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Design and application of magneto-rheological fluid

Magneto-Rheological Fluid (MRF) technology is an old “newcomers” coming to the market at high speed. Various industries including the automotive industry are full of potential MRF applications. Magneto-Rheological Fluid technology has been successfully employed already in various low and high volume applications. A structure based on MRF might be the next generation in design for products where power density, accuracy and dynamic performance are the key features. \ud
Additionally, for products where is a need to control fluid motion by varying the viscosity, a structure based on MRF might be an improvement in functionality and costs. Two aspects of this technology, direct shear mode (used in brakes and clutches) and valve mode (used in dampers) have been studied thoroughly and several applications are already present on the market. Excellent features like fast response, simple interface between electrical power input and mechanical power output, and precise controllability make MRF technology attractive for many applications.\ud
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This paper presents the state of the art of an actuator with a control arrangement based on MRF technology. The study shows that excellent features like fast response, simple interface between electrical power input and the mechanical power output, and controllability make MRF the next technology of choice for many applications
A generic framework for context-sensitive analysis of modular programs

Context-sensitive analysis provides information which is potentially more accurate than that provided by context-free analysis. Such information can then be applied in order to validate/debug the program and/or to specialize the program obtaining important improvements. Unfortunately, context-sensitive analysis of modular programs poses important theoretical and practical problems. One solution, used in several proposals, is to resort to context-free analysis. Other proposals do address\ud
context-sensitive analysis, but are only applicable when the description domain used satisfies rather restrictive properties. In this paper, we argüe that a general framework for context-sensitive analysis of modular programs, Le., one that allows using all the domains which have proved useful in practice in the non-modular setting, is indeed feasible and very useful. Driven by our experience in the design and implementation of analysis and specialization techniques in the context of CiaoPP, the Ciao\ud
system preprocessor, in this paper we discuss a number of design goals for context-sensitive analysis of modular programs as well as the problems which arise in trying to meet these goals. We also provide a high-level description of a framework for analysis of modular programs which does\ud
substantially meet these objectives. This framework is generic in that it can be instantiated in different ways in order to adapt to different contexts. Finally, the behavior of the different instantiations w.r.t. the design goals that motivate our work is also discussed
Analysis of noise temperature sensitivity for the design of a broadband thermal noise primary standard

A broadband primary standard for thermal noise measurements is presented and its thermal and electromagnetic behaviour is analysed by means of a novel hybrid analytical?numerical simulation methodology. The standard consists of a broadband termination connected to a 3.5mm coaxial airline partially immersed in liquid nitrogen and is designed in order to obtain a low reflectivity and a low uncertainty in the noise temperature. A detailed sensitivity analysis is made in order to highlight the critical characteristics that mostly affect the uncertainty in the noise temperature, and also to determine the manufacturing and operation tolerances for a proper performance in the range 10MHz to 26.5 GHz. Aspects such as the thermal bead design, the level of liquid nitrogen or the uncertainties associated with the temperatures, the physical properties of the materials in the standard and the simulation techniques are discussed
Stress corrosion cracking in 316L stainless steel bellows of a pressure safety valve

There were three consecutive occurrences of bellows failure in a particular pressure safety valve (PSV) of a petroleum refinery within a time span of one week. The bellows were made of 316L grade austenitic stainless steel, and the PSV was mounted on one of the vessels of vacuum gas oil service in a hydrocracker unit. Metallurgical analysis of the failed bellows revealed that the failure had occurred by stress corrosion cracking (SCC). It was found that the SCC was promoted in the bellows due to presence of high amount of chloride ions in the operating environment. Studies confirmed that SCC had initiated from the outer surface of the bellows and propagated inwards, resulting in leakage of hydrocarbon from the PSV. The source of chlorine in the environment was identified. It was discovered that SCC in the bellows was caused due to a previous failure in the heavy polynuclear aromatics (HPNA) absorption bed located upstream the process flow line. This failure was due to presence of high concentrations of chlorine in the granulated activated carbon that was used in the HPNA absorption bed. During the repair of the HPNA bed, there was deposition of carbon soot on the body of the PSV. This carbon soot was the source of chloride ions for SCC to occur in the bellows. Generally, in chloride SCC, crack propagation in 316L SS takes place by transgranular mode. In the present case, however, the crack propagation was predominantly by intergranular mode. The metallurgical factors responsible for this change in micro-mechanism of crack propagation during SCC have been discussed
Aqueous solution and solid state interactions of lanthanide ions with a methacrylic ester polymer bearing pendant 15-crown-5 moieties

