Alexandre Beluco

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Does the increase of the processing power of personal computers drastically reduce the usefulness of these alternative expressions?

The friction factor in the Darcy-Weissbach equation can be determined by the Moody diagram or the application of the Colebrook-White (CW) equation. The CW equation is a transcendental equation...

04 April 2014 2,248 5 View

What is your favorite reference book on renewable energy?

We have 40 to 50 years dedicated to research on renewable energies. I would say the first big impulse was the oil crisis of the early 70s. But previous research existed. Many books and articles...

04 April 2014 2,096 20 View

As a researcher, what makes you choose a particular journal to publish your articles?

Currently, there are more and more journals in almost all areas. Some offer restricted access, others offer open access. Some charge for publication, others charge only by open access option....

04 April 2014 7,052 31 View

Have you received suggestions for citations from reviewers of your articles?

In many cases, the reviewer may suggest that the author reads this or that article to supplement their literature review. But it is correct to get suggestions for various quotes? What would you...

04 April 2014 9,687 14 View

After all, what is happiness?

People are different, cultures are different, we experience different stages in life. But maybe all seek the same thing. In this context, what is happiness? It is a state of mind? It is a sum of...

03 March 2014 5,372 16 View

How can we deal with students who study only for the examinations?

There are always those students who are preparing for exams only and do not practice the study with the regularity needed for the proper training. Often, the majority of students is formed by...

03 March 2014 4,192 14 View

Does anyone have experience with hybrid systems based on complementary energy resources?

Have you analyzed hybrid systems whose energy resources could be considered complementary? It was a full complementarity? It was a partial complementarity? Complementarity is not something...

03 March 2014 8,690 3 View

Should the two-stroke engines be forgotten?

It is right to say that the two-stroke engines are pollutants and various regions of the world suffer from the intensive use of such motor sometime in the last decades. But ... [1] is a very...

03 March 2014 6,776 13 View

Pumped hydro storage and a better use of wind energy?

Wind power suffers with inconsistency of wind regimes. The association with a powerful storage system could raise the capacity factor of wind turbines. This theme is not new and there are already...

03 March 2014 692 10 View

On the design of a hybrid vehicle with electric traction - any thoughts?

We still live in the era of oil and gasoline powered or diesel powered (or more recently, ethanol powered) cars. We already have idea how should be the next generation of automobiles. But how...

03 March 2014 5,580 17 View