A comprehensive numerical exploration of secondary finite-amplitude solutions in small-gap Taylor-Couette flow for high counter-rotating Reynolds numbers is provided, using Newton-Krylov methods embedded within arclength continuation schemes. Two different families of rotating waves have been identified: short axial wavelength subcritical spirals ascribed to centrifugal mechanisms and large axi...

Clothoids, i.e. curves Z(s) in RI whoem curvatures xes) are linear fitting functions of arclength ., have been nued for some time for curve fitting purposes in engineering applications. The first part of the paper deals with some basic interpolation problems for lothoids and studies the existence and uniqueness of their solutions. The second part discusses curve fitting problems for clothoidal ...

where κ(t) is the curvature of C given as a function of the arclength t and l the length of C. See also McClure and Vitale [7] and for asymptotic formulae for approximation with respect to the Hausdorff metric in higher dimensions R. Schneider [8],[9] and P.M. Gruber [5]. In this article we extend the asymptotic formulae (1) by deriving the second terms in the asymptotic expansions of δ(C,P i n...

The writhe of a space curve fragment is considered for various boundary conditions. An expression for the writhe as a function of arclength for an arbitrary space curve is obtained. The formula is built on the base of closing the tangent indicatrix with a geodesic. The corresponding closure of a curve in 3-space is explicitly constructed. The addition rule for writhe is formulated. A relationsh...

A clothoid has the property that its curvature varies linearly with arclength. This is a useful feature for the path of a vehicle whose turning radius is controlled as a linear function of the distance travelled. Highways, railways and the paths of car-like robots may be composed of straight line segments, clothoid segments and circular arcs. Control polylines are used in computer aided design ...

In this paper, a micromechanical framework for modeling the rate-dependent response of unidirectional composites subjected to off-axis loading is introduced. The model intended thin slice representative volume element that oriented perpendicular reinforcement composite material. testing conditions from uniaxial test are achieved by dedicated strain-rate based arclength formulation. constraint e...

gas reservoirs with low permeability (k