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    Elephant Rocks, near Sherman, Wy.

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    Elephant Rocks, near Sherman, Wy

    Canon Walls overhang the road, Shoshone Canon, Cody, Wy., The

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    Canon Walls overhang the road, Shoshone Canon, Cody, Wy., Th

    River from way north of Shoshone Canon, Cody, WY, The

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    River from way north of Shoshone Canon, Cody, WY, Th

    Research Handbook on Asian Financial Law

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    This comprehensive Research Handbook provides an in-depth analysis of the different financial law approaches, legal systems and trends throughout Asia. It considers how reforms following the crises have been critical for the development and growth of the region and explores a broad range of post-crisis financial regulatory issues. This timely book also examines how inconsistent and divergent approaches to financial market regulation are curtailing the region's potential.link_to_subscribed_fulltex

    The Google Book search settlement: A law and economics analysis

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    Beginning in December 2004 Google has pursued a new project to create a book search engine (Google Book Search). The project has released a storm of controversy around the globe. While the supporters of Google Book Search conceive the project as a first reasonable step towards unlimited access to knowledge in the information age, its opponents fear profound negative effects due to an erosion of copyright law. Our law and economics analysis of the Book Search Project suggests that – from a copyright perspective – the proposed settlement may be beneficial to right holders, consumers, and Google. For instance, it may provide a solution to the still unsolved dilemma of orphan works. From a competition policy perspective, we stress the important aspect that Google’s pricing algorithm for orphan and unclaimed works effectively replicates a competitive Nash-Bertrand market outcome under post-settlement, third-party oversight.Book Rights Registry; Competition Policy; Copyright; Fair Use; Google Book Search; Library Program; Orphan Works

    Design of a robust H-infinity PID control for industrial manipulators

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    Industrial manipulators are under various limitations against high quality motion control; for example, both frictional and dynamic disturbances should be dealt with a simple PID control structure. A robust linear PID motion controller, called the reference error feedback (REF), is proposed, which solves the nonlinear L-2-gain attenuation control problem for robotic manipulators. The stability, robustness, and performance tuning of the proposed controller are analyzed. Making use of the fact that the single parameter of the induced L-2-gain gamma controls the performance with stability attained, we propose a simple and stable method of performance tuning called "the square law." The analytical results are verified through experiments of a six-degrees-of-freedom industrial manipulator. [S0022-0434(00)00104-0].X1110sciescopu

    Successive 3D FE analysis technique for characterization of fatigue crack growth behavior in composite-repaired aluminum plate

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    An analytical approach using successive finite element analysis technique was conducted to characterize the fatigue crack growth behavior of pre-cracked aluminum plates reinforced with composite patches. For single-sided repairs, due to the asymmetry and the presence of out-of-plane bending, crack front shape would become skewed curvilinear started from a uniform through-crack profile, as observed from previous studies. As the stress intensity factor (SIF) calculated at the crack tip is much influenced by crack front shape, it is necessary to predict the actual crack front shape evolution and take it into account for the accurate analysis of fatigue behavior. Present procedure performed a three-dimensional geometrically nonlinear finite element analysis to determine the SIF distribution at a set of points along the crack front, and then estimated the crack growth increments at these points by invoking a fatigue crack growth rate relationship (power-law relationship). A new crack front was then established for the next step by using a relevant remeshing scheme. Through conducting this procedure successively, the crack path of the patched plate as well as the fatigue life was evaluated with sufficient accuracy. The analytical predictions of both the crack front shape evolution and the fatigue life were in good agreement with the experimental observations. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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