A two-dimensional air-fluidized bed of 600 mm width and 1000 mm height was studied to investigate the formation, rise and cracking process of a bubble. The particles were assumed to be regular round particles of diameter 4 mm. The RNG k-ε model was employed for the turbulence, and the time integration scheme is the first order implicit difference with the time-step 0.0001 s. The equations were ...

The performance of the currently used generalized gradient approximation density functionals is analyzed using several simple, yet critical requirements. We analyze the effects of the self-interaction error, the inclusion of the exact exchange, and the parameter settings used in the popular threeparameter hybrid density functionals. The results show that the elimination of the self-interaction ...

The need for surveying and recording the cultural property is increasing every day and is demanding proper answers from experts and scientists. The answer to such a problem must be based in the use of photogrammetry and other new technologies whose use must be widely extended. Experts in such technics are not enough in number for solving the problem. This means that they can’t take on their sho...

Writing functions in R is an important skill for anyone using R. S3 methods allow for functions to be generalised across different classes and are easy to implement. Whilst many R users are be adept at creating their own functions, it seems that there is room for many more to take advantage of R's S3 methods. This paper provides a simple and targeted guide to explain what S3 methods are, why pe...

These notes descibe various simple models and methods for analysis of longitudinal data and show how the analyses can be carried out using SAS. The descriptions require some knowledge of analysis of variance, also with random eeects as in split-plot experiments, in particular. Knowledge of multivariate analysis is not required, and the plain multivariate analysis of variance , treating each ser...