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“Force Majeure”, Extension Of Time Clauses And The Prevention Principle In Shipbuilding Contracts, Zoran Tasic May 2025

“Force Majeure”, Extension Of Time Clauses And The Prevention Principle In Shipbuilding Contracts, Zoran Tasic

Seatific Journal

Under English law, it is entirely up to the contract parties to agree on “force majeure” events that are beyond the builder’s control. Under an old English law principle known as the “prevention principle”, no party to a contract should be allowed to benefit from its own failure to perform. In the context of shipbuilding contracts, this principle should give protection to a shipyard in the case of delays in the delivery of a vessel that are caused by the buyer’s defaults. It is the builder’s fundamental duty to deliver the vessel to the buyer on the delivery date set …


Smart Materials Finishing And Insulation Solutions Applied To The Interior Design Of A Cruise Ship Cabin, Angela Denise Peri May 2025

Smart Materials Finishing And Insulation Solutions Applied To The Interior Design Of A Cruise Ship Cabin, Angela Denise Peri

Seatific Journal

A cruise ship cabin can be outlined using a complex bill of materials, components and sub-assemblies properly interconnected, considering its functional nature as a whole. In this regard, modern scientific achievements have allowed the development of so-called smart materials. The research activity has started with a scoping review of the currently constituent finishing, as well as insulation materials installed on-board. The assessment of smart and high-performance solutions are aimed of optimizing thickness, weight, noise and vibrations parametres. Actual cases under analysis related to finishing materials include performance paints and inks, fabrics with antibacterial and water-repellent properties which, together with a …


Numerical Investigation Into The Effect Of Duct Use On The Performance Of Controllable Pitch Propellers, Ahmet Yurtseven May 2025

Numerical Investigation Into The Effect Of Duct Use On The Performance Of Controllable Pitch Propellers, Ahmet Yurtseven

Seatific Journal

In this study, CFD methods are used to solve the complex flow around a CPP propeller with ducts. It is aimed to investigate the performance differences between ducted and non-duct propeller versions. In particular, the values of pitch changes and blade spindle torques at different advance coefficients were determined. STAR-CCM+, a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code, was used in the study. The k-ε model was preferred to predict turbulence in the flow. In addition to the coefficients of performance such as thrust coefficient, torque coefficient and propeller efficiency, the study also examined the blade spindle torque that provides the …


Numerical Investigation Of The Resistance And Static Drift Condition Of The Autosub Submarine, Sare Nur Çıplakkaya, Yasemin Arıkan Özden May 2025

Numerical Investigation Of The Resistance And Static Drift Condition Of The Autosub Submarine, Sare Nur Çıplakkaya, Yasemin Arıkan Özden

Seatific Journal

This study involves the force and moment calculations using the 3/4rd scale model and full-scale geometries of the Autosub submarine. Computational fluid dynamics calculations are performed using RANS equations and the k-ω turbulence models. The resistance analyses are conducted for speeds ranging from 0 to 2 m/s. Static drift analyses are conducted between the range of 0 to 10 degrees drift angles at 2 degrees intervals. A mesh independence study is carried out to determine the adequate mesh density. The mesh structure is determined in the analyses for 6 degrees of drift angle and this mesh structure is used for …


A Domestic Waste Heat Recovery System: Mathematical Model Of A Green Kitchen Module, Stefano Maria Spagocci May 2025

A Domestic Waste Heat Recovery System: Mathematical Model Of A Green Kitchen Module, Stefano Maria Spagocci

Seatific Journal

A lumped parameter model of a domestic heat storage/recovery system is described. This is a typical green kitchen application, where the heat dissipated by kitchen appliances is stored in suitable materials by temperature rise and/or phase transitions. To this aim, sensible heat materials and phase change materials are considered. Based on the model, a number of design solutions are proposed, making use of fixed beds or shell-and-tube heat exchangers, where heat is stored in spheres or cylinders made up of (or encapsulating) suitable materials. The best solution (a PCM-based shell-and-tube exchanger) corresponds to ~50×50×25 cm, ~30 kg modules.


