Theses and Dissertations
Processing of NITI reinforced adaptive solder for electronic packaging
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2004-03)
Solder joints provide both electrical and mechanical interconnections between a silicon chip and the packaging substrate in an electronic application. The thermomechanical cycling (TMC) in the solder due to the mismatch ...
Analysis of dead time and implementation of Smith Predictor compensation in tracking Servo systems for Small Unmanned Aerial vehicles
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2005-12)
Recent advances in technology have allowed for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (SUAVs) to employ miniaturized smart payloads such as gimbaled cameras, deployable mechanisms, and network sensors. Gimbaled video camera ...
Analysis and tuning of a low cost inertial navigation system in the ARIES AUV
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2006-12)
Autonomous underwater vehicle navigation is a complex problem of state estimation. Accurate navigation is made difficult due to a lack of reference navigation aids or use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) that could ...
Generalized weapon effectiveness modeling
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2004-06)
In this thesis, we compare weapon effectiveness methods to determine if current effectiveness models provide accurate results. The United States Military currently adheres to a compilation of data and methodologies named ...
Predictive relationships in friction stir processing of nickel-aluminum bronze
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2005-09)
Friction Stir Processing (FSP), a hot working materials processing technology, and various analytical and computational models for it are reviewed. A simulation is used to develop a new predictive relationship for power ...
An experimental approach for studying the creep behavior of thin film/ substrate interfaces
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2004-09)
Large shear stresses often develop at the interface between dissimilar materials in microelectronic devices, when they are subjected to thermo-mechanical excursions. These stresses can facilitate diffusionally accommodated ...
Surface piercing propeller performance
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2005-09)
This thesis addresses possible improvements in the efficiency (thrust) of surface piercing propellers; in particular with respect to the angle of the propeller shaft came to mind. Preliminary calculations based on the basic ...
Sample fabrication and experimental design for studying interfacial creep at thin film/silicon interfaces
(Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2004-03)
This thesis developed the sample fabrication and experimental design for studying interfacial creep at thin film / Silicon interfaces. The specific interface of study was the crystalline interface created by Positive Vapor ...
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