Finally, the documentation in the public domain regarding CHAD is very limited. Therefore, a User's Manual was written for CHAD that is designed to reduce the time required to bring a new CHAD user to a productive level.

Future advanced nuclear systems involve higher operation temperatures, intenser neutron flux, and more aggressive coolants, calling for structural materials with excellent performances in multiple aspects. Embedded with ...

Ozone is produced efficiently in arrays of linear microplasmas at low temperatures and generated within alumina (Al2O3) microchannels. The array of microchannels device is fabricated from aluminum foil by chemical processing ...

In this thesis two new methods of calculating the criticality of a nuclear system are introduced and verified.

A reactor that is infinitely large has two ideal properties: (1) The fission rate density and, hence, the power are uniform throughout, and (2) the fuel density needed for criticality is minimum. A finite reactor loaded ...

As the global demand for energy grows, many nations are considering developing or increasing nuclear capacity as a viable, long-term power source. To assess the possible expansion of nuclear power and the intricate ...

Analysis of thermal and mechanical behavior of copper walls under high heat flux loading has been performed, including plasticity, creep, and thermal cyclic fatigue. Two and three dimensional finite element models for the ...

A methodology for the realization of the Anticipatory Paradigm in the diagnosis and control of complex systems, such as power plants, is developed. The objective is to synthesize engineering systems as analogs of certain ...

The second set of experiments performed in this thesis is designed to apply the disorder-induced melting concept to an existing fracture problem: segregation-induced intergranular embrittlement. This is accomplished in the ...