Difference of histology and elemental composition of the cervical enamels among human permanent teeth

The purpose of this study is to clarify the difference of histology and elemental composition of the cervical enamels among the human permanent teeth. The re-ground surfaces at the cervical enamels of them were observed under scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The contents of seven elements were analyzed quantitatively with electron probe microanalyzer (EPMA). The widths of the rod sections at the cervical enamels were larger than those at the cuspal enamels. The rod sections at the mesial cervical enamels in the incisors were more obscure and more decayed by acid solution than those in the premolars and molars. The calcium and phosphorus contents of the cervical enamels were significantly lower than those of the cuspal enamels. The carbon content of the cervical enamels was significantly higher than that of the cuspal enamels. The calcium and phosphorus contents of the cervical enamels were the significantly highest in the premolars. The carbon and sodium contents of the cervical enamels were significantly highest in the premolars. It is thought that the calcification level is lower, while the content of organic matter is higher at the cervical enamels than those at the cuspal enamels. It is considered that the sodium causes high calcification.     

Threshold and growth mechanism of fatigue cracks under mode II and III loadings

ABSTRACT The fatigue crack growth behaviour of 0.47% carbon steel was studied under mode II and III loadings. Mode II fatigue crack growth tests were carried out using specially designed double cantilever (DC) type specimens in order to measure the mode II threshold stress intensity factor range, ΔK_IIth. The relationship ΔK_IIth > ΔK_Ith caused crack branching from mode II to I after a crack reached the mode II threshold. Torsion fatigue tests on circumferentially cracked specimens were carried out to study the mechanisms of both mode III crack growth and of the formation of the factory‐roof crack surface morphology. A change in microstructure occurred at a crack tip during crack growth in both mode II and mode III shear cracks. It is presumed that the crack growth mechanisms in mode II and in mode III are essentially the same. Detailed fractographic investigation showed that factory‐roofs were formed by crack branching into mode I. Crack branching started from small semi‐elliptical cracks nucleated by shear at the tip of the original circumferential crack.     

新日本钢铁公司高强度汽车用钢板的开发

在对汽车提高燃料利用率、节能和提高冲撞安全性的要求日益强烈的情况下,不增加车体重量而提高安全性的方法之一,就是使用高强度钢板.钢板高强度化带来的最大问题就是钢板加工性能变差.为适应用户的要求,新日铁已经开发出各种高强度钢板.本文对适应于汽车不同部位的、具有良好成形性的各种高强钢板的特点及冲撞吸收能、疲劳强度等特性进行了介绍.     

Formation and microwave dielectric properties of Sr(Ga0.5Ta0.5)O3-based complex perovskites

The Sr(Ga0.5Ta0.5)O3-based perovskites with O2- and/or Sr2+ vacancies were formed by changing the A-site and/or B-site cation ratios. The Sr-deficient perovskites with a limited composition of Sr0.86(Ga0.36Ta0.64)O3 could be obtained, whereas oxygen vacancies were hardly created. The B′-site Ga3+ cation could be replaced with large Sc3+, In3+, Y3+, Nd3+ and La3+. The crystal symmetry of the complex perovskites changed from cubic (B′=Ga3+, Sc3+, In3+) to tetragonal (B′=La3+) through rhombohedral (B′=Y3+, Nd3+). The dielectric permittivities of these ceramics indicated no distinct dependence on the B′-site cation species. The temperature coefficient of permittivity might be associated with the symmetry change of the perovskite phases. Higher microwave Qf values, >Qf=38 000 GHz, were obtained for our complex perovskite ceramics, except with B′=La3+. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Bearing failure in plain woven C_C composites

Abstracts are not published in this journal This revised version was published online in November 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

超声回波特征值的统计学分析方法

介绍了一种基于统计学假设检验理论进行模式识别中的特征评价与选择的方法，该方法理论意义比较清楚，计算简单，能够选出合适的特征，其实现是采用统计学中t检验方法来进行的，即用检验各组样本特征之间差异是否显著，来评价所提取的特征值的优劣；采用启发武方法和判别分析来进一步考察所提取的特征值的分类效果．实现了超声回波特征空间的降维处理与最佳特征子集选择。     

氧化物弥散强化铁素体钢的电子辐照行为

本文利用超高压电子显微镜进行电子辐照实验，分析了我国试制的氧化物弥散强化（ＯＤＳ）铁素体钢的辐照行国．在６７０－７２０Ｋ下辐照时观察到了辐照空洞的形成．辐照条件为７２０Ｋ，９ｄｐａ时的辐照肿胀率小于０．１％．同时在电子衍射图样中发现了明显的衍射环，分析表明这些衍射环的出现是由于电子辐照促进了Ｙ２Ｏ３微细相形成的缘故．     

HYDRODYNAMIC CHROMATOGRAPHY: THREE DIMENSIONAL LAMINAR DISPERSION IN RECTANGULAR CONDUITS WITH TRANSVERSE FLOW

Experimental observations^1,9 indicate much poorer separations than are predicted by two dimensional theory. The purpose of this work is to explain these differences and suggest ways in which system performance can be improved.

The large effect of span-wise variation in axial velocity caused by side walls on hydrodynamic separations carried out in rectangular conduits with transverse flow is studied theoretically. As the aspect ratio increases, the steady stale retentivity (convection coefficient) approaches an asymptotic value obtained by neglecting side wall effects. However, the dispersion coefficient does not reduce to that for a flow with no side walls. Indeed, the asymptotic steady state dispersion coefficient is at least six times larger than that obtained by two dimensional theory which neglects side wall effects. As the transverse Peclet number increases, the effect of side walls on the dispersion coefficient becomes much larger.

The present three dimensional theoretical predictions, in contrast to two dimensional ones, are in good agreement with the experimental data of Caldwell, et al.⁹ and Kesner, et al.¹ on electrical field flow fractionation. The results indicate that side wall effects may be of major importance in hydrodynamic chromatography even when the aspect ratio is 70 or more.

The adverse effect of side walls may be avoided by having the membranes enclose thin annular regions rather than rectangular conduits. This should improve performance significantly.     

MASS TRANSFER IN GAS-SPARGED POROUS ELECTRODES

The electrochemical limiting current method was used to measure mass transfer coefficients with cocurrent upward gas-liquid flow in packed bed electrodes. Liquid-solid and overall gas-solid coefficients were determined from limiting current data in the presence of inert or reactive gas flows with the use of a plug flow model. The presence of inert gas flow increased mass transfer coefficients over those in single-phase flow by a factor of up to 1.7. As a result of boundary layer penetration by gas bubbles, sparging with reactive gas increased mass transfer rates by a factor of up to 3.5.     

Effect of aging treatment on irradiation-induced segregation of high Mn-Cr steel

To investigate the effect of aging treatment on irradiation-induced segregation of high Mn-Cr steel, specimens for electron-beam irradiation were prepared from the high Mn-Cr austenitic steel which was solution treated at 1 373 K for 1 h and aging treated at 573 K for 1 000 h, respectively. The electron-beam irradiation was performed at 573 K up to doses of 5.4 dpa in a 1 250 kV HVEM and irradiation-induced segregation analyses were carried out by an EDX in a 200 kV FE-TEM. The results show that void formation is not observed in both solution treated and aging treated ones. The amount of Cr segregation at the grain boundary decreases in the aged one; however, that of Mn is not changed in solution treated one.