Acoustic bottom-interacting measurements from the Shallow Water '06 experiment experiment (frequency range 1-20 kHz) are presented. These are co-located with coring and stratigraphic studies showing a thin (approximately 20 cm) higher sound speed layer overlaying a thicker (approximately 20 m) lower sound speed layer ending at a high-impedance reflector (R reflector). Reflections from the R ref...

To create a next-generation mobile satellite communication system that offers large communication capacity, the onboard antenna system must be a multi-beam system consisting of a light weight 20-m class reflector and a light weight 100-beam class antenna feed system. We clarify that the antenna gain decrease created by the reflector surface distortion in orbit is relatively large. This paper pr...

We review recent studies demonstrating a nonuniversal (continuously variable) survival exponent for history-dependent random walks, and analyze a new example, the hard movable partial reflector. These processes serve as a simplified models of infection in a medium with a history-dependent susceptibility, and for spreading in systems with an infinite number of absorbing configurations. The memor...

This paper presents a new deployable reflector concept for an Earth observation mission that requires a low-cost L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instrument with a large aperture. A novel “hollow solid” structural concept is proposed that comprises curved surfaces formed from thin sheets of carbon-fiber-reinforced-plastic connected by flexible hinges along the edges. The front surface of t...

This paper describes a constructive procedure aimed at developing a CAD/CAE/ CAM system for designing the reflector of an automobile headlight for a given light intensity distribution on the target (road), considering the styling of modern passenger cars. A design concept is described in which the reflector alone produces the specified illumination pattern. Consider a reflector system consistin...

Cassegrain Reflector Antenna Design consists of various effects caused by blockage and its effect on overall performance. The design for minimum blockage condition results in geometry that offers lower amount of blockage and increased spillover past the subreflector. To avoid this, optimized design of the antenna results in geometry that offers lower amount of spillover past the edges of the ma...

In this work, we propose the generation of diffraction-resistant beams by using a parabolic reflector and a source of spherical waves positioned at a point slightly displaced from its focus (away from the reflector). In our analysis, considering the reflector dimensions much greater than the wavelength, we describe the main characteristics of the resulting beams, showing their properties of res...

We have been successful in developing light and durable mirrors made of CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic) laminates for the reflector of the new CANGAROO-II 7 m telescope. The reflector has a parabolic shape (F/1.1) with a 30 m effective area which consists of 60 small spherical mirrors of CFRP laminates. The orientation of each mirror can be remotely adjusted by stepping motors. After the...

We presented the investigation of broadband metamaterial reflector for polarization manipulation based on cross/ring resonators. It is demonstrated that the metamaterial reflector can convert the linearly polarized incident wave to its cross polarized wave or circularly polarized wave. Due to the multiple resonances at neighboring frequencies, the proposed reflector presents broadband property ...

Many students first learn of the law of reflection when they are told about the reflective properties of conics. Typically students are exposed to a curve or surface, and then its reflective properties are derived or verified. In this paper we explore reflection by starting from a desired property of an unknown reflector and proceeding to find a reflector with those properties. This is done in ...