The interaction between trivalent lanthanide ions and poly(1,4,7,10,13-pentaoxacyclopentadecan-2-yl-methyl methacrylate), PCR5, in aqueous solution and in the solid state have been studied. In aqueous solution, evidence of a weak interaction between the lanthanides and PCR5 comes from the small red shift of the Ce(III) emission spectra and the slight broadening of the Gd(III) EPR spectra. From the Tb(III) lifetimes in the presence of H2O and D2O the loss of one or two water coordinated molecules is confirmed when Tb(III) is bound to PCR5. An association constant of the order of 200 M-1 was obtained for a 1:1 (lanthanide:15-crown-5) complex from the shift of the polymer NMR signals induced by Tb(III). A similar association constant is obtained from the differences of the molar conductivity of Ce(III) solution at various concentrations in presence and absence of PCR5. When Tb(III) is adsorbed on PCR5 membranes, lifetime experiments in H2O and D2O confirm the loss of 5 or 6 water coordinated molecules indicating that in solid state the lanthanide(III)-PCR5 interaction is stronger than in solution. The adsorption of Ce(III) in PCR5 membranes shows a Langmuir type isotherm, from which an equilibrium constant of 39 M-1 has been calculated. SEM shows that the membrane morphology is not much affected by lanthanide adsorption. Support for lanthanide ion-crown interactions comes from ab initio calculations on 15-crown-5/La(III) complex. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 45: 1788-1799, 2007http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pola.2194
Crystal structure of the nonlinear optical compound L-arginine fluoride

L-arginine fluoride is a promising compound that exhibits nonlinear optical properties. It efficiently converts two single photons of the same polarization and frequency ? to one photon of frequency 2? (type I phase matching). C6H15N4O2+F- is monoclinic, space group P21, a = 5.4475(4) Å, b = 8.5133(6) Å, c = 10.2195(7) Å, ß = 93.475(6)°. The cation has a zwitterionic form, protonated at both the guanidyl and amino groups. The arginine C? atom is in a trans position to the carboxyl group. A complex three-dimensional hydrogen bond network links the anions and cations together.http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:100958602328
The asymptotic regimes of tilted Bianchi II cosmologies

In this paper we give, for the first time, a complete description of the
dynamics of tilted spatially homogeneous cosmologies of Bianchi type II. The
source is assumed to be a perfect fluid with equation of state $p = (\gamma -1)
\mu$, where $\gamma$ is a constant. We show that unless the perfect fluid is
stiff, the tilt destabilizes the Kasner solutions, leading to a Mixmaster-like
initial singularity, with the tilt being dynamically significant. At late times
the tilt becomes dynamically negligible unless the equation of state parameter
satisfies $\gamma > {10/7}$. We also find that the tilt does not destabilize
the flat FL model, with the result that the presence of tilt increases the
likelihood of intermediate isotropization
The embedding of the spacetime in five-dimensional spaces with arbitrary
  non-degenerate Ricci tensor

We discuss and prove a theorem which asserts that any n-dimensional
semi-Riemannian manifold can be locally embedded in a (n+1)-dimensional space
with a non-degenerate Ricci tensor which is equal, up to a local analytic
diffeomorphism, to the Ricci tensor of an arbitrary specified space. This may
be regarded as a further extension of the Campbell-Magaard theorem. We
highlight the significance of embedding theorems of increasing degrees of
generality in the context of higher dimensional spacetimes theories and
illustrate the new theorem by establishing the embedding of a general class of
Ricci-flat spacetimes
Characterization and performances of a monitoring ionization chamber
  dedicated to IBA-universal irradiation head for Pencil Beam Scanning

