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Akash (missile)
Akash | |
Type | Mobile Surface-to-air missile system |
Place of origin | India |
Service history | |
In service | 2009-present |
Used by | Indian Army Indian Air Force |
Production history | |
Designer | DRDO |
Manufacturer | Ordnance Factories Board Bharat Dynamics Bharat Electronics |
Produced | 2009-present |
Number built | 3000 missiles[1] |
Specifications | |
Weight | 720 kg (1,590 lb) |
Length | 578 cm (228 in) |
Diameter | 35 cm (14 in) |
Warhead | High-explosive, pre-fragmented warhead |
Warhead weight | 60 kg (130 lb) |
mechanism |
RF proximity fuse |
Propellant | integral rocket motor/ramjet booster and sustainer motor |
Flight ceiling | 18 km (59,000 ft) |
system |
command guidance |
Akash (Sanskrit: आकाश Ākāśa "Sky") is a medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile defense system developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Ordnance Factories Board and Bharat Electronics (BEL) in India.[2][3][4] The missile system can target aircraft up to 30 km away, at altitudes up to 18,000 m.[5] A nuclear warhead could potentially give the missile the capability to destroy both aircraft and warheads from ballistic missiles.[6][7][8] It is in operational service with the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force.
An Akash battery comprises four 3D passive electronically scanned array radars and four launchers with three missiles each, all of which are interlinked. Each battery can track up to 64 targets and attack up to 12 of them. The missile has a 60 kg (130 lb) high-explosive, pre-fragmented warhead with a proximity fuse. The Akash system is fully mobile and capable of protecting a moving convoy of vehicles. The launch platform has been integrated with both wheeled and tracked vehicles. While the Akash system has primarily been designed as an air defence SAM, it also has been tested in a missile defense role. The system provides air defence missile coverage for an area of 2,000 km². The Indian military's combined orders of the Akash, including radar systems (WLR and Surveillance), have a total worth of 23,300 crore (US$ 4 billion).[9][10][11]
Development and history[edit]
The first test flight of Akash missile was conducted in 1990, with development flights up to March 1997.
Two Akash missiles intercepted two fast moving targets in simultaneous engagement mode in 2005. 3-D Central Acquisition Radar (3D-CAR) group mode performance is also fully established.[12][13]
The Akash Missile Development cost of 1,000crore (€150 million; $200 million), including the project sanction of 600 crore (€90 million; $120 million), is 8-10 times lower than the cost of similar system developments in other countries. Akash has certain unique characteristics like mobility, all-the-way-powered flight till target interception, multiple target handling, digitally-coded command guidance and fully automatic operation.".[9]
As reported on June 11, 2010, Akash Mk-II version has begun development and will be ready for a first flight in 24 months. The Akash Mk-II will be a longer-range, faster and more accurate SAM. The missile will have an intercept range of 30–35 km and increase in the accuracy of the missile's guidance system and the fire control system.[14] Putting a seeker on board to allow the Akash Mk-II to operate over a larger profile is one of the options being considered.[15]
Akash is a surface-to-air missile with an intercept range of 30 km.[16] It has a launch weight of 720 kg, a diameter of 35 cm and a length of 5.78 metres. Akash flies at supersonic speed, reaching around Mach 2.5. It can reach an altitude of 18 km and can be fired from both tracked and wheeled platforms.[16] An on-board guidance system coupled with an actuator system makes the missile maneuverable up to 15g loads and a tail chase capability for end game engagement. A digital proximity fuse is coupled with a 55 kg pre-fragmented warhead, while the safety arming and detonation mechanism enables a controlled detonation sequence. A self-destruct device is also integrated. It is propelled by an Integrated Ramjet Rocket Engine. The use of a ramjet propulsion system enables sustained speeds without deceleration throughout its flight.[17] The Missile has command guidance in its entire flight.[2]
The design of the missile is somewhat similar to that of the SA-6 with four long tube ramjet inlet ducts mounted mid-body between wings. For pitch/yaw control four clipped triangular moving wings are mounted on the mid-body. For roll control four inline clipped delta fins with ailerons are mounted before the tail. However, the internal schema shows a different layout with an onboard digital computer, no Semi-active seeker, different propellant, different actuators and command guidance datalinks. The Akash carries an onboard radio-proximity fuse.
