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CONTROL OF A PNEUMATIC SYSTEM WITH ADAPTIVE NEURAL NETWORK COMPENSATION

Taghizadeh, Sasan (2010-10-07)

Considerable research has been conducted on the control of pneumatic systems due to their potential as a low-cost, clean, high power-to-weight ratio actuators. However, nonlinearities such as those due to compressibility ...

Control of a Single-Phase Grid-Connected Voltage Source Inverter with LCL Filter

Eren, Suzan Zeynep (2013-10-02)

This thesis presents new control approaches for improving the performance, stability, and efficiency of a single-phase grid-connected voltage source inverter (VSI) with an LCL filter that is used in renewable energy power ...

Control of Cytochrome c Oxidase Biosynthesis in the Thermal Remodeling of White Muscle of Two Cyprinid Minnows

Duggan, Ana (2010-08-17)

Many fish species respond to cold temperatures by inducing mitochondrial biogenesis, reflected in an increase in the activity of the mitochondrial enzyme cytochrome c oxidase (COX). COX is composed of 13 subunits, 3 encoded ...

Control of Dual-User Teleoperation Systems Design, Stability Analysis, and Performance Evaluation

Khademian, Behzad (2010-11-23)

Teleoperation systems broaden human ability to perform a task in a real or virtual, local or remote environment. An emerging application of such systems is in dual-user teleoperation or haptic simulation systems in which ...

The control of speech motor targets

Mitsuya, Takashi (2013-10-01)

Studies of speech production and its control have traditionally focused on acoustic parameters and/or articulatory configurations of the end result of the production process as the target of speech production. The ...

Control System Design for Networked Telerobotic Systems

Razi, Kamran (2014-07-09)

Telerobotic systems are designed to extend the manipulation capability of users at different scales to remote and dangerous environments. In the past decade, the availability of higher computational power, larger variety ...

Control Techniques for a Single-Phase Bi-Directional Full-Bridge Active Rectifier for Vehicle-to-Grid and Grid-to-Vehicle Applications

Akel, Nabil (2014-07-04)

As electric vehicles (EV) continue to gain market traction, more research is being conducted in the control of the power conditioning system. This thesis focuses on control strategies for the front-end AC/DC converter. ...

Controllability and motion algorithms for underactuated Lagrangian systems on Lie groups

Bullo, Francesco; Leonard, Naomi E.; Lewis, Andrew D. (IEEE, 2000)

In this paper, we provide controllability tests and motion control algorithms for underactuated mechanical control systems on Lie groups with Lagrangian equal to kinetic energy. Examples include satellite and underwater ...

Controllability of a hovercraft model (and two general results)

Lewis, Andrew D.; Tyner, David R. (2003)

Modelling and controllability studies of a hovercraft system are undertaken. The system studied is a little more complicated than some in the literature in that the inertial dynamics of the thrust fan are taken into ...

Controllable kinematic reductions for mechanical systems: concepts, computational tools, and examples

Bullo, Francesco; Lewis, Andrew D.; Lynch, Kevin M. (2001)

This paper introduces the novel notion of kinematic reductions for mechanical systems and studies their controllability properties. We focus on the class of simple mechanical control systems with constraints and model ...

Controlled fiber laser bone ablation using inline coherent imaging

Yin, Chenman (2015-10-01)

Laser material processing is becoming increasingly popular in various disciplines of science and industry due to its clean and quiet operation, absence of tool wear and high positioning accuracy. In particular, laser ...

Controlled Radical Polymerization in the Dispersed Phase

Thomson, Mary (2010-12-07)

Controlled radical polymerization (CRP) has emerged as a powerful method of creating polymers with tailored molecular architectures under mild reaction conditions. However, production of these polymers efficiently at an ...

Controlled Radical Polymerization: Towards Industrially Relevant Conditions

Payne, Kevin (2015-10-03)

Reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP), also known as controlled radical polymerization (CRP), has been a significant area of polymer research for more than 20 years, allowing the facile synthesis of complex ...

CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS OF STIMULI-RESPONSIVE NETWORK ALGINATE

Chan, Ariel Wan-Ju (2009-07-20)

Stimuli-responsive hydrogels swell or contract in response to external pH, ionic strength or temperature, and are of considerable interest as pharmaceutical controlled release devices. Alginate, a linear polysaccharide ...

Controls on lithofacies variability in Late Devonian, Cynthia Basin reefs, Nisku Formation, Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

Johns, Dylan (2012-05-11)

The Late Devonian (Frasnian) Nisku Formation in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin is a homoclinal ramp composed of four stacked carbonate cycles with reefs in both shallow-ramp and downslope settings. Nisku Formation ...

Controls on Seasonal Nitrogen Cycling in Canadian Low Arctic Tundra Ecosystems

Buckeridge, Kathleen (2009-09-27)

Soil nitrogen availability to plants is a fundamental control on the structure and functioning of arctic tundra ecosystems. Despite recent evidence that biogeochemical and microbial dynamics during the non-growing season ...

Controversy between Dr. Ryerson, chief superintendent of education in Upper Canada, and Rev. J. M. Bruyere, rector of St. Michael's cathedral, Toronto, on the appropriation of the Clergy reserves funds; free schools vs. state schools; public libraries and common schools, attached and defended.

Bruyere, J. M. 1798-1888 (Toronto, Leader and Patriot steam-press print,, 2014-04-14)