Abstract: Recent developments in the methodology of large-eddy simulation applied to turbulent, reacting flows are reviewed, with specific emphasis on mixture-fraction-based approaches to nonpremixed reactions. ...

Abstract: This paper investigates and compares the culture found in a construction company with that found in two manufacturing companies because large differences in culture might reduce the potential for the construction sector ...

Abstract: This article models the dynamics of cilia-based devices (soft cantilever-type, vibrating devices that are excited by external vibrations) for mixing and manipulating liquids in microfluidic ...

Abstract: The application of mixture fraction based models to large-eddy simulations (LES) of nonpremixed turbulent combustion requires information about mixing at length scales not resolved on the LES ...

Abstract: When concrete railway crossties are installed in North American freight track and subjected to flexural loads, center negative bending is one of the most critical demands. However, the ultimate flexural capacity at the ...

Abstract: Visual inspection and field experience from concrete railroad sleepers (crossties) provide evidence that cyclic loading of train axles accelerates their degradation in areas of high precipitation. Because prestressing ...

Abstract: Active control of pressure oscillations has been successfully applied to a lean premixed prevaporized (LPP) combustion rig operating at atmospheric conditions. The design of the rig is based on ...

Abstract: This article shows that the added mass due to fluid-structure interaction significantly affects the vibrational dynamics of cilia-based (vibrating cantilever-type) devices for handling microscale ...

Abstract: This paper presents the premixed conditional moment closure (CMC) method as a new tool for modeling turbulent premixed combustion with detailed chemistry. By using conditional averages the CMC ...

Abstract: In the United Kingdom, partnering was proposed by Sir Michael Latham as a means of achieving 30% cost savings in a suitable organizational climate. How this is achieved within the construction industry involves not only a ...