System Analysis Dual-Purpose Repository New Results of Temperature Calculations
As design concept for a high-level waste (HLW) final repository the emplacement of reprocessing wastes and spent fuel elements of different types in a common repository is being studied...

Interim Storage of Solidified High Level Wastes
Indian approach to the problem of interim storage of vitrified high level wastes, indicating design philosophy adopted for air cooled vault at Tarapur has been described. Important design...

Interim Waste Storage for the Integral Fast Reactor Fuel Cycle Demonstration
An interim storage system design and operating strategy were developed for implementation in the Integral Fast Reactor Fuel Cycle Demonstration. Waste characteristics and thermal power...

Uncertainty Analysis of Preclosure Accident Doses for the Yucca Mountain Repository
This study presents a generic methodology that can be used to evaluate the uncertainty in the calculated accidental offsite doses at the Yucca Mountain repository during the preclosure...

A Decision Support System for Performance-Based Site Characterization
The complex and dynamic requirements of site characterization present a major management challenge. ParaTrac, a regulatory and technical information system, is described as a valuable...

Knowledge Representation for Bridge Design
An implementation of a frame-based knowledge representation language (KRL) for development of expert system applications in highway bridge design is presented. The frame-based KRL is used...

A Prototype of the Uniform Building Code Using Hypertext
The earthquake section of the Uniform Building Code has been implemented using the hypertext technology. The information was broken down into many interrelated nodes. Figures were scanned...

Visualizing the Performance of Structural Optimization Processes
Graphical constructions are discussed that enable the performance of iterative structural optimization processes to be evaluated visually. The first, a basins of attraction construction,...

Computer-Based Interactive Design for Prestressed Concrete Structures
Prestressed concrete structures can provide a highly desirable solution for many structural applications because the designer gains control over several additional parameters as compared...

A PC-CAD System for Prefabricated Steel Bridges
A microcomputer-aided analysis and design system for prefabricated steel bridges is presented in this paper. The system was customized to perform all the required engineering to analyze,...

Computerized Bridge Monitoring System
Research at the University of Connecticut has generated a full scale vibrational monitoring system for installation on a Connecticut bridge. The monitoring system consists of a field computer...

Integrated Structural Engineering Solution for Design, Drafting and Analysis
Computervision Corporation is a leading CAD/CAM/CAE vendor that offers a complete integrated structural solution to customers. This structural solution allows customers to manage intricate...

Integrated Structural Design Software in the IBM Architecture & Engineering Series
The Architecture and Engineering Series (AES) software by IBM is a high function, fully integrated design, drafting, and information system. The system provides three dimensional geometry...

Integration of CAD and Structural Engineering for Building Design
Many design/build contractors have publicized successes using three-dimensional (3D) computer-aided-design (CAD) models. Structural engineers contribute equipment support structures as...

Computer-Aided Structural Analysis
Finite Element Methods and other numerical techniques are often taught nowadays in the undergraduate Structural Analysis courses. Commercial, structural computer programs are becoming...

Accurate Response Analysis of Seismic Distributed Mass Systems
A dynamic analysis technique of distributed mass structures is presented with a combination of the dynamic load factor approach and the dynamic stiffness matrix method. The dynamic stiffness...

COMBAT.PC; a New Windows-Based Tool for Three-Dimensional Dynamic Analysis of Multi-storied Building Structures
By some accounts, analytical capability without the power of visualization is little productive; visualization is the tool that will turn computational power into practical results. COMBAT.PC...

Macro-Model for Inelastic Low-Rise R.C. Shear Walls
This paper presents an analytical technique for calculating static and seismic response of low-rise shear wall structures. The displacement response is resulting from bending, shear, and...

Discrete Optimal Design of 3D Frameworks
The paper describes a discrete optimization method for the least-weight design of three-dimensional (3D) steel building frameworks. The method involves the coordinated application of structural...

MINLP and MILP Strategies for Discrete Sizing Structural Optimization Problems
We address an important practical problem of optimum structural design in the presence of discrete sizing constraints. In addition, the topology of the structure may vary as well. The...

 

 

 

 

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