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February 3, 2012
Corrosion of Aluminum-Matrix Composites – PhD Thesis
Corrosion of Aluminum-Matrix Composites
PhD Thesis
TOC
1. INtroduction
2. Literature review of aluminum-matrix composites
3. Electrochemistry, corrosion and degradation of constituents
3.1 Electrochemistry and corrosion of pure aluminum and 6061-T6 aluminum alloy in neutral 0.5 M Na2SO4 and 3.15 wt% NaCl
3.2 Electrochemistry and corrosion of high-modulus pitch-based graphite fibers in neutral 0.5 M Na2SO4 and 3.15 wt% NaCl
3.3 The cathodic electrochemistry of SiC and TiB2 in 0.5 M Na2SO4 and 3.15 wt% NaCl
3.4 Aluminum carbide hydrolysis
4. Processing related corrosion problems of commercial graphite Fiber/6061-T6 aluminum alloy metal-matrix composite
5. Galvanic corrosion in aluminum-matrix composites
5.1 Galvanic corrosion in aluminum-matrix composites: origin
5.2 Galvanic corrosion in aluminum-matrix...
February 2, 2012
Getting Started with pureQuery
Getting Started with pureQuery
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PART I – OVERVIEW AND SETUP
Chapter 1 - Introduction to pureQuery
1.1 The big picture: What is pureQuery?
1.1.1 What’s in a name?
1.1.2 What do we mean by platform?
1.2 pureQuery application programming interfaces
1.3 pureQuery runtime
1.4 pureQuery application development environment
1.5 pureQuery monitoring services
1.6 Career path
1.7 The pureQuery community
1.7.1 Popular community Web sites
1.8 Competitive products
Chapter 2 - Installing pureQuery (Optim Development Studio)
2.1 Installation: The big picture
2.2 Installation prerequisites
2.3 Installing Optim Development Studio
2.3.1 Installing from the launchpad
2.3.2 Applying Optim Development Studio Fixpack 1
2.4 Running Optim Development Studio
2.4.1 Adding pureQuery support to projects
PART II – TOOLING
Chapter 3 - Code generation and customized Java...
Cities, Town and Renewable Energy
Cities, Town and Renewable Energy
IEA, 2009
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1. Rationale
2. The vision
3. Current status
Spatial energy densities
4. The concept of sustainable energy supply
Distribution of energy throug carriers
Storage
Electricity supply systems
- smart metering
- Distributed generation
- Intelligent grids
- Micro-grids, building integration and electric
vehicles
- Utility restructuring
5. Renewable energy resources and technologies
Electricity generation
- Solar
- Wind
- Small hydro and water supply systems
- Geothermal
- Bioenergy
Heat resources and technologies
- Bioenergy
- Solar thermal
- Geothermal
Hydrogen
District heating and combined heat and power (CHP)
Cooling technologies
6. Transport resources and technologies
Electric rail
Electric vehicles
Biofuel production
7. Policy Options
Influence of national policies
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January 31, 2012
Introduction to Oil and Gas Production
Introduction to Oil and Gas Production
TOC 1. Introduction 2. Process overview 2.1 Facilities 2.1.1 Onshore 2.1.2 Offshore 2.2 Main process sections 2.2.1 Wellheads 2.2.2 Manifolds/gathering 2.2.3 Separation 2.2.4 Gas compression 2.2.5 Metering, storage and export 2.3 Utility systems 3. Reservoir and welleheads 3.1 Crude oil and natural gas 3.1.1 Crude oil 3.1.2 Natural gas 3.1.3 Condensates 3.2 The reservoir 3.3 Exploration and drilling 3.4 The well 3.4.1 Well casing 3.4.2 Completion 3.5 Wellhead 3.5.1 Subsea wells 3.5.2 Injection 3.6 Artificial lift 3.6.1 Rod pumps 3.6.2 Downhole pumps 3.6.3 Gas lift 3.6.4 Plunger lift 3.7 Well workover, intervention and simulation 4. The oil and gas process 4.1 Manifolds and gathering 4.1.1 Pipelines and risers 4.1.2 Production, test and injection manifolds 4.2 Separation 4.2.1 Test separators and well test 4.2.2 Production separators 4.2.3 Second stage separator 4.2.4 Third stage separator 4.2.5 Coalescer 4.2.6 Electrostatic...
