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Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
Facility•Thiruvananthapuram, India•
About: Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is a facility organization based out in Thiruvananthapuram, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Aerosol & Ultimate tensile strength. The organization has 2092 authors who have published 3058 publications receiving 47975 citations. The organization is also known as: VSSC.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the degradation of solar EUV radiation and EUV-generated photoelectrons in the inner comae of comets having different gas production rates, with values 1× 1028, 7 × 1029, 1 × 1031, and 1 × 1024 s−1.
Abstract: [1] In this letter we have made a comparative study of degradation of solar EUV radiation and EUV-generated photoelectrons in the inner comae of comets having different gas production rates, Q, with values 1 × 1028, 7 × 1029, 1 × 1031, and 1 × 1032 s−1. We found that in higher-Q comets the radial profile of H2O+ photo-production rate depicts a double-peak structure and that the differences in sunward and anti-sunward photoionization rates are pronounced. We show that photoelectron impact ionization is an order of magnitude larger than photoionization rate near the lower photoionization peak in comets with Q > ∼1 × 1031 s−1. The present study reveals the importance of photoelectrons relative to solar EUV as the ionization source in the inner coma of high-Q comets.
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TL;DR: In this article, the altitude distribution of tropospheric aerosols, characteristics of elevated aerosol layers and aerosol radiative heating of the atmosphere during the pre-monsoon season over Trivandrum (8.5°N, 77°E), a station located at the southwest coast of Indian peninsula which is covered by the eastern Arabian Sea plume.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the role of two types of surfactants, the anionic sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and cationic cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), on the synthesis and properties of multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) supported bi-metallic Pt-Pd (atomic ratio 1:1) nanoparticles (NPs) was evaluated.
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TL;DR: In this paper, an out of the paradigm investigation of electric discharge machining on Si3N4-TiN with copper electrode was conducted. And the significant machining parameters were obtained by Analysis of variance (ANOVA) based on Grey relational analysis (GRA) and value of regression coefficient was determined for each model.
Abstract: Electric discharge machining (EDM) is a highly promising machining process of ceramics. This research is an out of the paradigm investigation of EDM on Si3N4-TiN with Copper electrode. Ceramics are used for extrusion dies and bearing balls and they are more efficient, effective and even have longer life than conventional metal alloys. Owing to high hardness of ceramic composites, they are almost impossible to be machined by conventional machining as it entirely depends on relative hardness of tool with work piece. Whereas EDM offers easy machinability combined with exceptional surface finish. Input parameters of paramount significance such as current (I), pulse on (Pon) and off time (Poff), Dielectric pressure (DP) and gap voltage (SV) are studied using L25 orthogonal array. With help of mean effective plots the relationship of output parameters like Material removal rate (MRR), Tool wear rate (TWR), Surface roughness (Ra), Radial overcut (ROC), Taper angle (α), Circularity (CIR), Cylindricity (CYL) and Perpendicularity (PER) with the considered input parameters and their individual influence were investigated. The significant machining parameters were obtained by Analysis of variance (ANOVA) based on Grey relational analysis (GRA) and value of regression coefficient was determined for each model. The results were further evaluated by using confirmatory experiment which illustrated that spark eroding process could effectively be improved.
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TL;DR: In this article, the recent additional knowledge about the physical processes in two broad areas of the equatorial electrojet are emphasized 1. (i) the local interactions of the neutral winds with the electrojet plasma which result in diverse but physically inter-related effects on the altitude structure of electric fields and currents, ionization convergences and the formation of blanketing E s layers and F -region ionization dynamics 2.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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M. Santosh | 103 | 1344 | 49846 |
Sabu Thomas | 102 | 1554 | 51366 |
S. Suresh Babu | 70 | 498 | 17113 |
K. Krishna Moorthy | 54 | 263 | 9749 |
Sathianeson Satheesh | 53 | 172 | 11099 |
M. Y. Hussaini | 49 | 207 | 16794 |
J.R. Banerjee | 44 | 146 | 5620 |
C. P. Reghunadhan Nair | 37 | 181 | 4825 |
K. N. Ninan | 36 | 159 | 4156 |
Anil Bhardwaj | 35 | 230 | 4527 |
Ivatury S. Raju | 33 | 121 | 6626 |
Venkata Sai Kiran Chakravadhanula | 32 | 102 | 3011 |
P.K. Sinha | 32 | 118 | 2918 |
J.-P. St.-Maurice | 31 | 113 | 3446 |
Subramaniam Gopalakrishnan | 28 | 123 | 2951 |