Influence of air entrainment on rock scour development and block stability in plunge pools The impingement of high-velocity water jets on plunge pools, such as it occurs downstream of spillways of high-head dams, may cause scour on the rock foundations. The scour process is the result of complex and consecutive physical phenomena. Turbulence plays a major role, especially in the jet development...

Considerable evidence was available indicating that wet dipping practices were failing to eradicate lice on sheep and that ineffective wetting was believed to be a major contributory factor. To examine wetting of sheep in plunge and shower dips, a series of experiments were undertaken to investigate both the mechanical and management opportunities which might improve the efficiency and efficacy...

The Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) technique has long been used for spectral analysis but it has not been fully exploited for data compression purposes. This paper presents the concept for compressing telemetry data using the FFT in such a manner that the time domain waveform can be recovered. The sampled time-domain data is transformed into the frequency-domain data and only the significant comp...

Here we introduce a new 6-axes positioner, called hexblade that achieves high speeds over large ranges with precision. The positioner these capabilities due to its bent-blade-flexure topology, which decouples 6 actuators. A matrix-based analytical approach is used model the stiffness and inertia of positioner's topology performance are subsequently calculated plotted for each version design com...