mixed layer is a part of the atmospheric boundary layer in which pollutants are uniformly distributed. it is sensitive to the earth’s surface, controls the flow of heat and momentum between the surface and the free atmosphere, thus playing a key role in atmospheric circulation. most of atmospheric pollution models require the height of the mixed layer as an input to determine the depth of atmos...

Based on the {S+, I-} pathway, the concentration of surfactant and surface charge density of silanolate groups control the phase transition from lamellar, to hexagonal through cubic form. The high surface charge density of silanolate groups was observed for the lamellar phase. With decrease of molar concentration of surfactant on the gel, the yield of...

In the Alcator C-Mod tokamak, strong, steady-state variations of molybdenum density within a flux surface are routinely observed in plasmas using hydrogen minority ion cyclotron resonant heating. In/out asymmetries, up to a factor of 2, occur with both inboard and outboard accumulation depending on the major radius of the minority resonance layer. These poloidal variations can be attributed to ...

a statistical mechanical based equation of state has been employed to calculate the liquid density of lead, mercury, bismuth and lead-bismuth and lead-lithium eutectic alloys.the equation is basically that of song, mason and ihm [ihm g, song y, mason ea. j. chem. phys.1991; 94: 3839] which is modified by ghatee and boushehri. three temperature dependent parameters are required to use this equat...

background: the dosimetric parameters required in lung cancer radiation therapy are taken from a homogeneous water phantom; however, during treatment, the expected results are being affected because of its inhomogeneity. therefore, it becomes necessary to quantify these deviations. objective: the present study has been undertaken to find out inter- and intra- lung density variations and its dos...

In this paper, a robust Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) for PV array has been proposed using sliding mode control by defining a new formulation for sliding surface which is based on increment conductance (INC) method. The stability and robustness of the proposed controller are investigated to load variations and environment changes. Three different types of DC-DC converter are used in Maxim...

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) studies of the high-T superconductors have led to a number of important discoveries. In particular, STM has revealed spatial patterns in electronic density due to phenomena such as checkerboard order and quasiparticle interference. This thesis presents two studies of these patterns and their implications. In the first, I present a doping and temperature depen...

Mooring measurements at 0 ø, 165øE, for the period November 1988 to August 1991 indicate that surface layer structure was characterized by two distinct climatic regimes associated with dramatic differences in large-scale atmospheric and oceanic conditions. La Nifia conditions existed from November 1988 to November 1989, during which time the easterly trades were strong, Ekman divergence and upw...

In this paper, surface effects including surface elasticity, surface stress and surface density, on the free vibration analysis of Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko nanobeams are considered using nonlocal elasticity theory. To this end, the balance conditions between nanobeam bulk and its surfaces are considered to be satisfied assuming a linear variation for the component of the normal stress thr...