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Refracting profiles and generalized holodiagrams
The recently developed concept of refracting profiles and that of refraction
holodiagrams are combined so that the classical Abramson holodiagrams can be
generalized taking into account a wider class of wave fronts and refraction at
an interface, whenever regions of caustics are avoided. These holodiagrams are
obtained as envelopes of specific families of Cartesian Ovals with an
appropriate parametrization. Classical and reflecting holodiagrams are
particular cases of this class. Several of the properties of the classical
holodiagrams are shared by their richer generalized versionsComment: 12 pages, 7 figure
Further studies of liquid sloshing in rocket propellant tanks Final report, 25 Mar. 1961 - 31 Dec. 1965
Liquid sloshing and dynamics in rocket propellant tanks annotated bibliography with abstract
Globally coupled maps with asynchronous updating
We analyze a system of globally coupled logistic maps with asynchronous
updating. We show that its dynamics differs considerably from that of the
synchronous case. For growing values of the coupling intensity, an inverse
bifurcation cascade replaces the structure of clusters and ordering in the
phase diagram. We present numerical simulations and an analytical description
based on an effective single-element dynamics affected by internal
fluctuations. Both of them show how global coupling is able to suppress the
complexity of the single-element evolution. We find that, in contrast to
systems with synchronous update, internal fluctuations satisfy the law of large
numbers.Comment: 7 pages, submitted to PR
Imitation dynamics in a game of traffic
We study a model of traffic where drivers adopt different behavioral
strategies. These can be cooperative or defective according to a driver abiding
or not by a traffic rule. Drivers can change their strategy by imitating the
majority, with a rule that depends on the strategies with which they have
interacted. These interactions occur at intersections, where vehicles pay a
temporal cost according to their strategy. We analyze the conditions under
which different strategy compositions represent an advantage in the system
velocity. We found that the cooperators' mean speed is higher than the
defectors' even when the vehicle density is large. However, defectors can
obtain benefits in their mean speed when they are a minority in an essentially
cooperative population. The presence of a core of educated drivers, who persist
firmly in a cooperative behavior, optimizes the speed in the system, especially
for intermediate values of vehicular density and higher temporal costs
Ion mass spectrometer for special uses
Prototype of curved-electrode, Paul-type, quadrupole, electrodynamic mass filter has the mass-resolution and transmission-factor properties expected from both theoretical considerations and results of experiments using linear quadrupole features
Development of an engineering prototype ion mass spectrometer for the mass analysis of the lunar atmosphere Final report
Engineering prototype ion mass spectrometer for mass analysis of lunar atmospher
MEASUREMENTS OF LIQUID DAMPING PROVIDED BY RING BAFFLES IN CYLINDRICAL TANKS
Damping effect of flat ring baffles on liquid sloshing in partially filled cylindrical tank
Longitudinal vibration of ring stiffened cylindrical shells containing liquids Technical report no. 7
Longitudinal vibration of ring stiffened cylindrical shells containing liquids for application to liquid fueled space vehicle booster
Synchronization learning of coupled chaotic maps
We study the dynamics of an ensemble of globally coupled chaotic logistic
maps under the action of a learning algorithm aimed at driving the system from
incoherent collective evolution to a state of spontaneous full synchronization.
Numerical calculations reveal a sharp transition between regimes of
unsuccessful and successful learning as the algorithm stiffness grows. In the
regime of successful learning, an optimal value of the stiffness is found for
which the learning time is minimal
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