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Multivariable Isoperformance Methodology for Precision Opto-Mechanical Systems

Precision opto-mechanical systems, such as space telescopes, combine structures, optics and controls in order to meet stringent pointing and phasing requirements. In this context a novel approach to the design of complex, multi-disciplinary systems is presented in the form of a multivariable isoperformance methodology. The isoperformance approach rst nds a point design within a given topology, ...

Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-axis vs. the sympatho-adrenal medullary system in the acute response to psychological stress

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Experimental Evidence for the Intimate Interaction among Sheared Flows, Eddy Structures, Reynolds Stress, and Zonal Flows across a Transition to Improved Confinement

I. Shesterikov, Y. Xu,* G. R. Tynan, P. H. Diamond, S. Jachmich, P. Dumortier, M. Vergote, M. Van Schoor, G. Van Oost, and TEXTOR Team Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas-Laboratorium voor Plasmafysica, Association Euratom-Belgian state, Ecole Royale Militaire-Koninklijke Militaire School, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 9209...

Role of solitons in sliding friction models

We construct a computer code to solve the (Nosé Hoover) finite-temperature classical dynamics of a Lennard-Jones solid lubricant slab between two rigid solid substrates. The code is based on a standard periodically repeated supercell scheme, which imposes relative substrates/lubricant densities. We investigate the possible occurrence of Moiré patterns due to incommensurability, and for the drag...