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Phase II of the ASCE Benchmark Study on SHM
The task group on structural health monitoring of the Dynamic Committee of ASCE was formed in
1999 at the 12
th
Engineering Mechanics Conference. The task group has designed a number of analytical
studies on a benchmark structure and there are plans to follow these with an experimental program. The
first phase of the analytical studies was completed in 2001. The second phase, initiated in the summer of
2001, was formulated in the light of the experience gained on phase I and focuses on increasing realism in
the simulation of the discrepancies between the actual structure and the mathematical model used in the
analysis. This paper describes the rational that lead the SHM task group to the definition of phase II and
presents the details of the cases that are being considered
Interference pattern in the collision of structures in the BEC dark matter model: comparison with fluids
In order to explore nonlinear effects on the distribution of matter during
collisions within the Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) dark matter model driven
by the Schr\"odinger-Poisson system of equations, we study the head-on
collision of structures and focus on the interference pattern formation in the
density of matter during the collision process. We explore the possibility that
the collision of two structures of fluid matter modeled with an ideal gas
equation of state also forms interference patterns and found a negative result.
Given that a fluid is the most common flavor of dark matter models, we conclude
that one fingerprint of the BEC dark matter model is the pattern formation in
the density during a collision of structures.Comment: 7 pages, 22 eps figure
J D Bernal: philosophy, politics and the science of science
This paper is an examination of the philosophical and political legacy of John Desmond Bernal. It addresses the evidence of an emerging consensus on Bernal based on the recent biography of Bernal by Andrew Brown and the reviews it has received. It takes issue with this view of Bernal, which tends to be admiring of his scientific contribution, bemused by his sexuality, condescending to his philosophy and hostile to his politics. This article is a critical defence of his philosophical and political position
J D Bernal: philosophy, politics and the science of science
This paper is an examination of the philosophical and political legacy of John Desmond Bernal. It addresses the evidence of an emerging consensus on Bernal based on the recent biography of Bernal by Andrew Brown and the reviews it has received. It takes issue with this view of Bernal, which tends to be admiring of his scientific contribution, bemused by his sexuality, condescending to his philosophy and hostile to his politics. This article is a critical defence of his philosophical and political position
Resolution characteristics of holographic particle image velocimetry
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