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Static and dynamic helicopter airframe analysis with NASTRAN
The use of NASTRAN at Bell Helicopter Company for structural static and dynamic analysis of a helicopter airframe is described. Analysis of airframe internal loads, main rotor isolation systems, and airframe vibration is discussed. The use of each rigid format for these types of analysis is summarized. Suggested improvements to NASTRAN to increase its effectiveness in performing helicopter airframe analysis are given
Development of thermal control methods for specialized components and scientific instruments at very low temperatures (follow-on)
Many payloads currently proposed to be flown by the space shuttle system require long-duration cooling in the 3 to 200 K temperature range. Common requirements also exist for certain DOD payloads. Parametric design and optimization studies are reported for multistage and diode heat pipe radiator systems designed to operate in this temperature range. Also optimized are ground test systems for two long-life passive thermal control concepts operating under specified space environmental conditions. The ground test systems evaluated are ultimately intended to evolve into flight test qualification prototypes for early shuttle flights
Nano-Engineering Defect Structures on Graphene
We present a new way of nano-engineering graphene using defect domains. These
regions have ring structures that depart from the usual honeycomb lattice,
though each carbon atom still has three nearest neighbors. A set of stable
domain structures is identified using density functional theory (DFT),
including blisters, ridges, ribbons, and metacrystals. All such structures are
made solely out of carbon; the smallest encompasses just 16 atoms. Blisters,
ridges and metacrystals rise up out of the sheet, while ribbons remain flat. In
the vicinity of vacancies, the reaction barriers to formation are sufficiently
low that such defects could be synthesized through the thermally activated
restructuring of coalesced adatoms.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Dimensional crossover in a layered ferromagnet detected by spin correlation driven distortions
Magneto-elastic distortions are commonly detected across magnetic long-range
ordering (LRO) transitions. In principle, they are also induced by the magnetic
short-range ordering (SRO) that precedes a LRO transition, which contains
information about short-range correlations and energetics that are essential
for understanding how LRO is established. However these distortions are
difficult to resolve because the associated atomic displacements are
exceedingly small and do not break symmetry. Here we demonstrate high-multipole
nonlinear optical polarimetry as a sensitive and mode selective probe of SRO
induced distortions using CrSiTe as a testbed. This compound is composed of
weakly bonded sheets of nearly isotropic ferromagnetically interacting spins
that, in the Heisenberg limit, would individually be impeded from LRO by the
Mermin-Wagner theorem. Our results show that CrSiTe evades this law via a
two-step crossover from two- to three-dimensional magnetic SRO, manifested
through two successive and previously undetected totally symmetric distortions
above its Curie temperature.Comment: 17 pages main text, 4 figures, 12 pages supplementary informatio
Midwest Technology Assistance Center for Small Public Water Systems Final Report
The Midwest Technology Assistance Center (MTAC) was established October 1, 1998 to provide assistance to small public water systems throughout the
Midwest via funding from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) under section 1420(f) of the 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking
Water Act. This report summarizes progress made under USEPA Grant# 832591-01 for funds received in Federal Years (FY) 05 and 06.
MTAC is a cooperative effort of the 10 states of the Midwest (congruent with USEPA regions 5 and 7), led by the Illinois State Water Survey and the
University of Illinois. The director of their Water Resources Institute (WRI) coordinates the participation of each state in MTAC. Dr. Richard Warner
(WRI director) and Kent Smothers were the principal investigators for this project. Kent Smothers serves as the managing director of the center, and is
responsible for conducting routine activities with the advice and counsel of Dr. Richard Warner.published or submitted for publicationis peer reviewe
A pharmacological cocktail for arresting actin dynamics in living cells.
The actin cytoskeleton is regulated by factors that influence polymer assembly, disassembly, and network rearrangement. Drugs that inhibit these events have been used to test the role of actin dynamics in a wide range of cellular processes. Previous methods of arresting actin rearrangements take minutes to act and work well in some contexts, but can lead to significant actin reorganization in cells with rapid actin dynamics, such as neutrophils. In this paper, we report a pharmacological cocktail that not only arrests actin dynamics but also preserves the structure of the existing actin network in neutrophil-like HL-60 cells, human fibrosarcoma HT1080 cells, and mouse NIH 3T3 fibroblast cells. Our cocktail induces an arrest of actin dynamics that initiates within seconds and persists for longer than 10 min, during which time cells maintain their responsivity to external stimuli. With this cocktail, we demonstrate that actin dynamics, and not simply morphological polarity or actin accumulation at the leading edge, are required for the spatial persistence of Rac activation in HL-60 cells. Our drug combination preserves the structure of the existing cytoskeleton while blocking actin assembly, disassembly, and rearrangement, and should prove useful for investigating the role of actin dynamics in a wide range of cellular signaling contexts
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An Examination of the Volitional Stages in Consumer Decisions to Avoid Sweatshop Clothing
While much research in ethical consumption has focused on contexts such as food, this research explores ethical consumer decision-making in the context of intention to avoid sweatshop clothing where consumer concern has increased but response from the market remains limited. This research seeks to deepen the theory of planned behaviour with respect to the volitional stages underlying behaviour. The findings of the research support a modified theory of planned behaviour model and also reveal volitional stages from intention to trying and plan which reveal the stages of consumer decision-making to avoid sweatshop clothing. Implications for consumer decision-making are discussed
Strings and Branes in Nonabelian Gauge Theory
It is an old speculation that SU(N) gauge theory can alternatively be
formulated as a string theory. Recently this subject has been revived, in the
wake of the discovery of D-branes. In particular, it has been argued that at
least some conformally invariant cousins of the theory have such a string
representation. This is a pedagogical introduction to these developments for
non-string theorists. Some of the existing arguments are simplified.Comment: Reference adde
Dynamic modeling of spacecraft in a collisionless plasma
A new computational model is described which can simulate the charging of complex geometrical objects in three dimensions. Two sample calculations are presented. In the first problem, the capacitance to infinity of a complex object similar to a satellite with solar array paddles is calculated. The second problem concerns the dynamical charging of a conducting cube partially covered with a thin dielectric film. In this calculation, the photoemission results in differential charging of the object
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