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Full-Text Articles in Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Indirect-Drive Noncryogenic Double-Shell Ignition Targets For The National Ignition Facility: Design And Analysis, Peter A. Amendt, J. D. Colvin, R. E. Tipton, D. E. Hinkel, M. J. Edwards, O. L. Landen, John D. Ramshaw, L. J. Suter, W. S. Varnum, R. G. Watt
Indirect-Drive Noncryogenic Double-Shell Ignition Targets For The National Ignition Facility: Design And Analysis, Peter A. Amendt, J. D. Colvin, R. E. Tipton, D. E. Hinkel, M. J. Edwards, O. L. Landen, John D. Ramshaw, L. J. Suter, W. S. Varnum, R. G. Watt
Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations
Analysis and design of indirect-drive National Ignition Facility double-shell targets with hohlraum temperatures of 200 eV and 250 eV are presented. The analysis of these targets includes the assessment of two-dimensional radiation asymmetry and nonlinear mix. Two-dimensional integrated hohlraum simulations indicate that the x-ray illumination can be adjusted to provide adequate symmetry control in hohlraums specially designed to have high laser-coupling efficiency [Suter et al., Phys. Plasmas 7, 2092 (2000)]. These simulations also reveal the need to diagnose and control localized 10?15 keV x-ray emission from the high-Z hohlraum wall because of strong absorption by the high-Z inner shell. Preliminary …
Fluid Dynamics And Energetics In Ideal Gas Mixtures, John D. Ramshaw
Fluid Dynamics And Energetics In Ideal Gas Mixtures, John D. Ramshaw
Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations
The generalization of fluid dynamics from pure to multicomponent fluids (fluid mixtures composed of different components or species) requires the introduction of new concepts, some of which are rather subtle and are less widely appreciated than they deserve to be. The purpose of this paper is to provide a simple didactic introduction to some of these concepts based on a detailed analysis of the equations governing the flow of ideal gas mixtures. The treatment is based entirely on a continuum description and makes no explicit use of the kinetic theory of gases. We include a straightforward and physically transparent derivation …
Stomatal Responses Of Douglas-Fir Seedlings To Elevated Carbon Dioxide And Temperature During The Third And Fourth Years Of Exposure, James D. Lewis, Melissa S. Lucash, David M. Olszyk, David T. Tingey
Stomatal Responses Of Douglas-Fir Seedlings To Elevated Carbon Dioxide And Temperature During The Third And Fourth Years Of Exposure, James D. Lewis, Melissa S. Lucash, David M. Olszyk, David T. Tingey
Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations
Two major components of climate change, increasing atmospheric [CO2] and increasing temperature, may substantially alter the effects of water availability to plants through effects on the rate of water loss from leaves. We examined the interactive effects of elevated [CO2] and temperature on seasonal patterns of stomatal conductance (gs), transpiration (E) and instantaneous transpiration efficiency (ITE) in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) seedlings. Seedlings were grown in sunlit chambers at either ambient CO2 (AC) or ambient + 180 µmol mol-1 CO2 (EC), and at ambient temperature (AT) or ambient + 3.5° …
Authentic Field Ecology Experiences For Teachers, Marion Dresner, Andrew Moldenke
Authentic Field Ecology Experiences For Teachers, Marion Dresner, Andrew Moldenke
Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations
This paper will focus on one teacher field research experience situated in the Pacific Northwest
Reconnaissance Of Pharmaceutical Chemicals In Urban Streams Of The Tualatin River Basin, Oregon, 2002, Stewart A. Rounds, Micelis C. Doyle, Patrick M. Edwards, Edward T. Furlong
Reconnaissance Of Pharmaceutical Chemicals In Urban Streams Of The Tualatin River Basin, Oregon, 2002, Stewart A. Rounds, Micelis C. Doyle, Patrick M. Edwards, Edward T. Furlong
Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations
A reconnaissance of pharmaceutical chemicals in urban streams of the Tualatin River basin was conducted in July 2002 in an effort to better understand the occurrence and distribution of such compounds, and to determine whether they might be useful indicators of human-related stream contamination. Of the 21 pharmaceutical chemicals and metabolites tested, only 6 (acetaminophen, caffeine, carbamazepine, codeine, cotinine, and sulfamethoxazole) were detected in filtered stream samples from 10 sites. The concentrations of most of the detected compounds were relatively low (less than 0.05 microgram per liter). The most frequently detected compounds were cotinine (a nicotine metabolite, 8 of 10 …
Single-Particle Model For A Granular Ratchet, Albert J. Bae, Welles Antonio Martinez Morgado, J. J. P. Veerman, Giovani L. Vasconcelos
Single-Particle Model For A Granular Ratchet, Albert J. Bae, Welles Antonio Martinez Morgado, J. J. P. Veerman, Giovani L. Vasconcelos
Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations
A simple model for a granular ratchet corresponding to a single grain bouncing off a vertically vibrating sawtooth-shaped base is studied. Depending on the model parameters, horizontal transport is observed in both the preferred and unfavoured directions. A phase diagram is presented indicating the regions in parameter space where the different regimes (no current, normal current, and current reversal) occur.
