The thermal performance of the propeller driver system is very important for underwater vehicles. A new kind cylindrical heat sink designed a certain system. performances are analyzed, mainly using numerical methods. influences structure parameters, such as base thickness, fins length, and fin number, studied with an orthogonal experimental method. results show that all three parameters have po...

Members of the actin-like MreB family of proteins localize as a helical filament in bacteria and are important for determining cylindrical cell shape. Recent results show that new cell wall biosynthesis occurs along a helical track dependent on one of these actin homologs, providing new insights into bacterial cell growth, division and shape.

An isothermal endoreversible chemical engine operating between a finite high-chemicalpotential reservoir and an infinite low-chemicalpotential reservoir in which the mass transfer between the working fluid and the mass reservoirs obeys the linear mass-transfer law [g ∝ ∆μ], is put forward in this paper. Optimal control theory is applied to determine the optimal cycle configuration corresponding...

Precise representation of geometry and energy is essential to properly account for self-shielding effects in tungsten. Up to a factor of 7 overestimation of tungsten decay heat results from homogenization of tungsten and the water cooled heat sink behind it and use of non-selfshielded cross sections in the activation calculations. To correctly estimate tungsten decay heat, 3-D continuous energy...

The handedness or chirality of molecules, organisms, and elementary particles has been widely appreciated, vindicating Pasteur’s perceptive generalization, “L‘univers est dissymktrique.” Ambidexterity is rare not only in biological organisms but also in molecules. One of the most striking chiral features in biopolymers is the twist or handedness of the helices that are frequently formed. Cylind...

Ratiometric laser induced fluorescence (LIF) thermometry is developed as a tool for temperature measurements using microscale visualization methods. Rhodamine B (RhB) and Rhodamine 110 (Rh110) are used as the temperature-dependent and temperature-independent dyes, respectively. The temperature responses of the two dyes are carefully measured as a function of concentration. The traditional twody...

melting. This too can be demonstrated both by MELTS calculations We present a rigorous calculation of the isobaric entropy (S) change and by calculations in simple model systems. Productivities for of the melting reaction for peridotite (∂S/∂F ) P , where F is the systems enriched in incompatible components are systematically melt fraction. Calculations at 1 and 2 GPa for fertile and depleted l...

The thermal diffusion factors observed for these systems vary considerably with concentration, and frequently show a change in sign at some concentration. New data on ethanol-toluene mixtures show that the sign and magnitude of the separation of the components in a thermal gradient are also strongly dependent on the mean temperature of the system. These observations, together with earlier ones ...

Heat at the junction of light-emitting diodes (LED) affects the overall performance of the LED in terms of light output, spectrum, and life. Usually it is difficult to measure junction temperature of a LED directly. There are several techniques for estimating LED junction temperature. One-dimensional heat transfer analysis is one of the most popular methods for estimating the junction temperatu...

This paper examines similarities and differences among major features of the North and South American monsoon systems. Over both North and South America the summertime circulation shows upper-level anticyclone/low-level heat low structures. These develop at different distances from the equator. It is argued that ascent to the east where subtropical convergence zones develop, and subsidence over...