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COMP: a BASIC language nonlinear least-squares curve fitting program

Description: COMP is an interactive nonlinear least squares routine written in BASIC language and used to obtain estimates of parameters in nonlinear functions and to approximate their associated statistical errors. The program uses the linearizing (or Taylor Series) expansion of partial derivatives outlined in Draper and Smith, (1966, pp. 267 to 270). Therefore, partial derivatives must be supplied (as well as the function) by the user for any new models not currently contained in the programs. When a line… more
Date: November 1, 1977
Creator: Thomas, J. M.; Cochran, M. I.; Watson, C. R. & Eberhardt, L. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Statistical magnetohydrodynamics and reversed-field-pinch quiescence

Description: A statistical model of a bounded, incompressible, cylindrical magnetofluid is presented. This model predicts the presence of magnetic fluctuations about a cylindrically-symmetric, Bessel-function-model, mean magnetic field, which satisfies del x <B> = ..mu.. <B>. As theta ..-->.. 1.56, the model predicts that the significant region of the fluctuation spectrum narrows down to a single (coherent) m = 1 mode. An analogy between the Debye length of an electrostatic plasma and ..mu../sup -1/ suggest… more
Date: January 1, 1982
Creator: Turner, L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Stochastic model of radioiodine transport

Description: A research project has been underway at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory with the objective to evaluate dose assessment models and to determine the uncertainty associated with the model predictions. This has resulted in the application of methods to propagate uncertainties through models. Some techniques and results related to this problem are discussed.
Date: January 1, 1980
Creator: Schwarz, G. & Hoffman, F.O.
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Geostatistics project of the national uranium resource evaluation program. Progress report, October 1979-March 1980

Description: During the period covered by this report, the authors investigated the serial properties of aerial radiometric data. Results were applied to the choice of minimum segment width in the maximum variance segments algorithm and to the use of aerial radiometric data in the design of ground sampling experiments. The report also presents the results of a comparison of normal and lognormal percentile estimation techniques. Twenty-two quadrangles are being analyzed in the search for a uranium favorabili… more
Date: August 1, 1980
Creator: Campbell, K.; Bement, T. R.; Howell, J. A.; Beckman, R. J.; Jackson, K. & Buslee, P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aspects of model selection in multivariate analyses

Description: Analysis of data sets that involve large numbers of variables usually entails some type of model fitting and data reduction. In regression problems, a fitted model that is obtained by a selection process can be difficult to evaluate because of optimism induced by the choice mechanism. Problems in areas such as discriminant analysis, calibration, and the like often lead to similar difficulties. The preceeding sections reviewed some of the general ideas behind assessment of regression-type predic… more
Date: January 1, 1982
Creator: Picard, R.
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Estimates of the number of large amplitude gusts

Description: Preliminary estimates are presented of the number of occurrences of large amplitude gusts for use in the design of wind energy conversion systems. Existing turbulence information has been combined with an assumed wind speed distribution to arrive at the estimates. The number of large amplitude gusts per year is treated as a function of the annual mean wind speed and terrain roughness. This treatment is based upon the assumptions that the atmosphere has neutral stability during high winds and th… more
Date: March 1, 1978
Creator: Ramsdell, J.V.
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Energy-related doctoral scientists and engineers in the United States, 1977

Description: Information is compiled about the number and characteristics of doctoral-level engineers and scientists in primarily energy-related activities. These data are for the year 1977 and are part of the data base for a program of continuing studies on the employment and utilization of all scientists and engineers involved in energy-related activities. Data on mathematics, physics, chemistry, environmental engineering, engineering, life sciences, psychology, and social sciences doctoral degree special… more
Date: April 1, 1980
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Transient Temperature Distributions in a Thermally Orthotropic Plate With Non-Uniform Surface Heating

Description: ent temperature variation in a thermally orthotropic plate which is subjected to an arbitrary heating rate distribution along one face with all other surfaces being insulated. Dimensionless temperature histories and distributions determined from this solution are presented for the special, but representative, case of a linearly varying heating rate distribution on plates with varying degrees of thermal orthotropy. These results establish quantitatively the value of a material with high planar a… more
Date: June 1, 1961
Creator: Hornbaker, David Ross
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Lecture notes for criticality safety