Low-‎Computational Adaptive Mpc Algorithmization Strategy For Over ‎And ‎Undershoots ‎Instantaneous ‎Water ‎Heaters Stability, Ismael Ehtiwesh May 2025

Low-‎Computational Adaptive Mpc Algorithmization Strategy For Over ‎And ‎Undershoots ‎Instantaneous ‎Water ‎Heaters Stability, Ismael Ehtiwesh

Seatific Journal

Tankless gas Hot Water users' ‎comforting perception ‎is severely affected by ‎sudden ‎changes ‎in temperature ‎apart from ‎the ‎desired temperature. The instability of the ‎water ‎temperature ‎with ‎overshoots and ‎undershoots is the ‎most common disadvantage ‎that ‎appears ‎mainly ‎because of the sudden changes in ‎the water flow demanded by ‎users ‎and ‎the ‎response delays inherent to ‎the heating system. ‎Classical ‎controllers for heat ‎cells have ‎difficulties in ‎responding ‎to ‎temperature ‎instability in a timely manner because ‎they do not ‎have the ‎capacity to anticipate ‎the ‎effects ‎of sudden variations in water flow ‎rate. ‎The ‎model ‎predictive control with adaptive function …


Taper Ratio Influence On The Performance Of 3-D Cavitating Hydrofoils Moving Under Free Surface, Şakir Bal May 2025

Taper Ratio Influence On The Performance Of 3-D Cavitating Hydrofoils Moving Under Free Surface, Şakir Bal

Seatific Journal

Taper ratio influence on the performance of three-dimensional (3-D) cavitating hydrofoils moving steadily under a free water surface has been investigated numerically. An iterative boundary element method (IBEM) developed before has been modified and extended to solve this problem. The fluid is assumed to be inviscid, incompressible and the flow irrotational. All variables and equations are made non-dimensional to achieve a consistent numerical scheme and a very quick convergence. The IBEM solves the hydrofoil problem and free surface problem separately with the effects of each other via their potential values in an iterative way. Both the 3-D hydrofoil surface and …


Optimizing Power Of A Variable-Temperature Heat Reservoir Brayton Cycle For Space Nuclear Power Plant, Tan Wang, Lingen Chen, Yanlin Ge, Shuangshuang Shi, Huijun Feng May 2025

Optimizing Power Of A Variable-Temperature Heat Reservoir Brayton Cycle For Space Nuclear Power Plant, Tan Wang, Lingen Chen, Yanlin Ge, Shuangshuang Shi, Huijun Feng

Seatific Journal

A variable-temperature heat reservoir endoreversible simple closed Brayton cycle (CBC) model for space nuclear power plant is established. Thermal efficiency (TEF) and power output (POW) are derived. When total heat transfer area of radiator panel and two heat exchangers (HEXs) is fixed, the maximum POW ( ) is obtained by optimizing area distributions ( , and ) among two HEXs and radiator panel, the double maximum POW ( ) is obtained by optimizing inlet temperature ( ) of cooling fluid in low temperature heat sink, and the triple maximum POW ( ) is obtained furtherly by optimizing thermal capacity rate …


Thermodynamic Aspects Of Solid Propellant Gas Generator For Aircraft Application, Bhupesh Parate, Pune N/A May 2025

Thermodynamic Aspects Of Solid Propellant Gas Generator For Aircraft Application, Bhupesh Parate, Pune N/A

Seatific Journal

This research work present mainly on various thermodynamic aspects of solid propellant gas generator for aircraft application. A gas generating device is hot gas generator that creates high temperature and pressure combustion gas on burning of the propellant inside the cartridge case. Thermodynamics is the branch of science which deals with energy transformation into work and vice versa. These devices are filled with energetic materials (EMs) and used to perform a critical operation in an emergency under adverse conditions. It releases the energy very quickly. Gas generator has a large number of applications and its demand is continuously increasing in …


First And Second Law Assessment Of A Solar Tower Power Plant For Electrical Power Production And Error Analysis, Mohd Parvez, Syed Mohammed Mahmood, Osaman Khan May 2025

