Airfoil-contour Modifications Based on (epsilon)-curve Method of Calculating Pressure Distribution

Airfoil-contour Modifications Based on (epsilon)-curve Method of Calculating Pressure Distribution
Author: Theodore Theodorsen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 38
Release: 1944
Genre: Aerodynamic load
ISBN:

Summary: A method, based directly on the so-called [epsilon]-curve method published originally in 1931 in NACA Report No. 411, is presented for use in making modifications to the shape and pressure distribution of a given air-foil. In particular, it may be desirable to remove excessive irregularities or local peaks in the distribution. In this process it may be required that certain parameters of the airfoil be kept unchanged; for instance, the angle of zero lift, the ideal lift coefficient, or the moment coefficient. From an academic viewpoint, an altered distribution cannot be "prescribed" because compliance with the requirement of maintaining a Laplacian flow field is involved. A prescribed distribution can therefore not be obtained by iteration. The process, however adequate, is necessarily one of qualitative modifications. Several numerical examples illustrating the use of the method are given in the appendix.

Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2007
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781590318737

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Computational Earthquake Science Part II

Computational Earthquake Science Part II
Author: Andrea Donnellan
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3034878753

Exciting developments in earthquake science have benefited from new observations, improved computational technologies, and improved modeling capabilities. Designing models of the earthquake generation process is a grand scientific challenge due to the complexity of phenomena and range of scales involved from microscopic to global. Such models provide powerful new tools for the study of earthquake precursory phenomena and the earthquake cycle. Through workshops, collaborations and publications, the APEC Cooperation for Earthquake Simulations (ACES) aims to develop realistic supercomputer simulation models for the complete earthquake generation process, thus providing a "virtual laboratory" to probe earthquake behavior. Part II of the book embraces dynamic rupture and wave propagation, computational environment and algorithms, data assimilation and understanding, and applications of models to earthquakes. This part also contains articles on the computational approaches and challenges of constructing earthquake models.

Reduction, Modification and Valorisation of Sludge

Reduction, Modification and Valorisation of Sludge
Author: Azael Fabregat
Publisher: IWA Publishing
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2011-03-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 184339345X

The adoption of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive requires sewage sludge to be subsequently treated and the Sewage Sludge Directive regulates the uses and properties of stabilised sludge for being either recycled or disposed. Both directives drive specific actions in two complementary ways. Reduction, Modification and Valorisation of Sludge aims at developing strategies for the disposal and reuse of waste sludge. It aims to develop several processes for reducing both amount and toxicity of sludge, with simultaneous transformation into green energy vectors such as methane or hydrogen. Mesophilic and mainly thermophilic and autothermophilic conditions are explored as classical alternatives for sludge stabilisation, assuring sanitary conditions of the treated sludge. Valuable materials are obtained from sludge, such as activated carbons, which are used in conventional adsorption processes and in innovative advanced oxidation processes. Guidelines are provided for technology selection in agreement with the geographic, economic and technical characteristics of the sewage plants, demonstration of the feasibility of new applications for the sewage sludge, manufacturing of activated carbon from sludge sewage as innovative recycling of sludge waste, and a deep understanding of the methods involved. Visit the IWA WaterWiki to read and share material related to this title: http://www.iwawaterwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Articles/GLOBALATLASOFEXCRETAWASTEWATERSLUDGEANDBIOSOLIDSMANAGEMENTMOVINGFORWARDTHESUSTAINABLEANDWELCOMEUSESOFAGLOBALRESOURCE

Speech and Computer

Speech and Computer
Author: Alexey Karpov
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 657
Release: 2023-12-23
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 303148309X

The two-volume proceedings set LNAI 14338 and 14339 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Speech and Computer, SPECOM 2023, held in Dharwad, India, during November 29–December 2, 2023. The 94 papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 174 submissions. They focus on all aspects of speech science and technology: ​automatic speech recognition; computational paralinguistics; digital signal processing; speech prosody; natural language processing; child speech processing; speech processing for medicine; industrial speech and language technology; speech technology for under-resourced languages; speech analysis and synthesis; speaker and language identification, verification and diarization.

Strategies to Modify the Drug Release from Pharmaceutical Systems

Strategies to Modify the Drug Release from Pharmaceutical Systems
Author: Marcos Luciano Bruschi
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2015-06-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0081001126

Since the earliest dosage forms to modern drug delivery systems, came a great development and growth of knowledge with respect to drug delivery. Strategies to Modify the Drug Release from Pharmaceutical Systems will address principles, systems, applications and advances in the field.It will be principally a textbook and a reference source of strategies to modify the drug release. Moreover, the characterization, mathematical and physicochemical models, applications and the systems will be discussed. - Addresses the principles, systems, applications and advances in the field of drug delivery - Highlights the mathematical and physicochemical principles related to strategies - Discusses drug release and its possible modifications