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Stimulation model for lenticular sands: Volume 2, Users manual

Description: This User's Manual contains information for four fracture/proppant models. TUPROP1 contains a Geertsma and de Klerk type fracture model. The section of the program utilizing the proppant fracture geometry data from the pseudo three-dimensional highly elongated fracture model is called TUPROPC. The analogous proppant section of the program that was modified to accept fracture shape data from SA3DFRAC is called TUPROPS. TUPROPS also includes fracture closure. Finally there is the penny fracture a… more
Date: July 1, 1987
Creator: Rybicki, E.F.; Luiskutty, C.T.; Sutrick, J.S.; Palmer, I.D.; Shah, G.H. & Tomutsa, L.
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The NSLS VUV undulator: Spectral characteristics and operating experience

Description: The design and operating characteristics of the VUV undulator installed on the NSLS VUV ring are presented. Specifically, the spectral output through three circular on-axis pinholes of different diameters has been measured. Near the minimum magnetic gap (40mm), the flux into a 0.25 mrad circular aperture at the peak of the fundamental (h..nu.. = 57 eV) is approx.1 /times/ 10/sup 14/ photonssec0.1A1%BW. We find good agreement in spectral shape between these measured spectra and spectra calculate… more
Date: January 1, 1987
Creator: Johnson, P.D.; Galayda, J.; Hulbert, S.L.; Klaffky, R.W.; Luccio, A.; Vignola, G. et al.
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Kinetics of coal pyrolysis and devolatilization

Description: The objective of these experimental and modeling studies is to develop an improved understanding of the kinetics of coal devolatilization which is relevant to suspension firing of powdered coal. These fundamental kinetic studies address several topics related to pulverized coal combustion and include both homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions. The principal topics include: (1) the pyrolysis and devolatilization of coal; and (2) the formation of char. Research activities include small-scale ex… more
Date: January 1, 1987
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Use of transportable storage casks in the nuclear waste management system: Appendices

Description: A study was performed to determine the viability of the use of transportable storage casks (TSCs), and other metal casks that are designed primarily for storage but which might be used to ship their stored contents to DOE on a one-time use basis (referred to in this study as storage only casks, or SOCs), in the combined utility/DOE spent fuel management system. The viability of the use of TSCs and SOCs was assessed in terms of the costs and savings involved in their use, the sensitivity of thes… more
Date: December 1, 1987
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Measurements of ICRF (ion cyclotron range of frequencies) loading with a ridged waveguide coupler on PLT

Description: An ICRF ridged waveguide coupler has been installed on PLT for measurements of plasma loading. The coupler was partially filled with TiO/sub 2/ dielectric in order to sufficiently lower the cutoff frequency and utilized a tapered ridge for improved matching. Vacuum field measurements indicated a single propagating mode in the coupler and emphasized the importance of considering the fringing fields at the mouth of the waveguide. Low power experiments were carried out at 72.6 and 95.0 MHz without… more
Date: November 1, 1987
Creator: Greene, G. J.; Wilson, J. R.; Colestock, P. L.; Fortgang, C. M.; Hosea, J. C.; Hwang, D. Q. et al.
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Interim economic and demographic profile, Benton and Franklin Counties, Washington: Working draft

Description: This report is organized into five sections. Section 2 summarizes the methods used to compile and analyze the data presented in the report. It includes a discussion of the Qualilty Assurance context within which the data were collected, analyzed, and stored; a definition of the variables and time period included in the profile; description of the secondary and primary data collection, compilation, and analysis procedures used in preparing the report; and a summary of the database management sys… more
Date: November 1, 1987
Creator: Clark, D.C.
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Estimating properties of unsaturated fractured formations from injection and falloff tests

Description: A new technique for calculating hydraulic properties of unsaturated fractured formations is proposed as an alternative to the common approach involving steady-state analysis of multi-rate gas injection tests. This method is based on graphical analysis of unsteady-state pressure-time data from an injection-falloff test sequence. Both gas and water injection testing are considered. Flow in a horizontal fracture of limited lateral extent, bounded above and below by an impermeable matrix, and inter… more
Date: December 1, 1987
Creator: Mishra, S.; Bodvarsson, G.S. & Attanayake, M.P.
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Cosmions and stars

