The answer lies within a complex mix of meteorology, physics, geography, and topography. Dry, nearly hurricane-force winds are fanning the flames associated with the California fires in this region.

PREVIOUS work has shown that the sensitivity of liquid explosives to impact is greatly increased by the presence of minute gas bubbles 1. The initiation is of a thermal nature and is due to the ...

A.Here's a pressure-volume diagram for a combustion engine. Although rough, it is an approximation of the so-called air-standard cycle. '' Point (a) is at atmospheric pressure, after which the air is ...