Composite technology for Akash includes radome assemblies, booster liners, ablative liners, sustainer liners, compression moulded wings and fins.[18]
Each Akash battery consists of four self-propelled Launchers (3 Akash SAMs each), a Battery Level Radar - the Rajendra, and a Command post (Battery Control Centre). Two batteries are deployed as a Squadron (Air Force), while up to four form an Akash Group (Army configuration). In both configurations, an extra Group Control Centre (GCC) is added, which acts as the Command and Control HQ of the Squadron or Group. Based on a single mobile platform, GCC establishes links with Battery Control Centres and conducts air defense operations in coordination with air defense set up in a zone of operations. For early warning, the GCC relies on the Central Acquisition Radar. However, individual batteries can also be deployed with the cheaper, 2-D BSR (Battery Surveillance Radar) with a range of over 100 km.
Akash has an advanced automated functioning capability. The 3D CAR automatically starts tracking targets at a distance of around 150 km providing early warning to the system and operators. The target track information is transferred to GCC. GCC automatically classifies the target. BSR starts tracking targets around a range of 100 km. This data is transferred to GCC. The GCC performs multi-radar tracking and carries out track correlation and data fusion. Target position information is sent to the BLR which uses this information to acquire the targets.
The BCC which can engage a target(s) from the selected list at the earliest point of time is assigned the target in real time by the GCC. The availability of missiles and the health of the missiles are also taken into consideration during this process. Fresh targets are assigned as and when intercepts with assigned targets are completed. A single shot kill probability of 88% has been achieved by the system taking into consideration various parameters of the sensors, guidance command, missile capabilities and kill zone computations.
There are a number of possibilities for deploying Akash weapon system in autonomous mode and in group mode for neutralizing the threat profiles with defined multi-target engagement scenarios. In the Group mode we can have number of configurations to defend vulnerable areas depending upon nature and expected threat pattern, characteristics of threat. Similarly, multiple batteries in autonomous mode can be deployed to defend vulnerable areas/points. In a Group formation, the four Batteries can be deployed in various geometric formations, as suited to the vulnerable area being protected and the extent desired to be sanitized from enemy air threat. In a box deployment pattern, an Akash group can defend an area of 62 km x 62 km. In a linear array configuration, it covers an area of 98 km x 44 km. Trapezoidal configuration gives defense to the largest area as compared to any other pattern of deployment covering an area of size 5000 square km.[19]
Each Akash battery can engage up to four targets simultaneously. Each battery has four launchers with three missiles each, with each Rajendra able to guide eight missiles in total, with a maximum of two missiles per target. Up to a maximum of four targets can be engaged simultaneously by a typical battery with a single Rajendra if one (or two) missile is allotted per target. A single Akash missile has an 88% Probability of kill. Two missiles can be fired, five seconds apart, to raise the Probability of Kill to 98.5%.
Communications between the various vehicles are a combination of wireless and wired links. The entire system is designed to be set up quickly and to be highly mobile for high survivability.
The Akash system can be deployed by rail, road or air.
The missile is guided by a phased array fire control radar called 'Rajendra' which is termed as Battery Level Radar (BLR) with a tracking range of about 60 km.[20] The tracking and missile guidance radar configuration consists of a slewable phased array antenna of more than 4000 elements, spectrally pure TWT transmitter, two stage superhetrodyne correlation receiver for three channels, high speed digital signal processor, real time management computer and a powerful radar data processor.[21] It can track 64 targets in range, azimuth and height and guide eight missiles simultaneously in ripple fire mode towards four targets. The radar has advanced ECCM features. The Rajendra derivative on a BMP-2 chassis and to be used by the Indian Air Force is known as the Battery Level Radar-II whereas that for the Army, is based on a T-72 chassis and is known as the Battery Level Radar-III.
