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 model. ...

There is an inevitable difference between direct and indirect contact of metals with eutectic chloride melts defined by the gas phase impurity content, here, humidity oxygen in argon. The impurities-to-salt ratio will always be higher allowing for a more aggressive attack on metal components. This effect has been studied decommissioned container from experimental high-temperature setup, which n...

The objective of the study was to determine the effect of switching from an open (glass or semi-rigid plastic) infusion container to a closed, fully collapsible plastic infusion container (Viaflex) on rate and time to onset of central lineassociated bloodstream infections (CLABSI). An open-label, prospective cohort, active healthcare-associated infection surveillance, sequential study was condu...

Let u and v be any two distinct nodes of an undirected graph G, which is k -connected. A container C(u,v ) between u and v is a set of internally disjoint paths {P1,P2, . . . ,Pw } between u and v where 1 ≤ w ≤ k . The width of C(u,v ) is w and the length of C(u,v ) {written as l [C(u,v )]} is max{l (Pi ) | 1 ≤ i ≤ w }. A w -container C(u,v ) is a container with width w . The w -wide distance b...

The subject of petroleum storage tank fires has gained a great deal of attention due to the high cost of petroleum, and the consequent disruption of petroleum production; therefore, much of the current research has focused on petroleum storage tank fires. Also, the number of petroleum tank fires is oscillating between 15 and 20 fires per year. About 33% of all tank fires are attributed to light...

The inspection of a storage tank floor is a time consuming and expensive procedure, mainly due to necessity to empty and to clean the tank before an inspection. For this purpose a long range ultrasonic technique based on Lamb waves may be applied. Such an approach is used for inspection of pipes and can cover the distances up 100m. However the storage tanks are much more complicated structures ...

We shall sketch a domain description of the (or at least a) container line industry with containers, container vessels, container stowage, container terminal ports with quays, container vehicles, quay cranes, stacks, stack cranes, transfer areas, etc., and with nets of sea lanes, container lines, bills of materials, logistics, etc. A domain description, according to [1], is a precise informal, ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Container-breeding mosquitoes, especially Aedes spp are vectors of diseases such as dengue and chikungunya. The abundance of these disease vectors in an area depends on the availability of container habitats and their physicochemical characteristics. The species composition of container-breeding mosquitoes in Asom, India was studied and the larval density was correlated ...

A general purpose 2D CAD system was established by Object-Oriented technology. Key technologies for realizing the system were introduced. The methods for forming shape container, manipulating shape container and constructing graph template library were described in detail. Basic shapes, such as line, rectangle, ellipse, polygon, B-Spline curve and textbox, can be grouped to be a shape container...

Management of container terminal operations is essentially the allocation and scheduling of the expensive resources such as berths, quay cranes, storage space, yard cranes, and container carriers. Each of these resources plays an indispensable role in the interlocking processes in a container terminal. In this survey we give a critical review and a comparative study on various decision problems...