Integrating analytic tools within a production Computer Aided Design (CAD) environment provides designers the opportunity to evaluate the impact of design decisions much earlier in the design process than previously possible. Softdesk Energy is a design tool that integrates building energy analysis capabilities into a highly automated production drafting environment (AutoCAD and Softdesk AutoAr...

The use of photovoltaic (PV) cells in domestic and industrial applications has grown rapidly through the recent years. Constructing PV plants is a very smart measure to produce free electricity in large scales, especially in the countries with higher solar irradiation potential. On the other hand, compressed air energy storage (CAES) has already been proposed to be employed for energy storage a...

Single-molecule force spectroscopy provides a powerful approach for investigating molecular transitions along specific reaction coordinates. Here, we present a general analytical model for extracting the intrinsic rates and activation free energies from force measurements on single molecules that is applicable to a broad range of pulling speeds and device stiffnesses. This model relaxes existin...

The local density of states in finite quantum wires is calculated as a function of discrete energies and position along the wire. By using a combination of numerical density matrix renormalization group calculations and analytical bosonization techniques, it is possible to obtain a good understanding of the local spectral weights along the wire in terms of the underlying many-body excitations.

We present a physically motivated correlation functional belonging to the meta-generalized gradient approximation (meta-GGA) rung, which can be supplemented with long-range dispersion corrections without introducing double-counting of correlation contributions. The functional is derived by the method of constraint satisfaction, starting from an analytical expression for a real-space spin-resolv...