Traction-based Completed Adjoint Double Layer Boundary Element Method in elasticity

This paper is concerned with a traction-based Completed Adjoint Double Layer Boundary Element Method to solve for the surface traction of a system of rigid particles embedded in an elastic matrix. The main feature of the method is a single layer representation of the displacement field, which leads to a system of second-kind integral equations for the traction field, the extreme eigenvalue of which could be deflated, allowing iterative solution strategies to be effectively applied. The method is therefore most suitable for large-scale simulations of particulate solids. The method is benchmarked against some known analytic solutions, including the difficult stress singularity problems at sharp edges. The effectiveness of the method in dealing with a large number of inclusions is also demonstrated with an elongational deformation problem involving up to 25 inclusions.Research supported by the Australian Research Council (to NP-T and X-JF) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (X-JF).     

Electrophysical Characteristics of a Posistor Block

The influence of the parameters of posistor elements and the conditions of their heat exchange on the electrical and dynamic characteristics of a posistor block have been investigated. Good agreement between calculation results and experimental data has been established.     

Restrictions in the design of gear wheel components and drives for micro technology

 According to enhanced interest for use of micro mechanical gear drives increased requirements occur for the transmittable power output with at same time proceeding miniaturization. To meet these future necessities research trends lead to micro technical parts from metal and ceramic materials. Using these materials the design of the parts has to meet restrictions of several disciplines, predominantly manufacturing and moulding technologies. Received: 10 August 2001/Accepted: 24 September 2001 This paper was presented at the Fourth International Workshop on High Aspect Ratio Microstructrue Technology HARMST 2001 in June 2001.     

Tc(VII) Sorption by Fibrous Sorbents

It is shown that technetium can be extracted from acidic media by the fibrous complexing sorbent POLIORGS 35, containing hydrazidine groups, and from neutral and nitric-acid solutions with a complex salt composition (with nitrate-ion concentration not exceeding 10 g/liter) by strongly basic anionite POLIORGS AV-17 with quaternary ammonium bases. The effect of the pH of the solutions on the sorption of technetium is studied. It is shown that the sorption depends on the nature and concentration of the salt background of the solutions. The kinetics and mechanism of sorption of technetium by fibrous sorbents and the possibility of their desorption and reuse in sorption–desorption cycles are investigated. It is shown that the fibrous sorbents POLIORGS 35 and POLIORGDS AV-17 are promising for extracting technetium from waters with a high mineral content (up to 20 g/liter).     

ON AVERAGED DIFFUSION EQUATIONS

Methods of obtaining averaged diffusion equations are considered in case of non-uniform profile of the velocity in a channel. With the flow of Couette as an example, the comparison of exact and approximate solutions (obtained by means of perturbation method) has been carried out. The peculiarities of function of residence time distribution of liquid in the flows with non-uniform velocity field are noted. It is shown that the distribution function moments values including the zero and first moments values would depend on the degree of the velocity profile irregularity, on efficiency of radial mixing in a system as well as on the averaging method. The averaged diffusion equations which have been found by means of perturbation method are the most general of proposed ones at present in the appropriate literature. The Taylor's model and Goldstein's hyperbolic equations are included in said averaged equations as particular cases. The table of the numerical values of first three moments of RTD-function necessary for determining of the model parameters is given. The problems of application of the obtained averaged equation for calculating real chemical apparatuses, e.g. reactors, are discussed.     

Fault tolerance in FFT arrays: Time redundancy approaches

Fault tolerance in VLSI/WSI FFT arrays acquires relevance when defects and run-time faults become significant, due to large dimensions of processors and arrays. Then, both restructuring to overcome end-of-production defects and reconfiguration to overcome run-time faults are required, to achieve the dual purposes of higher yield and higher reliability.Adopting as basic FFT network the two-dimensions array that directly corresponds to the FFT flow graph, the usual structure redundancy techniques tailored for two-dimensions arrays reconfiguration are not well applicable, since the limited locality of this network leads to relevant area increase due to the augmented interconnection structure.In this paper,time redundancy is suggested as a viable alternative for the two-dimensions FFT array; two different solutions are presented, one based oninter-stage reconfiguration, the other one adoptingintra-state reconfiguration, both allowing for survival to multiple faults with limited increase of network complexity and very small hard-core sections. As usual in many time redundancy methods, both approaches result in a processing speed equal to half the processing speed granted by an ideal, fault-free device.Reliability and survival ratios to multiple faults are evaluated for the two cases, taking into account also the area increments necessary for fault tolerance. The reliability evaluations allow for a direct comparison of the two solutions.     

Microprocessor instruments for measuring nonlinear distortions; algorithms for digital processing of the measurement signal and an estimate of the errors

Rational algorithms for measuring the harmonic coefficient in microprocessor instruments for measuring nonlinear distortions based on digital processing of the codes of the instantaneous values of the signal being investigated are described and the errors of such instruments are obtained.Translated from Izmeritel'naya Tekhnika, No. 4, pp. 56–59, April, 1995.     

Limiting Hardening Stress Levels in Sheet Glass

The limiting level of sheet glass hardening is presented based on three classification strength criteria and is equal to about 500 MPa.     

Propagation of Isothermal Flame in the Low-Pressure Thermal Decomposition of Nitrogen Trichloride

The inhibition and promotion of isothermal NCl₃ flame by NOCl and H₂, respectively, are explained. The crossover from the isothermal mode of flame propagation to the thermal one is analyzed for NCl₃–He mixtures. Calculations based on a kinetic mechanism taking into account energy chain branching are performed, and qualitative agreement between the calculated and observed data is demonstrated. The one-dimensional problem of chain–thermal flame propagation by a chain reaction involving a nonlinear-branching step has two solutions corresponding, one corresponding the isothermal mode of flame propagation and the other corresponding to the chain–thermal one. Nonlinear chain branching shortens the time needed for thermal ignition and increases the flammability of the combustible mixture.