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Pipeline operators continuously seek to improve reliability, safety and reduce corrosion and maintenance costs. Cathodic protection (CP) systems is a secondary external corrosion-prevention mechanism for underground pipelines. Two types of CP exist, namely, sacrificial anode CP …
Predictive maintenance aims to minimize the downtime due to maintenance, while simultaneously minimizing the risk of unforeseen failures. Efforts in predictive maintenance have been focused on predicting the remaining useful life of a machine. There is need for a more comprehens…
The research presented in this dissertation details the development of a new probabilistic fracture mechanics model of corrosion fatigue failure of steel CNG bus cylinders. This model was used to estimate the frequency of leakage or catastrophic rupture, due to the propagation o…
This thesis provides an examination of the emergence and development of Sir Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists in the Midlands between 1932 and 1940. It charts the fascist presence in four major cities: Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Coventry and Leicester. The BUF is the la…
This thesis presents a new perspective on the study of past farm success and failure; it builds on the concepts of resilience and vulnerability to construct a theoretical framework which integrates environmental, historical and ethnographical data. The basic framework establishe…
When even seemingly benign and routine processes fail in healthcare, people sometimes die. The profound effect on the patient’s families and the healthcare staff involved is clear (Vincent and Coulter, 2002), while further consequences are felt by the institution involved, both …
Increased use of sensors and controls in automotive applications has resulted in significant emphasis on the deployment of electronics directly mounted on the engine and transmission. Increased shock, vibration, and higher temperatures necessitate the fundamental understanding o…
Standard pullout tests (e.g. 200 mm cubes) with a short embedment length have shown a significant reduction (80% loss at 200 °C) in the bond strength of GFRP bars at high temperatures. More detailed bond behaviour of glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) reinforcing bars has bee…
The purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting information distribution in project management. The factors considered in this research include leadership styles, gender, and culture. Instruments utilized in the study consisted of a demographic questionnaire tha…
The electricity supply system includes a large-scale power generation installation and a convoluted network of electrical circuits that work together to efficiently and reliably supply electricity to consumers. Faults in the electricity distribution network have a direct effect …
This project attempts to offer an extended discussion related to objects as an attachment, as body extension, as interlocutors in how the individual (the body) experience the world. It refers to the physical representation and the many attempts to understand the transformation o…
This research especially helps for the design of concrete structures which has to last at least for 100 years such as bridges. The research aims to give a better prediction of long-term deformations of concrete and improve the structure design based on these predictions. The acc…
Since liquid storage tanks are important systems for the safety of industrial facilities, the tightness of these structures and their serviceability are key issues. Therefore, the ability of large liquid storage tanks to withstand damage during earthquakes is of great relevance …
This thesis analyzes David Jones’s In Parenthesis to demonstrate the failed notion of chivalry, courtesy, and knighthood in modernity during and after the war. Jones’s semi-autobiographical prose poem recounting his experiences of WWI was published in 1937, nineteen years after …
The presence of disabled characters like blind Gobbo in The Merchant of Venice and epileptic Othello are handy physical metaphors for the failures of epistemology that occur in both plays. Disability is often construed as a sort of saboteur of knowledge—disability of all kinds i…
Organizations increasingly engage in launching new products, but they show heterogeneous decision-making patterns in new product strategies. This dissertation attempts to study the source of organizational heterogeneity in new product introductions (NPIs) by applying behavioral …
When a pastor falls, because of a moral failure or another reason, an entire church is left wounded. At some point a new pastor is called. This pastor can run into obstacles and landmines particular to this situation. This project presents the practices and principles that can g…
This dissertation in the field of curriculum history and theory examines two curricula that promote Jewish peoplehood.