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Multicyclic jet-flap control for alleviation of helicopter blade stresses and fuselage vibration
Results of wind tunnel tests of a 12 meter-diameter-rotor utilizing multicyclic jet-flap control deflection are presented. Analyses of these results are shown, and experimental transfer functions are determined by which optimal control vectors are developed. These vectors are calculated to eliminate specific harmonic bending stresses, minimize rms levels (a measure of the peak-to-peak stresses), or minimize vertical vibratory loads that would be transmitted to the fuselage. Although the specific results and the ideal control vectors presented are for a specific jet-flap driven rotor, the method employed for the analyses is applicable to similar investigations. A discussion of possible alternative methods of multicyclic control by mechanical flaps or nonpropulsive jet-flaps is presented
March 1971 wind tunnel tests of the Dorand DH 2011 jet flap motor, volume 2
Wind tunnel tests were conducted of the Dorand DH 2011D jet flap rotor. The data recorded during the tests consist of: (1) multicyclic cam coefficients, (2) stress analysis, (3) vibratory loads, (4) Fourier analysis of flap deflection, and (5) blade bending stress. Data are presented in the form of tables and graphs
March 1971 wind tunnel tests of the Dorand DH 2011 jet flap rotor, volume 1
The results of wind tunnel tests, second series of tests performed in the NASA Ames 40 x 80 foot wind tunnel, of the DH 2011 jet-flap rotor are presented and analyzed. The tests have been focused on multicyclic effects and the capability of this rotor to reduce the vibratory loads and stresses in the blades. The reductions of the vibrations and stresses at tip speed ratio of 0.4 have attained 50%. The theory shows further reductions possible, reaching 80%. The results show that the performance characteristics after the modifications introduced since 1965 remained unchanged. The domain of investigation has been enlarged to include the tip speed ratios of 0.6 and 0.7. To analyze the complex aeroelastic phenomena a new analytical technique has been utilized to represent the mathematical model of the rotor. This technique, based on transfer matrices and transfer functions, appears very simple and it is believed that this analysis is applicable to many kinds of investigations involving large numbers of variables
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Characterizing correlations of flow oscillations at bottlenecks
"Oscillations" occur in quite different kinds of many-particle-systems when
two groups of particles with different directions of motion meet or intersect
at a certain spot. We present a model of pedestrian motion that is able to
reproduce oscillations with different characteristics. The Wald-Wolfowitz test
and Gillis' correlated random walk are shown to hold observables that can be
used to characterize different kinds of oscillations
Pedestrian Traffic: on the Quickest Path
When a large group of pedestrians moves around a corner, most pedestrians do
not follow the shortest path, which is to stay as close as possible to the
inner wall, but try to minimize the travel time. For this they accept to move
on a longer path with some distance to the corner, to avoid large densities and
by this succeed in maintaining a comparatively high speed. In many models of
pedestrian dynamics the basic rule of motion is often either "move as far as
possible toward the destination" or - reformulated - "of all coordinates
accessible in this time step move to the one with the smallest distance to the
destination". Atop of this rule modifications are placed to make the motion
more realistic. These modifications usually focus on local behavior and neglect
long-ranged effects. Compared to real pedestrians this leads to agents in a
simulation valuing the shortest path a lot better than the quickest. So, in a
situation as the movement of a large crowd around a corner, one needs an
additional element in a model of pedestrian dynamics that makes the agents
deviate from the rule of the shortest path. In this work it is shown, how this
can be achieved by using a flood fill dynamic potential field method, where
during the filling process the value of a field cell is not increased by 1, but
by a larger value, if it is occupied by an agent. This idea may be an obvious
one, however, the tricky part - and therefore in a strict sense the
contribution of this work - is a) to minimize unrealistic artifacts, as naive
flood fill metrics deviate considerably from the Euclidean metric and in this
respect yield large errors, b) do this with limited computational effort, and
c) keep agents' movement at very low densities unaltered
Particle production and equilibrium properties within a new hadron transport approach for heavy-ion collisions
The microscopic description of heavy-ion reactions at low beam energies is
achieved within hadronic transport approaches. In this article a new approach
SMASH (Simulating Many Accelerated Strongly-interacting Hadrons) is introduced
and applied to study the production of non-strange particles in heavy-ion
reactions at GeV. First, the model is described including
details about the collision criterion, the initial conditions and the resonance
formation and decays. To validate the approach, equilibrium properties such as
detailed balance are presented and the results are compared to experimental
data for elementary cross sections. Finally results for pion and proton
production in C+C and Au+Au collisions is confronted with HADES and FOPI data.
Predictions for particle production in collisions are made.Comment: 30 pages, 30 figures, replaced with published version; only minor
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Zircon dissolution in a ductile shear zone, Monte Rosa granite gneiss, northern Italy
The sizes, distributions and shapes of zircon grains within variably deformed granite gneiss from the western Alps have been studied. Zircon shows numerous indicators of a metamorphic response in both the host gneiss and a 5 cm wide continuous ductile shear zone, within which the zircon grain sizes range from <1 µm to >50 µm. However, the very fine grain sizes are virtually absent from grain boundaries. Within this zone, zircons consistently have more rounded and embayed margins, which are interpreted as evidence of dissolution in response to fluid influx during shearing. Zircons are preferentially located near metamorphic muscovite in both the host gneiss and the shear zone and tend to show the poorest crystal shape, indicating that fluids linked to the formation and presence of muscovite may enhance both the crystallization of zircon and its subsequent dissolution. Larger zircon crystals typically show a brittle response to deformation when adjacent to phyllosilicates, with fractures consistently perpendicular to the (001) mica cleavage. The variety of metamorphic behaviour observed for zircon indicates that it may be highly reactive in sub-solidus mid-crustal metamorphic environments
Solving the Direction Field for Discrete Agent Motion
Models for pedestrian dynamics are often based on microscopic approaches
allowing for individual agent navigation. To reach a given destination, the
agent has to consider environmental obstacles. We propose a direction field
calculated on a regular grid with a Moore neighborhood, where obstacles are
represented by occupied cells. Our developed algorithm exactly reproduces the
shortest path with regard to the Euclidean metric.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figure
Quickest Paths in Simulations of Pedestrians
This contribution proposes a method to make agents in a microscopic
simulation of pedestrian traffic walk approximately along a path of estimated
minimal remaining travel time to their destination. Usually models of
pedestrian dynamics are (implicitly) built on the assumption that pedestrians
walk along the shortest path. Model elements formulated to make pedestrians
locally avoid collisions and intrusion into personal space do not produce
motion on quickest paths. Therefore a special model element is needed, if one
wants to model and simulate pedestrians for whom travel time matters most (e.g.
travelers in a station hall who are late for a train). Here such a model
element is proposed, discussed and used within the Social Force Model.Comment: revised version submitte
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