Abstract: A number of startups have attracted millions of dollars from tech investors with the goal to buld a commercial fusion reactor by the end of the next decade. Befitting the merging of plasma physics and startup culture, each ...

Abstract: In May and June of 2020, the editors of Mechanical Engineering magazine convened a series of talks with experts from a range of engineering disciplines to explore these issues that are at the heart of the engineering ...

Abstract: Seasonal and annual (July through June) precipitation data for up to 197 stations are used to analyze variability in the High/Dry (H/D) and Low/Wet (L/W or warm event) modes of the Southern Oscillation (SO) over the tropical ...

Abstract: A linear stability analysis of the inviscid stratified Boussinesq equations is presented given a steady zonal flow with constant vertical shear in a tilted f plane. Full nonhydrostatic terms are included: 1) acceleration ...

Abstract: Data on monthly sea surface temperatures (SST) over the eastern North Pacific as well as surface pressure and 1000?500 mb layer thickness over North America during the period 1960?73 were analyzed. Factor analysis of the ...

Abstract: A thin concrete overlay bonded to asphalt pavement design approach has been developed by extending an existing ultrathin whitetopping (UTW) design method. A significant contribution to this proposed design method is the ...