Description: Hypothetical particles such as the heavy neutrino, the photino, or the sneutrino/emdash/generically called cosmions/emdash/may solve the so called missing mass problem. If they exist, the cosmions may close the Universe. In addition to their gravitational effect on cosmological scales, the cosmions may also be captured by stars and concentrate in their cores. Since cosmions are able to transport heat outside stellar cores much more efficiently than photons, they may seriously affect the thermod… more
Date: December 1, 1987
Creator: Salati, P.
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Microstructural evolution in fast-neutron-irradiated austenitic stainless steels

Description: The present work has focused on the specific problem of fast-neutron-induced radiation damage to austenitic stainless steels. These steels are used as structural materials in current fast fission reactors and are proposed for use in future fusion reactors. Two primary components of the radiation damage are atomic displacements (in units of displacements per atom, or dpa) and the generation of helium by nuclear transmutation reactions. The radiation environment can be characterized by the ratio … more
Date: December 1, 1987
Creator: Stoller, R.E.
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Report of the Intermediate-)ital p)/sub Perpendicular/ Detector Group: A Beauty Spectrometer for the SSC (Superconducting Super Collider)

Description: A ''Beauty Spectrometer'' has been designed for studies of B physics at the SSC. The ultimate goal is a definitive measurement of CP violation in the B system. The spectrometer consists of two stages and occupies one side of an intermediate-luminosity interaction region. An upstream, or intermediate, stage extends from the interaction point to 14 m and covers the angular region from 57 mrad (3.3 degree) to 350 mrad (20 degree). The forward stage extends to 77 m and to angles down to 5.7 mrad. T… more
Date: July 1, 1987
Creator: Foley, K. J.; Buchanan, C. D.; Morrison, R. J.; McHugh, S. W.; Witherell, M. S.; Atac, M. et al.
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Development of a current collection loss management system for SDI homopolar power supplies

Description: High speed, high power density current collection systems have been identified as an enabling technology required to construct homopolar power supplies to meet SDI missions. This work is part of a three-year effort directed towards the analysis, experimental verification, and prototype construction of a current collection system designed to operated continuously at 2 kA/cm{sup 2}, at a rubbing speed of 200 m/s, and with acceptable losses in a space environment. To data, no system has achieved t… more
Date: January 1, 1987
Creator: Hannan, W.F. III.
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Advanced nuclear rocket engine mission analysis

Description: The use of a derivative of the NERVA engine developed from 1955 to 1973 was evluated for potential application to Air Force orbital transfer and maneuvering missions in the time period 1995 to 2020. The NERVA stge was found to have lower life cycle costs (LCC) than an advanced chemical stage for performing low earth orbit (LEO) to geosynchronous orbit (GEO0 missions at any level of activity greater than three missions per year. It had lower life cycle costs than a high performance nuclear elect… more
Date: December 1, 1987
Creator: Ramsthaler, J.; Farbman, G.; Sulmeisters, T.; Buden, D. & Harris, P.
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2-Dimensional studies of the disk-and-washer and side-coupled resonant cavity structures

Description: The work done consists of three parts: optimizing the disk-and-washer (DAW) structure at ..beta.. = 0.5662 corresponding to E = 200 MeV; comparing the DAW structure with the side-coupled (SCS) structure at various values of beta, ranging from ..beta.. = 0.4569 and E = 116 MeV to ..beta.. = 0.7131 and E = 400 MeV; and re-optimizing the DAW structure at ..beta.. = 0.7131. 4 refs., 51 figs., 41 tabs.
Date: December 1, 1987
Creator: Larry, L.D. Jr.
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Super high energy heavy ion collisions

Description: Basic theoretical ideas on a phase transition to a plasma of free quarks and gluons in heavy ion collisions are outlined. First results from experiments with oxygen beams at 14.5 GeV/c/N (BNL), 60 and 200 GeV/c/N (CERN) are discussed. 30 refs., 9 figs.
Date: December 1, 1987
Creator: Geist, W.M.
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(Support of the board on ocean science and policy)

Description: The National Academy of Sciences, through the Ocean Studies Board of the Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Resources, proposes to provide guidance on major ocean sciences and policy issues to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Science Foundation, the Department of the Navy, the US Geological Survey, the Minerals Management Service of the Department of the Interior, the US Coast Guard, the Department of State, the Department of Energy, The Environmen… more
Date: January 1, 1987
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Magnet power system for the Microwave Tokamak Experiment (MTX)

