Abstract: When the spacing between the slider and the disk is smaller than 10 nm, the effect of the intermolecular forces between the two solid surfaces can no longer be ignored. This effect on the ...

Abstract: In the original derivations of the first order and the second order slip models of the generalized Reynolds equation in the literature [3,4], a length scale equal to the mean free path of ...

Abstract: Unstructured adaptive triangular mesh generation techniques and vertex based finite volume schemes that suit slider air bearing simulation of hard disk drives are constructed and implemented. ...

Abstract: Residential water use is visualized as a customer-server interaction often encountered in queueing theory. Individual customers are assumed to arrive according to a nonhomogeneous Poisson process, then engage water servers ...

Abstract: This paper presents a novel operational space calibration approach for robotic remote welding based on surface tracking with shared force control. A human-machine shared force controller is ...

Abstract: Control welding residual stress and distortion is extremely important in manufacturing industry. Double-sided double arc welding (DSDAW), which can control residual stress and angular distortion, ...

Abstract: This paper reports the results of a new mathematical derivation for the transformation of a progressive wave propagating obliquely on a gentle slope. On the basis of the conservation principle of wave motion and in a ...

Abstract: Under part-load conditions, a Francis turbine often suffers from very severe low-frequency and large-amplitude pressure fluctuation, which is caused by the unsteady motion of vortices (known as ...

Abstract: Traditional incinerators achieve the thermal requirements through heat transfer and heat radiation. However, the early recovery of flue gas preheats the air and yields nitrogen oxide (NOx) to rise in the combustion of ...