Chapter 6b. Chungkai Showcase : Chungkai Hospital Camp | Part Two: Mid-May 1944 to July 1945

During the latter half of 1944 and the early part of 1945, entertainment continued to flourish in Chungkai even though the theatre was flooded out by monsoon rains and the number of audience members was severely depleted by away Parties. Challenging the thinking of what entertainment directed toward audiences recovering from trauma should contain, Leo Britt produced a series of straight plays that had them clamoring for more. But ever-tightening restrictions on what could be presented on stage, and a new policy assigning performers to maintenance parties, began to diminish what those who remained in camp could accomplish.https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/thdabooks/1009/thumbnail.jp

Chapter 3. “Jungle Shows Burma

In contrast to the Thailand side of the railway, POW workers on the Burma side had been sent to Burma from the Netherlands East Indies and Sumatra. Except for the Allied bombing raids, their construction experience was very similar to that on the Thailand side. But the “jungle shows” they produced to help them survive were unique. And the larrikin antics by the Australians to subvert the Japanese attempts to film a propaganda movie are unforgettable.https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/thdabooks/1005/thumbnail.jp

Chapter 5. The Tamarkan Players Present : Tamarkan Convalescent Camp

Tamarkan, Thailand, became a convalescent camp for the POWs who had worked on the Burma side of the railway. It was here that Aussie showman Norman Carter inspired a team of designers and stage technicians to mount a series of popular musical revues that were noteworthy for their elaborate sets, props, and costumes.https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/thdabooks/1007/thumbnail.jp

Chapter 2. Jungle Shows Thailand

The impromptu entertainment that took place during the early railway construction in Thailand soon developed into organized concert party troupes staging simple variety shows with rudimentary costumes and settings. But the widespread starvation, brutality, and death that occurred during “the Speedo Period” stymied any further activities.https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/thdabooks/1004/thumbnail.jp

Improving the Accuracy and Scope of Control-Oriented Vapor Compression Cycle System Models

The benefits of applying advanced control techniques to vapor compression cycle systems are well know. The main advantages are improved performance and efficiency, the achievement of which brings both economic and environmental gains. One of the most significant hurdles to the practical application of advanced control techniques is the development of a dynamic system level model that is both accurate and mathematically tractable. Previous efforts in control-oriented modeling have produced a class of heat exchanger models known as moving-boundary models. When combined with mass flow device models, these moving-boundary models provide an excellent framework for both dynamic analysis and control design. This thesis contains the results of research carried out to increase both the accuracy and scope of these system level models. The improvements to the existing vapor compression cycle models are carried out through the application of various modeling techniques, some static and some dynamic, some data-based and some physics-based. Semiempirical static modeling techniques are used to increase the accuracy of both heat exchangers and mass flow devices over a wide range of operating conditions. Dynamic modeling techniques are used both to derive new component models that are essential to the simulation of very common vapor compression cycle systems and to improve the accuracy of the existing compressor model. A new heat exchanger model that accounts for the effects of moisture in the air is presented. All of these model improvements and additions are unified to create a simple but accurate system level model with a wide range of application. Extensive model validation results are presented, providing both qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the new models and model improvements.Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Project 17