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Mayday helios airways flight 5228/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Items (and human beings) could be sucked outside the aircraft as happened on the Aloha Airlines B-737 in 1988. Dust and debris will be picked up and rush toward the opening where the pressurized air is rushing out. This may be preceded by a loud popping sound. It is accompanied by a good deal of noise as the higher pressure air in the cabin rushes out until the pressure equalizes with the external ambient pressure. This is one of the reasons we fly in pressurized airplane cabins.Ī sudden failure of a pressurized cabin is generally very dangerous but immediately recognizable. At a certain point we get oxygen starvation, or hypoxia. The higher we climb into the atmosphere surrounding Earth, the lower is the partial pressure of oxygen in the alveoli. the pressure of the oxygen component of the gas mixture) is 14% (160 mmHg) when the air we breathe is at the usual 1 atmosphere (760 mmHg), at sea-level. Usually the partial pressure of oxygen in the alveoli (i.e. The oxygen from air passes into our bloodstream through small sacs in our lungs called alveoli. Hypoxia is a phenomenon that receives a lot of attention in aerospace medicine. Too much and anything can become flammable, too little and you get deadly hypoxia resulting in impaired judgment at the precise time it is most needed.Ĭlick to see the physiological effects of hypoxia (Credits: Mayo Clinic). In the operation of aerospace and other systems, oxygen is a friend or an enemy depending on quantity. Should inspections reveal cases of cracks, in particular on B-777 variants structurally identical to that of the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, the slow decompression hypothesis would appear to be an increasingly likely explanation. For the latter case it should be noted that following the discovery of a 40 cm crack on a B-777 on 6 March, just two days before Flight MH370’s disappearance, the FAA issued an Airworthiness Directive requiring inspection of B-777 fuselages for cracks at an antenna location that they said could lead to decompression. The slow decompression could be due to an operational error, as was the case for Helios Flight 522, or because of structural failure. The apparent erratic conduct of flight MH370 and the disabling of some communication equipment could be explained either by impaired pilot judgment typical of hypoxia (oxygen starvation) triggered by a slow cabin decompression, or because of the intervention of someone onboard with limited flight piloting experience who may have tried to replace the hypoxia incapacitated crew. After its last communication Flight MH370 is thought to have crossed back over the peninsula (Credits: Wikimedia user Sailsbystars).
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Oak time out chair8/23/2023 Resting at 46% ABV, this single malt Scotch was initially matured in a mixture of ex-Bourbon and ex-Sherry casks, after which 50% of the ‘blend’ was then finished in first-fill Sherry casks, and the rest in first-fill Bourbon. The Single Malt: Highlands & Islands – No Age Statement round proved to be seriously impressive, delivering three Master medals, one of which went to Arran Sherry Cask The Bodega, which was hailed for “rich butterscotch, viscous full mouthfeel with wood spice on the finish”.Īrran’s master distiller worked with producers in in some of ‘the most prestigious’ Sherry bodegas in Jerez, Spain to select the best quality casks to be filled with the spirit.Ĭraigellachie 13 Years Old was described by the judges as “a stunner”, so it’s no surprise that as well as a Master medal, they also chose this whisky as the ‘best in class’ winner of the day, subsequently awarding it the coveted title of Scotch Whisky Taste Master 2023. The liquid from each distillery was then aged in a variety of Compass Box casks including water-rinsed, first-fill ex-Bourbon barrels, oloroso Sherry-seasoned butts, and French oak custom barrels. The expression is made from stocks of spirit purchased from distilleries known for their fruit-forward flavour. This expression is matured in first-fill and refill Bourbon barrels, and is bottled at 54.5% ABV, which is said to fully demonstrate the whisky’s Islay-based personality.Ĭompass Box released this fruit-forward malt whisky, described as a first for the company, in 2021, and our judges enjoyed its elegant aromas of white flower blossom and sweet baking spices so much at this year’s tasting they gave it a Master medal. We’re kicking off our list in the Blended – Ultra Premium segment of our 2023 blind tasting, and a Master medal went straight to the producers at Elements of Islay for its Bourbon Cask expression, which was praised for its “light honey peat, pear and melon” on the nose, and a palate that brought “a touch of anise and more orchard fruit”. Keep reading to find out which 10 whiskies stood out to our judges and took home the biggest accolades of the day. Melita Kiely, editor of The Spirits Business, and chair of The Global Spirits Masters Competitions, chaired the final group, which consisted of: Caroline Roddis, freelance writer Malika Kirchel-Sharper, Boisdale bar manager and Vicky Ilankovan, editor-in-chief at Sated Online, and project marketing manager at Equal Measures UK. A third group was led by Billy Abbott, ambassador at The Whisky Exchange, who was joined by: Anne Jones, Waitrose, drinks expert and Nick Larsson-Bell, senior buyer – spirits and beer at Harvey Nichols. She was accompanied by: Alan Uresti, head of mixology at Annabel’s in London Evan Prousaefs, bar manager at London’s Sexy Fish and Ruchira Neotia, of Neo Margarita. Karen Taylor, co-founder of the Whisky For Everyone blog, chaired the second team. ![]() ![]() His fellow judges included: Tobias Gorn, co-founder and senior partner of the International Drinks Specialists and Dr Winnie Bowman, Cape wine master, wine and spirits judge and writer. ![]() Matt Chambers, whisky writer and co-founder of the Whisky For Everyone blog, chaired one of the teams. The annual blind-tasting competition returned to Boisdale in Canary Wharf, London, in May, where four panels of judges took on the challenge of awarding Silver, Gold and Master medals to deserving whiskies. The Scotch Whisky Masters 2023 saw entries from all corners of Scotland To make it easier to work out which drams you should focus your attention on, we’ve rounded up 10 bottles that stood out in The Scotch Whisky Masters 2023.
