477 research outputs found
Forced vibration analysis of rotating cyclic structures in NASTRAN
A new capability was added to the general purpose finite element program NASTRAN Level 17.7 to conduct forced vibration analysis of tuned cyclic structures rotating about their axis of symmetry. The effects of Coriolis and centripetal accelerations together with those due to linear acceleration of the axis of rotation were included. The theoretical, user's, programmer's and demonstration manuals for this new capability are presented
On the nucleon-nucleon interaction leading to a standing wave instability in symmetric nuclear matter
We examine a recently proposed nucleon-nucleon interaction, claimed by its
authors both realistic and leading to a standing wave instability in symmetric
nuclear matter. Contrary to these claims, we find that this interaction leads
to a serious overbinding of 4He, 16O and 40Ca nuclei when the Hartree-Fock
method is properly applied. The resulting nuclear densities contradict the
experimental data and all realistic Hartree-Fock results.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur
Co-occurrence pattern of ground beetle (Coleoptera, Carabidae) assemblages along pollution gradient in scotch pine forest
Over the last 30 years there has been a great deal of interest in investigating patterns of species co-occurrence across space and time, which may be shaped by interspecific competition for shared resources. A good model of co-occurrence mechanisms is developed among predatory animals along a pollution gradient, where shared resources become more limited in more contaminated areas and the energy budget for detoxification is much higher. Community disassembly by heavy metal pollution may occur when the presence of toxic elements shifts patterns of species co-occurrence from structured to random. On the other hand, limited resources on a pollution gradient should lead to higher competition between dominant species. Disassembly may entail the loss of existing co-evolved interactions among species, which has ramifications for community dynamics and the quality of the functioning of polluted ecosystems. We expect an assemblage dominated by competitive species interactions to exhibit a significant segregation of taxa, whereas one dominated by mutualistic or syntrophic interactions would exhibit an aggregation of taxa. Responses of Carabidae co-occurrence patterns and changes in body size measures to heavy metal concentrations were investigated in a zinc contamination gradient in a Scots pine forest in the vicinity of Olkusz (southern Poland), at 12 study sites. The zinc concentration in the humus layer varied between 108 mg kg-1 dw to 6150 mg kg-1 dw. We used the C-score index, between all possible species pairs in a matrix. The ground beetle assemblages from the reference sites showed a significant segregation pattern. Community disassembly occurred only among assemblages in heavily polluted sites. The average value of skewness and kurtosis were significantly higher in the highly contaminated sites, indicating the greater proportion of small-bodied species in contaminated areas. The Gini coefficient was highest in the low contaminated sites, indicating the body-size inequality of carabid assemblages was greatest in the uncontaminated areas. Our data suggest that increased pollution contributes to the extinction of sensitive forest specialists with large body size and higher competitive abilities, leading to replacement by less sensitive generalists, with smaller body size and that the co-occurrence of species on heavily polluted sites is a result of unstable interactions between species in communities
Building a Socialist Neighborhood: Efforts at Integration among Poland, East Germany, and Czechoslovakia, 1969-1989
In the 1970s, the countries of the Eastern Bloc exhibited an increased interest in integration. Unlike the previous forms of cooperation centered on politics and economics, this new model of socialist integration focused on human interactions. Through open borders, guest worker programs, and youth exchanges, it aimed to bind the socialist community into an inseparable alliance. Despite imperfect conditions for such an arrangement, it worked for some time and contributed to better understanding among the neighbors. Nevertheless, the incompatible policies of socialist patriotism and communist internationalism, the economic inequalities of shortage economies, and the rise of antisystemic opposition brought tensions to the fore that eventually tore the Bloc apart. This dissertation explores the entangled history of Poland, East Germany, and Czechoslovakia by analyzing the functioning of integration, its shortcomings, and consequences. It reveals that the simultaneous pursuit of national interests aimed at preserving the regimesâ hold on power weakened whatever progress socialist integration might have achieved. This study concludes that the communistsâ use of nationalism to legitimize their rule permeated the transborder relations developed in these two decades and not only revealed ideological fractures among them, but also made the disintegration of the Bloc possible after 1989.Doctor of Philosoph
