Numerical Simulation of Hatchback Car with Modified Vehicle Design for the Improvement of Fuel Consumption [PDF]
Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, 2023 The continuous demand and fuel depletion in the automobile industries cause a reduction in fuel consumption, especially in a car which is a classic problem to focus on vehicle body design.
G. Sivaraj +3 more
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Optimization of a New Technique in Mass-Rearing of Insects Used in Biological Control of Important Pests [PDF]
Agrotechniques in Industrial Crops, 2022 In the mass rearing of parasitoid wasps used in the biological control of important crop pests, the method for producing hosts, especially moths, is essential.
Maryam Atapour +2 more
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Defining airflow obstruction [PDF]
European Respiratory Journal, 2015 Use of fixed ratio FEV1/FVC and % pred FEV1 cut-off points causes misclassification due to age bias http://ow.ly ...
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Optimising Daylight and Ventilation Performance: A Building Envelope Design Methodology
Buildings, 2023 The future of building envelope design lies in smart adaptation. The current literature overlooks the crucial integration of airflow, ventilation and daylighting in adaptive façade design.
Rana Abdollahi Rizi +4 more
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Louvred Noise Barrier for Traffic Noise Reduction
The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 2021 Environmental issues near roads become more and more important in our society daily life. One of the most critical environmental issues is traffic noise. The present paper study louvred noise barrier designed by authors.
Tomas Astrauskas +3 more
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Design and Testing of a Pneumatic Oscillating Chinese Wolfberry Harvester
Horticulturae, 2021 A pneumatic oscillating Chinese wolfberry harvester was designed to improve the efficiency of manual harvesting and minimize fruit damage by mechanical harvesting.
Yun Chen +3 more
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Applied Sciences, 2022 Airborne pollutant transport in an aircraft cabin is greatly affected by the created airflow. The seat layout can impact the flow and thus the pollutant transport. Most studies have adopted symmetric upright seats for simplicity.
Tengfei (Tim) Zhang +2 more
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Temperature-controlled airflow ventilation in operating rooms compared with laminar airflow and turbulent mixed airflow [PDF]
Journal of Hospital Infection, 2018 To evaluate three types of ventilation systems for operating rooms with respect to air cleanliness [in colony-forming units (cfu/m3)], energy consumption and comfort of working environment (noise and draught) as reported by surgical team members.Two commonly used ventilation systems, vertical laminar airflow (LAF) and turbulent mixed airflow (TMA ...
Alsved, Malin +12 more
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Increasing L/D Ratio of Wing by Delaying Flow Separation for Better Aerodynamic Performance [PDF]
Journal of Applied Fluid MechanicsTo improve the aerodynamic efficiency of the aircraft, the article focuses on optimizing the L/D ratio through postponement of flow separation. Elevating the L/D ratio leads to diminished drag and delays stall occurrence at high angles of attack (α). The
L. P. Ramesh, V. Mugendiran, G. Sivaraj
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Aerosols, airflow, and more: examining the interaction of speech and the physical environment
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 We describe ongoing efforts to better understand the interaction of spoken languages and their physical environments. We begin by briefly surveying research suggesting that languages evolve in ways that are influenced by the physical characteristics of ...
Caleb Everett +5 more
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