This community contains the theses of the South Dakota State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Due to copyright restrictions, the collection contains both open access and university access theses and dissertations. University access items are only available to SDSU users, and on-campus visitors. Non-SDSU users wishing to access restricted materials may request items through their institution’s interlibrary loan services.
ETDS from 1988
Forced Vibrations of Hollow Cylindrical Structures, Douglas Jose Nunez Briceno
ETDS from 1987
Interaction of Radiation with Convection in Channel Flows, Yii Hui Wong
ETDS from 1985
Common Work Space of Two Robot Arms, Byung Oh Choi
ETDS from 1981
The Effects of Wage-Incentive Standards of Industrial Productivity in Eastern South Dakota, Ronald C. Hegge
Comparative Study of Methanol, Ethanol, Isopropanol, and Butanol as Motor Fuels, Either Pure or Blended with Gasoline, Ajit D. Kelkar
ETDS from 1978
Comparison of Theoretical and Experimental Results Pertaining to R-Curves In Low and High Ductility Solids, Rabindra Nath Dash
Torsional Vibrations of a Composite Elastic/Viscoelastic Cylindrical Shaft, Deepak Kumar Mullick
ETDS from 1974
Development of a Control System for Positioning the Centerbody in a Choked Inlet, John Jacob Jibben
Experimental Study of Noise Propagation in a High Velocity Flow Field, Ismail Tag
ETDS from 1973
Optimum Design of Multiple Source Pipeline Networks, Sheelendra S. Kulkarni
Time Dependant Fracture Under Cyclic and Impulsive Loading, Anil Kumar Pattanayak
ETDS from 1972
Sub-critical Growth of Cracks Under Longitudinal Shear, Bhubanesh K. Agarwal
One way of Stabilizing a Bipedal Walking Machine, Gerald Paul Berger
Cooling Load Calculations of Heat Gain for Buildings, Hai- Chow Chen
The Scheduling of Patients in a Physician's Office, Viswanath Gowtham
Comparative Analysis of Numerical and Integral Methods for Calculating Turbulent Compressible Flow, Ronald James Greve
Modified Dugdale Model, Prem Chandra Gupta
Study of Laminar Heat Transfer in a Cone, Chang-Shieng Philip Hsia
Finite Element Analysis by Structure Iteration, Richard William Macek
An Investigation Into the Transient Behavior of Multichannel Queueing Systems, James R. McCormick
Experimental Study on Viscoelastic Properties and Fracture Characteristics in Polymers, Debaranjan Mohanty
Inventory Control of Deteriorating Items, George C. Philip
ETDS from 1971
A Study of the Properties of Parametric Programming, Arjun Kumar Batr
Fracture initiation in Viscoelastic Solids, James A. Elsing
A Theoretical Investigation of Shock Wave Stability in Sonic Inlets, Assem A. Fathy
A Multi-item Inventory Model, Ramakrishnan Krishnan
Bipedal Locomotion Structure with Passive Members, Roger D. Pavlis
An Investigation of the Effects of Instantaneous Jockeying in Queues by Simulation, B. Radindranath
An Investigation of the Extended Three-dimensional Transportation Model, James Ronald Roskens
Finite-Difference Solution for Flow Over a Rough Porous Plate with Mass Transfer, Hwai-way Wen
Experimental Investigation of Shock Boundary Layer Interaction for Two-Dimensional and Axisymmetric Flow, A. Shawki Zahran
ETDS from 1970
Effect of Rhythmical Disturbances on Repetitive Assembly Work, Ranganatha Hemmige
Effect of ductility on initiation and spread of fracture in solids, Tien Yu Hsieh
Acceptable Regions for Approximations in Quality Control, Du Hung-Ching
Parametric Programming on an Analog Computer, Vinod B. Kumar
Spread of Plasticity from the Tip of a Penny-Shaped Crack, Zong Shyong Luo
Sensitivity Analysis of the SDSU River Basin Model, Kunjipalu Thoppil
ETDS from 1969
Wedge Flows of Power-law Fluids, Joseph H. Cothern
The Effect of Replication on Queueing Simulations, Musvathy K. Dyanesh
Heat Transfer by Numerical Solution for a Class of Radiating Fins, Jia-Bo Hwang
A Mathematical Model of a River Basin, Leroy John Petrick
