The temporal thermal stability, size, structure and spatial uniformity of Antarctic Plateau regions such as Dome C make them ideal candidates for external calibration and validation, or radiometric performance monitoring of planned space-borne L-band radiometers such as the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) radiometer. As experimental observations do not exist at this frequency, a combina...

Abstract The Paleoarchean Mt Edgar dome in the East Pilbara Terrane has long been studied as an archetypal within Archean dome‐and‐keel terranes, but history of its formation is debated. Kinematic data presented this study provide new insights into late‐stage development and Terrane. Quartz crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO), optical microstructures, field structures all indicate that...

Multi-material 3D printing has created new opportunities for fabricating deployable structures. We design reversible, deployable structures that are fabricated flat, have defined load bearing capacity, and multiple, predictable activated geometries. These structures are designed with a hierarchical framework where the proposed bistable actuator serves as the base building block. The actuator is...

The dynamic response of large space structures under accidental impact has been the subject of intense research since the occurrence of the 9/11 incident. In the present paper, using the 3D ANSYS/LS-DYNA, size effect and material property effect of the impactor on the damage modes of the single-layer Kiewitt-8 reticulated dome were investigated, respectively, where the impactor was the cylinder...

Here, we present the design of a new reactor-like high-temperature near ambient pressure scanning tunneling microscope (HT-NAP-STM) for catalysis studies. This HT-NAP-STM was designed for exploration of structures of catalyst surfaces at atomic scale during catalysis or under reaction conditions. In this HT-NAP-STM, the minimized reactor with a volume of reactant gases of ∼10 ml is thermally is...

Bacteriophage T4 consists of a head for protecting its genome and a sheathed tail for inserting its genome into a host. The tail terminates with a multiprotein baseplate that changes its conformation from a "high-energy" dome-shaped to a "low-energy" star-shaped structure during infection. Although these two structures represent different minima in the total energy landscape of the baseplate as...

the most important characteristic of dome and factors influencing it in the islamic iranian architecture that is different from other courses is construction and construction methods of them. over time, different factors are involved in the process of formation of the domes. it is one of the factors influencing the structure of iranian-islamic domes. by examining the structure of iranian-islami...

The main purpose of this paper is to compare the results modal analysis for two types domes. first one a low-rise Schwedler dome. second high-rise geodesic dome subjected large displacement gradients and should be designed according geometrical nonlinear analysis. In case dome, linear sufficient. analysis, mass bars supporting structures was modeled as evenly distributed, while covering roof eq...