The Army version also consists of the Battery Surveillance Radar (BSR). BSR is a track vehicle based, long range sensor, interfaced with the BCC. It can detect and track up to 40 targets in range and azimuth up to a range of 100 km.[22]
Long range target acquisition is performed by the 3D Central Acquisition Radar (3D CAR), which is a long range surveillance radar that can track up to 200 targets in Track while Scan mode (detecting, tracking and processing) in three dimensions at a range of 180 km. It provides azimuth, range and height coordinates of targets to the Group Control Centre (GCC) through secure communication links. The data is used to cue the weapon control radar.[21][23]
The Army's radar and launchers are based on the T-72 chassis built by the Ordnance Factories Board's Ordnance Factory Medak to accompany the Army's fast moving armoured formations.[24] The Air Force versions use a combination of tracked and wheeled vehicle. The Air Force Akash launcher consists of a detachable trailer which is towed by an Ashok Leyland truck, and which can be positioned autonomously. Both the Army and Air Force launchers have three ready-to-fire Akash missiles each. The launchers can slew in both elevation and azimuth. The Army Self-Propelled Launcher (ASPL) is 360 degrees slewable and its arc in elevation is from 6 to 60 degrees. The Akash Air Force Launcher (AAFL) is 360 degree slewable, in elevation it can fire from 8 to 75 degrees in all directions depending on the mode of deployment.[25] Akash Air force launcher features an All electro servo drive system for fully automated and remote operation.[18]
To enable the Akash group to perform self-sufficient in the combat zone, a number of supporting specialist vehicles have been designed and developed. They are mobile and field-worthy. Their design is based on the role and task to be performed and the vehicles are accordingly allocated to the Group HQ, the Batteries, Assembly Line Area and the Field maintenance workshop. Some of the vehicles are: the Missile Transportation Vehicle (MTV), the Transportation and Loading Vehicle (TLV), the Mobile Station for Missile Checkout (MSMC) Vehicle, the Air Compressor Vehicle (ACV), the Power Supply vehicles (GPSV, BPSV), the Engineering Support, Maintenance and Repair vehicles (GEM, BEM) and a few others. These specialist vehicles assemble and prepare missiles, deliver them to Batteries, carry maintenance spares and fuel, and provide logistical engineering support. Their allocation provides for flexibility and self-sufficiency to the whole Akash Group.[26]
The Akash, like the Russian 2K12 Kub (SA-6 Gainful), utilizes an integrated ramjet-rocket propulsion system, which provides thrust for the missile throughout most of its flight. Because this missile has an integrated ram-rocket, maneuverability is highest. The engine is 'on' throughout the flight. The thrust is on till the missile intercepts the target. Most other surface-to-air missiles, including the U.S. Patriot and the Russian S-300 series, use solid-fuel rocket propulsion.
Each missile is expected to have starting costs below US$500,000, i.e. under 20 million,[27] which is less than half the cost of similar Western missiles which usually cost between US$1.2-1.5 million ( 50-60 million) each.[28] It is expected that this cost will further decrease due to the economies of scale achieved as production ramps up.[27] The Indian military (IAF & IA) have a combined order worth 23,300 crore ($5.18 billion).[29] On 24 May 2012, India successfully test fired Akash missile to revalidate technology and operational efficacy.[30] On 1 June 2012, the Air Force version of the missile with a strike range of 25 km was successfully test fired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur.[31] On 3 August 2014 Akash missile test-fired from launch complex-3 of ITR at Chandipur off Odisha coast, Describing the trials as "fully successful", ITR Director M V K V Prasad said . the Air Force version has already been inducted while Army version is in the final stage of its trial[32]
Indian Air Force[edit]
In December 2007, the Indian Air Force completed user trials for this missile. The trials, which were spread over ten days were declared successful after the missile hit the target on five occasions. Multiple targets handling capability of Akash weapon system was demonstrated by live firing in C4I environment. Before the ten day trial at Chandipur, ECCM Evaluation tests were carried out at Gwalior Air force base and mobility trials were carried out in Pokhran. The IAF had evolved the user Trial Directive to verify the Akash's consistency. The following trials were conducted: Against low flying near range target, long range high altitude target, crossing and approaching target and ripple firing of two missiles from the same launcher against a low altitude receding target.[33]
The Indian Air force was satisfied with the performance of Akash after extensive flight trials and has decided to induct the weapon system. An order for two squadrons were placed initially, with these being inducted in 2009. The IAF found the missile performance to be satisfactory and was expected to place orders for 16 more launchers to form two more squadrons for India's northeast theater.[24][28][34]
In May 2008, the Indian Air Force decided to induct two squadrons (totalling 4 batteries) of Akash missile.[35]
In March 2009, Tata Power's Strategic Engineering Division (Tata Power SED) announced that it had secured the INR 1.82 Billion order for 16 Akash launchers to be delivered in the next 33 months.[36]
In January 2010, it was revealed that the Indian Air Force had ordered for 6 more squadrons. Each squadron will consist of 125 missiles, bringing the order to 750 missiles for 6 squadrons.[37] The first two squadrons will consist of 48 missiles each[38] while future squadrons will vary in number depending on the IAF. The additional missiles were ordered from state-run defence behemoth Bharat Electronics, who will act as the system integrator, at a cost of 42.79 billion ($925 million).[39]
