117 research outputs found

    Re: Characteristics of a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Sample Recruited Using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk

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    Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/147051/1/pmr2230.pd

    Use does not wear ragged the fabric of friendship: Thinking of objects as alive makes people less willing to replace them

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    Anthropomorphic beliefs about objects lead people to treat them as if they were alive. Two experiments test how anthropomorphic thought affects consumers’ product replacement intentions. Consumers induced to think about their car in anthropomorphic terms (i) were less willing to replace it and (ii) gave less weight to its quality when making replacement decisions. Instead, they (iii) attended to (experimentally induced connotations of) the car’s “warmth,” a feature usually considered relevant in the interpersonal domain. While anthropomorphic beliefs about brands are often seen as advantageous by marketers because they increase brand loyalty, similar beliefs about products may be less desirable.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/142031/1/jcpy138.pd

    The Geodesic Structure of non-asymptotically flat 2-branes

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    In superstring theory, p-branes are higher dimensional generalizations of black holes. Usually p-brane spacetimes are asymptotically flat, i.e. their gravitational potentials vanish at radial infinity. In this presentation, we will explore the null geodesics (trajectories of light beams) of a non-asymptotically flat 2-brane in five dimensional string theory. We find that this 2-brane splits space into two distinct regions, one dynamically ups ide-down with respect to the other. The effective potential method is used to illustrate this unusual property. We will explore the equations of motion, circular orbits, and the brane\u27s curvature. All of these will be used to analyze relevant geodesics and interpret the properties of this brane

    Asymmetric Thrust Reversers

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    An aircraft includes a propulsion supported within an aft portion of a fuselage A thrust reverser is mounted in the aft portion of the fuselage proximate the propulsion system for directing thrust in a direction to slow the aircraft. The thrust reverser includes an upper blocker door movable about a first pivot axis to a deployed position and a lower blocker door movable about a second pivot axis not parallel to the first pivot axis

    Twin Target Thrust Reverser Module

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    A nozzle assembly for a dual gas turbine engine propulsion system includes a housing mountable proximate to a first bypass passage of a first gas turbine engine and a second bypass passage of a second gas turbine engine, first and second upper doors, and first and second lower doors. Each of the first and second upper doors and the first and second lower doors are pivotally mounted to the housing for movement between a stowed position and a deployed position in which airflow through the first and second bypass passages is redirected relative to respective centerline axes of the first and second gas turbine engines

    Gas Turbine Engine Having Fan Rotor Driven by Turbine Exhaust and with a Bypass

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    A gas turbine engine has a core engine incorporating a core engine turbine. A fan rotor is driven by a fan rotor turbine. The fan rotor turbine is in the path of gases downstream from the core engine turbine. A bypass door is moveable from a closed position at which the gases from the core engine turbine pass over the fan rotor turbine, and moveable to a bypass position at which the gases are directed away from the fan rotor turbine. An aircraft is also disclosed

    Angled Core Gas Turbine Engine Mounting

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    A propulsion system for an aircraft includes first and second turbine engines mounted within a fuselage of the aircraft. The first turbine engine includes a first engine core that drives a first propulsor disposed about a first propulsor axis. The second turbine engine includes a second engine core and a second propulsor disposed about a second propulsor axis parallel to the first propulsor axis. The first engine core and the second engine core are mounted at an angle relative to corresponding ones of the first and second propulsor axes

    Stabilizer Sacrificial Surfaces

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    An aircraft assembly is disclosed and includes a fuselage including a turbine engine mounted within the aft fuselage. A burst zone is defined about the turbine engine and a tail is disposed at least partially with the burst zone. The tail includes primary control surfaces and sacrificial control surfaces. The sacrificial control surfaces can break away in a defined manner to maintain integrity of the primary control surfaces outside of the burst zone

    Reverse Core Engine with Thrust Reverser

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    An engine system has a gas generator, a bi-fi wall surrounding at least a portion of the gas generator, a casing surrounding a fan, and the casing having first and second thrust reverser doors which in a deployed position abut each other and the bi-fi wall
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