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  • Quantified PIRT and uncertainty quantification for computer code validation

    Creator:
    Luo, Hu
    Abstract:
    This study is intended to investigate and propose a systematic method for uncertainty quantification for the computer code validation application. Uncertainty quantification has gained more and more attentions in recent years. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requires the use of realistic best estimate (BE) computer code to follow the rigorous...
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    Dissertation
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    :___________________________________________________ Qiao Wu This study is intended to investigate and propose a systematic

  • Welfare Effects of the Federal Crop Insurance Program : The Sufficient Statistics Approach

    Creator:
    Yu, Jialing
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    The publicly subsidized Federal Crop Insurance Program has expanded rapidly in recent decades in the United States. With the reform in the 2014 Farm Bill, the Federal Crop Insurance Program has become the most important component of U.S. farm policies. The primary goal of the program is to provide risk...
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    Dissertation
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    . Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ JunJie Wu The

  • Heat Loss Characterization of NIST-1's Containment Vessel

    Creator:
    Yoshiura, Ramon K.
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    NuScale Power has designed a small modular reactor using natural circulation cooling dependent systems for both steady-state and transient operations. The NuScale Integral Test System (NIST-1) facility was built to supply test data to NuScale Power to verify and validate computer codes for the NuScale Power Mod- ule (NPM) with...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Characterization of NIST-1’s Containment Vessel Abstract approved: Qiao Wu NuScale Power has designed a small

  • The Development of a Mechanistic Critical Heat Flux Correlation

    Creator:
    Luitjens, Jeffrey M.
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    A mechanistic based critical heat flux (CHF) correlation has been developed derived from a mass, momentum, and energy balance at a nucleation site for water. The trigger mechanism for the CHF condition is postulated to be related to the maximum boiling frequency on a heated surface. It is observed that...
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    Dissertation
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    Flux Correlation Abstract approved: Qiao Wu A mechanistic based critical heat flux (CHF) correlation

  • Direct Bonding of Aluminum-Copper Metals through High-Pressure Torsion Processing

    Creator:
    Han, Jae-Kyung, Han, Dae Kuen, Liang, Guang Yuan, Jang, Jae-Il, Langdon, Terence G., and Kawasaki, Megumi
    Abstract:
    High-pressure torsion (HPT) is used to investigate the formation of a new metal system by the direct bonding of separate disks of Al and Cu by processing at room temperature under a compressive pressure of 6.0 GPa and with increasing numbers of HPT turns up to 60. A detailed examination...
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    Article
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    –Copper Metals through High-Pressure Torsion Processing Jae-Kyung Han, Dae Kuen Han, Guang Yuan Liang, Jae

  • Stochastic Characterization of Highway Capacity and Its Applications

    Creator:
    Dong, Shangjia
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    Highway capacity has traditionally been treated as deterministic. In reality, however, capacity can vary from time to time and location to location due to inclement weather, various driving behavior, traffic incident, bottleneck and workzone. This thesis aims to characterize the stochastic variations of highway capacity, and explore its applications. The...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Applications Abstract approved: Haizhong Wang Highway capacity has traditionally been treated as

  • Exploring the Relationship between Bicycle Level of Traffic Stress and Reported Bicycle Collisions

    Creator:
    Vogt, Rachel
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    Transportation agencies need efficient methods to determine how to improve bicycle facilities in order to improve connectivity and safety. Many studies have used standalone methods such as level of traffic stress (LTS) and bicycle level of service (BLOS) to better understand bicycle mode share and network connectivity for a region...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Haizhong Wang Transportation agencies need efficient methods to determine how to improve bicycle

  • Design and Analysis of Free-space Optical Communications Systems for Next Generation Short-range Wireless Networks

    Creator:
    Liverman, Spencer
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    This dissertation focuses on indoor free-space optical communications systems for use in short range wireless networks. We propose that current radio frequency wireless links be augmented or replaced with optical frequency links due to overcrowding in the radio frequency spectrum. Optical frequencies contain hundreds of terahertz of unregulated bandwidth and...
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    Dissertation
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    approved: ______________________________________________________ Alan X. Wang This dissertation

  • Multi-Modal Biosensing with Diatom Photonic Crystal Biosilica

    Creator:
    Squire, Kenneth J.
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    The need to detect trace amounts of target molecules is great, particularly when it comes to biosensing. With the early detection of a disease, the odds of the successful treatment of an individual increases significantly. To enhance the capability of biomolecular detection, we have created an optical biosensor capable of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    approved: ______________________________________________________ Alan X. Wang The need to

  • Decentralized Multiagent Coordination for Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Routing in Congested Networks

    Creator:
    Mostafizi, Alireza
    Abstract:
    In 2017, the cost of congestion in the United States was around 305 billion dollars, and city-dwellers, on average, lost 1400 dollars while sitting 42 hours in traffic jams. Aiming for better mobility and more efficient utilization of the transportation network, emerging connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) technologies and their...
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    Dissertation
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    Abstract approved: Haizhong Wang In 2017, the cost of congestion in the United States was around 305