Why gases can't be compressed at constant pressure or constant volume?

It can be understood by intuition that gases can't be compressed at constant pressure or constant volume. But what is the thermodynamic reason behind it?

02 March 2020 2,755 2 View

Is Thermodynamics not able to get the heat transfer rate value?

In the first lecture of heat transfer course, generally it is told that with Thermodynamics, it is not possible to get the heat transfer rate of a process. But in steady flow energy equation (time...

02 March 2020 1,153 6 View

What is the latent heat of glass / rock wool?

As insulation materials are generally used in the pre melting or much safer temperatures, I am finding difficulty in getting data such as latent heat of fusion of any insulation materials. Can...

06 July 2019 8,188 7 View

Is triple integral and volume integral one and the same?

It's a well know fact that the vector integrals are generalized forms of general integrals, such as 1 - Line Integral is a generalized form of Simple/Single Integral 2 - Surface Integral is a...

11 December 2018 763 29 View

Could you please list some of the open source softwares related to Renewable Energy Systems?

Renewable Energy has a greater scope in research and job opportunities now and it will continue in the future also. Mathematical modeling of the renewable energy systems is highly important to...

10 November 2018 7,359 6 View

How to plot a 2D complex vector?

I know how to plot a 2D real vector. Let's say I have a vector 'a' represented in a row matrix, a = [1 1]. I can plot it in xy plane and I will be getting a line having the equation...

09 October 2018 5,216 7 View

How compression or expansion work is directly proportional to the specific volume of the fluid?

One principle given in Thermodynamics, Cengel is "The steady flow compression or expansion work is directly proportional to the specific volume of the fluid. Therefore, the specific volume of the...

09 October 2018 5,262 4 View

Anybody have Vicosity data of molten KOH?

Can anybody share any resources related to Viscosity of molten Potassium Hydroxide (KOH)?

06 July 2018 5,087 5 View

What is the difference between Assumption and Approximation?

Can you please differentiate the both using some practical or numerical examples?

04 May 2018 7,898 7 View

How the concept of Entropy can be explained to a high school student?

The concept of Entropy is generally difficult to understand. So how can it be explained in a very easy manner so that students can get a good clarity about the topic?

03 April 2018 2,972 5 View

After a reference from Int J Body Compos Res, can any body help?

Hi, I am after the reference below, my library says it cannot obtain a copy either locally or internationally, any help appreciated! Chris Wang ZM, Heshka S, Wielopolski L, Pi-Sunyer FX, Pierson...

03 March 2021 6,193 1 View

Irradiation data for JAPAN?

Hi, Could you help me to get the latest (2019, 2020) solar resource data for a particular site in JAPAN? PV GIS and NSRDB data are not in reach to JAPAN, I'm looking for some other database for...

03 March 2021 961 3 View

New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before?

Question to you and THEM, the New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before? There appears to be a core problem for...

02 March 2021 3,024 2 View

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01 March 2021 3,905 5 View

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

01 March 2021 8,087 3 View

How to highlight novelty in your research paper?

I have come up with a method and had written a paper on it. Paper got rejected by a journal stating that there is no theoretical novelty. I am kind of confused on why the novelty that I am able to...

28 February 2021 2,393 8 View

Which period is considered as study period in research?

Is that starting from proposal development to result writeup or just from data collection to result writeup and reporting (publishing)?

28 February 2021 910 2 View

Which one carries more value? A research paper in a Scopus Indexed conference proceedings or the same paper in a Journal without Scopus indexing?

I am looking for the suggestion among which one to pick from the above two categories for a research work.

27 February 2021 10,025 1 View

How to calculate Ligand-active site distance in a ligand-protein complex from MD simulation?

I have run a MD simulation of a ligand-protein complex in GROMACS using CHARMM forcefield. Reviewer has asked me to calculate Ligand-activesite distance and binding free energy of ligand with...

27 February 2021 4,703 1 View

Which indexation is better Scopus or Web of Science?

Both are very repetitive indexing agencies.

26 February 2021 9,455 4 View