488 research outputs found
A Note on the Laminar Heat Transfer in an Annulus
An exact solution for the fluid temperature due to forced convective heat transfer in an annulus is obtained as a solution of the eigen value problem
Computer simulation of defects and oxygen transport in yttria-stabilized zirconia
We have used molecular dynamics simulations and energy minimization calculations to examine defect energetics and oxygen diffusion in yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ). Oxygen vacancies prefer to be second nearest neighbors to yttrium dopants. The oxygen diffusion coefficient shows a peak at 8 mol% yttria consistent with experimental findings. The activation energy for oxygen diffusion varies from 0.6 to 1.0 eV depending on the yttria content. The YZr' VO YZr' complex with a binding energy of -0.85 eV may play an important role in any conductivity degradation of YSZ
A framework for innovative service design
Drawing on research from design science, marketing and service science, our paper provides an integrated framework for evaluating and directing innovative service design. The main goal of our review is to highlight the strengths of existing frameworks and to suggest how they can be enhanced in combination with design science principles. Based on our review, we propose a new framework for the design of innovative services that integrates several key paradigmatic approaches and identifies fundamental open research questions. Our approach is unique as it combines three service disciplines, namely services marketing, service science, and design science, and provides a new framework that describes step by step the procedure that needs to be taken and the conditions that need to be met for developing innovative services. We believe that providing such a framework is a valuable addition to the literature
Synthesis and in vitro microbiological evaluation of 5-acetyl-4-aryl-6-methyl-3,4- dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-thiones using calcium fluoride as catalyst
Abstract Seven 5-acetyl-4-aryl-6-methyl-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-thiones 10-16 are prepared by a one-pot cyclocondensation reaction of acetylacetone (1), thiourea (2) and aldehyde (3-9) in ethanol using calcium fluoride as the catalyst is described. All the compounds are screened for their antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi and antifungal activity against Candida albicans, Aspergillus flavus, Rhizopus and Mucor. Ciprofloxacin is used for the standard for antibacterial and Amphotericin B is used for the standard for antifungal studies. Compounds 12-15 exhibited excellent in vitro antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Whereas the same set of compounds exerted potent in vitro antifungal activity against Candida albicans and Aspergillus flavus
Theoretical calculations of the primary defects induced by pions and protons in SiC
In the present work, the bulk degradation of SiC in hadron (pion and proton)
fields, in the energy range between 100 MeV and 10 GeV, is characterised
theoretically by means of the concentration of primary defects per unit
fluence. The results are compared to the similar ones corresponding to diamond,
silicon and GaAs.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures, in press to Nuclear Instruments and Methods in
Physics Research A v2 - modified title, and major revision
Exact norm-conserving stochastic time-dependent Hartree-Fock
We derive an exact single-body decomposition of the time-dependent
Schroedinger equation for N pairwise-interacting fermions. Each fermion obeys a
stochastic time-dependent norm-preserving wave equation. As a first test of the
method we calculate the low energy spectrum of Helium. An extension of the
method to bosons is outlined.Comment: 21 pages, 3 figures, LaTeX fil
Finite Element Analysis and Machine Learning Guided Design of Carbon Fiber Organosheet-based Battery Enclosures for Crashworthiness
Carbon fiber composite can be a potential candidate for replacing metal-based
battery enclosures of current electric vehicles (E.V.s) owing to its better
strength-to-weight ratio and corrosion resistance. However, the strength of
carbon fiber-based structures depends on several parameters that should be
carefully chosen. In this work, we implemented high throughput finite element
analysis (FEA) based thermoforming simulation to virtually manufacture the
battery enclosure using different design and processing parameters.
Subsequently, we performed virtual crash simulations to mimic a side pole crash
to evaluate the crashworthiness of the battery enclosures. This high throughput
crash simulation dataset was utilized to build predictive models to understand
the crashworthiness of an unknown set. Our machine learning (ML) models showed
excellent performance (R2 > 0.97) in predicting the crashworthiness metrics,
i.e., crush load efficiency, absorbed energy, intrusion, and maximum
deceleration during a crash. We believe that this FEA-ML work framework will be
helpful in down select process parameters for carbon fiber-based component
design and can be transferrable to other manufacturing technologies
MHz Unidirectional Rotation of Molecular Rotary Motors
A combination of cryogenic UV-vis and CD spectroscopy and transient absorption spectroscopy at ambient temperature is used to study a new class of unidirectional rotary molecular motors. Stabilization of unstable intermediates is achieved below 95 K in propane solution for the structure with the fastest rotation rate, and below this temperature measurements on the rate limiting step in the rotation cycle can be performed to obtain activation parameters. The results are compared to measurements at ambient temperature using transient absorption spectroscopy, which show that behavior of these motors is similar over the full temperature range investigated, thereby allowing a maximum rotation rate of 3 MHz at room temperature under suitable irradiation conditions
Statistical approach for unpolarized fragmentation functions for the octet baryons
A statistical model for the parton distributions in the nucleon has proven
its efficiency in the analysis of deep inelastic scattering data, so we propose
to extend this approach to the description of unpolarized fragmentation
functions for the octet baryons. The characteristics of the model are
determined by using some data on the inclusive production of proton and
in unpolarized deep inelastic scattering and a next-to-leading
analysis of the available experimental data on the production of unpolarized
octet baryons in annihilation. Our results show that both parton
distributions and fragmentation functions are compatible with the statistical
approach, in terms of a few free parameters, whose interpretation will be
discussed.Comment: 14 pages, 7 eps figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
2-r-(4-ChloroÂphenÂyl)-6-c-phenyl-3,4,5,6-tetraÂhydro-2H-thioÂpyran-4-one 1-oxide
The thioÂpyran unit of the title molÂecule, C17H15ClO2S, is in chair form. A crystallographic mirror plane bisÂects the molÂecule, passing through the O=S and the opposite C=O atoms of the central ring, with statistical disorder of the Cl atom. The geometry around the S atom is tetraÂhedral and the carbonyl C is planar. The 4-chloroÂphenyl group at the 2 position and the phenyl ring at the 6 position have equatorial orientations. InterÂmolecular C—H⋯O and C—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds are found in the crystal structure. In addition, there is a short O⋯C interÂmolecular contact [2.970 (5) Å]
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