Synthesizing optimization algorithms for scheduling partially ordered set of problems

We consider the issues of optimal algorithms synthesis in the scheduling theory from a set of heuristic algorithms with low computational complexity. Optimal algorithm is derived which includes no more than seven tasks with identical duration of operations.     

Mathematical modeling of nonlinearly viscous fluid motion: Strong solutions

This paper studies mathematical modeling of motion of a nonlinearly viscous fluid in the case of strong solutions.     

Spherical and cylindrical waves in vapor-gas mixtures with polydisperse particles and drops

Propagation of plane, spherical, and cylindrical waves in vapor-gas mixtures with polydisperse particles and droplets, where one of the fractions is involved in phase transformations, was studied. A disperse correlation was obtained, and disperse curves were computed. The influence of polydispersity of particles and droplets on dispersion and dissipation of small perturbations was analyzed.     

Structure refinement and thermal stability of gibbsite

The crystal structure of gibbsite (aluminum hydroxide) has been refined by Rietveld powder diffraction analysis, and the thermal stability of the crystal structure of the mineral has been studied in detail by high-temperature X-ray diffraction. The X-ray diffraction data obtained in the temperature range from 25 to 300°C indicate that the crystal structure of gibbsite is stable up to 200–250°C. The unit-cell parameters of gibbsite increase with temperature. Above 200°C, the gibbsite to boehmite (AlO(OH)) phase transformation begins.     

Composition and annealing effects in solution-processable functionalized graphene oxide/P3HT based solar cells

Characterization of a solution-processable functionalized graphene oxide (SPFGraphene oxide) was investigated by FT-IR spectroscopy and the result of elemental analysis showed that the isocyanate treatment results in the functionalization groups in SPFGraphene oxide. Doping SPFGraphene oxide to P3HT based solar cells induces absorbing spectra more strongly and a great quenching of the photoluminescence of the P3HT. With an increase in the SPFGraphene oxide content, the overall performances of the hybrid devices increases first, reaching the peak efficiency for the 10 wt% SPFGraphene oxide content, and then decreases. After annealing at 160 °C for different time durations, the device containing 10 wt% of SPFGraphene oxide for 10 min shows the best performance with a power conversion efficiency of 1.046%, an open-circuit voltage of 0.73 V, a short-circuit current density of 3.98 mA cm^?2 and a fill factor of 0.36 under simulated AM1.5G conditions at 100 mW cm^?2; The similar content one for 20 min shows η value of 1.013%, which is lower than the former one to a small extent for longer annealing duration. The graphene has the potential to act as the next-generation material in the photovoltaic devices and other applications for ease of preparation, low price, large surface area, high conductivity and excellent transparency.     

Control of the magnetic state of arrays of ferromagnetic nanoparticles with the aid of the inhomogeneous field of a magnetic-force-microscope probe

The work presents a survey of the results of studies of the processes of magnetization reversal of ferromagnetic nanoparticles under the action of the field of a magnetic force microscope probe.     

Metallographic examination of the structure of the metal of cold arms of the nineteenth-early twentieth centuries made at the Zlatoust arms factory

Data are given concerning the structure and the chemical composition of carbon steel used for making cold arms, which was produced at the Zlatoust arms factory in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The results of the analysis of the structure of metal demonstrates the general trend of the development of metallurgy both at the Ural plants and in the world: from the creation of the crucible methods of production of cast steel to the mass production of cast steel by the Bessemer and Martin methods.     

Structural peculiarities of Bi,Pb-2223/Ag composites annealed in an N<Subscript>2</Subscript>-O<Subscript>2</Subscript> atmosphere

X-ray diffraction analysis, transmission and scanning electron microscopy, and electron microprobe analysis were used to study Bi,Pb-2223/Ag composites annealed in a low-oxygen atmosphere (7.5% O₂ + 92.5% N₂). The ceramics was found to be characterized by some nonuniformity in the distribution of all the components. Two structural peculiarities of the 2223 phase were found. These are the existence of atomic displacement waves, which are related to the oxygen deficiency or nitrogen substitution for oxygen, and a more intense Ag penetration into the ceramics, which results from the annealing in the O₂-N₂ atmosphere at a pressure of 10 atm. The unstable state of the lattice characterized by oxygen atomic displacement waves is due to the prolonged annealing in oxygen-depleted atmosphere. Usually, in the case of other favorable factors of the ceramics structure, the lattice instability positively affects the superconducting properties of the ceramics.     

Effect of external force fields on the domain structure of equiatomic CuAu alloy

Peculiarities of the ordered-structure formation in the equiatomic CuAu alloy, which are caused by changes in the sample dimensions and by an applied external force field, have been studied. The rate of the microstructure transformation in the ordered alloy has been found to increase with increasing thickness of the sample. It has been shown that tensile stresses applied during heat treatment can affect the growth direction of c domains and, thus, makes it possible to avoid the low-temperature cracking of the material.