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The following dissertation presents the initial stages of the development of the new rollover safety assessment protocol developed for paratransit buses. Each year, the State of Florida purchases over 300 paratransit buses. In 2011, the...
Parametric uncertainty analysis of surface complexation modeling (SCM) has been studied using linear and nonlinear analysis. A computational SCM model was developed by Kohler et al. (1996) to simulate the breakthrough of Uranium(VI) in a...
Reduced Order Models (ROM) provide a low-dimensional alternative form of a system of differential equations. Such a form permits faster computation of solutions. In this paper, Poisson's Equation in two dimensions, the Heat Equation in...
In response to potential increasing rate of sea-level rise, planners and engineers are making accommodations in their management plans for protection of coastal infrastructure and natural resources. Dunes and barrier islands are...
In the last 15 years, Video games have become a dominate form of entertainment. The popularity of video games means children are spending more of their free time play video games. Usually, the time spent on homework or studying is...
Prediction markets have been demonstrated to be accurate predictors of the outcomes of future events. They have been successfully used to predict the outcomes of sporting events, political elections and even business decisions. Their...
A theoretical-computational model is developed to study irradiation-induced composition patterns and segregation in binary solid solutions under irradiation, which is motivated by the fact that such composition changes alter a wide range...
In this document, we develop and demonstrate a framework for simulating the mechanics of polymer materials that are reinforced by carbon nanotubes. Our model utilizes peridynamic theory to describe the mechanical response of the polymer...
Physics-based models are often described by partial differential equations (PDEs) involving more than one independent variable, for example, space and time. Solving these PDEs is critical to understanding the behavior of the physical...
This thesis aims at theoretical and computational modeling of the continuum dislocation theory coupled with its internal elastic field. In this continuum description, the space-time evolution of the dislocation density is governed by a...
Groundwater systems are open and complex, rendering them prone to multiple conceptual interpretations and mathematical descriptions. When multiple models are acceptable based on available knowledge and data, model uncertainty arises. One...
Different sources of uncertainties have been inevitably induced into the environmental modeling due to different reasons such as the variability in the future climate state, incomplete knowledge and complexity of the nature system, and...
Heat is transfered in crystalline semiconductor materials via lattice vibrations. Lattice vibrations are treated with a wave-particle duality just like photons are quantum mechanical representations of electro-magnetic waves. The quanta...
Advances in computational power have lead to many developments in science and en- tertainment. Powerful simulations which required expensive supercomputers can now be carried out on a consumer personal computer and many children and...
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