Aug 8, 2019
Inclusion of incoherency effects in soil-structure interaction (SSI) analysis provides a more realistic determination of earthquake induced building structural responses than those obtained considering coherent ground motion. Separately, industry demand for...
Oct 23, 2018
This presentation summarizes the methodology and results from a recent seismic evaluation of a safety-class fire water storage tank. Tanks such as this are common at both DOE and NRC regulated nuclear facilities and their safety function following earthquake is relied...
Jul 16, 2017
Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) has four large, buried concrete reservoirs constructed between 2006 and 2013 and ranging in size from 5MG to 64MG (20 to 240 million litres). These reservoirs are essential for maintaining post-seismic event fire suppression and domestic...
Feb 1, 2017
The research results presented here have demonstrated the feasibility of an innovative temperature control technology for the Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) process used in the fabrication of Multi-Quantum Well (MQW) LEDs. The control technology has...
Oct 1, 2016
Driven by ever-increasing requirements on improved wafer temperature uniformity for smaller features on the wafer, equipment manufacturers are developing heated plates (or chucks) with more and more actuator zones to achieve finer resolution of the actuated heat. From...
