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2009

Ghosh, A., F. Ferrante, and M. Enright.  Reliability of a Rock Slope Against Plane Sliding Failure.  Paper presented at the International Conference on Rock Joints and Jointed Rock Masses, Tucson, AZ, January 2009.

2008

Das, K., D. Basu, and S. Painter. DES and Transient RANS Computations of Flow Through Rod Bundle. American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting: Anaheim, California, 8–12 June 2008.

Ferrante, F.J., G. Adams, and R. Rogers. Integrated Facility Assessment Simulation. Paper presented at the 16th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE16), Orlando, Florida, 12–15 May 2008.

Kazban, R.V. and L.F. Ibarra. 2008. Effect of Parameter Variations on the Structural Response of the Drip Shield—An Engineered Barrier of a Potential Geologic Repository. Paper presented at the IMAC-XXVI: A Conference & Exposition on Structural Dynamics, Orlando, Florida, February.

2005

Manepally, C., and R.W. Fedors. 2005. Effects of Natural Drift Degradation on In-Drift Moisture Distribution. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H21B–1334.

2004

Benke, R. and B. Dasgupta. 2004. Probabilistic Risk Analysis Methodology for Preclosure Operations at a Geologic Nuclear Waste Repository. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management, Berlin, Germany June 14-18, 2004. C. Spitzer, U. Schmocker, and V.N. Dang, editors. London: Springer-Verlag. Volume 6, pp. 3130-3135.

Benke, R. 2004. Analytical and numerical solutions of the expected number of occurrences for combinations of event sequences due to variability. Risk Analysis. (submitted for publication).

Ibarra, L.F., and H. Krawinkler. 2004. Global Collapse of Deteriorating MDOF Systems. 13th WCEE, Paper No. 116.

Manepally, C., A. Sun, and R.W. Fedors. 2004. Effects of Natural Drift Degradation on In-drift Thermohydrological Conditions. Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H31D–0410.

2003

Dasgupta, B., A. Chowdhury, R. Benke, and B. Jagannath. 2003. Review methodology for preclosure safety analysis of proposed geologic repository. Proceedings of the 10th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, March 30-April 3, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Ofoegbu, G.I., G.D. Gute, and A. Chowdhury. 2003. Seismic stability of unanchored spent nuclear fuel storage casks. International Symposium on Radiation Safety Management. November 5-7, 2003. Daejeon, Korea: Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd/Korean Association for Radiation Protection.

Shah, M.J., P.A. Cox, and A.H. Chowdhury. 2003. Tip-Over Analysis of the HI-Storm Dry Storage Cask System. 17th International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (SmiRT 17), August 17-22, 2003. Prague, Czech Republic.

2002

Benke, R., B. Dasgupta, B. Sagar and A. Chowdhury. 2002. Methodology for preclosure risk assessment of geologic nuclear waste repository. 6th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management, June 23-28, 2002, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 

Ghosh, A., and B. Sagar. 2002. Assessment of aircraft crash frequency during take off and landing at an airport. Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM6). Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 23-28, 2002.

Sagar, B., W. Patrick, B. Dasgupta, and S. Mohanty. 2002. Evaluation of repository safety. Seoul, South Korea: First Asian and Oceanic Congress for Radiation Protection. October 2002.

2001

Dasgupta, B., D. Daruwalla, R. Benke, A. Chowdhury, and B. Jagannath. 2001. Methodology for assessment of preclosure safety for Yucca Mountain Project. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on High-Level Radioactive Waste Management, April 29-May 3, 2001, Las Vegas, Nevada. 

Ghosh, A., and B. Sagar. 2001. Preliminary aircraft crash hazard assessment at proposed Yucca Mountain Repository. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on High-Level Radioactive Waste Management, April 29-May 3, 2001, Las Vegas, Nevada. 

Hsiung, S.M. and G.H. Shi. 2001. Simulation of Earthquake on Underground Excavations Using Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (DDA). 38th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, Washington, DC. July 7-10, 2001.

Hsiung, S.M. 2001. Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (DDA) with nth Order Polynomial Displacement Function. 38th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, Washington, DC. July 7-10, 2001.

2000

Hsiung, S.M. and S. Mohanty. 2000. An Abstracted Model for Assessing the Effect of Seismically Induced Rockfall on the Waste package Performance for High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal. International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management, November 27-December 1, 2000.

