Abstract: In a recent paper, Sansom presents a new representation of subhour rainfall variations as derived from pluviographs from tilting-siphon raingages. This representation is based on breakpoints where the trace changes slope ...

Abstract: The incessant improvements in IC technology have made it possible to conceptualize “information appliances” providing nearly unimaginable scalar, vector, and massively parallel information processing ...

Abstract: Air entrainment is one of the most significant problems in pressure die casting. A possible solution is to use the Pore Free technique. In this technique an oxygen is introduced into the die ...

Abstract: It is well known that arbitrary pole-placement can be obtained when controllers of the same order as the plant to be controlled are used. For this reason, the blame for the failure of ...

Abstract: Of the classes of offshore structures, the tension leg platform (TLP) is particularly well suited for deepwater operation. The structure investigated in this paper is assumed to consist of a ...

Abstract: Recently it was shown that first-order adaptive regulators can stabilize any linear time-invariant plant whose transfer function has arbitrary relative degree and order and is not necessarily ...

Abstract: Approaches to engineering design education in several developing and developed nations are reviewed and found to suggest widespread recognition of the need for early and frequent student exposure ...

Abstract: For given machine tool settings of a universal hypoid gear generator, the tooth contact patterns are computed for the coast and drive side of a hypoid gear drive. Each contact pattern is ...

Abstract: Flow-speed-density plots are widely used by transportation professionals. The traditional presentation of these plots can be misleading, especially when large data sets are used. An improved presentation is suggested and ...