Abstract: This paper discusses the permitting and acquisition processes associated with a major land‐use decision, which occurred throughout the 1980s in southeast Broward County, Florida. The paper discusses the history of private ...

Abstract: Some webs and interior compression chords of metal-plate-connected wood trusses require continuous lateral braces (CLBs) to reduce the effective buckling lengths of the members. The CLBs must also be braced, typically by ...

Abstract: Ground-based high resolution (R ≈ 120,000) spectra of the zenith day sky near 6300 Å were obtained with a PEPSIOS. When compared with the solar spectrum taken with the same spectrometer the filling-in of Fraunhofer lines ...

Abstract: Time-frequency analysis and wavelet transforms are employed to investigate transient contact dynamics at the head/disk interface of computer hard drives. Wavelet transforms are used to resolve ...

Abstract: Finite element analysis is applied to simulate the head/tape interface in a Digital Linear Tape (DLT) drive. The numerical model was verified by contact spacing measurements using a “three-bump” ...

Abstract: The sources of lateral tape motion in a tape drive are reviewed. Currently used measurement methods and models for lateral tape motion are analyzed and compared. The effect of roller run-out, ...

Abstract: The lateral motion of a tape moving axially over a cylindrical guide surface is investigated. The effects of lateral bending stiffness and friction force are studied and the attenuation of ...

Abstract: Acoustic emission sensors were used to detect contact between a moving tape and the flange of a tape guide. The influence of tape drive operating conditions on the tape edge contact force ...

Abstract: Estimates of the mean vertical motions at the earth's surface associated with airflow over topography are presented for Northern Hemisphere winter and summer conditions, and the implications of these estimates for the ...