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Development of data‐driven exponential integrators with application to modeling of delay photocurrents

Abstract Radiation‐induced photocurrent effects represent a threat to microelectronic components operating in space, manmade and terrestrial radiation environments. Analysis of these threats by circuit simulations requires accurate and computationally efficient compact models. Most existing compact models are based on closed form analytic solutions of the governing equations and require empirical assumptions and idealizations that can limit their validity. In this paper we formulate an alternative numerical, data‐driven approach that learns a compact model from data representative of the type of measurements one can obtain in an experimental facility. To develop the model we start from a generic discrete‐time dynamical system and then use physics knowledge to refine its structure. Numerical studies demonstrate the potential of the model and establish some empirical guidelines for its training.

Bochev, Pavel↗

Integrating Visualization Applications, such as ParaView, into HEP Software Frameworks for In-situ Event Displays

ParaView is a high performance visualization application not widely used in High Energy Physics (HEP). It is a long standing open source project led by Kitware and involves several Department of Energy (DOE) and Department of Defense (DOD) laboratories. Futhermore, it has been adopted by many DOE supercomputing centers and other sites. ParaView is unique in speed and efficiency by using state-of-the-art techniques developed by the academic visualization community that are often not found in applications written by the HEP community. In-situ visualization of events, where event details are visualized during processing/analysis, is a common task for experiment software frameworks. Kitware supplies Catalyst, a library that enables scientific software to serve visualization objects to client ParaView viewers yielding a real-time event display. Connecting ParaView to the Fermilab art framework will be described and the capabilities it brings discussed.

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Risk-Informed Margin Management (RIMM) Industry Applications IA1 - Integrated Cladding ECCS/LOCA Performance Analysis - Problem Statement

The U. S. NRC is currently proposing rulemaking designated as “10 CFR 50.46c” to revise the LOCA/ECCS acceptance criteria to include the effects of higher burnup on cladding performance as well as to address some other issues. The NRC is also currently resolving the public comments with the final rule expected to be issued in the summer of 2016. The impact of the final 50.46c rule on the industry will involve updating of fuel vendor LOCA evaluation models, NRC review and approval, and licensee submittal of new LOCA evaluations or reanalyses and associated technical specification revisions for NRC review and approval. The rule implementation process, both industry and NRC activities, is expected to take 5-10 years following the rule effective date. The need to use advanced cladding designs is expected. A loss of operational margin will result due to the more restrictive cladding embrittlement criteria. Initial and future compliance with the rule may significantly increase vendor workload and licensee cost as a spectrum of fuel rod initial burnup states may need to be analyzed to demonstrate compliance. Consequently there will be an increased focus on licensee decision making related to LOCA analysis to minimize cost and impact, and to manage margin.

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Method and application of data integration at a nuclear power plant. Light Water Reactor Sustainability Program report

The data of a nuclear power plant (NPP) is stored in silos for the various plant tools. A previous study conducted by the LWRS program identified the different data sources that can benefit online monitoring in an NPP. These data have different structures and tools and are therefore used independently. Integrating data from various sources can result in multiple benefits to online monitoring by enhancing the ability to compare data, reduce statistical uncertainty due to a larger data set, increase data heterogeneity in space and time to reveal confounded information, develop intelligent methods, and share data. Data integration can result in direct cost saving by reducing the amount of effort needed to find needed information. It can also enable establishing a data warehouse, the backbone repository of data for an NPP, and is necessary to evolve NPPs to a holistic online monitoring approach and automate labor-intensive activities. Whether within an NPP or for a fleet of NPPs, deploying a data warehouse in a plant or data broker for a fleet of plants requires overcoming multiple challenges, including the lack of a standard form of storing and using data and the lack of integration methods to compare and map the different data sources. This effort demonstrates two methods and applications for data integration through an application integration pilot and a data fusion pilot. The application integration is targeted towards the software interfacing of data and data management. This approach is commonly used by data integrators. The data fusion pilot is targeted towards intelligently mapping or coupling data for optimized data use. The pilots were performed in collaboration with two NPPs.

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Digital Application Specific Integrated Circuit Design

Single radiation effects can be transient and static. The charge collected from radiation has a prompt (drift) and a slow (diffusion) component. This current spike causes disparate results: SEU, SET, SEB, MBU, and more. A system level SEE mitigation technique, used to overcome, is the triple module redundancy (TMR). TMR for system Verilog (TMR4SV), written in Python, is the first step towards design IP triplication. It allows various triplication methods for flip flops, clocks, and logic.

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A technique for accelerating iterative convergence in numerical integration, with application in transonic aerodynamics

A technique is described for the efficient numerical solution of nonlinear partial differential equations by rapid iteration. In particular, a special approach is described for applying the Aitken acceleration formula (a simple Pade approximant) for accelerating the iterative convergence. The method finds the most appropriate successive approximations, which are in a most nearly geometric sequence, for use in the Aitken formula. Simple examples are given to illustrate the use of the method. The method is then applied to the mixed elliptic-hyperbolic problem of steady, inviscid, transonic flow over an airfoil in a subsonic free stream.

Martin, E. D.↗

A technique for accelerating iterative convergence in numerical integration, with application in transonic aerodynamics

A technique is described for the efficient numerical solution of nonlinear partial differential equations by rapid iteration. In particular, a special approach is described for applying the Aitken acceleration formula (a simple Pade approximant) for accelerating the iterative convergence. The method finds the most appropriate successive approximations, which are in a most nearly geometric sequence, for use in the Aitken formula. Simple examples are given to illustrate the use of the method. The method is then applied to the mixed elliptic-hyperbolic problem of steady, inviscid, transonic flow over an airfoil in a subsonic free stream.

Martin, E. D.↗

On the applicability of integrated circuit technology to general aviation orientation estimation

The criteria of the significant value of the panel instruments used in general aviation were examined and kinematic equations were added for comparison. An instrument survey was performed to establish the present state of the art in linear and angular accelerometers, pressure transducers, and magnetometers. A very preliminary evaluation was done of the computers available for data evaluation and estimator mechanization. The mathematical model of a light twin aircraft employed in the evaluation was documented, the results of the sensor survey and the results of the design studies were presented.

Debra, D. B.↗