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Towing resistance of ottar [i.e. otter] trawls used for shrimps from small mechanised boats [PDF]
, 1964 Attempts have been made to determine the towing resistance of the shrimp otter trawls operated from small trawlers off Cochin and the actual resistance on the warps for eight different boats working under the normal fishing conditions have been measured.
Nair, R.S., Satyanarayana, A.V.V.
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SMA-Based Muscle-Like Actuation in Biologically Inspired Robots: A State of the Art Review [PDF]
, 2012 New actuation technology in functional or "smart" materials has opened new horizons in robotics actuation systems. Materials such as piezo-electric fiber composites, electro-active polymers and shape memory alloys (SMA) are being investigated as ...
Antonio Barrientos +4 more
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Feasibility study of an Integrated Program for Aerospace vehicle Design (IPAD). Volume 1B: Concise review [PDF]
Reports on the design process, support of the design process, IPAD System design catalog of IPAD technical program elements, IPAD System development and operation, and IPAD benefits and impact are concisely reviewed.
Kawaguchi, A. S. +3 more
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Selectively Ventilated Ring Wing Hydrofoils [PDF]
, 1967 Experiments were made on a ring wing having a chord-diameter ratio of one-half with a profile section consisting of a 10 percent Clark Y airfoil. Measurements were made of the force characteristics of this ring wing in fully wetted flow for several ...
Acosta, A. J., Wade, R. B.
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Numerical simulation of a collapsing bubble subject to gravity [PDF]
, 2016 © 2016 AIP Publishing LLC. The present paper focuses on the simulation of the expansion and aspherical collapse of a laser-generated bubble subjected to an acceleration field and comparison of the results with instances from high-speed videos.
Brennen C. E. +13 more
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Aerodynamics of an airfoil with a jet issuing from its surface [PDF]
A simple, two dimensional, incompressible and inviscid model for the problem posed by a two dimensional wing with a jet issuing from its lower surface is considered and a parametric analysis is carried out to observe how the aerodynamic characteristics ...
Karamcheti, K., Tavella, D. A.
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Review of ride quality technology needs of industry and user groups [PDF]
, 1975 A broad survey of ride quality technology state-of-the-art and a review of user evaluation of this technology were conducted. During the study 17 users of ride quality technology in 10 organizations representing land, marine and air passenger ...
Brumaghim, S. H., Mckenzie, J. R.
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Cavitation in Axial Flow Pumps: Termination Report [PDF]
, 1956 A series of cavitation experiments in an axial flow pump are described. It is found that cavitation first occurs in a tip vortex formed by the flow through the tip clearance space of the rotor blade.
Acosta, A. J.
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Nomad, a naval message understanding system [PDF]
, 1983 We are building systems to automatically analyze Navy messages. Such messages typically are terse and use many abbreviations and Navy jargon. As a result, they are more difficult to understand than everyday English.The NOMAD system interacts with a ...
Granger, Richard H. +3 more
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Exploring rail futures using scenarios: experience and potential [PDF]
, 2007 In 1995 the author of this paper undertook a scenario exercise for British Rail to identify priorities for rail science and technology developments under the new privatised regime.
Potter, Stephen
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