Happy 50th Birthday space elevator!
Wait… can we have a birthday for something that doesn’t exist yet?
Description of Case The general two-phase heat transfer correlation (see the article on the Knovel website by Ghajar and Tang, Estimations of Heat Transfer in Nonboiling Two-Phase Flow with a General Correlation) is applicable for estimating heat transfer coefficients for nonboiling two-phase, two-component (liquid and permanent gas) flow in pipes. This article presents four practical… Continue Reading »
Recently, University of Florida Professor Christopher Batich, along with research assistant Stephen Batich, wrote an article for Knovel Engineering Cases entitled Polymethylmethacrylate Skylights Can Weaken and Become More Brittle in Sunlight.
Case Description Although having a blank canvas to work on has given Optimal Energy an opportunity to develop processes that are lean and more efficient than those of many of its established automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) competitors, it also has required the company to go back to the drawing board and revisit fundamental vehicle… Continue Reading »
