A thorough dynamic interpretation of residual dipolar couplings in ubiquitin.

dipolar couplings (rdcs), ubiquitin The presence of slow motions with large amplitudes, as detected by measurements based on residual dipola

Some Experimental Investigations on Gas Turbine Cooling Performed with Infrared Thermography at Federico II

This paper reviews some experimental measurements of convective heat transfer coefficient distributions which are connected with the cooling of gas turbines, performed by the authors' research group at the University of Naples Federico II with infrared thermography. Measurements concern impinging jets, cooling of rotating disks, and gas turbine blades, which are either stationary or rotating. The heated thin foil sensor, associated with the detection of surface temperature by means of infrared thermography, is exploited to accurately measure detailed convective heat transfer coefficient maps. The paper also intends to show how to correctly apply the infrared technique in a variety of gas turbines cooling problems

Investigations on Arthropods Associated with Decay Stages of Buried Animals in Italy

Burial could be used by criminals to conceal the bodies of victims, interfering with the succession of sarcosaprophagous fauna and with the evaluation of post-mortem interval. In Italy, no experimental investigation on arthropods associated with buried remains has been conducted to date. A first experimental study on arthropods associated with buried carcasses was carried out in a rural area of Arcavacata di Rende (Cosenza), Southern Italy, from November 2017 to May 2018. Six pig carcasses (Sus scrofa Linnaeus) were used, five of which were buried in 60-cm deep pits, leaving about 25-cm of soil above each carcass, and one was left above ground. One of the buried carcasses was periodically exhumed to evaluate the effects of disturbance on decay processes and on arthropod fauna. The other four carcasses were exhumed only once, respectively after 43, 82, 133, and 171 days. As expected, the decay rate was different among carcasses. Differences in taxa and colonization of arthropod fauna were also detected in the above ground and periodically exhumed carcasses. In carcasses exhumed only once, no arthropod colonization was detected. The results showed that a burial at about 25 cm depth could be sufficient to prevent colonization by sarcosaprophagous taxa and these data could be relevant in forensic cases involving buried corpses

Heat Transfer Measurements on a Rotating Disk

Heat transfer to a rotating disk is measured for a wide range of Reynolds number values in the laminar, transitional and turbulent flow regimes. Measurements are performed by making use of the heated-thin-foil technique and by gauging temperature maps with an infrared scanning radiometer. The use of the IR radiometer is advantageous on account of its relatively good spatial resolution and thermal sensitivity and because it allows one to perform measurements down to very low local Reynolds numbers. Data is obtained on three disks, having an external diameter varying from 150mm to 450mm; the smallest disk is used only to measure the adiabatic wall temperature and can rotate up to 21,O00rpm. Heat transfer results are presented in terms of Nusselt and Reynolds numbers based on the local radius and show a substantial agreement with previous experimental and theoretical analyses. Transition to turbulent flow is found at about Re=250,000. A discussion about the role played by the adiabatic wall temperature is also included