Šiame darbe analizuojami optinio meno, stop kadro animacijos veikimo principai, žmogaus gyvenimo momento svarba bei lentikuliarinės spaudos technologija, autorės nuomone, turintys sąsają su jos kurta animuota fotografija. Žmogaus trumpos nenutrūkstamo, ištisinio gyvenimo dalelės aktualumas kūrybiniame darbe virsta meniniu objektu, turinčiu aiškią motyvaciją, priežastis bei tikslus. Kūrybinio darbo dalyje pateikiama stop kadrais animuota fotografija. Darbas atspausdintas modernia technika, vienu iš naujausių spaudos būdų Lietuvoje – lentikuliarine spauda. Šis spaudos būdas atveria platesnes ir efektyvesnes galimybes, suteikiant darbui šiuolaikiškumo, išskirtinumo, originalumo bei skatina kurti naujas ir aktualias idėjas. Žiūrovui, stebinčiam animuotą fotografiją, suteikiama galimybė pristabdyti, sugrįžti atgal arba pakartoti reginį. Jis pats kontroliuoja žiūrėjimo kampą bei tempą, suvokdamas imituojamą judesį. / Here is analyzed optical art, stop-frame animation’s principle, the moment of importance in human life and lenticular press technology in this work. According to the author, all it has connection with her created work. The relevance of particles of human short-continuous life into the creative work becomes an artistic object with a clear motivation for the reasons and goals. Here is introduced stop motion animated photography in creative work park. The work is printed by modern technology, one of the newest ways to press in Lithuania - lenticular press. This printing method offers a wider and more effective option, giving modernity, exclusivity, originality for the work and encourages the development of new and relevant ideas. The viewer, who is observing an animated photography, has a opportunity to pause, go back or repeat the view. He controls the viewing angle and tempo, aware of the simulated motion.

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Lenticular sheets can be used with machine vision to determine relative position between two objects. If a lenticular sheet of a given period is mounted above periodically spaced lines sharing the same period, lines will appear on the lenticular sheet which translate along the lenticular sheet in a direction perpendicular to observer motion. This behavior is modeled theoretically and tested experimentally, and found to be linear within a finite range. By arranging two lenticular sheets, configured as described above, in a mutually orthogonal configuration on a flat surface, the lines that appear on the lenticular sheets can be used by a camera to estimate its position relative to the lenticular sheets. Two such devices were constructed to test the principle, and machine vision code was developed to ascertain position using these devices. Machine vision code was found to reliably provide angular position of a camera within $1.4^circ$ through experimental testing. The optical patterns that appear on the lenticular sheet surfaces are monitored using a digital camera. The resulting images are analyzed using visual C++ in conjunction with the OpenCV library and the appropriate camera device drivers. The system is able to estimate height, yaw, and position relative to the optical target in real time and without the need for a prior reference.

We report the first detection of extended neutral hydrogen (H I) gas in the interstellar medium (ISM) of a massive elliptical galaxy beyond z similar to 0. The observations utilize the doubly lensed images of QSO HE 0047-1756 at z(QSO) = 1.676 as absorption-line probes of the ISM in the massive (M-star approximate to 10(11) M-circle dot) elliptical lens at z = 0.408, detecting gas at projected distances of d = 3.3 and 4.6 kpc on opposite sides of the lens. Using the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, we obtain UV absorption spectra of the lensed QSO and identify a prominent flux discontinuity and associated absorption features matching the Lyman series transitions at z = 0.408 in both sightlines. The H I column density is log N(H I)= 19.6-19.7 at both locations across the lens, comparable to what is seen in 21 cm images of nearby ellipticals. The H I gas kinematics are well-matched with the kinematics of the Fe II absorption complex revealed in ground-based echelle data, displaying a large velocity shear of approximate to 360 km s(-1) across the galaxy. We estimate an ISM Fe abundance of 0.3-0.4 solar at both locations. Including likely dust depletions increases the estimated Fe abundances to solar or supersolar, similar to those of the hot ISM and stars of nearby ellipticals. Assuming 100% covering fraction of this Fe-enriched gas, we infer a total Fe mass of M-cool(Fe) similar to (5-8) x 10(4) M-circle dot in the cool ISM of the massive elliptical lens, which is no more than 5% of the total Fe mass observed in the hot ISM.

