W. D. Collins

Publication List Details

Period

1959 - 2009

Number

37

Co-Authors

Synchronous running of shaded-pole permanent magnet motors (2008)

Collins, W. D., Brown, R.

A mathematical model for the rotary motion of a shaded-pole permanent magnet motor is established and significant non-dimensional combinations of the electrical and mechanical parameters of the motor...

Assessing future nitrogen deposition and carbon cycle feedback using a multimodel approach: Analysis of nitrogen deposition (2005)

Lamarque,J. F., Kiehl,J. T., Brasseur,G. P., Butler,T., Cameron-Smith,P., Collins,W. D., ...

In this study, we present the results of nitrogen deposition on land from a set of 29 simulations from six different tropospheric chemistry models pertaining to present-day and 2100 conditions....

Assessing future nitrogen deposition and carbon cycle feedback using a multimodel approach: Analysis of nitrogen deposition (2005)

Lamarque, J. F., Kiehl, J. T., Brasseur, G. P., Butler, T., Cameron-Smith, P., Collins, W. D., ...

In this study, we present the results of nitrogen deposition on land from a set of 29 simulations from six different tropospheric chemistry models pertaining to present-day and 2100 conditions....

Radiative and Dynamical Feedbacks over the Equatorial Cold Tongue: Results from Nine Atmospheric GCMs (2005)

T. Zhang, C. Covey, S. A. Klein, W. D. Collins, J. J. Hack, ...

The equatorial Pacific is a region with strong negative feedbacks. Yet coupled general circulation models (GCMs) have exhibited a propensity to develop a significant SST bias in that region,...

Synchronous running of voltage-fed miniature single-stator permanent magnet motors (2005)

Collins, W. D.

A mathematical model is established for a single-stator permanent magnet synchronous motor when voltage-fed. Non-dimensional parameters governing the behaviour of the rotor are identified and...

Synchronous running of voltage-fed miniature single-stator permanent magnet motors (2005)

Collins, W. D.

A mathematical model is established for a single-stator permanent magnet synchronous motor when voltage-fed. Non-dimensional parameters governing the behaviour of the rotor are identified and...

PARAGON - An integrated approach for characterizing aerosol climate impacts and environmental interactions (2004)

Diner,D. J., Ackerman,T. P., Anderson,T. L., Bösenberg,Jens, Braverman,A. J., Charlson,R. J., ...

Aerosols exert myriad influences on the earth's environment and climate, and on human health. The complexity of aerosol-related processes requires that information gathered to improve our...

Using the PARAGON framework to establish an accurate, consistent, and cohesive long-term aerosol record (2004)

Diner,D. J., Menzies,R. T., Kahn,R. A., Anderson,T. L., Bösenberg,Jens, Charlson,R. J., ...

A comprehensive and cohesive aerosol measurement record with consistent, well-understood uncertainties is a prerequisite to understanding aerosol impacts on long-term climate and environmental...

PARAGON - An integrated approach for characterizing aerosol climate impacts and environmental interactions (2004)

Diner, D. J., Ackerman, T. P., Anderson, T. L., Bösenberg, Jens, Braverman, A. J., Charlson, R. J., ...

Aerosols exert myriad influences on the earth's environment and climate, and on human health. The complexity of aerosol-related processes requires that information gathered to improve our...

Using the PARAGON framework to establish an accurate, consistent, and cohesive long-term aerosol record (2004)

Diner, D. J., Menzies, R. T., Kahn, R. A., Anderson, T. L., Bösenberg, Jens, Charlson, R. J., ...

A comprehensive and cohesive aerosol measurement record with consistent, well-understood uncertainties is a prerequisite to understanding aerosol impacts on long-term climate and environmental...

Absorbed Dose Thresholds and Dose Rate Limitations for Studies of Electron Radiation Effects on Polyetherimides. (1998)

Long, S. A. T., Gray, S. L., Collins, W. D.

The effects of electron radiation on Ultem, a polyetherimide manufactured by General Electric Company, were studied for total absorbed doses from 1.0 kGy to 100 MGy at absorbed dose rates from 0.01...

USING BERNSTEIN POLYNOMIALS TO RECOVER ENGINEERING LOADS FROM STRAIN GAUGE DATA (1994)

COLLINS, W. D., QUEGAN, S., SMITH, D., TAYLOR, D. A. W.

An improved new method for the determination of interface pressures in contact zones between hard and soft components is described. The method uses Bernstein polynomials to represent the form of the...

Nonlinear Optimal Control Problems and the Method of Multiple Scales (1989)

COLLINS, W. D.

The method of multiple scales is used to obtain an approximate solution to the problem of the optimal control of a second-order differential equation containing a small nonlinearity. Applications are...

The Numerical Solution of the Linear Regulator Problem with Positive Control (1988)

SISSAOUI, H., COLLINS, W. D., HARLEY, P. J.

The standard linear regulator problem with positive control is solved using a minimum principle, a maximum principle, and the hypersphere inequality method. Comparisons are made between the numerical...

POINTWISE BOUNDS FOR THE SOLUTION OF UNILATERAL CONSTRAINT PROBLEMS (1987)

COLLINS, W. D., HARLEY, P. J., SISSAOUI, H.

Upper and lower bounds to the solution at an interior point of a unilateral constraint problem for Laplace's equation in two dimensions are obtained and applied to the problem of a circular elastic...

Controllability and Canonical Forms for Multipass Systems Described by Linear Ordinary Differential Equations (1984)

COLLINS, W. D.

The controllability and reachability of multipass systems governed by linear ordinary differential equations are considered and some results given on canonical forms for such systems. These results...

FORCED OSCILLATIONS OF SYSTEMS GOVERNED BY ONE-DIMENSIONAL NON-LINEAR WAVE EQUATIONS (1971)

COLLINS, W.D.

Solutions of linear wave equations for forced oscillations in a finite region become infinite or large at and near resonant frequencies. For certain one-dimensional forced oscillation problems for...

THE PROPAGATION AND INTERACTION OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL NON-LINEAR WAVES IN AN INCOMPRESSIBLE ISOTROPIC ELASTIC HALF-SPACE (1967)

COLLINS, W. D.

The propagation of non-linear waves in an incompressible isotropic elastic half-space, initially at rest and in a state of homogeneous shear strain, is investigated when continuously varying shear...

ONE-DIMENSIONAL NON-LINEAR WAVE PROPAGATION IN INCOMPRESSIBLE ELASTIC MATERIALS (1966)

COLLINS, W. D.

We formulate the equations governing one-dimensional non-linear wave propagation in an incompressible heat-conducting elastic material which is transversely isotropic or isotropic in its undeformed...

ON THE SOLUTION OF SOME AXISYMMETRIC BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS BY MEANS OF INTEGRAL EQUATIONS: V. SOME SCALAR DIFFRACTION PROBLEMS FOR CIRCULAR DISKS (1961)

COLLINS, W. D.

The wave functions in some axisymmetric scalar diffraction problems involving one or more circular disks are obtained as contour integrals to show that the solutions of these problems depend on the...

ON THE SOLUTION OF SOME AXISYMMETRIC BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS BY MEANS OF INTEGRAL EQUATIONS: I. SOME ELECTROSTATIC AND HYDRODYNAMIC PROBLEMS FOR A SPHERICAL CAP (1959)

COLLINS, W. D.

Various boundary value problems for a spherical cap in electrostatics and in the theories of the potential flow of a perfect fluid and the Stokes flow of a viscous fluid are considered.