Every radiotherapy center has to be equipped with real-time beam monitoring
devices. In 2008, the medical application group from the Laboratory of
Corpuscular Physics (LPC Caen) developed an Ionization Chamber in collaboration
with the company IBA (Ion Beam Applications). This monitoring device called
IC2/3 was developed to be used in IBAs universal irradiation head for Pencil
Beam Scanning (PBS). The objectives presented in this article are to
characterize the IC2/3 monitor in the energy and ux ranges used in
protontherapy. The equipment has been tested with an IBAs cyclotronable to
deliver proton beams from 70 to 230 MeV. This beam monitoring device has been
validated and is now installed at the Westdeutsches Protonentherapiezentrum
Essen protontherapy center (WPE, Germany). The results obtained in both terms
of spatial resolution and dose measurements are at least equal to the initials
speci cations needed for PBS purposes. The detector measures the dose with a
relative precision better than 1% in the range 0.5 Gy/min to 8 Gy/min while the
spatial resolution is higher than 250 m. The technology has been patented and
ve IC2/3 chambers were delivered to IBA. Nowadays, IBA produces the IC2/3 beam
monitoring device as part of its Proteus 235 produc
Phenomenology of Non-Abelian Flat Directions in a Minimal Superstring Standard Model

Recently, we presented the first non-Abelian flat directions that produce from a heterotic string model solely the three-generation MSSM states as the massless spectrum in the observable sector of the low energy effective field theory. In this paper we continue to develop the systematic techniques for the analysis of nonrenormalizable superpotential terms and non-Abelian flat direction in realistic string models. Some of our non-Abelian directions were F-flat to all finite orders in the superpotential. We study for the same string model the varying phenomenologies resulting from a large set of such all-order flat directions. We focus on the quark, charged lepton, and Higgs doublet mass matrices resulting for our phenomenologically superior non-Abelian flat direction. We review and apply a string-related method for generating large mass hierarchies between MSSM generations, first discussed in string-derived flipped SU(5) models, when all generational mass terms are of renormalizable or very low non-renormalizable order
Hydrostatic compression on polypropylene foam

Models currently used to simulate the impact behaviour of polymeric foam at high strain rates use data from mechanical tests. Uniaxial compression is the most common mechanical test used, but the results from this test alone are insufficient to characterise the foam response to three-dimensional stress states.
A new experimental apparatus for the study of the foam behaviour under a state of hydrostatic stress is presented. A flywheel was modified to carry out compression tests at high strain rates, and a hydrostatic chamber designed to obtain the variation of stress with volumetric strain, as a function of density and deformation rate. High speed images of the sample deformation under pressure were analysed by image processing.
Hydrostatic compression tests were carried out, on polypropylene foams, both quasi statically and at high strain rates. The stress–volumetric strain response of the foam was determined for samples of foam of density from 35 to 120 kg/m3, loaded at two strain rates.
The foam response under hydrostatic compression shows a non-linear elastic stage, followed by a plastic plateau and densification. These were characterised by a compressibility modulus (the slope of the initial stage), a yield stress and a tangent modulus. The foam was transversely isotropic under hydrostatic compression
CTLA-4 as a genetic determinant in autoimmune Addison's disease

