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Mitici, M.A. (author), Goseling, Jasper (author), van Ommeren, Jan Kees (author), de Graaf, Maurits (author), Boucherie, Richard J. (author)We present a tandem network of queues 0 , ⋯ , s- 1. Customers arrive at queue 0 according to a Poisson process with rate λ. There are s independent batch service processes at exponential rates μ<sub>0</sub>, ⋯ , μ<sub>s</sub> <sub>-</sub> <sub>1</sub>. Service process i, i= 0 , ⋯ , s- 1 , at rate μ<sub>i</sub> is such that all customers of...journal article 2017
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de Athayde Costa e Silva, M. (author), Cordeiro Guerrieri, D. (author), van Zeijl, H.W. (author), Cervone, A. (author), Gill, E.K.A. (author)This paper presents the results of design, manufacturing and characterization of Vaporizing Liquid Microthrusters (VLM) with integrated molybdenum heaters and temperature sensing. The thrusters use water as the propellant and are designed for use in CubeSats and PocketQubes. The devices are manufactured using silicon based MEMS (Micro Electro...journal article 2017
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Neggers, R.A.J. (author), Ackerman, Andrew S. (author), Angevine, W. M. (author), Bazile, Eric (author), Beau, I. (author), Blossey, P. N. (author), Boutle, I. A. (author), de Bruijn, C. (author), cheng, A (author), van der Dussen, J.J. (author), Fletcher, J. (author), Dal Gesso, S. (author), Jam, A. (author), Kawai, H (author), Cheedela, S. K. (author), Larson, V. E. (author), Lefebvre, Marie Pierre (author), Lock, A. P. (author), Meyer, N. R. (author), de Roode, S.R. (author), de Rooy, WC (author), Sandu, I (author), Xiao, H (author), Xu, K. M. (author)Results are presented of the GASS/EUCLIPSE single-column model intercomparison study on the subtropical marine low-level cloud transition. A central goal is to establish the performance of state-of-the-art boundary-layer schemes for weather and climate models for this cloud regime, using large-eddy simulations of the same scenes as a...journal article 2017
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van Hooijdonk, I.G.S. (author), Clercx, Herman J.H. (author), Abraham, Carsten (author), Holdsworth, Amber M. (author), Monahan, Adam H. (author), Vignon, Etienne (author), Moene, Arnold F. (author), Baas, P. (author), van de Wiel, B.J.H. (author)This study aims to find the typical growth rate of the temperature inversion during the onset of the stable boundary layer around sunset.The sunset transition is a very challenging period for numerical weather prediction, since neither accepted theories for the convective boundary layer nor those for the stable boundary layer appear to be...journal article 2017
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Dezfuli, Amin K. (author), Ichoku, Charles M. (author), Huffman, George J. (author), Mohr, Karen I. (author), Selker, John S. (author), van de Giesen, N.C. (author), Hochreutener, Rebecca (author), Annor, F.O. (author)Understanding of hydroclimatic processes in Africa has been hindered by the lack of in situ precipitation measurements. Satellite-based observations, in particular, the TRMM Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) have been pivotal to filling this void. The recently released Integrated Multisatellite Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) project...journal article 2017
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- Blom, A. (author), Arkesteijn, L. (author), Chavarrias Borras, V. (author), Viparelli, Enrica (author) journal article 2017
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Landman, H.M. (author), Groen, Eric L. (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Bronkhorst, Adelbert (author), Mulder, Max (author)Objective: The aim of this study was to test if performance of airline pilots, in performing an aerodynamic stall recovery procedure, decreases when they are surprised, compared to when they anticipate a stall event.<br/>Background: New flight-safety regulations for commercial aviation recommend the introduction of surprise and startle in upset...journal article 2017
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ten Kate, O.M. (author), Zhang, Zhijun (author), Hintzen, H.T.J.M. (author)Relations between the bandgap and structural properties and composition of the M–Si–N nitridosilicates (M = alkali, alkaline earth or rare earth metal) have been obtained, using experimental data collected from literature; and qualitative models are presented to explain the observed trends. Compounds with a higher degree of condensation, i.e. a...journal article 2017
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Bode, P. (author), Romanò, Sabrina (author), Romolo, Francesco Saverio (author)A crucial part of any chemical analysis is the degree of representativeness of the measurand(s) in the test portion for the same measurands in the object, originally collected for investigation. Such an object usually may have either to be homogenized and sub-sampled, or digested/dissolved. Any of these steps introduce sampling errors, risk...journal article 2017
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Meyer, S (author), Chen, Y. (author), Wimmer, S. (author), Althammer, M (author), Wimmer, T. (author), Schlitz, Richard (author), Geprags, S (author), Huebl, H (author), Kodderitzsch, D. (author), Ebert, H. (author), Bauer, G.E. (author), Gross, R (author), Goennenwein, S. T.B. (author)The observation of the spin Hall effect triggered intense research on pure spin current transport. With the spin Hall effect, the spin Seebeck effect and the spin Peltier effect already observed, our picture of pure spin current transport is almost complete. The only missing piece is the spin Nernst (-Ettingshausen) effect, which so far has...journal article 2017
