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Thermal Modeling And Analysis Of Roadway Embedded Wireless Power Transfer Modules, Arden N. Barnes Aug 2020

Thermal Modeling And Analysis Of Roadway Embedded Wireless Power Transfer Modules, Arden N. Barnes

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Wireless charging of electric vehicles is a developing technology which potentially increases efficiency and safety. It also allows for charging vehicles while they are moving by having charging stations embedded in the roadway. Because roadways are thermally insulating, it is important to know how the heat from the charging stations will move through the roadway, which will allow further research into whether the heat will cause damage to the components in the station or to the roadway. This thesis studies the way the heat moves through concrete with wireless charging coils embedded in it. This is accomplished by measuring the …


Transportation Analysis And Related Design Optimization Of The Fermilab High-Beta 650 Mhz Cryomodule, Josh F. Helsper Jan 2020

Transportation Analysis And Related Design Optimization Of The Fermilab High-Beta 650 Mhz Cryomodule, Josh F. Helsper

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

The Proton Improvement Plan-II (PIP-II) at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory(FNAL) will create a new and vastly improved accelerator, which will be the source of high energy particles for the experiments taking place at FNAL. The new linear accelerator (LINAC) contains several types of cryomodules, which are individual particle accelerators. The last cryomodule in the LINAC will be the High-Beta 650 (HB650), which will operate at 650 MHz. Each module is approximately 15 meters in length, 1.5 meters wide, weighs 13 tonnes, and shares many design features with three of the other cryomodules. The HB650 consists of two primary sections, the …


Strain-Based Mechanical Failure Analysis Of Buried Steel Pipeline Subjected To Landslide Displacement Using Finite Element Method, Sean Goodluck Mamuzo Edeki Jan 2020

Strain-Based Mechanical Failure Analysis Of Buried Steel Pipeline Subjected To Landslide Displacement Using Finite Element Method, Sean Goodluck Mamuzo Edeki

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Landslide displacement is one of the major threats to the structural integrity of buried oil and natural gas pipelines that are often located far from major markets with terrains prone to permanent ground deformations. These pipelines can experience large longitudinal strains and circumferential deformation resulting from the differential ground movements thereby potentially impacting pipeline safety by adversely affecting structural capacity and leak tight integrity. In order to proffer theoretical basis for the design, safety evaluation and maintenance of pipelines, the failure analysis and mechanical behavior of buried API X65 steel pipeline perpendicularly crossing landslide area was investigated with the Finite …