On 3 March 2012, the missile was officially inducted into Indian Air force at function at Hyderabad.[40]
IAF orders may also rise as it phases out its Pechoras and if the Indo-Israeli JV to develop a MRSAM (Medium Range SAM) for the IAF continues to be put on hold, while a similar program for the Indian Navy proceeds unimpeded.[41][42][43] On June 6, 2012, IAF successfully test fired the Air Force version of Akash missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur.[44] Indian Air Force tested Akash missiles taken from the production lot on 26 April 2014 against maneuvering targets at extreme ranges The test was a success.[45]
In February 2010, the Indian Air Force accepted the Akash missile system as a substantial part of its arsenal.[46] The total Indian Air Force orders thus far consist of 8 squadrons making a total of 1,000 missiles. Two of the total eight squadrons currently on order by the Air Force are deployed in airbases at Gwalior and Pune and the remaining six will be deployed in India's northeastern regions in case of intrusion by jets, helicopters, drones, or ballistic missiles along the Line of Actual Control.[47][48][49][50]
In November 2014 Surface-to-air supersonic missile Akash on Friday completed its training user trials successfully for 5 straight days validating all mission parameters as set by the Indian Air Force (IAF) team.[51]
Indian Army[edit]
In June 2010, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) placed an order of the Akash missile system, valued at 12,500 crore ($2.8 billion). Bharat Dynamics (BDL) will be the system integrator and nodal production agency for the Akash Army variant.[9] The Army plans to induct two regiments of the missile.[52]
A report in March 2011 indicates that the Indian Army has ordered 2 Akash regiments — approximately 2,000 missiles — worth 14,000 crore ($3.1 billion).[53] These will replace the Indian Army's 2 SA-6 Groups (25 systems with 1,500 missiles), which were inducted between 1977 and 1979.[54]
It was also reported that Malaysia had shown interest in purchasing the Akash missile system.[55]
- Indian Air Force - 8 Akash squadrons (each squadron has 48-125 missiles)[56]
- Indian Army - with modifications - 2 Akash regiments (one regiment is equal to 5 or 6 squadrons)[56]
See also[edit]
- ^ "Indian Army Orders Akash Missile System". Aviation Week. 2011-03-25. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
- ^ a b AKASH AIR DEFENSE WEAPON SYSTEM
- ^ AkashSAM.com
- ^ "Guided Threat Systems". International Electronic Countermeasures Handbook. Journal of Electronic Defense Staff (Artech House). 2004. p. 115. ISBN 1-58053-898-3.
- ^ Asian tribune: Upgraded version of 'Akash' test fired; By Hemanta Kumar Rout
- ^ http://news.biharprabha.com/2012/05/india-successfully-tests-medium-range-akash-missile/ India successfully tests medium Range Akash missile
- ^ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-12-13/india/27973517_1_akash-missile-nuclear-capable-multi-target-missile Nuclear-capable Akash missile test fired
- ^ http://www.army-technology.com/projects/akashsurfacetoairmis/ kash Surface-to-Air Missile System, India
- ^ a b c Akash Missile System For Indian Army OK'd
- ^ Akash Missile Users Give Feedback To DRDO | AVIATION WEEK
- ^ http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?topicName=india&id=news/awx/2011/03/25/awx_03_25_2011_p0-301846.xml
- ^ "IAF initiates process for inducting Akash and Trishul SAM's". Frontier India. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Defense19". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ Shiv Aroor. "LIVEFIST: EXCLUSIVE: Akash Mk-II SAM To Fly In Two Years". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Saurav Jha's Blog : Interview with Dr Avinash Chander, DRDO Chief and Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister". http://ibnlive.in.com/. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ a b Sify article dated 2 Feb 2010, accessed 25 Feb 2010.
- ^ The Hindu article dated 11 December 2005, accessed 18 October 2006.
- ^ a b "IAF initiates process for inducting Akash and Trishul SAM's". Frontier India. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ Akash Operational Scenarios
- ^ Global Security.Org article accessed 18 October 2006.
- ^ a b About Akash
- ^ Akash Radars
- ^ "Aero India 2003 - Part 6". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ a b Army warms up to Akash missile
- ^ Akash Launchers
- ^ Akash Support Vehicles
- ^ a b http://www.drdo.org/dpi/prahlada_interview.html
- ^ a b "The Hindu : National : Akash missile achieves a milestone". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Bharat Dynamics Limited Signs Largest Ever Deal With Army for Akash Missiles". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Surface-to-air Akash missile test fired successfully". The Times Of India. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "Defence News - India Test-Fires Air Force Version Of Akash". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Successful surface-to-air 'Akash' missile trial for second day". 13 August 2014.
- ^ DRDO report on Akash
- ^ "IAF Slams Chinese Protest to PM's Arunachal Visit". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "IAF inducts the Akash missile". Thaindian News. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Tata Power unit bags defence order". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 31 March 2009.
- ^ IAF orders another 750 Akash surface-to-air missiles
- ^ IAF To Get Akash Missiles This Year
- ^ "IAF orders another 750 Akash SAMs". Thaindian News. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ Subramanian, T. S. (2 March 2012). "Torpedo, Akash missile to be handed over to Navy and IAF on Saturday". The Hindu (Chennai, India).