Description: These lecture notes for criticality safety are prepared for the training of Department of Energy supervisory, project management, and administrative staff. Technical training and basic mathematics are assumed. The notes are designed for a two-day course, taught by two lecturers. Video tapes may be used at the options of the instructors. The notes provide all the materials that are necessary but outside reading will assist in the fullest understanding. The course begins with a nuclear physics ov… more
Date: March 1, 1992
Creator: Fullwood, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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''Sensing'' the elliptical torus

Description: A method is given for testing the location of an arbitrary point P=(x,y,z) relative to the toroidal surface generated by rotation of an ellipse (y - y-bar)/sup 2//b/sup 2/ + (z - z-bar)/sup 2//c/sup 2/ = 1, b,c,z-bar > o, about the Y axis. This includes the orientation of P with respect to both the outer and inner surfaces fo the degenerate torus generated by an ellipse with c > z-bar. 2 figures.
Date: March 1, 1978
Creator: Cashwell, E.D. & Everett, C.J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Basic linear algebra subprograms for FORTRAN usage. [BLAS, in FORTRAN and assembly language for IBM 360/67, CDC 6600 and 7600, and Univac 1108]

Description: A package of 38 low-level subprograms for many of the basic operations of numerical linear algebra is presented. The package is intended to be used with FORTRAN. The operations in the package are dot products, elementary vector operations, Givens transformations, vector copy and swap, vector norms, vector scaling, and the indices of components of largest magnitude. The subprograms and a test driver are available in portable FORTRAN. Versions of the subprograms are also provided in assembly lang… more
Date: October 1, 1977
Creator: Lawson, C.L.; Hanson, R.J.; Kincaid, D.R. & Krogh, F.T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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TFTR coil case design

Description: The TFTR (TOKAMAK Fusion Test Reactor) TF (Toroidal Field) coil cases are highly loaded structures designed within severe constraints. Foremost among these are basic machine geometry, material characteristics of both the case and the copper/epoxy matrix it supports, and overall cost. Scoping and parametric studies have been performed continuously since conceptual design. The progression of design decisions including coil shape, support locations and their stiffnesses, material selection, and el… more
Date: January 1, 1977
Creator: Pusateri, J.; Barnes, G. & Citrolo, J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Statistical relationship between median visibility and conditions of worst-case manmade impact on visibility

Description: A study was conducted of the statistical relationships between median visibility and the levels of visibility associated with worst-case manmade impacts. The data base for the study consisted of midday visibility recordings for the years 1974-1976 at 28 suburban/nonurban airports throughout the United States. The visibility recordings were converted to estimates of extinction coefficients with the use of the Koschmeider formula. The data were sorted according to meteorology in order to eliminat… more
Date: January 1, 1980
Creator: Gins, J.D.; Nochumson, D. & Trijonis, J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An analysis of residential energy consumption in a temperate climate

Description: Electrical energy consumption data have been recorded for several hundred submetered residential structures in Middle Tennessee. All houses were constructed with a common energy package.'' Specifically, daily cooling usage data have been collected for 130 houses for the 1985 and 1986 cooling seasons, and monthly heating usage data for 186 houses have been recorded by occupant participation over a seven-year period. Cooling data have been analyzed using an SPSSx multiple regression analysis and … more
Date: June 1, 1987
Creator: Clark, Y.Y. & Vincent, W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Concept of a (1-. cap alpha. ) performance confidence interval

Description: A multi-input, single-output system is assumed to be represented by some model. The distribution functions of the input and the output variables are considered to be at least obtainable through experimental data. Associated with the computer response of the model corresponding to given inputs, a conditional pseudoresponse set is generated. This response can be constructed by means of the model by using the simulated pseudorandom input variates from a neighborhood defined by a preassigned probab… more
Date: 1980~
Creator: Leong, H. H.; Johnson, G. R. & Bechtel, T. N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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ADIFOR: Automatic differentiation in a source translator environment

