area-to-mass ratio
The area-to-mass ratio and fractal dimension of marine flocs
... the area to mass ratio of fl occulated particles depends primarily on the way that the fl ocs are ...cross-sectional area of a set mass of particles decreases as their fractal dimension ...
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Analysis of the de-orbiting and re-entry of space objects with high area to mass ratio
... In order to isolate the effect of a fixed attitude on drag, the differences on re-entry time between a spherical object and a square flat plate of similar dimensions (namely a unit area-to-mass ...
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Orbit control of high area-to-mass ratio spacecraft using electrochromic coating
... high area-to-mass ratio spacecraft can be stabilised and manoeuvred using electrochromic ...High area-to-mass ratio spacecraft are usually micro-scale ...
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Orbital dynamics of high area-to-mass ratio spacecraft under the influence of J2 and solar radiation pressure
... Fig. 3 summarises all the possible equilibria in the phase space for different values of area-to-mass ratio. The continuous lines at small semi-major axis represent the stationary solution at 0 . ...
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High area-to-mass ratio hybrid propulsion Earth to Moon transfers
... e fnal seeion of the transfer is then the departure from Halo orbit towards the Moon. Here, the refeeive surface is used to reduce energy to facilitate capture. Depending on the size of the targeted halo orbit, ...
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Orbital dynamics of high area-to-mass ratio spacecraft with J2 and solar radiation pressure for novel Earth observation and communication services
... Charlotte Lücking is a final year Ph.D. student at the Advanced Space Concepts Laboratory at Strathclyde University. Her work focuses on space mission applications of high area-to-mass ratio orbital ...
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Heliotropic dust rings for Earth climate engineering
... and SRP and out of plane oscillations under solar radiation pressure. As analysed in Colombo et al. (2012), the simpli- fied planar phase space approximation used in Section 2 maintains its structure for small tilt angle ...
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Temperature and aridity determine body size conformity to Bergmann’s rule independent of latitudinal differences in a tropical environment
... face area to mass ratio and environmental factors in a West African tropical environment to find out whether environ- mental temperature variation determines body size conform- ity to Bergmann’s rule ...
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The ratio of skeletal muscle mass to visceral fat area is a main determinant linking circulating irisin to metabolic phenotype
... Low SVR may represent a state of sarcopenic obesity, which has been reported to be associated with insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome [17–19]. In addi- tion, a previous study demonstrated that lower SVR was ...
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The Relationship of the Anthropometric Variables to the Infusion Rate of Rocuronium in the Elderly
... weight, ratio of weight to body surface area, subscapularis and suprailiac skin folds, body surface area, body mass index and % ideal body weight were evaluated as predictors for infusion ...
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Flow Characteristic Through Convergent-Divergent Nozzle
... In this paper, A nozzle is a device designed to control the direction or characteristics of a fluid flow (especially to increase velocity) as it exits (or enter) an enclosed chamber or pipe via orifice. A numerical study ...
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<p>Progressive reduction in skeletal muscle mass to visceral fat area ratio is associated with a worsening of the hepatic conditions of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease</p>
... SV ratio quartile or in those with a worsened SV ratio, by exacer- bating the hepatic conditions of NAFLD, for example being associated with the progression of fi ...SV ratio and/or as an intervention ...
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Effects of autoclaving on the physiological action of paclobutrazol
... dry mass per plant was not affected by the regulators which also did not affect leaf number, the mean individual leaf dry mass was also kept similar amongst all the treatments (range ...dry mass per ...
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OSR ) and floor area ratio ( FAR ). On
... In fact, our results showed that the composition of urban canopy cover features is a less important factor in determining the average daytime summer near-surface air temperature than the configuration of those features. ...
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Variability in leaf and crown morphology correlated with light availability in five natural populations of Quercus castaneifolia C.A. Mey
... leaf mass, leaf area, crown area, specific leaf area and leaf area ratio, in contrast, the seedlings grown in high irradiance faced a high temperature resulting in higher ...
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Moisture uptake characteristics of a pultruded fibre reinforced polymer flat sheet subjected to hot/wet aging
... relative mass loss with the 40 40 mm 2 size is the reason, at temperatures of 40 C, 60 C and 80 C, for the higher D values in column (2) of Table ...veil area/edge area ratio; currently there ...
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Association between carotid intima-media thickness and index of central fat distribution in middle-aged and elderly Chinese
... waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and visceral fat area (VFA), were stronger risk factors of subclinical atherosclerosis than body mass index (BMI) in Chinese ...
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Ratio and difference of the cross-sectional area of median nerve to ulnar nerve in diagnosing carpal tunnel syndrome: a case control study
... Statistical analysis was performed using SAS Version 9.2 (SAS institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA). Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. Student t and chi-squared tests were used to compare baseline characteristics ...
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Real Time Recognition of Elderly Daily Activity using Fuzzy Logic through Fusion of Motion and Location Data
... given area, collects motion data such as face and body speeds and location data such as center of mass and aspect ratio; then the extracted parameters will be fed to a Fuzy logic classifier that ...
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Physical and biochemical properties of selected tropical fruits
... shell ratio, surface area, bulk and true density, porosity, sphericity, packing coeffi- cient, aspect ratio, and roundness ...various mass fractions, biochemical properties like pH, titratable ...
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