Engineering

Because they are effective and efficient, ships are the primary means of transportation for international trade. Enhancing a ship’s aerodynamic performance could increase speed and…

Sustainable building simulation methods are tools and techniques used to assess and optimize the sustainability performance of buildings during the design and planning stages. These…

According to the researchers, the technology, which has been tested in the lab, may eventually be utilized for manufacturing and construction in hazardous or difficult-to-access…

Researchers from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore (NTU Singapore) have created a low-cost tool that can capture electricity from wind energy as moderate as a…

An electret is a dielectric material that has a quasi-permanent electric charge or dipole polarisation. It is a type of material that exhibits a quasi-permanent…

Electrostatic induction is a redistribution of electric charge in an object caused by the influence of nearby charges. It is a phenomenon in which electric…

Static electricity is a charge imbalance within or on the surface of a material or between materials. The charge remains until it can be removed…

A spark gap is an arrangement of two conducting electrodes separated by a gap filled with a gas such as air that allows an electric…

Rheometry refers to the experimental techniques used to determine the rheological properties of materials, that is, the qualitative and quantitative relationships between stresses and strains…

Continuum mechanics is a branch of mechanics that studies the deformation and transmission of forces in materials that are modeled as a continuous mass rather…

Stripboard is the generic term for a popular type of electronics prototyping material for circuit boards that is distinguished by a pre-formed 0.1 inch (2.54…

Wiggly worm knots are fascinating mathematical objects that have been studied in knot theory. They are also known as unknots or wild knots. Knot theory…