Abstract: One promising thermochemical reaction for energy storage is the hydration of hygroscopic salts. However, pure salts have poor cycle stability. The present work investigates a new composite material by impregnating a framework ...

Abstract: A series of numerical modeling and simulations were conducted for dynamic responses of a fluidfilled storage tank subjected to impact loading resulting from a highvelocity projectile. The focus of the study was placed on ...

Abstract: Mitigating the risk of falling is an area of significant interest among clinicians due to the often profound health-related consequences of falls. Consequently, there is acute interest in characterizing the biomechanical ...

Abstract: In recent years, some streams and fisheries have been experiencing higher surface water temperatures, which negatively impact cold-water trout species. One potential solution is to provide localized refugia of colder water ...

Abstract: A waste heat assessment of a manufacturing facility was conducted. A physical survey identified potential waste heat sources. For these sources, the temporal fluctuations in temperature and flowrate, and the frequency of ...

Abstract: A Monte Carlo model is applied to determinate the steady state, solarweighted optical properties of potential thermotropic composite materials for overheat protection of polymer solar absorbers. The key results are ...

Abstract: A structural change quantification methodology is proposed in which the magnitude and location of a structural alteration is identified experimentally in a rotor system. The resonance and antiresonance frequencies are ...

Abstract: Solar hot water and space heating systems constructed of commodity polymers have the potential to reduce the initial cost of solar thermal systems. However, a polymer absorber must be prevented from exceeding its maximum ...

Abstract: This paper presents an experimentally driven model updating approach to address the dynamic inaccuracy of the nominal finite element (FE) rotor model of a machining spindle supported on active ...

Abstract: A thorough code verification effort has been performed on a reduced order, finite element model for one-dimensional (1D) fluid flow convectively coupled with a three-dimensional (3D) solid, referred to as the “advective ...