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Computer program reduces and provides profile plot of surface plate calibration data
Computer program which yields CRT displays will decrease the time and labor required to reduce and provide a profile plot of surface plate calibration data. The displays depict actual and resolved data points for each individually calibrated line
Method for observing the features characterizing the surface of a land mass
A method is described where a propeller driven, hydrazine powered aircraft is remotely piloted through rarefied atmosphere of a selected planet, including the planet Earth. It is employed as a communication platform for a telemetry system provided for relaying information relating to features characterizing the surface of the planet
The employment effects of the Working Families Tax Credit
In October 1999 WFTC replaced Family Credit as the main package of in-work financial support for families with children. This note compares the results of three IFS projects assessing the effectiveness of the WFTC in getting people back to work
The Status of Agricultural Economics Profession: Evidence from Graduate Education
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Point interactions in acoustics: one dimensional models
A one dimensional system made up of a compressible fluid and several
mechanical oscillators, coupled to the acoustic field in the fluid, is analyzed
for different settings of the oscillators array. The dynamical models are
formulated in terms of singular perturbations of the decoupled dynamics of the
acoustic field and the mechanical oscillators. Detailed spectral properties of
the generators of the dynamics are given for each model we consider. In the
case of a periodic array of mechanical oscillators it is shown that the energy
spectrum presents a band structure.Comment: revised version, 30 pages, 2 figure
Quantum singularities in (2+1) dimensional matter coupled black hole spacetimes
Quantum singularities considered in the 3D BTZ spacetime by Pitelli and
Letelier (Phys. Rev. D77: 124030, 2008) is extended to charged BTZ and 3D
Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton gravity spacetimes. The occurence of naked
singularities in the Einstein-Maxwell extension of the BTZ spacetime both in
linear and non-linear electrodynamics as well as in the
Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton gravity spacetimes are analysed with the quantum test
fields obeying the Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations. We show that with the
inclusion of the matter fields; the conical geometry near r=0 is removed and
restricted classes of solutions are admitted for the Klein-Gordon and Dirac
equations. Hence, the classical central singularity at r=0 turns out to be
quantum mechanically singular for quantum particles obeying Klein-Gordon
equation but nonsingular for fermions obeying Dirac equation. Explicit
calculations reveal that the occurrence of the timelike naked singularities in
the considered spacetimes do not violate the cosmic censorship hypothesis as
far as the Dirac fields are concerned. The role of horizons that clothes the
singularity in the black hole cases is replaced by repulsive potential barrier
against the propagation of Dirac fields.Comment: 13 pages, 1 figure. Final version, to appear in PR
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The 3D version of the finite element program FESTER
In this report, a detailed description of the 3-D version finite element pro-gram FESTER is given. This includes: 1. A brief introduction to the package FESTER; 2. Preparing an input data file for the 3D version of FESTER; 3. Principal stress and stress invariant analyses; 4. 2D joint element (surface contact) characterisation and its mathematical formulation; 5. Formulations of the 3D stress-strain analyses for both isotropic and anisotropic materials, plane of weakness and cracking criteria; 6. 3D brick elements, infinity elements and their corresponding shape and mapping functions; 7. Large-displacement formulations; 8. Modifications to the subroutines INVAR, JNTB, TMAT, MOD2 etc; 9. Numerical examples; and 10. Conclusions
Forcing a sparse minor
This paper addresses the following question for a given graph : what is
the minimum number such that every graph with average degree at least
contains as a minor? Due to connections with Hadwiger's Conjecture,
this question has been studied in depth when is a complete graph. Kostochka
and Thomason independently proved that . More generally,
Myers and Thomason determined when has a super-linear number of
edges. We focus on the case when has a linear number of edges. Our main
result, which complements the result of Myers and Thomason, states that if
has vertices and average degree at least some absolute constant, then
. Furthermore, motivated by the case when
has small average degree, we prove that if has vertices and edges,
then (where the coefficient of 1 in the term is best
possible)
Planning, creating and documenting a NASTRAN finite element model of a modern helicopter
Mathematical models based on the finite element method of structural analysis as embodied in the NASTRAN computer code are widely used by the helicopter industry to calculate static internal loads and vibration of airframe structure. The internal loads are routinely used for sizing structural members. The vibration predictions are not yet relied on during design. NASA's Langley Research Center sponsored a program to conduct an application of the finite element method with emphasis on predicting structural vibration. The Army/Boeing CH-47D helicopter was used as the modeling subject. The objective was to engender the needed trust in vibration predictions using these models and establish a body of modeling guides which would enable confident future prediction of airframe vibration as part of the regular design process
Interpreting aggregate wage growth
This paper analyzes the relationship between aggregate wages and individual wages when there is time series variation in employment and in the dispersion of wages. A new and easily implementable framework for the empirical analysis of aggregation biases is developed. Aggregate real wages
are shown to contain three important bias terms: one associated with the dispersion of individual wages, a second reflecting the distribution of working hours, and a third deriving from compositional changes in the (selected)
sample of workers. Noting the importance of these issues for recent experience in Britain, data on real wages and participation for British male workers over the period 1978-1996 are studied. A close correspondence between the estimated biases and the patterns of differences shown by aggregate wages is established. This is shown to have important implications for the interpretation of real wage growth over this period
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