The level of damage of flood events does not solely depend on exposure to flood waters. Vulnerabilities due to various socio-economic factors such as population at risk, public awareness, and presence of early warning systems, etc. should also be taken into account. Federal and state agencies,...

Ocean thermal energy is a type of renewable energy. The phase change process of the thermal glider propelled by ocean thermal energy was numerically and experimentally investigated in this paper. The gliding process was analyzed and optimized while the glider was operating in the ocean...

Several models are available in literature to simulate ground heat exchangers. In this paper an approach based on electrical analogy is presented, for this reason named CaRM (CApacity Resistance Model). In some cases several information are needed during design: both the borehole and the...

This paper investigates a viral infection model with periodic immune response and nonlinear cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response. Using the periodic rhythms of human immune system, the model can avoid the unreasonable equilibrium in the basic viral model with nonlinear CTL response introduced...

Based on the cellular automaton traffic flow model and the concept of public transport priority, a two-lane traffic model with an intermittent bus lane is proposed and the properties of urban traffic flow are studied. The cases of traffic with a dedicated bus lane (DBL), an intermittent bus lane...