Title page for E-project-042811-083401

Project Type MQP

Submission date 2011-04-28

Authors
Cailah Shealyn DeRoo, PHE
Ivana Indruh, ME

URN E-project-042811-083401

Title Emergency Meal Kitchen Services

Advisors
Tuzel, Erkan, PH
Fofana, Mustapha S., ME

Availability unrestricted

Abstract
The Emergency Meal Kitchen Services (EMKS) unit is a portable and compact kitchen unit that can provide three days' worth of food and water for at least 500 people, in any disaster location. We constructed models in terms of design criteria relating to weight, transportability, and food preparation capabilities. To study uncontrollable excitations during transportation as a helicopter sling load, we created models of pendulums to study the effect of initial angles on the swinging motion. To reduce these oscillations, we proposed a control mechanism that acts on the pendulum's pivot point to dampen out the oscillations with the help of a phase delay. Utilizing this mechanism will reduce the swinging, thus making the EMKS easier and safer to transport by a helicopter sling load.

Files
EMKS_MQP_DeRoo_Indruh.pdf

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Project Type	MQP
Submission date	2011-04-28
Authors	Cailah Shealyn DeRoo, PHE Ivana Indruh, ME
URN	E-project-042811-083401
Title	Emergency Meal Kitchen Services
Advisors	Tuzel, Erkan, PH Fofana, Mustapha S., ME
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The Emergency Meal Kitchen Services (EMKS) unit is a portable and compact kitchen unit that can provide three days' worth of food and water for at least 500 people, in any disaster location. We constructed models in terms of design criteria relating to weight, transportability, and food preparation capabilities. To study uncontrollable excitations during transportation as a helicopter sling load, we created models of pendulums to study the effect of initial angles on the swinging motion. To reduce these oscillations, we proposed a control mechanism that acts on the pendulum's pivot point to dampen out the oscillations with the help of a phase delay. Utilizing this mechanism will reduce the swinging, thus making the EMKS easier and safer to transport by a helicopter sling load.
Files	EMKS_MQP_DeRoo_Indruh.pdf