Browsing by Subject "Reliability"
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(2009-05-15)A performance model and a reliability-based optimization model for flexible pavements that accounts for the effects of rehabilitation actions are developed. The developed performance model can be effectively implemented ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)Modern power systems are now stepping into the post-restructuring era, in which utility industries as well as ISOs (Independent System Operators) are involved. Attention needs to be paid to the reliability study of power ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)The article aims demonstrate the importance of reliability mapping for decrease risks of shutdown and accident in critical activities. For mapping is needed to know the operational context, considering culture and deviations ...
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(2022-07-08)The study that is discussed in this thesis involves a unique method of quantifying uncertainty with respect to a classification problem. In essence, the objective involves redefining a materials classification problem ...
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(2019-04-10)Estimation of reserves is a process used to quantify the volumes of hydrocarbon fluids that can be recovered economically from a reservoir, field, area or region, from a given date forward. A considerable level of uncertainty ...
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(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2008-10)This paper presents a control scheme which utilizes the enhanced instantaneous cooling load measurements to improve the reliability of chiller sequencing control. The enhanced measurement is obtained by merging two different ...
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(2009-05-15)Design options have been evaluated for the Modular Helium Reactor (MHR) for higher temperature operation. An alternative configuration for the MHR coolant inlet flow path is developed to reduce the peak vessel temperature ...
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(2012-07-16)Society depends on computer networks for communication. The networks were built to support and facilitate several important applications such as email, web browsing and instant messaging. Recently, there is a significant ...
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(2009-05-15)In this dissertation we study the problem of allocating computational resources and managing applications in a data center to serve incoming requests in such a way that the energy usage, reliability and quality of service ...
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(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1989-09)The quality and reliability of utility-generated electric power is presently receiving a great deal of attention from the chemical and refining industry. What changes have taken place to make electric power reliability a ...
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(2014-08-12)Travel time and travel time reliability are two fundamental factors influencing travel behavior and demand. The concept of the value of time (VOT) has been extensively studied, and estimates of VOT have been obtained from ...
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(2013-08-01)In this dissertation, I explore energy and reliability in future NoC (Network-on-Chip) interconnected CMPs (chip multiprocessors) as they have become a first-order constraint in future CMP design. In the first part, we ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)The electric power utility industry is presently undergoing a change towards the deregulated environment. This has resulted in unbundling of generation, transmission and distribution services. The introduction of competition ...
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(2012-11-28)In recent years, reliability evaluation of substation automation systems has received a significant attention from the research community. With the advent of the concept of smart grid, there is a growing trend to integrate ...
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(2013-04-30)Bridge scour is the loss of soil by erosion due to water flowing around bridge supports. Scour has been the number one cause of bridge collapse in the United States with an average rate of 22 bridges collapsing each year. ...
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(2014-11-13)The placement of detectors in mitigation systems is a difficult problem usually addressed in the industry via qualitative and semiquantative approaches. Simplifications are used to circumvent difficulties regarding problem ...
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(2018-08-09)Petroleum industry performance has been consistently below expectations. This underperformance has been attributed in part to the existence of cognitive biases in project evaluation, resulting in poor project valuation and ...
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Methods to Improve Process Safety Performance through Flange Connection Leak Prediction and Control (2014-08-08)Process safety is a task of preventing leaks. Leak prevention is critical because pressure vessels and piping assets in chemical plants are fabricated from materials which have limited corrosion resistance. When corrosive ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)The dissertation presents a transmission network model suitable for use in multi-area reliability models which utilize a Monte Carlo simulation approach. The transmission network model utilizes the REI equivalent which ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)Reliability plays a very important role in the overall performance of flexible manufacturing systems (FMS). Failure of a single component can easily propagate downtime throughout the entire system, giving rise to inferior ...