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  • A hazardous-inspection model with costly repair

    Creator:
    Yang, Minghui
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    An inspection-repair model is developed that presumes inspection is hazardous to the system being inspected. The form of the optimal inspection-repair policy is determined for different ranges of the model's parameters. The model is formulated as a partially observable Markov decision process with finite numbers of states and actions. The...
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    A hazardous-inspection model with costly repair AN

  • The plume model for large utility scale atmospheric fluidized bed combustors

    Creator:
    Park, Dalkeun
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    The atmospheric fluidized bed combustor (AFBC) is an alternative to the pulverized coal burner. The size of a utility scale AFBC would be enormous so that the use of large particles is necessary to reduce its size. In modeling the combustion of coal and capture of sulfur released from the...
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    The plume model for large utility scale atmospheric

  • A framework to model reliability and failures in complex systems during the early engineering design process

    Creator:
    O'Halloran, Bryan M.
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    An open area of research in complex systems is to move reliability and failure assessments earlier in the engineering design process. When compared to later design, early decisions are cost effective and have a large impact on the system. Standard methods are limited by the availability of data and often...
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    Mechanical Engineering presented on May 3, 2013. Title: A FRAMEWORK TO MODEL RELIABILITY AND FAILURES IN

  • Identification of structural parameters and hydrodynamic effects for forced and free vibration

    Creator:
    Kruchoski, Brian L. (Brian Louis)
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    Statistically-based estimation techniques are presented in this study. These techniques incorporate structural test data to improve finite element models used for dynamic analysis. Methods are developed to identify optimum values of the parameters of finite element models describing structures. The parameters which may be identified are : element area, mass...
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    mathematical model of the structure is generated and is solved by computer to predict the response to a

  • Ultimate and serviceability limit state reliability-based axial capacity of deep foundations

    Creator:
    Reddy, Seth C.
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    Deep foundations are necessary for the construction of many structures, such as bridges and buildings, located in areas unsuitable for shallow foundations. Owing to the inherent variability of soil and the complex changes that occur in the soil adjacent to deep foundations as they are installed, the ability to accurately...
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    DISSERTATION OF Seth C. Reddy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering presented on

  • Machine learning in engineering : techniques to speed up numerical optimization

    Creator:
    Cerbone, G. (Giuseppe)
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    Many important application problems in engineering can be formalized as nonlinear optimization tasks. However, numerical methods for solving such problems are brittle and do not scale well. For example, these methods depend critically on choosing a good starting point from which to perform the optimization search. In high-dimensional spaces, numerical...
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    artifact and, in most engineering tasks, it is a science founded on well-established mathematical

  • Aseismic performance of a cable-stayed structure with decentralized H[infinity] control

    Creator:
    Chńg, Guan B.
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    The dissertation uses state-of-the-art structural engineering theories, in parallel with the modern and still-developing control theory of electrical engineering to mitigate the vibratory responses of a double-stayed bridge subjected to strong earthquake ground motions. First, a nonlinear finite element model of the double-stayed bridge subjected to non-uniform (multi-support) earthquake excitations...
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    , and methods and approaches used to obtain the described mathematical model and response are

  • A nonlocal damage theory for laminated plate with application to aircraft damage tolerance

    Creator:
    Nahan, Matthew F.
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    Design of commercial aircraft structure, composed of composite material, requires the prediction of failure loads given large scale damage. In particular, a fuselage of graphite/epoxy lamination was analyzed for damage tolerance given a standard large crack that severed both skin and internal structure. Upon loading, a zone of damage is...
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    softening. This investigation sought to develop a computational model that simulates progressive damage

  • From Functional Modeling to Optimization : Risk and Safety in the Design Process for Large-Scale Systems

    Creator:
    McIntire, Matthew G.
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    In order to more effectively design large, complex systems, risk must be accounted for throughout the design process. A systematic way to account for risk is by using system model simulation. During the conceptual design phase, functional models can be drawn to help the engineer design their system's functional architecture....
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    the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering presented on November 30, 2016. Title

  • Parametric uncertainties in reliability analysis of bridge structures

    Creator:
    Hamutcuoglu, Osman Murat
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    Probability-based reliability methods have placed an increased emphasis on realistic simulation of structural behavior in bridge engineering. Uncertainty is present in every aspect of structural analysis. Aleatory uncertainties in the loading and load-carrying capacities, and epistemic uncertainties in mathematical idealization of bridge systems are the major contributors to uncertain structural...
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    representations of systems using mathematical solutions and numerical approximations. The model uncertainty