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THE PURPOSE OF PHASE I OF THIS RESEARCH PROJECT IS TO CRITICALLY REVIEW THE EXISTING COMPUTERIZED EOP SYSTEMS FOR BOTH PWR AND BWR PLANTS, DEVELOPED BY VARIOUS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THEIR ADVANTAGES, DISADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS IN TERMS OF THEIR IMPACT ON OPERATORS PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY AND RECOMMEND ONE SYSTEM OR A COMPOSITE OF SEVERAL SYSTEMS, BEFOR ...

A TWO-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODEL BASED ON A HYBRID FINITE ELEMENT METHOD WITH MESH ADAPTATION IS PROPOSED TO CALCULATE GROUNDWATER FLOW AND POLLUTANT TRANSPORT IN UNSATURATED POROUS MEDIA. THE ALGORITHM IS MODIFIED TO ENHANCE COMPUTATIONAL SPEED AND STORAGE, AND INCORPORATES PETROV-GALERKIN WEIGHTING FOR THE ADVECTION TERMS. NONLINEARITIES ASSOCIATED WITH UNSATURATED SOIL PROPERTIES, ATMOSPHERIC ...

THIS RESEARCH WILL EXECUTE AN INDEPTH STUDY OF THE BASIC FEATURES OF EMBEDDED SYSTEM AND PLANT PROCESS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ITS INTERACTIONS WITH THE HARDWARE SYSTEMS THAT IT IS INTENDED TO CONTROL AND REGULATE. THE PURPOSE OF SUCH A STUDY WILL BE TO IDENTIFY THE PROCEDURES AND ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES, TO BE INTEGRATED IN AN EMBEDDED SYSTEM SOFTWARE ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY, THAT CAN BE OF GREATEST UTILI ...

THE FEASIBILITY OF SMART CARDS FOR THE PUBLIC TRANSIT INDUSTRY HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED. THERE IS A PERCEPTION THAT SMART CARDS CAN BE USED TO REDUCE THE TOTAL TRANSACTIONCOSTS ASSOCIATED WITH FARE PAYMENT, TO IMPROVE SECURITY, REDUCE FRAUD AND IMPROVE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND RIDERSHIP. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THESE CLAIMS; THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY R ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP A METHODOLOGY AND A PROTOTYPE DESIGN FOR A SYSTEM CAPABLE OF PREDICTING FAILURE OF ROTATING PARTS IN TURBINE ENGINES. SCT PROPOSES AN INNOVATIVE, INTEGRATED APPROACH THAT ASSIMILATES DATA FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES TO TREND ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND HEALTH. INDICATIONS OF COMPONENET FAILURE WILL BE IDENTIFIED AND ACTUAL DATA WILL BE COMPARED AGAINST THE INDICAT ...

THE PROPOSED EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP A COMBINED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SYSTEM BASED ON DATA'S CLIPBOARD COMPUTR. THE CLIP BOARD IS AN IBM PC COMPATIBLE PORTABLE COMPUTER WITH BASIC DIMENSIONS OF 7"X10"X1.5" AND A WEIGHT OF 4 POUNDS. IT CON-TAINS A HIGH RESOLUTION (640 X 200) GCA MONITOR WITH A TOUCHSCREEN FOR MENU RESPONSE ENTRY BY FINGERTIP. THE COMPUTER RUNS A 8 MHZ HAS 3 MB OF A MAIN MEMORY (COMBIN ...

IT IS NECESSARY TO ESTIMATE J-R OR JI DATA FOR AGING AND RE-SIDUAL LIFE STUDIES, USING DATA FROM SURVEILLANCE CAPSULE SPECIMENS THAT REFLECT THE CURRENT STATE OF THE PRESSURE VESSEL STEEL. AN IMPROVED MODEL IS NEEDED THAT WILL PREDICT J J-R DATA FROM CHARPY DATA, TENSILE PROPERTIES, MATERIAL COM-POSITION AND OTHER MEASURABLE PROPERTIES. SUCH A MODEL WILLBE DEVELOPED UNDER THIS PROJECT, USING INNOV ...

A GLASS BOTTLE CONTENTS VERIFICATION SYSTEM BASED UPON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR) RELAXATION SIGNATURES IS PROPOSED. AS ENVISIONED, THE PROPOSED SYSTEM WILL ACCOMMO- DATE THE EXPECTED WIDE RANGE OF FLUID TYPES AND BOTTLE SIZESIN ADDITION, UNLIKE SYSTEMS BASED UPON HIGH-RESOLUTION NMR TECHNIQUES, THE PROPOSED BOTTLE CONTENTS VERIFICATION SYSTEMWILL OPERATE WITH MODEST MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTH ...

THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE TYPE OF PRECIPITATION (RAIN, SNOW, FOG/HAZE, HAIL) HAS TRACTIONALLY RELIED ON HUMAN JUDGMENT. RECENTLY, THE WAVE PROPAGATION LABORATORY OF DEVELOPED A TECHNOLOGY FOR AUTOMATIC WEATHER IDENTIFICATION USING LASER SCINTILLATION AND SCATTERING. THE TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY TESTED IN FIELD OPERATION. HOWEVER, THE SYSTEM IS TOO CLUMSY AND EXPENSIVE FOR LARGE-SCALE FIELD ...

A SIX MONTH PROGRAM TO DEVELOP A RUGGED NEW DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE ONSET OF ICE FORMATION ON SURFACES OF TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES, ROADS, BRIDGES AND AIRCRAFTS, WILL BE DEVELOPED AND A PROTOTYPE WILL BE LABORATORY TESTED. THE NOVEL GAGE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM IS PARTLY BASED ON THE TECHNOLOGY APPLIED TO MEASURE CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLUTIONS. BASED ON EXISTING TECHNOLOGY, AND ALREADY TESTED UNDER HIGH ...