- ^ Barak-MRSAM for IAF put on hold
- ^ "IAF to induct indigenous Akash missile". Sify News. Sify News. 2007-12-26. Archived from the original on 31 December 2007. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
- ^ Missile mission meets target
- ^ "Air Force version of 'Akash' missile successfully test-fired". The Times Of India. 6 June 2012.
- ^ Special Correspondent. "Two Akash missiles tested". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ Missile boost for BEL
- ^ "With eye on China, India deploys Akash missiles in northeast". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ Akash Missile - a knol by Vijainder K Thakur
- ^ IAF to deploy 2 Su-30 squadrons in South West Air Command
- ^ India to deploy Akash air defense missile systems in northeast of the country against Chinese threats - Armyrecognition.com, 23 August 2014
- ^ "Akash Missile Completes Training User Trials". The New Indian Express. 22 Nov 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
- ^ Press Trust of India (2 December 2010). "India eyes producing more Akash missiles, BEL expects windfall". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ Indian Army Orders Akash Missile System
- ^ "SIPRI Arms Transfers Database". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "India, Russia yet to reach breakthrough on Gorshkov". The Times Of India. 9 January 2008.
- ^ a b "Air Force places order with BEL for Akash missile". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 12 January 2009.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Video of Akash missile tests
- Interview with Dr. Prahlada from DRDO
- Akash Surface-to-Air Missile System on army-technology.com


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But critics say that secrecy is deeply ingrained in church culture and that despite the promises, they see little to suggest that the church and its leaders will be more open to public scrutiny.
Until the policy is approved by the Vatican, the bishops have agreed to voluntarily bind themselves to a code of ''transparency and openness'' when they speak to the public, a policy that may appear benign but which critics say has often been nonexistent in many dioceses, including Boston's.
In a hierarchical church in which bishops answer only to the pope, the notion of complete candor may be difficult for prelates to fully embrace, critics say.
Bishop Anthony G. Bosco of Greensburg, Pa., said he understands the skepticism.
''I understand their reluctance to believe us,'' Bosco said of alleged victims and their supporters. ''Now I say watch and see what happens. Don't immediately assume that we're frauds and [don't] assume that every bishop is alike.''
Still, hours after the US Conference of Catholic Bishops conference ended, there was evidence that transparency and openness may be hard to deliver.
For example, access to Cardinal Bernard F. Law was tightly restricted during the Dallas conference, to which he traveled aboard a private aircraft. Also, reporters had to decipher the identity of Law's aviation benefactor through public databases.
The plane is owned by a Mississippi corporation, whose president, Paul S. Minor, confirmed yesterday that he had made it available to Law. His father, retired newspaper columnist W. F. ''Bill'' Minor, is a longtime friend of Law.
Chicago's Cardinal Francis George, who told reporters Saturday that ''all of us are committed to implementing this charter,'' chastised journalists who were taking notes during a Mass he celebrated Sunday, comparing them to communist spies he saw in Poland years ago.
Bishop D. Wilton Gregory of Belleville, Ind., president of the bishops' conference, told the bishops that some victims regard the secrecy in which church leaders have typically operated as an ''infected wound'' that ''can only be healed by openness, forthrightness, and courage.''
In unusually blunt talk, Gregory told the bishops: ''We are the ones who worried more about the possibility of scandal than in bringing about the kind of openness that helps prevent abuse.''
Scott Appleby, a Notre Dame history professor, said the center of the church's problems is the alienation of its leaders from the people in the pews.
''Some commentators say that the root of this scandal is betrayal of purity and fidelity, others say it is the aloofness of the bishops and the lack of transparency and accountability,'' Appleby told the bishops.
''They are both right: To be faithful to the church ... bishops and priests must trust the laity, appropriately share authority with them, and open their financial, legal, administrative practices, and decisions to full visibility,'' he said. ''They must give a compelling account of the faith that is within them and address controversial issues directly, in an open and collaborative spirit.''
Mitchell Garabedian and Roderick MacLeish Jr., two lawyers representing people who say they were abused by priests in the Archidocese of Boston, laughed derisively when asked whether Law had embraced the bishops' promise to be more open. Both say Law and other archdiocesan officials have been less than forthcoming.
MacLeish said the archdiocese continues to stonewall him as he seeks documents for his civil cases against abusive priests and the supervisors who covered up for them.
''The archdiocese is still fighting to prevent the release of documents,'' he said. ''If they're so open, why are they using herculean efforts to block the release of Cardinal Law's deposition? It's all going to come out anyway, so why go to such great effort to block the public release of these things? There's nothing open and transparent about their behavior.''
Phil Saviano, New England coordinator for Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, said the church is reaching out more to victims.
