Unanswered Questions
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Is there a method to determine the runoff for arid areas in developing countries?
Note: this question was totally rephrased and expanded on, addressing the comments and questions posed to the first version.
The de-facto standard source for runoff calculations in South Africa is ...
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How do the bubble oscillations in two-phase flows affect the dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy?
I am investigating the effects of bubble oscillations (calculated using the Rayleigh-Plesset equation for bubble dynamics) on the turbulence in two-phase flows. Since I am using cryogenic fluids, the ...
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Determining RTK parameters for runoff analysis
I am examining a watershed and determining runoff using the RTK method. I basically use a 'guess and check the hydrograph' method right now. I've seen calibrators that use a mutation and convergence ...
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Differences between 2D hydrological modelling programs eg. HECRAS 5.0 (2D), TUFLOW, MIKE Flood
Just wondering what the difference is between 2D flood modelling programs. I am primarily considering whether HECRAS 5.0 (2D - currently in Beta) would be an acceptable alternative for simple 2D flood ...
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Sketching an engineering system in healthcare
I am about to do a project about engineering systems in a Systems Engineering course.
I need to sketch an engineering system in which clinical decision support systems are being used to diagnose ...
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How to design the most hydro/aerodynamic shape for a 'vehicle' that goes back and forth (using ANSYS)?
I am interested in making a very small scraper blade that moves back and forth along a submerged surface, however I need to make it as hydrodynamic as possible so I disturb the liquid as little as ...
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Can high alloy tool steels be quenched in brine?
It is will known that most of tool steels are quenched in oil to prevent cracking and distortion which appears when quenching in water due to non-uniform cooling caused by formation of insulating ...
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Forcing a part into “home position”
I have a design with two parts (at the moment):
a fixed 10cm ring with vertical tracks
a freely rotating block with a cut that may freely slide along that tracks:
I'm trying to find a low profile ...
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How can I estimate blocking window distance in an sCMOS sensor setup?
I am trying to establish an appropriate distance between a spectrograph output window and a CMOS sensor.
The spectrograph creates a focused image on the CMOS sensor but I am trying to restrict the ...
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BER peroformance of MPSK and MQAM in Rayleigh fading channel
I have a question regarding bit error rate (BER) performance over the Rayleigh channel. I observed BER performance over the AWGN channel using Simulink in MATLAB. I used to change the "SNR" parameter ...
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Residuals of continuity not converging
I'm simulating a turbine.
The convergence of solution is monitored by checking the residuals of the numerically solved governing equations.
The "viscous-spalarat-almaras" model is used, and used air ...
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ANSYS APDL Shape memory effect option of SMA not working
I am trying to define the material properties of a shape memory alloy material in ANSYS APDL V15. There are material properties for Superelastic materials (SUPE option) and material properties for ...
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Tolerance for Beam With Cope End
I need to have some beams fabricated with copes on the ends. They will be set on top of existing steel trusses, and used to replace undersized purlins to shore up existing rafters (hence the need ...
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Thrust distribution of engine
I am studying the thrust distribution of jet engines.
But I'm now a bit confused.
In Rolls-Royce's "The Jet Engine" book,
http://aeromodelbasic.blogspot.com/2012/05/thrust-distribution-distribution-...
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Design of transverse reinforcement in a wide beam
Besides satisfying nominal bar provision in the code, is there any special requirement in the provision of transverse reinforcement to ensure that the longitudinal reinforcement is fully effective in ...
