Various theoretical and experimental methods are utilized to investigate the thermal conductivity of nanostructured materials; this is a critical parameter to increase performance of thermoelectric devices. Among these methods, equilibrium molecular dynamics (EMD) is an accurate technique to predict lattice thermal conductivity. In this study, by means of systematic EMD simulations, thermal con...

Silicon oxycarbide glasses can be produced over a range of Si–O–C compositions by the controlled pyrolysis of polymer precursors. We present measurements of the thermal conductivity of a silicon oxycarbide glass after two different heat treatments and two Si–O–C nano-composites, hot-pressed at 1600°C, up to 1000°C and compare them to fused silica, amorphous carbon, and SiC. The temperature depe...

to determine the threshold of photoperiodism and culmulative thermal time related to bulbing and growth analysis of safid behbehan, ghermez iranshahr and primavera onion cultivars an experiment was conducted at behbahan agricultural research station for a year (2006-2007) based on a randomized complete block design of four replications. seeds were sown in nursery in late october and seedlings t...

The frequency of extreme thermal events in temperate freshwater systems is expected to increase alongside global surface temperature. The Miramichi River, located in eastern Canada, is a prominent Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) river where water temperatures can exceed the proposed upper thermal limit for the species (~27°C). Current legislation closes the river to recreational angling when wate...

This paper describes a relative localization system used to achieve the navigation of a convoy of robotic units in indoor environments. This positioning system is carried out fusing two sensorial sources: (a) an odometric system and (b) a laser scanner together with artificial landmarks located on top of the units. The laser source allows one to compensate the cumulative error inherent to dead-...

The application of thermal energy storage (TES) is an effective way of improving the power load regulation capability of combined heat and power (CHP) generating units. In this paper, a theoretical investigation on the thermal energy storage system of a CHP unit that employs the microencapsulated phase change material slurry (MPCMS) as the working fluid is carried out. The results indicate that...

4G Communication Networks provide heterogeneous wireless technologies to mobile subscribers through IP based networks and users can avail high speed access while roaming across multiple wireless channels; possible by an organized way to manage the Quality of Service (QoS) functionalities in these networks. This paper proposes the idea of developing a novel QoS optimization architecture that wil...

Product units in service may be discarded even before they have failed. This paper discusses the need to consider such discarded units in analyzing eld failure data. Approaches based on maximum likelihood (ML) and conventional cumulative hazard (CH) methods are described and evaluated for their accuracy in estimating the parameters of failure time distributions. Simulation results showed that t...