Do you agree with Deconstructivist Architecture as a means for creativity? why?

Deconstructivist in architecture presented the new system of irregular geometries and the end of perfect and the beginning of imperfection. can you present any justifications for its creativity?

07 August 2019 3,437 3 View

How can the designer achieve complexity in creating architectural form in order to get the meaning of ambiguity?

The book of complexity and contradiction in architecture by Robert Venturi focused on the complexity in architecture, but I could not find the rules or procedures to implement such complexity in...

06 July 2019 7,093 4 View

What is the application of fine arts to design studio, in relation to architectural concept and representation?

The fine arts influenced architectural design in different methods during history. However, the application of such practice to concept of current architectural design has still without frame....

06 July 2019 4,178 15 View

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06 July 2019 6,314 1 View

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Regarding the theory of type and typology in architecture, architects and schools have different points of view. For example between new realism architecture of British architect Robert Venturi,...

06 July 2019 1,038 15 View

How come the scientific publishing websites allowed the "sci-hub" trick to download freely?

is it legal or they never heard about it

08 September 2017 4,940 0 View

How much information can a photon carry?

Regardless of technological limitations, and regardless of the receiver's ability to extract this information. Is there a maximum limit on how much information can be encoded in a photon ? Thank...

05 June 2016 5,428 14 View

Is information real ?

As "information" about a certain thing is a series of symbols. This series should be finite in order to be communicated within a finite interval. Accordingly, "information" as we know it might not...

04 May 2016 9,090 0 View

Are the laws of physics true by themselves?

Or are they just mathematical models that are accepted to predict experiments ?.

01 February 2016 2,938 29 View

Why the p layer always thinner than the n layer in solar cells? and is it always in the back?

Why the p layer always thinner than the n layer in solar cells? and is it always in the back?

31 December 2015 7,691 0 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

Why are the velocities so high in my Boussinesq approximation Fluent simulation?

Hello, I have a mechanism where air rises due to convective flows. In this simulation, nothing is driving the air except this. I understand that the Boussinesq approximation only works for small...

02 March 2021 4,910 3 View

Help request in CST microwave?

im working now on TPV solar cells and metamaterials and i realy need our help in CST microwave i have a tpv cell simulation and i want to extract particullarly the absorbtion of only the active...

02 March 2021 2,246 2 View

What are the countries most affected by extreme rainfall as a result of climate change?

Increased heat, drought and insect outbreaks, all associated to climate change, have increased wildfires. Decreasing water supplies, declined agricultural yields, health impacts in cities owing to...

01 March 2021 7,168 9 View

Anyone found any research papers on solar furnace design calculations (for solar concentration)?

I am thinking about working on solar furnace with heliostats that concentrate sunlight and heat molten salt, but currently no luck with research. Not a lot of papers based on the subject. (check...

01 March 2021 5,023 5 View

What is recommended for solid domain in ANSYS FLUENT?

Should I mesh the solid domain ? or should I use wall thickness? or Shell conduction? for Heat Transfer between two fluids of a Heat Exchanger. what is recommended?

01 March 2021 9,785 3 View

Heat exchanger with liquid Nitrogen as coolant?

I want to cool Natural Gas from 195 Kelvin to 138 Klevin in a heat exchanger by using liquid nitrogen as the coolant medium. When entering the heat exchanger, the liquid nitrogen will have a...

01 March 2021 6,450 5 View

How to size battery banks?

I am designing a small grid connected solar PV power-plant. As the battery's capacity is specified in Ah and demand in kWh. What is the best way to size the battery bank? I have battery price in...

28 February 2021 1,638 3 View

How can i resolve the "final solutuin is not converged" error in Comsol for my heat transfer simulation??

I have been trying to simulate heat transfer problem in Comsol 5.5 for long time but it always throw an error stating: "Failed to find a solution. Maximum number of Newton iterations...

28 February 2021 8,626 3 View

PUC19 as a transfer plasmid for lentiviral delivery?

Hello, Is it possible to use pUC19 as a transfer vector to be packed in using the second generation viral particles packaging system( pMD2.G; psPAX2 plasmids)? As far as I understand it there is...

28 February 2021 4,868 2 View