TL;DR: Methods to measure the following properties of gray level corners: subtended angle, orientation, contrast, bluntness (or rounding of the apex), and boundary curvature (for cusps) are described.
TL;DR: Traffic flow models that include human visual characteristics must consider the "dead zones" in response produced by thresholds of subtended angle change subtended angular velocity and the non-linear relationship between perceived relative velocity and actual relative velocity.
TL;DR: A discrete singular convolution (DSC) free vibration analysis of conical panels is presented in this article, where the derivatives in both the governing equations and the boundary conditions are discretized by the method of DSC.
TL;DR: In this paper, a new analytical solution is presented for spring-in of curved thermoset matrix composites taking into account the low shear stiffness of the material in the rubbery state before it is fully cured.
Abstract: A new analytical solution is presented for spring-in of curved thermoset matrix composites taking into account the low shear stiffness of the material in the rubbery state before it is fully cured. It is shown that shear-lag through the thickness can have a significant effect in reducing spring-in arising from thermal stresses and chemical shrinkage between gelation and vitrification. Results are presented in a nondimensional form that shows the influences of subtended angle, through-thickness shrinkage, the ratio of curved arc length to part thickness, and the ratio of in-plane modulus to rubbery interlaminar shear modulus, providing greater physical insight into the spring-in mechanism. The analysis predicts a significant effect of thickness on spring-in angle. This is verified by experimental measurements on cross-ply carbon-epoxy C-sections cured on a carbon fiber tool, confirming the validity of the new solution.
TL;DR: The analytical expression for the solid angle for n-sided, regular polygon of area equal to that of the disc is given in this article. And the average solid angles subtended by circular discs from circular discs are calculated and given in tabular form for a range of disc sizes.