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* The attached shock wave is a classic structure in aerodynamics because, for a perfect gas and inviscid flow field, an analytic solution is available, such that the pressure ratio, temperature ratio, angle of the wedge and the downstream Mach number can all be calculated knowing the upstream Mach number and the shock angle.
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The idea of Orion was to react small directional nuclear explosives against a large steel pusher plate attached to the spacecraft with shock absorbers.
Schlieren photography | Schlieren photograph of an attached shock on a sharp-nosed supersonic body.
Detached shocks allow the same type of analytic calculations as for the attached shock, for the flow near the shock.
An industrial washer can be mounted on heavy-duty shock absorbers and attached to a concrete floor, so that it can extract water from even the most severely out-of-balance and heavy wash loads.
Although Barbara was not beautiful — her homely looks were thought by observers to cause the prince a visible shock when he was first presented to her — ' Ferdinand the Learned ' ( as he was called ) became deeply attached to her, sharing her passion for music.
In order to minimize the strength of this shock it needs to remain " attached " to the front of the wing, which demands a very sharp leading edge.
The MacPherson strut combines a shock absorber and a spring in a single unit, by means of which each wheel is attached to the car body.
Its functioning principle is damping the chopping motion of the boats bow with a ski-like device attached to the bow through a car shock absorber.
In particular, electronic controls used on new-generation appliances are subject to damage from shock, vibration, moisture, or power spikes on the electrical circuit to which they are attached.
Schlieren photography | Schlieren photograph of an attached shock on a sharp-nosed supersonic body.
The Mach angle of the weak attached shock made visible by the halo, is seen to be close to arcsin ( 1 ) = 90 degrees.
One end of the cord set is attached to a molded electrical plug ; the other is typically a molded electrical receptacle to prevent the possibility of having an exposed live prong or pin which would cause electric shock.
The operator can also inflict repeated shock cycles with each pull of the trigger as long as both barbs remain attached to the subject.
The use of electronic gear such as sealed telephones attached to ... both the women's vaginas and men's testicles < nowiki ></ nowiki > shock them into submission.
The hazards include electric shock, electrocution, burns from accidental short circuits, and damage to the attached equipment.
It also included a shock cord attached to the wagon bed, which caused wheels to cramp and turn the wagon over on the precise spot that was most advantageous for the camera.
The chrome bumper was mounted in front of a steel pipe and attached to the frame by shock absorbers.
Spoiler uses the shock of the revelation to gain the upper hand and uses one of the chains attached to the Gunship lifting the canister to strangle Cluemaster, but Batman prevents this.
A pair of shock absorbers are mounted just before the rear axle and attached to the frame below the seat rail.
In 1941 Hlinka Guard shock troops were trained in SS camps in Germany, and the SS attached an adviser to the guard.
At the time, cavalry units in the Union armies were generally directly attached to infantry corps, divisions, and " wings " to be used as " shock troops ," and essentially played minimal roles in early Civil War campaigns.
As in the East, the various Union commanders in the West generally used cavalry poorly during the first two years of the war ; cavalry was again parcelled out to be attached to infantry corps as " shock troops " and scouts.
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The speaker can be programmatically switched on or off at any time but is permanently attached to a hardware counter so is normally only able to output a square wave.
On September 12 he presented his findings to the management, which included Mark Shepherd: he showed them a piece of germanium with an oscilloscope attached, pressed a switch, and the oscilloscope showed a continuous sine wave, proving that his integrated circuit worked and thus that he solved the problem.
A few snorkels have float-operated valves attached to the top end of the tube to keep water out when a wave passes, but these cause problems when diving as the snorkel must then be equalised, using part of the diver's inhaled air supply.
A surfer is towed into a breaking wave by a partner driving a personal watercraft ( PWC, commonly known by the brand name Jet Ski ) or a helicopter with an attached tow-line.
: Part of the second wave of releases for the Transformers Classics toy line, this incarnation of Jetfire has a removable booster pack and helmet ; with them attached ( and excluding the translucent blue missiles ), the toy looks much like the Macross ( Super ) Valkyrie-based original.
* Tombolo, an attached island formed by erosion and wave action
It is a common large algae on shores where there is severe wave exposure attached to rocks just below low-watermark in the " Laminaria belt ", and is common on rocky shores in exposed places.
: As the only figure from the first wave of Transformers: Cybertron figures to be moulded with Mini-Con ports to which the small figures can be attached, Vector Prime was packaged with Safeguard.
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There is a difference in the experimental arrangement, in that the U.S. microphones are attached directly to the vehicle skin while the Russian instruments are isolated from the skin.
Furthermore, the hydrolysis of paraoxon was studied in mammalian sera, and it was found that it is hydrolyzed by albumin ( or a factor attached to it ) in addition to arylesterase.
Usually this is a thin band of wire attached to the molars and stretching across the teeth.
`` My father is a sergeant of detectives and has been attached to Homicide for five years.
The pectoral girdle is supported by muscle and the well developed pelvic girdle is attached to the backbone by a pair of sacral ribs.
Achill is attached to the mainland by Michael Davitt Bridge, between the villages of Gob an Choire ( Achill Sound ) and Poll Raithní ( Polranny ).
amator, " lover ") is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without pay and often without formal training.
Though the title " abbot " is not given in the Western Church to any but actual abbots of monasteries today, the title archimandrite is given to " monastics " ( i. e., celibate ) priests in the East, even when not attached to a monastery, as an honor for service, similar to the title of monsignor in the Western / Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church.
In some amino acids, the amine group is attached to the β or γ-carbon, and these are therefore referred to as beta or gamma amino acids.
Cysteine is unusual since it has a sulfur atom at the second position in its side-chain, which has a larger atomic mass than the groups attached to the first carbon, which is attached to the α-carbon in the other standard amino acids, thus the ( R ) instead of ( S ).
Transportation of abalone may only legally occur while the abalone is still attached in the shell.
The vessel is attached to the anchor by the rode, which is made of chain, cable, rope, or a combination of these.
One method of building a mooring is to use three or more conventional anchors laid out with short lengths of chain attached to a swivel, so no matter which direction the vessel moves one or more anchors will be aligned to resist the force.
A second anchor is attached to the end of the anchor cable, and is dropped and set.
A swivel is attached to the middle of the anchor cable, and the vessel connected to that.
When a vessel is in a narrow channel or on a lee shore so that there is no room to tack the vessel in a conventional manner an anchor attached to the lee quarter may be dropped from the lee bow.
The university clinics attached to the RWTH, the Klinikum Aachen, is the biggest single-building hospital in Europe.
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