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Distance weighted method of characteristics solution for solute transport in groundwater
(1986)
Method of characteristics (MOC) solutions are widely employed in solute transport models of groundwater to estimate tracer concentration. The conventional approach to obtain average tracer concentration for the cell is to ...
Analysis of Support Vector Machine Regression for Building Energy Use Prediction
(2020-08)
There are many inverse modeling methods to model the whole building energy use. Multiple linear regression (MLR) and change-point liner regression (CPLR) have been some of the most common methods due to their direct ...
Development of a Prototype for Integrating Building Information Model (BIM) with Daylighting Simulation Tools for Designing High-Performance Buildings
(2020-09-13)
The outcome of this study is the development of a prototype REVIT2RADIANCE add-in program for a Building Information Modeling (BIM) authoring tool Autodesk Revit to perform daylighting studies with ease by architects and ...
Transportation risk assessment for ethanol transport
(2009-05-15)
This research is aimed at assessing the quantitative risks involved with an ethanol
pipeline. Pipelines that run from the Midwest, where the vast majority of ethanol is
produced, to the target areas where reformulated ...
The Influence of Particle Size and Crystalline Level on the Combustion Characteristics of Particulated Solids
(2013-07-29)
Over the past years, catastrophic dust explosion incidents have caused numerous injuries, fatalities and economical losses. Dust explosions are rapid exothermic reactions that take place when a combustible dust is mixed ...
A Study of Safety Culture Assessment Framework for Process Industries and Its Application to a Bayesian Belief Network Analysis
(2016-08-08)
Investigations of major catastrophes in process industries have revealed that deficiency of good safety culture is one of the underlying causes of such disasters. Not only has safety culture been recognized as a root cause, ...
Discotic Colloids
(2013-07-25)
Many materials and biological systems in nature are suspensions composed of disks, such as clay, asphaltenes, and red blood cells. Despite their natural abundance and wide industrial application, disks are least studied ...
Flammability Characteristics of Hydrogen and Its Mixtures with Light Hydrocarbons at Atmospheric and Sub-atmospheric Pressures
(2013-07-13)
Knowledge of flammability limits is essential in the prevention of fire and explosion. There are two limits of flammability, upper flammability limit (UFL) and lower flammability limit (LFL), which define the flammable ...
Experimental and Computational Study of Flame Inhibition Mechanisms of Halogenated Compounds in C1-C3 Alkanes Flames
(2013-07-30)
After the restriction of different halogenated fire suppressants by the Montreal Protocol, there is an urgent need to identify environmentally friendlier alternatives. In particular, several efforts have been conducted ...
A New Facility for Studying Shock Wave Passage over Dust Layers
(2013-05-30)
To ensure safety regarding dust explosion hazards, it is important to study the dust lifting process experimentally and identify important parameters that will be valuable for development and validation of numerical ...