Abstract: A simplified analysis method was developed to evaluate the fatigue damage of an ice-going ship under broken ice conditions. The ice resistance, which is available in the early design stages of an ice-going vessel, and the ...

Abstract: An initial-value problem for both the shallowing and deepening of the upper mixed layer of the ocean is presented, including storage and background dissipation of the turbulent kinetic energy produced by wind and released ...

Abstract: The Kraus-Turner one-dimensional diagnostic model for calculating oceanic mixed layer depths gives realistic results for the summer North Pacific provided the effect of dissipation is appropriately included to limit mixed ...

Abstract: This study investigates the system-level performance of variable recruitment (VR) fluidic artificial muscle (FAM) actuator bundles using a model that incorporates FAM interaction effects. A VR bundle combines multiple FAMs ...

Abstract: The horizontal structure of the balances of kinetic energy and total energy simulated by the Oregon State University (OSU) two-level atmospheric general circulation model are studied for January and July on the basis of a ...

Abstract: The goal of the present study is to elucidate and assess the observed closure and annual variations of the water cycles for the Asian continent and its constituent climatic regions. For this purpose, heavy reliance is ...

Abstract: In pressure vessel and pipe inspection, ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation plays a pivotal role in both in-situ and laboratory examinations. Scanning acoustic microscopy (SAM) has been a well-recognized laboratory tool ...

Abstract: A parameterization scheme of gravity wave drag induced by cumulus convection (GWDC) is implemented in the Yonsei University atmospheric general circulation model (GCM) and the effects of GWDC on the zonal-mean flow and ...