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Modelling of the motion of a Mecanum-wheeled vehicle
The present document aims at developing the formalism needed in order to describe the two-dimensional motion of a vehicle with Mecanum wheels, including the effects of resistive friction. The…
Evangelos MatsinosNov 10, 2012
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Generalized entropies and logarithms and their duality relations
For statistical systems that violate one of the four Shannon-Khinchin axioms, entropy takes a more general form than the Boltzmann-Gibbs entropy. The framework of superstatistics allows one to…
Rudolf Hanel, Stefan Thurner, Murray Gell-MannNov 9, 2012
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The role of the Riemann-Silberstein vector in classical and quantum theories of electromagnetism
It is shown that the use of the Riemann-Silberstein (RS) vector greatly simplifies the description of the electromagnetic field both in the classical domain and in the quantum domain. In this review…
Iwo Bialynicki-Birula, Zofia Bialynicka-BirulaNov 8, 2012
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Blackbody Friction: Analytic expressions for velocity and position
The equations of motion are solved analytically for speed and position for the case of blackbody friction on objects traveling at relativistic speeds with respect to observers fixed in the frame of…
Joseph WestNov 8, 2012
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Electromagnetic momentum in a dielectric and the energy--momentum tensor
The Abraham--Minkowski momentum controversy is the outwardly visible symptom of an inconsistency in the use of the energy-momentum tensor in the case of a plane quasimonochromatic field in a simple…
Michael E. CrenshawNov 8, 2012
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A Circuit-based Model for the Interpretation of Perfect Metamaterial Absorbers
A popular absorbing structure, often referred to as Perfect Metamaterial Absorber, comprising metallic periodic pattern over a thin low-loss grounded substrate is studied by resorting to an efficient…
Filippo Costa, Simone Genovesi, Agostino Monorchio et al.Nov 8, 2012
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Half-page derivation of the Thomas precession
Instantaneous derivation of the Thomas precession with only basic vector calculus.
Andrzej Dragan, Tomasz OdrzygóźdźNov 8, 2012
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Splitting of self-collimated beams in two-dimensional sonic crystals
An easy-to-implement scheme to split self-collimated acoustic beams in sonic crystals (SCs) is proposed by introducing line-defects into SCs, by which an incoming self-collimated beam can be split…
Bo Li, Jun-Jun Guan, Ke Deng et al.Nov 7, 2012
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On the Müller paradox for thermal-incompressible media
In his monograph Thermodynamics, I. Müller proves that for incompressible media the volume does not change with the temperature. This Müller paradox yields an incompatibility between experimental…
Henri Gouin, Augusto Muracchini, Tommaso RuggeriNov 6, 2012
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Trajectory of a body in a resistant medium: an elementary derivation
A didactical exposition of the classical problem of the trajectory determination of a body, subject to the gravity in a resistant medium, is proposed. Our revisitation is aimed at showing a…
Riccardo BorghiNov 5, 2012
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Transverse shear warping functions for anisotropic multilayered plates
In this work, transverse shear warping functions for an equivalent single layer plate model are formulated from a variational approach. The part of the strain energy which involves the shear…
Alexandre LoredoNov 5, 2012
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Fan affinity laws from a collision model
The performance of a fan is usually estimated from hydrodynamical considerations. The calculations are long and involved and the results are expressed in terms of three affinity laws. In this work we…
Shayak BhattacharjeeNov 4, 2012
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Eliminating Electromagnetic Scattering from Small Particles
This paper presents and discusses the conditions for zero electromagnetic scattering by electrically small particles. We consider the most general bi-anisotropic particles, characterized by four…
Joni Vehmas, Younes Ra'di, Antti Karilainen et al.Oct 31, 2012
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Magnet traveling through a conducting pipe: a variation on the analytical approach
We present an analytical study of magnetic damping. In particular, we investigate the dynamics of a cylindrical neodymium magnet as it moves through a conducting tube. Owing to the very high degree…
Benjamin Irvine, Matthew Kemnetz, Asim Gangopadhyaya et al.Oct 27, 2012
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Unintended consequences of imprecise Notation -- an example from mechanics
We present a conundrum that results from the imprecise use of notation for partial derivatives. Taking an example from mechanics, we show that lack of proper care in representing partial derivatives…
Asim Gangopadhyaya, Gordon RamseyOct 27, 2012
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Energy, Entropy, Information, and Intelligence
The paper presents a lightweight discussion of relations between energy, entropy, information, and intelligence, based on an analysis of the energy needed for computation.
Vladimir CernyOct 26, 2012
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Transformation Acoustics in Generic Elastic Media
In this work a transformation acoustics scheme for generic elastic media is developed. Our approach starts form the decomposition of the elasticity tensor in terms of its eigentensors, an idea…
Luzi BergaminOct 25, 2012
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Determining the area of convergence in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis: a probabilistic approach
A complete procedure for identifying the area of convergence of blood drops originated from a single static source is presented. Both for bloodstains lying on an horizontal and on a vertical plane a…
Francesco CamanaOct 22, 2012
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Synthetic description of the piano soundboard mechanical mobility
An expression of the piano soundboard mechanical mobility (in the direction normal to the soundboard) depending on a small number of parameters and valid up to several kHz is given in this…
Kerem Ege, Xavier BoutillonOct 21, 2012
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A technique for measuring velocity and attenuation of ultrasound in liquid foams
We describe an experimental setup specifically designed for measuring the ultrasonic transmission through liquid foams, over a broad range of frequencies (60-600 kHz). The question of determining the…
Juliette Pierre, F. Elias, Valentin LeroyOct 19, 2012
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Global and local synthetic descriptions of the piano soundboard
Up to around 1.1 kHz, the soundboard of the piano behaves like a homogeneous plate whereas upper in frequency, it can be described as a set of waveguides defined by the ribs. In consequence: a) The…
Kerem Ege, Xavier BoutillonOct 18, 2012
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Electrostatic Conversion for Vibration Energy Harvesting
This chapter focuses on vibration energy harvesting using electrostatic converters. It synthesizes the various works carried out on electrostatic devices, from concepts, models and up to prototypes,…
S. Boisseau, G. Despesse, B. Ahmed SeddikOct 16, 2012
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Green's function for symmetric loading of an elastic sphere with application to contact problems
A compact form for the static Green's function for symmetric loading of an elastic sphere is derived. The expression captures the singularity in closed form using standard functions and quickly…
A. S. Titovich, A. N. NorrisOct 16, 2012
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Numerical and experimental analyses of resin infusion manufacturing processes of composite materials
Liquid resin infusion (LRI) processes are promising manufacturing routes to produce large, thick, or complex structural parts. They are based on the resin flow induced, across its thickness, by a…
Peng Wang, Sylvain Drapier, Jérôme Molimard et al.Oct 16, 2012
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The two capacitor problem revisited: simple harmonic oscillator model approach
The well-known two-capacitor problem, in which exactly half the stored energy disappears when a charged capacitor is connected to an identical capacitor is discussed based on the mechanical harmonic…
Keeyung LeeOct 15, 2012
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