Essays about: "Christian Alex"

Found 2 essays containing the words Christian Alex.

1. 1. Commercial thinning and its potential for contribution to the timber supply in British Columbia’s Interior forests : a look at Finnish and Swedish forest practices and their applicability in British Columbia’s Interior forests

   University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

   Author : David Christian; [2014]
   Keywords : forestry; silviculture; commercial thinning; mid-term timber supply;

   Abstract : Thinning is the partial removal of trees in a forest stand prior to final harvest. The term can be divided in pre-commercial thinning where little if any volume is removed from the stand and commercial thinning where removals are intended to provide a positive economic result. READ MORE

3. 2. Optimization of RIA-calculations : Simulating Falling Control Rods at Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant

   University essay from Institutionen för fysik och astronomi

   Author : Christian Alex; [2013]
   Keywords : nuclear physics; safety analysis; control rod;

   Abstract : This report accounts for investigations of ways to reduce the calculation times forsimulations of falling control rods in boiling water reactors done prior to everyreactor startup, known as RIA-calculations. Two methodologies to lower thecalculation times have been proposed, developed and implemented in a set ofmatlab-scripts, which are fully compatible with the previously used methodology. READ MORE