We have developed a new data acquisition system and technique to measure the radio magnetotelluric (RMT) signals from distant radio transmitters with the objective of mapping and modeling electric resistivity structures below a river or lake. The acquisition system is towed by a boat; therefore, we call the technique boat-towed RMT. The data acquisition is fast with a production rate of approxi...

We extend quantum models of nanowire surface scattering to incorporate bulk resistivity and extract an expression for the increased resistivity due to surface roughness. To learn how to improve conductivity, we calculate conductivity degradation from individual wavelengths of surface roughness, and show how these can be convolved to give resistivity for arbitrary surfaces. We review measurement...

Transportation is a large and growing part of the world’s energy consumption. This drives a need for reduced weight of rail vehicles, just as it does for road vehicles. In spite of weight reductions, the vehicle still has to provide the same level of acoustic comfort for the passengers. Porous materials, with more than 90% air, are often included in multi-layer vehicle panels, contributing to a...

The formation resistivity factor evaluation of brine-filled reservoir rock is an essential part of electrical resistivity log interpretation in petroleum exploration. Empirical relations such as Archie’s law are widely employed to model the relationship between the formation resistivity factor and porosity. Historically, the Archie cementation exponent has been obtained from experimental labora...

it is very important to study and simulate s-wave structure for near surface (alluvium parts, in particular) owing to its direct relationship to urban facilities in geotechnical and earthquake engineering studies. so, in seismic microzonation, the first step is to study and identify s-wave pattern in alluvium in order to categorize different parts of cites according to s-wave velocity. current ...

[1] Accurate interpretation of magnetotelluric (MT) data in the presence of static shift arising from near-surface inhomogeneities is an unresolved problem in threedimensional (3-D) inversion. While it is well known in 1-D and 2-D studies that static shift can lead to erroneous interpretation, how static shift can influence the result of 3-D inversion is not fully understood and is relevant to ...

the need for clean groundwater resources to have sustainable development in a country is undoubted. due to the importance and high quality of karstic waters in supplying water in iran especially in shahrood city, it is attempted in this research work to recognize and explore karstic waters in southwest of tepal area, shahrood. for this purpose, integration of the results obtained from the metho...

We theoretically study the Coulomb drag in graphene when there is a temperature difference between layers. Within degenerate limit for equal layer densities, we find that this can lead to significant deviations from usual quadratic dependence of resistivity. The exact behavior depends strongly on phase space available intraband scattering, and not symmetrical temperatures layers are interchange...