If the demographic parameters in a matrix model for the dynamics of a structured population are dependent on a parameter u, then the population growth rate r = r(u) and the net reproductive number R0 = R0(u) are funct...
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In many scientific and engineering problems the solidification of an alloy leads to a highly convoluted crystalline matrix modeled as a thermodynamically controlled reactive porous medium called a mushy layer. We anal...
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In this paper, we review various LTPS backplane technologies based on laser-crystallization and other related methods that have been applied to AMLCD and AMOLED displays. The TFT performances obtained by different mel...
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This paper focuses on the problem of minimum time trajectory planning for helicopter UAVs. It is formulated as a nonlinear optimal control subject to the dynamics and limitations of helicopter UAVs. The dynamical syst...
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We present a physically intuitive model of ice-lens formation and growth during the freezing of soils and other dense, particulate suspensions. Motivated by experimental evidence, we consider the growth of an ice-fill...
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We present a physically intuitive model of ice-lens formation and growth during the freezing of soils and other dense, particulate suspensions. Motivated by experimental evidence, we consider the growth of an ice-filled crack in a freezing soil. At low temperatures, ice in the crack exerts large pressures on the crack walls that will eventually cause the crack to split open. We show that the crack will then propagate across the soil to form a new lens. The process is controlled by two factors: the cohesion of the soil and the geometrical supercooling of the water in the soil, a new concept introduced to measure the energy available to form a new ice lens. When the supercooling exceeds a critical amount (proportional to the cohesive strength of the soil) a new ice lens forms. This condition for ice-lens formation and growth does not appeal to any ad hoc, empirical assumptions, and explains how periodic ice lenses can form with or without the presence of a frozen fringe. The proposed mechanism is in good agreement with experiments, in particular explaining ice-lens pattern formation and surges in heave rate associated with the growth of new lenses. Importantly for systems with no frozen fringe, ice-lens formation and frost heave can be predicted given only the unfrozen properties of the soil. We use our theory to estimate ice-lens growth temperatures obtaining quantitative agreement with the limited experimental data that are currently available. Finally we suggest experiments that might be performed in order to verify this theory in more detail. The theory is generalizable to complex natural-soil scenarios and should therefore be useful in the prediction of macroscopic frost-heave rates.
Bid shading is a common strategy in online auctions to avoid the "winner's curse". While almost all bidders shade their bids, at least to some degree, it is impossible to infer the degree and volume of s...
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In this paper, the Transmission Line Method (TLM) is applied to generate a voice signal by simulating the acoustic propagation of a glottal signal, obtained by inverse filtering of the voice signal, through an /a/ vow...
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In this paper, the Transmission Line Method (TLM) is applied to generate a voice signal by simulating the acoustic propagation of a glottal signal, obtained by inverse filtering of the voice signal, through an /a/ vowel shaped vocal tract uniform TLM mesh. The vocal tract TLM mesh is constructed over a segmented Magnetic Resonance(MR) volume image. The tools for segmentation, mesh extraction and the TLM itself were implemented as part of the ModaVox program, which is an open source application constructed during the research presented here. The methodology was validated, firstly, simulating the acoustic propagation of a probe signal through tube model meshes. Then, the same probe signal was used as the input for the vocal tract TLM mesh and the resonant frequencies obtained by simulation were compared with those of the real vocal tract. Finally, the glottal signal is used as input for the vocal tract mesh and the reflective boundary conditions of the vocal tract walls were designed to reproduce the consistency of the soft tissues. The voice signal simulated was then compared with the original voice signal generated by the subject when his vocal tract was imaged.
This letter shows the ability to perform character-ization of the strain field in an aluminium bicrystal subject to plane strain condition induced by micro scale laser shock peening. Intensity contrast method, previou...
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This letter shows the ability to perform characterization of the strain field in an aluminium bicrystal subject to plane strain condition induced by micro scale laser shock peening. Intensity contrast method, previous...
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When evolution plays a role, population dynamic models alone are not sufficient for determining the outcome of multi-species *** an expansion of Maynard Smith's concept of an evolutionarily stable strategy, evolut...
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