The aim of the paper is to evaluate return of investment (ROI) and cost savings from proposed use of solar systems for residents funded by government grants. The paper deals with proposals for solar energy systems for various use, simple calculations of payback periods of solar systems fi nanced with subsidy and without subsidy. Apart from climatic conditions, chemical composition the of the ab...

during the last decades a new class of materials named fiber/metal laminates (fmls) was introduced. it is a hybrid composite consisting of alternating thin layers of metal sheets and fiber-reinforced composite material. fmls have both low weight and good mechanical properties. in this study, the impact behavior of this attractive material is investigated. the effect of fiber angle, stacking seq...

The impulsive riveting method is described as the punching and joining of sheet metal carried out using the impulsive energy of a weight accelerated by an air compressor. Parts are held together between the rivet and rivet-holder. A hole is made in the sheets by the high speed collision of rivet and a weight (approximately 100 m/s or more). Another method, punch riveting, joins the sheets by pr...

Electromagnetic induction (EMI) is a mechanism of classical physics that can be utilized to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy or electrical to mechanical energy. This mechanism has not been exploited fully because of lack of a material with a sufficiently low force constant. We here show that carbon nanotube (CNT) aerogel sheets can exploit EMI to provide mechanical actuation at ve...

The first microcrystalline borazine-linked polymer, BLP-2(H), has been synthesized. BLP-2(H) crystallizes into 2D sheets that stack in an eclipsed AA fashion, has high thermal stability (∼420 °C) and high porosity (SA(BET) = 1178 m(2) g(-1)) and it can store up to 2.4 wt% of hydrogen at 77 K and 15 bar with isosteric heat of adsorption of 6.8 kJ mol(-1).

entering into a delayed coincidence. The stability of the detecting system depends on the sensitivity of the meson counting rate to the minimum amplitudes required of the pulses. Such a plateau curve {counting rate IIs. minimum pulse amplitude) is shown in Flg. 3. With a synchrotron beam intensity of about 10"Mev/sec. and the geometry of Fig. 1, a target of 4 g/cm' of carbon, and 1 in. of alumi...

Metal phosphides such as aluminum phosphide are potent insecticides. This highly toxic substance is used for rice and other grains protection in Iran. Due to its high toxicity potential and easy availability, it is widely used as a suicide poison. This substance has no effective antidote and the incidence of deaths due to its poisoning is increasing day by day in Iran. The present study was con...