Cohen, Alexander J. M.S., Purdue University, December 2014. Using Individual-based Modeling to Explore How Environmental and Anthropogenic Factors Impact Piping Plover Breeding Success. Major Professor: Patrick A. Zollner. The Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) is an intensively managed shorebird species which breeds in part along the Atlantic Coast. Major threats to Piping Plovers include habi...

Plastic piping made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and chlorinated PVC (CPVC), is being increasingly used for drinking water distribution lines. Given the formulation of the material from vinyl chloride (VC), there has been concern that the VC (a confirmed human carcinogen) can leach from the plastic piping into drinking water. PVC/CPVC pipe reactors in the laboratory and tap samples collected fr...

Although the concept of concurrent engineering has been widely applied in the manufacturing industry, there is growing awareness and interest in the adoption of Concurrent Engineering (CE) in the Construction Industry because CE has the potential to make construction projects less fragmented, reduce project duration, improve project quality, reduce total project cost and increase project compet...

ii) The control valve Manufacturer can only state the Inherent valve characteristics, which refer to the flowrate (F) – valve travel position (m or Z) relationship, when the pressure drop across the control valve (DPV) is constant. Note that the pressure drop across the control valve (DPV) can be almost constant only if the piping system pressure drop (DPS) is concentrated at the control valve ...

One of the most complicated and time-consuming process in ship production is to determine the optimum route of piping. The automatic system to generate optimum collision free routes for pipes is presented in this paper. In the past, research has been primarily focused on the use of only deterministic or only nondeterministic optimization techniques to find the optimal route. In this paper, the ...

© 1989 Johnson Controls, Inc. 1 Code No. LIT-351H110 The relationship between the many factors which influence the pressure and flow rate within a hydronic system can sometimes seem very confusing. This report provides a simple systematic approach for analyzing basic hydronic systems. These concepts can later be applied to more complicated systems like those discussed in Engineering Reports H11...