First And Second Law Assessment Of A Solar Tower Power Plant For Electrical Power Production And Error Analysis, Mohd Parvez, Syed Mohammed Mahmood, Osaman Khan

Seatific Journal

The primary objective of this study is to investigate the solar-powered combined-cycles system in order to convert the available solar energy to its truest potential and generate electrical power. This combined-cycles system consists of solar power tower, steam turbine cycle, and organic Rankine cycle. The study focused on recovering the waste heat which is obtained from the exit of a steam turbine and uses it to operate the Rankine cycle by using the refrigerants, R-113, R-11, and R-1233zd. The analysis also predetermines the effects of solar irradiance for a mass flow rate of molten salt and steam, turbine inlet pressure, …


A Literature Survey On Exergy Analyses Of Marine Diesel Engine And Power Systems, Burhan Furkan Göksel, Turgay Köroğlu May 2025

A Literature Survey On Exergy Analyses Of Marine Diesel Engine And Power Systems, Burhan Furkan Göksel, Turgay Köroğlu

Seatific Journal

The oil crisis in the world has led countries to seek an alternative fuel that can replace fossil fuels. In addition, the fact that global warming, which is one of the most important problems for the world, has reached significant levels, has led to an increase in studies on greenhouse gas emissions and the efficient use of energy. Every effort to increase efficiency contributes to both environmental and economic improvements. Considering this situation, the study was compiled by examining the studies on energy and exergy analysis related to diesel engines and marine diesel power systems in the literature. As a …


Finned Wafer Baking Plates For Heat Transfer And Distribution, Márcio Carzino, George Stanescu, Marcelo Errera May 2025

Finned Wafer Baking Plates For Heat Transfer And Distribution, Márcio Carzino, George Stanescu, Marcelo Errera

Seatific Journal

Wafer baking is a recognized process in food industry, and there is a large worldwide demand to develop wafer baking equipment for the current trends, namely, high-productivity, high quality with lower wastes and lower energy expenditure. This work deals with the thermal design of the heating side of flat wafer baking plates in gas ovens seeking less heat, less baking time and better quality control. The key feature under study is the thermal interaction between the gas flames and the baking plates. Heat flows mostly by thermal radiation to the back of the baking plates which design is under study. …


Maximum Entropy Production And Constructal Law: Variable Conductance And Branched Flow, Phillip Johnson May 2025

Maximum Entropy Production And Constructal Law: Variable Conductance And Branched Flow, Phillip Johnson

Seatific Journal

Within the scope of modern thermodynamics, several new principles have been advanced. Yet a coherent picture has not yet fully emerged beyond classical thermodynamics, in part because of the disparate nature of these principles. This work analyzes two such principles, that of maximum entropy production and also the constructal law. These ideas are compared in two examples scenarios, atmospheric convection and riverbed generation. It is shown that both ideas utilized a flow network with variable conductivity, particularly that of a branched system. Comparison is made to show underlying shared principles.


Fog Collection - Materials, Techniques And Affecting Parameters - A Review, Abdullah A. Elshennawy, Mohamed M. Awad, Magdy Y. Abdelaal, Ahmed M. Hamed May 2025

Fog Collection - Materials, Techniques And Affecting Parameters - A Review, Abdullah A. Elshennawy, Mohamed M. Awad, Magdy Y. Abdelaal, Ahmed M. Hamed

Seatific Journal

Water scarcity has shown a great challenge during the past decades with millions suffering from lack of potable water. Although, people try to benefit from the water naturally existing in air by two sources: fog and humid air. In this paper, we mainly allot the work on fog water. Fog collection is undergone using fog mesh collectors. There are lots of methods to rate the quality of fog water collection. Most used method is the quantity of water collected in kilograms for a one square meter harvester mesh per one hour. However, sometimes water contact angle on a flat surface …


Freedom And Evolution In Science, Adrian Bejan May 2025

Freedom And Evolution In Science, Adrian Bejan

Seatific Journal

This article is about evolutionary design and freedom and is based on my new book, Freedom and Evolution: Hierarchy in Nature, Society and Science [1]. There is a lot to say about this broad subject, therefore I’ve reduced it to the topics of thermodynamics, freedom and evolution, diversity and hierarchy, and science and freedom. First, I will present the terminology, which will be followed by the applications of the evolution of cooling technology for high-density heat-generating components in a packet. Finally, I will show why this book is important for you, the reader, as well as for the practitioner.


