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2. IMPROVED NEUTRON KINETICS FOR COUPLED THREE-DIMENSIONAL BOILING WATER REACTOR ANALYSIS

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Author:
Akdeniz, Bedirhan
Title:
IMPROVED NEUTRON KINETICS FOR COUPLED THREE-DIMENSIONAL BOILING WATER REACTOR ANALYSIS
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
Neutron Kinetics
Delayed Neutron
Importance Factor
Parameterization Technique
BWR
File:
Download Akdeniz_PhDthesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lawrence E Hochreiter, Committee Member
Yousry Y Azmy, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Erwin Müller, Committee Member
Dobromir Panayotov, Committee Member

3. DEVELOPMENT OF UNCERTAINTY METHODOLOGY FOR COBRA-TF VOID DISTRIBUTION AND CRITICAL POWER PREDICTIONS

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Author:
Aydogan, Fatih
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF UNCERTAINTY METHODOLOGY FOR COBRA-TF VOID DISTRIBUTION AND CRITICAL POWER PREDICTIONS
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
dry-out elevation
uncertainty analysis
bwr
cobra-tf
fatih aydogan
pennstate uncertainty methodology
void distribution
critical power
bwr bundle
File:
Download PHD_whole_document_version1.pdf
Committee Members:
Lawrence Hochreiter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Kurshad Muftuoglu, Committee Member

4. Development of a Liquid Jet Model for Implementation in a 3-Dimensional Eulerian Analysis Tool

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Author:
Buschman III, Francis Xavier
Title:
Development of a Liquid Jet Model for Implementation in a 3-Dimensional Eulerian Analysis Tool
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
thermal-hydraulics
Two-phase flow
Liquid Jets
Condensation
COBRA-TF
File:
Download FX_Buschman_III_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Lawrence Hochreiter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
"David L Aumiller, Jr", Committee Member

5. A STUDY FOR MODELING ELECTROCHEMISTRY IN LIGHT WATER REACTORS

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Author:
Kim, Han Sang
Title:
A STUDY FOR MODELING ELECTROCHEMISTRY IN LIGHT WATER REACTORS
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
Impedance measurement
Polarization curve
Corrosion potential
Boiling water reactor
Pressurized water reactor
Point defect model
File:
Download Ph.D_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member
Lawrence Hochreiter, Committee Member
Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Member

6. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUCLEAR REACTOR KINETICS METHODOLOGY BASED ON THE METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS

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Author:
Taylor, James Bryce
Title:
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUCLEAR REACTOR KINETICS METHODOLOGY BASED ON THE METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
method of characteristics
time-dependent neutron transport
nuclear reactor kinetics
3D ray tracing
File:
Download JBTThesisFINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Anthony Baratta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yousry Y Azmy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David G Knott, Committee Member
Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Member
Jesse Louis Barlow, Committee Member

7. ERROR ESTIMATES FOR NODAL AND SHORT CHARACTERISTICS SPATIAL APPROXIMATIONS OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL DISCRETE ORDINATES METHOD

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Author:
Duo, Jose Ignacio
Title:
ERROR ESTIMATES FOR NODAL AND SHORT CHARACTERISTICS SPATIAL APPROXIMATIONS OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL DISCRETE ORDINATES METHOD
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
discrete ordinates
a posteriori error estimator
neutron transport
nodal and short characteristics
adaptive mesh refinement
File:
Download duo_2008_error_estimates_transport.pdf
Committee Members:
Yoursry Y Azmy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member
Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Member
Ludmil Tomov Zikatanov, Committee Member
Oscar M Zamonsky, Committee Member

9. INFLUENCE OF OXIDE MICROSTRUCTURE ON CORROSION BEHAVIOR OF ZIRCONIUM-BASED MODEL ALLOYS

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Author:
Silva, Marcelo Jose Gomes da
Title:
INFLUENCE OF OXIDE MICROSTRUCTURE ON CORROSION BEHAVIOR OF ZIRCONIUM-BASED MODEL ALLOYS
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
microstructure
zirconium oxide
zirconium model-alloys
corrosion behaviour
File:
Download Marcelo_J_Gomes_da_Silva_PhD_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barry Earl Scheetz, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Member
Robert J Comstock, Committee Member
Jeremy T Busby, Committee Member

10. DEVELOPMENT OF AN INNOVATIVE SPACER GRID MODEL UTILIZING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS WITHIN A SUBCHANNEL ANALYSIS TOOL

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Author:
Avramova, Maria Nikolova
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF AN INNOVATIVE SPACER GRID MODEL UTILIZING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS WITHIN A SUBCHANNEL ANALYSIS TOOL
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
Thermal-hydraulics
sub-channel analysis
CFD
F-COBRA-TF
spacer grids
File:
Download PhD_Thesis_MariaAvramova_Fall2007.pdf
Committee Members:
Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lauewnce E Hochreiter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member
Markus Glueck, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member