In the late 1970s the convective system that is referred to as the bow echo was identified by Fujita (1978). It was identified as a type of convective storm structure associated with intense damaging winds or downburst (Johns 1993). As more of these systems were studied, a better understanding was made on their kinematic structure and dynamical processes. Bow echoes can range in size from 15 km...

A bow-tie slot antenna with tapered connection to a 50Ω coplanar waveguide (CPW) feed line is introduced and its dimensional parameters have been studied for wideband operations in the X-band. A set of two element bow-tie slot antennas fed by one CPW is also introduced for wider bandwidth and improved gain. The configuration of one CPW feeding two elements of this antenna is simulated and it ac...

In this paper, the design and construction of a new violin interface, the Hyperbow, is discussed. The motivation driving the research of this instrument was the desire to create a violin bow capable of measuring the most intricate aspects of violin technique–the subtle elements of physical gesture that immediately and directly impact the sound of the instrument while playing. In order to provid...

In this paper, we present a procedure to predict bow pressing force in a violin from data acquired in real recordings. We focus on the calibration procedure that must be robust to the bow tension changes in long recordings and fast enough to not disturb the recording session. Because of this last limitation, the calibration method here proposed does not exhaustively cover all the possible bow c...

Observed and theoretical features concerning the nature of so-called cometary "bow shocks" or "bow waves" are discussed. Collective plasma effects associated with the presence of pickup ring ions (protons and water ions) in the vicinity of the supermagnetosonic to submagnetosonic transition region in the quasi-perpendicular limit are considered; the linear and nonlinear evolution of instabiliti...

In general practice, short films of the knee are used to assess component position and define the entry point for intramedullary femoral alignment in TKAs; however, whether it is justified to use the short film commonly used in research settings and everyday practice as a substitute for the whole leg view is controversial and needs clarification. In 138 long leg CT scanograms we measured the an...

Hot flow anomalies (HFAs) represent a subset of solar wind discontinuities interacting with collisionless bow shocks. They are typically formed when the normal component of the motional (convective) electric field points toward the embedded current sheet on at least one of its sides. The core region of an HFA contains hot and highly deflected ion flows and rather low and turbulent magnetic fiel...

We present a model of a pulsar wind nebula evolving inside its associated supernova remnant. The model uses a hydrodynamics code to simulate the evolution of this system when the pulsar has a high velocity. The simulation distinguishes four different stages of pulsar wind nebula evolution: the supersonic expansion stage, the reverse shock interaction stage, the subsonic expansion stage and ulti...

iii Summary Computations were performed to determine the eect of an overall bow-type initial imperfection on the reliability of structural panels under combined compression and shear loadings. A panel's reliability is the probability that it will perform its intended function|in this case, carry a given load without buckling or exceeding in-plane strain allowables. For a panel loaded in compres...