Dasgupta, B. 2000. Numerical modeling of large underground caverns for hydro power project. GeoDenver, American Society of Civil Engineers, August 5-8, 2000, Denver, Colorado.

Ghosh, A., and S.M. Hsiung. 2000. Acoustic emission as an indicator of macrofailure of rock. Pacific Rocks 2000, 4th North American Rock Mechanics Symposium.

Hsiung, S.M., A. Ghosh, A.H. Chowdhury, and J. Lankford. 2000. Acoustic emission technique for damage assessment of reinforced concrete structures. Fourteenth Engineering Mechanics Conference (EM2000) of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Stamatakos, J.A., P.S. Justus, A. Ghosh, S. Hsiung, M. Miklas, R. Chen, and A-b.K. Ibrahim. 2000. Evaluation of radiological risk from seismotectonic processes at the candidate high-level repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA. IGC Brazil. August 2000.

1999

Hsiung, S.M., D.J. Fox, and A.H. Chowdhury. 1999. Effects of Repetitive Seismic Loads on Underground Excavations in Jointed Rock Mass. 7th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation, Nagoya, Japan, September 24-30, 1999.

Chen, R., G.I. Ofoegbu, and S.M. Hsiung. 1999. Analysis of Drift Instability and Rockfall Due to Earthquake Ground Motion at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. 37th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium. Vail, Colorado, June 6-9, 1999.

1998

Chen, R, S.M. Hsiung, and A.H. Chowdhury. 1998. Thermal-mechanical stability of emplacement drifts for a proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain," 4th International. Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development, Boston, MA. 1998.

Mackin, P. and S.M. Hsiung. 1998. Development of an NRC Review Plan for UMTRCA Title II Site That Supports Requirements for Long-Term Care and Custody. Long-Term Stewardship Workshop, June 2-3, 1998, U.S. DOE Grand Junction Office. Conf-980652, 1998.

1996

Ofoegbu, G.I., and D.A. Ferrill. 1996. Mechanical analyses of a Yucca Mountain fault model. Proceedings. FOCUS '95. Topical Meeting on Methods of Seismic Hazards Evaluation. LaGrange Park, Illinois: American Nuclear Society. 

1995

Ahola, M., R. Hofmann, S. Hsiung, and R. Manteufel. 1995. Numerical study of seismic motion effects on drift stability. FOCUS Methods of Seismic Hazards Evaluation, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 1995.

Ghosh, A., and J.J.K. Daemen. 1995. Rock fragmentation in bench blasting: A numerical study. 35th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, Reno, Nevada, June 1995.

Ghosh, A., K. Fuenkajorn, and J.J.K. Daemen. 1995. Tensile strength of welded Apache Leap Tuff: Investigation of scale effects. 35th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, Reno, Nevada, June 1995. 

Ghosh, A., and S.M. Hsiung. 1995. On characterization of self-affine fractal profiles. 10th Engineering Mechanics Conference, Boulder, Colorado, May 1995.

Hsiung, S.M., A. Ghosh, and A.H. Chowdhury. 1995. On natural rock joint profile characterization using self affine fractal approach. 35th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, Reno, Nevada, June 1995.

Hsiung, S., A. Ghosh, A.H. Chowdhury, and M.P. Ahola. 1995. Laboratory investigation of rock joint dynamic behavior. Second International Conference on Mechanics of Jointed and Faulted Rock, Vienna, Austria, April 1995.

Kana, D.D.,  S.M. Hsiung, and A.H. Chowdhury. 1995. A scale model study of seismic response of an underground opening in jointed rock. 35th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, Reno, Nevada, June 1995.

1994

Ahola, M.P.,  A.H. Chowdhury, S.M. Hsiung, and J. Philip. 1994. Comparison of coupled thermal-mechanical-hydrological analyses of a fractured rock mass. Proceedings of the Fifth Annual International Conference on High-Level Radioactive Waste Management, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 1994.

Hsiung, S.M., A. Ghosh, and A.H. Chowdhury. 1994. An investigation of rock joint models on prediction of joint behavior under pseudostatic cyclic shear loads. First North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, Austin, Texas, June 1994.

