Air-encapsulating elastic mechanism of submerged Taraxacum blowballs

Variation in Taraxacum.

Wave Propagation Approach to Fluid Filled Submerged Visco-Elastic Finite Cylindrical Shells

Multi-layer orthotropic finite cylindrical shells with a viscoelastic core in contact with fluids are gaining increasing importance in engineering. Vibrational control of these structures is essential at higher modes. In this study, an extended version of the wave propagation approach using first-order shear deformation theory of shell motion is employed to examine the free vibration of damped ...

Variations in Cytolgoy and Gross Morphology of Taraxacum I. Cytology of Taraxacum Laevigatum

Encapsulating Plurality

This paper describes the Gaggle, a mechanism for grouping and naming objects in an object-oriented distributed system. Using Gaggles, client objects can access distributed replicated services without regard for the number of objects that provide the service. Gaggles are not themselves a replication mechanism; instead they enable programmers to construct their own replicated distributed services...

Acoustics and Hydrodynamics of Fluid-structure Interaction in a Submerged Elastic Duct

by Wenlong Zhang This dissertation studied the interaction of nonuniform flows with propeller blades in a submerged elastic duct. The acoustic radiation from the duct is calculated and correlated to the flow nonuniformities and the propeller and duct characteristics. First, a benchmark problem is studied wherein the sound radiation from an infinite plate with or without ribs is examined for dif...