In common with several other autoimmune diseases, autoimmune Addison’s disease (AAD) is thought to be caused by a combination of deleterious susceptibility polymorphisms in several genes, together with undefined environmental factors and stochastic events. To date, the strongest genomic association with AAD has been with alleles at the HLA locus, DR3–DQ2 and DR4. The contribution of other genetic variants has been inconsistent. We have studied the association of 16 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the CD28–CTLA-4–ICOS genomic locus, in a cohort comprising 691 AAD patients of Norwegian and UK origin with matched controls. We have also performed a meta-analysis including 1002 patients from European countries. The G-allele of SNP rs231775 in CTLA-4 is associated with AAD in Norwegian patients (odds ratio (OR)=1.35 (confidence interval (CI) 1.10–1.66), P=0.004), but not in UK patients. The same allele is associated with AAD in the total European population (OR=1.37 (CI 1.13–1.66), P=0.002). A three-marker haplotype, comprising PROMOTER_1661, rs231726 and rs1896286 was found to be associated with AAD in the Norwegian cohort only (OR 2.43 (CI 1.68–3.51), P=0.00013). This study points to the CTLA-4 gene as a susceptibility locus for the development of AAD, and refines its mapping within the wider genomic locus
Effect of wettability and surface roughness on ice-adhesion strength of hydrophilic, hydrophobic and superhydrophobic surfaces

The anti-icing properties of hydrophilic, hydrophobic and superhydrophobic surfaces/coatings were evaluated using a custom-built apparatus based on zero-degree cone test method. The ice-adhesion reduction factor (ARF) of these coatings has been evaluated using bare aluminium alloy as a reference. The wettability of the surfaces was evaluated by measuring water contact angle (WCA) and sliding angle. It was found that the ice-adhesion strength on silicone based hydrophobic surfaces was ~ 43 times lower than compared to bare polished aluminium alloy indicating excellent anti-icing property of these coatings. Superhydrophobic coatings displayed poor anti-icing property in spite of their high water repellence. Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope reveal that  Silicone based hydrophobic coatings exhibited smooth surface whereas the superhydrophobic coatings had a rough surface  consisting of microscale bumps and protrusions superimposed with nanospheres. Both surface roughness and surface energy play a major role on the ice-adhesion strength of the coatings. The 3D surface roughness profiles of the coatings also indicated the same trend of roughness. An attempt is made to correlate the observed ice-adhesion strength  of different surfaces with their wettability and surface roughness. It was concluded that smooth surface with low surface energy are responsible for low ice-adhesion strength
High thermal neutron flux effects on structural and macroscopic properties of alkali-borosilicate glasses used as neutron guide substrate

The behaviour of four alkali-borosilicate glasses under homogeneous thermal neutron irradiation has been studied. These materials are used for the manufacturing of neutron guides which are installed in most facilities as devices to transport neutrons from intense sources such as nuclear reactors or spallation sources up to scientific instruments. Several experimental techniques such as Raman, NMR, SANS and STEM have been employed in order to understand the rather different macroscopic behaviour under irradiation of materials that belong to a same glass family. The results have shown that the remarkable glass shrinking observed for neutron doses below 0.5 · 10 18 n/cm 2 critically depends upon the presence of domains where silicate and borate network do not mix
On Adjoint and Brain Functors (preprint from Axiomathes)

There is some consensus among orthodox category theorists that the concept of adjoint functors is the most important concept contributed to mathematics by category theory. We give a heterodox treatment of adjoints using heteromorphisms (object-to-object morphisms between objects of different categories) that parses an adjunction into two separate parts (left and right representations of heteromorphisms). Then these separate parts can be recombined in a new way to define a cognate concept, the brain functor, to abstractly model the functions of perception and action of a brain. The treatment uses relatively simple category theory and is focused on the interpretation and application of the mathematical concepts. The Mathematical Appendix is of general interest to category theorists as it is a defense of the use o
Economic Instruments for Air Pollution Control

Economic theory and empirical models suggest that economic instruments should help us to meet environmental goals at a lower cost. Practical experience,  however, shows that the cost savings of emission trading are smaller than expected and charges usually have had small incentive impacts. \ud
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This book gives the first comprehensive review of economic theory, simulation  models, and practical experience of using economic instruments. It also focuses on air pollution control. \ud
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Because of its unique blend of theoretical and empirical research, the book provides interesting reading for both economists and those interested in environmental policy. \ud
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Part I examines theoretical aspects and simulation modeling within a national context. Part II surveys practical experience in a variety of countries. Part III explores international issues, such as joint implementation
Gauge fields and infinite chains of dualities

