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Title
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FIBER BASED TOOLS FOR POLISHING OPTICAL MATERIALS
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Author
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Shahinian, Hossein
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Optics
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Description
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In this dissertation, the development of alternative fiber based polishing tools for the finishing of precision freeform and aspherical optics is introduced. Freeform and aspherical optics, i.e. optics with varying radius of curvatures (ROC), are ...
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FRICTION MEASUREMENT DURING FREE VIBRATION
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Author
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Kossack, Christoph
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering
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Description
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Friction is a key consideration in the behavior of many dynamic systems. However, modeling friction behavior accurately remains an engineering challenge. Current friction measurement approaches are limited to application specific tests that attemp...
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Title
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Improving Thulium Fiber Laser Lithotripsy Efficiency
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Author
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Hardy, Luke
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics
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Description
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Kidney stone disease affects approximately 10% of the U.S. population. Conventional Holmium:YAG infrared laser lithotripsy is a standard minimally invasive treatment that operates based on a photothermal interaction with the main chromophore in ti...
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Title
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Processing and properties of materials with or without adiabatic shear susceptibility
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Author
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Chen, Xiaoxue
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Materials science
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Description
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In this dissertation, two topic areas related to adiabatic shear banding (ASB) phenomenon were studied. Body centered cubic (BCC) metals and alloys may exhibit ASB under uniaxial high strain rate compression if the grain size is refined into the u...
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Title
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Toward fixtureless inspection of automotive fenders
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Author
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Grohol, Corbin
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering
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Description
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With nonrigid parts, it is most convenient for designers to specify the desired shape in the design condition; that is, the shape is specified with all loads present that the part will experience in service (gravity, assembly constraints, etc.). T...