He said Law is scheduled to meet soon with two brothers who say they were abused by the late Rev. Joseph E. Birmingham. Saviano said that Bishop Robert E. Mulvee of Providence met recently with a victim and that for the first time, Bishop Joseph J. Gerry of Portland, Maine, will meet soon with a dozen victims.
''It's hard to tell how much is just about improving their image and how much they really want to do it because it's the right thing to do,'' Saviano said.
This story ran on page A10 of the Boston Globe on 6/18/2002.
For complete coverage of the priest abuse scandal, go to http://www.boston.com/globe/abuse |

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Retrieval of particle size distribution in the dependent model using the moment method
Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 18, pp. 11507-11516 (2007)
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The problem of determining particle size distribution using the moment method in the spectral extinction technique is studied. The feasibility and reliability of the retrieval of spherical particle size distribution using the moment method are investigated. The single spherical particle extinction efficiency, which is derived theoretically using the Mie's solution to Maxwell's equation, is approximated with a higher order polynomial in order to apply the moment method. Simulation and experimental results indicate that a fairly reasonable representation of the particle size distribution can be obtained using the moment method in the dependent model algorithm. The method has advantages of simplicity, rapidity, and suitability for in-line particle size measurement.
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(290.2200) Scattering : Extinction
(290.5820) Scattering : Scattering measurements
(290.5850) Scattering : Scattering, particles
(300.6360) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, laser
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Original Manuscript: July 3, 2007
Revised Manuscript: August 14, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: August 22, 2007
Published: August 24, 2007
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Xiaogang Sun, Hong Tang, and Jingmin Dai, "Retrieval of particle size distribution in the dependent model using the moment method," Opt. Express 15, 11507-11516 (2007)
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Allen Interactions Inc., an internationally acclaimed custom learning design, development, strategic consulting, and technology firm, announces key industry professionals as presenters for first ever Allen Interactions' Conference. The conference will be held September 22, 2014 in conjunction with Training Magazine's Online Learning Conference, in Chicago, IL at the McCormick Place Convention Center.
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First off, I have to start by stating that the entertainment staff really made this an extraordinary cruise for my family. I could list them each with a great story of how they really made this a special cruise. I was sad to hear that it was the end of most of their contracts. I'd go back on the Magic just for the top notch entertainment staff.
My only negative comment regarding this ship is regarding the dining. While the Magic has more buffets than some other ships, they never utilized them all. Typically I'd notice 4 buffet lines with the same food, none of which was very appealing to me. I don't need fancy foods at every turn to impress me, just a simple grilled chicken breast on the buffet would've been nice. The setup of the buffets really did not allow for traffic to flow through smoothly. However, I thoroughly enjoyed the breakfast buffer every morning.
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Limited voting is a voting system in which electors have fewer votes than there are positions available. The positions are awarded to the candidates who receive the most votes absolutely. In the special case in which the voter may vote for only one candidate and there are two or more posts, this system is called the single non-transferable vote or sometimes the strictly limited vote.[1]
The town of Voterville elects three representatives to the local legislature. At the election, the ballot paper appears thus:
Rory Red | Red Party | |
Rachel Red | Red Party | |
Brian Blue | Blue Party | X |
Beryl Blue | Blue Party | X |
Boris Blue | Blue Party |
The voter has only two votes, which they have cast for Brian and Berryl Blue. They cannot cast a vote for the third available seat. Each vote counts as one towards the total for the candidate they have put their mark against.
Practice and issues[edit]
Although it frequently enables minority groupings to gain representation - unlike first past the post or bloc voting systems - it is not guaranteed to do this, since the effectiveness of a sectional vote may be altered depending on the number of candidates fielded.
For example, in Voterville 54% of electors support the Blue Party while 46% support the Red Party. Assuming an even distribution of support across the town, the Blue Party would win all three seats with either bloc voting or first past the post. With limited voting the Red Party would usually win one seat.
However it is possible for the Blue Party to overreach itself and win only one of the available seats. Since they have nearly 60% of the vote, they may be tempted to try to win all three seats. To do this, they need only to field three candidates. The Red Party, aware of their relative weakness, choose only to contest two and thus to concentrate their vote.
Assuming 100,000 electors in the town casting two votes each, the results might thus be:
Rory Red | 46,000 votes | Elected |
Rachel Red | 46,000 votes | Elected |
Brian Blue | 38,000 votes | Elected |
Beryl Blue | 36,000 votes | |
Boris Blue | 34,000 votes |
By fielding three candidates the Blue Party hopelessly split their vote, despite having a clear majority in the town.
As can be seen from this example, limited voting is not a proportional electoral system.