TOC 1. Introduction 2. Process overview 2.1 Facilities 2.1.1 Onshore 2.1.2 Offshore 2.2 Main process sections 2.2.1 Wellheads 2.2.2 Manifolds/gathering 2.2.3 Separation 2.2.4 Gas compression 2.2.5 Metering, storage and export 2.3 Utility systems 3. Reservoir and welleheads 3.1 Crude oil and natural gas 3.1.1 Crude oil 3.1.2 Natural gas 3.1.3 Condensates 3.2 The reservoir 3.3 Exploration and drilling 3.4 The well 3.4.1 Well casing 3.4.2 Completion 3.5 Wellhead 3.5.1 Subsea wells 3.5.2 Injection 3.6 Artificial lift 3.6.1 Rod pumps 3.6.2 Downhole pumps 3.6.3 Gas lift 3.6.4 Plunger lift 3.7 Well workover, intervention and simulation 4. The oil and gas process 4.1 Manifolds and gathering 4.1.1 Pipelines and risers 4.1.2 Production, test and injection manifolds 4.2 Separation 4.2.1 Test separators and well test 4.2.2 Production separators 4.2.3 Second stage separator 4.2.4 Third stage separator 4.2.5 Coalescer 4.2.6 Electrostatic...
January 23, 2012
Guidebook of Consolidated Screening Checklist for Automotive Repair Facilities
Guidebook of Consolidated Screening Checklist for Automotive Repair Facilities
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INTRODUCTION
SECTION 1.0 WASTE MANAGEMENT
1.1 Hazardous Waste Generation, Storage and Transport
1.2 Used Oil and Filters
1.3 Used Antifreeze
1.4 Used Battery Storage and Disposal
1.5 Used Shop Rags/Towels
1.6 Absorbents
1.7 Used Tires
1.8 Brake Repair
1.9 Metal Machining
SECTION 2.0 WASTEWATER AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT
2.1 Wastewater Management
2.2 Stormwater Management
SECTION 3.0 AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS
3.1 Equipment Cleaning and Spent Solvents
3.2 Fueling/Gas Stations
3.3 Automotive Painting
3.4 Motor Vehicle Air Conditioning
3.5 Catalytic Converters (CCs)
3.6 Asbestos - Building Renovation/Demolition
3.7 Construction Activities
3.8 Pesticide Use
3.9 PCB-Containing Equipment
SECTION 4.0 STORAGE TANKS, SPCC, and...
January 20, 2012
Foundation Design and Construction Pdf
Foundation Design and Construction
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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
