Field performance testing of hydraulic turbines is undertaken to define the head-power-discharge relationship that identifies the peak operating point of the turbine. This relationship is essential for the efficient operation ...

Finite-state vector quantization (FSVQ) over a noisy channel is studied. A major drawback of a finite-state decoder is its inability to track the encoder in the presence of channel noise. In order to overcome this problem, ...

Species of avian brood parasites that use one or several species of hosts are called host specialists and generalists, respectively. To determine host use of individual bronzed cowbirds, Molothrus aeneus (Wagler, 1829), ...

We present a queuing-theoretic and optimization-based model for radio resource management in IEEE 802.16-based multiservice broadband wireless access (BWA) networks considering both packet-level and connection-level ...

This paper models consolidation of the foundation soils under a test embankment at the new Chek Lap Kok International Airport in Hong Kong. The modelling used a simplified finite element method and material parameters ...

This paper describes the development of a rigorous transmission-line matrix-based modal-extraction approach to analyze discontinuities in guided-wave structures in general, with particular attention to the nonradiative ...

This paper presents a full-wave modal analysis of several typical components based on a nonradiative dielectric (NRD) waveguide technology using the transmission line matrix (TLM)-based modal extraction approach (TMEA) for ...

Limit states design methods and engineering judgement have been used to assess buoyancy issues for remediation of the 85 year old Shoal Lake Aqueduct in Manitoba. The study demonstrates how these methods can be applied to ...

We consider the problem of estimating a function f (x, y) on the unit disk {(x, y): x(2) -l- y(2) less than or equal to 1}, given a discrete and noisy data recorded on a regular square grid. An estimate of f (x, y) based ...

The Cam-Clay model for isothermal mechanical behaviour of clays has been extended to take account of the effects of temperature on stress-strain behaviour. The assumptions used in constructing the new model are based on ...