On The Evolution Of Simple Material Structures, Marek Elźanowski, Ernst Binz
On The Evolution Of Simple Material Structures, Marek Elźanowski, Ernst Binz
Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations
The evolution of a distribution of material inhomogeneities is investigated by analyzing the evolution of the corresponding material connections. Some general geometric relations governing such evolutions are derived. These relations are then analyzed by looking at the restrictions imposed by the material symmetry group.
On A Conjecture Of Furstenberg, Grzegorz Świçatek, J. J. P. Veerman
On A Conjecture Of Furstenberg, Grzegorz Świçatek, J. J. P. Veerman
Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations
The Hausdorff dimension of the set of numbers which can be written using digits 0, 1,t in base 3 is estimated. For everyt irrational a lower bound 0.767 … is found.
Semicontinuity Of Dimension And Measure For Locally Scaling Fractals, L. B. Jonker, J. J. P. Veerman
Semicontinuity Of Dimension And Measure For Locally Scaling Fractals, L. B. Jonker, J. J. P. Veerman
Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations
The basic question of this paper is: If you consider two iterated function systems close to one another in an appropriate topology, are the dimensions of their respective invariant sets close to one another? It is well-known that the Hausdorff dimension (and Lebesgue measure) of the invariant set do not depend continuously on the iterated function system. Our main result is that (with a restriction on the ‘non-conformality’ of the transformations) the Hausdorff dimension is a lower semi-continuous function in the C1- topology of the transformations of the iterated function system. The same question is raised of the …
A Comparison Of Evolutionary And Coevolutionary Search, Ludo Pagie, Melanie Mitchell
A Comparison Of Evolutionary And Coevolutionary Search, Ludo Pagie, Melanie Mitchell
Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
Previous work on coevolutionary search has demonstrated both successful and unsuccessful applications. As a step in explaining what factors lead to success or failure, we present a comparative study of an evolutionary and a coevolutionary search model. In the latter model, strategies for solving a problem coevolve with training cases. We find that the coevolutionary model has a relatively large efficacy: 86 out of 100 (86%) of the simulations produce high quality strategies. In contrast, the evolutionary model has a very low efficacy: a high quality strategy is found in only two out of 100 runs (2%). We show that …
Thread Transparency In Information Flow Middleware, Rainer Koster, Andrew P. Black, Jie Huang, Jonathan Walpole, Calton Pu
Thread Transparency In Information Flow Middleware, Rainer Koster, Andrew P. Black, Jie Huang, Jonathan Walpole, Calton Pu
Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
Existing middleware is based on control-flow centric interaction models such as remote method invocations, poorly matching the structure of applications that process continuous information flows. Difficulties cultiesin building this kind of application on conventional platforms include flow-specific concurrency and timing requirements, necessitating explicit management of threads, synchronization, and timing by the application programmer. We propose Infopipes as a high-level abstraction for information flows, and we are developing a middleware framework that supports this abstraction. Infopipes transparently handle complexities associated with control flow and multi-threading. From high-level configuration descriptions the platform determines what parts of a pipeline require separate threads or …
Querying Geographically Dispersed, Heterogeneous Data Stores: The Pperfxchange Approach, Matthew Edward Colgrove
Querying Geographically Dispersed, Heterogeneous Data Stores: The Pperfxchange Approach, Matthew Edward Colgrove
Dissertations and Theses
This thesis details PPerfXchange’s approach for querying geographically dispersed heterogeneous data stores. While elements of PPerfXchange’s method have been implemented for other application areas, PPerfXchange shows how these elements can be applied to parallel performance analysis. The accomplishments of this thesis are:
- The design of an architecture for PPerfXchange, giving a uniform method to query heterogeneous data stores;
- A proof of concept prototype implementation of PPerfXchange including a partial implementation of an XQuery processor and a relational database virtual XML document; and
- Evaluation of PPerfXchange using example parallel performance analysis data.
