of m points while providing the user a high level of control over the frequency content of the resulting curve. Specifically, the algorithm views the tangential angle of the curve as a function of the arc-length, filters it as such, and adds a small analytic perturbation so that the curve passes through the input data. If the number of nodes in the initial discretization is n, the entire scheme...

Introduction: The load-dependent collageneous fiber organization in the joint cartilage determines the biomechanical properties of this tissue. It has been shown that the deformation mechanisms of the collagen network under compressive load depend on the morphological and structural intactness of the cartilage [1, 2]. Thus, the analysis of load-reactions of joint cartilage could be a successful...

Using laser tweezers, we study colloidal interactions of solid microspheres in the nematic bulk caused by elastic distortions around the particles with tangential surface anchoring. The interactions overcome the Brownian motion when the interparticle separation r-->p is less than 3 particle diameters. The particles attract when the angle theta between r-->p and the uniform far-field director n0...

In the previous work (J. Geom. Phys. 39 (2001) 50-61), the closed loop solitons in a plane, i.e., loops whose curvatures obey the modified Korteweg-de Vries equations, were investigated for the case related to algebraic curves with genera one and two. This article is a generalization of the previous article to those of hyperelliptic curves with general genera. It was proved that the tangential ...

of m points while providing the user a high level of control over the frequency content of the resulting curve. Specifically, the algorithm views the tangential angle of the curve as a function of the arc-length, filters it as such, and adds a small analytic perturbation so that the curve passes through the input data. If the number of nodes in the initial discretization is n, the entire scheme...

The motion of a car is described using a stochastic model in which the driving processes are the steering angle and the tangential acceleration. The model incorporates exactly the kinematic constraint that the wheels do not slip sideways. Two lters based on this model have been implemented, namely the standard EKF, and a new lter (the CUF) in which the expectation and the covariance of the syst...

Solar sails with the capability of generating a tangential radiation pressure at sun-pointing attitude, such as refractive can provide more efficient methods for attitude and orbital control sailcraft. This paper presents concept gradient-index sail an advanced class sail, which operates by guiding solar through structure made graded index material. The design sail's distribution is performed t...

Pressure Reducing Valves (PRV) are being used for decreasing the existing extra pressure in the water distribution network. however, they dissipate a considerable amount of energy. Therefore, the idea of application of Soft Pressure Reducing Systems (SPRS) is proposed, where a PRV is replaced by a hydropower station. The heart of An SPRS is the turbo-generator. One of the advantages of this typ...

In the recording of movement by means of a lever on a smoked drum, the use of a frontal writing point offers certain advantages. The lever is normal to the curve of the drum surface and terminates in a small hinge, which is tangential to this curve and supports the actual writing point. The latter usually has two arms projecting below and above the A hinge, the upper one being ibent back at an ...