Another way in which the system may fail to achieve fair representation is if the largest party is very well organised and can arrange the distribution of its supporters' vote for maximum advantage. A historical example of this was the 1880 election for the three Members of Parliament for the English city of Birmingham. Electors could cast up to two votes.
General Election 1880: Birmingham (3 seats) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Philip Henry Muntz | 22,969 | 24.27 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Bright | 22,079 | 23.33 | N/A | |
Liberal | Joseph Chamberlain | 19,544 | 20.65 | N/A | |
Conservative | F.G. Burnaby | 15,735 | 16.63 | N/A | |
Conservative | Hon. A.C.G. Calthorpe | 14,308 | 15.12 | N/A | |
Turnout | 63,398 reg. | 74.64 | N/A |
- Note: Turnout is estimated on the basis of dividing votes cast by two. To the extent that electors did not use both their possible votes, turnout will be underestimated. (Source: Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885).
Charles Seymour in Electoral Reform in England and Wales explained the reaction of the Liberals of Birmingham after the limited vote was enacted..
The Liberals of Birmingham realized that if they were to retain the third seat, their vote must be divided economically between the three candidates. To prevent waste of votes, an organization must be built up which could control absolutely the choice of the elector; and each elector must vote invariably as he was told. The success of the Birmingham organization, which soon became known as the Caucus was unbroken and no Conservative candidate was returned. It was copied in many other constituencies and inaugurated a new era in the development of party electoral machinery, the effect of which upon the representative system has been profound.
History and current use[edit]
This system was used between 1867 and 1885 in the United Kingdom for some Parliamentary constituencies.
It was also used in Italy at the end of the nineteenth century and in Japan during the US-led Allied occupation in the first post-war election in 1946 with two votes per voter in districts with ten or less representatives and three votes in districts with more than ten representatives.
The limited vote has been used since the restoration of democracy to elect senators from the Spanish mainland. In the United States, it is used to elect most municipal offices in Connecticut, many county commissions in Pennsylvania, and some in other states. It has been adopted to resolve voting rights cases in more than 20 municipalities in Alabama and North Carolina, as detailed in Arrington and Ingalls' 1998 article "The limited vote alternative to affirmative districting" (Political Geography, Volume 17, Number 6, Aug 1998, pp. 701–728). In 2009 a federal judge ordered its use for school board elections in Euclid, Ohio.[2]
It is used for elections in Gibraltar (10 votes for 17 seats), elections to the Spanish Senate (3 votes for 4 seats per province) and elections of the National Assembly of Kuwait.
'Fixed Ratio' or closed-list version of Limited Vote[edit]
The electoral system whereby two seats are assigned to the leading party-list and one seat to the second-placed party-list normally has the same result as limited vote with two votes per voter for three seats. It is used for 96 of 128 seats of the Senate of Mexico, for the Senate of Argentina and for the Senate of Bolivia until 2005.[3] A similar system was used for the Bolivian Constituent Assembly elections of 2 July 2006).[4]
See also[edit]
- ^ Enid Lakeman & James Labert (1955). Voting in democracies. London: Faber.
- ^ http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1250843460287750.xml&coll=2
- ^ The electoral system in the new Constitution, used since the elections of 2009, is 4 seat list-PR (D'Hondt) per department
- ^ http://www.centellas.org/miguel/archives/001556.html
External links[edit]
- A Handbook of Electoral System Design from International IDEA
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I've taken to my bed you see, due to my doctors diagnosing the big C.
I don't want to die, the thought just makes me cry.
My wife she understands, she sits by my bed holding hands.
She brings me tea and cake, dinner too, I just feel sick, what a to-do.
My cancer has no cure, due to the laws the pain I must endure.
The powers that be refuse my death to be a dignity.
My wife she cries she cannot cope, in fact all that meet me show no hope.
All I want to do is die in my bed, with happy memories in my head.
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Dignity, dignity, is all I ask, what a bloody farce.
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I have committed no crime, I apparently have served my time.
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BAD RELIGION vocalist Greg Graffin tells Spinner that his band will return to the studio later this year to record its 15th album, tentatively due this fall. The band has written 16 songs for the LP, which Graffin says is "as personal as [1993 album] 'Recipe for Hate'," and plans to support the songs on the road later this year.
