Abstract: Solar collectors comprise the most visible aspect of large photovoltaic central stations, yet structural costs represent only about 15% of total plant costs. Although the design wind speed is the controlling design parameter, ...

Abstract: In this paper, various rational, semirational, and, empirical approximations for the ASME long-radius, flow-nozzle discharge coefficients are first reviewed. These approximations are then compared ...

Abstract: The interaction of vibratory traveling waves in rotating and stationary axisymmetric components is examined. In the most general case, a resonance can occur when the wave propagation speed in a first structure is equal in ...

Abstract: Formal quality programs first appeared in the 1960s through numerous government agencies. Methods by which the contractor administers these programs is often as varied as the projects constructed. Regardless of the method, ...

Abstract: Bolted joints are used at numerous locations in the rotors and carcass structure of modern aircraft turbine engines. This application makes the design criteria and process substantially different ...

Abstract: This study expands on previous studies (Harnack and Landsberg, 1978; Harnack, 1979) in that objective, statistical winter temperature forecast models are tested and verified for three additional winters (1979?81); models ...

Abstract: A multispectral cloud analysis technique using NOAA-7 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) infrared imagery was developed and tested using the AFGL Man-computer Interactive Data Access System (McIDAS) and the ...