Surge generator

Surges generated during a switching ON or contact-making operation, and... 

Prelorius, R.E. and Eriksson. A.J., Field studies of switching surge generation in high voltage vacuum contactor controlled motors , IEEE Conference Publication 210. 54-64 ( 1982). 

I understand that you are interested in the development of a surge generator with the view of using it for producing artificially radioactive elements ... 

Strauss s surge-generator losses had inoculated him against further investment in the nuclear enterprise. He wanted to know, Szilard says, just how sure I was that this would work. Since Szilard could offer no guarantees, Strauss offered no support. Szilard turned then to Benjamin Lie-... 

A storm is a violent disturbance of the atmosphere attended by wind and usually by rain, snow, hah, sleet or thunder and hghtning. A storm surge is the accumulation of water at shallow depths due to wind stress and bottom friction together with the atmospheric pressure reduction that occurs in conjunction with severe storms. The probable maximum storm surge is the hypothetical storm surge generated by either the probable maximum tropical cyclone or the probable maximum extra-tropical storm. 

In general, deterministic and probabilistic methods should be seen not as competitive but rather as complementary. For example, if a surge is generated by a tropical cyclone, the evaluation is usually carried out by deterministic methods with account taken of the more symmetrical characteristics of the generating storm. Surges generated by extra-tropical storms have been evaluated mainly by stochastic methods since such storms are usually very... 

In open coastal areas, the rise in water level due to a surge is usually represented by a single peak surge generated by a wind storm. On top of this, the effect of waves should be determined. In an enclosed or semi-enclosed body of water such as a lake or harbour a storm can cause the oscillation of the water surface which can result in a multipeak surge hydrograph. 

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