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An Event-Driven Closed-Loop System for Real-Time FES Control

Silvestro Micera, Danilo Demarchi, Andrea Crema

Active functional rehabilitation procedures, exoskeleton application and prosthesis employment are essential tools for the society life reinstatement of subjects affected by neuromuscular disorders or victims of serious physical accident. In this paper we ...

IEEE2019

Design of Separated Element Reflector Experiments in CROCUS: PETALE

Andreas Pautz, Mathieu Hursin, Vincent Pierre Lamirand, Pavel Frajtag, Daniel Jerôme Siefman

The present article describes the preliminary design studies for PETALE (Programme d'Etude en Transmission de l'Acier Lourd et ses Elements), an oncoming experimental program in the CROCUS reactor. Within the framework of the Venus-Eole-Proteus collaborati ...

ASTM INTERNATIONAL2018

Design of Separated Element Reflector Experiments in CROCUS: PETALE

Andreas Pautz, Mathieu Hursin, Vincent Pierre Lamirand, Pavel Frajtag, Daniel Jerôme Siefman, Stefan Radman

The present article describes the preliminary design studies for an oncoming experimental programme at the CROCUS facility. CROCUS is a teaching and research zero-power reactor operated by the Laboratory for Reactor Physics and Systems Behaviour (LRS) at t ...

2017

Modelling of fuel fragmentation, relocation and dispersal during Loss-of-Coolant Accident in Light Water Reactor

Vladimir Vladimirov Brankov

Recent LOCA tests with high burnup fuel at the OECD Halden Reactor Project and at Studsvik demonstrated the susceptibility of the fuel to fragment to small pieces, to relocate and possibly cause a hot-spot effect and to be dispersed in the event of claddin ...

EPFL2017

DEMO port plug design and integration studies

Minh Quang Tran

The EUROfusion Consortium established in 2014 and composed by European Fusion Laboratories, and in particular the Power Plant Physics and Technology department aims to develop a conceptual design for the Fusion DEMOnstration Power Plant, DEMO. With respect ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2017

Sampling-Based Nuclear Data Uncertainty Quantification for Continuous Energy Monte Carlo Codes

Ting Zhu

The goal of the present PhD research is to establish a methodology of nuclear data uncertainty quantification (NDUQ) for MCNPX, the continuous-energy Monte-Carlo (M-C) code. The high fidelity (continuous-energy treatment and flexible geometry modelling) of ...

EPFL2015

Providing and Optimizing a Robotic Construction Plan for Rescue Operations

Francesco Mondada, Hadi Ardiny, Stefan John Witwicki

After a terrible disaster such as an earthquake or a nuclear accident, finding victims and isolating them from hazards are usually the first priorities for rescuers. As the security of rescuers and the stabilization of the environment are critical componen ...

2015