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Dynamic Testing Procedures For Performance Assessment Of Nuclear Fuel Rods, Travis M. Adams
Dynamic Testing Procedures For Performance Assessment Of Nuclear Fuel Rods, Travis M. Adams
Honors Theses and Capstones
Existing transportation probabilistic risk assessment for spent nuclear fuel in the United States is based on short-term (decades) on-site storage at power plants before transport. Updated risk assessment estimates will be required as extended on-site storage (centuries) and higher burnup levels in fuel become standard. Nuclear fuel rods under these two conditions are more brittle than rods from short-term storage and intermediate burnup due to several mechanisms, including hydrogen embrittlement. Development of risk assessment requires characterizations of dynamic behavior of these degraded rods under transportation scenarios. This Honors thesis provides an initial literature review for a larger project that will …
Pile-Soil Interaction In Unsaturated Soil Conditions, Megan Hamilton
Pile-Soil Interaction In Unsaturated Soil Conditions, Megan Hamilton
Honors Theses and Capstones
The degree of saturation has been proven to significantly affect geotechnical engineering designs for foundations. The changes in water content will influence the way the soil behaves, including its strength and stiffness parameters. These characteristics were analyzed for a uniform silty sand by developing P-Y curves, which relate lateral loading to lateral deformations. These P-Y curves were input into FB-Multipier, a software developed by the Bridge Software Institute. The software is capable of generating deformations as a result of user-defined loading cases. The results indicated that the middle range of degrees of saturation produced the least amount of deformation. This …
Analysis Of Shear Lag In Steel Angle Connectors, Benjamin Sawyer
Analysis Of Shear Lag In Steel Angle Connectors, Benjamin Sawyer
Honors Theses and Capstones
Previous research has found an empirically based method for calculating the effective net area defined by stress distributions created by tensile loads in steel connections. Based on the results from that method a theoretical alternative is explored to simplify the process of determining the effective net area.
Arched Bridges, Lily Beyer
Arched Bridges, Lily Beyer
Honors Theses and Capstones
An exploration of arched bridges through history. Influence lines for three-pinned and two-pinned arches for moment and axial load are developed. An analysis of the Chesterfield Brattleboro Bridge is included
Estimating Connecticut Stream Temperatures Using Predictive Models, Erik Carlson
Estimating Connecticut Stream Temperatures Using Predictive Models, Erik Carlson
Honors Theses and Capstones
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP) seeks to better classify their streams into thermal regimes (cold, cold transitional, warm transitional, and warm water). A prediction model was created based upon physical characteristics such that CT DEEP could classify streams into thermal regimes based upon the parameters described in Lyons et al. 2009 and compare them to their own classification system. Accurately classifying these thermal regimes determines the environmental protection provided to a stream as well as the potential for establishing fisheries.