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A Compiler Algorithm For Optimizing Locality In Loop Nests, Mahmut Kandemir, J. Ramanujam, Alok Choudhary Jan 1997

A Compiler Algorithm For Optimizing Locality In Loop Nests, Mahmut Kandemir, J. Ramanujam, Alok Choudhary

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - All Scholarship

This paper describes an algorithm to optimize cache locality in scientific codes on uniprocessor and multiprocessor machines. A distinctive characteristic of our algorithm is that it considers loop and data layout transformations in a unified framework. We illustrate through examples that our approach is very effective at reducing cache misses and tile size sensitivity of blocked loop nests; and can optimize nests for which optimization techniques based on loop transformations alone are not successful. An important special case is the one in which data layouts of some arrays are fixed and cannot be changed. We show how our algorithm can …

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Effects Of A Sugar-Free Hypoallerdenic Diet And Nutrtional Supplementation On Ulcerative Colitis, William (Bill) H. Williams, Robert C. Atkins Md, Joel S. Edman Jan 1997

Effects Of A Sugar-Free Hypoallerdenic Diet And Nutrtional Supplementation On Ulcerative Colitis, William (Bill) H. Williams, Robert C. Atkins Md, Joel S. Edman

Publications and Research

Few clinical studies have found that dietary or nutritional factors significantly influence ulcerative colitis (UC}(l,2}. It is noteworthy, however, that a range of factors have been researched including dietary components such as refined sugars (3,4}, allergenic foods (1,5,6} and fast foods (7), as well as nutritional supplement effects from fish oil (2), zinc (8), glutamine (9), folate (10, 11} and alpha-tocopherolquinone (12}. More recently investigators have also examined the interelationships between bowel flora and UC, including factors such as flora changes (13,14), endotoxemia (15} and supplementation effects with Lactobacillous species (16,17). These studies taken together and a recent review of …

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The Stability Of Wisc-Iii Scores: For Whom Are Triennial Re-Evaluations Necessary?, Linda C. Cassidy Jan 1997

The Stability Of Wisc-Iii Scores: For Whom Are Triennial Re-Evaluations Necessary?, Linda C. Cassidy

Open Access Dissertations

This study investigated the long-term stability of Verbal, Performance and Full Scale IQ scores for a sample of exceptional children evaluated with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-ill) as part of the mandated three-year reevaluation process. Archival data were collected from the special education files of 592 children who were administered the WISC-ill on two separate occasions between September, 1992 and June, 1996 from twenty-seven school districts in a small New England State. Several variables (special education classification, Full Scale IQ score at initial administration, age of participant at initial administration, as well as the ethnicity and gender …

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Stochastic Modeling Of Active Life And Its Expectancy, Douglas A. Wolf, Sarah B. Laditka Jan 1997

Stochastic Modeling Of Active Life And Its Expectancy, Douglas A. Wolf, Sarah B. Laditka

Center for Policy Research

The concept of “active” (or “disability-free”) life, and its average value, has proven to be a useful index of public health and of quality of life for populations. A question of great interest in recent years is whether recent trends towards longer life expectancy have been accompanied by comparable increases in active life expectancy. Past research on patterns and trends of active and “inactive” life has focused almost exclusively on the expectancy—or, the average value—of years spent with and without disability. This measure is useful for actuarial calculations, for example analysis of the insurance value of programs that provide long-term …

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Diel Activity Patterns And Host Preferences Of Glossina Fuscipes Fuscipes (Diptera: Glossinidae) Along The Shores Of Lake Victoria, Kenya, M. M. Mohamed-Ahmed, A. Odulaja Jan 1997

Diel Activity Patterns And Host Preferences Of Glossina Fuscipes Fuscipes (Diptera: Glossinidae) Along The Shores Of Lake Victoria, Kenya, M. M. Mohamed-Ahmed, A. Odulaja

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Diurnal activity patterns and host preference of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes Newstead were studied in forest and linear habitats along Lake Victoria shore, Kenya. The objective was to identify the preferred hosts of G. f. fuscipes, the emanations of which may be attractive to this species. Hourly catches of flies in biconical traps were related to changes in the weather and the prevalence of hosts in the vicinity of traps. Flies were mainly active between 0800 and 1600 h, with males peaking around 1100 h and females around 1300 h. Activity of flies correlated directly with light intensity and temperature, but …

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Changes Over Twelve Years In Populations Of Glossina Pallidipes And Glossina Longipennis (Diptera: Glossinidae) Subject To Varying Trapping Pressure At Nguruman, South-West Kenya, R. Brightwell, R. D. Dransfield, P. Stevenson, B. Williams Jan 1997

