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ATRAN3S: An unsteady transonic code for clean wings
The development and applications of the unsteady transonic code ATRAN3S for clean wings are discussed. Explanations of the unsteady, transonic small-disturbance aerodynamic equations that are used and their solution procedures are discussed. A detailed user's guide, along with input and output for a sample case, is given
Evaluation of Detecting Cybersickness via VR HMD Positional Measurements Under Realistic Usage Conditions.
With the resurgence of virtual reality, head-mounted displays (VR HMD) technologies since 2015, VR technology is becoming ever more present in people's day-to-day lives. However, one significant barrier to this progress is a condition called cybersickness, a form of motion sickness induced by the usage of VR HMD’s. It is often debilitating to sufferers, resulting in symptoms anywhere from mild discomfort to full-on vomiting. Much research effort focuses on identifying the cause of and solution to this problem, with many studies reporting various factors that influence cybersickness, such as vection and field of view. However, there is often disagreement in these studies' results and comparing the results is often complicated as stimuli used for the experiments vary wildly.
This study theorised that these results' mismatch might partially be down to the different mental loads of these tasks, which may influence cybersickness and stability-based measurement methods such as postural stability captured by the centre of pressure (COP) measurements. One recurring desire in these research projects is the idea of using the HMD device itself to capture the stability of the users head. However, measuring the heads position via the VR HMD is known to have inaccuracies meaning a perfect representation of the heads position cannot be measured.
This research took the HTC Vive headset and used it to capture the head position of multiple subjects experiencing two different VR environments under differing levels of cognitive load. The design of these test environments reflected normal VR usage. This research found that the VR HMD measurements in this scenario may be a suitable proxy for recording instability. However, the underlying method was greatly influenced by other factors, with cognitive load (5.4% instability increase between the low and high load conditions) and test order (2.4% instability decrease between first run and second run conditions) having a more significant impact on the instability recorded than the onset of cybersickness (2% instability increase between sick and well participants). Also, separating participants suffering from cybersickness from unaffected participants was not possible based upon the recorded motion alone. Additionally, attempts to capture stability data during actual VR gameplay in specific areas of possible head stability provided mixed results and failed to identify participants exhibiting symptoms of cybersickness successfully.
In conclusion, this study finds that while a proxy measurement for head stability is obtainable from an HTC Vive headset, the results recorded in no way indicate cybersickness onset. Additionally, the study proves cognitive load and test order significantly impact stability measurements recorded in this way. As such, this approach would need calibration on a case-by-case basis if used to detect cybersickness
How T.V. Promotes an Unrealistic Image of Romantic Relationships
This study aims to explore and prove that media (as defined in T.V. sitcoms and dramas) portrays an unrealistic expectation that is placed on romantic relationships. More specifically, it can affect the way people think and behave when it comes to marriages and serious relationships. Some may begin to compare their present relationship with a romantic relationship within the sitcoms and dramas. This study will. be used to promote awareness when making conscious and sensible decisions in regards to choosing partners. This will be done by conducting surveys that will exhibit the direct emotional effect of sitcoms and dramas on adolescents ranging from 15-18 years of age and young adults 20- 23. The findings used are derived from current T.V. sitcoms and dramas, with further consideration as to its effects on age, gender, race, and marital status
Using Wii technology to explore real spaces via virtual environments for people who are blind
Purpose - Virtual environments (VEs) that represent real spaces (RSs) give people who are blind the opportunity to build a cognitive map in advance that they will be able to use when arriving at the RS. Design - In this research study Nintendo Wii based technology was used for exploring VEs via the Wiici application. The Wiimote allows the user to interact with VEs by simulating walking and scanning the space. Finding - By getting haptic and auditory feedback the user learned to explore new spaces. We examined the participants' abilities to explore new simple and complex places, construct a cognitive map, and perform orientation tasks in the RS. Originality – To our knowledge, this finding presents the first virtual environment for people who are blind that allow the participants to scan the environment and by this to construct map model spatial representations
Long-Term Evolution of Massive Black Hole Binaries. III. Binary Evolution in Collisional Nuclei
[Abridged] In galactic nuclei with sufficiently short relaxation times,
binary supermassive black holes can evolve beyond their stalling radii via
continued interaction with stars. We study this "collisional" evolutionary
regime using both fully self-consistent N-body integrations and approximate
Fokker-Planck models. The N-body integrations employ particle numbers up to
0.26M and a direct-summation potential solver; close interactions involving the
binary are treated using a new implementation of the Mikkola-Aarseth chain
regularization algorithm. Even at these large values of N, two-body scattering
occurs at high enough rates in the simulations that they can not be simply
scaled to the large-N regime of real galaxies. The Fokker-Planck model is used
to bridge this gap; it includes, for the first time, binary-induced changes in
the stellar density and potential. The Fokker-Planck model is shown to
accurately reproduce the results of the N-body integrations, and is then
extended to the much larger N regime of real galaxies. Analytic expressions are
derived that accurately reproduce the time dependence of the binary semi-major
axis as predicted by the Fokker-Planck model. Gravitational wave coalescence is
shown to occur in <10 Gyr in nuclei with velocity dispersions below about 80
km/s. Formation of a core results from a competition between ejection of stars
by the binary and re-supply of depleted orbits via two-body scattering. Mass
deficits as large as ~4 times the binary mass are produced before coalescence.
