We show here that increased variability of temperature and pH synergistically negatively affects the energetics of intertidal zone crabs. Under future climate scenarios, coastal ecosystems are projected to have increased extremes of low tide-associated thermal stress and ocean acidification-associated low pH, the individual or interactive effects of which have yet to be determined. To character...

NOx emissions in n-heptane/air partially premixed flames (PPFs) in a counter-flow configuration have been investigated. The flame is computed using a detailed mechanism that combines the Held’s mechanism for n-heptane and the Li and Williams’ mechanism for NOx. The combined mechanism contains 54 species and 327 reactions. Based on a detailed analysis, dominant mechanisms responsible for NOx for...

Easy-to-use thermal cycling for performing rapid and small-volume DNA amplification on a single chip has attracted great interest in the area of rapid field detection of biological agents. For this purpose, as a more practical alternative to conventional continuous flow thermal cycling, liquid plug-flow thermal cycling utilizes a thermal gradient generated in a serpentine rectangular flow micro...

Limiting dome height (LDH) tests were used to evaluate the formability of laser butt welded blanks of the dual phase 980 steel in comparison with the base metal. Two different lasers were used: diode and Nd:YAG, giving a wide range of welding thermal cycles. A sharp decrease in LDH was observed in the welded specimens due to the formation of a softened zone in the outer heat affected zone. Soft...

A new analytic model is presented for the thermal structure of subduction zones. It applies to the deeper regions of a subduction zone, where the overriding mantle is no longer rigid but flows parallel to the slab surface. The model captures the development of one thermal boundary layer out into the mantle wedge, and another into the subducting slab. By combining this model with the analytic mo...

We present a strictly three-dimensional modeling technique as a basis for numerical simulations. These simulations range from a high-resolution indoor air flow modeling using the so-called thermal lattice Boltzmann method to a multi-zone network model for building energy simulation. Within this paper, an intermediate geometric model is derived from the IFC building product model standard with r...

In an earlier paper, Thompson, Whitaker, and Kosar ^ reported on some genetic relationships between certain species of the 9-chromosome and of the IT-chromosome group of the genus Lactuca. Whitaker and Thompson^ presented data on some cytological aspects of these same species. In the first of these papers mention was made of 2 of the 8-chromosome species, but no compatibility relationships were...

Importance of thermal radiation for transition to flashover in a compartment fire will be demonstrated. A one zone model is developed with the objective of capturing the key mechanisms responsible for the initiation of flashover, i.e. physics of flashover. Thermal radiation is shown to be a key point and the inclusion of a three-dimensional radiation model is essential in the development of an ...