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A DFT approach towards understanding the thermal stability of TKX-50 and their key precursors through band gaps and MESP
TKX-50 (dihydroxylammonium 5,5′-bistetrazolate-1,1′-dioxide) is a recent time invention by Klapotke et. al. in the field of high energy materials, and it outperforms all the existing materials by means of perf...
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Health risk assessment of trace element in the ambient air along the roadside in Dhanbad, India
Trace elements associated with ambient air dust particles have been investigated to assess future non-cancer toxic risk in children and adults. To investigate the trace elements, samples were collected with Re...
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Reappraisal of hydrologic alterations in the Roanoke River basin using extended data and improved RVA method
Hydrologic regime changes of the Roanoke River basin under three different scenarios defined based on different periods of post-impact datasets have been studied. For evaluating the degree of hydrologic altera...
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Open AccessDeformation behavior of steel-to-aluminum tailor blanks made by laser/MIG hybrid and cold metal transfer brazing methods
In this paper, dual phase steel (DP780) and AA2024-T3 aluminum sheets were successfully butt-welded together utilizing laser/MIG hybrid and cold metal transfer (CMT) brazing methods. A comparative study was co...
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Variation in concentrations of particulate matter with various sizes in different weather conditions in mining zone
The present study was undertaken to investigate particulate matter (PMs) (PM10, PM2.5 and PM1) mass and number concentration (0.265–10 µm) along a road network in the Jharia coalfields, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India,...
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Understanding the relationship between soil properties and litter chemistry in three forest communities in tropical forest ecosystem
In this study, we investigated the relationship between soil properties and litter chemistry in three forest communities, i.e., Sal mixed forest (SMF), dry mixed forest (DMF), and teak plantation forest (TPF),...
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Interaction of abiotic factor on soil CO2 efflux in three forest communities in tropical deciduous forest from India
Environmental factors along with soil physico-chemical properties play a significant role on the diurnal trend of soil CO2 efflux. Soil CO2 efflux in Indian tropical forests is poorly studied. We studied the soil...
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Modelling of streamflow in snow dominated Budhigandaki catchment in Nepal
This study has been envisaged to model streamflow runoff-contributed mostly by snowmelt from Budhigandaki catchment in Nepal. Available hydro-meteorological data have been collected from the Department of Hydr...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Performance of the **nanjiang Model
The **nanjiang rainfall–run-off model is a popular model applied extensively in the humid and sub-humid regions of the world for forecasting of flood, climate change studies and water resources assessment, pla...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Multi-Classifier Fusion for Land Use Land Cover Map** in Jharia Coal Field
Open cast mining process destroys landscapes, forests and wildlife habitats due to clearance of trees, plants, and topsoil. This results in ecological degradation such as soil erosion, destruction of agricultu...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Microstructure-Bendability Relationship in V-Bending of Cast Aluminum Alloy A356
Cast aluminum alloys provide interesting microstructures with a large number density of second phase particles that act as potential sites for damage initiation and development. Therefore, fundamental studies ...
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Development of a Modified SMA Based MSCS-CN Model for Runoff Estimation
The Soil Conservation Service Curve Number (SCS-CN) method developed by the USDA-Soil Conservation Service (SCS, 1972) is widely used for the estimation of direct runoff for a given rainfall event from small a...
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Optimization of microwave-vacuum drying of pomegranate arils
Pomegranate arils (Punica granatum L.) were dried in a microwave-vacuum drier up to a final moisture content of around 5–6 % (d.b.). The effect of microwave power level (25–95 W), vacuum pressure (25–195 mm Hg) a...
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A new three-level implicit cubic spline method for the solution of 1D quasi-linear hyperbolic equations
In this paper, we study a new three-level implicit compact finite-difference discretization of O(k 2 + k 2 h 2 + h 4) , based on cub...
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Fitting a simplified two-parameter gamma distribution function for synthetic sediment graph derivation from ungauged catchments
A simple procedure is proposed and demonstrated to generate synthetic sediment graphs (SSG) for ungauged catchments. The proposed procedure makes use of widely used two-parameter gamma distribution function in...
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Electron-electron interactions based metal-insulator transition in Ga doped ZnO thin films
We report on the charge carrier transport mechanisms of undoped and Ga doped (2 wt. % and 4 wt. %) ZnO thin films grown by pulsed dc magnetron sputtering technique. Temperature dependent resistivity measuremen...
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Grain Boundary Carrier Scattering in ZnO Thin Films: a Study by Temperature-Dependent Charge Carrier Transport Measurements
In the present investigation, the effects of annealing in oxygen atmosphere on the electrical and optical properties of pulsed direct-current (DC) magnetron-sputtered ZnO thin films have been studied. With ann...
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Void Nucleation and Growth in Dual-Phase Steel 600 during Uniaxial Tensile Testing
Commercial dual-phase (DP) steel in sheet form and comprised of ferrite, martensite, and bainite was subjected to uniaxial tension up to fracture. The damage characteristics were studied through extensive quan...
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Comparison of AMC-dependent CN-conversion Formulae
The available antecedent moisture condition (AMC)-dependent runoff curve number (CN) (SCS, National Engineering Handbook, Supplement A, Section 4, Chapter 10, Soil Conservation Service, USDA, Washington, DC, 1...
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A Rain Duration and Modified AMC-dependent SCS-CN Procedure for Long Duration Rainfall-runoff Events
This paper presents a rain duration-dependent procedure based on the popular Soil Conservation Service Curve Number (SCS-CN) methodology for computation of direct surface runoff from long duration rains. Curve...
