Abstract: Icebreaking technology has been improved over the last 10–15 yr so that the installed power of icebreaking ships could be drastically reduced. The improvement is demonstrated on four examples ...

Abstract: Ice research in West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) started after World War II with the first small ice tank built at HSVA in Hamburg in 1958. The discovery of hydrocarbons in the ...

Abstract: The paper gives an introduction to the rapidly emerging field of kinematic surveying, which deals with the concepts and techniques of conducting accurate surveys from moving vehicles. It briefly outlines the underlying ...

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Abstract: We consider a set of numbers independently drawn from a normal distribution. We investigate the statistical properties of the maximum, minimum, and range of this set. We find that the range is closely related to the standard ...

Abstract: NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) has developed the Rapid Static GPS software for use as the major processing engine in the OPUS-RS utility (online positioning user service—rapid static) (http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/OPUS ...

Abstract: The rainfall and synoptic features of the unprecedented Virginia storm associated with the remnants of hurricane Camille are analyzed. Comparisons with alltime record-breaking rains in the United States and probable maximum ...

Abstract: Flooded lubrication of tilting-pad journal bearings provides safe and robust operation for many applications due to a completely filled gap at the leading edge of each pad. Direct lubrication by leading edge grooves (LEG) ...

Abstract: The quality of predictions for the operating behavior of high-speed journal bearings strongly depends on realistic boundary conditions within the inlet region supplying a mixture of hot oil from the upstream pad and fresh ...

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