... available in the market today that can monitor translational and rotational motions, as well as response velocities and accelerations Measuring motion responses experimentally is close to reality ... J., Jensen, B L and Christiansen, N (1994) Forces on a vibrating cylinder near a wall in steady and oscillatory flows, Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, ASCE, 120(3):233-250 ... Sarpkaya, T., (1979) Vortex – induced oscillations – A selective review Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions of ASME, 46:241-258 64 Sarpkaya, T and Isaccson, M (1981) Mechanics of wave forces...
... (1985) Dashed lines are asymptotic values for steady current case These plots show that the drag coefficient generally decreases with the increase in Uc / Uw, and approaches an asymptotic value as ... downstream to form a Karman alternating vortex wake At higher KC numbers, the near wake vortex patterns adopted an asymmetrical pattern These vortex patterns are shown in Figure 18 Similar flow patterns ... support that had enabled me to carry out research on a full time basis I am especially appreciative of Dr John E Halkyard for his vast insight and knowledge in offshore structures and hydrodynamics,...
... velocities measured at y = offset, at spacing of (a) ½ D, (b) D, and (c) ½ D for combined wave and currents of T = 0.7 s, H = 25 mm, C = 100 mm/s 329 Plots of Kinematics in the Wake of Upstream Cylinder ... offset, at spacing of (a) ½ D, (b) D, and (c) ½ D for combined wave and currents of T=0.7 s, H = 25 mm, C = 50 mm/s Figure D3 Y direction velocities measured at y = offset, at spacing of (a) ½ D, ... velocities measured at y = 0.6 D offset, at spacing of (a) ½ D, (b) D, and (c) ½ D for combined wave and currents of T=0.7 s, H = 25 mm, C = 75 mm/s Figure D7 Y direction velocities measured at y = offset,...
... increment at steady state beating Wave only, T = 0.7 s run Downstream cylinder placed at x = ½ D, y = 373 Appendix H Iso Surface Plots of Numerical Wave Tank Figure H1 Iso surface plots of wave and ... T=0.7s, at time intervals of T’ (At Stable Beating Downstream cylinder spacing at x = ½ D, y = 0) Figure H12 Iso surface plots of wave only run, T = 0.7s, at time intervals of T’ (At Steady State ... T’ (At Stable Beating Downstream cylinder spacing at x = ½ D, y = 0.6 D) Figure H8 Iso surface plots of wave only run, T = 0.7s, at time intervals of T (At Steady State Downstream cylinder spacing...
... This project was supported by Regional Transport Company of Sfax (SORETRAS), National School of Engineers of Sfax (ENIS), ANME and SAGAZ Authors would like to acknowledge them for their efforts and ... Optimization of IC Engine Oil & Gas Science and Technology - Rev IFP, Vol 54 (1999), No 2, pp 297-307 [14] Arash Nemati, Shahram Khalilarya, Samad Jafarmadar, Hassan Khatamnejhad, Vahid Fathi Numerical ... technical and financial assistance References [1] Shankar K S, Mohanan P MPFI gasoline engine combustion, performance and emission characteristics with LPG injection INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY...
... range of scales and because there are often hierarchical linkages among them, relating information across scales as well as levels of biological organization is an essential part of ecological ... the translation of information between or across spatial and emporal scales or organizational levels (Turner et al 198 9a, King 1991, Blöschl and Sivapalan 1995, Stewart et al 1996, van Gardingen ... one can derive a scaling relation between the total number of animals (N) and habitat area (A) : N = D0 AM −0.75 or between the total biomass (B) of the animal species and habitat area: B = DAM...
... Mann, Osmel Manzano, Patr´cia Marı quez, Margarita Lopez Maya, Luis Miquilena, Mar a Eugenia Miquilena, ı ´ Bernard Mommer, Francisco Monaldi, Richard Obuchi, Daniel Ortega, Alfredo Padilla, Alesia ... centralization of power and an incipient authoritarianism in contemporary Venezuela, which they have taken as additional evidence in favor of the causal link between resource rents and authoritarianism ... The Authoritarian and Democratic Effects of Natural Resources As scholars of comparative politics have emphasized, there appear to be many ways that countries arrive at democracy In general,...
... iteratively updates zt by zt ← zt − As ′ (zt ) /As ′′ (zt ) (11) t t Here s indicates an IS ora CD method Below we check the calculation ofAs ′ (zt ) as t the cost ofAs ′′ (zt ) is similar We ... decreasing The last condition shows thatA(z)is separable, so minz A( z) = t minzt At (zt ) That is,we can minimizeAt (zt ),∀t simultaneously, and then update wt ∀t together A parallel-update method ... features of random fields IEEE PAMI, 19(4):380–393 Joshua Goodman 2002 Sequential conditional generalized iterative scaling In ACL, pages 9–16 Robert Malouf 2002 A comparison of algorithms for...
... enough… for the city B Chorus a Dadada, Da dada da da, Dada dada da dada, Da da da da, Dada da dada Figure 3: The Stanza Structure of “Living for the City” Finally, at the largest level of structure, ... is long… for the city Stanza 3: a - Verse 6: I hope you hear… for the city B - Chorus: Dadada… Dada da dada a' V5 / V / Ch/ Ch/ Ch' B - Chorus: Dadada… Dada da dada b - Chorus: Dadada…(extended) ... Stanza a Term Label Term Label Verse a Verse a Stanza a Chorus B Verse a Bridge B Verse a Chorus Bridge B A' Stanza a' Verse a Verse a Chorus End B A' ' Term Couplet Couplet Refrain Label a a...
