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Software plays an increasingly important role in modern safety-critical systems. Although research has been done to integrate software into the classical Probability Risk Assessment (PRA) framework, current PRA practice overwhelmingly neglects the contribution of software to system risk. The objective of this
This dissertation examines an innovative strategic operation for next day air package delivery. The proposed system, in which some packages are sorted twice at two distinct hubs before arriving at their destinations, is investigated for its potential savings. A two-stage sorting operation
Recent years have seen an upsurge in terrorist activity. Many studies have shown that the United States’ transportation infrastructure is vulnerable to attack. This is especially true for bridges. While the probability of an attack’s occurrence is very low, the structural response
The package delivery industry plays a dominant role in our economy by providing consistent and reliable delivery of a wide range of goods. Shipment Service Providers (SSP) offer a wide range of service levels characterized by varying time windows and modes of
Methods for integrating electrical components in low cost polymer microfluidic systems are presented. These methods include deposition and photolithographic patterning of thin-film metal layers on polycarbonate and poly(methyl methacrylate), and the embedding of pre-fabricated and diced chips. The design and performance of
This dissertation describes a new integrated uncertainty analysis methodology for “best estimate” thermal hydraulics (TH) codes such as RELAP5. The main thrust of the methodology is to utilize all available types of data and information in an effective way to identify important
This thesis presents a theoretical and experimental comparison of polymerization induced by microwave energy and polymerization induced by thermal energy of the resin bisphenol A-glycidyl methacrylate used in restorative dentistry. The question of whether microwave interaction with the polymer is microwave heating
Locking and non-locking humeral repair techniques provide different mechanical constructs for securing fractures, and consequently could generate different strain fields at the callus. The purpose of this study was to investigate the strain field callus, and to compare to determine if one
Constrained Layer Damping (CLD) has been extensively used in structural designs as a powerful mean to damp out resonant structural vibrations. The main goal of this work is to investigate the use of homogenization and structural topology optimization as a tool to
Infrared absorption coefficients of various gas and liquid fuels (propane, n-heptane, methanol, toluene, propylene and methyl methacrylate) were measured using high temperature Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) for a range of temperatures up to 1000 K in order to facilitate calculation of