Abstract: Since the early seventies, pipelines have become one of the main means of transporting oil and gas offshore in many parts of the world. In-service hydrocarbons must be transported at high temperature and pressure to ease ...

Abstract: El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events exhibit a diversity of amplitudes, spatial patterns, and life cycles, with the main ENSO periods concentrated in the 3–7-yr [low-frequency (LF)] and 2–3-yr [quasi-biennial (QB)] ...

Abstract: A lot of numerical and experimental studies indicate that wrap-around fin configuration exhibits a self-induced rolling moment even at angle of attack zero. It depends on the unequal pressure ...

Abstract: Recent years, semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) have attracted tremendous attentions for their unique characteristics for solidstate lighting (SSL) and thinfilm display applications. The pure and tunable spectra of QDs make ...

Abstract: Under high thermal stress, buckling of submarine pipelines may occur to release the stresses accumulated in the walls of the pipelines. The likelihood that buckling occurs is largely determined by the capability of the ...

Abstract: To fundamentally elucidate the mixing and its effects on the characteristics of methane/oxygen flame in a rapidly mixed tubular flame burner, experiments were conducted under various oxygen mole fractions and flow rates. ...

Abstract: This paper presents results from a series of observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs), designed to test a dynamic initialization procedure for continuous assimilation of observations from a hypothetical network of ...

Abstract: In order to study the dynamic response of an asphalt road, a dynamic model of the road under a moving load is proposed, in which the viscoelastic characteristics of the base and pavement are all considered, the pavement ...

Abstract: Infrared surface temperatures from satellite sensors have been used to infer evaporation and soil moisture distribution over large areas. However, surface energy partitioning to latent versus sensible heat changes with ...

Abstract: In the deep sea, pipelines can undergo penetration during the laying process; therefore, lateral soil resistance is of great importance for shallowly embedded pipelines to maintain stability under high-temperature and ...