Thesis for the degree of Master of Design

The aim of this research is to employ a sensitivity study for the total thrust of a ducted twin counter-rotating propeller system design for UAV applications using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Two factors were investigated: propeller spacing and difference between blades pitch angle. Using discrete values for both factors, 32 designs were analysed and evaluated. The same approach was also used for an equivalent unducted propeller system to access the influence of the duct.

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This thesis proposes and implements a new and novel solution on simulators and real devices to solve the mobility problem in a VPN. The new solution adds mobility support to existing L2TP/IPsec (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol/IP Security) tunnels. The new solution tunnels Layer 2 packets between VPN clients and a VPN server without using Mobile IP, without incurring tunnel-re-establishment at handoff, without losing packets during handoff, achieves better security than current mobility solutions for VPN, and supports fast handoff in IPv4 networks.

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The main focus of this thesis is on the application of a model predictive control (MPC) method to devise an ABS for a BBW vehicle. Unlike the traditional ABS control algorithms which are based on a trial and error method, the MPC based ABS algorithm aims to utilizes the behaviour of the model to optimize the wheel slip dynamics subject to system constraints. Performance of the proposed wheel slip controller is validated through Software-in-the-Loop (SiL) and Hardware-inthe-Loop (HiL) simulation.

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This dissertation presents a creative practice-based experiment in civil celebrancy with the focus on contemporary celebrancy. The dissertation constructs and reflects upon a Ceremony of Restoration to give meaning, healing, and mending for people’s lives in the wake of traumatic, chaotic, and unresolved events. This ceremony can be used by the person, or people, at its centre to give expression to such experiences and feelings and to build resilience through a secular ritual involving their stories, memories, images, personal artefacts, and music.

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This thesis contributes to a better understanding of the relationship between residential energy efficiency and health. The thesis argues that residential energy efficiency improvements are complex interventions in complex socio‐technical systems.

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The research has designed a novel active truck seat suspension system for a further study of active vibration control. A 5-degree-of-freedom driver and seating suspension system model for active vibration control has been developed. A novel fast system parameter identification method from vibration measurement data has been proposed for the seat-occupant system based on the multi-objective Genetic Algorithm optimization (GA).

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The thesis consists of five chapters which aim to investigate the mechanical properties and fabricating processes of different biomedical Ti scaffolds, with the structure presented: Chapter 1 is a generalized introduction to the content of the thesis, including the background, scopes and objectives of the research. In Chapter 2, a comprehensive literature review is presented. Chapter 3 presents the design and fabrication of the Ti scaffolds. In Chapter 4, the mechanical properties of the fabricated Ti scaffolds were analyzed.

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The thesis "Evaluating climate change mitigation and adaptation considerations in the Victorian planning system, Australia" is structured as follows: Chapter one: introduction; chapter two: climate change and the land use planning context: a review of literature; chapter three: policy and institutional framework for land use planning and climate change in Victoria; chapter four: research design; chapter five: assessing the state planning framework for awareness and analysis of climate change; chapter six: assessing local land-use implementation and action on climate change; chapter seven: c...

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The research design adopted to address this problem utilised mixed data collection methodologies. In order to determine what was happening in the industry as a whole, a specially designed survey was conducted utilising both web-based and traditional paper-based instruments. This provided valuable quantitative data about the rate of uptake, types of companies and so on. To complement this, a focus group of selected representatives within the industry was conducted to delve more deeply into motivations behind the decision to adopt the technology and the perceived benefits derived from it.

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The research "A textile design practice to hypothesise a future scenario for sustainable fashion" sought to not only contend with the practical challenges involved in establishing ideals in an imperfect scenario but to establish a practice of defining and articulating alternative values — transforming compromised, fragmented vulnerability into antifragility.

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This research project investigates the influence of decoration and decorating on a fashion design practice, exploring the transformative effects of both in relation to surface and structure. Decoration is considered an after-effect, an element that can be differentiated from the object it adheres to, sometimes making it superfluous to the object’s function. In this project I consider decoration as having its own function – the ability, through its link to the ‘exterior’ world, to transform the shape, appearance and materials of forms by modifying their façade.

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This thesis presents the following contributions. First, it is identified that disturbance estimation based networks utilised for compensation possess the same polynomial architectures as signal conditioning anti-windup and their equivalents. Next, an appropriate strategy is identified to integrate disturbance compensation for finite-controlset optimisation schemes via the constraint set rather than the cost function to maintain a simple and elegant problem structure.

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The ‘Ephemeral Laboratory’ seeks to create a methodology for myself and other practitioners working within the field of ephemeral architecture. It tests the proposition that a robust armature can be developed to act as a common methodological device in the design, curation and orchestration of a diverse range of temporal engagements with participants and other practitioners within a variety of public realms.

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This research commenced with the proposition the design of mature women’s fashion is not well understood and seems underrepresented in the Australian marketplace and media”. The objectives of the research were to firstly raise awareness of the issues confronting this mature consumer group and secondly challenge the conventional assumptions about the aesthetic viability of designing apparel for the mature women’s market.

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Mature women’s fashion, for those aged 35 years and older, seems underrepresented in the Australian marketplace and media. International research suggests similar circumstances prevail for older women abroad but there are conditions unique to Australia’s garment industry that exacerbate and frustrate mature consumers further. This research investigates factors affecting midlife consumer’s fashion in Australia and explores the lifestyle interests and expectations of mature consumers.

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The research methods involved participatory action research during the projects, followed by semi-structured interviews with key decision makers after project completion. The analysis was conducted by a combination of manual processes and NVivo software. The analysis revealed decision makers perceived two specific tools, being personas and Journey maps, as having influenced their ‘felt’ accountability.

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This thesis is intended to give a sustained insight into the creative output, aims and motivations of Karl Lagerfeld, the contemporary French fashion designer. This investigation and cultural and artistic analysis will, of necessity, traverse many areas of inquiry and will tend to freely cross traditional and academic boundaries of thought and ideas. This is considered not only desirable, but essential, to give fuller credence to the various phenomena of the Lagerfeld empire.

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The objectives of the present study are: To design and produce functional samples of woven single-layer, fire-resistant fabrics made from natural, FR man-made cellulosics, and high-performance synthetic blended yarns; to determine the physiological consequences and health risks associated with wearing PPC in hot, humid environments in relation to metabolic heat production and physical work for firefighters trying to maintain the balance between protection and comfort, and its implication on the required Station Wear fabric properties.

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The thesis " A Study of Vibration Control of Truck Seat Suspension System" has designed a novel active truck seat suspension system for a further study of active vibration control. A 5-degree-of-freedom driver and seating suspension system model for active vibration control has been developed. A novel fast system parameter identification method from vibration measurement data has been proposed for the seat-occupant system based on the multi-objective Genetic Algorithm optimization (GA).

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Through this body of work it was found that both lysozyme and sfGFP remained in their native state in each of the selected PILs at 1 mol% IL: water concentrations. Both selected proteins were stable to highest proportions of PILs which contained the propylammonium cation and the acetate anion. This was contrary to some previously reported studies where the elongation of the alkyl chain length provided a greater stabilising effect than the shorter chained ILs.

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