1.2 GENERAL GUIDANCE
2. SITE INVESTIGATION, GEOLOGICAL MODELS AND SELECTION OF DESIGN PARAMETERS
2.1 GENERAL
2.2 DESK STUDIES
2.2.1 Site History
2.2.2 Details of Adjacent Structures and Existing Foundations
2.2.3 Geological Studies
2.2.4 Groundwater
2.3 EXECUTION OF GROUND INVESTIGATION
2.4 EXTENT OF GROUND INVESTIGATION
2.4.1 General Sites
2.4.2 Sites Underlain by Marble
2.5 SOIL AND ROCK SAMPLING
2.6 DETECTION OF AGGRESSIVE GROUND
2.7 INSITU AND LABORATORY TESTING
2.8 ESTABLISHING A GEOLOGICAL MODEL
2.9 SELECTION OF DESIGN PARAMETERS
3. SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS
3.1 GENERAL
3.2 DESIGN OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS ON SOILS
3.2.1 Determination of Bearing Capacity of Soils
3.2.1.1 General
3.2.1.2 Empirical methods
3.2.1.3 Bearing capacity theory
3.2.2 Foundations On or Near the Crest...
January 19, 2012
Instrumentation and Control Systems in Nuclear Power Plants – Core Knowledge
Core Knowledge on Instrumentation and Control Systems in Nuclear Power Plants
by IAEA
TOC 1. INTRODUCTION 2. OVERVIEW OF INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS 2.1. Significance of I&C systems 2.1.1. Safety 2.1.2. Economics 2.1.3. Overall impact 2.2. Challenges posed by I&C technology 2.3. Functional approach 2.3.1. Functional view on I&C 2.3.2. Specifics of NPP I&C stemming from nuclear safety considerations 2.3.3. I&C design 2.4. Physical approach 2.4.1. Process interfaces 2.4.2. Field communication 2.4.3. Cabling, penetrations, junction boxes 2.4.4. Process monitoring and control systems 2.4.5. High level communication 2.4.6. Human interaction elements 2.4.7. Simulators 2.5. Life cycle approach 2.5.1. Project preparation phase 2.5.2. I&C design phase 2.5.3. Qualification of I&C equipment 2.5.4. Managing the manufacturer or supplier scope 2.5.5. I&C systems...
TOC 1. INTRODUCTION 2. OVERVIEW OF INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS 2.1. Significance of I&C systems 2.1.1. Safety 2.1.2. Economics 2.1.3. Overall impact 2.2. Challenges posed by I&C technology 2.3. Functional approach 2.3.1. Functional view on I&C 2.3.2. Specifics of NPP I&C stemming from nuclear safety considerations 2.3.3. I&C design 2.4. Physical approach 2.4.1. Process interfaces 2.4.2. Field communication 2.4.3. Cabling, penetrations, junction boxes 2.4.4. Process monitoring and control systems 2.4.5. High level communication 2.4.6. Human interaction elements 2.4.7. Simulators 2.5. Life cycle approach 2.5.1. Project preparation phase 2.5.2. I&C design phase 2.5.3. Qualification of I&C equipment 2.5.4. Managing the manufacturer or supplier scope 2.5.5. I&C systems...
Spectral Audio Signal Processing
Spectral Audio Signal Processing
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- Introduction and Overview
- Fourier Transforms and Theorems
- Organization
- Overview
- Discrete Time Fourier Transform
- Fourier Transform (FT) and Inverse
- Fourier Theorems for the DTFT
- Continuous-Time Fourier Theorems
- Spectral Interpolation
- Spectrum Analysis Windows
- Rectangular Window
- Generalized Hamming Window Family
- Blackman-Harris Window Family
- Spectrum Analysis of an Oboe Tone
- Bartlett (``Triangular'') Window
- Poisson Window
- Hann-Poisson Window
- Slepian or DPSS Window
- Kaiser Window
- Dolph-Chebyshev Window
- Gaussian Window and Transform
- Optimized Windows
- Optimal Window Design by linprog
- Spectrum Analysis of Sinusoids
- Spectrum of a Sinusoid
- Spectrum of Sampled Complex Sinusoid
- Spectrum of a Windowed Sinusoid
- Effect of Windowing
- The Rectangular Window
- Resolving Sinusoids
- Sinusoidal Peak Interpolation
- Optimal Peak-Finding in the Spectrum
- Spectrum Analysis of...
January 17, 2012
January 14, 2012
Computational Methods For Hydrofoil Craft In Steady And Unsteady Flow – PhD Thesis
Computational Methods For Hydrofoil Craft In Steady And Unsteady Flow
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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 General
1.2 Surface piercing hydrofoil systems
1.3 Fully submerged hydrofoil systems
1.4 Hydrofoil section types
1.5 Hydrofoil craft hull forms
1.6 Hydrodynamic aspects in hydrofoil craft design
2. COMPUTATIONAL METHOD FOR STEADY FLOW CONDITIONS
2.1 Review of steady hydrofoil theories
2.2 Simplification of the steady flow problem and adopted approach
2.3 Hull-foil, foil-hull and fore-aft foil interaction
2.4 Equilibrium equations
2.5 Foil system forces
2.6 Viscosity effects on foil characteristics
2.7 Hull, propulsor and appendage force components
2.8 Design and analysis program Hydres Ill
3. VALIDATION OF THE STEADY FLOW METHODS HYDVLM AND HYDRES
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Numerical validation of Hydvlm
