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Springer-Verlag2011

Experimental Investigations of the Aerodynamics of an Annular Compressor Cascade at Reversed Flow Conditions

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Compressor unsafe operating regimes yield unsteady high speed turbulent flows in which complex aeroelastic phenomena occur. If the blade flutter and forced response behavior (i.e. aeroelastic stability) can be predicted reliably for normal flow conditions, ...

2011

Bubble cell for magnetic bead trapping in capillary electrophoresis

Hubert Girault, Anne-Laure Gassner

A bubble cell capillary classically used to extend the optical path length for UV-vis detection is employed here to trap magnetic beads. With this system, a large amount of beads can be captured without inducing a strong pressure drop, as it is the case wi ...

Springer Verlag2011

Methodology for turbulence code validation: Quantification of simulation-experiment agreement and application to the TORPEX experiment

Ambrogio Fasoli, Ivo Furno, Paolo Ricci, Christian Gabriel Theiler, Joaquim Loizu Cisquella, Kyle Gustafson, Davoud Iraji

A methodology for plasma turbulence code validation is discussed, focusing on quantitative assessment of the agreement between experiments and simulations. The present work extends the analysis carried out in a previous paper [P. Ricci et al., Phys. Plasma ...

American Institute of Physics2011

Ferroelectric polymer gates for non-volatile field effect control of ferromagnetism in (Ga, Mn)As layers

Nava Setter, Igor Stolichnov, Harry Joseph Trodahl, Sebastian Riester, Evgeny Mikheev

(Ga, Mn)As and other diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMS) attract a great deal of attention for potential spintronic applications because of the possibility of controlling the magnetic properties via electrical gating. Integration of a ferroelectric gate ...

2011

The perils of taxonomic inconsistency in quantitative palaeoecology: experiments with testate amoeba data

Edward Mitchell, Mariusz Lamentowicz

A fundamental requirement of quantitative palaeoecology is consistent taxonomy between a modern training set and palaeoecological data. In this study we assess the possible consequences of violation of this requirement by simulating taxonomic errors in tes ...

2011

Incentives for Answering Hypothetical Questions

Boi Faltings, Radu Jurca

Prediction markets and other reward mechanisms based on proper scoring rules can elicit accurate predictions about future events with public utcomes. However, many questions of public interest do not always have a clear answer. For example, facts such as t ...

2011

About the activation volume for cross-slip in Cu at high stresses

Jean-Luc Martin

The experiment performed by Bonneville and Escaig, designed for the direct measurement of the activation parameters of cross-slip, has been repeated. A denser initial dislocation forest density is obtained with a higher predeformation stress compared with ...

2011

Robotic Wheelchairs: Scientific Experimentation or Social Intervention?

Tom Edward Carlson

Abstract— Research in robotics is becoming an ever more applied science. Roboticists acknowledge the existence of a role for experiments in their research, but whether the results of such experiments provide useful information to the intended industry or p ...

2010

Human-Computer Interface Issues in Controlling Virtual Reality With Brain-Computer Interface

Robert Leeb, Mel Slater

We have integrated the Graz brain-computer interface (BCI) system with a highly immersive virtual reality (VR) Cave-like system. This setting allows for a new type of experience, whereby participants can control a virtual world using imagery of movement. H ...

2010

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