For many centuries people have exploited the characteristics of the wool fibre. Most know the value of woollen clothing for keeping warm and that it retains this feature even when wet. In the home woollen blankets, carpets and materials all make life more comfortable. Sheepskin rugs are widely used on beds for long term patients to help prevent bed sores, and sheep skin car seat covers are very...

Long crested weirs are gaining popularity amongst the hydraulic engineers owing to obvious hydraulic advantage of flow magnification. These weirs can pass much higher floods from the available width of a natural water course. Such weirs may also be introduced in water treatment plants for mixing of chemicals. This paper discusses the advantages of long crested weirs, such as duckbill and labyri...

Submarine pipelines are the lifelines of national economy. Under influence typhoons, high-speed currents and waves continuously erode seabed, leading to suspension or even rupture pipelines. Therefore, it is great importance study sediment transport under action currents. A numerical model scouring deposition combining wave established, which considered tidal current, storm surges, wind waves, ...