The "North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)" as defined in Walker and Bliss (1932) has been traditionally viewed as a teleconnection pattern with 'centers of action' in the Atlantic sector. In contrast, the "zonal index cycle", as articulated by Namias (1950), involves the interactions between a fundamentally zonally symmetric or 'annular’ mode and the eddies. The perceived dynamical significance of ...

In this article, the axisymmetric stability of an elastic annular plate with distributed internal heat source under uniform constant compressive radial loading at outer edge is investigated. The governing and compatibility equations are taken from modified Karman’s equations, which solved by shooting method. effect density on critical load investigated discussed in detail. Numerical results wit...

In this paper, an analytical approach for deriving the Green’s function of circular and annular plate was presented. Null-field integral equations were employed to solve the plate problems while kernel functions were expanded to degenerate kernels. The unknown boundary data of the displacement, slope, normal moment and effective shear force were expressed in terms of Fourier series. It was noti...

OBJECTIVE To determine abnormal MRI findings in adults hospitalized with acute severe axial LBP. METHOD Sixty patients with back pain were divided into 3 groups consisting of 1) 23 adults with acute axial severe LBP who could not sit up or stand up for several days, but had not experienced previous back-related diseases or trauma (group A), 2) 19 adults who had been involved in a minor traffi...

We report the design, fabrication and characterization of micromachined Parylene structures for self-sealing liquid encapsulation applications. Automatic sealing is enabled through the use of an integrated annular-plate stiction valve which greatly reduces device footprint over in-plane configurations. We achieve automatic wafer-level liquid entrapment without using adhesives or processing at e...

A generalized solution procedure is developed for in-plane free vibration of rectangular and annular sectorial plates with general boundary conditions. For the annular sectorial plate, the introduction of a logarithmic radial variable simplifies the basic theory and the expression of the total energy. The coordinates, geometric parameters and potential energy for the two different shapes are or...