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Effects of simulated lightning on composite and metallic joints
The effects of simulated lightning strikes and currents on aircraft bonded joints and access/inspection panels were investigated. Both metallic and composite specimens were tested. Tests on metal fuel feed through elbows in graphite/epoxy structures were evaluated. Sparking threshold and residual strength of single lap bonded joints and sparking threshold of access/inspection panels and metal fuel feed through elbows are reported
Experimental Violation of Two-Party Leggett-Garg Inequalities with Semi-weak Measurements
We generalize the derivation of Leggett-Garg inequalities to systematically
treat a larger class of experimental situations by allowing multi-particle
correlations, invasive detection, and ambiguous detector results. Furthermore,
we show how many such inequalities may be tested simultaneously with a single
setup. As a proof of principle, we violate several such two-particle
inequalities with data obtained from a polarization-entangled biphoton state
and a semi-weak polarization measurement based on Fresnel reflection. We also
point out a non- trivial connection between specific two-party Leggett-Garg
inequality violations and convex sums of strange weak values.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figure
Compressive Wavefront Sensing with Weak Values
We demonstrate a wavefront sensor based on the compressive sensing,
single-pixel camera. Using a high-resolution spatial light modulator (SLM) as a
variable waveplate, we weakly couple an optical field's transverse-position and
polarization degrees of freedom. By placing random, binary patterns on the SLM,
polarization serves as a meter for directly measuring random projections of the
real and imaginary components of the wavefront. Compressive sensing techniques
can then recover the wavefront. We acquire high quality, 256x256 pixel images
of the wavefront from only 10,000 projections. Photon-counting detectors give
sub-picowatt sensitivity
Sedimentology and reservoir properties of tabular and erosive offshore transition deposits in wave-dominated, shallow-marine strata : Book cliffs, USA
Acknowledgements and Funding Funding for this study was provided from the Research Council of Norway (Petromaks project 193059) and the FORCE Safari project. The helicopter-LiDAR data was collected by J. Valet and S. Pitiot of Helimap System SA. Riegl LMS GmbH is acknowledged for software support for the outcrop models, and ROXAR is acknowledged for use of their RMS reservoir modelling package. A. Rittersbacher is acknowledged for processing the heli-LiDAR model. The first author would like to thank O. S. Mulelid-Tynes and G. Henstra for assistance in the field and for valuable discussions. G. Hampson is thanked for insightful comments that significantly improved this manuscriptPeer reviewedPostprin
Transitions through Critical Temperatures in Nematic Liquid Crystals
We obtain ‘dynamic’ estimates for critical nematic liquid crystal (LC) temperatures with a slowly varying temperature-dependent control variable. We focus on two critical temperatures : the supercooling temperature below which the isotropic phase loses stability and the superheating temperature above which the ordered nematic states do not exist. In contrast to the static problem, the isotropic phase exhibits a memory effect below the supercooling temperature. This delayed loss of stability is independent of the rate of change of temperature and depends purely on the initial value of the temperature
Loki, Io: New groundbased observations and a model describing the change from periodic overturn
Loki Patera is the most powerful volcano in the solar system. We have
obtained measurements of Loki's 3.5 micron brightness from NASA's Infrared
Telescope Facility (IRTF) and have witnessed a change from the periodic
behavior previously noted. While Loki brightened by a factor of several every
540 days prior to 2001, from 2001 through 2004 Loki remained at a constant,
medium brightness. We have constructed a quantitative model of Loki as a
basaltic lava lake whose solidified crust overturns when it becomes buoyantly
unstable. By altering the speed at which the overturn propagates across the
patera, we can match our groundbased brightness data. In addition, we can match
other data taken at other times and wavelengths. By slowing the propagation
speed dramatically, we can match the observations from 2001-2004. This slowing
may be due to a small change in volatile content in the magma
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