TIME SERIES OF LANDSAT IMAGERY SHOWS VEGETATION RECOVERY IN TWO FRAGILE KARST WATERSHEDS IN SOUTHWEST CHINA FROM 1988 TO 2016

Time Series of Landsat Imagery Shows Vegetation Recovery in Two Fragile Karst Watersheds in Southwest China from 1988 to 2016

Since the implementation of China’s afforestation and conservation projects during recent decades, an increasing number of studies have reported greening trends in the karst regions of southwest China using coarse-resolution satellite imagery, but small-scale changes in the heterogenous landscapes remain largely unknown.Focusing on two typica

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Influence of processing route on microstructure and wear resistance of fly ash reinforced AZ31 magnesium matrix composites

Utilizing fly ash (FA) as reinforcement for magnesium matrix composites (MMCs) brings down the production cost and the land pollution.Magnesium alloy AZ31 was reinforced with FA particles (10 Indestructible Socks vol.%) successfully by two different processing methods namely conventional stir casting and friction stir processing (FSP).The microstru

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Analysis of Impact of a Novel Combined Casing Treatment on Flow Characteristics and Performance of a Transonic Compressor

To reduce the negative impacts of stall and surge on compressor performance, a novel combined casing treatment (CCT) structure with axial skewed slots and injection groove is proposed in this paper.The aerodynamic performance, as well as the mechanisms of loss generation, of a transonic axial compressor with NASA Rotor 67 are investigated numerical

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