Browsing by Author "Nelson, Paul"
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Stone, Joseph Carlyle (2009-05-15)The approaches for discretizing the direction variable in particle transport calculations are the discrete-ordinates method and function-expansion methods. Both approaches are limited if the transport solution is not ...
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Rodi, Paul J. (2012-07-16)This thesis involves exploring enhancement of estimating the probability of a critical station blackout in nuclear power plant operations by the use of direct numerical evaluation of multidimensional nonrecovery integrals. ...
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Subbaiah, Meyappan (2016-07-14)The study of various indicators of nuclear proliferation actions by states can identify the associated level of risk. This study expands upon previous proliferation risk work by investigating the number of Enrichment and ...
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Gokhale, Bhushan (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)The energy consumption throughout the world has increased substantially over the past few years and the trend is projected to continue indefinitely. The primary sources of energy are conventional fuels such as oil, natural ...
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Ford, David Grant (2009-05-15)An assessment methodology has been developed at Texas A&M University for predicting weapons useable material acquisition by a terrorist organization or rogue state based on an acquisition network simulation. The network ...
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Tsvetkova, Galina Valeryevna (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)The objectives of this dissertation were to find a principal domain of promising and technologically feasible reactor physics characteristics for a multi-purpose, modular-sized, lead-cooled, fast neutron spectrum reactor ...
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Kuchangi, Shamanth (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)In this thesis an incident prediction model is formulated and calibrated. The primary idea of the model developed is to correlate the expected number of crashes on any section of a freeway to a set of traffic stream ...
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Ding, Jianxun (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1994)Multistage Interconnection Network (MIN) has gained widespread popularity in both multiprocessor and ATM switching applications because of its cost-effectiveness structure. Thus, design and analysis of high performance MIN ...
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Tian, Zongzhong (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Diamond interchanges and their associated ramps are where the surface street arterial system and the freeway system interface. Historically, these two elements of the system have been operated with little or no coordination ...
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Thornton, Angela Lynn (2009-05-15)Neutron coincidence counting is an important passive Nondestructive Assay (NDA) technique widely used for qualitative and quantitative analysis of nuclear material in bulk samples. During the fission process, multiple ...
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DeHart, Mark David (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)A method for applying the discrete ordinates method for solution of the neutron transport equation in arbitrary two-dimensional meshes has been developed. The finite difference approach normally used to approximate spatial ...
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Wang, Shuwen (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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Kuo, Pei-Fen (2012-07-16)The before-after study is still the most popular method used by traffic engineers and transportation safety analysts for evaluating the effects of an intervention. However, this kind of study may be plagued by important ...
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Ghanbari, Roushan (2012-10-19)As the nuclear industry grows around the globe, it brings with it a need for more safeguards and proliferation resistant technologies. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) depends on effective containment and ...
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Fields, Matthew James (2009-05-15)An experimental approach to traffic flow analysis is presented in which methodology from pattern recognition is applied to a specific dataset to examine its utility in determining traffic patterns. The selected dataset for ...
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Gariazzo, Claudio (2017-12-04)States collaborate to achieve common goals. In the interest of advancing nuclear security globally, states have previously formed bilateral partnerships that allow two states to cooperate in germane areas of the nuclear ...
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Cheek, Marshall Tyler (Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)Video Imaging Vehicle Detection Systems (VIVDS) are steadily becoming the dominant method for the detection of vehicles at a signalized traffic approach. This research is intended to investigate the improvement of a queue ...
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Yu, Fan (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)In this work, we apply a recently developed theory, information-based complexity, to numerical transport theory. Two classes of information, cell-average information and point-evaluation information, and two popular ...
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Bui, Dat Duc (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)The study of the inverse scattering problem for electromagnetic waves, especially under consideration of such realistic effects as spatial inhomogeniety, dispersion, dissipativity and multiple spatial dimensions, is based ...
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Gallart Hamilton, Diana (2017-01-19)The failure of protective systems can be catastrophic, and has its origin in management. Yet, most engineering works regarding protective systems focus on their physical components. Historically, protective systems have ...