In Situ Hydraulic Testing And Water Quality Sampling In The Hyporheic Zone Of The Columbia River, Hanford Reach, Washington, Evan V. Arntzen
In Situ Hydraulic Testing And Water Quality Sampling In The Hyporheic Zone Of The Columbia River, Hanford Reach, Washington, Evan V. Arntzen
Dissertations and Theses
Several chemical and radiological contaminants are present in an unconfined aquifer underlying the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Site in southeast Washington State. Hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)], previously used as an anticorrosive in plutonium production reactors on the shoreline of the Columbia River, is of particular concern because of its conservative nature, toxicity to humans and aquatic life, and proximity to protected salmon spawning habitat. Hydrogeologic data are abundant from the unconfined aquifer, but are lacking from the hyporheic zone through which Cr(VI) is transported into the river. A hydrogeologic study was conducted near one known Cr(VI) plume to determine the …
Validation Of The Ce-Qual-W2 Version 3 River Basin Hydrodynamic And Water Quality Model, Scott A. Wells
Validation Of The Ce-Qual-W2 Version 3 River Basin Hydrodynamic And Water Quality Model, Scott A. Wells
Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations
CE-QUAL-W2 Version 3, a 2-D (longitudinal-vertical) hydrodynamic and water quality model for river basins combining both river and stratified river-estuary and lakereservoir flow, is a development product of the Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, MS, USA. With the development and release of any revised or reformulated model codes, significant model validation is required. This includes comparison of model results to simple analytical solutions for hydrodynamics and water quality transport, as well as comparison to laboratory and field data. In this paper, the model is compared to numerous analytical solutions for mass transport (1-D advective mass transport) and hydrodynamics (impulsive wind …
Lower Willamette River Model: Model Calibration, Chris Berger, Robert Leslie Annear, Scott A. Wells
Lower Willamette River Model: Model Calibration, Chris Berger, Robert Leslie Annear, Scott A. Wells
Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations
Water Environment Services of Clackamas County is in the process of planning upgrades on several of its wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) which discharge into the Lower Willamette River. The goals of the modeling effort were to:
• Gather data to construct a computer simulation model of the Lower Willamette River system in order to evaluate the impact of the WWTP discharges on water quality
• Ensure that the model accurately represents the system physics and chemistry (flow, temperature, dissolved oxygen and nutrient dynamics) by model calibration
• Use the model to evaluate how to meet various future discharge scenarios for …
Space-Group Revision For 4-Formylphenylboronic Acid, Frank R. Fronczek, Nadia N. St Luce, Robert M. Strongin
Space-Group Revision For 4-Formylphenylboronic Acid, Frank R. Fronczek, Nadia N. St Luce, Robert M. Strongin
Chemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations
The space group of the title compound, C7H7BO3, previously reported to be P, is properly Cc. There is no disorder of the formyl group or in the H atoms of the B(OH)2 group. Molecules lie on approximate twofold axes and are related by approximate centers, which relate all but the formyl O atom and boronic acid H atoms. The B-O distances are 1.363 (2) and 1.370 (2) Å.
