The experimental measurement and modeling of liquid chemical agent spread and sorption on a porous substrate are described. Experimental results with the nerve agent O-ethyl S-(2-diisopropylaminoethyl) methylphosphonothiolate (VX) demonstrate that the wetted imprint volume increases, even after the sessile drop volume is exhausted. This indicates the wetted imprint is only partially saturated, ...

Wadi aquifers in Saudi Arabia historically have been recharged primarily by channel loss (infiltration) during floods. Historically, seasonal groundwater levels fluctuated from land surface to about 3 m below the surface. Agricultural irrigation pumping has lowered the water table up to 35 m below the surface. The geology surrounding the fluvial system at Wadi Qidayd consists of pelitic Precamb...

Longitudinal connectivity is a fundamental characteristic of rivers that can be disrupted by natural and anthropogenic processes. Dams are significant disruptions to streams. Over 2,000,000 low-head dams (<7.6 m high) fragment United States rivers. Despite potential adverse impacts of these ubiquitous disturbances, the spatial impacts of low-head dams on geomorphology and ecology are largely un...

By the current paper, lift force that is an important characteristic of a planing hull is calculated. To accomplish this task, Morabito’s mathematical model that has been previously derived for prediction of total pressure distribution on planing hulls is utilized. These equations are not restricted to any specific mean wetted length and can be used for planing hulls with large value of mean we...

Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) is one of the various methods that can be used to reduce the carbon footprint of the energy sector. This paper focuses on the absorption of CO2 from flue gas using packed columns, whose efficiency is highly dependent on the structure of the liquid films within the column. To study the characteristics of liquid films a CFD solver, OpenFOAM is utilised to solve two-...

We demonstrate the use of spatial stream network models (SSNMs) to explore relationships between a semi-aquatic bioindicator songbird, Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla), and monitoring benthic macroinvertebrate data in an area undergoing shale gas development. SSNMs allowed us account for autocorrelation inherent these environmental types properties that traditional modeling approaches...

The wetted area of a sessile droplet on practical substrate is limited by the three-phase contact line and characterized angle, radius drop height. Although, angles droplets have been studied for more than two hundred years, there are still some unanswered questions. In last decades, it was experimentally proven that advancing receding angles, angle hysteresis rough chemically heterogeneous sur...