Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNon Destructive Tests of Structural Bonds by Guided Ultrasonic Waves: Effect of a Surface Pretreatment or a Localized DefectValentina Vlasie, Martine RousseauThe aim of this study was to propose a non destructive method to test the mechanical quality of a bond aluminium/epoxy/aluminium. Thus, for each aluminium/epoxy interface, an intermediate interface modelling between a simple geometrical interface and an interphase (3D material medium), i.e. a 2D material medium. In order to describe the surface stresses, we introduce the surface free energy (the … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 3 · 31 Mar 2005 · 6,883 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNew Trajectory Control Directional MWD Accuracy Prediction and Wellbore Positioning MethodAhmed Abd Elaziz Ibrahim, Tagwa Ahmed Musa, Tang FengLin, Yao AiGouThe deviation control is to restrict the drilling direction of the bit from time to time. The drilling direction is of course depending on the direction of the resultant forces acting on the bit. What is the relationship between these directions? Are there any other influential factors? Answers to such questions, different points of view were subjected to analysis. …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 3 · 31 Mar 2005 · 6,905 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEmission of Nitrogen Dioxide from Butane Gas Heaters and Stoves IndoorsMarwan Ghosn, Roula Flouty, Najat A. SalibaLevels of indoor nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in a home equipped with butane gas stove and heaters are reported between the months of February and July 2003. Diffusion passive sampling was used for the simultaneous measurements of indoor and outdoor NO2 concentrations. The overall average indoor NO2 concentrations were 15.6 and 22.3 μg m-3 for the living room and kitchen, respectively, … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 3 · 31 Mar 2005 · 9,471 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractConception and Development of a Dynamic Web Site: Dedicated to a University LibrarySafia Nait BahloulThe world wide web is a group of web pages related between them with hypertext links. That forms a huge and complex web mail. A single click allow us to surf from document to another. From each document we can refer to different types of information: text, sound, video. In most cases, first sites were static, their principal aim were … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 3 · 31 Mar 2005 · 6,588 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFriction Forces in O-ring SealingAl-Ghathian, Faisal M.M. Tarawneh, S. MuafagIn the present study the focus was on developing a relationship as practical and convenient option for computing the friction force in O-ring sealing elements as used in the hydraulic and pneumatic equipments. For low-pressure applications, the developed relationship was applied for a different number of O-ring diameters, by investigating the obtained results, a good agreement has been observed for … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 3 · 31 Mar 2005 · 8,456 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractImpulse Volt-Time Characteristics of Oil and OIP InsulationS. Venkatesan, S. UsaEstimation of insulation strength of transformer oil and Oil Impregnated Paper (OIP) insulation, which constitutes major portion of insulation in power transformer, is an important task. Also, it is often necessary to evaluate the breakdown strength of oil and OIP under non-standard impulse voltages, since the oil and OIP insulation is subjected to non-standard waveshapes between inter-disc and inter-turn insulation. … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 2 · 28 Feb 2005 · 7,241 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractReplacement Heifer Selection in A Beef Cattle HerdAkin Pala, Roger McCrawThe relationship between a heifer's weaning weight and her fertility and weaning weight of her calves was studied. Also investigated was the effect of dam amount of fat (DAF=dam weaning weight/weaning height) on heifers' ability to breed and rebreed. This is similar to Body Mass Index (BMI) calculated for humans. The relationship of dam's average daily gain from birth to … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 2 · 28 Feb 2005 · 6,814 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBy-pass Devices as Effective Means of Protection from the Hydraulic HammerKhalid S. Al-RababaSwitching-off the parallel working pump units causes sudden discharge changes in parallel pipe lines, as a result of that hydraulic shocks takes place. The damping of these shocks can be achieved by the installation of the by-pass devices between the parallel lines of the piping system. The analytical calculations demonstrate that the reduction in hydraulic shocks reaches 40% and considerable … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 2 · 28 Feb 2005 · 6,912 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Causal Relationship and Macroeconomic Activity: Empirical Results From European UnionChaido Dritsaki, Antonios AdamopoulosThis study investigates the relationship among macroeconomic variables using quarterly data for European Union covering the period from 1970 I to 2000 IV. The purpose of this study is to estimate the dynamic interrelation among macroeconomic variables such as money, gross domestic product, interest rates, level of price and exchange rates. For the empirical analysis of this investigation, we employ … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 2 · 28 Feb 2005 · 7,854 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Analysis of the Output and Employment Conversion Matrices of Australia's EconomyAbbas Valadkhani, Tim RobinsonBased on two snapshots taken from the Australian economy, this study quantifies the impacts of final demand aggregates on output and employment in various sectors using the 1989 and 1997 conversion matrices. The sectoral output and employment are linked with final demand deliveries in such a way that one can measure the impacts on changes in each component of aggregate … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 2 · 28 Feb 2005 · 6,750 accessesView PDFCite