In this dissertation, we devise a quantization scheme to construct eigenfunctions by classical periodic orbits in both regular systems as well as chaotic systems. Our method is based on the principle that eigenfunctions ...

The transport of water and ions through shales was studied both experimentally and theoretically. Experiments were conducted on the diffusion of ions and water through shale at elevated stress levels similar to those ...

Experiments were performed to evaluate the hydrodynamic force required to detach colloidal particles from different types of substrates by fluids in simple shear flow. The role of DL VO and acid-base interactions on the ...

Shales make up over 75% of drilled formations and cause over 90% of wellbore instability problems. The drilling of shale can result in a variety of problems ranging from washout to complete collapse of the hole. These ...

Although convection is agreed to exist within the newly formed neutron stars in core collapse supernovae, its role remains unclear. Much of the uncertainty concerning the role of convection may be attributed to the fact ...

This study involves historical, ethnographic, and experimental investigations of agricultural ridged fields and associated farming practices in grassland environments. The literature review was global. Fieldwork was in ...

The main objective of this study is to understand the interactions of solid particles with bubbles in three different situations: interaction between a bubble and solid particles attached at its interface in the liquid ...

Relabeling symmetries of the Lagrangian action are found for the ideal, compressible fluid and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). These give rise to conservation laws of potential vorticity (Ertel's theorem) and helicity in the ...

The objective of reservoir characterization is to describe the complex distribution of properties of a reservoir based on available geological, petrophysical, and engineering data. Some of the reasons for the complexity ...

This study investigated the role of Spanish upon the comprehension of English text among Mexican American bilingual children for whom Spanish is the first or ancestral language. The participants were fourth grade students ...