Hsiung, S., A.H. Chowdhury, and D.D. Kana. 1994. Effects of repetitive seismic events on underground excavations. Workshop on Rock Mechanics Issues in Repository Design and Performance Assessment, Rockville, Maryland, September 1994.

Ofoegbu, G.I., S.M. Hsiung, A.H. Chowdhury, and J. Philip. 1994. Special considerations in repository siting: Potential for seismic pumping. Workshop on Rock Mechanics Issues in Repository Design and Performance Assessment, Rockville, Maryland, September 1994.

1993

Ahola, M.P., A.H. Chowdhury, and S.M. Hsiung. 1993. Coupled thermal-hydrologic-mechanical modeling results obtained using the computer code UDEC (Universal Distinct Element Code) for one of the proposed benchmark tests. Second Workshop of the International Cooperative Project Development of Coupled Models and Their Validation Against Experiments in Nuclear Waste Isolation (DECOVALEX), Berkeley, California, March 1993.

Chowdhury, A.H. 1993. Field investigation of mining-induced seismicity on local geohydrology. Proceedings of the Fourth Annual International Conference on High-Level Radioactive Waste Management, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 1993.

Hsiung, S.M., A. Ghosh, M.P. Ahola, and A.H. Chowdhury. 1993. Assessment of conventional methodologies for roughness coefficient determination. 34th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, June 1993.

Manteufel, R.D., M.P. Ahola, D.R. Turner, and A.H. Chowdhury. 1993. An assessment of coupled thermal-hydrologic-mechanical-chemical processes. Fourth International Conference on High-Level Radioactive Waste Management, April 1993. La Grange Park, Illinois: American Nuclear Society. 

1992

Ahola, M.P., S.M. Hsiung, L.J. Lorig, and A.H. Chowdhury. 1992. DECOVALEX Phase I modeling studies: Coupled stress-flow model, TC1. First DECOVALEX Workshop, Stockholm, Sweden, May 1992.

Ahola, M.P., S.M. Hsiung, L.J. Lorig, and A.H. Chowdhury. 1992. DECOVALEX Phase I modeling studies: Multiple fracture model, BMT2. First DECOVALEX Workshop, Stockholm, Sweden, May 1992.

Hsiung, S., W. Blake, A.H. Chowdhury, and T.J. Williams. 1992. Effects of seismic events on a deep underground mine. Induced Seismicity Workshop During the 33rd U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 1992.

Hsiung, S.M., A.H. Chowdhury, and J. Philip. 1992. Seismic field studies at Lucky Friday Mine, Mullan, Idaho. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Panel on Structural Geology and Geoengineering, Irvine, California, January 1992.

Hsiung, S.M., A.H. Chowdhury, and M.P. Ahola. 1992. Options for Dynamic Analyses of Underground Facilities. ASCE Symposium on Dynamic Analysis and Design Considerations for High Level Nuclear Waste Repositories. August 19-20, 1992.

1991

Ahola, M.P., S.H. Hsiung, A.H. Chowdhury, D.D. Kana, and R. Hart. 1991. Experimental determination of properties of natural rock joints in a welded tuff. 1991 ASME Applied Mechanics and Biomechanics Summer Conference, Columbus, Ohio, June 1991.

Hsiung, S.M., D.D. Kana, A.H. Chowdhury, M.P. Ahola, B.H.G. Brady, and J. Philip. 1991.  Experimental techniques for dynamic shear testing of natural rock joints. 7th International Congress on Rock Mechanics, Aachen, Germany, September 1991.

Hsiung, S.M., S.D. McKinnon, A.H. Chowdhury, B.W. Vanzant, and J. Philip. 1991. Field investigations for seismic effects on mechanical and geohydrologic response and underground structures in jointed rock. Proceedings of the Second Annual International Conference on High-Level Radioactive Waste Management, Las Vegas, Nevada, April–May 1991.

1990

Hsiung, S.M. 1990. Insufficient Consideration of Scale Effect in Rock Strength. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Scale Effects in Site Characterization, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, June 1990.

Brady, B.H.G., S.M. Hsiung, A.H. Chowdhury, and J. Philip. 1990. Verification Studies on the UDEC Computational Model of Jointed Rock. International Conference on Mechanics of Jointed and Faulted Rock. Vienna, Austria, April 1990.

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