Future engineering needs of mirror fusion reactors (open access)

Future engineering needs of mirror fusion reactors

Fusion research has matured during the last decade and significant insight into the future program needs has emerged. While some will properly note that the crystal ball is cloudy, it is equally important to note that the shape and outline of our course is discernable. In this short summary paper, I will draw upon the National Mirror Program Plan for mirror projects and on available design studies of these projects to put the specific needs of the mirror program in perspective.
Date: July 30, 1982
Creator: Thomassen, K.I.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
D7H-test results (open access)

D7H-test results

Data were reduced from the voltage-time relations stored in files D7H001 to D7H090 on HP1000. The I-B calibration curve is included. The data base is shown and can be used by the 9845B. The data include the quench location, Q/sub 2/ layer 1 top, Q/sub 3/ layer 1 bottom and the quench current and its normalized value with respect to short sample, I/sub c/ = 4920A at 4.4 K, I/sub c/ = 6710 A at 1.8 K. The resistance (..cap omega../cm) was calculated using the propagation time according to the voltage change across the measured sections. The conductor potential length are L/sub 5/ /sub 9/ = 48.6 cm, L/sub 6/ /sub 10/ = 17.9 cm, L/sub 7/ /sub 11/ = 40.6 cm. The turn to turn velocity V/sub t/ was calculated dividing the nominal turn to turn distance (58 mil) by the propagation time (Trans. Time). The quench time T/sub q/ was measured from the time the resistive rise starts until the energy extraction system fires.
Date: July 30, 1982
Creator: Caspi, S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Double-mode pulsation (open access)

Double-mode pulsation

Double mode pulsation is a very pervasive phenomenon in stars all over the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. In order of increasing radius, examples are: ZZ Ceti stars, the sun, the delta Scuti stars, RR Lyrae variables, the ..beta.. Cephei variables and those related to them, Cepheids, and maybe even the Mira stars. These many modes have been interpreted as both radial and nonradial modes, but in many cases the actual mode has not been clearly identified. Yellow giants seem to be the most simple pulsators with a large majority of the RR Lyrae variables and Cepheids showing only one pulsation period. We limit this review to those very few cases for classical Cepheids and RR Lyrae variables which display two modes. For these we know many facts about these stars, but the actual cause of the pulsation in two modes simultaneously remains unknown.
Date: July 30, 1982
Creator: Cox, A. N.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Low-temperature geothermal resource and stratigraphy of portions of Yakima County, Washington (open access)

Low-temperature geothermal resource and stratigraphy of portions of Yakima County, Washington

The low-temperature geothermal resource of portions of Yakima County, south-central Washington, is defined by several least squares linear regression analyses of bottom-hole temperature and depth data. Intra-borehole flow prevents the use of borehole temperature gradients for geothermal resource assessment. Bottom-hole temperature and depth data were separated into fourteen well data groups based on geographic proximity, land slope azimuth, and position within the regional ground-water flow system. The regression analyses of these well data groups indicate that the projected land-surface temperature and geothermal gradient range from 10.6 to 14.0/sup 0/C and from 24.9 to 52.2/sup 0/C/km, respectively. The depth to the 20/sup 0/C isotherm ranges from 142 to 346m. The average projected land-surface temperature and geothermal gradient are approximately 11.3/sup 0/C and 43.0/sup 0/C/km, respectively. The average depth to the 20/sup 0/C isoterm is approximately 202m. The projected land-surface temperature appears to decrease and the depth to the 20/sup 0/C isotherm appears to increase as the land-surface elevation of the well dat group increases. Stratigraphic correlation diagrams developed from borehole geophysical and lithologic logs are given for localities within the lower Yakima, Black Rock, Moxee, Ahtanum, Cowiche, and Naches valleys. These correlation diagrams are combined with their respective borehole temperatue logs …
Date: July 30, 1982
Creator: Biggane, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shape memory alloy seals for geothermal applications. Final report. Report ESG-82-14 (open access)

Shape memory alloy seals for geothermal applications. Final report. Report ESG-82-14