Description: The numerical methods employed in the solution of many scientific computing problems require the computation of derivatives of a function f: R{sup n} {yields} R{sup m}. ADIFOR (Automatic Differentiation in FORtran) is a source transformation tool that accepts Fortran 77 code for the computation of a function and writes portable Fortran 77 code for the computation of the derivatives. In contrast to previous approaches, ADIFOR views automatic differentiation as a source transformation problem and… more
Date: January 1, 1992
Creator: Bischof, C.; Corliss, G.; Griewank, A. (Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)) & Carle, A. (Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Center for Research on Parallel Computation)
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Natural convection phenomena in a nuclear power plant during a postulated TMLB' accident

Description: After the TMI (Three Mile Island) accident, there has been significant interest in analyzing and understanding the phenomena that may occur in a PWR (Pressurized Water Reactor) accident which may lead to partial or total core meltdown and degradation. Natural convection is one of the important phenomena. In the present paper the results of two numerical simulations of (1) four-loop PWR and (2) three-loop PWR are presented. The simulations were performed with the COMMIX(2) computer code. Our ana… more
Date: January 1, 1987
Creator: Domanus, H. M.; Schmitt, R. C.; Sha, W. T.; Shah, V. L. & Han, J. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Static and dynamic analyses on the MFTF-B vacuum vessel. Revision 1

Description: The Mirror Fusion Test Facility is a major magnetic fusion energy project at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. An important component of this facility is the vacuum vessel, which forms the vacuum chamber. The vessel is supported on twenty-two pairs of legs that rest on reinforced concrete piers. In performing static and dynamic analyses on the vacuum vessel, we separately investigated the load distribution under gravity loads, pressure loads, electromagnetic loads, and thermal loads. … more
Date: January 15, 1984
Creator: Ng, D.S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Dose-rate models for human survival after exposure to ionizing radiation

Description: This paper reviews new estimates of the L/sub 50/ in man by Mole and by Rotblat, the biological processes contributing to hematologic death, the collection of animal experiments dealing with hematologic death, and the use of regression analysis to make new estimates of human mortality based on all relevant animal studies. Regression analysis of animal mortality data has shown that mortality is dependent strongly on dose rate, species, body weight, and time interval over which the exposure is de… more
Date: January 1, 1986
Creator: Jones, T.D.; Morris, M.D. & Young, R.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mist lift analysis summary report

Description: The mist flow open-cycle OTEC concept proposed by S.L. Ridgway has much promise, but the fluid mechanics of the mist flow are not well understood. The creation of the mist and the possibility of droplet growth leading to rainout (when the vapor can no longer support the mist) are particularly troublesome. This report summarizes preliminary results of a numerical analysis initiated at SERI in FY79 to study the mist-lift process. The analysis emphasizes the mass transfer and fluid mechanics of th… more
Date: September 1, 1980
Creator: Davenport, R.L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Degenerate perturbation theory

Description: The algebraic structure of degenerate Rayleigh-Schroedinger perturbation theory is reviewed. There are a number of different but equivalent algorithms which generate this perturbation series; we argue that the frequent need to carry out infinite-order partial summations selects one of these algorithms as the most efficient. Recent developments include coupled-cluster formulations for open shells, a new diagrammatic representation, and the concept of incomplete model subspaces. These subjects ar… more
Date: January 1, 1982
Creator: Brandow, B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Site insolation and wind power characteristics: technical report western region (north section)

Description: This phase of the Site Insolation and Wind Power Characteristics Study was performed to provide statistical information on the expected future availability of solar and wind power at various sites in the Western Region (North Section) of the US Historic data (SOLMET), at 21 National Weather Service stations with hourly solar insolation and collateral meteorological information, were interrogated to provide an estimate of future trends. Solar data are global radiation incident on a horizontal su… more
Date: August 1, 1980
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Challenge problems focusing on equality and combinatory logic: Evaluating automated theorem-proving programs

Description: In this paper, we offer a set of problems for evaluating the power of automated theorem-proving programs and the potential of new ideas. Since the problems published in the proceedings of the first CADE conference proved to be so useful, and since researchers are now far more disposed to implementing and testing their ideas, a new set of problems to complement those that have been widely studied is in order. In general, the new problems provide a far greater challenge for an automated theorem-p… more
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Wos, L. & McCune, W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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