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  • Feasibility Study on MHD Energy Conversion for Applications in Liquid Metal Cooled Nuclear Reactors

    Creator:
    Qiu, Hanrui
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    The application of two-phase magnetohydrodynamic(MHD) in liquid metal cooled nuclear reactors presents opportunities to simplify the power generation system by eliminating moving components like a turbine for enhanced safety. The proposed system in this thesis consists of two loops with immiscible working fluids. The compressed gas expands in the two-phase...
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    Energy Conversion for Applications in Liquid Metal Cooled Nuclear Reactors Abstract approved: Qiao Wu

  • Phase distribution parameter determination by neutron radiography

    Creator:
    Skinner, Jesse B.
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    A phase distribution parameter has been added to the one-dimensional two-phase horizontal flow conservation equations. The phase distribution parameter was incorporated into the conservation equations in an attempt to add stability and remove correlation switching by incorporating gravity. Determination of the phase distribution parameter requires an average void fraction profile...
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    Neutron Radiography Abstract approved: ____________________________________________ Qiao Wu

  • 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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    Characterization of NIST-1’s Containment Vessel Abstract approved: Qiao Wu NuScale Power has designed a small

  • An Agent-Based Simulation for Emergency Warning Dissemination in a Multiplex Social Network

    Creator:
    Koll, Charles D.
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    The variety of natural disasters provide different sets of characteristics and properties with unique challenges. One significant difference between hazard types is prewarning lead time, the amount of time individuals have from a potential warning to the disaster occurring. Rapid onset disasters may not provide an official warning about a...
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    Wang The variety of natural disasters provide different sets of characteristics and proper- ties with

  • 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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    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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    Haizhong Wang Transportation agencies need efficient methods to determine how to improve bicycle

  • 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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    approved: ______________________________________________________ Alan X. Wang The need to

  • Crowdsourcing Data-driven Development of Bicycle Safety Performance Functions (SPFs) : Microscopic and Macroscopic Scales

    Creator:
    Chen, Chen
    Abstract:
    While riding bicycles has been promoted for its health, economic, and environmental benefits, it also complements other modes to complete a safe, efficient, and reliable transportation system. However, the dramatic increase of bicycle usage in the U.S. is accompanied by a growth of bicycle crashes. The U.S. Department of Transportation,...
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    Haizhong Wang While riding bicycles has been promoted for its health, economic, and

  • Agent-based Tsunami Evacuation Model : Life Safety and Network Resilience

    Creator:
    Mostafizi, Alireza
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    Natural disasters could result in unnecessary loss of life and disproportionate suffering to families and communities if evacuation plans are not in place or understood by the public. In the Pacific Northwest, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami from the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) represents one of the most pressing...
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    Evacuation Model: Life Safety and Network Resilience Abstract approved: Haizhong Wang Natural disasters

  • An Agent-based Evacuation Modeling of Underground Fire Emergency

    Creator:
    Xu, Yue
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    Increasingly congested surface transportation network in urban areas and grow-ing land values make underground transportation systems more attractive for high-ways (i.e., tunnels) and metro system compared to other options [1]. An underground transportation system can preserve the land above for recreational parks, commer-cial buildings, residential homes, or other purposes while...
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    Modeling of Underground Fire Emergency Abstract approved: Haizhong Wang Increasingly congested surface