We explore the reflection off a sonic curve and the domain of determinacy, via the method of characteristics, of self-similar solutions to the two dimensional isentropic Euler system through several examples with axially symmetric initial data. We find that characteristics in some cases can be completely absorbed by the sonic curve so that the characteristics vanish tangentially into the sonic ...

Abstract The 2 m×2 m high-speed free jet test facility is a level intermittent blowdown-ejector ground facility, which has the ability of tri-sonic operation. closed section replaced with large chamber. In development process project, main focus uncertainty influences pressure pulsation action on functional realization step change Ma number by adjusting semi-flexible nozzle profile in wide oper...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate and compare the efficacy of an oscillating-rotating (O-R) power toothbrush with a brush head utilizing angled bristles to a marketed sonic toothbrush in the reduction of plaque and gingivitis over an eight-week period. METHODS This study used a randomized, examiner-blind, single-center, two-treatment, parallel group, eight-week design. Subjects with mild-to-moderate plaq...

This paper describes an exploration of visual and sonic texture. These textures are linked by a swarm of “tech-tiles”, where each tech-tile is a rectangular element of an image or a sequence of audio samples. An entire image can be converted to a single tech-tile, which can be performed as a composition, or a swarm of small tiles can fly over the image, generating a sonic improvisation. In each...

Sonic boom research conducted at NASA through the Supersonics Project of the Fundamental Aeronautics Program is oriented toward understanding the potential impact of sonic boom noise on communities from new low-boom supersonic aircraft designs. Encompassing research in atmospheric propagation, structural response, and human response, NASA research contributes to knowledge in key areas needed to...

Based on focus groups and interviews with student renters in an Israeli slum, the article explores the contributions of differences in sonic styles and sensibilities to boundary work, social categorization, and evaluation. Alongside visual cues such as broken windows, bad neighborhoods are characterized by sonic cues, such as shouts from windows. Students understand "being ghetto" as being loud...

AIM Powered or manual toothbrushes are daily-used instrument in the Western area for the control and removal of bacterial biofilm. Among powered-toothbrushes, sonic technology has shown to produce fluid turbulent activity that might assist in plaque removal; however, limited knowledge is available in-vivo. The objectives of this study were to compare the plaque removal efficacy of two different...

The cortex and basal ganglia are the major structures of the adult brain derived from the embryonic telencephalon. Two morphologically distinct regions of the basal ganglia are evident within the mature ventral telencephalon, the globus pallidus medially, and the striatum, which is positioned between the globus pallidus and the cortex. Deletion of the Sonic Hedgehog gene in mice indicates that ...

We investigate a simple toy model of particle scattering in the flat spacetime limit an analogue-gravity model. The medium is treated as scalar field phonons that obeys Klein--Gordon equation and thus admits Lorentz symmetry with respect to ${c}_{\mathrm{s}}$, speed sound medium. from which are scattered external system does not obey sonic phonon obeys. In-universe observers who use exchange op...