Technical Papers and Presentations

RFSP-IST (Reactor Fueling Simulation Program) is a computer code used for the full-core neutronics design and analysis of CANDU® reactors. RFSP-IST calculates the static flux and power distributions in the core by solving the neutron diffusion equation in two energy groups. For ... Read More

In this paper, we discuss a simplified finite element method simulation of surface acoustic wave (SAW) delay line hydrogen sensor using COMSOL Multiphysics.  A delay line SAW sensor consists of a transmitting interdigital transducer (IDT) and a receiving IDT separated by a few ... Read More

The disk resonator gyroscope (DRG) is a meso-scale, high performance, compact and planar new generation Coriolis vibratory gyroscope which is suitable for space applications. Angular rate measurement utilizes the precession of a pair of degenerate modes of a perfectly balanced ... Read More

We demonstrate a new method of finding stationary solutions to nonlinear equations using a dynamical damped oscillatory model to minimize an energy functional. The method can be used for diverse physical problems and is here demonstrated both for finding stationary solutions to the heat ... Read More

Accurate modeling of magnetostrictive materials and devices requires coupling of electrical, magnetic, mechanical, and possibly acoustic domains. There are relatively few finite  element software packages that include all these physical models and even fewer that include magnetostrictive ... Read More

Airbus Safran Launchers is the market leader in Space Launch services. Rocket engines are among the most powerful machines that exist. The core of the rocket engine is the combustion chamber where in the case of liquid propellant rocket engines, fuel and oxidizer are injected, mixed and ... Read More

An important yet rarely explored problem in room acoustics is how to correlate the decay times of modal resonances to the acoustic properties of the boundaries (walls). The room response is often described by reverberation times, but the reverberation model breaks down at low frequency, ... Read More

The problem of an unbalanced mechanical torque signal generation using nonpolar repulsion techniques is studied. To achieve such an unbalanced torque, several stator and rotor geometries, consisting of nonlinear permanent magnet spring batteries are investigated. It can be shown that an ... Read More

To consider effective counter measures against ground water contaminated with dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) such as chlorinated solvents, it is first important to understand the mechanism of their migration in heterogeneous aquifer. In addition, numerical analysis models to ... Read More

Solenoid valves control fluid flow by using the passage of an electric current to produce a magnetic field that controls the displacement of a pre-tensioned plunger. As the electric current increases, the induced force causes the plunger to move upward against the force exerted by a ... Read More