Numerical analysis of collision mechanism that causes particle tribocharging in dry powder inhaler by Ryosuke Mitani, Muhammad Aiman bin Mohd Nor, Takuto Iinuma, Tatsuhiro Mori, Tomoaki Okuda

“…These results suggest that optimum turbulence kinetic energy is necessary to reduce particle aggregation and improve the delivery efficiency of DPIs to the human lungs. …”
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Numerical Calculation of Fracture Seepage in Rough Rock and Analysis of Local Pressure Drop by Gang Chen, Ling Ma, Hongsheng Gong, Fengqiang Luo

“…After analyzing the results of solving the NS equation for fracture seepage, it is concluded that the LPD includes the pressure drop caused by area crowding in the recirculation zone (RZ), kinetic energy loss in the RZ, kinetic energy loss in the vortices, and other reasons.…”
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A Stepwise Discrimination Method of Multi-Index in Landslide Stability Monitoring by Hao Chen, Honggang Wu

“…Here, the near-surface accumulative displacement, displacement rate, kinetic energy, and the rate of change of kinetic energy are selected as main monitoring indicators to establish a multi-index stepwise discrimination method for landslide stability in this study. …”
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Determination of Energy Capacity and Suitable Location Selection Criteria in Flexible Rock Barriers Against Rockfall Risks by Eroltan Durmuş, Özkan Coruk, Ahmet Karakaş

“…As a result of the comparisons, it was seen that there were no significant differences in the block bounce heights and surface contact points, but the kinetic energy values obtained in the calculations (2515 kJ) were higher than the kinetic energy result given by the computer software (1600 kJ). …”
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Characteristics of an Internal Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma-induced Blowing Device by Y. Zhang, B. Dong, D. Yang, X. Yan, Y. Li

“…The results show that the internal actuators are effective in generating blowing with a certain kinetic energy at the outlet, with a velocity of up to 1.5 m/s. …”
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Coarse Particle Motion Characteristics in a Double-Stage Slurry Pump Considering Leakage Flow by Hao Jia, Yuqi Wang, Zuchao Zhu, Xianghui Su, Zhenji Tang

“…In the leak or nonleak case, the average kinetic energy of particles was more than twice through the first stage but only 1.1 times through the second stage. …”
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Steady vortex flows obtained from a constrained variational problem by B. Emamizadeh, M. H. Mehrabi

“…We prove the existence of steady two-dimensional ideal vortex flows occupying the first quadrant and containing a bounded vortex; this is done by solving a constrained variational problem. Kinetic energy is maximized subject to the vorticity, being a rearrangement of a prescribed function and subject to a linear constraint.…”
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Applicability of the Reinforced Ground Embankments on Sloped Terrain and Their Comparison with Alternative Rockfall Protection System Solutions: Kanlıpelit Case by Muhammet Çelik, Mohammad Manzoor Nasery

“…Initially rock fall analyses were performed on 8 cross sections in order to obtain bounce height, velocity and total kinetic energy values prior to constructing the platform. …”
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Study of dynamic characteristics of impact of two solid deformable bodies at impact speed of up to 100 m/s by D. I. Chernyavsky, D. D. Chernyavsky

“…In the course of the analysis of interpolation formulas, absolute and relative data on the transformation of the initial kinetic energy of the indenter into the distribution of energies after impact are obtained: the value of the kinetic energy of the indenter after the impact, the values of the energy of elastic and plastic deformations, and the energy of shock waves. …”
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Experimental Investigation of the Crater Caused by Hypervelocity Rod Projectile Impacting on Rocks by Yanyu Qiu, Songlin Yue, Mingyang Wang, Gan Li, Yihao Cheng, Zhangyong Zhao, Zhongwei Zhang

“…The relation between the kinetic energy of the projectile and the size of the crater was discussed. …”
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A special relativistic heat engine by William S. Cariens

“…An increase in rest mass means that both the internal energy of a mass and its macroscopic kinetic energy increase!!!…”
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Distribution of energy in propagation for ocean extreme wave generation in hydrodynamics laboratory by D. Fadhiliani, M. Ikhwan, M. Ramli, S. Rizal, M. Syafwan

“…In terms of position, the energy curve is symmetrical.CONCLUSION: According to Hamiltonian's description of the energy distribution, the smaller the modulation frequency, the greater the potential and kinetic energy involved in wave propagation, and vice versa. …”
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Freeze-Thaw Cycle Effect on Sputtering Rate of Water-Saturated Yellow Sandstone under Impact Loading by Yunbing Hu, Tianzhu Duan, Penghui Xian, Liang Chen

“…Finally, the sputtering rate of the fragments is obtained by using the relationship of total work, dissipated energy, and kinetic energy. The main conclusions are as follows: The freeze-thaw temperature has a significant effect on the fracture degree of yellow sandstone. …”
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Injection Rate-Dependent Deflecting Propagation Rule of Hydraulic Fracture: Insights from the Rate-Dependent Fracture Process Zone of Mixed-Mode (I-II) Fracturing by Yuekun Xing, Bingxiang Huang

“…Thus, the mixed-mode (I-II) fracture tends to propagate unstably driven by kinetic energy once FPZ develops completely under fast loading. …”
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Existence of Infinitely Many Distinct Solutions to the Quasirelativistic Hartree-Fock Equations by M. Enstedt, M. Melgaard

“…We establish existence of infinitely many distinct solutions to the semilinear elliptic Hartree-Fock equations for N-electron Coulomb systems with quasirelativistic kinetic energy −α−2Δxn+α−4−α−2 for the nth electron. …”
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Effect of Impact Angle on Particle Fracture Phenomenon by Hiroshi Satone, Kenji Iimura, Michitaka Suzuki

“…The results of this study indicated that: (i) the crystallite size correlated with the fracture stress of the particle; (ii) the crystallite size also showed a correlation with the critical fracture velocity and the kinetic energy of the particle; and (iii) the particle fractured more easily at impact angles under 45°.…”
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Study of the Shock Absorption Effectiveness of Air Cushions by Jacek Roguski, Leszek Jurecki, Ryszard Łyszczek, Krzysztof Cygańczuk

“…The basic principles of operation of the jump cushion are based on controlled absorption of the kinetic energy of the human body falling from a great height. …”
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Design Mixers to Minimize Effects of Erosion and Corrosion Erosion by Julian Fasano, Eric E. Janz, Kevin Myers

“…These major parameters include (i) chemical environment, (ii) hardness of solids, (iii) density of solids, (iv) percent solids, (v) shape of solids, (vi) fluid regime (turbulent, transitional, or laminar), (vii) hardness of the mixer's wetted parts, (viii) hydraulic efficiency of the impeller (kinetic energy dissipation rates near the impeller blades), (ix) impact velocity, and (x) impact frequency. …”
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Field Measurement of Wind Characteristics of Typhoon Muifa on the Shanghai World Financial Center by Y. An, Y. Quan, M. Gu

“…It is found that the average values of turbulence intensities, gust factors, and turbulence integral length scales under the condition of Typhoon Muifa are higher than those under monsoon condition atop the SWFC, and Von Karman spectra are suitable to describe of the turbulent kinetic energy distribution at Lujiazui of the Pudong district in Shanghai.…”
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Molecular-Dynamics Simulation of Self-Diffusion of Molecular Hydrogen in X-Type Zeolite by Xiaoming Du

“…The self-diffusion coefficients decrease with increasing pressure due to packing of sorbate-sorbate molecules which causes frequent collusion among hydrogen molecules in pores and increase with increasing temperature because increasing the kinetic energy of the gas molecules enlarges the mean free path of gas molecule. …”
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