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Space shuttle: Aerodynamic characteristics of a composite booster/040A orbiter launch configuration with fin and booster body configuration effect contribution
An investigation was made of the fin configuration and booster body configuration effects on a composite booster/040A orbiter launch configuration. Aerodynamic performance and stability characteristics in pitch and yaw were obtained. Configurations tested included two stepped cylindrical bodies of different lengths with a conical nose, four fin shapes of various sizes and aspect ratios mounted in different positions around the base of the bodies, two base flare angles and three 040A orbiter configurations. The orbiter variations included a tailless configuration and two tail sizes. A tailless booster launch configuration with deflected petals (expanded flare sectors) was also tested. The model scale was 0.003366. Data were converted to coefficient form in near real time, punched on cards, and tabulated. The cards used in conjunction with a Benson-Lehner plotter were used to provide plotted data. At the end of the test, tabulated input forms were completed for the SADSAC computer program to aid in publishing the final test data report
Forebody and vertical stabilizer effects on directional stability of a reusable LOX/RP (061) booster AR 12161-2
Results are presented of a wind tunnel test on the directional stability of space shuttle booster configurations. The test was conducted at the 14-inch trisonic tunnel starting 6 December 1971 and continued through 11 December 1971 for a total of 66 occupancy hours. Configurations tested included a cylindrical body with two axisymmetrical noses, one with and without canopy, one delta wing, located in two positions, five vertical tails (including a V tail), two having split rudders, ventral fins, two sets of chines, three airbreathing engine pods, and rocket engine shrouds. The model scale was 0.003366
Hypersonic structures: An aerodynamicist's perspective, or one man's dream is another man's nightmare
The relationship between hypersonic aerodynamic and structural design is reviewed. The evolution of the hypersonic vehicle design is presented. Propulsion systems, structural materials, and fuels are emphasized
Superburst oscillations: ocean and crustal modes excited by Carbon-triggered Type I X-ray bursts
Accreting neutron stars (NS) can exhibit high frequency modulations in their
lightcurves during thermonuclear X-ray bursts, known as burst oscillations. The
frequencies can be offset from the spin frequency of the NS by several Hz, and
can drift by 1-3 Hz. One possible explanation is a mode in the bursting ocean,
the frequency of which would decrease (in the rotating frame) as the burst
cools, hence explaining the drifts. Most burst oscillations have been observed
during H/He triggered bursts, however there has been one observation of
oscillations during a superburst; hours' long Type I X-ray bursts caused by
unstable carbon burning deeper in the ocean. This paper calculates the
frequency evolution of an oceanic r-mode during a superburst. The rotating
frame frequency varies during the burst from 4-14 Hz, and is sensitive to the
background parameters, in particular the temperature of the ocean and ignition
depth. This calculation is compared to the superburst oscillations observed on
4U-1636-536. The predicted mode frequencies ( 10 Hz) would require a spin
frequency of 592 Hz to match observations; 6 Hz higher than the spin
inferred from an oceanic r-mode model for the H/He triggered burst
oscillations. This model also over-predicts the frequency drift during the
superburst by 90 %.Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRA
A crossing probability for critical percolation in two dimensions
Langlands et al. considered two crossing probabilities, pi_h and pi_{hv}, in
their extensive numerical investigations of critical percolation in two
dimensions. Cardy was able to find the exact form of pi_h by treating it as a
correlation function of boundary operators in the Q goes to 1 limit of the Q
state Potts model. We extend his results to find an analogous formula for
pi_{hv} which compares very well with the numerical results.Comment: 8 pages, Latex2e, 1 figure, uuencoded compressed tar file, (1 typo
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The Making of an Ames Forester
Foremost among the movements for a better forestry course at Ames, is that for the establishment of a summer camp at the close of the Freshman year. This plan is in perfect keeping with the Ames motto of Science with Practice in that half a year\u27s work has been transferred to the woods, where actual forest conditions exist
Non-nequilibrium model on Apollonian networks
We investigate the Majority-Vote Model with two states () and a noise
on Apollonian networks. The main result found here is the presence of the
phase transition as a function of the noise parameter . We also studies de
effect of redirecting a fraction of the links of the network. By means of
Monte Carlo simulations, we obtained the exponent ratio ,
, and for several values of rewiring probability . The
critical noise was determined and also was calculated. The
effective dimensionality of the system was observed to be independent on ,
and the value is observed for these networks. Previous
results on the Ising model in Apollonian Networks have reported no presence of
a phase transition. Therefore, the results present here demonstrate that the
Majority-Vote Model belongs to a different universality class as the
equilibrium Ising Model on Apollonian Network.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Researching ‘bogus’ asylum seekers, ‘illegal’ migrants and ‘crimmigrants’
Both immigration and criminal laws are, at their core, systems of inclusion and exclusion. They are designed to determine whether and how to include individuals as members of society or exclude them from it, thereby, creating insiders and outsiders (Stumpf 2006). Both are designed to create distinct categories of people — innocent versus guilty, admitted versus excluded or, as majority would say, ‘legal’ versus ‘illegal’ (Stumpf 2006). Viewed in that light, perhaps it is not surprising that these two areas of law have become inextrica- bly connected in the official discourses. When politicians and policy makers (and also law enforcement authorities and tabloid press) seek to raise the barriers for non-citizens to attain membership in society, it is unremarkable that they turn their attention to an area of the law that similarly func- tions to exclude the ‘other’ — transforming immigrants into ‘crimmigrants’.1 As a criminological researcher one then has to rise up to the challenges of disentangling these so-called officially constructed (pseudo) realities, and breaking free from a continued dominance of authoritative discourses, and developing an alternative understanding of ‘crimmigration’ by connecting the processes of criminal is ation and ‘other ing’ with poverty, xe no-racism and other forms of social exclusion (see Institute of Race Relations 1987; Richmond 1994; Fekete 2001; Bowling and Phillips 2002; Sivanandan 2002; Weber and Bowling 2004)
The Number of Incipient Spanning Clusters in Two-Dimensional Percolation
Using methods of conformal field theory, we conjecture an exact form for the
probability that n distinct clusters span a large rectangle or open cylinder of
aspect ratio k, in the limit when k is large.Comment: 9 pages, LaTeX, 1 eps figure. Additional references and comparison
with existing numerical results include
Diffusive transport in networks built of containers and tubes
We developed analytical and numerical methods to study a transport of
non-interacting particles in large networks consisting of M d-dimensional
containers C_1,...,C_M with radii R_i linked together by tubes of length l_{ij}
and radii a_{ij} where i,j=1,2,...,M. Tubes may join directly with each other
forming junctions. It is possible that some links are absent. Instead of
solving the diffusion equation for the full problem we formulated an approach
that is computationally more efficient. We derived a set of rate equations that
govern the time dependence of the number of particles in each container
N_1(t),N_2(t),...,N_M(t). In such a way the complicated transport problem is
reduced to a set of M first order integro-differential equations in time, which
can be solved efficiently by the algorithm presented here. The workings of the
method have been demonstrated on a couple of examples: networks involving
three, four and seven containers, and one network with a three-point junction.
Already simple networks with relatively few containers exhibit interesting
transport behavior. For example, we showed that it is possible to adjust the
geometry of the networks so that the particle concentration varies in time in a
wave-like manner. Such behavior deviates from simple exponential growth and
decay occurring in the two container system.Comment: 21 pages, 18 figures, REVTEX4; new figure added, reduced emphasis on
graph theory, additional discussion added (computational cost, one
dimensional tubes
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