Abstract: A building façade is affected by the environment as well as the physical performances of the building-materials at every stage of the building’s life cycle. Although a number of studies have been conducted to overcome the ...

Abstract: The effort to determine oceanic velocities from tracer distributions relies on a knowledge of the effects of mixing. However, the macroscopic diffusion coefficient, K, is generally not known and must be calculated along ...

Abstract: The different types of instability in the equatorial ?-plane approximation are analyzed by means of a 2D linear stability problem. The double-diffusive (DD) and diffusive/baroclinic (2D baroclinic and McIntyre) instabilities ...

Abstract: On a highway, it is generally observed that as traffic flow increases, vehicles tend to travel closely and form platoons. However, sometimes platoons are formed at even a low traffic density and therefore a high traffic ...

Abstract: y analyzing the almost-decade-long record of water vapor measurements from the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) instrument on the NASA Aura satellite and by detailed diagnostic analysis of the results from state-of-the art ...

Abstract: The effects of small-scale turbulence and the horizontal shear on double-diffusive interleaving are treated in the framework of a linear stability problem in the equatorial ?-plane approximation. The model predicts the ...

Abstract: Abstract Climate change is intensifying extreme summer heat, negatively affecting public health and the vitality of urban open spaces. Attendance in outdoor spaces serves as an indicator of thermal comfort, as users naturally ...

Abstract: The response of the seasonal tropical circulation to an 11-yr solar cycle forcing is studied with the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) ModelE, which includes fully interactive atmospheric chemistry. To identify ...

Abstract: Offshore structures are exposed to severe operating conditions because energy resource development has recently extended toward deeper seabed and lower temperature regions. Hence, fracture toughness evaluation for very ...

Abstract: Neighborhood revitalization projects have been implemented to improve both the physical and social environments of deteriorated communities. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impacts of government-sponsored ...