Wind Effects on Rectangular and Triaxial Symmetrical Tall Building Having Equal Area and Height by Astha Verma, Rahul Kumar Meena, Hrishikesh Dubey, Ritu Raj, S. Anbukumar

“…The numerical study is performed using ANSYS CFX and wind incidence angle varies in the range of 0° to 180° at the interval of 15°. …”
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Identification of a simplified mathematical model of an unmanned aerial vehicle by A. A. Lobaty, Y. F. Yatsyna, S. S. Prohorovith, Y. A. Hvitko

“…The problem of determining the shape and parameters of a mathematical model in the form of a transfer function for the movement of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the vertical plane of space is solved. The angle of deviation of the Elevator is considered as the input signal, and the pitch angle of the UAV is considered as the output signal. …”
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HCCI Intelligent Rapid Modeling by Artificial Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm by AbdoulAhad Validi, Jyh-Yuan Chen, Akbar Ghafourian

“…The inlet conditions are optimized by Genetic Algorithm (GA), so that combustion initiates and SOC timing posits in the desired crank angle. The best SOC timing to achieve higher performance and efficiency in HCCI engines is between 5 and 15 degrees crank angle (CAD) after top dead center (TDC). …”
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A Strength Design Method of Cemented Backfill with a High Aspect Ratio by Zhi-zhihui Wang, Ai-xiang Wu, Hong-jiang Wang

“…The proposed equation of the slip surface is affected by the geometry parameters of the backfill, internal friction angle of the backfill, and the friction angle of the backfill-rock interface. …”
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Stability of Natural Fractures under Disturbance of Hydraulic Fractures in Shale Reservoirs by Yuanqin Wu, Xiangyi Yi, Yuan Lu, Ying Li

“…The NF at an approach angle larger than 10° is more likely to be activated. …”
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Impact of Guideline Markings on Saturation Flow Rate at Signalized Intersections by Zhengtao Qin, Jing Zhao, Shidong Liang, Jiao Yao

“…Many intersections around the world are irregular crossings where the approach and exit lanes are offset or the two roads cross at oblique angles. These irregular intersections often confuse drivers and greatly affect operational efficiency. …”
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A Modeling Strategy for Predicting the Response of Steel Plate-Concrete Composite Walls by Mohammad Sadegh Barkhordari

“…A new modified fixed strut angle model and a quadrilateral flat shell element are adapted to the analysis of SCC shear walls. …”
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Intelligent Integrated Approach for Voltage Balancing Using Particle Swarm Optimization and Predictive Models by Jasim Ghaeb, Ibrahim Al-Naimi, Malek Alkayyali

“…The optimum firing angles are then used to train the GPR and SVM regression models. …”
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Performance analysis of K-nearest neighbor, support vector machine, and artificial neural network classifiers for driver drowsiness detection with different road geometries by Zhenlong Li, Qingzhou Zhang, Xiaohua Zhao

“…First, vehicle performance measures (speed, acceleration, brake pedal, gas pedal, steering angle, and lateral position) were collected through sensors. …”
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The Café Wall Illusion: Local and Global Perception from Multiple Scales to Multiscale by Nasim Nematzadeh, David M. W. Powers

“…Geometrical illusions are a subclass of optical illusions in which the geometrical characteristics of patterns in particular orientations and angles are distorted and misperceived as a result of low-to-high-level retinal/cortical processing. …”
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Numerical Investigation of Gas Mixture Length of Nitrogen Replacement in Large-Diameter Natural Gas Pipeline without Isolator by Hongjun Zhu, Qinghua Han

“…Long and large-diameter pipe and fast speed of nitrogen lead to long length of mixed gas, while large inclination angle of pipe brings about short length. Several fitting formulas have been obtained, which can predict the maximum gas mixture length in gas pipelines. …”
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Tensile Failure Mechanism of Antiseepage System for Slope with Solid Waste Underground Landfill by Liu Fei, Zhongxi Jiang