A novel temperature-actuated seal for geothermal applications is under development. This program uses the shape memory property of nickel-titanium (Nitinol) alloys to achieve an improved seal in geothermal downhole pumps. Nitinol flange face seals and pump shaft seals have been designed, fabricated, and tested. It has been demonstrated that the shape memory effect of Nitinol alloys can be utilized to activate and maintain a leaktight seal in geothermal environments.
Date: July 30, 1982
Creator: Friske, Warren H. & Schwartzbart, Harry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 7, Quarterly Index II, Pages 49-94, July 30, 1982 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 7, Quarterly Index II, Pages 49-94, July 30, 1982

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: July 30, 1982
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: MW-499 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: MW-499

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Mark White, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Use of topical ocular pharmaceutical agents by optometrists, and related matters
Date: July 30, 1982
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hazards Control Department. Annual technology review, 1981 (open access)

Hazards Control Department. Annual technology review, 1981

This report is divided into three major sections. The first section covers the status of activities undertaken or continuing during the period; additional reports or separate publications will cover the final results of these activities. The second section contains reports on interesting activities of a more limited scope on which further reporting is not anticipated. The third section lists recent publications. Individual papers are included in the database.
Date: July 30, 1982
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Low-temperature geothermal resource and stratigraphy of portions of Yakima County, Washington (open access)

Low-temperature geothermal resource and stratigraphy of portions of Yakima County, Washington

The low-temperature geothermal resource of portions of Yakima County, south-central Washington, is defined by several least squares linear regression analyses of bottom-hole temperature and depth data. Bottom-hole temperature and depth data were separated into fourteen well data groups based on geographic proximity, land slope azimuth, and position within the regional ground-water flow system. The depths of these wells range from over 50m to almost 600m. The regression analyses of these well data groups indicate that the projected land-surface temperature and geothermal gradient range from 10.6 to 14.0/sup 0/C and from 24.9 to 52.2/sup 0/C/km, respectively. Stratigraphic correlation diagrams developed from borehole geophysical and lithologic logs are given for localities within the lower Yakima, Black Rock, Moxee, Ahtanum, Cowiche, and Naches valleys. These correlation diagrams are combined with their respective borehole temperature logs and well data group predicted temperature curves to assess the validity of the regression analyses and to determine aquifer locations, temperatures, and directions of intra-borehole flow. A regression analysis of data from wells of south-central Washington with bottom-hole depths of over 700m to almost 3km suggests that the projected land-surface temperature and geothermal gradient of this depth interval are 21.8/sup 0/C and 31.3/sup 0/C/km, respectively. The depth to …
Date: July 30, 1982
Creator: Biggane, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stability of full-amplitude solutions for RR Lyrae variables (open access)

Stability of full-amplitude solutions for RR Lyrae variables

Since the discovery of numerous double-mode RR Lyrae variables in the globular cluster M15 by Cox, Hodson, and Clancy (1981a and 1983, CHC), double-mode behavior in these Population II variables has made it possible to theoretically determine their masses, composition, and maybe even their evolution direction. The most unusual characteristic of these new double-mode pulsators is that they are found in a narrow range of first overtone periods (P/sub 1/=0./sup d/38-0./sup d/43) and period ratios (P/sub 1//P/sub 0/=0.746+-0.001), where P/sub 0/ is the fundamental mode period. This compares with P/sub 1/=0./sup d/41 and P/sub 1//P/sub 0/=0.746 for AQ Leonis, the only known field double-mode RR Lyrae star. Recent linear studies by CHC (1981a and 1983) suggest that double-mode behavior in this class of stars results from mode switching between the fundamental (F) and first overtone (1H) radial pulsation modes at the transition line just to the red of the F-mode blue edge.
Date: July 30, 1982
Creator: Hodson, Stephen W. & Cox, Arthur N.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Theoretical pulsations of the beta Cephei variable alpha Virginis (open access)

Theoretical pulsations of the beta Cephei variable alpha Virginis

A convective overshooting at the edge of the turbulently convective core of Beta Cephei variables is suggested, which causes periodic mixing of hydrogen into the otherwise depleted core. The extra pressure at the mixing shell, due to the newly added hydrogen gives periodic pushes on the envelope and the pulsations grow. For the specific model, 2 Virginis is used, having well-known mass, radius and luminosity. The recent stopping of the pulsations of this star may indicate that the proposed overshooting growth of the convective core may be temporarily terminated. (GHT)
Date: July 30, 1982
Creator: Cox, Arthur N. & Hodson, Stephen W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library