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Transparency of two-dimensional (2D) materials to inter-molecular interactions has been an unresolved problem. Previous researchers found that water droplets interact with underlying substrates through graphene, as if the ...

The work is aimed towards the development and expansion of a reduced-order modeling technique called granular Resistive Force Theory(RFT) for modeling wheeled locomotion on granular beds. A combination of various modeling ...

This thesis explores design options for naval vessels and provides a framework for analyzing their benefit to the Navy. Future demands on Navy warships, such as new or changing missions and capabilities, are unknowns at ...

Economic globalization has resulted in the tremendous growth of worldwide trade. Much of this trade is carried out via the various waterways of the world. The bulk of these trade goods are transported by merchant ships ...

Emerging technologies in CO₂ air capture, high temperature electrolysis, microchannel catalytic conversion, and Generation IV reactor plant systems have the potential to create a shipboard liquid fuel production system ...

The separate effects of surface wettability, porosity, and roughness on critical heat flux (CHF) and heat transfer coefficient (HTC) were examined using carefully-engineered surfaces. All test surfaces were prepared on ...

Stress corrosion cracking (SCC), failure due to environmentally assisted crack nucleation and propagation, is an important metallurgical problem with impact on current and future designs of ship structural components and ...