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Virginia Commonwealth University

2017

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Venus Lander Design, Garon Morgan, Brian Rodrigues, Dhruv Sachani, Jason Scott Jan 2017

Venus Lander Design, Garon Morgan, Brian Rodrigues, Dhruv Sachani, Jason Scott

Capstone Design Expo Posters

The students designed an Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) system for a lander to reach the surface of Venus. The students used a combination of 3D modelling and programming to design the EDL within given constraints under specific tolerances. An EDL takes into consideration entry flight dynamics, aeroheating, and landing systems. The EDL was divided into three stages (see below). The separation of stages was designed to address unique challenges found at different points throughout the EDL. The primary objective of the first stage was to minimize the heat associated with the entry velocity to the payload. The second stage …


Comparative Studies Of Diffusion Models And Artificial Neural Intelligence On Electrochemical Process Of U And Zr Dissolutions In Licl-Kcl Eutectic Salts, Samaneh Rakhshan Pouri Jan 2017

Comparative Studies Of Diffusion Models And Artificial Neural Intelligence On Electrochemical Process Of U And Zr Dissolutions In Licl-Kcl Eutectic Salts, Samaneh Rakhshan Pouri

Theses and Dissertations

The electrorefiner (ER) is the heart of pyroprocessing technology operating at a high-temperature (723 K – 773 K) to separate uranium from Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) used metallic fuel. One of the most common electroanalytical methods for determining the thermodynamic and electrochemical behavior of elemental species in the eutectic molten salt LiCl-KCl inside ER is cyclic voltammetry (CV). Information from CV can possibly be used to estimate diffusion coefficients, apparent standard potentials, transfer coefficients, and numbers of electron transferred. Therefore, predicting the trace of each species from the CV method in an absence of experimental data is important for safeguarding …