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Calculated performance, stability and maneuverability of high-speed tilting-prop-rotor aircraft [PDF]
The feasibility of operating tilting-prop-rotor aircraft at high speeds is examined by calculating the performance, stability, and maneuverability of representative configurations. The rotor performance is examined in high-speed cruise and in hover.
Bowles, Jeffrey V. +2 more
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Does the setting matter? Characterizing and classifying rural and urban arsonists
Legal and Criminological Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Background Thousands of fires are deliberately ignited around the world each year. The setting where it happens—rural versus urban areas—can lead to different crime opportunities. Rural arsonists set fires in vegetated areas, whereas urban arsonists target residences and other properties.
Rita Ribeiro +3 more
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Inducing Compliance: Shaping Audiences' Perceptions in China's Cyber Crime Enforcement
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Through case studies in the South Pacific and an examination of Chinese sources, this article examines two dimensions of China's cybercrime enforcement beyond its borders: how it manages to repatriate cybercriminals in the absence of formal extradition agreements, and why these repatriations are surrounded by a high degree of performativity ...
Graeme Smith
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Aircraft technology opportunities for the 21st Century [PDF]
New aircraft technologies are presented that have the potential to expand the air transportation system and reduce congestion through new operating capabilities, and at the same time provide greater levels of safety and environmental compatibility.
Albers, James A., Zuk, John
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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper assesses what type of comments are most useful to what type of stakeholder in gaining influence during public consultations. Theoretically, the paper approaches stakeholders' consultation comments as reputational threats from key audiences that the agency needs to respond to.
Rik Joosen
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Study of Boeing 777 Evacuation Using a Finer-grid Civil Aircraft Evacuation Model
, 2014 Zhiming Fang +3 more
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Non-Destructive Evaluation—A Pivotal Technology for Qualification of Composite Aircraft Structures [PDF]
, 2009 Tremendous advances in composite materials and a deeper understanding of their behavior have been responsible for the increased use of composites in the development of advanced, new generation civil and military aircraft.
Madhava, MR +4 more
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