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dc.contributor.advisorRussell L. Tedrake.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGlowa, John (John M.)en_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-02-27T22:23:37Z
dc.date.available2008-02-27T22:23:37Z
dc.date.copyright2007en_US
dc.date.issued2007en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/40422
dc.descriptionThesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2007.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 24-25).en_US
dc.description.abstractReinforcement learning has proven successful at harnessing the passive dynamics of underactuated systems to achieve least energy solutions. However, coupled fluid-structural models are too computationally intensive for in-the-loop control in viscous flow regimes. My vertically falling soap film will provide a reconfigurable experimental environment for machine learning controllers. The real-time position and velocity data will be collected with a High Speed Video system, illuminated by a Low Pressure Sodium Lamp. Approximating lines of interference within the soap film to known pressure variations, controllers will shape downstream flow to desired conditions. Though accurate measurement still eludes those without Laser Doppler Velocimetry, order of magnitude Reynolds numbers can be estimated to describe the regime of controller inquiry.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby John Glowa.en_US
dc.format.extent25 p.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582
dc.subjectMechanical Engineering.en_US
dc.titleDesign and process/measurement for immersed element control in a reconfigurable vertically falling soap filmen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.B.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
dc.identifier.oclc191699628en_US


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