a = semimajor axis b = magnetic field vector e = eccentricity e = orbital element vector e · = matrix exponential f = true anomaly h = angular momentum magnitude i = inclination J = cost Jn = nth zonal harmonic coefficient M = mean anomaly m = mass m = magnetic dipole vector N − 1 = number of thrusts n = mean motion p = semilatus rectum q = electrical charge r = orbit radius magnitude r = posit...

Here we develop a numerical model to investigate the hypothesis proposed by a companion paper [Eltahir, this issue], which describes a soil moisture–rainfall feedback mechanism. The model is designed to describe the seasonal evolution of the West African monsoon rainfall and is used to perform numerical experiments that elucidate the mechanisms of the response of rainfall to soil moisture anoma...

the coherent anomaly method and a cluster mean-field approach combined with finite-sizescaling extrapolation were used to determine the critical temperature and the critical exponents of as =1 ising chain with a long-range interaction in the form of 1/ r1+σ . the results of criticaltemperature are in good agreement with the recent results of the finite-range scaling method and aremore accurate ...

The martensitic–austenitic phase transformation of a polycrystalline shape memory alloys (SMA) occurs gradually over a range of temperatures even though the monocrystal undergoes a first-order transition (at a single temperature). Factors such as material inhomogeneities and internal stresses in a polycrystal are believed to cause the spread in transformation temperatures. In this work, we assu...