Dual Heuristic Programming For Fuzzy Control, George G. Lendaris, Thaddeus T. Shannon, Larry J. Schultz, Steven Hutsell, Alec Rogers
Dual Heuristic Programming For Fuzzy Control, George G. Lendaris, Thaddeus T. Shannon, Larry J. Schultz, Steven Hutsell, Alec Rogers
Systems Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
Overview material for the Special Session (Tuning Fuzzy Controllers Using Adaptive Critic Based Approximate Dynamic Programming) is provided. The Dual Heuristic Programming (DHP) method of Approximate Dynamic Programming is described and used to the design a fuzzy control system. DHP and related techniques have been developed in the neurocontrol context but can be equally productive when used with fuzzy controllers or neuro-fuzzy hybrids. This technique is demonstrated by designing a temperature controller for a simple water bath system. In this example, we take advantage of the TSK model framework to initialize the tunable parameters of our plant model with reasonable …
Lower Willamette River Model: Boundary Conditions And Model Setup, Herman G. Rodriguez, Robert Leslie Annear, Scott A. Wells, Chris Berger
Lower Willamette River Model: Boundary Conditions And Model Setup, Herman G. Rodriguez, Robert Leslie Annear, Scott A. Wells, Chris Berger
Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations
Water Environment Services of Clackamas County is in the process of planning upgrades on several of its sewage treatment plants which discharge into the Lower Willamette River. The goals of the modeling effort are to:
• Gather data to construct a computer simulation model of the Lower Willamette River system including part of the Lower Columbia River and the Willamette River above the Oregon City Falls; Because of the tidal influence in the Lower Willamette River, portions of the Columbia River that might affect the Lower Willamette River water quality were also modeled. Also, a section of the Willamette River …
Capillary Flow In Interior Corners: The Infinite Column, Mark M. Weislogel
Capillary Flow In Interior Corners: The Infinite Column, Mark M. Weislogel
Mechanical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations
Capillary flow of a sinusoidally perturbed liquid column in an interior corner of infinite extent is solved using lubrication theory. Due primarily to the length scales selected to nondimensionalize the momentum equation, an analytic time scale governing the settling of the perturbation is determined. The time scale, which is shown to be independent of a steady base state flow, proves useful in rapidly predicting transients for surface settling in certain liquid-bearing tanks of spacecraft employing interior corners for fluids management purposes. The asymptotic analysis is extended to address flows along interior corners whose faces are slightly nonplanar. The generalized formulation …
Upper Spokane River Model: Boundary Conditions And Model Setup, 1991 And 2000, Robert Leslie Annear, Chris Berger, Scott A. Wells
Upper Spokane River Model: Boundary Conditions And Model Setup, 1991 And 2000, Robert Leslie Annear, Chris Berger, Scott A. Wells
Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations
The Washington Department of Ecology is interested in a water quality model for the Upper Spokane River system for use in developing Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs). The goals of this modeling effort are to:
• Gather data to construct a computer simulation model of the Spokane River system including Long Lake Reservoir and the pools behind Nine Mile dam, Upper Falls dam and Upriver dam
• Ensure that the model accurately represents the system hydrodynamics and water quality (flow, temperature, dissolved oxygen and nutrient dynamics)
A hydrodynamic and water quality model, CE-QUAL-W2 Version 3 (Wells, 1997), is being applied …
Dynamical Theory For Modeling Dipole-Dipole Interactions In A Microcavity: The Green Dyadic Approach, P.T. Leung, R. L. Hartman
Dynamical Theory For Modeling Dipole-Dipole Interactions In A Microcavity: The Green Dyadic Approach, P.T. Leung, R. L. Hartman
Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations
A dynamical theory for modeling the dipole-dipole interaction in a microcavity is formulated using the Green dyadic approach. To our knowledge, this theory is one of the most general in many aspects of modeling the phenomenon. It accommodates an arbitrary number of layers adjacent to the cavity, constant but arbitrary dielectric properties within each layer, inclusion of retardation effects, arbitrary dipole orientations, and an unlimited number of interacting dipoles. Numerical results for the emission properties of interacting molecular dipoles in a microcavity are presented to illustrate the capability of the method.