Changes Over Twelve Years In Populations Of Glossina Pallidipes And Glossina Longipennis (Diptera: Glossinidae) Subject To Varying Trapping Pressure At Nguruman, South-West Kenya, R. Brightwell, R. D. Dransfield, P. Stevenson, B. Williams

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Long term changes in the size of populations of the tsetse Glossina pallidipes Austen and G. longipennis Corti Were monitored over a 12 year period at Nguruman in south-western Kenya. Tsetse populations were subject to droughts of varying intensity and, from 1987, to trapping, initially by a research organization, and later by a community-based development project. Populations were mainly sampled using odour-baited biconical traps, with data from other monitoring traps corrected accordingly. Mark-release-recapture studies were carried out to relate trap catches to absolute population size, and to quantify movement between subpopulations. Trypanosomiasis incidence rates in a herd of local cattle …

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Paleoseismicity Of The North Branch Of The Newport-Inglewood Fault Zone In Huntington Beach, California, From Cone Penetrometer Test Data, Lisa B. Grant, John T. Waggoner, Thomas K. Rockwell, Carmen Von Stein Jan 1997

Paleoseismicity Of The North Branch Of The Newport-Inglewood Fault Zone In Huntington Beach, California, From Cone Penetrometer Test Data, Lisa B. Grant, John T. Waggoner, Thomas K. Rockwell, Carmen Von Stein

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

Application of cone penetrometer testing (CPT) is a promising method for studying subsurface fault zones in stratified, unconsolidated sediment where trenching is not feasible. Analysis of data from 72 CPTs, spaced 7.5 to 30.0 m apart, and 9 borings indicates that the North Branch fault, the active strand of the Newport-Inglewood fault zone (NIFZ) in Huntington Beach, has generated at least three and most likely five recognizable surface ruptures in the past 11.7 +/- 0.7 ka. Additional smaller earthquakes similar to the M-w 6.4 1933. Long Beach earthquake may also have occurred but would not be recognizable with this method. …

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Lived Body Architecture : An Argument For Lived Bodies In Architecture And An Exploration Of Women's Lived Bodies In Society, Sherri A. Scribner Jan 1997

Lived Body Architecture : An Argument For Lived Bodies In Architecture And An Exploration Of Women's Lived Bodies In Society, Sherri A. Scribner

Theses

This thesis is about architecture's current disregard for the lived body and about the lived bodily experiences of women in Western society. Although these seem to be two different themes, they are connected. Architecture disregards the lived body, but it can never escape it. Architects design buildings from their own lived experiences of the world and architectural theorists most often write about architecture from their experience of being in the buildings they discuss. But because architecture has been built and discussed predominantly by men, Western theories of architecture reflect mainly a male interpretation. I begin by analyzing the paradigms of …

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Transverse Momentum Correlations In Hadronic Z Decays, D. Buskulic, M. Thulasidas Jan 1997

Transverse Momentum Correlations In Hadronic Z Decays, D. Buskulic, M. Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Using data obtained with the ALEPH detector at the Z resonance, a measure based on transverse momentum is shown to exhibit a correlation between the two halves of a hadronic event which cannot be explained by energy-momentum conservation, flavour conservation, the imposition of an event axis or imperfect event reconstruction. Two possible interpretations based on existing Monte Carlo models are examined: a) ARIADNE, with the correlation forming early in the parton shower and with the transition from partons to hadrons playing only a minor part; b) JETSET, with the correlation forming at the fragmentation stage. A correlation technique based on …

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A Study Of Τ Decays Involving Η And Ω Mesons, D. Buskulic, M. Thulasidas Jan 1997

A Study Of Τ Decays Involving Η And Ω Mesons, D. Buskulic, M. Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The 132 pbt - 1 of data collected by ALEPH from 1991 to 1994 have been used to analyze η and ω production in τ decays. The following branching fractions have been measured: B(τ−→ντωh−)=(1.91±0.07±0.06)×10−2,B(τ−→ντωh−)=(1.91±0.07±0.06)×10−2, B(τ−→ντωh−π0)=(4.3±0.6±0.5)×10−3,B(τ−→ντωh−π0)=(4.3±0.6±0.5)×10−3, B(τ−→ντηK−)=(2.9+1.3−1.2±0.7)×10−4,B(τ−→ντηK−)=(2.9−1.2+1.3±0.7)×10−4, B(τ−→ντηh−π0)=(1.8±0.4±0.2)×10−3B(τ−→ντηh−π0)=(1.8±0.4±0.2)×10−3 and the 95% C.L. limit B(τ− → ντηπt -) t - 4 has been obtained. The ωπt- and ηπt -π0 rates and dynamics are found in agreement with the predictions made from e+e∼ - annihilation data with the help of isospin invariance (CVC).