Description: The system configuration, layout, and general philosophy for the MTX magnet power system is described. The vast majority of the magnet power equipment was quite successfully used on the ALCATOR-C experiment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The AC power for the magnet system at MIT was obtained from a 225MVA alternator. The power for the system at LLNL is obtained directly from the local utility's 230 kV line. This installation, therefore, necessitates the addition of a great deal o… more
Date: October 7, 1987
Creator: Jackson, M.C. & Musslewhite, R.C.
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Teratology studies of lewisite and sulfur mustard agents: Effects of lewisite in rats and rabbits: Final report

Description: Lewisite was administered to rats and rabbits by intragastric intubation. Maternal animals were weighed periodically, and, at necropsy (20 dg (days of gestation) in rats and 30 dg in rabbits), were examined for gross lesions of major organs and reproductive performances; live fetuses were weighed and examined for external, internal and skeletal defect. In rats, a dose level of 1.5 mg/kg did not induce toxic or teratogenic responses in maternal and fetal body weights and a significant reduction … more
Date: December 31, 1987
Creator: Hackett, P L; Sasser, L B; Rommereim, R L; Cushing, J A; Buschbom, R L & Kalkwarf, D R
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Fixed Target Beauty Physics Experimental Programs

Description: The current and near term future fixed target physics efforts in observing particles with open beauty are reviewed. This includes a compilation of the non-observation upper limits and the observation of both upsilon and b-states. A short discussion of the theoretical predictions for the hadro-produced beauty pairs is included. The major part of this review is devoted to the techniques and tricks employed, a survey of the current and proposed experiments. A personal summary of the experimental p… more
Date: November 1, 1987
Creator: Garbincius, P.H.
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First tests with fully depleted PN-CCD's

Description: We have fabricated 280 ..mu..m thick fully depletable pn CCD's on high resistivity silicon ()rho) approx. 2.5 k..cap omega..cm). Its operation is based on the semiconductor drift chamber principle proposed by Gatti and Rheak. They are designed as energy and position sensitive radiation detector for (minimum) ionizing particles and X-ray imaging. Two dimensional semiconductor device modeling demonstrates the basic charge transer mechanisms. Prototypes of the detectors have been tested in static … more
Date: January 1, 1987
Creator: Strueder, L.; Lutz, G.; Sterzik, M.; Holl, P.; Kemmer, J.; Prechtel, U. et al.
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The ATF (Advanced Toroidal Facility) Data Management System: (Final report)

Description: The Advanced Toroidal Facility (ATF) Data Management System (DMG) is a VAX-based software system that provides unified data access for ATF data acquisition and analysis. The system was designed with user accessibility, software maintainability, and extensibility as primary goals. This paper describes the layered architecture of the system design, the system implementation, use, and the data file structure. 3 refs., 1 fig.
Date: January 1, 1987
Creator: Kannan, K. L. & Baylor, L. R.
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Quench detection by fluid dynamic means in cable-in-conduit superconductors

Description: The tight confinement of the helium in cable-in-conduit superconductors creates protection problems because of the substantial pressure rise that can occur during a quench. But the same pressure rise offers the useful possibility of a non-electrical means of detecting incipient quenches by monitoring the outflow from the various hydraulic paths of the magnet. If the method is to work, the signal must be large enough to be detected unambiguously at an early enough time, and the signal must not d… more
Date: June 1, 1987
Creator: Dresner, L.
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Defect structures in YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-x/ produced by electron irradiation

Description: Defect structures in YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-x/ produced by electron irradiation at 300/sup 0/ K were investigated by transmission electron microscopy. Threshold energies for the production of visible defects were determined to be 152 keV and 131 keV (+- 7 keV) in directions near the a and b (b > a) axes (both perpendicular to c, the long axis in the orthorhombic structure), respectively. During above threshold irradiations in an electron flux of 3 x 10/sup 18/ cm/sup -2/ s/sup -1/, extended… more
Date: December 1, 1987
Creator: Kirk, M.A.; Baker, M.C.; Liu, J.Z.; Lam, D.J. & Weber, H.W.
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