Bladed-shrouded-disc aeroelastic analyses: Computer program updates in NASTRAN level 17.7
In October 1979, a computer program based on the state-of-the-art compressor and structural technologies applied to bladed-shrouded-disc was developed. The program was more operational in NASTRAN Level 16. The bladed disc computer program was updated for operation in NASTRAN Level 17.7. The supersonic cascade unsteady aerodynamics routine UCAS, delivered as part of the NASTRAN Level 16 program was recorded to improve its execution time. These improvements are presented
Classical mappings of the symplectic model and their application to the theory of large-amplitude collective motion
We study the algebra Sp(n,R) of the symplectic model, in particular for the
cases n=1,2,3, in a new way. Starting from the Poisson-bracket realization we
derive a set of partial differential equations for the generators as functions
of classical canonical variables. We obtain a solution to these equations that
represents the classical limit of a boson mapping of the algebra. The
relationship to the collective dynamics is formulated as a theorem that
associates the mapping with an exact solution of the time-dependent Hartree
approximation. This solution determines a decoupled classical symplectic
manifold, thus satisfying the criteria that define an exactly solvable model in
the theory of large amplitude collective motion. The models thus obtained also
provide a test of methods for constructing an approximately decoupled manifold
in fully realistic cases. We show that an algorithm developed in one of our
earlier works reproduces the main results of the theorem.Comment: 23 pages, LaTeX using REVTeX 3.
Effect of Magnetic Impurity Correlations on Josephson Tunneling
The ordering trend of magnetic impurities at low temperature results in the
frustration of the pair-breaking effect and induces a ``recovery'' of
superconducting properties. We show that this effect manifests itself in the
deviation of the Josephson current amplitude from the values obtained within
the Ambegaokar-Baratoff and the Abrikosov-Gor'kov models. We consider both weak
and strong-coupling cases. The theory is applied to describe the experimental
data obtained for the low- superconductor SmRhB. We further
predict a ``recovery'' effect of the Josephson current in high-temperature
superconductors.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in Physica
Superfluid density and penetration depth in Fe-pnictides
We consider the superfluid density in a two-band superconductor
with extended s-wave symmetry () in the presence of non-magnetic
impurities and apply the results to Fe-pnictides. We show that the behavior of
the superfluid density is essentially the same as in an ordinary s-wave
superconductor with magnetic impurities. We show that, for moderate to strong
inter-band impurity scattering, behaves as a power-law with
over a wide range of . We argue that the power-law
behavior is consistent with recent experiments on the penetration depth
in BaFeAs, but disagree quantitatively with the data on
LaFePO.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures; replaced with updated versio
Microscopic Structure of High-Spin Vibrational Excitations in Superdeformed 190,192,194Hg
Microscopic RPA calculations based on the cranked shell model are performed
to investigate the quadrupole and octupole correlations for excited
superdeformed bands in 190Hg, 192Hg, and 194Hg. The K=2 octupole vibrations are
predicted to be the lowest excitation modes at zero rotational frequency. At
finite frequency, however, the interplay between rotation and vibrations
produces different effects depending on neutron number: The lowest octupole
phonon is rotationally aligned in 190Hg, is crossed by the aligned
two-quasiparticle bands in 192Hg, and retains the K=2 octupole vibrational
character up to the highest frequency in 194Hg. The gamma vibrations are
predicted to be higher in energy and less collective than the octupole
vibrations. From a comparison with the experimental dynamic moments of inertia,
a new interpretation of the observed excited bands invoking the K=2 octupole
vibrations is proposed, which suggests those octupole vibrations may be
prevalent in SD Hg nuclei.Comment: 22 pages, REVTeX, 12 postscript figures are available on reques
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