The total electric resistance R is theoretically linearly increasing function of the conductive wire length L because the electric conductivity K or electric resistivity r is independent on L. It was found out that dependence of electric resistance R on L is highly nonlinear for yarns containing the conductive metal fibers. The main aim of this paper is creation of the simple mechanistic model ...

Hydraulic conductivity is a measure of the rate at which water flows through porous media. Because of the dipole properties of water molecules, any electric field can affect hydraulic conductivity. In this study, the effect of radio-frequency (RF) waves on hydraulic conductivity is investigated. This is important both for the geophysical measurement of hydraulic conductivity as well as remediat...

Hydraulic conductivity is a measure of the rate at which water flows through porous media. Because of the dipole properties of water molecules, electric field can affect hydraulic conductivity. In this study, the effect of radio-frequency (RF) waves on hydraulic conductivity is investigated. This is important both for the geophysical measurement of hydraulic conductivity as well as remediation ...

As a result of a revision of the JIS system, the application of the hot wire method for determining thermal conductivity has been expanded from heat-insulating bricks to refractories with higher heat conductivity. In this regard, focusing on magnesia bricks, which are used in the safety lining of converters and a wide variety of other applications, the authors studied the possibility of applyin...

In an inversion for the subsurface conductivity distribution using frequency-domain Controlled-Source Electromagnetic data, various amounts of horizontal components may be included. We investigate which combination of components are best suited to invert for a vertical transverse isotropic (VTI) subsurface. We do this by probing the solutionspace using a genetic algorithm. We found, by studying...

A parametric study was conducted to improve our understanding pertaining to the fundamental physics of electrokinetic instability (EKI) and to explore the effectiveness of manipulating EKI waves to control/enhance fluid mixing inside a Y-shaped microchannel. The dependence of the critical strength of the applied static electric field to trigger the EKI waves on the conductivity ratio of the two...

Weakly electric fish use active electrolocation to identify objects. They generate electric field by the electric organ discharge and perceive the distortion of electric image with existence of certain object. There have been many researches to comprehend the electrolocation mechanism of electric fishes. It is known that the ratio between the maximal slope of electric image and its maximal ampl...

Figure 1: Passive vs. Active electroreception. A: Paddlefish sense electric fields emitted by zooplankton (Daphnia) B: The gymnotiform wave-type weakly electric fish Apteronotus Leptorhynchus emits an electric field, the electric organ discharge (EOD), through an electric organ located in its tail. Objects with a conductivity different than that of the surrounding water will cause distorsions o...

The dielectric properties of material are of importance in various industrial and scientific applications of measurement technology. These properties are usually measured by microwave sensors, methods that provide an average result of the entire sample volume. However, the need to know the dielectric properties of single particles has increased in various segments. Dielectrophoresis (DEP) as a ...