A method for regenerating a pseudo-noise (PN) ranging signal at a spacecraft is presented. This method allows for an increase of up to 30 dB in received downlink ranging power. The increased power can be used to decrease the measurement uncertainty, reduce the time of the measurement, or increase the power allocated to the downlink telemetry. This system is being implemented in the Spacecraft T...

The basic structure of a reactor physics laboratory environment simulation software, developed using object modeling technique (OMT), and based on the reactor point kinetic equation, is presented. Also, various capabilities of the simulator in teaching the fundamental concepts of reactor physics are discussed. In this virtual laboratory, student can perform seven different experiments, ...

Power factor and distortion measuring usually requires special and expensive equipment. Computer-based acquisition modules and software provide possibility to create simple and non-expensive methods and instruments for power factor measurement and distortion characterization of small loads and bring all advantages of virtual instrumentation [1,2,3,4]. One approach to power factor and distortion...

In this paper, an efficient and comprehensive hybrid intelligent technique for the optimal placement of phasor measurement units (PMUs) is proposed to minimize the number of PMU installation subjected to full network observability. Three main purposes of PMUs output synchronous measurements are monitoring, control, and protection of power system. We have combined Binary Imperialistic Competitio...

soil detachment is known as an important process in soil erosion and its quantification is necessary to establish a basic understanding of erosion. this study was carried out to find the best flow erosivity indicator(s) for predicting detachment rate at low slopes. for this purpose, 12 experiments including 6 flow discharges (75, 100, 125, 150, 175 and 200 ml/s) and 2 slope gradients (1.5 and 2...

wind power has been widely considered and utilized in recent years as one of the most promising renewable energy sources. in the current research study, aerodynamic analysis of the upwind three-bladed horizontal axis turbine is carried out using blade element momentum theory (bem), and a genetic algorithm (ga) is applied as an optimization method. output power generation is considered as an obj...

wind power has been widely considered and utilized in recent years as one of the most promising renewable energy sources. in the current research study, aerodynamic analysis of the upwind three-bladed horizontal axis turbine is carried out using blade element momentum theory (bem), and a genetic algorithm (ga) is applied as an optimization method. output power generation is considered as an obj...

purpose: to measure corneal power using different methods to assess agreement between these methods among patients who underwent photorefractive keratotomy. methods: in this prospective comparative study, keratometry was measured in 66 eyes of 33 refractive surgery candidates using manual keratometry (kr), conventional topography average central corneal power (accp), galilei total corneal power...