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Answering The Bayesioskeptical Challenge, Richard D. Friedman Jan 1997

Answering The Bayesioskeptical Challenge, Richard D. Friedman

Articles

In recent years, some scholars of evidence, myself among them, have made active use of subjective probability theory - what is sometimes referred to as Bayesianism - in thinking about issues and problems related to the law of evidence. But, at the same time, this use has been challenged to various degrees and in various ways by scholars to whom I shall apply the collective, if somewhat misleading, label of Bayesioskeptics. I present this brief paper to defend this use of probability theory, and to discuss what I believe is its proper role in discourse about evidentiary issues.

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Cultural Values And Education In Western Samoa: Tensions Between Colonial Roots And Influences And Contemporary Indigenous Needs, Steven J. Hite, E. Vance Randall, Gaugau Va'afuti Tavana Jan 1997

Cultural Values And Education In Western Samoa: Tensions Between Colonial Roots And Influences And Contemporary Indigenous Needs, Steven J. Hite, E. Vance Randall, Gaugau Va'afuti Tavana

Faculty Publications

The expansion of western culture throughout the world unavoidably alters and re-shapes the perspective of the peoples engulfed by the "West." The western "universalist" culture engenders a premium on values such as "democracy, individualism, and a high standard of living based on material productivity" (Von Laue, 1987, p. 267; Philips, 1992, p. 80). The encroachment of the western colonial era in the pacific areas of Samoa, Tonga, and the Cook Islands began around 1722 and continues in many forms to the present.

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Three-Body Models Of Electron-Hydrogen Ionization, Stephenie J. Jones, Don H. Madison, Dmitry A. Konovalov Jan 1997

Three-Body Models Of Electron-Hydrogen Ionization, Stephenie J. Jones, Don H. Madison, Dmitry A. Konovalov

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

In this paper, we report calculations of electron-hydrogen ionization whereby the final-state wave Function is approximated by recently reported analytical three-body wave functions. In a first model we use the wave function of Alt and Mukhamedzhanov [Phys. Rev. A 47, 2004 (1993)], and in a second model we use the wave function of Berakdar [Phys. Rev. A 53, 2314 (1996)].

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Ionization Of Helium In The Attosecond Equivalent Light Pulse Of 1 Gev/Nucleon U⁹²⁺ Projectiles, R. Moshammer, W. Schmitt, J. Ullrich, H. Kollmus, A. Cassimi, R. Dörner, O. Jagutzki, R. Mann, Ronald E. Olson, H. T. Prinz, H. Schmidt-Böcking, L. Spielberger Jan 1997

Ionization Of Helium In The Attosecond Equivalent Light Pulse Of 1 Gev/Nucleon U⁹²⁺ Projectiles, R. Moshammer, W. Schmitt, J. Ullrich, H. Kollmus, A. Cassimi, R. Dörner, O. Jagutzki, R. Mann, Ronald E. Olson, H. T. Prinz, H. Schmidt-Böcking, L. Spielberger

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Single and double ionization of helium by 1 GeV/nucleon U92+ impact was explored in a kinematically complete experiment. The relativistic ion generates a subattosecond (10−18s) superintense (I > 1019W/cm2) electromagnetic pulse, which is interpreted as a field of equivalent photons (Weizsäcker-Williams method). Cross sections, the emission characteristics of ions and electrons as well as momentum balances, are quantitatively discussed in terms of photoionization of the atom in this broadband, ultrashort virtual photon field. © 1997 The American Physical Society.

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Toward Pedagogies Of Freedom, Solange De Azambuja Lira, William T. Stokes Jan 1997

Toward Pedagogies Of Freedom, Solange De Azambuja Lira, William T. Stokes

Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism, and Practice

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Making The Shifts: Three Middle School Teachers’ Experiences In The Mathematics Education Reform Movement, Walter E. Stone Jr. Jan 1997

Making The Shifts: Three Middle School Teachers’ Experiences In The Mathematics Education Reform Movement, Walter E. Stone Jr.

Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism, and Practice

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About The Contributors, Journal Staff Jan 1997

About The Contributors, Journal Staff

Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism, and Practice

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Journal Of Pedagogy, Pluralism And Practice, Volume 1, Issue 2, Fall 1997 (Full Issue), Journal Staff Jan 1997

Journal Of Pedagogy, Pluralism And Practice, Volume 1, Issue 2, Fall 1997 (Full Issue), Journal Staff

Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism, and Practice

This issue of the Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism and Practice is dedicated to the memory of Paulo Freire who died on May 2, 1997 at the age of 75. Paulo Freire is the author of Pedagogy of the Oppressed, The Politics of Education, Pedagogy of the City, Pedagogy of Hope and many other books that have created a radical discourse on liberatory education and have influenced teachers, theorists and cultural workers throughout the world. His last book, Pedagogia da Autonomia: Saberes necessários à prática educativa, is not yet translated in English, but is expected soon, possibly …

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Damped Diocotron Quasi-Modes Of Non-Neutral Plasmas And Inviscid Fluids, S. Neil Rasband, Ross L. Spencer Jan 1997

Damped Diocotron Quasi-Modes Of Non-Neutral Plasmas And Inviscid Fluids, S. Neil Rasband, Ross L. Spencer

Faculty Publications

Computations of damped diocotron oscillations (quasi-modes) are described for non-neutral plasmas and inviscid fluids. The numerical method implements a suggestion made by Briggs, Daugherty, and Levy some 25 years ago [Phys. Fluids 13, 421 (1970)] to push the branch line that forms the continuum into the complex w-plane by solving the mode equation in the complex r-plane. For the special case of power-law density profiles the calculation finds the same quasi-mode frequencies found recently by Corngold [Phys. Plasmas 2, 620 (1995)]. It is found that the feature of the continuum eigenfunctions which indicates the presence of a nearby quasi-mode is …

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Tests 1684 & 1730: Zetor 7341 Super/Zetor 7321 Super Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 1997

Tests 1684 & 1730: Zetor 7341 Super/Zetor 7321 Super Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

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Creating A Culturally Relevant Environment For The African American Learner In The Foreign Language Classroom, Aleidine Kramer Moeller, Mary Ashcraft Jan 1997

Creating A Culturally Relevant Environment For The African American Learner In The Foreign Language Classroom, Aleidine Kramer Moeller, Mary Ashcraft

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications

Several developments have transformed the way the foreign language classroom looks, the role the teacher and the learner assume, and the approaches and strategies we use to teach and learn second languages. These changes stem from fundamental gains in the knowledge base of how second languages are acquired and learned as well as experimental inquiry into a variety of educational innovations such as cooperative learning, multiple intelligences, and the integration of technology into the classroom. Qualitative, quantitative, and action research have provided the foreign language profession evidence upon which to make informed decisions to build a classroom environment designed to …

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Professional Staff Images, Bsc 125th Anniversary, Professional Staff Caucus Jan 1997

Professional Staff Images, Bsc 125th Anniversary, Professional Staff Caucus

A Selection of Works on the History of Buffalo State

"Many professional departments and professionals working in academic departments exist on this campus, presently sixty-two in all, yet these departments do not constitute barriers. They are necessary for a balanced community. This book is the attempt of the Professional Staff Caucus to recognize all the Professionals in Buffalo State College's sesiquicenntial [125th] year. We did our best to assure that the information was correct, given what records still exist in paper form and in people's memories. We would like to thank all who consented to having their photographs taken and especially to those who contributed to, or wrote each of …

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Variations In The Frequency-Magnitude Distribution With Depth In Two Volcanic Areas: Mount St. Helens, Washington, And Mt. Spurr, Alaska, Stefan Wiemer, Stephen R. Mcnutt Jan 1997

Variations In The Frequency-Magnitude Distribution With Depth In Two Volcanic Areas: Mount St. Helens, Washington, And Mt. Spurr, Alaska, Stefan Wiemer, Stephen R. Mcnutt

School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications

The frequency-magnitude distribution of earthquakes, characterized using the b-value, is examined as a function of space beneath Mount St. Helens (1988–1996), and Mt. Spurr (1991–1995). At Mount St. Helens, two volumes of anomalously high b (b > 1.3) can be observed at depths of 2.6–3.6 km below the crater floor and below 6.4 km. These anomalies coincide with (1) the depth of vesiculation of ascending magma, and (2) the suggested location of a magma chamber at Mount St. Helens. Study of Mt. Spurr reveals an area of high b-value (b ≥ 1.3) at a depth of about 2.3–4.5 …

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Observations At Costa Rican Volcano Offer Clues To Causes Of Eruptions, M. Hagerty, S. Y. Schwartz, M. Protti, Timothy H. Dixon, M. Garcés Jan 1997

Observations At Costa Rican Volcano Offer Clues To Causes Of Eruptions, M. Hagerty, S. Y. Schwartz, M. Protti, Timothy H. Dixon, M. Garcés

School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications

Recent measurements of ground deformation at an active volcano show great promise for elucidating the processes that lead to volcanic eruptions. A long-term effort to continuously monitor ground deformation over a very wide bandwidth using state-of-the-art geodetic, seismic, and acoustic instruments at Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica is producing high-quality recordings of harmonic tremor and explosive events and offers an exciting opportunity to explore possible lunar periodicities in volcanic eruptivity.

