Browsing by Subject "reliability"
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(2014-04-29)The evolution of data storage technologies has been extraordinary. Hard disk drives that fit in current personal computers have the capacity that requires tons of transistors to achieve in 1970s. Today, we are at the ...
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(2021-05-06)Miscalibrated relationships between operator trust and automation can lead to accidents, some even fatal. If an operator either over or under trusts the system's capability, their overall assessment of the system's reliability ...
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(Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1968)
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(2009-05-15)Entry-time processes are finite-state continuous-time jump processes with transition rates depending only on the two states involved in transition, the calendar time, and the most recent arrival time, which is termed as ...
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(2010-07-14)In post-tensioned (PT) bridges, prestressing steel tendons are the major load carrying components. These tendons consist of strands, ducts, and cementitious grout that fill the interstitial space between the strands and ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)Fault tolerant control can accommodate the component faults in a control system such as sensors, actuators, plants, etc. This dissertation presents two fault tolerant control schemes to accommodate the failures of power ...
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(2012-11-05)The reliability of protection systems has emerged as an important topic because protection failures have critical influence on the reliability of power systems. The goal of this research is to develop novel approaches for ...
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(2013-11-07)Utilities of distribution systems now are under the pressure of improving the reliability of power supply, not only from the urge to increase revenue, but also from requirements of their customers and the Independent Service ...
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(2017-05-30)The Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) is a 10-item self-report measure that assesses perceived meaning in life and search for meaning in life (Steger, Frazier, Oishi, & Kaler, 2006). A reliability generalization was ...
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(2020-08-12)Hydrostatic gas journal bearings with porous tilting pads enable shaft support with minute drag power losses. Yet, there is little archival information on the static and dynamic load performance of this bearing type. Thus, ...
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(2009-05-15)I used reliability generalization procedures to determine the mean score reliability of the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI), the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT), and the Bulimia Test (BULIT). Reliability generalization is a ...
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(2017-08-01)Estimating nonlinear effects, including interaction and quadratic effects, is a prevailing issue in social and behavioral science. Despite several advantages of using latent variable models in estimating nonlinear effects, ...
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(2011-02-22)In shipboard power systems (SPS), it is important to provide continuous power to vital loads so that their desired missions can be completed successfully. Several components exist between the primary source and the vital ...
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(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2004)This paper presents a model to calculate the reliability and availability of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. The reliability is expressed in the terms of reliability, maintainability and decision capability. ...
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(2011-02-22)Adverse weather such as hurricanes can significantly affect the reliability of composite power systems. Predicting the impact of hurricanes can help utilities for better preparedness and make appropriate restoration ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)This research develops yield and reliability models for fault-tolerant semiconductor integrated circuits and develops optimization algorithms that can be directly applied to these models. Since defects cause failures in ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Management decisions in complex industrial facilities usually consider both the economic and environmental aspects of the plant's performance. For nuclear power plants (NPPs), safety is also a very substantial issue. The ...
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(2009-05-15)This dissertation focuses on developing inspection schedules to detect non-self- announcing events which can only detected by inspections. Failures of protective sys- tems ,such as electronic equipments, alarms and stand-by ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)The generalized theory of thermoelasticity was employed to characterize the coupled thermal and mechanical wave propagation in high performance microelectronic packages. Application of a Gaussian heat source of spectral ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)The electric power industry is undergoing a restructuring process. The major goals of the change of the industry structure are to motivate competition, reduce costs and improve the service quality for consumers. In the ...