Ships And Sea Structures With A Hydrodynamic Perspective, Odd Magnus Faltınsen May 2025

Ships And Sea Structures With A Hydrodynamic Perspective, Odd Magnus Faltınsen

Seatific Journal

This article concentrates on aspects of marine technology such as fish cages, ships, sea structures, and marine operations. It addresses net cages and closed-containment fish farms through sloshing while discussing both displacement and high-speed vessels. The ship topics under consideration include CO2 emissions in waves, dynamic instabilities, whipping and springing, maneuvering in waves, and sloshing-induced slamming in prismatic LNG tanks. The considered sea structures include offshore platforms used for gas and oil exploration and production and for renewable energy. The article also discusses lowering and lifting of objects through the free surface from ships and addresses the accidental dropping of …


Development An Experimental Method To Investigate Hydrodynamic Drag, Serkan Türkmen, Mehmet Atlar, Irma Yeginbayeva May 2025

Development An Experimental Method To Investigate Hydrodynamic Drag, Serkan Türkmen, Mehmet Atlar, Irma Yeginbayeva

Seatific Journal

Newcastle University [UNEW] has enhanced the test section of their existing water channel facility. The new measurement section is utilized to measure pressure drop (and hence frictional drag) across a standard flat test panel (length=0.6 m; width=0.22 m). The panel can be tested as cleanly coated as well as exposed to light biofilm growth. Based on measured pressure gradients, the skin friction coefficients of these surfaces are calculated and compared with other well-established methods (i.e., measuring the boundary layer of similar surfaces using a [LDV] system in UNEW’s Emerson Cavitation Tunnel [ECT], to evaluate the pressure drop methodology. This paper …


Performance Evaluation Of Spectral Wave Model Caused By Era-Interim, Era5, And Cfsr Wind Fields In The Black Sea, Fulya Islek, Yalçın Yüksel, Adem Özdemir May 2025

Performance Evaluation Of Spectral Wave Model Caused By Era-Interim, Era5, And Cfsr Wind Fields In The Black Sea, Fulya Islek, Yalçın Yüksel, Adem Özdemir

Seatific Journal

The main objective of the present study is to evaluate the performance of the MIKE 21 SW (Spectral Wave) in a semi-closed basin (Black Sea). Wind data were obtained from ECMWF ERA-Interim, ECMWF ERA5, and NCEP CFSR. The wave model was calibrated and validated with wave measurements recorded at seven different stations along the Black Sea coastlines. In the calibration, several different physical parameters were tested to determine the optimal model settings, and the whitecapping parameter (Cds) was more influential than the bottom friction parameter (kn), wave breaking parameter (γ), and nonlinear wave-wave interactions in the prediction of the Black …


Metamodels For Seakeeping Assessment Of Fishing Vessels, Giorgio Trincas, Roberto Rocchi May 2025

Metamodels For Seakeeping Assessment Of Fishing Vessels, Giorgio Trincas, Roberto Rocchi

Seatific Journal

The most significant goals of this paper are: (i) to provide additional insight on the influence of hull form parameters on seakeeping performance of typical Mediterranean fishing vessels; (ii) to develop efficient and reliable metamodels for fast and reliable evaluation of seakeeping performance in am multiattribute decision-making environment; (iii) to facilitate and speed up the selection of the design with the best possible seakeeping performance at conceptual design stage. To enhance the accuracy and applicability of predictions of seakeeping characteristics and to find out guidelines for design scope, new metamodels have been developed from an extended database of 57 cases, …


Numerical Investigation Of Flow Over Tandem And Side-By-Side Cylinders, Arif Mentese, Seyfettin Bayraktar May 2025

Numerical Investigation Of Flow Over Tandem And Side-By-Side Cylinders, Arif Mentese, Seyfettin Bayraktar

