Abstract: Rainfall over southwest Western Australia (SWWA; 32°S southward and 118°E westward) has been decreasing over the past decades, putting further constraints on water resources in an already dry area. In this study, daily ...

Abstract: This study attempts to investigate the linear momentum budget responsible for tropical cyclone (TC) recurvature. Using the operational analyses from the U.K. Meteorological Office global model, the environmental flow ...

Abstract: The use of combat helmets has greatly reduced penetrating injuries and saved lives of many soldiers. However, behind helmet blunt trauma (BHBT) has emerged as a serious injury type experienced by soldiers in battlefields. ...

Abstract: Accurate and reliable component life prediction is crucial to ensure safety and economics of gas turbine operations. In pursuit of such improved accuracy and reliability, modelbased creep life prediction methods have become ...

Abstract: A new model of highintensity focused ultrasound generation by radiation from a composite nanothinfilm made of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and elastomeric polymer is presented in this paper. The composite nanothinfilm is deposited ...

Abstract: An adjoint model is developed for variational data assimilation using the 2D semi-Lagrangian semi-implicit (SLSI) shallow-water equation global model of Bates et al. with special attention being paid to the linearization ...

Abstract: The accuracy of interpolating semi-Lagrangian (SL) discretization methods depends on the choice of the interpolating function. Results from barotropic transport simulations on the sphere are presented, using either bicubic ...

Abstract: The aerodynamic damping calculations for turbomachinery blade aeromechanics applications are typically carried out in an isolated blade row. The aerodynamic damping of vibrating blades, however, can be significantly ...

Abstract: Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) have been widely used in the power generation industry to protect turbine blades from damage in hostile operating environment. This allows either a high turbine entry temperature (TET) to ...

Abstract: In order to study the mechanical properties of defectfree thin walled elbows (TWE), and evaluate impacts of the intermediate principal stress effect, tension/compression ratio, and strainhardening of materials into logical ...