Abstract The performance of the Photovoltaic (PV) module as a building material is analyzed by predicting hourly variation in room temperature compared to base case (conventional material). A computer simulation model Fourier admittance method used for analysis. average fluctuation PV roof and wall 6.58°C 2.91°C respectively. total daily energy generation from found range 6.7 kWh 11.86 kWh, its...

The hydraulic resistivity ( R , pressure gradient/flow rate) through end walls of xylem conduits was estimated in seven species of diverse anatomy and affinity including a vesselbearing fern, a tracheid-bearing gymnosperm, and angiosperms with versus without vessels. Conduit lengths were measured with a silicone injection method which was easier and more accurate than the usual paint injection....

The aim of this study was to identify various sulfidic mineralized zones in the Ghare-Tappeh Cu deposit (NW Iran) based on geo-electrical data including induced polarization (IP) and resistivity (RS) using the concentration-volume (C-V) and number-size (N-S) fractal models. The fractal models were used to separate high and moderate sulfidic zones from low sulfidic zones and barren wall rocks. B...

Background: Hearing loss due to chronic otitis media is common. The purpose of this study was to evaluate hearing before and after canal wall up, canal wall down mastoidectomy and tympanoplasty. Methods: From 2004 to 2007, all patients with chronic otitis media who were admitted at the Department of Otolaryngology, Babol Medical University were studied. For 126 patients' canal wall up, canal wa...

With the growing population and density in metropolitan areas, higher tendency to live in high-rise buildings, and increasing demand for parking lots, it seems necessary to excavate soil to construct underground spaces. During excavation work, as the height of the wall increases, special care should be taken to the wall stabilization to avoid any consequent damage including extensive property d...

We discuss the decay of axion walls bounded by strings and present numerical simulations of the decay process. In these simulations, the decay happens immediately, in a time scale of order the light travel time, and the average energy of the radiated axions is 〈ωa〉 ≃ 7ma for va/ma ≃ 500. 〈ωa〉 is found to increase approximately linearly with ln(va/ma). Extrapolation of this behaviour yields 〈ωa〉...

In using the fully relativistic versions of the screened Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker method and of the Kubo-Greenwod equation equilibrium domain wall widths and corresponding domain wall resistivities are calculated for CocFe1-c and CocNi1-c making use of a multiscale approach. It is found that in CocFe1-c the domain wall width becomes rather large at about c = 0.4, but does not show an obvious sing...

Direct numerical simulation is used to study the turbulent flow over a smooth wavy wall undergoing transverse motion in the form of a streamwise travelling wave. The Reynolds number based on the mean velocity U of the external flow and wall motion wavelength λ is 10 170; the wave steepness is 2πa/λ = 0.25 where a is the travelling wave amplitude. A key parameter for this problem is the ratio of...