After the two black holes coalesce, a Bahcall-Wolf cusp appears around the
single hole in one relaxation time, resulting in a nuclear density profile
consisting of a flat core with an inner, compact cluster, similar to what is
observed at the centers of low-luminosity spheroids.Comment: 21 page
Global Dynamics in Galactic Triaxial Systems I
In this paper we present a theoretical analysis of the global dynamics in a
triaxial galactic system using a 3D integrable Hamiltonian as a simple
representation. We include a thorough discussion on the effect of adding a
generic non--integrable perturbation to the global dynamics of the system. We
adopt the triaxial Stackel Hamiltonian as the integrable model and compute its
resonance structure in order to understand its global dynamics when a
perturbation is introduced. Also do we take profit of this example in order to
provide a theoretical discussion about diffussive processes taking place in
phase space.Comment: Accepted A&
Spin Flips and Precession in Black-Hole-Binary Mergers
We use the `moving puncture' approach to perform fully non-linear evolutions
of spinning quasi-circular black-hole binaries with individual spins not
aligned with the orbital angular momentum. We evolve configurations with the
individual spins (parallel and equal in magnitude) pointing in the orbital
plane and 45-degrees above the orbital plane. We introduce a technique to
measure the spin direction and track the precession of the spin during the
merger, as well as measure the spin flip in the remnant horizon. The former
configuration completes 1.75 orbits before merging, with the spin precessing by
98-degrees and the final remnant horizon spin flipped by ~72-degrees with
respect to the component spins. The latter configuration completes 2.25 orbits,
with the spins precessing by 151-degrees and the final remnant horizon spin
flipped ~34-degrees with respect to the component spins. These simulations show
for the first time how the spins are reoriented during the final stage of
binary black hole mergers verifying the hypothesis of the spin-flip phenomenon.
We also compute the track of the holes before merger and observe a precession
of the orbital plane with frequency similar to the orbital frequency and
amplitude increasing with time.Comment: Revtex4, 17 figures, 14 pages. Accepted for publication in PR
Summary of Aerodynamic Vibration Effects on ALL Turret
The effects of the airborne environment on a pointing and tracking system using a turret external to an aircraft are summarized. The data covered a series of flight tests and a span of seven years. The two major airborne effects were shown to be direct pressure loading of optical elements and vibrations of the entire turret. The direct optical loading problem was minimized by fence designs for the turret
Do Globular Clusters Harbor Black Holes?
It has been firmly established that there exists a tight correlation between
the central black hole mass and velocity dispersion (or luminosity) of
elliptical galaxies, ``pseudobulges'' and bulges of galaxies, although the
nature of this correlation still remains unclear. In this letter, we explore
the possibility of extrapolating such a correlation to less massive, spherical
systems like globular clusters. In particular, motivated by the apparent
success in globular cluster M15, we present an estimate of the central black
hole mass for a number of globular clusters with available velocity dispersion
in the literature.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, 1 table; accepted for publication in CJA
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