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dc.contributor.advisorSanjay Sarma.en_US
dc.contributor.authorZabel, Naomi Wen_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-30T17:04:16Z
dc.date.available2012-01-30T17:04:16Z
dc.date.copyright2011en_US
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68934
dc.descriptionThesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2011.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 42).en_US
dc.description.abstractSmall leaks in pipes cause huge losses of water, wasting the energy and money put into cleaning the water and pumping it to the point of the leak. Detecting these small leaks is currently not very accurate or practical to do over an entire system of pipes. A device is being developed which detects leaks from within the pipe using the drop in pressure at the point of a leak. This thesis addresses the geometric needs for deploying the sensors in the pipe. The housing for the device needs to navigate pipes while keeping the sensors close enough to the wall to get a good reading. The housing is made up of a frame with flexible cantilevers which sensor holders pivot about to stay flush with the wall. After looking at other devices which navigate pipes, the geometric constraints of the pipe were used to create an initial design. The first iteration was manufactured to check for validity of the design. Many changes have to be made to the design based on the results from manufacturing the first iteration.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Naomi W. Zabel.en_US
dc.format.extent42 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/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectMechanical Engineering.en_US
dc.titleThe design of the housing for leak detection deviceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.B.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
dc.identifier.oclc773713071en_US


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