Seatific Journal

In the present paper, two-dimensional unsteady flows over circular cross-section cylinders are analyzed numerically. The effects of placement of the cylinders are investigated for two different arrangements: tandem and side-by-side. Several turbulence models are tested, and it is found that Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model is the best among one- and two-equation turbulence models. The most appropriate time step, which is one of the important parameters in unsteady simulations, is found as 0.002 seconds. After successful validations, the cylinders are positioned as side-by-side and tandem. The effects of the arrangement on flow regime, drag coefficient, lift coefficient and Strouhal number are presented …


Performance Analyses And Optimization Of A Regenerative Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycle With Intercooler And Reheater, Asım Sinan Karakurt, Ibrahim Furkan Ozel, Semih İskenderli May 2025

Performance Analyses And Optimization Of A Regenerative Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycle With Intercooler And Reheater, Asım Sinan Karakurt, Ibrahim Furkan Ozel, Semih İskenderli

Seatific Journal

Supercritical CO2 (sCO2) power cycles play an important role in energy production as they are more efficient and more compact than conventional energy production systems. Therefore, they are widely used in different systems such as nuclear systems, renewable energy systems, heat recovery systems, fossil power plants, submarines, and some commercial and navy ships that produce a wide range of power operating in different temperature ranges. It has become very popular especially in recent years due to its widespread use and technical capabilities. This study analyses the effects of some design parameters (pressure ratio and temperature ratio) on the performance criteria …


Faculty Authors And Creators Reception 2025 - Annotated Bibliography, Erin Sheffner May 2025

Faculty Authors And Creators Reception 2025 - Annotated Bibliography, Erin Sheffner

Faculty Authors and Sponsored Grant Recipients Reception Bibliographies

An annotated bibliography compiled by the University Library of the publications featured at the annual Faculty Authors and Creators Reception held May 8th, 2025 at Governors State University.


Banning Congressional Stock Trading: Will Congress Vote For A Bill That Prevents Them From Profiting Off Industries They Regulate To Help Restore The Country’S Faith In The Political Process?, Priyanka Patel May 2025

Banning Congressional Stock Trading: Will Congress Vote For A Bill That Prevents Them From Profiting Off Industries They Regulate To Help Restore The Country’S Faith In The Political Process?, Priyanka Patel

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Unmarried, Married, And Divorced People In The Mountain West, 2023, Dre Boyd-Weatherly, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr. May 2025

Unmarried, Married, And Divorced People In The Mountain West, 2023, Dre Boyd-Weatherly, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr.

Demography

This fact sheet presents the ratio of unmarried men to unmarried women, as well as percentage rates of single, married, and divorced people for sixteen Mountain West cities in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico. The Smart Asset report, “Where Most People Are Single or Married – 2025 Study” reports data for the 119 most populous cities in the U.S. from the 2023 one-year American Community Survey conducted by U.S Census Bureau.


Congress Of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review And Evidence-Based Guidelines For The Role Of Imaging In Newly Diagnosed Who Grade Ii Diffuse Glioma In Adults: Update, Chaitra Badve, Abraham Nirappel May 2025

Congress Of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review And Evidence-Based Guidelines For The Role Of Imaging In Newly Diagnosed Who Grade Ii Diffuse Glioma In Adults: Update, Chaitra Badve, Abraham Nirappel

Faculty Scholarship

Target population: Adult patients with suspected or histologically proven WHO Grade II diffuse glioma. Question 1: In adult patients with suspected or histologically proven WHO Grade II diffuse glioma, do advanced MRI techniques using magnetic resonance spectroscopy, perfusion weighted imaging or diffusion weighted imaging provide superior assessment of tumor grade, margins, progression, treatment-related effects, and prognosis compared to standard neuroimaging? Recommendation: Level II: The use of diffusion imaging and dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC), dynamic contrast enhancement (DCE) and arterial spin labeling (ASL) sequences are suggested to differentiate WHO Grade II diffuse glioma from higher grade gliomas when this is not …


Veteran Communicator Tapped To Lead Um Marketing, Communications, Clara Turnage May 2025

Veteran Communicator Tapped To Lead Um Marketing, Communications, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has named Lisa Stone, a trusted leader who has shaped the university's communications for nearly three decades, as its vice chancellor for marketing and communications.


