This paper investigates the Weighted Linear Parallel Interference Cancellation (WLPIC) Multiuser Detection (MUD) scheme with Vertical-Bell Laboratories Layered Space-Time (V-BLAST) signal detection algorithms in uplink Code Division Multiple Access based Multiple Input Single Output (MISOCDMA) system. The Bit error rate performance of WLPIC scheme with V-BLAST signal detection and Conventional ...

Mud volcanoes are solid objects that form on the seafloor due to the emission of gas and fluidized sediment from the earth’s interior [1]. They vary widely in size, can be exposed, proud, or buried, and are of interest to the Navy as sources of active sonar clutter [2]. The long-term goal of this work is to accurately model mud volcano scattering. The final product will make predicting and simu...

When naval mine-hunting sonars and side-scan surveying sonars operating at 20~60 kHz are working in shallow coastal waters, the visco-thermal absorption of sound by suspended mud in the water may greatly decrease their detection properties. This kind of water is also characterized as turbid seawater. However, the research on measuring the coefficient of sound absorption in turbid seawater has l...

This paper presents a wellbore-stability study of the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) research borehole located near Parkfield, California, USA. In the summer of 2005, the SAFOD borehole was drilled successfully through the active trace of the San Andreas Fault (SAF) in an area characterized by fault creep and frequent microearthquakes. In this study, we report how the analysis o...

Baseline characterization of concentrations and isotopic values of dissolved natural gases is needed to identify contamination caused by the leakage of fugitive gases from oil and gas activities. Methods to collect and analyze baseline concentration-depth profiles of dissolved CH4 and C2 H6 and δ13 C-CH4 in shales and Quaternary clayey tills were assessed at two sites in the Williston Basin, Ca...

in this study, the adsorption of hexavalent chromium and zinc ions from the solution is investigated by raw red mud and mechanical-chemical activated red mud along with the possibility of selective reclamation of these ions from the solution. the mechanical-chemical activation of red mud was done by employing high-energy milling and subsequent acid treatment with hno3. raw red mud (rrm) and mec...

Designing drilling fluids for drilling in deep gas reservoirs and geothermal wells is a major challenge. Cooling drilling fluids and preparing stable mud with high thermal conductivity are of great concern. Drilling nanofluids, i.e. a low fraction of carbon nanotube (CNT) well dispersed in mud, may enhance the mixture thermal conductivity compared to the base fluids. Thus, they are potentially ...

In this study, the adsorption of hexavalent chromium and zinc ions from the solution is investigated by raw red mud and mechanical-chemical activated red mud along with the possibility of selective reclamation of these ions from the solution. The mechanical-chemical activation of red mud was done by employing high-energy milling and subsequent acid treatment with HNO3. Raw red mud (RRM) and mec...

Another look at the origin of the fluid mud layer in Lake Apopka, Florida Schelske (2006) questions our conclusion (Bachmann et al. 2005) that a major portion of the fluid mud layer in Lake Apopka is derived from the liquefaction of underlying consolidated sediments. In particular, he questions our interpretation of mean depth measurements that did not decrease in the period 1968 to 1996 when t...