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Virtual Source Method Simulation Of Progressive Water Waves, O Al-Tameemi, Di Graham, K Langfeld Jan 2019

Virtual Source Method Simulation Of Progressive Water Waves, O Al-Tameemi, Di Graham, K Langfeld

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

The virtual source method (VSM) has been developed to simulate water waves based upon the solution of Laplace’s equation for the velocity potential integral equations with full nonlinear surface conditions. The basis of the method is the use of specific Green’s functions for a rectangular ‘virtual domain’ which is an extension of the physical domain. The solution variables are frequency components of the velocity potential at the upper virtual boundary and these are found by specifying appropriate conditions on the physical boundaries (i.e. wavemaker, walls and wave surfaces). The authors have shown that the model successfully simulates both linear and …

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Is There An Economic Case For The Olympic Games?, Chris Dempsey, Victor Matheson, Andrew Zimbalist Jan 2019

Is There An Economic Case For The Olympic Games?, Chris Dempsey, Victor Matheson, Andrew Zimbalist

Connecticut Journal of International Law

The Olympic Games are a major undertaking that promise both large costs and potentially large benefits to host cities. This paper lays out the potential economic benefits of hosting the Olympics and details how, in the vast majority of cases, these gains are unlikely to cover the costs of hosting the event. The ideas are then applied to the experience of Boston in its ultimately unsuccessful bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The ideas behind this paper were first presented at "Behind the Games: The Effect of the Olympics on Host Cities," UConn Law School, Hartford, CT, April 2019

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Will Human Rights Ever Be Olympic Values?: Evaluating The Responses To Human Rights Violations At The Olympic Games, Ryan Gauthier, Gigi Alford Jan 2019

Will Human Rights Ever Be Olympic Values?: Evaluating The Responses To Human Rights Violations At The Olympic Games, Ryan Gauthier, Gigi Alford

Connecticut Journal of International Law

On July 24, 2020, the Opening Ceremonies for the Tokyo Olympic Games will commence. Tokyo won the right to host the Games by positioning itself as a "safe pair of hands" in contrast to the risker bids of Madrid and Istanbul.1 In preparing for the Games, Tokyo has experienced its share of troubles. Allegations of plagiarism concerning its logo,2 having to change its main stadium design,3 cost overruns,4 and allegations of corruption surrounding its bid,5 could lead one to question whether Tokyo is the "safe pair of hands" it claimed to be. Yet, these issues are par for any Olympic …

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The Political History Of The Olympics And The Human Rights Thicket, Jules Boykoff Jan 2019

The Political History Of The Olympics And The Human Rights Thicket, Jules Boykoff

Connecticut Journal of International Law

We are living in an enormously important moment when it comes to the relationship between the Olympics Games and human rights. It's a particularly opportune time to peer behind the shiny scrim of the Olympics and seriously scrutinize the effects that staging the Games has on host cities. The frame of human rights helps us see the Olympics-and its current problems-with greater clarity. At the same time, the Olympics provide a powerful lens to think through the limitations of human-rights discourse as well as the all-toocommon chasm between discourse and deed.

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