“…The results show that the internal tensile force of the antiseepage membrane is greatly affected by the parameters such as the membrane-slag interface friction angle, the membrane-cushion interface friction angle, the buried depth, and the single step height. …”
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Réflexions sur la déchéance de nationalité en contexte terroriste – (pluri)appartenance et (sous)citoyenneté en France et au Maghreb by Delphine Perrin

“…The form of terrorism which had affected Europe during the Cold War (the Red Army Fraction in the Federal Republic of Germany, the Red Brigades in Italy, or Direct Action in France) had been handled from an endogenous angle, without bringing the issue of nationality into question despite a similar transnational political situation. …”
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Convergence and Quantum Advantage of Trotterized MERA for Strongly-Correlated Systems by Qiang Miao, Thomas Barthel

“…For the Trotter circuits being composed of single-qubit and two-qubit rotations, it is experimentally advantageous to have small rotation angles. We find that the average angle amplitude can be reduced considerably with negligible effect on the energy accuracy. …”
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Analysis of the kinematic pattern of free throw by wheelchair basketball athletes: a systematic review. by Hugo Vinícius de Oliveira Silva, Karina Santos Guedes de Sá, José Irineu Gorla, Anselmo Athayde Costa E Silva, Dernival Bertoncello

“…High-class players (classes 3.0 - 4.5) presented a throw pattern, with a greater angle on the shoulder joint, on the angular speed of the wrist, and the height of the ball throw; low-class athletes (classes 1.0 - 2.5) exhibited a pushing pattern, with greater speed and throw angles, greater angular speed at the shoulder and elbow joints. …”
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Numerical Study of High Spectral Efficiency and High-Temperature Energy Harvesting Metamaterial Emitter to Improve Thermophotovoltaic Performance by Sifan Tamiru, Fekadu Tolessa, Birke Alemu, Solomon Tiruneh, Abebe Belay, Gurmu Alemu, T. Gurumurthi

“…Design work was done on a broadband and wide-angle selective pyramid metamaterial emitter. COMSOL Multiphysics software was used to study the emitter, which was made of tungsten and aluminum nitride. …”
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Enhanced Performance of New Scaling-Free CORDIC for Memory-Based Fast Fourier Transform Architecture by C. Paramasivam, Sandeep Singh Chauhan, Veerpratap Meena, A. Sreejagathi, B. A. V. N. Hasini, K. L. K. Kishore, T. V. N. G. Vamsikrishna, M. Durga Ananta Sai, Abdessamad Didi

“…The number of iterations is reduced by an optimized shift value prediction technique for known and fixed angles, like the twiddle factor angle available in the fast Fourier transform (FFT) algorithm. …”
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Revisiting the surgical table: An analysis of surgical dose-response in Asian exotropia by I-Wen Lai, Li-Li Wu, Yao-Lin Liu, Tzu-Hsun Tsai

“…Surgical dose-response (PD/mm) was defined as the difference in deviation angle (in PD) divided by the surgical dose in millimeters. …”
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Rebound Mechanism and Control of the Hard Main Roof in the Deep Mining Roadway in Huainan Mining Area by Denghong Chen, Chao Li, Xinzhu Hua, Xiaoyu Lu, Yongqiang Yuan, Chen Li

“…By adding an anchor cable and advance self-moving support to the roadway side angle, the problem of difficult control of the surrounding rock with a large deformation of the side angle roof is solved, which provides a reference for roof control under similar conditions.…”
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Polypropylene/myristic acid assisted electrodeposition of eco-friendly micro-engineered copper superhydrophobic coating for enhancing hydrophobicity and anti-corrosion efficiency o... by Himanshu Prasad Mamgain, Krishna Kanta Samanta, Rajeev Gupta, Ranjeet Brajpuriya, Pravat Ranjan Pati, Jitendra Kumar Pandey, Abhijit Bhowmik, Abdulaziz AlHazaa

“…Subsequent modification with PP/MA (4:1) further increased the contact angle to 148° (superhydrophobic) and reduced the surface energy, enhancing hydrophobicity. …”
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