Implementation of structural response sensitivity calculations in a large-scale finite-element analysis system

The implementation includes a generalized method for specifying element cross-sectional dimensions as design variables that can be used in analytically calculating derivatives of output quantities from static stress, vibration, and buckling analyses for both membrane and bending elements. Limited sample results for static displacements and stresses are presented to indicate the advantages of analytically calclating response derivatives compared to finite difference methods. Continuing developments to implement these procedures into an enhanced version of the system are also discussed

Reshaping Cityspace: Studying Spatial Isolation And Perceptions Of Justice In Syracuse’s Southside

On October 3rd, 1929, at nine o’clock in the morning, the national retail giant Sears-Roebuck & Company opened the doors to a new facility strategically located on Syracuse’s South Salina Street and what was formerly known as West Raynor Avenue. This was 1 of 319 store locations opened by Sears that year alone. In 1964 and 1965, the S-R & Co. continued to grow in Central New York with expansion of the Automobile Center at the Salina location and opening of another new store in the Fairmount Fair Shopping Center North of Syracuse. This expansion of Sears’ presence in Syracuse hardly foreshadowed the disinvestment that would occur 19 years later in 1979. Now, approaching 94 years since inception, the original facility still stands in the South Side of Syracuse as a hollowed-out vault used for storing medical archives. The building’s physical existence is a derelict ode to a neighborhood that was once a stable component of a rising local economy here in Syracuse. This intersection of the South Side at South Salina and Mr. Luther King Jr. East/West is a transitional place; the spaces of which stand stagnantly, perpetually arrested by decline after decades of emigration and disinvestment. Urban development processes are the primary vehicles through which the consequential geographies of cityspaces are created. This project is designed to scale down the wider debates of spatial and social justices by examining how cityspace is reshaped here in Syracuse. Beyond looking at the power of space and place, I am hoping to explore the power of perceptions of space, the goal being to sharpen understandings of what factors both drive and stunt urban development processes. The ultimate purpose of this project would be in re-implementing that power of perception to engage stakeholders in re-claiming the lost spaces within cityspace, like those along Syracuse’s South Side. Leveraging the discourses of urban geography, culture, and justice as channels for community empowerment, this project is set to amplify both the historic and contemporary narratives of strategic spatial transformations found in the inner-city neighborhoods of Syracuse. This project explores how certain inner-city spaces in Syracuse are reshaped through urban development, while processes of spatial isolation and injustices seemingly usurp other areas of similar reshaping. I draw on findings from a number of disciplines including urban theory, social & cultural sciences, landscape design and architecture. In depth archival analysis is used to present this former Sears-Roebuck and Company department store as a central research site for the project. Core perception data is further substantiated by qualitative research, conducted in the South Side and surrounding areas of Central New York in order to best develop this argument

Reshaping Cityspace: Studying Spatial Isolation And Perceptions Of Justice In Syracuse’s Southside

On October 3rd, 1929, at nine o’clock in the morning, the national retail giant Sears-Roebuck & Company opened the doors to a new facility strategically located on Syracuse’s South Salina Street and what was formerly known as West Raynor Avenue. This was 1 of 319 store locations opened by Sears that year alone. In 1964 and 1965, the S-R & Co. continued to grow in Central New York with expansion of the Automobile Center at the Salina location and opening of another new store in the Fairmount Fair Shopping Center North of Syracuse. This expansion of Sears’ presence in Syracuse hardly foreshadowed the disinvestment that would occur 19 years later in 1979. Now, approaching 94 years since inception, the original facility still stands in the South Side of Syracuse as a hollowed-out vault used for storing medical archives. The building’s physical existence is a derelict ode to a neighborhood that was once a stable component of a rising local economy here in Syracuse. This intersection of the South Side at South Salina and Mr. Luther King Jr. East/West is a transitional place; the spaces of which stand stagnantly, perpetually arrested by decline after decades of emigration and disinvestment. Urban development processes are the primary vehicles through which the consequential geographies of cityspaces are created. This project is designed to scale down the wider debates of spatial and social justices by examining how cityspace is reshaped here in Syracuse. Beyond looking at the power of space and place, I am hoping to explore the power of perceptions of space, the goal being to sharpen understandings of what factors both drive and stunt urban development processes. The ultimate purpose of this project would be in re-implementing that power of perception to engage stakeholders in re-claiming the lost spaces within cityspace, like those along Syracuse’s South Side. Leveraging the discourses of urban geography, culture, and justice as channels for community empowerment, this project is set to amplify both the historic and contemporary narratives of strategic spatial transformations found in the inner-city neighborhoods of Syracuse. This project explores how certain inner-city spaces in Syracuse are reshaped through urban development, while processes of spatial isolation and injustices seemingly usurp other areas of similar reshaping. I draw on findings from a number of disciplines including urban theory, social & cultural sciences, landscape design and architecture. In depth archival analysis is used to present this former Sears-Roebuck and Company department store as a central research site for the project. Core perception data is further substantiated by qualitative research, conducted in the South Side and surrounding areas of Central New York in order to best develop this argument

