Search
Now showing items 401-410 of 564
The formation and evolution of reconnection-driven, slow-mode shocks in a partially ionised plasma
(EDP SciencesAstronomy & Astrophysics, 2016)
The role of slow-mode magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) shocks in magnetic reconnection is of great importance for energy conversion and transport, but in many astrophysical plasmas the plasma is not fully ionised. In this paper, ...
A WKB approximation of elastic waves travelling on a shell of revolution
(ElsevierJournal of Sound and Vibration, 2016-08-04)
This paper is concerned with the elastic waveguide properties of an infinite pipe with circular cross section whose radius varies slowly along its length. The equations governing the elastodynamics of such shells are derived ...
Coordinated Beating of Algal Flagella is Mediated by Basal Coupling
(National Academy of SciencesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 2016)
Cilia and flagella often exhibit synchronized behavior; this includes phase-locking, as seen in Chlamydomonas, and metachronal wave formation in the respiratory cilia of higher organisms. Since the observations by Gray and ...
The fluxes and behaviour of plumes inferred from measurements of coherent structures within images of the bulk flow
(Taylor & FrancisAtmosphere - Ocean, 2016-06-01)
This paper describes how measurements of the movement of identifiable features at the edge of a turbulent plume can be interpreted to determine the properties of the mean flow and consequently, using plume theory, can be ...
Asymptotic Analysis of Asymmetric Thin Sheet Rolling
(ElsevierInternational Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2016-04-22)
An analytical model for asymmetric rolling is presented, which includes asymmetry in roll friction, roll size and roll speed, for a rigid, perfectly-plastic thin sheet deformed with Coulomb friction. This model is solved ...
Bivariate spatial point patterns in the retina: a reproducible review
(Societe Française de StatistiqueJournal de la Société Française de Statistique, 2016-04-08)
In this article I present a reproducible review of recent research to investigate the spatial positioning of neurons in the nervous system. In particular, I focus on the relative spatial positioning of pairs of cell types ...
Evanescent ergosurfaces and ambipolar hyperkähler metrics
(SpringerJournal of High Energy Physics, 2016-04-20)
A supersymmetric solution of 5d supergravity may admit an ‘evanescent ergosurface’: a timelike hypersurface such that the canonical Killing vector field is timelike everywhere except on this hypersurface. The hyperkähler ...
Entrainment by turbulent fountains
(Cambridge University PressJournal of Fluid Mechanics, 2016-02-04)
Experimental measurements of entrainment by turbulent fountains from circular sources in quiescent uniform environments are presented. Our results span almost four orders of magnitude in the source Froude number (0.004 ≤ ...
A comparison of computational methods for detecting bursts in neuronal spike trains and their application to human stem cell-derived neuronal networks
(American Physiological SocietyJournal of Neurophysiology, 2016-04-20)
Accurate identification of bursting activity is an essential element in the characterization of neuronal network activity. Despite this, no one technique for identifying bursts in spike trains has been widely adopted. ...
Squirmers with swirl - a model for Volvox swimming
(Cambridge University PressJournal of Fluid Mechanics, 2016)
Colonies of the green alga Volvox are spheres that swim through the beating of pairs of flagella on their surface somatic cells. The somatic cells themselves are mounted rigidly in a polymeric extracellular matrix, fixing ...