glass has been heavily targeted for recycling efforts by various municipalities. Not all waste glass can be recycled into new glass, however, and alternative methods must be found for utilization of this waste ... -
Engineering properties of wood-plastic composite panels
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998)Over the past decade, there has been a growing interest in the development of consumer and industrial products composed of wood fillers combined with thermoplastic resins. The use of wood flour as a reinforcing filler ... -
The effects of aggregate coatings on the performance of Portland cement concrete
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2002)Specifications which limit the amount of fine material that adheres to coarse aggregates tend to be vague. For example, the Wisconsin state specifications require coarse aggregates used in portland cement concrete to ... -
Estimating The Relationship Between Cost And Condition For Routine Highway Operations And Maintenance
(2007-05-17)When transportation agencies prepare design for new highway construction or major improvements to existing highways, the agency and user lifecycle costs are considered in project design decisions. Yet when highway ... -
FREIGHT RESILIENCY PERFORMANCE MEASURES: BELOIT TO HUDSON CORRIDOR
(2010-08-15)No one is exempt from emergencies. People, private companies and public agencies, all face the possibility of a sudden event that disrupt their normal functions. Disasters inflict chaos in all aspects of human endeavors ... -
ENERGY CONSUMPTION EVALUATION OF UNITED STATES NAVY LEED CERTIFIED BUILDINGS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009
(2010-08-15)As of October 1, 2008, the Department of the Navy inserted the requirement that all new buildings constructed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps would have an additional requirement to become Leadership ... -
Toroidal Mode Computation in Real Time Using Field- Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)
(2010-12-15)This report documents a project to create an FPGA-based hardware implementation of a matrix-vector multiplication procedure specifically designed for a particular physics experimentation system. This system requires that ... -
Development of Analytical and Experimental Tools for Microwave Breast Imaging Research
(2010-12-15)The incidence rate of breast cancer is the highest of any cancer among women in the United States, and its mortality rate is second only to lung cancer. It is well known that early detection is crucial to successful ... -
ENSEMBLE MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF THE 4.8MICROMETER DEEP WELL QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS
(2010-12-15)As early as 1971, the possibility of emission between confined subbands of semiconductor quantum wells has been proposed [1]. Adopting such idea, the first electrically pumped Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) was experimentally ... -
ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT IN GAN NANOWIRES
(2010-12-15)Gallium nitride nanowires (GaNNws) have attracted more and more attention among researchers due to their excellent performance to be the candidate of next generation semiconductor devices. Their characteristics are wide ... -
Dynamical Synthesized Execution Resources (DySER) Deisgn Specification
(2010-12-15)Because of the limitations of the fabrication technology, many specialized hardwares are purposed for energy efficiency and performance. Unlike the traditional Von Neumann machine, the specialized hardwares focus on the ... -
POWER SYSTEM MODELS FORMULATED AS EIGENVALUE PROBLEMS AND PROPERTIES OF THEIR SOLUTIONS
(2010-12-15)Eigenvalue problems incorporate multiplicative nonlinearities in otherwise linear equations. Two power systems models with multiplicative nonlinearities are reformulated as eigenvalue problems. Reformulation allows for ... -
Sensor Based Real-Time Scheduling in Thermally Constrained Uniprocessor Systems
(2010-12-15)Due to increasing power densities, thermal management is becoming an important issue in real-time systems. In particular, without thermal-aware scheduling, execution of tasks in a real-time application may increase the ... -
Audio Based Location Fingerprinting for Mobile Devices
(2010-12-15)The main goal of the project is to enhance the context-awareness of cellular handsets by exploiting commonly available technologies/capabilities present on the devices. For instance, most cellular handsets today come with ... -
Multiphoton Imaging Systems
(2010-12-15)The advent of confocal laser scanning microscopy revolutionized the field of fluorescent imaging. It allowed researches to obtain high resolution, real time, three-dimensional images of cells that were previously unobtainable ... -
Online Battery Monitoring for State-of-Charge and Power Capability Prediction
(2010-12-15)This document presents an investigation of a proposed methodology that uses system identification techniques to implement a monitoring system for lead-acid batteries in an electric vehicle. Specifically, the information ... -
Rapid Short and Medium Span Bridge Construction Using Innovative Precast Structural Systems
(2010-12-15)The direct costs of bridge construction, such as materials, labor, and equipment are all well known. Recently however the indirect costs such as the cost of traffic disruptions, and construction safety are beginning to ... -
A wireless system for multi-channel transmission of EEG Signals
(2010-12-15)A miniaturized wireless data acquisition and real-time signal analysis system for monitoring and analysis multi-channel EEG signal is presented. The system includes: multi-channel EEG probes, second order 60Hz band-stop ... -
Numerical Modeling of the Performance of Highway Bridge Approach Slabs
(2010-12-15)The primary purpose of the highway bridge approach slab is to create a smooth transition from the roadway to the bridge. This transition becomes rough when deterioration of the approach slab occurs. Several state department ...