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Massive neutrinos and magnetic fields in the early universe
Primordial magnetic fields and massive neutrinos can leave an interesting signal in the CMB temperature and polarization. We perform a systematic analysis of general perturbations in the radiation-dominated universe, accounting for any primordial magnetic field and including leading-order effects of the neutrino mass. We show that massive neutrinos qualitatively change the large-scale perturbations sourced by magnetic fields, but that the effect is much smaller than previously claimed. We calculate the CMB power spectra sourced by inhomogeneous primordial magnetic fields, from before and after neutrino decoupling, including scalar, vector and tensor modes, and consistently modeling the correlation between the density and anisotropic stress sources. In an appendix we present general series solutions for the possible regular primordial perturbations
3D Simulation of Partial Discharge in High Voltage Power Networks
Open accessPartial discharge (PD) events arise inside power cables due to defects of cable’s insulation material, characterized by a lower electrical breakdown strength than the surrounding dielectric material. These electrical discharges cause signals to propagate along the cable, manifesting as noise phenomena. More significantly, they contribute to insulation degradation and can produce a disruptive effect with a consequent interruption of power network operation. PD events are, therefore, one of the best ‘early warning’ indicators of insulation degradation and, for this reason, the modeling and studying of such phenomena, together with the development of on-line PDs location methods, are important topics for network integrity assessment, and to define methods to improve the power networks’ Electricity Security. This paper presents a 3D model of PD events inside a void in epoxy-resin insulation cables for High Voltage (HV) power networks. The 3D model has been developed using the High Frequency (HF) Solver of CST Studio Suite® software. PD events of a few µs duration have been modelled and analyzed. The PD behavior has been investigated using varying electrical stress. A first study of the PD signal propagation in a power network is described
Bacterial Heat Shock Protein Activity
Bacteria are exposed to different types of stress in their growth conditions. They have developed appropriate responses, modulated by the re-modeling of protein complexes and by phosphorylation dependent signal transduction systems, to adapt and to survive in a variety range of nature. Proteins are essential components for biologic activity in the eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell. Heat Shock Proteins (HSP) have been identified from various organisms and have critical role in cell hemostasis. Chaperone can sense environment and have different potential role in the organism evolution
Modelling strong seismic ground motion: three-dimensional loading path versus wavefield polarization
Seismic waves due to strong earthquakes propagating in surficial soil layers
may both reduce soil stiffness and increase the energy dissipation into the
soil. To investigate seismic wave amplification in such cases, past studies
have been devoted to one-directional shear wave propagation in a soil column
(1D-propagation) considering one motion component only (1C-polarization). Three
independent purely 1C computations may be performed ('1D-1C' approach) and
directly superimposed in the case of weak motions (linear behaviour). This
research aims at studying local site effects by considering seismic wave
propagation in a 1-D soil profile accounting for the influence of the 3-D
loading path and non-linear hysteretic behaviour of the soil. In the proposed
'1D-3C' approach, the three components (3C-polarization) of the incident wave
are simultaneously propagated into a horizontal multilayered soil. A 3-D
non-linear constitutive relation for the soil is implemented in the framework
of the Finite Element Method in the time domain. The complex rheology of soils
is modelled by mean of a multisurface cyclic plasticity model of the
Masing-Prandtl-Ishlinskii-Iwan type. The great advantage of this choice is that
the only data needed to describe the model is the modulus reduction curve. A
parametric study is carried out to characterize the changes in the seismic
motion of the surficial layers due to both incident wavefield properties and
soil non-linearities. The numerical simulations show a seismic response
depending on several parameters such as polarization of seismic waves, material
elastic and dynamic properties, as well as on the impedance contrast between
layers and frequency content and oscillatory character of the input motion. The
3-D loading path due to the 3C-polarization leads to multi-axial stress
interaction that reduces soil strength and increases non-linear effects. The
non-linear behaviour of the soil may have beneficial or detrimental effects on
the seismic response at the free surface, depending on the energy dissipation
rate. Free surface time histories, stress-strain hysteresis loops and in-depth
profiles of octahedral stress and strain are estimated for each soil column.
The combination of three separate 1D-1C non-linear analyses is compared to the
proposed 1D-3C approach, evidencing the influence of the 3C-polarization and
the 3-D loading path on strong seismic motions
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