3.3 Validation of Hydvlm on...
January 13, 2012
Load Shedding for Utility and Industrial Power System Reliability
Load Shedding for Utility and Industrial Power System Reliability
Paper by Basler
Contents
ANALYSIS OF SYSTEM DURING AN OVERLOAD CONDITION
Example System Disturbance
Simplified Frequency Analysis
Watt and VAR Transfer Limitations
Generator Response
Off Frequency Restrictions: Turbine Blades
METHODS OF OVERLOAD DETECTION AND LOAD SHED
Frequency Monitoring
Voltage Disturbance Effects on Relaying
Harmonic Distortion in Voltage Wave
Example Schematic - Distribution Substation
Under-Voltage Based Approach
SCADA System Approaches
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January 11, 2012
Computer Security at Nuclear Facilities – Pdf
Computer Security at Nuclear Facilities
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1. INTRODUCTION
PART I. MANAGEMENT GUIDE
2. REGULATORY AND MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS
2.1. Legislative considerations
2.2. Regulatory considerations
2.3. Site security framework
2.3.1. Computer security policy
2.3.2. Computer systems at nuclear facilities
2.3.3. Defence in depth
2.4. Assessing the threat environment
3. MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
4. ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES
4.1. Authorities and responsibilities
4.1.1. Management
4.1.2. Computer Security Officer
4.1.3. Computer security team
4.1.4. Other management responsibilities
4.1.5. Individual responsibilities
4.2. Computer security culture
4.2.1. Computer security training programme
PART II. IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE
5. IMPLEMENTING COMPUTER SECURITY
5.1. Computer security plan and policy
5.1.1. Computer security policy
5.1.2. Computer security plan
5.1.3. CSP components
5.2. Interaction with other domains of security
5.2.1. Physical security
5.2.2. Personnel security
5.3. Asset analysis and management
5.4. Computer system classification
5.4.1. Safety importance
5.4.2. Security...
January 9, 2012
Biometric Systems, Design and Application
Biometric Systems, Design and Application
Intechweb, 2011
TOC
Part 1 Fingerprints Verification and Identification
Chapter 1 Reliability of Fingerprint Biometry (Weibull Approach)
Robert Brumnik, Iztok Podbregar and Teodora Ivanuša
Chapter 2 Finger-Vein Recognition Based on Gabor Features
Jinfeng Yang, Yihua Shi and Renbiao Wu
Chapter 3 Efficient Fingerprint Recognition Through Improvement of Feature Level Clustering, Indexing and Matching Using Discrete Cosine Transform
D. Indradevi
Part 2 Face Recognition
Chapter 4 Facial Identification Based on Transform Domains for Images and Videos
Carlos M. Travieso-González, Marcos del Pozo-Baños and Jesús B. Alonso
Chapter 5 Towards Unconstrained Face Recognition Using 3D Face Model
Zahid Riaz, M. Saquib Sarfraz and Michael Beetz
Chapter 6 Digital Signature: A Novel Adaptative...
January 6, 2012
Lecture Notes in Statistical Mechanics
Lecture Notes in Statistical Mechanics
Contents
# Foundations
* Introduction
* Ensembles in Statistical Mechanics
* Analogy Between Fluids and Magnetic Systems
* Fluctuations
* Phase Transitions
# Classical Models
* Real Gases
* Ising Model
* Potts and Related Models
* Two-dimensional xy Model
* Spin Glasses
# Quantum Models
* Quantum Statistics
* Bose Systems
* Liquid He-4
# Methods of Statistical Mechanics I
* Mean-Field Theories
* Monte Carlo Simulations
# Methods of Statistical Mechanics II
* The Renormalization-Group Methods
* Momentum-Space Renormalization Group
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