... framework of irregularly spaced data, the behavior of the multiresolution analysis is exactly the same as in the traditional case (regularly spaced data) One can notice that the detail signal ... one; and (ii) a larger interpolation error as shown in [11] In order to construct an orthonormal spline basis, we propose to use the traditional Gram-Schmidt method The orthonormal spline basis ... spline scaling basis of the basic space V0 According to the Gram-Schmidt method, various quadratic orthonormal spline bases are possible We present one construction among others The quadratic spline...
... coast of French Guiana Dicorynia guianensis Amshoff, an Amazon endemic forest tree species belonging to the Caesalpiniaceae, was chosen in this study because of its importance in the wood market ... leaf area and weight, total above and below-ground biomass, leaf area ratio, root:shoot ratio and endomycorrhizal infection 2.6 Data analysis Using Statview 4.5 from Abacus Concepts Inc., a fully ... Inc., a fully factorial ANOVA analysis of the data at harvest was performed in order to detect any interactions between the factors (light, mycorrhizal inoculation and blocks) Significant differences...
... exchangeable Ca and Mg was associated with an increase in total basic cations In natural soil, Al was the dominant exchangeable cation whereas after lime and gypsum addition it was largely replaced ... was a slight decrease in exchangeable magnesium and an increase in exchangeable potassium at 0-1 cm depth, whereas exchangeable Al decreased With the lower rate the phenomenon was reversed at ... MgO was added and additional alkalinity was released An increase in pH relative to doses of lime treatments was very marked in the Of (pH increased from 3.8 in the control to between and 7.8) and...
... T are easily derived if , , AS BS not easily calculated, for a given transformation matrix S The arguments in this AS paper show how to calculate derivatives for any S This allows for any T and ... B T and ST S’ AS = A T with T and T diagonal, AS BS fitting a model with underlying uncorrelated traits that are transformed S-’ to form the p measured traits This model has the advantage of using ... m and n x m Our 2 , x, l2 i x n t ,, l2l motivation was a case when a trait Yl was measured on males and y was measured on females and there was interest in the genetic covariance between traits...
... Critical Care Vol 10 No Luckner et al Table Changes in haemodynamic variables, acid-base status, reactive hyperaemia, and vasomotion Parameters Group MAP (mmHg) AVP/NE* NE Baseline hour ... t test was performed For variables that did not fulfil the normality assumption (AUC pre-ischaemic, magnitude of reactive hyperaemia, oscillation of the Doppler signal before ischaemia and during ... has been shown to be an suitable technique for evaluating both reactive hyperaemia [15] and oscillatory changes in vascular tone [16] Baseline measurements included the area under the curve (AUC)...
... distinguished professor at Clarkson University Professor Ahmadi has authored more than 400 papers in journals,in addition to two books and numerous papers in national and international conference ... nano-particles, which can account particle inertia effect Furthermore, the Lagrangian approach has the ability to include the effect of additional body forces that may be action on each individual particle ... field Particles were released from 0.01m from the inlet to prevent any spurious data exiting the inlet upon immediate release In addition, the radial distance at which a particle was located was...
... (brachytherapy) [7] iv) The standard initial systemic therapy for locally advanced or metastatic disease is hormonal or androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) that may be performed by bilateral orchiectomy ... Ishihara M, Kamiya N, Komiya A, Shimbo M, Suyama T, Sakamoto S, and Ichikawa T Bisphosphonate and low-dose dexamethasone treatment for patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer Hinyokika ... orchiectomy or pharmaceutical means The androgen-sensitive period in patients with metastatic disease lasts a median of 14–30 months [8] v) Chemotherapy for hormone refractory prostate cancer (HRPC)...
... Percentage covers of algae and seagrass (%) Sargassum fusiforme Calliarthron yessoense Sargassum horneri Grateloupia turuturu Phyllospadix iwatensis Undaria pinnatifida Crustose coralline algae Cladophora ... Percentage covers of algae and seagrass (%) Sargassum fusiforme Calliarthron yessoense Serraticardia maxima Corallina pilulifera Gigartinales Codium fragile Phyllospadix iwatensis Undaria pinnatifida ... 53 Mine, H., Takahashi, K and Yamashita, T (2000) Effects of Physical Environments on Vertical Distribution of Laminaria religios in Coastal Areas of the Japan Sea, Hokkaido., Coastal Engineering,...
... study, a kind of forage rice known as “Kusahonami” was employed "Kusahonami" is a new variety developed for whole-crop silage It can produce a larger quantity of biomass, and has a higher tolerance ... Balance of Irrigated Rice and Its Application to Southeast Asia., Southeast Asia Studies Vol.25, No.1, 63-74 Horie, T., Yajima, M., and Nakagawa, H (1992) Yield forecasting., Agricultural Systems ... Sakai, M., Imbe, T., Nemoto, H., Horisue, N., Nakagawa, N., Sato, H., Hirasawa, H., Takadate, M., Tamura, K., Ando, I., Ishii, T., Iida, S., Maeda, H., Aoki, N., Ideta, O., Hirabayashi, H., and...
... including additional simulations and experimental validation cases Mathematical model of the façade Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) research uses computational and mathematical models of flowing ... theoretical and experimental models as verification and validation of available codes become increasingly important [3] These improvements are related with the ventilation capacity of the additional ... behavior and the ways to improve it A system which aims to accelerate the natural air flow in the ventilated gap in a forced way has been analyzed to improve the cooling capacity of ventilated...