Browsing by Subject "Simulation"
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)A global steady increase of energy consumption coupled with the decline of conventional oil resources points to a more aggressive exploitation of heavy oil. Heavy oil is a major source of energy in this century with a ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)The infiltration of water in asphalt pavements promotes moisture damage primarily through damaging the binder cohesive bond and the adhesive bond between aggregates and binder. Moisture damage is associated with excessive ...
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(2006-12-01)This study presents the development of artificial neural network _ANN_ and fuzzy logic _FL_ models for predicting event-based rainfall runoff and tests these models against the kinematic wave approximation _KWA_. A three-layer ...
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(2011-02-22)This thesis evaluates the Value of Delay (VOD) to commercial vehicle operators due to highway congestions. The VOD for congestion is a fundamental parameter driving the private sectors’ response to public freight projects ...
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(2019-11-13)Urban water infrastructure systems are exposed to the impacts of various chronic and acute stressors such as climate change, population growth/decline, aging infrastructure, and extreme events (e.g., natural disasters). ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)In this thesis, we present a method for computing an artistic representation of ocean waves using Bezier curves. Wave forms are loosely based on procedural wave models and are designed to emulate those found in both art ...
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(2019-11-26)Hagfishes are capable of not only forming knots, but also sliding them along the length of their bodies. This remarkable behavior is used by the animal for a wide variety of purposes, such as feeding and manipulation. ...
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(2012-10-19)The United States international land boundary is a volatile, security intense area. In 2010, the combined trade was $918 billion within North American nations, with 80% transported by commercial trucks. Over 50 million ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)It is common for field models of tight gas reservoirs to include several wells with hydraulic fractures. These hydraulic fractures can be very long, extending for more than a thousand feet. A hydraulic fracture width is ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)The development of coarsened reservoir simulation models from high resolution geologic models is a critical step in a simulation study. The optimal coarsening sequence becomes particularly challenging in a fluvial channel ...
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(2013-02-15)As objects continue to be placed into space, Earth orbiting debris are becoming a prominent issue. To counteract this, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center’s (MSFC) Engineering Directorate has funded a project to create a ...
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(2018-08-17)The purpose of this research was to compare the energy consumption of WinAM and EnergyPlus when thermal mass and a temperature setback are applied. Since WinAM does not account for thermal mass, a correction method was ...
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(2015-10-29)The present journal article formatted dissertation was a comprehensive investigation of ANOVA effect sizes. In the first study, the author examined the extent to which ANOVA practices have changed in comparison with a ...
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(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2007)Building structure thermal storage (BSTS) HVAC systems can store heat during nighttime thermal storage operation (nighttime operation hours) by using off-peak electricity and release it in the daytime air-conditioning ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)This dissertation intends to provide new tuning techniques for several simple cubic equations of state (EOS) to improve their accuracy in calculating fluid phase equilibrium. It also provides graphical tools to predict ...
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(2020-08-21)Reserves are the technically-recoverable hydrocarbon volumes that can be economically produced given the current economic condition. Uncertainty about future oil prices is experienced in the present, not the future, and ...
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(2017-04-12)In recent years, we have noticed tremendous increase of energy consumption and carbon pollution in the industrial sector, and many energy-intensive industries are striving to reduce energy cost and to have a positive impact ...
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(2020-05-20)This thesis summarizes an intensive computational study to a proton accelerator-driven thorium-fueled molten salt reactor, including sensitivity analysis, parametric studies, and design & optimization for selected components ...
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(2021-08-13)This thesis is concerned with the design of an integrated longitudinal and lateral controller for a platoon of connected and automated vehicles executing an emergency lane change maneuver. The efficacy of the designed ...
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(2010-07-14)The exponential growth of information demands the automated movement of data and software via new software models that are able to integrate data and components on their own without scientists’ direct involvement. However, ...