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Hoi-Yi Tong, Tsung-Yueh Lin and Shiu-Wu Chau
This study predicted the motion response and power performance of a floating wind turbine system equipped with a semisubmersible Taida platform, an IEA 15 MW wind turbine, and a 3 × 2 mooring design in the Hsinchu offshore area in the Taiwan Strait. The ...
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Francesco Chidichimo, Michele De Biase, Francesco Muto and Salvatore Straface
The productivity of metamorphic aquifers is generally lower than that of the more common alluvial and carbonates ones. However, in some Mediterranean areas, such as the Calabria region (Italy), water scarcity combined with the presence of extensive metam...
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Ioanna Triantafyllou, Marilia Gogou, Spyridon Mavroulis, Efthymios Lekkas, Gerassimos A. Papadopoulos and Manolis Thravalos
The tsunami generated by the offshore Samos Island earthquake (Mw = 7.0, 30 October 2020) is the largest in the Aegean Sea since 1956 CE. Our study was based on field surveys, video records, eyewitness accounts and far-field mareograms. Sea recession was...
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Mahamadou Koïta, Hamma Fabien Yonli, Donissongou Dimitri Soro, Amagana Emmanuel Dara and Jean-Michel Vouillamoz
The present study aims at understanding the role of the structure and the geometry of the weathering profile on the hydrodynamic behavior of hard rock aquifers. We first described 2D geophysical cross sections of weathering profiles realized and validate...
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Victoria Sandoval and Francisco Suárez
The method presented in this paper aims to estimate the hydrodynamic and thermal properties of green roofs after settling has occurred.
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Yonghui Cao, Tian Bao, Yingzhuo Cao, Pu Wang, Ou Yang, Yang Lu and Yong Cao
Compared with traditional underwater equipment powered by propeller, the manta-ray-inspired vehicle with MPF mode (Median fin/paired fin) has the advantages of stable swimming attitude, high maneuverability, and low noise, etc. As one of the sources of a...
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Yunkai Zhou, Giorgio Pavesi, Jianping Yuan and Yanxia Fu
A pump-jet, which is generally and widely adopted on underwater vehicles for applications from deep sea exploration to mine clearing, consists of a rotor, stator, and duct, with the properties of high critical speed, high propulsion efficiency, great ant...
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Bijan Dargahi, Venkat Kolluru and Vladimir Cvetkovic
The hydrodynamic and transport characteristics of the Baltic Sea in the period 2000?2009 were studied using a fully calibrated and validated 3D hydrodynamic model with a horizontal resolution of 4.8 km. This study provided new insight into the type and d...
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Bijan Dargahi, Venkat Kolluru and Vladimir Cvetkovic
The hydrodynamic and transport characteristics of the Baltic Sea in the period 2000?2009 were studied using a fully calibrated and validated 3D hydrodynamic model with a horizontal resolution of 4.8 km. This study provided new insight into the type and d...
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Kiseok Han, Anbazhagan Sathiyaseelan, Kandasamy Saravanakumar and Myeong-Hyeon Wang
The silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were synthesized using quercetin (Qn) for enhanced antioxidant and antibacterial activity. The quercetin-mediated silver nanoparticles (Qn-AgNPs) were characterized by different analytical methods. The Qn-AgNPs showed max...
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Qian Zhang, Mingming Tang, Shuangfang Lu, Xueping Liu and Sichen Xiong
Estuaries are important sediment facies in the fluvial-to-marine transition zone, are strongly controlled by dynamic interactions of tides, waves, and fluvial flows, and show various changes in depositional processes and sediment distribution. Deep inves...
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Fathyah Whba, Faizal Mohamed, Mohd Idzat Idris and Mohd Syukri Yahya
This study focused on surface modification of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) to create a biocompatible, stable, and hydrophilic substrate suitable for use as a coating agent to develop a dual-contrast composite material. The CNCs were prepared using acid ...
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Claudia Bonechi, Gabriella Tamasi, Alessandro Donati, Gemma Leone, Marco Consumi, Lorenzo Cangeloni, Vanessa Volpi, Agnese Magnani, Andrea Cappelli and Claudio Rossi
Hyaluronic acid (HA) and chitosan (CH) are biopolymers that are widely used in many biomedical applications and for cosmetic purposes. Their chemical properties are fundamental to them working as drug delivery systems and improving their synergistic effe...
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Suli Lu, Jialun Liu and Robert Hekkenberg
A good mesh is a prerequisite for achieving reliable results from Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) calculations. Mesh properties include mesh types, computational domain sizes, and node distributions. However, in literature, we found no clear consensus...
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Jan Mrázek, Ivan Ka?ík, Lenka Procházková, Václav Cuba, Vladimír Girman, Viktor Puchý, Wilfried Blanc, Pavel Peterka, Jan Aubrecht, Jakub Cajzl and Ondrej Podrazký
Nanoparticle doping is an alternative approach the conventional solution doping method allowing the preparation of active optical fibers with improved optical and structural properties. The combination of the nanoparticle doping with MCVD process has bro...
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Md. N. M. Bhuyian, Alfred Kalyanapu and Faisal Hossain
This study assessed the uncertainty in flood impact assessment (FIA) that may be introduced by errors in moderate resolution regional and moderate resolution global Digital Elevation Models (DEM). One arc-second National Elevation Dataset (NED) and one a...
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Mingyuan Ma, Hong Zhang, Dong-Sheng Jeng and Chien Ming Wang
In the present study, a semi-analytical model based on the small-amplitude wave theory is developed to describe the wave fields around a single gravity-type cylindrical open fish net cage. The cage may be submerged to different depths below the free-wate...
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Anson Hu and Ibrahim Demir
The height above nearest drainage (HAND) model is frequently used to calculate properties of the soil and predict flood inundation extents. HAND is extremely useful due to its lack of reliance on prior data, as only the digital elevation model (DEM) is n...
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Alexander E. Ashikhmin, Nikita A. Khomutov, Maxim V. Piskunov and Vyacheslav A. Yanovsky
Using high-speed video recording, we establish the following regimes of hydrodynamic interaction of a biodiesel micro-emulsion fuel droplet with a heated wall: deposition (including drop spreading and receding), drop hydrodynamic breakup, and rebound. Co...
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Artur Olszak, Karol Osowski, Ireneusz Musialek, Elzbieta Rogos, Andrzej Kesy and Zbigniew Kesy
This paper presents the results of physicochemical and tribological tests of vegetable oils obtained by the supercritical fluid extraction method from berry seeds. The research was conducted by using these oils as the raw material for the biodegradable h...
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