Sentences with phrase «by frictional»

Once formed they still require wind input to maintain them, and the input energy efficiency can be impeded by frictional losses such as land, mountains etc, and loss of wind input.

Officially released as an expansion rather than a sequel, the road taken by Frictional Games in developing Penumbra: Requiem had not been as easy as it might be initially assumed.

SOMA is developed by Frictional Games who also developed Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

These short stories will feature illustrations by Frictional Games concept artists.

Amnesia A Machine for Pigs created by UK developer The Chinese Room is the latest release to be produced and published by Frictional Games.

It was announced by Frictional Games, that as the air turns cold and the night grows long, descend into madness with the series that redefined the horror genre and became a Let's Play phenomenon in the Amnesia Collection, coming to PlayStation 4 on November 22nd.

The 178bhp, 295 lb ft 2.0 - litre motor delivers prompt, lively - feeling performance, too, unburdened by the frictional and weight penalties incurred by a four - wheel drive system.

Disclosures: This game is developed and published by Frictional Games.

Amnesia A Machine for Pigs is a survival horror video game, developed by The Chinese Room and published by Frictional Games and released on the 10th of September 2013.

When the tip of the microscope oscillates over certain surfaces, in this case over NbSe2 (niobium selenide), peaks of «dissipation» (i.e., loss of energy) can be seen when the tip is at specific distances from the surface, as if it were held back, at certain locations, by some frictional force.

«This transition demonstrates that shear thickening is driven primarily by frictional contacts, with hydrodynamic forces playing a supporting role at lower concentrations of particles, when mixtures are less dense,» Royer explained.

The mechanics of great subduction earthquakes are influenced by the frictional properties, structure, and composition of the plate - boundary fault.

Not exact matches

Part of this underperformance was due to selling during crashes and buying during booms, part of it had to do with frictional expenses such as brokerage commissions, capital gains taxes, and spreads, and part of it was the result of taking on too much risk by investing in assets that weren't understood.

Economists distinguish a number of types of unemployment, however: cyclical unemployment is brought about by the vagaries of the business cycle; structural unemployment is brought about by changes in the economy or the labour market, when the jobs available do not fit the workforce's skills; frictional unemployment is the phenomenon of people being «between jobs»; and seasonal unemployment is linked to certain types of seasonal jobs, such as farm work and construction.

Its revolutionary aluminium alloy skin could expand by a third of a metre to cope with the frictional heating at such speeds.

The major part of these energy losses is caused by turbulence, a phenomenon that leads to a drastic increase of frictional drag and hence much more energy is required to pump the fluid.

The stars are much less affected by the drag from the gas [3] and, because of the huge gaps between them, do not have a slowing effect on each other — though if two stars did collide the frictional forces would be huge.

The concept of «jamming by shear» was introduced to explain how frictional fluid materials transition from a flowing to rigid state.

They have discovered that frictional force is affected by the composition of the materials beneath the surface.

A competing model invokes frictional contacts — essentially, particle collisions caused by stress — as the primary driver of thickening.

Volcanologists at the University have discovered that a process called frictional melting plays a role in determining how a volcano will erupt, by dictating how fast magma can ascend to the surface, and how much resistance it faces en - route.

Analysis of lava collected from Mount St. Helens, USA and the Soufrière Hills volcano in Montserrat by volcanology researchers from the University's School of Environmental Sciences revealed remnants of pseudotachylyte, a cooled frictional melt.

Gregory explains that peristaltic motion has previously been used by the team as a mechanism for movement for gels in frictional environments such as on solid ground or inside a tube.

Following a frictional failure in the labquake, the shearing block moves or displaces, while the gouge material simultaneously dilates and strengthens, as shown by measurably increasing shear stress and friction.

Even if such an orbit were possible, any Earth - type planets that orbited Edasich during its youth would by now have been burnt to a cinder, and possibly fallen into the star from frictional drag with the giant star's gaseous envelope.

