Abstract: Standard latitudinally resolved energy balance models describe conservation of energy on a sphere subject to solar heating, cooling by infrared radiation and diffusive redistribution of energy according to a Fourier type ...

Abstract: Hydrologic and sediment transport modeling were used to examine the effectiveness of typical stormwater management policies in reducing the potential for stream-channel erosion. Two bedload functions and three total-load ...

Abstract: The propagation constant technique has previously been used to predict band gap regions in linear oscillator chains by solving an eigenvalue problem for frequency in terms of a wave number. This paper describes a method ...

Abstract: The horizontal and vertical motions of a nonlinear spherical buoy, excited by synthetic ocean waves within a wave flume, is numerically and experimentally investigated. First, fluid motion in the wave tank is described ...

Abstract: Hydrogenassisted fatigue crack growth rates (da/dN) were measured for SA516 Grade 70 steel as a function of stressintensity factor range (خ”K) and loadcycle frequency to provide lifeprediction data relevant to pressure ...

Abstract: A technique for simultaneously measuring thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity was evaluated for applications with insulation materials and liquids. The thermophysical properties are determined ...

Abstract: The widespread use of building integrated photovoltaics appears likely as a result of the continuing decline in photovoltaic manufacturing costs, the relative ease in which photovoltaics can be ...

Abstract: The solar photovoltaic (PV) industry continues to make progress in increasing the efficiency while reducing the manufacturing costs of PV cells. Economies of scale are being realized as manufacturers ...

Abstract: By solving an initial value problem, the time-dependent response of a large circular model lake to a steady wind stress has been investigated. Bottom stress has been neglected. The forced response has been divided naturally ...