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Estimation of the Inertial Property Distribution of the Human Torso from Segmented Cadaveric Data
This paper is concerned with the statistical estimation of the inertial property distribution of the human torso, based on an analysis of the data obtained from segmented cadaveric trunks. This estimation is b...
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Possible Roles of Enzymes in Development of a Fuel Cell Power Source for the Cardiac Pacemaker
Many types of “permanent” pacemaker devices and techniques have evolved since successful clinical application was first reported (Senning, 1959; Chardack et al.,1960; Zoll et al.,1961). These efforts have had an ...
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Phase Transitions in Group III–V and II–VI Semiconductors at High Pressure
Compounds of the group III–V and II–VI elements are technologically important. As a result they have been extensively studied, both theoretically and experimentally. There have been several structural studies ...
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High-Pressure Transformations of Dioxides with the Rutile Structure
PbO2, SnO2, TiO2, MnO2, GeO2, and SiO2 are the only dioxides which crystallize in the rutile structure under appropriate P-T conditions and have been known to transform to other dense modifications at high pressu...
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Thickness Effects on Fracture Criteria
Many engineering materials are tough and ductile, and the thicknesses of the structures are often thinner than that which necessitates a plane strain analysis. This paper summarizes briefly our studies on the ...
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Nonlinear Dynamic Finite Element Analysis of Shells
Dynamical aspects of a general nonlinear finite element shell analysis procedure are described. The work extends previous endeavors of the authors on quasistatic plate and shell analysis. Several sample proble...
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Lie algebraic and approximation methods for some nonlinear filtering problems
State estimation problems for systems involving small parameters are treated by both Lie algebraic and analytical approximation techniques. An asymptotic expansion for the unnormalized conditional density corr...
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The Utilization of Inorganic Pyrophosphate, Tripolyphosphate, and Tetrapolyphosphate as Energy Sources for the Growth of Anaerobic Bacteria
Inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) has been shown to be utilized as a source of energy for the growth of a number of pure cultures of anaerobic bacteria and isolates from marine and fresh water environments. The micro...
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VLSI Arrays for Pattern Recognition and Image Processing: I/O Bandwidth Considerations
Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) computing arrays for pattern recognition and image processing have received increasing attention in recent years. The computation speed of an array is often limited by the I...
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VLSI Arrays for Minimum-Distance Classifications
Minium-distance classification (MDC) is a popular technique in statistical pattern recognition, clustering and many other applications. A reference vector, i.e., prototype or template, is associated with each ...
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Applications of Boundary Element Methods to Fluid Mechanics
In this chapter we make an effort to review the applications of boundary methods to fluid mechanics. At the outset we wish to give our definition of boundary methods. First, we exclude such techniques from the...
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Applications of Boundary Element Methods to Fluid Mechanics
In this chapter we make an effort to review the applications of boundary methods to fluid mechanics. At the outset we wish to give our definition of boundary methods. First, we exclude such techniques from the...
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Laser Cut Sheet Laminated Forming Dies by Diffusion Bonding
This paper describes a manufacturing system to produce 3-D forming dies by laminating laser cut sheets with suitable profiles. The steps involved in this system are generation of 3-D curved surface, determinat...
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Enhancement of Condensation Heat Transfer Inside V-Type Corrugated Vertical Tubes
Enhanced condensation heat transfer, aided by surface tension, has been measured using vertical tubes with V-shaped grooves on the interior surface. The number of grooves in the same tube diameter were 28,32,3...
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Marineland Aircraft Observations of L-Band Radar Backscatter Dependence upon Wind Direction
Radar observations of the ocean during the Marineland Experiment have been examined to establish whether L-band backscatter varies with surface wind direction. This complements recent aircraft and SEASAT obser...
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Observation of the Microstructure in Bronze-Processed Multifilamentary Nb3Sn Tapes
The microstructure of the longitudinal and transverse sections of multifilamentary Nb3Sn tapes in which 0.35 at.% Ti is added to the Cu-Sn matrix was observed by TEM and SEM. A kind of grain boundary-like network...
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Sizing an Emergency Venting System for a Cryogenic Dewar
If the vacuum vessel that insulates a cryogenic dewar for a spaceborne experiment prior to launch is damaged, air will leak into the vacuum insulation space. As the sudden heat load causes the pressure to rise...
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Extended Thermodynamics of Classical and Degenerate Ideal Gases
Extended thermodynamics is a field theory with the primary objective of determining the thirteen fields of mass, momentum and energy densities, stress deviator and heat flux. This distinguishes it from ordinar...
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Microelectronic Sensors for Simultaneous Measurement of PO2 and pH
Sensors capable of simultaneous measurement of pH and Po2 in an aqueous solution have been fabricated in planar form using microelectronic technology. Separate potentiometric metal-metal oxide pH and three electr...
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A New Numerical Algorithm for Solving Fundamental Solutions
In this paper the new numerical algorithm for solving fundamental solutions i.e. Green’s functions is proposed. By direct discreting after integrating differential equation, it is possible for one to get the n...
