The crashworthiness of helicopter fuel tank is vital to the survivability of the passengers and structures. In order to understand and improve the crashworthiness of the soft fuel tank of helicopter during the crash, this paper investigated the dynamic behavior of the nylon woven fabric composite fuel tank striking on the ground. A fluid-structure interaction finite element model of the fuel ta...

Underwater optical wireless communication (UOWC) has great potential to provide high-speed and intensive communications over short ranges underwater. However, the mobility of UOWC system is limited by strict alignment requirements between transceivers. In this paper, a multi-degree-of-freedom (MDOF) with high flexibility improved transmission performance proposed experimentally demonstrated bas...

In this paper, closed-form and polynomial bounds are derived for the residual intercarrier interference (ICI) in orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems resulting from Doppler spread or carrier frequency offset (CFO). We consider the idea of equalizing neighboring subcarriers and the residual interference comes from the subcarriers outside of the equalization window. The longe...

This paper surveys the recent developments in the area of equalization of the wireless propagation channels. It focuses on a subclass of equalization algorithms that minimizes the Mean Square Error (MMSE) between the desired and estimated signal. The following aspects of the equalization problem are considered: system modeling, algorithm classification based on the availability of training sequ...

In this paper, a new tank with cryogenic charging (liquid nitrogen) is introduced. On the basis of this tank it is proposed to create a throttle cooling system, which may have enhanced characteristics compared with a throttle cooling system based on high pressure tank. This article deals with first results of tests of a tank with cryogenic charging (liquid nitrogen), which have been made at lev...

As with many aspects of modern industrial society, decision-makers face trade-offs in considering hazardous materials transportation equipment and practices. Tank cars used for transport of hazardous materials can be made more resistant to damage in accidents through use of a thicker steel tank and other protective features. However, the additional weight of these features reduces the car's cap...

The directional response and roll stability characteristics of a partly filled tractor semi-trailer vehicle, with cylindrical tank, are investigated in various maneuvers. The dynamic interaction of liquid cargo with the tractor semi-trailer vehicle is also evaluated by integrating a dynamic slosh model of the partly filled tank with five-degrees-of-freedom of a tractor semi-trailer tank mode...

Adaptor proteins allow temporal and spatial coordination of signalling. In this study, we show SUMOylation of the adaptor protein TANK and its interacting kinase TANK-binding kinase 1 (TBK1). Modification of TANK by the small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) at the evolutionarily conserved Lys 282 is triggered by the kinase activities of IκB kinase ɛ (IKKɛ) and TBK1. Stimulation of TLR7 leads ...

A conceptually simple method for linac tuning has been tested on the 200 MeV drift-tube linear accelerator at Fermilab. The phase of a beam-induced signal in a stripline detector is measured as tank phase is scanned over approximately 360 degrees. The stripline detector is downstream of the tuned tank. The resulting phase-scan curves have unique signatures that depend upon only a few critical p...