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Knox news sentinel lettinga8/23/2023 ![]() ![]() 22Ĭongress wraps up science budgets for fiscal year 2023 (Additive Manufacturing) The story highlights a video in which Aimee Jackson, a researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, discusses her work in producing rotors for electric motors with laser powder bed fusion. 22ģD-printed spares, electrification and cool parts: Top 10 stories of 2022 (Engineering 360) Research participants NREL, LBNL and ORNL will advance energy storage in materials such as water or salt hydrates instead of as electrical energy. Store4Build project to advance thermal energy storage tech (HPCwire) The ExaAM project, which is a collection of simulation codes optimized for exascale-class supercomputers, aims to advance additive manufacturing as a viable method for industrial manufacturing. 24Īdvancing the additive manufacturing revolution: ExaAM’s simulation codes bring exascale power to industrial 3D printing () A team led by ORNL researchers has found that the presence of ash minerals in plants don’t make much difference in the 3D printability of new naturally derived compound materials designed specifically for additive manufacturing. ORNL finds naturally derived compound materials fit for AM (3D Adept) Researchers at ORNL have created a one-of-a-kind automated robotic platform that allows them to study the microscopic behavior of additive metal welds in real time as they’re being created. 28Īn experimental platform to study the microscopic behavior of additive metal welds as they’re being created It’s designed to prevent explosions and fire from impact by altering the electrolyte from liquid to solid. (Charged Electric Vehicles Magazine) The collection of five patented technologies is intended to be a drop-in additive for lithium-ion batteries. ORNL licenses liquid-to-solid electrolyte technology to startup Safire (Control Automation) ORNL, along with several federal agencies, has developed a new alloy for welding applications in hopes of improving weld strength. Material manufacturing: New weld wire reduces failures from hydrogen damage
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Hydroponics rimworld layout8/23/2023 ![]() Pawn HRs/day: Pawn Work/day in terms of in-game hours Nut/work: Nutrition provided by each work a pawn does. Work/day: Pawn work needed each day to keep setup going including work to make chemfuel Net Nut/day: Nut/day minus the power cost in the form of chemfuel Nut/day: Nutrition provided by 1 hydroponics setup each day >=40/60: CORN, HAYGRASS, POTATO, STRAWBERRY, RICE Corn is work efficient but very risky to grow and while you may be able to get 1 harvest off in a 20/60 biome it doesn't leave much room for mistakes and may in the end cost you pawn work.ģ0/60: HAYGRASS, POTATO, STRAWBERRY, RICE My personal recommendation is to pick a crop that you can get at least 2 or 3 harvests in a year in your biome. There are risks to the game and events such as cold snap, toxic fallout, fires, etc will destroy crops. ![]() HOWEVER, the important thing to take away from this chart is the # harvests per year based on the biome. In actuality, growth time and plant yield were balanced so that regardless of the crop you would need the same amount of space to grow the same amount of nutrition. I expected plants with a longer growth time needed more space. The differences in space needed for each crop was quite minute contrary to my own expectations and differed by growth period. So based on how many times you can harvest I calculated the tiles needed to provide 60 nutrition in a year. These values are based on 100% soil fertility and 100% light levels. Above 70% the crop approx yields a percentage of the crops yield based on the plant's growth. So any harvest growth that's below 70% has been rounded down. ![]() A crop doesn't yield any ingredients if its below 70%. Based on the crop's real growth days and biome, I calculated the number of times you could harvest in one year. |