By now, moreover, any Earth - type planets that orbited Aldebaran A during its youth would have been burnt to a cinder, and possibly fallen into the star from frictional drag with the giant star's gaseous envelope.

Even if such an orbit were possible, any Earth - type planets that orbited Aldebaran A during its youth would have been burnt to a cinder by now, and possibly fallen into the star from frictional drag with the giant star's gaseous envelope.

Like Mercury and Venus, however, the Earth may also may spiral into the Sun from frictional drag if it is engulfed by Sol's now giant atmospheric envelope.

By disconnecting drive to the rear wheels when it isn't needed and seamlessly re-engaging when conditions dictate, the system reduces frictional losses providing maximum 2 - Wheel Drive (2WD) fuel economy.

The continuously variable transmission is smaller, lighter and frictional losses are down by 20 per cent.

The main traction motor (MG2) is mounted now on a parallel shaft enabling Toyota to shrink the transmission case while also reducing frictional losses by 20 percent.

Several innovations by Maruti and Suzuki engineers to improve fuel efficiency include changes in engine hardware leading to improved thermal efficiency, reduced frictional losses and changes in engine calibration.

The electronics system reduces the engine revs to idle, and the resistance generated by the compression and frictional forces produced under trailing throttle are reduced.

The electronics reduce the engine speed to idle level, and the driving resistance is reduced by the compression and frictional forces of the engine in overrun mode.

Any differences in the frictional coefficient between the wheels on the left and right (modal split) are offset by Dynamic Performance Control specifically sharing out drive forces on the rear axle.

By minimizing frictional costs, buy and hold investors allow their money to compound year - in - and - year - out in their most profitable investments, building wealth over time.

The long - term, successful practical application of any investment strategy is difficult, and is made more so by all of the frictional costs that the investor encounters.

If a stock has a book value of $ 100 and also an average market value of $ 100, 12 percent earnings by business will produce a 12 percent return for the investor (less those frictional costs, which we'll ignore for the moment).

Look, we all have our favourite games, and by the way, I love the first Gothic, but here in the comments section of this blog it's better to discuss Thomas» ideas, games directly related to them and how Frictional games can be viewed through the lens of these ideas.

Now, newcomer Frictional Games takes aim at episodic gaming by releasing Penumbra: Overture Episode 1 that is supposedly the first game of a planned series.

«Digital community platform Gamer's Gate, announced today that it has signed a new exciting title by Swedish developer Frictional Games.

What seemed like an endless dry spell was rescued by the efforts of indie developers like Frictional Games.

Back in March, Frictional Games» horror title SOMA sold 250,000 copies and was expected to break even by the end of the year.

Game Pick: «Candles» (Mangy Gamez, freeware) «Clearly inspired by titles from Frictional Games, Candles is a creepy scarefest that uses darkness and spooky sounds to keep you constantly on edge.

SecularAnimist (# 376) «An increase in friction caused by the presence of the turbines is likely to be compensated by a decrease in frictional dissipation elsewhere.

Wilson (1964); Wilson (1966); Wilson (1969); Wilson's starting - point was the suggestion that the center of Antarctica was at the pressure melting point, see Robin (1962), p. 141, who adds that «one would not expect the ice to surge over a large part of Antarctica at one time»; the role of frictional heat in ice - sheet instability was pointed out back in 1961 (in partial support of Ewing - Donn theory), drawing on earlier work by G. Bodvarsson, by Weertman (1961).

The range of measures here is quite great; for example, engine efficiency can be improved by three different kinds of measures, increasing thermodynamic efficiency, reducing frictional losses and reducing pumping losses (these losses are the energy needed to pump air and fuel into the cylinders and push out the exhaust) and each kind of measure can be addressed by a great number of design, material and technology changes.

Wind stress is the frictional force exerted on the water surface by wind just above the surface.

The warm climate exists because of convective induced frictional magnification of eK stored within the A, ~ 16 ° K and ~ 16 ° K of excess RFeK stored by GHG's.