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Stomatopod Crustaceans From The Carolinas And Georgia, Southeastern United States, Raymond B. Manning, Richard W. Heard Jan 1997

Stomatopod Crustaceans From The Carolinas And Georgia, Southeastern United States, Raymond B. Manning, Richard W. Heard

Gulf and Caribbean Research

Literature and specimen records are updated for stomatopod crustaceans known from the coasts of the Carolinas and Georgia. Gibbesia, new genus, is recognized for Squilla neglecta, and a new species, Neogonodactylus wennerae, is named for an offshore species of Neogonodactylus previously identified with the Caribbean shore species N. bredini. Fifteen species of stomatopods representing 12 genera are now known from the area: Bigelowina biminiensis (Bigelow), Cloridopsis dubia (Milne Edwards), Coronis scolopendra Latreille, Gibbesia neglecta (Gibbes), Heterosquilloides armata (Smith), Meiosquilla quadridens (Bigelow), Lysiosquilla scabricauda (Lamarck), Lysiosquillina glabriuscula (Lamarck), Nannosquilla carolinensis Manning, N. whitingi Camp & Manning, Neogonodactylus …

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How Have The Procedural Aspects Of The Telecommunications Act Of 1996 Worked?, Clinton Miller, Charles H. Carrathers Iii, Michael Schwarzwalder, Rod Johnson, Jill Butler Jan 1997

How Have The Procedural Aspects Of The Telecommunications Act Of 1996 Worked?, Clinton Miller, Charles H. Carrathers Iii, Michael Schwarzwalder, Rod Johnson, Jill Butler

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

Good morning. I am Clinton Miller. I'm one of the three members of the Virginia State Corporation Commission and charged with moderating this next panel. I will give you a brief overview before they begin because there may be some people in the room who are not deeply familiar with the procedural aspects of the Telecommunication Act of 1996.

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Brca1: To Test Or Not To Test, That Is The Question, Mendel E. Singer, Phd., Randall D. Cebul, M.D. Jan 1997

Brca1: To Test Or Not To Test, That Is The Question, Mendel E. Singer, Phd., Randall D. Cebul, M.D.

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

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Management Of California Oak Woodlands: Uncertainties And Modeling, Jay E. Noel, Richard P. Thompson Jan 1997

Management Of California Oak Woodlands: Uncertainties And Modeling, Jay E. Noel, Richard P. Thompson

Agribusiness

A mathematical policy model of oak woodlands is presented. The model illustrates the policy uncertainties that exist in the management of oak woodlands. These uncertainties include: (1) selection of a policy criterion function, (2) woodland dynamics, (3) initial and final state of the woodland stock. The paper provides a review of each of the uncertainty issues. The final section of the paper describes a modeling approach that can be developed to assist policy makers in evaluating alternative oak woodland policy actions.

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Field Trip Guide (For The Nebraska Well Drillers Association) Northeastern Nebraska Geology, S. Olafsen Lackey, Robert F. Diffendal Jr., R. R. Burchett, D. A. Eversoll, R. A. Tremblay Jan 1997

Field Trip Guide (For The Nebraska Well Drillers Association) Northeastern Nebraska Geology, S. Olafsen Lackey, Robert F. Diffendal Jr., R. R. Burchett, D. A. Eversoll, R. A. Tremblay

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

Field trip guide for the Nebraska Well Drillers Association covering northeastern Nebraska geology from 1997.

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The Effect Of Three-Dimensional Freestream Disturbances On The Supersonic Flow Past A Wedge, Peter W. Duck, D. Glenn Lasseigne, M. Y. Hussaini Jan 1997

The Effect Of Three-Dimensional Freestream Disturbances On The Supersonic Flow Past A Wedge, Peter W. Duck, D. Glenn Lasseigne, M. Y. Hussaini

Mathematics & Statistics Faculty Publications

The interaction between a shock wave (attached to a wedge) and small amplitude, three-dimensional disturbances of a uniform, supersonic, freestream flow are investigated. The paper extends the two-dimensional study of Duck et al. [P W. Duck, D. G. Lasseigne, and M. Y. Hussaini, ''On the interaction between the shock wave attached to a wedge and freestream disturbances,'' Theor. Comput. Fluid Dyn. 7, 119 (1995) (also ICASE Report No. 93-61)] through the use of vector potentials, which render the problem tractable by the same techniques as in the two-dimensional case, in particular by expansion of the solution by means of …

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