Preamble This is a work about a maritime accident that occurred in the North Sea the early fall of 2007. In a chain of reactions, the accident harvested three lives; when it could have been prevented all from beginning and the normal operation could have gone through without me writing an assignment about it six and a half year later. The abbreviation ERRV The Viking Islay was, and still are (2014-01-24), a UK registered ship in the ERRV class. ERRV is an abbreviation of Emergency Rescue and Recovery
.f commercial success is 50% 50% of surveyed Customers are not aware of a locator brand and we cannot be sure if techsonic can produce a product that can address customer's problems. So probability of technical success is 50%. Locator market is very fragmented and we cannot be sure if techsonic locator can be commercially success GPS has a greater chance to be if technically successful if techsonic makes a joint venture with STEL (75%). GPS is a new product with great promise and 50% of surveyed
Although there are many technologies in tracking, for this research I will be discussing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Universal Product Code. There are major differences and comparisons between these two technologies which define both. Though both of these technologies are widely used within numerous industries, they are used differently since they are so different. For example, the government (United States Postal System), military, private companies (such as Wal-Mart, Target and
Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a computerized ID innovation that uses radio recurrence waves to exchange information between an onlooker and things that have RFID gadgets, or tags, joined. The tags hold a microchip and receiving wire, and work at universally distinguished standard frequencies. Barcodes are much smaller, lighter and easier than RFID but RFID offers significant advantages. One major advantage of RFID is that the innovation doesn't oblige any observable pathway the tags could
A) RFID refers to radio-frequency identification and it belongs to Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) group of technology. This technology is able to scan objects automatically, collect data about the objects and store those data straightforward into the computer systems, this is done with almost no help from human. As seen in the picture below, there are 3 components in this system which help it to achieve all this work, these are RFID tag or label, RFID reader and an antenna. Inside
Technology and the Media In this essay, British historian and broadcaster Asa Briggs looks at how technological advances made in recent decades have created a revolution in the media, allowing people to communicate in ways they had never dreamed of. Briggs notes that although these new modes of communication—including the television, the personal computer, the Internet, and other digital technologies—are available throughout many parts of the world, these media may be used in different ways depending
low frequency radio wave generator. It stands for High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program. It is a massive antennae array up in Alaska on the Copper River Basin. It’s altitude fluctuates between 1000 and 3000 feet above sea level. It is operated by the US military, more specifically the Navy and Air Force. It operates between 2.8 and 10 MHz. It was also voted one of the 10 most under reported news stories of the year by journalists. Scientific Perspectives- HAARP is an HF (High Frequency)
H. A. A. R. P. (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program) The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Project (HAARP) may seem like a worthless research project when first viewed from a limited viewpoint. However, when you get into more detail about this project you will see just how secret and covert it really is. Since the start of HAARP many people have had questions go unanswered and this lack of information is just another example of how projects are kept quiet. This is why we must have
ion motion. The frequency dependent dielectric constant at room temperature for the PEO with different wt% of KCl is shown in Figure 3.14(a). It is evident from the figure that the dielectric constants are significantly high in the low frequency region due to electrode polarization and space charge effects and it obeys the non-Debye type behaviour [53, 54]. At higher frequencies, the dielectric constants are almost independent of frequency. This is because, at higher frequencies periodic reversal
after the note has reach it's full volume. The sustain of an envelope, is the volume of the note it stays at after the decay. The release it how quickly the note fades after the note has been relased, if the release time is short, then the fade will be very quick, oppositely if the release time is longer than the note will take more time to fade. Filte...
medium and to an ear were the sound is heard. The equation of a sound wave is speed= wavelength x frequency. A wavelength is the distance between crest of a wave. Frequency is the rate per second of a vibrating constituting wave. Figure 3- sound wave Physics of instrument The instrument which will be evaluated the physics behind is the guitar. The guitar is a stringed musical instrument which has become very popular throughout mankind. The guitar has six or twelve strings and is played by strumming or
1.0 High Frequency Trading 1.1 What is High Frequency Trading High frequency trading is a form of automated trading that uses super computers to transact or process mega transaction orders at super fast speed, which are mostly measured in microsecond or milliseconds. ( Investopedia, n.d) with the aim to identify and arbitrage temporary market inefficiencies that are created by the competing interests of market participants (Aldridge,2013) Algorithms, low latency technology, high message rates
have very high values of the permittivity due to low frequency of soft mode . It may be inferred that at room temperature BaTiO3 exhibits number of advantages over the other ferroelectrics such as a high mechanical strength , resistance to heat (due to positive temperature coefficient restivity , PTCR ) and moisture , presence of ferroelectric properties with in a broad range of temperature (its Curie point is high ≈ 400 K ) and ease of manufacturing . The presence of an abnormally high permittivity
rest. Induction furnace uses the law of induction in heating the element. It uses electricity to heat elements that are conductive in nature. Since it is a non-contact heating process, it does not contaminate the material that is being heated. It is very efficient as the heat is generated inside the work piece. This can be contradicted with other furnaces where the heat is produced from an external flame and then induced it to the work piece. These advantages mark induction heating to a unique application
measured in the frequency range of 10Hz to 10MHz at room temperature were shown in respective figures. The measure of the ability to store electric charge is called as Dielectric constant. Figure_____ shows the variation of dielectric constant with frequency. It is evident from the figure that with increase in frequency, the dielectric constant has decreased and finally attains constant value at higher frequency. The decrease in dielectric constant in lower frequency region is very fast and becomes
In a modern VLSI design aims to design a on chip components with low power, High Speed and with reduced size. All components in a digital designs like flip flops, counters need of frequency references and frequency sources. A Resonator will fulfil these requirements. We design and analysed a novel three types resonators as follows Temperature Compensated Resonator, Comb Drive Resonator, Piezoelectric Resonator. The design and analysis are all done in FEM (Finite Element Method) analysis tool. Keywords—Microelectromechanical
of the world’s oldest power semiconductor devices. This paper will focus on the construction and ratings of various types of power diodes to convey the importance diodes have power electronics. Power Diodes: Power diodes are successors to the very first semiconductor devices. Power diodes are mainly used as uncontrolled rectifiers to convert single-phase or three- phase AC voltage to a rippled DC voltage. Typically they are constructed of a mixture of differently doped silicon or germanium.
Current is provided by a resistance welding transformer. This transformer converts normal line power to high power current. No-load secondary voltages required ranges from about 0.4 to 8 V. The upset force applied can either be controlled automatically using pneumatics or manually by applying mechanically or hydraulically the required force. ADVANTAGES
development of the technology of laser enabled the experiments using laser pulse with a high intensity of the order 〖10〗^22 W/〖cm〗^2. So now it brings the possibility of study the parameters of plasma as well as the atoms. The study related to the laser-plasma interaction involves the self-focusing, which is a very important factor to consider. Because the intensity of such a huge order came from it and high power laser and its applications, harmonic generation, X-ray generation, various laser plasma
atomic nuclei." He was the one to discover that protons have magnetic moments and that they precess around an external magnetic field. His experiments (on nuclei) revealed the jump between energy states of the proton when resonated with radio frequency waves. Felix Bloch & Edward Purcell Both men independently took Rabi's experiments to the next level - condensed matter. Purcell Bloch These men were awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics for the "nuclear magnetic resonance in condensed