Scientific spectroscopy really began in Uppsala, Sweden, where Anders Ångström in 1853 showed that some of the lines in the spectrum of an electric spark come from the metal electrodes and others from the gas between them. Even earlier, Joseph Fraunhofer had charted the dark lines in the spectrum of the sun, and had measured their wavelengths. But it was Ångström who first identified some of th...

During the 2015-2016 academic year, I conducted research about Spark, BlinkDB and various sampling techniques. This research helped the team have a better understanding of the capabilities and properties of Spark, BlinkDB system and different sampling technologies. Additionally, I benchmarked and implemented various Machine learning and sampling methods on the top of both Spark and BlinkDB. The...

Apache Spark has become a key platform for Big Data Analytics, yet it lacks complete support for debugging analytics programs. As a result, the development of a new analytical toolkit can be a painstakingly long process [7, 2, 4]. To fill this gap, we are developing Spark-BDD (Big Data Debugger), which brings a traditional interactive debugger experience to the Spark platform. Analytic programm...

A supercritical (SC) nitrogen (N2) switch is designed and tested. The dielectric strength and recovery rate of the SC switch are investigated by experiments. In order to theoretically study the discharge and recovery process of the SC N2 switch under high repetition rate operation, a numerical model is developed. For SC N2 with initial parameters of p = 80.9 bar and T = 300 K, the simulation re...

temperature is one of the effective parameters in erosion of spark plug electrodes. in this research, temperature of spark plug was measured in engine's different operation conditions with two types of fuels: compressed natural gas and gasoline. test results showed that, temperature of center electrode is lower than ground electrode and maximum difference between them is 110ºc that occurs ...

In the mid 1980s the monolithic nature of building energy simulation programs led to proposals for development of so-called "kernel systems," i.e., software environments that would make available to developers basic software modules and a supporting framework that could be used to construct new building simulation software. One of the outcomes of the ensuing work was the Simulation Problem Anal...

Electric spark and femtosecond-laser surface texture are very effective in antifriction systems, but there few applications studies dry friction. In this study, a groove was prepared on the of 0Cr17Ni7Al stainless steel via electric femtosecond laser, respectively. The tribological properties two textures under different collision frequencies with were studied condition results show that fricti...

The e-glass fibre epoxy composite is a nonconductive ceramic material hence it is difficult to machine by any well known non-conventional machining methods like electrical discharge machining, wire electrical discharge machining etc. This material can be machined with conventional machining but compromise with accuracy, surface texture even not possible to micro slicing etc. Keeping in view, a ...

Electrical Discharge Machine (EDM) is one of the non-traditional machining processes. EDM process is based on thermoelectric energy between the work and an electrode. A pulse discharge occurs in a small gap between the work piece and the electrode and removes the unwanted material from the parent metal through melting and vaporization. The electrode and the work piece must have an electrical co...

Aims The cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR) Ca2þ release channel homotetramer harbours 21 potentially redox-sensitive cysteine residues on each subunit and may act as a sensor for reactive oxygen species (ROS), linking ROS homeostasis to the regulation of Ca2þ signalling. In cardiac myocytes, arrayed RyRs or Ca2þ release units are packed in the close proximity of mitochondria, the primary source ...