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Berghuijs, W.R. (author), Larsen, Joshua R. (author), van Emmerik, T.H.M. (author), Woods, Ross A. (author)Precipitation (P) and potential evaporation (E<sub>p</sub>) are commonly studied drivers of changing freshwater availability, as aridity (E<sub>p</sub>/P) explains ∼90% of the spatial differences in mean runoff across the globe. However, it is unclear if changes in aridity over time are also the most important cause for temporal changes in...journal article 2017
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Slobbe, D.C. (author), Sumihar, JH (author), Frederikse, T. (author), Verlaan, M. (author), Klees, R. (author), Zijl, F (author), Hashemi Farahani, H. (author), Broekman, R (author)In this paper, we present a novel Kalman filter approach to combine a hydrodynamic model-derived lowest astronomical tide (LAT) surface with tide gauge record-derived LAT values. In the approach, tidal water levels are assimilated into the model. As such, the combination is guided by the model physics. When validating the obtained “Kalman...journal article 2017
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Ma, Y. (author), Markine, V.L. (author), Mashal, AA (author), Ren, M (author)Verification of the explicit finite element (FE) model with realistic wheel-rail profiles against the CONTACT model, which has not been sufficiently discussed, is performed by comparing the resulting shear stress, slip-adhesion area, etc., obtained from the two models. The follow-up studies using the verified FE model on the influence of the...journal article 2017
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Sorokin, Dimitry Y. (author), Khijniak, Tatiana V. (author), Galinski, Erwin A. (author), Kublanov, Ilya V. (author)Two proteolytic bacterial strains, BSker2<sup>T</sup>and BSker3<sup>T</sup>, were enriched from sediments of hypersaline alkaline lakes in Kulunda Steppe (Altai, Russia) with chicken feathers as substrate, followed by pure culture isolation on hypersaline alkaline media with casein. The cells were non-motile, filamentous, flexible rods. The...journal article 2017
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Milakis, D. (author), Efthymiou, Dimitrios (author), Antoniou, Constantinos (author)In this study, the possible causal links between the built environment, travel attitudes and travel behaviour of people that have moved between totally different urban and transportation contexts were investigated. A quasi-longitudinal design was developed to collect data about the perceived neighbourhood characteristics, neighbourhood...journal article 2017
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Trifunovic, M. (author), Sberna, P.M. (author), Shimoda, T (author), Ishihara, R. (author)Printing of electronics has been gaining a lot of attention over the past decade as a low cost alternative to conventional electronic fabrication methods. A significant development in this area was the possibility to print a silicon precursor, polydihydrosilane, which can directly be transformed into polycrystalline silicon by an excimer laser...journal article 2017
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Arce Leon, C.A. (author), Merino Martinez, R. (author), Ragni, D. (author), Avallone, F. (author), Scarano, F. (author), Pröbsting, S. (author), Snellen, M. (author), Simons, D.G. (author), Madsen, Jesper (author)The broadband noise generated by the scattering of turbulent flow at the trailing edge of a NACA 0018 airfoil with trailing edge serrations is investigated, varying both the airfoil angle of attack and serration flap angle. Acoustic emissions from the trailing edge are measured using a microphone array. The noise level is observed to be...journal article 2017
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Martinez, M.J. (author), Pant, S (author), Yanishevsky, M (author), Backman, D (author)Structural health monitoring has focused on the use of computational models to capture the effect of crack-like discontinuities on the behaviour of acoustic-ultrasonic signals. However, few models have taken into account the effect of geometric complexity in combination with residual stresses generated during the fatigue crack growth (FCG)...journal article 2017
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Wei, Z. (author), Nunez, Alfredo (author), Li, Z. (author), Dollevoet, R.P.B.J. (author)In this paper, we investigate the capability of an axle box acceleration (ABA) system to evaluate the degradation at railway crossings. For this purpose, information from multiple sensors, namely, ABA signals, 3D rail profiles, Global Positioning System (GPS) and tachometer recordings, was collected from both nominal and degraded crossings....journal article 2017
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Nuijens, Louise (author), Emanuel, Kerry (author), Masunaga, Hirohiko (author), L’Ecuyer, Tristan (author)Space-borne observations reveal that 20–40% of marine convective clouds below the freezing level produce rain. In this paper we speculate what the prevalence of warm rain might imply for convection and large-scale circulations over tropical oceans. We present results using a two-column radiative–convective model of hydrostatic, nonlinear flow...journal article 2017