Asymmetric Cuts In The Contour Method For Residual Stress Measurement

The standard contour method is limited to sectioning test components into two symmetric halves. In this study a new approach is developed to deal with asymmetric cuts in the contour method of residual stress measurement. The proposed approach is demonstrated using finite element (FE) simulations and is validated experimentally using a series of asymmetric contour cuts and neutron diffraction measurements

Etude expérimentale et analyse probabiliste du comportement à la rupture en traction de composites verre-perlon-acrylique à usage orthopédique

Les effets de la nature des séquences de la stratification ainsi que les influences significatives du sens de découpe des échantillons par rapport au sens du flux de moulage sur le comportement mécanique en traction d’une série de matériaux composites stratifiés sont mises en évidence à partir d’une analyse de leurs propriétés mécaniques. Ces stratifiés à usage orthopédique et à base de résine acrylique renforcée de couches de fibres de verre et de perlon sont disposées selon trois différentes architectures. Une importante dispersion est observée sur les résultats de mesure du module de Young et des contraintes à la rupture. Ces dernières montrent des valeurs supérieures dans le sens perpendiculaire à celui du flux de moulage. La mesure de la fragilité, la caractérisation du comportement à la rupture de ces stratifiés ainsi que l’aspect probabiliste de cette dernière sont décrits quantitativement à partir de l’application du modèle probabiliste à deux paramètres de Weibull. Le caractère fragile de la rupture de ces stratifiés est ainsi traduit par les faibles valeurs mesurées des modules de Weibull. Un constat des principaux mécanismes responsables de la rupture est dressé à partir des observations microscopiques des faciès de rupture des éprouvettes rompues.Mots clés: Stratification – Fibre De Verre – Perlon – Dispersion – Module De WeibullExperimental study and probabilistic analysis of the tensile fracture behavior of glass-perlon-acrylic reinforced composites for orthopedic useThe effects of the nature of the stacking sequences and the significant influences of the samples cutting direction compared with the moulding flux on the tensile mechanical behavior of a set of laminated composite materials have been evidenced through analyses of their mechanical properties. These laminated composite materials for orthopedic uses containing acrylic resin reinforced with layers of glass and perlon fibres are arranged in three differents architectures. A significant scatter is observed on the measurement results of the Young modulus and of the fracture strengths. These latters show higher values in the perpendicular direction to the moulding flux. The brittleness measurement, the characterization of the fracture behavior of these laminates and the probabilistic fracture aspect are quantitatively described through the use of the probabilistic two parameters Weibull model. The brittle fracture character of these laminates is therefore described by the small measured values of Weibull modulus. A listing of the principal mechanisms responsible of the fracture is established according to microscopic observations of the fracture facies of the fractured samples. Keywords: Laminated - Glass Fiber - Perlon - Scatter – Modulus Of Weibul

Two new triterpenoid saponins from the leaves of Bupleurum lancifolium (Apiaceae)

Chemical investigation of the leaves of Bupleurum lancifolium led to the isolation and identification of two triterpenoid saponins previously undescribed named 3-O-[α-L-rhamnopyranosyl (1 → 4)-β-D-glucopyranosyl] echinocystic acid 28-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl ester (1) and 3-O-[α-L-rhamnopyranosyl (1 → 4)-β-D-glucopyranosyl] oleanolic acid 28-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl ester (2) along with the two known compounds isorhamnetin 3-rutinoside (3) and rutin (4). Their structures were elucidated by different spectroscopic methods, including HRESIMS analysis as well as 1D and 2D NMR experiments

Selection of Algerian medicinal plants according to a screening of their anti-AGEs properties

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Screening of anti-AGE properties and dereplication of extracts from algerian medicinal plants

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Collapse of the N=28 shell closure in 42^{42}Si

The energies of the excited states in very neutron-rich $^{42}$Si and $^{41,43}$P have been measured using in-beam $\gamma$-ray spectroscopy from the fragmentation of secondary beams of $^{42,44}$S at 39 A.MeV. The low 2$^+$ energy of $^{42}$Si, 770(19) keV, together with the level schemes of $^{41,43}$P provide evidence for the disappearance of the Z=14 and N=28 spherical shell closures, which is ascribed mainly to the action of proton-neutron tensor forces. New shell model calculations indicate that $^{42}$Si is best described as a well deformed oblate rotor.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. let

Prolate-Spherical Shape Coexistence at N=28 in 44^{44}S

The structure of $^{44}$S has been studied using delayed $\gamma$ and electron spectroscopy at \textsc{ganil}. The decay rates of the 0$^+_2$ isomeric state to the 2$^+_1$ and 0$^+_1$ states have been measured for the first time, leading to a reduced transition probability B(E2~:~2$^{+}_1$$\rightarrow$0$^{+}_2)$= 8.4(26)~e$^2$fm$^4$ and a monopole strength $\rho^2$(E0~:~0$^{+}_2$$\rightarrow$0$^{+}_1)$ =~8.7(7)$\times$10$^{-3}$. Comparisons to shell model calculations point towards prolate-spherical shape coexistence and a phenomenological two level mixing model is used to extract a weak mixing between the two configurations.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review Letter