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Preliminary design characteristics of a subsonic business jet concept employing laminar flow control
Aircraft configurations were developed with laminar flow control (LFC) and without LFC. The LFC configuration had approximately eleven percent less parasite drag and a seven percent increase in the maximum lift-to drag ratio. Although these aerodynamic advantages were partially offset by the additional weight of the LFC system, the LFC aircraft burned from six to eight percent less fuel for comparable missions. For the trans-atlantic design mission with the gross weight fixed, the LFC configuration would carry a greater payload for ten percent fuel per passenger mile
Design of a large span-distributed load flying-wing cargo airplane with laminar flow control
A design study was conducted to add laminar flow control to a previously design span-distributed load airplane while maintaining constant range and payload. With laminar flow control applied to 100 percent of the wing and vertical tail chords, the empty weight increased by 4.2 percent, the drag decreased by 27.4 percent, the required engine thrust decreased by 14.8 percent, and the fuel consumption decreased by 21.8 percent. When laminar flow control was applied to a lesser extent of the chord (approximately 80 percent), the empty weight increased by 3.4 percent, the drag decreased by 20.0 percent, the required engine thrust decreased by 13.0 percent, and the fuel consumption decreased by 16.2 percent. In both cases the required take-off gross weight of the aircraft was less than the original turbulent aircraft
Torsional response and stiffening of individual multi-walled carbon nanotubes
We report on the characterization of torsional oscillators which use
multi-walled carbon nanotubes as the spring elements. Through
atomic-force-microscope force-distance measurements we are able to apply
torsional strains to the nanotubes and measure their torsional spring constants
and effective shear moduli. We find that the effective shear moduli cover a
broad range, with the largest values near the theoretically predicted value.
The data also suggest that the nanotubes are stiffened by repeated flexing.Comment: 4 page
Preliminary design characteristics of a subsonic business jet concept employing an aspect ratio 25 strut braced wing
The advantages of replacing the conventional wing on a transatlantic business jet with a larger, strut braced wing of aspect ratio 25 were evaluated. The lifting struts reduce both the induced drag and structural weight of the heavier, high aspect ratio wing. Compared to the conventional airplane, the strut braced wing design offers significantly higher lift to drag ratios achieved at higher lift coefficients and, consequently, a combination of lower speeds and higher altitudes. The strut braced wing airplane provides fuel savings with an attendant increase in construction costs
Studies of h/e Aharonov-Bohm Photovoltaic Oscillations in Mesoscopic Au Rings
We have investigated a mesoscopic photovoltaic (PV) effect in micron-size Au
rings in which a dc voltage Vdc is generated in response to microwave
radiation. The effect is due to the lack of inversion symmetry in a disordered
system. Aharonov-Bohm PV oscillations with flux period h/e have been observed
at low microwave intensities for temperatures ranging from 1.4 to 13 K. For
moderate microwave intensities the h/e PV oscillations are completely quenched
providing evidence that the microwaves act to randomize the phase of the
electrons. Studies of the temperature dependence of Vdc also provide evidence
of the dephasing nature of the microwave field. A complete theoretical
explanation of the observed behavior seems to require a theory for the PV
effect in a ring geometry.Comment: 10 pages (RevTex twocolumn style), 8 figures-2 pages (one postscript
file) To be published in Phys. Rev.
Hormonal regulation of lobulo-alveolar growth, functional differentiation and regression of whole mouse mammary gland in organ culture
The entire second thoracic mammary glands of 4-week-old BALB/c female mice primed with oestradiol plus progesterone were cultivated in organ culture medium containing the 'growth-promoting' hormone combinations: insulin, prolactin, growth hormone, oestradiol, progesterone and aldosterone or insulin, prolactin and aldosterone. Full lobulo-alveolar development was induced after 5–6 days of incubation and could be maintained for 15–16 days in organ culture in medium containing either hormone combination. After the initial 5–6 days in the 'growth-promoting' medium, subsequent cultivation of the glands in a medium with the 'lactogenic hormones', insulin, prolactin plus cortisol, led to accumulation of 'milk-like' secretory material in the ductal and alveolar lumina. Incubation of the lobulo-alveolar gland in medium with insulin alone for 7–9 days resulted in complete regression of the alveoli leaving only a ductal parenchyma. Incubation in insulin, prolactin, growth hormone or insulin plus the steroid hormones for 7–9 days led to considerable alveolar degeneration without a complete regression. The results indicate that both pituitary and steroid hormones are essential for development and maintenance of mammary alveoli; insulin can only sustain the basal ductal structure
Fiber-coupled Antennas for Ultrafast Coherent Terahertz Spectroscopy in Low Temperatures and High Magnetic Fields
For the purposes of measuring the high-frequency complex conductivity of
correlated-electron materials at low temperatures and high magnetic fields, a
method is introduced for performing coherent time-domain terahertz spectroscopy
directly in the cryogenic bore of existing dc and pulsed magnets. Miniature
fiber-coupled THz emitters and receivers are constructed and are demonstrated
to work down to 1.5 Kelvin and up to 17 Tesla, for eventual use in higher-field
magnets. Maintaining the sub-micron alignment between fiber and antenna during
thermal cycling, obtaining ultrafast (~fs) optical gating pulses at the
end of long optical fibers, and designing highly efficient devices that work
well with low-power optical gating pulses constitute the major technical
challenges of this project. Data on a YBCO superconducting thin film and a high
mobility 2D electron gas is shown.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figure
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