This work places itself in the field of woven textile design and the lenticular effect in a spatial context. The lenticular effect refers to a ribbed surface structure which changes appearance depending on from which angle it is viewed. The aim is to combine woven pleats with colours and patterns to create a lenticular effect. Bindings, patterns and colours have been investigated in both handweaving and jacquard weaving. Three suggestions for a woven, pleated, shifting textile have been developed. The three tracks are a colour shift and gradient with a surface structure, a pattern shift taking place across all sides of a pleat and a jacquard pattern hidden between the pleats. By creating a textile which shifts as it is viewed from different angles and distances, the motive is to encourage movement around the woven piece, broaden the possible uses of woven textiles and invite the viewer to take a closer look at the woven structure.

The present study examined the application of modern, computer-based analysis methods to two existing historic bridges in Massachusetts. The first bridge featured in this study is the Woronoco Bridge, a reinforced concrete open spandrel arch bridge that was constructed in 1923. It was hoped that a computer-based, parametric study of this bridge would prove it to be deck-stiffened, similar to select bridges of Swiss engineer Robert Maillart. However, the results do not support that there was any intent to reduce bending in the arch as a result of increasing the stiffness of the bridge deck. Instead, the Woronoco Bridge appears to optimize column stiffness in order to reduce bending stresses in the arch. The second bridge featured in this study is the Bardwell’s Ferry Bridge, a wrought iron lenticular truss that was constructed in 1882. A finite element model was created to identify the magnitude and location of maximum stresses within a critical lower truss chord (eye bar) connection in order to aid future rehabilitation and monitoring efforts. In addition, this model was used in combination with currently available material data in order to evaluate the fatigue life expectancy of the structure given the current 10 ton posted capacity. It was determined to be below the endurance limit and therefore is safe indefinitely, however, more specific material data is required.

Dusty circumnuclear disks (CNDs) in luminous early-type galaxies (ETGs) show regular, dynamically cold molecular gas kinematics. For a growing number of these ETGs, Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA) CO imaging and detailed gas-dynamical modeling have yielded moderate to high precision black hole (BH) mass (M_BH) determinations. To date, however, few studies have explored the effects of dust attenuation, or uncertainties in dust corrections, on recovered stellar luminosity models from high angular resolution optical/near-IR observations and M_BH measurements. Recent kinematic studies that modeled ALMA CO data sets have found that uncertainties in the intrinsic central stellar surface brightness slope due to dust may even dominate the BH mass error budgets. From the ALMA archive, we identified a subset of 26 ETGs with clean CO kinematics and good prospects for eventual MBH determination but that did not have sufficiently high angular resolution observations in the optical and near-IR. We have obtained new optical and near-IR Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images of this sample to supplement the archival HST data. Together, these new and archival HST data will enable the mitigation of dusty CND obscuration in the construction of dust-corrected stellar luminosity models, leading to both BH mass measurement and complete error analysis using existing ALMA CO imaging. Here, we present the sample properties, data analysis techniques, and dust-masked stellar surface brightness profiles and luminosity models using the multi-Gaussian expansion formalism. With estimated M_BH/M_⊙ ≳ 10^8 to few x10^9 , securing quality M_BH determinations for this sample of ETGs will significantly improve the high-mass end of the current BH census, facilitating new scrutiny of local BH mass-host galaxy scaling relationships.

This thesis supports the Master of Fine Arts exhibition at the Slocumb Galleries in Ball Hall at East Tennessee State University, from February 23rd through February 27th 2009. The exhibition is comprised of eight graphite drawings, one ink drawing, eight vinyl prints, two hundred sixty lenticular prints, over fifty digital inkjet prints, and one video installation. The exhibition presents the artist's exploration into using drawings and prints as installation as they relate to quantum physics and universal scale. Subjects discussed, on a project-by-project basis, include thought, ideas, methods, influences, and process by which the work in the exhibition was achieved.

