The use of hydrofoils to enhance ship performance raises the scientific issue of free-surface proximity, which is important to consider during the design stage, to feed velocity prediction programs, for instance. Typically, ...

In the context of intellectual property in the manufacturing industry, know-how is referred to practical knowledge on how to accomplish a specific task. This know-how is often difficult to be synthesised in a set of rules ...

The conservation of prehistorical painted caves is a major issue for the history of mankind. Alterations, which can appear on walls, mainly result from the thermal convection taking place in caves. The convec-tion in caves ...