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Experimental investigation of the natural convection heat transfer characteristics of cylinder walls with a DBD actuator as the heat source

open access: yesCase Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2022
Conventional electric heating methods applied when evaluating the natural convection heat transfer parameters at the outer walls of cylinders produce uneven heat flows and large measurement errors.
Qijin Zhao   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stable microstructure in a nanocrystalline copper–tantalum alloy during shock loading

open access: yesCommunications Materials, 2020
Shock loading of materials alters the microstructure and considerably degrades mechanical performance. Here, shock loading of a nanocrystalline Cu–Ta alloy is found to induce minor changes to microstructure and mechanical performance, attributed to the ...
B. Chad Hornbuckle   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Image enhancement for underwater range-gated image with multi-slice integration method

open access: yesAIP Advances, 2022
Active illumination underwater brings the backscatter problem. The traditional pulsed laser range-gated imaging (PLRGI) system uses a small gate width to suppress most of the backscattered light.
Hongsheng Lin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Real-Time Energy Management Strategy of Multi-Wheel Electric Drive Vehicles With Load Power Prediction Function

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2021
The lack of a load power prediction function in conventional multi-wheel electric drive vehicles leads to lags in control action. To address this issue, we developed a real-time energy management strategy with improved load power prediction accuracy ...
Luming Chen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons Program and Implications for US National Security. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This article analyzes Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program and the characteristics of the environment in which the program is nested. These characteristics include Pakistan’s history of internal and external instability; nuclear saber rattling during ...
Tkacik, Michael
core   +2 more sources

Characterization of a Nanosized Iron Powder by Comparative Methods

open access: yesKONA Powder and Particle Journal, 2014
Fe nanopowder, derived from microwave plasma synthesis (Materials Modifications Inc., Fairfax, VA), was obtained and characterized for particle size and size distribution.
L.J. Kecskes   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Death Ground [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Death Ground is a competitive musical installation-performance game for two players. The work is designed to provide the framework for the players/participants in which to perform game-mediated musical gestures against each-other.
Michalakos, Christos   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

Illicit firearms and other weapons on darknet markets

open access: yes, 2021
This study provides a snapshot of the availability of weapons across eight omnibus or ‘High Street’ and 12 specialist darknet or illicit cryptomarkets between July and December 2019.
R. Broadhurst   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Error analysis of cross-shaped magnetic gradient full tensor measurement system

open access: yesAIP Advances, 2020
The structural characteristics of the magnetic gradient full tensor measurement system are important factors affecting the accuracy of the magnetic gradient full tensor measurement.
Lei Xu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

open access: yesVikalpa The Journal for Decision Makers, 2016
A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life and threaten to rip apart our social fabricWe live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our liveswhere we go to school, whether
Shikha Verma
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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