Arkinės perdangos dėl savo veiksmingumo yra dažnos šiuolaikiniuose pėsčiųjų tiltuose. Racionali apybrėžos forma (dažniausiai kvadratinė parabolė) lemia šių konstrukcijų racionalų įrąžų pasiskirstymą. Arkų eksploatacinio funkcionavimo pagrindinis bruožas yra tas, kad vertikaliosios apkrovos, be vertikalių reakcijų paduose, sukelia ir horizontalias reakcijas (skėtimo jėgas). Be tradicinių arkinių perdangų iš istorijos šaltinių yra žinoma ir unikalios sandaros arkinių lęšio formos tiltų. Jie reikšmingi ne tik dėl savo unikalios formos, bet ir dėl istorinės vertės, nes buvo statomi du paskutinius XIX a. dešimtmečius, kaip dinozaurai mėgavosi savo istorine epocha prieš daug, daug metų ir tada staiga išnyko. Darbe atliekama tradicinio arkinio tilto, bei arkinių plieninių lęšio formos tiltų elgsenos analizė, keičiant pagrindinius geometrinius arkų – juostų parametrus, arkų tinklelio formą ir tinkleliui taikant išankstinį įtempimą. Pirmame skyriuje aptariama arkinių ir arkinių kombinuotųjų tiltų konstrukcinės schemos, jų skaičiavimo metodai. Formuluojami darbo tikslas ir uždaviniai. Antrame skyriuje atliekama tradicinio arkinio tilto ir arkinių abipusiai iškilos formos tiltų elgsenos analizė, veikiant simetrinėms ir asimetrinėms apkrovoms. Trečiame skyriuje atliekama gautų rezultatų lyginamoji analizė, lyginant tiltų konstrukcijas pagal įrąžų pasiskirstymą jų elementuose ir pagal tiltų masės kriterijų. / Due to their effectiveness, arched entablatures are common in modern footbridges. Well-balanced form of contour (most commonly quadratic parable) determines a well-balanced stress distribution of these constructions. The main feature of the running behaviour of arcs is that vertical loads without vertical reactions in the hearths create horizontal reactions as well (forces of thrust). Not only traditional bridges with arched entablatures but also unique structured arched lenticular bridges. They are significant not only for its unique shape and few examples but also for the historic value that they were only built during the last two dacedes of 19th century, like dinasors had enjoyed a historic age long long ago and then suddenly vanished at all. In this work carries out the analysis of behaviour of traditional arched bridge and arched lenticular bridges made of stell by changing the main geometric parameters of arcs-strips, form of the system of arcs and applying pre-stress of the system. The first chapter discusses the schemes of construction of arched and arched combined bridges, methods of their calculation. The goal and tasks of the work are formulated. The analysis of the behaviour of traditional arched bridge and arched lenticular bridges (when it is affected by symmetric and asymmetric loads) is carried out in the second chapter. Comparative analysis of the results is performed in the third chapter by comparing constructions of the bridges according to stress... [to full text]

Since the 30's and Edwin Hubble's famous classification, galaxies are usually separated in twogroups : the late-type galaxies (LTGs) and the early-type galaxies (ETGs). The LTGs family ismainly made of spiral galaxies (S) while the ETGs family is composed of elliptical (E) and lenticular(S0) galaxies. A morphological study of all these galaxies revealed that around 60% of LTGs and45% of S0 present a bar. It has also been shown that, in the local Universe, galaxies fall into twobig groups : the blue cloud mostly populated by LTGs and the red sequence mainly made of ETGs.Several mechanisms are responsible for this distribution and the secular evolution is obviously animportant one to examine, sepcially in the context of bars, as an important number of studiesshowed the importance of bars in the dynamics and evolution of a galaxy.The goal of my thesis is to study the importance of the formation and ensued bar-drivenevolution influence on ETGs evolution. In that context, I have performed N-body simulations ofbarred (and unbarred) galaxies in order to investigate the following issues.First of all, I focused on the influence of a bar in a galaxy when modelling it with a dynamicalmodel assuming an axisymmetric mass distribution. As these kinds of models allow to determine themass-to-light ratio M/L, thus the dynamical mass of an observed galaxy, but also its inclinationand its anisotropy, it is important to evalute the consequence of the presence of a bar on theseparameters. I have shown that, depending on the galaxy inclination and the bar position angle,M/L is most of the time biased and overestimated, and this can be up to 25%. The size andstrength of the bar also seem to be important factors but a deeper study has to be done to quantifythis preliminary result.In a second step, I have studied the role of bars on the mass and metallicity redistributionsin a lenticular galaxy. I confirmed that the presence of a bar, due to its influence on its hostsystem dynamics, flattens pre-existing metallicity gradients. Moreover, I showed that the degree offlattening and the position of affected regions are directly correlated with the bar structure and thelocation of the dynamical resonances. Nonetheless, this dynamical effect cannot explain the varietyof observed ages and metallicity gradients. The consequences of a barred gravitational potentialon the gas dynamics and the stellar formation should therefore be investigated. This is the topicof the last set of numerical simulations produced which will allow to better understand the globalinfluence a bar has on the secular evolution of ETGs.