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4. 4 Edge spacer Gas nozzle Glass spacer Schematic of an assembled gas volume

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11. B.Satyanarayana BARC-TIFR INO meeting, TIFR, Mumbai November 9, 201211 Open100 Ω 51 Ω 48.2 Ω 47 Ω G-10 panel Foam panel Z 0 : Inject a pulse into the strip; tune the terminating resistance at the far end, until its reflection disappears. Honeycomb panel

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15. 15 Max. deflection 4.4mm Max. stress 8.2MPa Spec. 5mm FRP 25MPa Fabricated trayDown side view Finite Element Analysis Self weight + 100kg load Extra thickness in selected sections Three-line support

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17.  RPC detector R&D concluded quite a while ago. The RPC stacks are being used even for some physics studies.  Scaling up and industrial adaptation of lab technology – by an industry, is almost complete.  Extensive vendor development for material fabrication, process development, design of SPMs and for large scale production of RPCs.  Ready for engineering module.  Tenders for RPC production for engineering module are about to be floated.  Further fine-tuning of chamber design, operating parameters and maintenance related practices will continue. B.Satyanarayana BARC-TIFR INO meeting, TIFR, Mumbai November 9, 201217