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Closed fluid system without moving parts controls temperature
Closed fluid system maintains a constant temperature in an insulated region without the use of any moving parts. Within the system, the energy for thermodynamic cycling of two-phase heat transfer fluid and a hydraulic fluid is entirely supplied by the heat generated in the thermally insulated region
Magnetic field mapper
Magnetic field mapper locates imperfections in cadmium sulphide solar cells by detecting and displaying the variations of the normal component of the magnetic field resulting from current density variations. It can also inspect for nonuniformities in other electrically conductive materials
Conceptual design and structural model of a 560-watt thin-film solar-cell array
Design and structural model of thin film solar cell arra
An Algorithm for the Electromagnetic Scattering Due to an Axially Symmetric Body with an Impedance Boundary Condition
Let B be a body in R3, and let S denote the boundary of B. The surface S is described by S = {(x, y, z): (x2 + Y2)½= ƒ(z), -1≤ z ≤ I}, where ƒ analytic function that is real and positive on (-1, 1) and ƒ(±1) = 0. An algorithm is described for computing the scattered field due to a plane wave incident field, under Leontovich boundary conditions. The Galerkin method of solution used here leads to a block diagonal matrix involving 2M + 1 blocks, each block being of order 2(2N + 1). If, e.g., N = O(M2), the computed scattered field is accurate to within an error bounded by Ce-cN1 2 depending only on ƒ
An Algorithm for the Electromagnetic Scattering Due to an Axially Symmetric Body with an Impedance Boundary Condition
Let B be a body in R3, and let S denote the boundary of B. The surface S is described by S = {(x, y, z): (x2 + Y2)½= ƒ(z), -1≤ z ≤ I}, where ƒ analytic function that is real and positive on (-1, 1) and ƒ(±1) = 0. An algorithm is described for computing the scattered field due to a plane wave incident field, under Leontovich boundary conditions. The Galerkin method of solution used here leads to a block diagonal matrix involving 2M + 1 blocks, each block being of order 2(2N + 1). If, e.g., N = O(M2), the computed scattered field is accurate to within an error bounded by Ce-cN1 2 depending only on ƒ
Dynamic analysis of groundwater discharge and partial-area contribution to Pukemanga Stream, New Zealand
The proportion and origin of groundwater contribution to streamflow from agricultural catchments is relevant to estimation of the effects of nitrate leached from the soil on the quality of surface waters. This study addresses the partitioning of streamflow contributions from near-surface runoff and from groundwater, each with different contributing land area, on a steep pastoral hillslope in a humid climate. The 3 ha headwater catchment of the perennial Pukemanga Stream, in the North Island of New Zealand, was instrumented for continuous observation of climatic data, streamflow and groundwater level. The dynamics of groundwater levels and groundwater contribution to streamflow were analysed by means of a one-parameter, eigenvalue-eigenfunction description of a 1-D aquifer model. Model results for seven years of daily data predict that 36–44% of the topographical catchment contributes groundwater to the stream. The remaining groundwater generated within the catchment contributes to streamflow outside the catchment. Groundwater was calculated to be 58–83% of observed annual streamflow from the topographical catchment. When the smaller groundwater catchment is taken into account, the groundwater contribution to streamflow is 78–93% on a unit area basis. Concurrent hourly data for streamflow and groundwater levels at two sites indicate the dynamic behaviour of a local groundwater system. Groundwater flow dynamics that support the perennial nature of this headwater stream are consistent with the size of the groundwater body, porosity of the subsurface material, and hydraulic conductivity derived from partitioning of streamflow contributions
Momentum transferred to a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate by stimulated light scattering
The response of a trapped Bose-Einstein condensed gas to a density
perturbation generated by a two-photon Bragg pulse is investigated by solving
the time-dependent Gross-Pitaevskii equation. We calculate the total momentum
imparted to the condensate as a function of both the time duration of the pulse
and the frequency difference of the two laser beams. The role of the dynamic
response function in characterizing the time evolution of the system is pointed
out, with special emphasis to the phonon regime. Numerical simulations are
compared with the predictions of local density approximation. The relevance of
our results for the interpretation of current experiments is also discussed.Comment: 7 pages, 3 postscript figure
Variational collocation on finite intervals
In this paper we study a new family of sinc--like functions, defined on an
interval of finite width. These functions, which we call ``little sinc'', are
orthogonal and share many of the properties of the sinc functions. We show that
the little sinc functions supplemented with a variational approach enable one
to obtain accurate results for a variety of problems. We apply them to the
interpolation of functions on finite domain and to the solution of the
Schr\"odinger equation, and compare the performance of present approach with
others.Comment: 12 pages, 8 figures, 1 tabl
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