Real-World Management Of High-Risk Prostate Cancer Post-Radical Prostatectomy: Insights From A Regional Quality Collaborative, Aaron R. Hochberg, Annie H. Ho, Rasheed A. M. Thompson, Matthew B. Buck, Costas D. Lallas, Christine Ibilibor, Jeffrey J. Tomaszewski, Serge Ginzburg, Andres Correa, Robert Uzzo, Marc C. Smaldone, John F. Danella, Thomas J. Guzzo, Daniel J. Lee, Laurence Belkoff, Jeffrey Walker, Jay D. Raman, Roderick K. Clark, Adam Reese, Bruce Jacobs, Thomas Jang, Keith J. Kowalczyk, Meghan Smith, Mihir S. Shah May 2025

Real-World Management Of High-Risk Prostate Cancer Post-Radical Prostatectomy: Insights From A Regional Quality Collaborative, Aaron R. Hochberg, Annie H. Ho, Rasheed A. M. Thompson, Matthew B. Buck, Costas D. Lallas, Christine Ibilibor, Jeffrey J. Tomaszewski, Serge Ginzburg, Andres Correa, Robert Uzzo, Marc C. Smaldone, John F. Danella, Thomas J. Guzzo, Daniel J. Lee, Laurence Belkoff, Jeffrey Walker, Jay D. Raman, Roderick K. Clark, Adam Reese, Bruce Jacobs, Thomas Jang, Keith J. Kowalczyk, Meghan Smith, Mihir S. Shah

Department of Urology Faculty Papers

Background/Objectives: Data from clinical trials showing the non-inferiority of early salvage radiotherapy were recently incorporated into societal guideline statements. However, questions remain regarding ideal prostate-specific antigen (PSA) criteria for salvage, and how to apply these findings to pathologic lymph node-positive (pN+) disease. We investigated variance in management of clinically localized prostate cancer found to have high-risk features after radical prostatectomy. Methods: We retrospectively identified patients from May 2015 to January 2024 utilizing a multi-institutional, regional collaborative database. The primary outcome was identifying factors associated with the receipt of adjuvant versus salvage therapy. Factors associated with secondary treatment were assessed via …


Improving Interactions During Medical Interpretation: Educational Module For Medical Students, Alyssa Reinschmidt, Denyelle Kenyon, Hilda Sanchez-Herrera May 2025

Improving Interactions During Medical Interpretation: Educational Module For Medical Students, Alyssa Reinschmidt, Denyelle Kenyon, Hilda Sanchez-Herrera

Scholarship Pathways Program

As the population of individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) continues to grow in South Dakota and across the United States, healthcare systems face increasing challenges in providing equitable care. This study evaluates the implementation of an educational module designed to prepare first-year medical students at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine (SSOM) to work effectively with medical interpreters and patients with LEP. The module included a didactic session, role-play, open discussion, and pre- and post-surveys assessing students’ knowledge, attitudes, preparedness, and perceptions of the educational environment. Results from 68 participants demonstrated statistically significant improvements across all …


Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals Lp V. Secretary United States Department Of Health And H May 2025

Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals Lp V. Secretary United States Department Of Health And H

2025 Decisions

USDC for the District of Delaware


“Crusades Against Bolshevism”?: International Dimensions Of The Russian Civil War In Four Countries, Maxwell R. Markwald May 2025

“Crusades Against Bolshevism”?: International Dimensions Of The Russian Civil War In Four Countries, Maxwell R. Markwald

Student Scholarship

The Russian Civil War (1917-1922), fought between Bolshevik and anti-Bolshevik factions, was one of the most pivotal conflicts of the 20th century. It led directly to the rise of the world’s first socialist state, the Soviet Union, which for decades was at the forefront of the international communist movement and a major global power until its collapse in 1991, around 70 years after its founding. The victory of the Bolsheviks was not always a guaranteed outcome, however. In fact, to an outside observer in February of 1917, it would have appeared one of the less likely. The six months that …