Abstract: The Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau) conducted studies for a wind turbine field of 100 MW at a site near Medicine Bow, Wyoming, one of the windiest areas in the United States. The wind turbine ...

Abstract: To be able to predict accurately the performance of a specific solar collector in a given environment, its performance must first be characterized over the range of conditions under which the ...

Abstract: An important aspect in the design of a Solar Central Receiver system is the distribution of the solar flux on the receiver. In this paper, we present information for the Central Receiver ...

Abstract: Experimental studies of objective and subjective passenger response to various fore-and-aft, or longitudinal, vehicle acceleration transients are reviewed. It is found that the wide variability in ...

Abstract: This paper formulates the equations governing the dynamics and control of electrostatic structures. Using a Lagrangian mechanics approach, a potential energy function composed of a strain component, ...

Abstract: A simple mathematical analog for determination of the squeeze film behavior between two parallel annular disks, one having a porous facing, from the already available solutions of comparable ...

Abstract: Internal damping in rotating shafts can lead to dynamic instability — the unbounded growth over time of the off-axis displacement of the spinning shaft in whirl. In analyzing this phenomenon, ...