Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Taliaferro, Steven"
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Sandoval, Jose Juan (2017-03-13)The field of power electronics finds extensive application within the energy industry. In particular, three-phase AC-DC conversion is employed in many high power applications that require integration with the utility grid ...
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Pitakbunkate, Termpan (2010-10-12)Hydraulic fracturing plays an important role in increasing production rate in tight reservoirs. The performance of the reservoir after fracturing can be observed from the productivity index. This parameter is dependent on ...
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Wang, Fang (2017-07-31)This thesis presents a numerical model of the Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC) wave basin based on linear hydrodynamics. WAMIT program is used for hydrodynamic analysis. Two methods are explored in simulating the ...
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Wojcik, Aleksander Karol (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)The statistics of the phase dependent optical time-domain reflectometer have been analyzed. The optical fiber is modeled by the use of a discrete set of reflectors positioned randomly along the fiber. The statistics of the ...
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Yoon, Yeo Jun (Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)This thesis will investigate the impact of the use of the Phasor Measurement Units (PMU) on the state estimation problem. First, incorporation of the PMU measurements in a conventional state estimation program will be ...
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Guarnieri, Jason Antonio (Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)The protection of aircraft against shoulder fired heat seeking missiles is of growing concern in the aviation community. This thesis presents a simple method for shielding the infrared signature of a jet engine from heat ...
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Kim, Hyun Sun (Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)Sample size calculation methods for ordinal logistic regression are proposed to test statistical hypotheses. The author was motivated to do this work by the need for statistical analysis of the red imported fire ants ...