Abstract: This study presents 2D experimental results and the numerical simulations of thermal loads in order to observe their influences on the life of mechanical systems. The experimental and thermal ...

Abstract: Depending on assumptions and data used in analysis, a probable maximum flood (PMF) can vary over a wide range of values each associated with a certain degree of conservatism. This paper presents a procedure which potentially ...

Abstract: There has been an apparent inconsistency between the comparatively large growth rates given for long-wavelength baroclinic instability modes for jet flows on the sphere and the small values given by the Charney and Green ...

Abstract: The authors investigate the processes acting during a cyclonic ?blocking? anomaly that dominated the upper troposphere in the New Zealand-Tasman Sea region during the very stormy month of August 1990. The authors use ...

Abstract: Characteristic patterns of cyclogenesis in the southwest Pacific region are identified from a sample of 40 developing cyclones during 1990?94. Cases were chosen objectively to ensure a realistic sampling of typical rather ...

Abstract: Recently, the effects of nonlinearity on waves forced by sinusoidal orography in severely truncated barotropic and baroclinic models have been explored. Multiple equilibria were found for fixed forcing and these have been ...

Abstract: A 40-year sample of tropical cyclone origin points in the South Pacific region has been studied in relation to the Southern Oscillation. The area in which origin points tend to be concentrated varies with the phase of the ...

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