Beam-beam deflection scan is a useful tool, both in the SLC and in future linear colliders, for extracting information about the beam position, .w size and luminosity. This technique poses nontrivial challenges to the instrumentation in its own right. The understanding of all aspects of beam-beam deflection, in particular that of disruption, is therefore crucial to a successful implementation o...

Microcantilever sensors offer high sensitivity in the detection of adsorbed molecules based either on resonance frequency shift or changes in cantilever deflection, as both of these signals can be detected with very high resolution. Despite the high sensitivity offered by this platform, cantilevers suffer from poor selectivity due to the lack of sufficiently selective interfacial layers which c...

We report two-dimensional density measurements in a supersonic expansion using beam-deflection optical tomography. Quantitative, high-resolution images with absolute accuracy to 3.5% and spatial resolution to 50 microm were taken with a helium-neon laser and simple apparatus.

In this paper, the elastic behaviour in bending of three-layer plywood cantilever beams is analysed. Deflections straight and half-circle cantilevers, loaded with a force at free end determined experimentally calculated using analytical finite element method approach. The calculation deflection for strait obtained transformed cross section. by classical laminated plate theory Castigliano’s theo...

The aim of this paper is to propose a complete normalized study of a diaphragm's behavior under classical excitation encountered in microsystem: pneumatic, electrostatic, piezoelectric and magnetic. The principle of modeling is widely described in order to be easily applied to other structure. First, a traditional analytical solution is recalled for the diaphragm's deflection based on energy mi...

An observer, situated several thousand light-years away from a radio pulsar, finds himself embedded in the diffraction pattern resulting from the propagation of the radio waves through the irregular interstellar medium. The observer’s movement relative to the pattern causes an apparent scintillation of the pulsar. A binary star, situated close to the pulsar’s line-of-sight, is generating relati...

The static deflection profile of a large spin-stabilized space reflector because of solar radiation pressure acting on its surface is investigated. Such a spacecraft consists of a thin reflective circular film, which is deployed from a supporting hoop structure in an untensioned, slack manner. This paper investigates the use of a variable reflectivity distribution across the surface to control ...