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An Update To The Mitre/Wpi Space Shuttle Prgoram: Gascan G-408, Fred J. Looft, William W. Durgin
An Update To The Mitre/Wpi Space Shuttle Prgoram: Gascan G-408, Fred J. Looft, William W. Durgin
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The objective of the MITRE/WPI Space Shuttle Program was to develop a set of scientific meaningful experiments that could be flown in a Get Away Special Canister. currently, the first GASCAN is finished (G-408) and ready to be launched. The program has been so successful that the design and development of a second set of experiments has been started (G-533). This paper will describe and summarize both of these programs.
The Use Of Ultrasound Imaging In The In-Vivo Determination Of Normal Human Arterial Compliance, Lauren I. Stratouly, Paul A. Cardullo, Frederick A. Anderson Jr., William W. Durgin, H. Brownell Wheeler
The Use Of Ultrasound Imaging In The In-Vivo Determination Of Normal Human Arterial Compliance, Lauren I. Stratouly, Paul A. Cardullo, Frederick A. Anderson Jr., William W. Durgin, H. Brownell Wheeler
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Elastic properties of major arteries were measured in vivo in ten normal volunteers, age 26 to 44 years (mean = 32 years). A B-mode ultrasound imager was used to noninvasively measure mean diameter and pulsatile diameter change at five locations along the main arteries in the abdomen and the lower extremities. Together with pulsatile pressure (measured by the auscultatory method), strain (ε), compliance (C) and the pressure-strain elastic modulus (Ep l/C) were calculated. Ep increased significantly along the arterial tree; mean values (x105 N/m-2 ) were: 0.99 aorta, 1.21 common iliac artery (CIA), 1.43 common femoral artery (CFA), …
Tone Generation By Flow Past Deep Wall Cavities, D. D. Erickson, William W. Durgin
Tone Generation By Flow Past Deep Wall Cavities, D. D. Erickson, William W. Durgin
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Flow past deep wall cavities exhibits strong interaction with the standing wave system in the cavity. The shear layer separating the exterior flow from the cavity flow supports instabilities which excite the normal cavity modes. In turn, the cavity wave system reinforces the instabilities. Experimental studies have shown that two distinct instability modes are encountered as the external velocity is increased. The pressure coefficient versus Strouha1 number behavior reveals two maxima which correspond to different instability modes of the shear layer. Flow visualization studies have shown that these modes correspond to distinct shear 1ayer vortex structures. At high velocities, single …