Statistical properties of out-of-frame detection schemes fordigital transmission systems

The importance of the misframe times for DS1 frame synchronization has often been addressed in designing and using network elements and mediation units. By extending the work of J. H. Eu and W. W. Rollins (1991), Markov chain first passage time analysis is used to derive higher moments of the misframe times in both random and burst error environments. This methodology is of great value in evaluating frame synchronization techniques for digital transmission systems. By experimenting with several out-of-frame detection schemes and reasonable values for bit error ratio (BER), it is shown that misframe times are always approximately exponentially distributed for all schemes     

Gain optimization for Yagi-Uda arrays

The author presents a personal account of the search for a design procedure for Yagi-Uda antenna arrays yielding a maximum gain, or directivity if element losses are neglected. Results on current distributions in the array are briefly reviewed. The analytical approach used to achieve gain optimization by means spacing and length perturbations is sketched. By using both spacing and length perturbations, it was possible to find the optimized array analytically in a systematic way, some examples having gain increases of nearly 80%. The effects of finite dipole radius and mutual coupling were included in the theoretical treatment     

pH control of the condensation reaction and its effect on the properties of formaldehyde/urea resins

The conditions of the preparation of formaldehyde/urea (F/U) resins have been supervised with the aim to reduce formaldehyde emission by influencing the ratio of methylene/dimethylene-ether-bridge linkages in the product. The most crucial point of this task is to keep the pH values of the reacting mixtures on the required level. The effect of formic acid, unevitably present in industrial formaldehyde solutions, was neutralized by applying a new buffer system, containing boric acid and ethylene glycol.     

Korrosionsuntersuchungen an ausgewählten metallischen Werkstoffen im System Essigsäure/Esigsäureanhydrid

Corrosion tests of selected metallic materials in the system acetic acid/acetic anhydride The corrosion behaviour of the ferritic austenitic stainless steels X2 CrNiMoN 22 5 (UNS S31803) and X2 CrNiMoN 25 7 4 (UNS S32750), the nickel base alloy NiMo16Cr16Ti (alloy C-4) and the titanium grades Ti2 (Grade 2) and Ti2Pd (Grade 7) was investigated by immersion tests in boiling mixtures of acetic acid and acetic anhydride in the presence of air. All materials tested were corrosion resistant in acetic acid and acetic anhydride but were corroded rapidly by the mixtures with a corrosion loss up to 1 mm/a, except the nickel base alloy (alloy C-4). It was corrosion resistant in all solutions with a corrosion loss not exceeding 0.01 mm/a. Electrochemical tests show that all materials tested exhibit stable passivity in glacial acetic acid and active corrosion in the presence of 10% acetic anhydride.     

Laboratory and analytical studies of the effects of multipulselightning current on metal oxide arresters

Multiple stroke lightning ground flashes can impose surges of exceptional severity on the arresters used to protect exposed distribution system equipment. This paper reports laboratory and analytical studies of the effects of representative multiple impulse currents on zinc-oxide surge arresters of distribution class. The results indicate that sextuple 8/20 μs currents can cause damage to arresters not evident with standard lightning current tests and so are worthy of inclusion in testing Standards     

Influence of production method on direction of processing heavy Ashal'chinsk crude

Translated from Khimiya i Tekhnologiya Topliv i Masel, No. 6, pp. 7–9, June, 1992.