Abstract: This paper proposes a shape parameterization method using a principal component analysis (PCA) for shape optimization. The proposed method is used as a preprocessing tool of parametric optimization algorithms, such as ...

Abstract: statistical?stochastic model of the complete life cycle of North Atlantic (NA) tropical cyclones (TCs) is used to examine the relationship between climate and landfall rates along the North American Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. ...

Abstract: new statistical model for western North Pacific Ocean tropical cyclone genesis and tracks is developed and applied to estimate regionally resolved tropical cyclone landfall rates along the coasts of the Asian mainland, ...

Abstract: mprovements on a statistical tropical cyclone (TC) track model in the western North Pacific Ocean are described. The goal of the model is to study the effect of El Niño?Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on East Asian TC landfall. ...

Abstract: If we could hob steel gears at high speed and full depth in a single pass (for the allowance of machining) using carbide hobs, “Gear Producing” capacity could be remarkably increased. However, ...

Abstract: The historical record of U.S. hurricane damage is analyzed using a peaks-over-threshold approach in which the generalized Pareto distribution (GPD) is applied to model excesses above a specified threshold for a given damage ...

Abstract: e apply a progression of advanced statistical methods to investigate the dependence of the 6-hour tropical cyclone (TC) intensity change on various environmental variables, including the recently developed Ventilation Index ...