Vertebrate Damage Management: The Future of an Evolving Profession

The author argues that an objective of a new group of people taking a systems approach to large wild animal problems should be to manage damage as a cost-reducing role within a total, profitable, long-term system, not necessarily to control the pest. The needs are for well-grounded financial analyses both for customers, the public, the resources, and the well-being of the profession. A point of view is advanced for the need for evolving pest-related operations into a new, unique profession that is involved in a profound way as an element of a cost-effective total land and human resource production system

Effects of nonlinear aerodynamics and static aeroelasticity on mission performance calculations for a fighter aircraft

During conceptual design studies of advanced aircraft, the usual practice is to use linear theory to calculate the aerodynamic characteristics of candidate rigid (nonflexible) geometric external shapes. Recent developments and improvements in computational methods, especially computational fluid dynamics (CFD), provide significantly improved capability to generate detailed analysis data for the use of all disciplines involved in the evaluation of a proposed aircraft design. A multidisciplinary application of such analysis methods to calculate the effects of nonlinear aerodynamics and static aeroelasticity on the mission performance of a fighter aircraft concept is described. The aircraft configuration selected for study was defined in a previous study using linear aerodynamics and rigid geometry. The results from the previous study are used as a basis of comparison for the data generated herein. Aerodynamic characteristics are calculated using two different nonlinear theories, potential flow and rotational (Euler) flow. The aerodynamic calculations are performed in an iterative procedure with an equivalent plate structural analysis method to obtain lift and drag data for a flexible (nonrigid) aircraft. These static aeroelastic data are then used in calculating the combat and mission performance characteristics of the aircraft

The impact of a college community service laboratory on students\u27 personal, social, and cognitive outcomes

This exploratory study attempts to· answer the question: can a required service-learning experience of limited intensity and duration have an impact on the development of college students as participating citizens of their community? Students who provided community service as part of a one credit community service laboratory showed a significant increase in their belief that people can make a difference, that they should be involved in community service and particularly in leadership and political influence, and in their commitment to perform volunteer service the following semester. They also became less likely to blame social service clients for their misfortunes and more likely to stress a need for equal opportunity. They indicated that their experience had led them to more positive perceptions of the people they worked with

What Do We Know About the Impact of Field Based Programs on Students?

The literature on field based education programs for undergraduates is voluminous, but surprisingly unhelpful in answering the most important question of all, What difference does it make in the lives of students? In this presentation we have focused on this largely unanswered question, first (1) examining the goals commonly held for such field experiential approaches as cooperative education, academic internships, field components of classes, and service learning then (2) discussing evidence for impact on students and finally (3) identifying critical gaps in our knowledge of how these programs affect students

The Importance of Program Quality in Service-Learning

One of the tensions between practitioners and researchers in service-learning is that they seem to ask different questions. As we immerse ourselves in the practice and the research literature, we are reminded of the task of digging a tunnel under a mountain with crews starting at each end and finally breaking through at what they hope will be the same point in the middle. In this chapter we try to link the practice and the research literature so that the questions of why and how, which appear most frequently in the practice literature, can be linked with the what or the question of outcomes raised most often by researchers. Because there is no single literature on program characteristics that lead to quality experiences for students in service-learning, we review several related bodies of literature in this chapter. • the practice literature on principles of good practice in service-learning. The related experiential education literature that is derived from learning theory. • the related experiential education literature that is derived from learning theory. • the research literature on student growth and development outcomes