Reifying Communication At The Application Level, Andrew P. Black, Jie Huang, Jonathan Walpole
Reifying Communication At The Application Level, Andrew P. Black, Jie Huang, Jonathan Walpole
Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
Middleware, from the earliest RPC systems to recent Object-Oriented Remote Message Sending (RMS) systems such as Java RMI and CORBA, claims transparency as one of its main attributes. Coulouris et al. define transparency as “the concealment from the … application programmer of the separation of components in a distributed system.” They go on to identify eight different kinds of transparency.
We considered titling this paper “Transparency Considered Harmful”, but that title is misleading because it implies that all kinds of transparency are bad. This is not our view. Rather, we believe that the choice of which transparencies should be offered …
Thermal Activation Between Landau Levels In The Organic Superconductor Β″-(Bedt-Ttf)2sf5ch2cf2so3, Gary L. Gard, M. S. Nam, A. Ardavan, J. A. Symington, J. Singleton, N. Harrison, C. H. Mielke, J. A. Schlueter, Rolf Walter Winter
Thermal Activation Between Landau Levels In The Organic Superconductor Β″-(Bedt-Ttf)2sf5ch2cf2so3, Gary L. Gard, M. S. Nam, A. Ardavan, J. A. Symington, J. Singleton, N. Harrison, C. H. Mielke, J. A. Schlueter, Rolf Walter Winter
Chemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations
We show that Shubnikov–de Haas oscillations in the interlayer resistivity of the organic superconductor β″-(BEDT-TTF)₂SF₅CH₂CF₂SO₃ become very pronounced in magnetic fields ~60T. The conductivity minima exhibit thermally activated behavior that can be explained simply by the presence of a Landau gap, with the quasi-one-dimensional Fermi surface sheets contributing negligibly to the conductivity. This observation, together with complete suppression of chemical potential oscillations, is consistent with an incommensurate nesting instability of the quasi-one-dimensional sheets.
Signature Lipids And Stable Carbon Isotope Analyses Of Octopus Spring Hyperthermophilic Communities Compared With Those Of Aquificales Representatives, Linda L. Jahnke, Wolfgang Eder, Robert Huber, Janet M. Hope, Kai-Uwe Hinrichs, John M. Hayes, David J. Des Marais, Sherry L. Cady, Roger E. Summons
Signature Lipids And Stable Carbon Isotope Analyses Of Octopus Spring Hyperthermophilic Communities Compared With Those Of Aquificales Representatives, Linda L. Jahnke, Wolfgang Eder, Robert Huber, Janet M. Hope, Kai-Uwe Hinrichs, John M. Hayes, David J. Des Marais, Sherry L. Cady, Roger E. Summons
Geology Faculty Publications and Presentations
The molecular and isotopic compositions of lipid biomarkers of cultured Aquificales genera have been used to study the community and trophic structure of the hyperthermophilic pink streamers and vent biofilm from Octopus Spring. Thermocrinis ruber, Thermocrinis sp. strain HI 11/12, Hydrogenobacter thermophilus TK-6, Aquifex pyrophilus, and Aquifex aeolicus all contained glycerol-ether phospholipids as well as acyl glycerides. The n-C20:1 and cy-C21 fatty acids dominated all of the Aquificales, while the alkyl glycerol ethers were mainly C18:0. These Aquificales biomarkers were major constituents of the lipid extracts of two Octopus Spring samples, a biofilm associated with the siliceous vent walls, and …
Snags In Beaver Ponds And Indications Of Use By Primary Cavity-Nesting Birds In The Western Oregon Cascades, Jacqueline I. Fern
Snags In Beaver Ponds And Indications Of Use By Primary Cavity-Nesting Birds In The Western Oregon Cascades, Jacqueline I. Fern
Dissertations and Theses
Dead trees, or snag , are used by primary cavity-nesting birds for nesting, foraging, and roosting and are essential habitat for the e species. Snags formed in beaver ponds due to flooded conditions are utilized by a variety of woodpecker species. In this study I quantified and compared snag density, size, decay characteristics, and excavations in beaver ponds and in forested riparian sites without beaver influence (reference sites) in the western Oregon Cascades. Beaver ponds were treated as a pooled group (n=8) and also categorized into old (n=5) and new (n=3) classes based on decay indicators. Reference sites (n=8) were …
Stochastic Properties Of Spacings In A Single-Outlier Exponential Model, Baha-Eldin Khaledi, Subhash C. Kochar
Stochastic Properties Of Spacings In A Single-Outlier Exponential Model, Baha-Eldin Khaledi, Subhash C. Kochar
Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations
Let X1,..., Xn be independent exponential random variables with possibly different scale parameters. Kochar and Korwar [J. Multivar. Anal. 57 (1996)] conjectured that, in this case, the successive normalized spacings are increasing according to hazard rate ordering. In this article, we prove this conjecture in the case of a single-outlier exponential model when all except one of the parameters are identical. We also prove that the spacings are more dispersed and larger in the sense of hazard rate ordering when the vector of scale parameters is more dispersed in the sense of majorization.