We show that the particle states of Maxwell’s theory, in D dimensions, can be represented in an infinite number of ways by using different gauge fields. Using this result we formulate the dynamics in terms of an infinite set of duality relations which are first order in space-time derivatives. We derive a similar result for the three form in eleven dimensions where such a possibility was first observed in the context of E 11 . We also give an action formulation for some of the gauge fields. In this paper we give a pedagogical account of the Lorentz and gauge covariant formulation of the irreducible representations of the Poincaré group, used previously in higher spin theories, as this plays a key role in our constructions. It is clear that our results can be generalised to any particle
Vacuum stability bounds on Higgs coupling deviations in the absence of new bosons

We analyze the constraints imposed by Higgs vacuum stability on models with new fermions beyond the Standard Model. We focus on the phenomenology of Higgs couplings accessible at the Large Hadron Collider. New fermions that affect Higgs couplings lead to vacuum instability of the Higgs potential. Above the scale of vacuum instability, bosonic states must stabilize the potential, implying a cut-off to the pure fermion model. Conservatively tuning the models to produce the maximal cut-off for a given Higgs coupling effect, we show that observing a deviation in the Htt , H -diphoton, or H -digluon coupling, larger than 20%, would require that new bosons exist in order to stabilize the Higgs potential below about 100 TeV. For generic parameter configurations, and unless the new fermions are made as light as they can possibly be given current experimental constraints, observing a 10% deviation in any of these couplings would suggest an instability cut-off below 10-100 TeV. Similarly, if new bosons are absent up to a high scale, then a deviation in the Hbb or Hττ coupling, larger than about 20%, should be accompanied by a sizable deviation in the Zbb or Zττ couplings that can be conclusively tested with electroweak precision measurements at planned lepton colliders
Notes on holographic Schwinger effect

We use the method of evaluating the decay rate in terms of the imaginary part of a probe brane action to study the holographic Schwinger effect. In the confining D3-branes case, we find that the Schwinger effect occurs at energy scales higher than the Kaluza-Klein mass, indicating the absence of such effect when the dual gauge field theory can be regarded as an 2+1 dimensional theory. This property is independent of the configuration of the probe brane. In the case of D3-branes with a B field dual to a noncommutative super Yang-Mills theory, we study how the decay rate is affected by the noncommutative effect
Bottom and charm mass determinations with a convergence test

We present new determinations of the M S ¯ $$ \overline{\mathrm{MS}} $$ charm quark mass using relativistic QCD sum rules at O α s 3 $$ \mathcal{O}\left({\alpha}_s^3\right) $$ from the moments of the vector and the pseudoscalar current correlators. We use available experimental measurements from e + e − collisions and lattice simulation results, respectively. Our analysis of the theoretical uncertainties is based on different implementations of the perturbative series and on independent variations of the renormalization scales for the mass and the strong coupling. Taking into account the resulting set of series to estimate perturbative uncertainties is crucial, since some ways to treat the perturbative expansion can exhibit extraordinarily small scale dependence when the two scales are set equal. As an additional refinement, we address the issue that double scale variation could overestimate the perturbative uncertainties. We supplement the analysis with a test that quantifies the convergence rate of each perturbative series by a single number. We find that this convergence test allows to determine an overall and average convergence rate that is characteristic for the series expansions of each moment, and to discard those series for which the convergence rate is significantly worse. We obtain m c ¯ m c ¯ = 1.288 ± 0.020 $$ \overline{m_c}\left(\overline{m_c}\right)=1.288\pm 0.020 $$ GeV from the vector correlator. The method is also applied to the extraction of the M S ¯ $$ \overline{\mathrm{MS}} $$ bottom quark mass from the vector correlator. We compute the experimental moments including a modeling uncertainty associated to the continuum region where no data is available. We obtain m b ¯ m b ¯ = 4.176 ± 0.023 $$ \overline{m_b}\left(\overline{m_b}\right)=4.176\pm 0.023 $$ GeV