The onset of thermal convection in a horizontal layer of fluid rotating about a vertical axis is examined by means of a nonlocal model partial differential equation (PDE). This PDE is obtained asymptotically from the Navier–Stokes and heat equations in the limit of small conductivity of the horizontal boundaries. The model describes the onset of convection near a steady bifurcation from the con...

Offshore floating wind turbine (OFWT) has gained increasing attention during the past decade because of the offshore high-quality wind power and complex load environment. The control system is a tradeoff between power tracking and fatigue load reduction in the above-rated wind speed area. In allusion to the external disturbances and uncertain system parameters of OFWT due to the proximity to lo...

Flow over an impulsively started low-aspect-ratio flat plate at angle-of-attack is investigated for a Reynolds number of 300. Numerical simulations, validated by a companion experiment, are performed to study the influence of aspect ratio, angle of attack, and planform geometry on the interaction of the leading-edge and tip vortices and resulting lift and drag coefficients. Aspect ratio is foun...

An approximate theoretical formula for the distribution of aerodynamic load over arbitrary thick wings in incompressible flow is developed by combining three-dimensional results from thin-wing theory with two-dimensional results from thick-aerofoil theory. The formula is applied to two wings of identical planform, with 60 degrees trailing-edge sweepback and differing aerofoil thickness, which h...

An experimental technique for the creation of any statically stable density profile is presented. This technique is essentially a generalized, unsteady version of the ‘‘twotank’’ method that is well known to the stratified flow community. It involves specifying the desired density profile and then solving an inverse problem in order to determine the necessary flow rates of light and dense fluid...

We report the realization of electrical coupling between neurons and depletion type floating gate (FG) p-channel MOS transistors. The devices were realized in a shortened 0.5 microm CMOS technology. Increased boron implant dose was used to form the depletion type devices. Post-CMOS processing steps were added to expose the devices sensing area. The neurons are coupled to the polycrystalline sil...

Two floating inductance (FI) circuits are presented which employ a canonical number of passive components (namely, only two resistors and a capacitor) as well as canonical number of active elements (only two CFOAs) and realize single-resistance-tunable inductance value, without requiring any component-matching or cancellation constraints. The workability of the proposed circuits and their appli...