An Information Theoretic Methodology For Prestructuring Neural Networks, Bjorn Chambless, George G. Lendaris, Martin Zwick
An Information Theoretic Methodology For Prestructuring Neural Networks, Bjorn Chambless, George G. Lendaris, Martin Zwick
Systems Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
Absence of a priori knowledge about a problem domain typically forces use of overly complex neural network structures. An information-theoretic method based on calculating information transmission is applied to training data to obtain a priori knowledge that is useful for prestructuring (reducing complexity) of neural networks. The method is applied to a continuous system, and it is shown that such prestructuring reduces training time, and enhances generalization capability.
Visions, Values, Valuation And The Need For An Ecological Economics, Robert Costanza
Visions, Values, Valuation And The Need For An Ecological Economics, Robert Costanza
Institute for Sustainable Solutions Publications and Presentations
Practical problem solving in complex, humandominated ecosystems requires the integration of three elements: (1) active and ongoing envisioning of both how the world works and how we would like the world to be, (2) systematic analysis appropriate to and consistent with the vision, and (3) implementation appropriate to the vision. Scientists generally focus on only the second of these steps, but integrating all three is essential to both good science and effective management. Subjective values enter in the vision element, both in terms of the formation of broad social goals and in the creation of a preanalytic vision,which necessarily precedes …
Meyer-Neldel Rule For Dark Current In Charge-Coupled Devices, Ralf Widenhorn, Lars Mündermann, Armin Rest, Erik Bodegom
Meyer-Neldel Rule For Dark Current In Charge-Coupled Devices, Ralf Widenhorn, Lars Mündermann, Armin Rest, Erik Bodegom
Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations
We present the results of a systematic study of the dark current in each pixel of a charged-coupled device chip. It was found that the Arrhenius plot, at temperatures between 222 and 291 K, deviated from a linear behavior in the form of continuous bending. However, as a first approximation, the dark current, D, can be expressed as: D=Dₒ exp(−ΔE/kT),where ΔE is the activation energy, k is Boltzmann’s constant, and T the absolute temperature. It was found that ΔE and the exponential prefactor Dₒ follow the Meyer–Neldel rule (MNR) for all of the more than 222,000 investigated pixels. The isokinetic …
Globally Convergent Approximate Dynamic Programming Applied To An Autolander, J.J. Murray, Richard Saeks, C.J. Cox, George G. Lendaris
Globally Convergent Approximate Dynamic Programming Applied To An Autolander, J.J. Murray, Richard Saeks, C.J. Cox, George G. Lendaris
Systems Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
A globally convergent nonlinear Approximate Dynamic Programming algorithm is described, and an implementation of the algorithm in the linear case is developed. The resultant linear Approximate Dynamic Programming algorithm is illustrated via the design of an autolander for the NASA X-43 research aircraft, without a priori knowledge of the X-43's flight dynamics.