Abstract: The accretional growth of gyrating hailstones was studied in a pressure- and temperature-controlled icing wind tunnel, starting with oblate ice spheroids, under cloud conditions and at free-fall speeds. Measured parameters ...

Abstract: An analytic model (AM) describes the dynamical behavior of a Newtonian fluid that is suddenly released to the atmosphere from a pressurized vessel. The discharge process is a very fast transient phenomenon in which the ...

Abstract: In Spain, as in other Mediterranean and low-latitude countries, cooling loads of the same order of magnitude or even higher than heating loads coexist with high solar radiation resources. Cooling ...

Abstract: Test results consisting of direct and transverse force coefficients are presented for eleven, sawtooth-pattern, damper-seal configurations. The designation “damper” seal refers to a seal which uses ...

Abstract: A parameterization of planetary wave breaking in the middle atmosphere has been developed and tested in a numerical model which includes governing equations for a single wave and the zonal-mean state. The parameterization ...

Abstract: This paper proposes a novel piezoelectric energy harvesting device driven by aeroelastic flutter vibrations of a simple pin connected flap and beam. The system is subject to a modal convergence ...

Abstract: Increasing diversity is a desirable educational and social goal; therefore, reducing large disparities among students is a critical aspect in civil engineering schools. This paper analyzes the presence of gender, socioeconomic, ...