Penny-shaped Crack in an Elastic-plastic Solid, Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi
Scheduling and Position Control of Hospital Personnel, Larry Eugene Schmidt
ETDS from 1968
Flow Over a Rough Porous Flat Plate with Surface Mass Transfer, Francis K. King
Some Thermal Plate Deflections Determined by the Complex Variable Method, James N. Maytum
Viscoelastic Flow Past a Wedge with a Soluble Coating, Franklyn W. Roitsch
Mathematical Model of a Spherical Shell Heat Exchanger with Exponential Internal Heat Generation, John Lin Tsou
ETDS from 1967
Analysis of Heat Transfer from Circular or Square Fins, Yun-Seng Huang
Turbulent Velocity and Temperature in the Mixing Region of Two Parallel Airstreams, Olin Thomas Sessions
Experimental Analysis of Free Convection Heat Transfer From a Nonisothermal Plate, Lloyd Edwin Stoebner
ETDS from 1966
A Study and Analysis of the Stochastic Model and Assumptions Used in PERT, Leon Burnell Ellwein
Studies and Applications of the Theory of Inventory and Production, Om Parkash Goel
Velocity and Suspended Sediment Concentration Distributions in Open Channel Flows, I Chung Ho
A Procedure for Planning Production and Determination of Inventory, Syed Khaja Kaleemuddin
Integral Solution for Turbulent Mixing of Two Parallel Air Streams in a Duct, Thomas Fredric Kascoutas
Development and Application of a Computer Program for the Steady-state Thermal Analysis of Nuclear Superheater, Delvin Gene Rapp
ETDS from 1965
Laminar Combined Convection from a Nonisothermal Spining Cone: An Integral Approach, Bobba Rama Krishna Choudary
Turbulent Mixing and Heat Exchange in a Parallel Stream of Air, Tek Chand Goel
The Design and Construction of a 6-inch Mach-Zehnder Type Interferometer and Its Use for a Study in Free Convection, Clayton W. Knofczynski
The Total Energy Capacity and the Instantaneous Energy Release in Springs, Suhayl M. Mamoun
Design and Testing of Experimental Components Used on Photoelastic Analysis, Alan Rae Peterson
Creep Tension Tests on Hastelloy Alloy X Bar, Predicting its Behavior and Applying the Data in a Design Problem, Y. V. S. Rao
A Procedure for the Determination and Evaluation of the Relationship Between Accident Frequency Rates, Extent of Experience and Chronological Age of Operative Personnel, William Wayne Rasmussen
ETDS from 1964
The Design of an Apparatus for Investigating Turbulent Mixing of Two Parallel Air Streams and an Analysis of the Half-jet Phenomenon, Roger Alden Iverson
ETDS from 1963
The Installation and Operation of a Creep Testing Machine to Determine its Operating Characteristics, Lawrence L. Hansen
ETDS from 1961
Linear Programming Approach to Faculty Evaluation, Moses David Seversky
ETDS from 1960
Mathematical Analysis and Evaluation of the Law of Corresponding States for Real Gases, Simion C.Y. Kuo
ETDS from 1959
Analysis of Creep in Rotating Hollow Disks Based on the Maximum Shear Theory, Philip Lung-Mao Ko
An Investigation of Optimum Spacing of Fins for Maximum Heat Loss in Free Convection, Lloyd Duane Lee
ETDS from 1958
Steam Condensate Corrosion Study of Return Line Deterioration at South Dakota State College Power Plant, Kenneth Duane Christianson
An Investigation of Costs for Heating and Power Generation at South Dakota State College, Julius William Ulmer
ETDS from 1957
An Investigation as to the Comparative Cost of Fuels for Heating Homes in the City of Brookings, South Dakota, Robert P. Puncochar
ETDS from 1949
Stress Analysis by Photoelastic Methods, Herald K. Palmer
ETDS from 1942
Balancing Power and Heating Loads at South Dakota State College, William M. Becker
ETDS from 1933
The Effects of Temperature and Pressure Variation on the Process of Cooking Foods, Benjamin M. Aldrich
ETDS from 1931
Discrepencies of Theory as Against Empirical Results of Critical Speeds of Circular Cross Sectioned Shafting, Vern Kilpatrick
ETDS from 1905
Chimney Design and Chimney Formula Comparison, W. F. Schaphorst