BAD RELIGION is planning to celebrate its 30th anniversary by playing a string of 12 shows at West Coast House of Blues venues beginning March 17 in Anaheim with special set lists that span the band's discography. Graffin says that the shows will vary in song selection and theme, with the band possibly running through all of 1988 classic "Suffer" one night and playing a hodgepodge of greatest hits the next. Read more from Spinner. Formed in 1980 in the suburbs of Los Angeles by teenage friends; guitarist Brett Gurewitz, bassist Jay Bentley and singer Greg Graffin, with the additions of Greg Hetson (1984-present), Brian Baker (1994-present) and Brooks Wackerman (2001-present), BAD RELIGION have become synonymous with intelligent and provocative West Coast punk rock and are considered one of the most influential and important bands in the genre. Over the past three decades the band has continually pushed social boundaries and questioned authority and beliefs armed only with propulsive guitars, charging drumbeats, thoughtful lyrics and an undying will to inspire and provoke anyone who will listen. "The greatest feeling about this anniversary is that it is happening at all," says Graffin. "I'm mostly uplifted by the fact that a vibrant and evolving punk scene still inspires young people all over the world. If BAD RELIGION somehow serves as a symbol for the lasting importance of punk, then I am satisfied beyond words by reaching this milestone."BAD RELIGION Preparing To Enter Studio
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Mar 30, 2014; Michigan State Spartans guard Gary Harris (14). / Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports
EAST LANSING — Of the six players who have left Tom Izzo's Michigan State program early for pro basketball, Gary Harris is by far the most celebrated by Izzo for making that decision.
That may be a sign of the times as much as anything - this is the age of ōhandlersö warning recruits of coaches who are trying to selfishly ōhold them back,ö and of comments like this from Kentucky coach John Calipari when his one-and-done basketball factory put five players in the first round in 2010: ōWe might have just had the biggest day in Kentucky basketball history.ö
Izzo was clear as soon the 2013-14 season ended, though, that he believed the time was right for Harris to go. And when the inevitable became official Monday, Izzo had this to say in a statement released through MSU: ōThis is a happy day not only for Gary and his family, but also for Tom Izzo and the Spartan basketball program. ģ Not only do I fully support and celebrate Gary's decision, but after my information-gathering process, I recommend it. I expect Gary to be a high pick in the draft, but more importantly, I know that he is well-prepared for a long career.ö
Harris and his parents also released statements through MSU, his parents thanking Izzo and his program for ōall the supportö of their son, and Harris making it clear he plans to return and finish his degree. Before MSU's annual academic gala Monday at Breslin, Harris said it was a ōhard decision.ö
ōJust like last season, I had to make a tough decision,ö Harris, who considered a jump after his freshman year, said in a statement. ōThere hasn't been a single day where I regretted my decision to return for my sophomore season. It was the right decision for me and I'm better prepared for a successful NBA career because of it.ö
Also before the gala, MSU athletic director Mark Hollis said he supports the decision and that ōwhat I admire most about Gary is he's ready off the court.ö
His decision to leave means MSU will lose three players for sure from a team that went 29-9, advanced to the NCAA tournament Elite Eight and won the Big Ten tournament. Seniors Adreian Payne and Keith Appling are departing, and there are three others in question - juniors Branden Dawson, Russell Byrd and Alex Gauna.
Dawson is considering leaving early for pro ball. Byrd and Gauna may transfer to find more playing time elsewhere. Izzo said shortly after the season ended that, while he was leaning toward recommending that Harris go, he was leaning the other way on Dawson.
Harris is projected by draft analysts as a sure-thing first-round pick, and only first-round picks earn guaranteed two-year contracts. Some think he could go as high as the top 10.
The others to leave MSU early for a chance at the pros are Jason Richardson and Zach Randolph in 2001, Marcus Taylor in 2002, Erazem Lorbek in 2003 and Shannon Brown in 2006. Taylor and Lorbek were shocks, the other three weren't, but none was endorsed as enthusiastically by Izzo as was Harris.
■ Note: MSU has added Kenny Goins, a 6-foot-8 senior forward from Warren Mott and Associated Press All-State first-team selection, as a preferred walk-on for the class of 2014, according to Inside Prep Sports.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin Department of Justice officials plan to focus on human trafficking at the agency's annual law enforcement summit in June.
The summit is scheduled to run from June 6 through June 8 at a Wisconsin Dells resort. The agenda includes human trafficking talks by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, detectives from the Milwaukee Area Human Trafficking Task Force and crime victim specialists.
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Tarantino's Oscar hopes for Uma
Quentin Tarantino claims Uma Thurman should have won this year's Best Actress Oscar.The director says the stunning actress deserved to beat Charlize Theron - who won the award for her role in 'Monster' - to the Academy Award for her portrayal of The Bride in 'Kill Bill'.
He said: "As far as I'm concerned, the Academy should've just walked up to her door, knocked on it and put the Oscar into her hand."
But Tarantino believes she still has a chance to win the prestigious award for 'Kill Bill: Volume II', saying: "There's a whole other year, a whole other crack at it."