Abstract: This paper studies innovative restraining solutions based on lateral nickel-titanium (NiTi) shape-memory alloy (SMA) cables. Two novel control approaches are tested, which take advantage of superelasticity and the shape-memory ...

Abstract: The chatter phenomenon can severely limit the power available for milling. The stability lobe diagram (SLD) is a very fast and simple method to predict the chatter free zone, allowing the selection of the most adequate ...

Abstract: A hydrostatic numerical model with simple microphysical parameterization is used to simulate moist slantwise convection (MSC) in an archetypal initial condition free of other kinds of instability. The numerical experiments ...

Abstract: This paper develops a forward dynamic programming (FDP) model to solve the problem of reservoir operation and irrigation scheduling. The typical scenario for application of the model is composed of a system of two reservoirs ...

Abstract: Most of the methods for determining residual stresses inside metallic solids are destructive, which is undesirable. The ultrasonic technique provides a useful nondestructive tool in the evaluation ...

Abstract: During 9?11 August 1988, a cyclone developed over Uruguay in the Ice of the Andes Mountains and moved over the South Atlantic Ocean, where it redeveloped into an intense storm. This storm was responsible for unusual wave ...

Abstract: The main goal of this work is to obtain semi-analytical solutions for the geometric optimization of fins considering the presence of a primary surface. Optimized fin dimensions devoted to finned surfaces are already available ...

Abstract: This work shows a comparative and processing optimization study of the recent ternary bulk heterojunction (BHJ) of P3HT: PCBM:pentacene (1:0.9:0.1 wt. ratio) against the wellknown active layer of poly(3hexylthiophene) ...