Effet des conditions aux limites sur le comportement des assemblages bois boulonnés

Résumé Les assemblages utilisés dans les structures bois sont très variés. Aux dispositions géométriques fort diverses se rajoute le fait que deux matériaux de comportements différents (bois et acier) sont généralement en présence. Dans cette étude, on considère le cas d'un assemblage élémentaire à deux plans de cisaillement avec un seul boulon. On s'intéresse particulièrement à des assemblages de grande épaisseur où l'influence de l'élancement du boulon (longueur/ diamètre) et des cnditions de rotation de ses têtes sur la réponse globale de l'assemblage est analysée. La courbe représentant cette réponse, de type force-glissement, intègre les caractéristiques de rigidité et de résistance de l'assemblage. On considère pour cela un seul diamètre de boulon égal à 8mm et trois élancements égaux à 4, 8 et 12, avec des pièces latérales en métal ou en bois. Le bois est représensé par une loi d'enfoncement du type exponentiel à trois paramètres, et le boulon est supposé à comportement élastoplastique. On constate que les conditions de rotation des têtes de boulon influencent aussi bien la résistance que la rigidité initiale de l'assemblage. Cependant, le comportement du boulon influence seulement la résistance de l'assemblage. En effet, la résistance est conditionée par les rotules plastiques qui se développent, le long du boulon, au cours du chargement. Par ailleurs, les assemblages à pièces latérales métalliques présentent une résistance et une rigidité initiale plus élevées que ceux ayant des pièces latérales en bois. La comparaison des résultats avec diverses études expérimentales et numériques montre la validité du modèle proposé.

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Bolted joints used in wood structures are extremely varied. In addition to presenting quite diverse geometric elements the two materials generally involved (wood and steel) exhibit most distinct behaviors. In the current study, the application of an elementary double-shear wood bolted joint in static short-term loading has been considered. The particular focus herein concerns thick joints, where the impact of the blot's slenderness (length/diameter ratio) as well as the rotating conditions of the bolt's heads on the overall response of the joint has been analysed. The curve representing this response, of the load-slip type, serves to integrate the characteristics of the joint's stiffness and strength. To carry this out, a constant bolt diameter of 8 mm, along with three slenderness values of 4, 8 and 12 with steel or wood side members, was used. The wood behavior in embedment is represented by means of an exponential three-parameter law, and the bolt is assumed to exhibit an elastic-plastic behavior. It has been observed that the rotation of the bolt heads exerts as much of an influence on the strength as the joint's initial stiffness. However, the bolt's behavior only influences the strength of the joint itself. In fact, the strength is actually conditioned by the plastic highes that appear on the bolt sections during loading. In addition, joints with steel side members are stronger and display a higher initial stiffness than those with wood side members. A comparison of results obtained from various experimentalk and numerical studies helps demonstrate the validity of the present model proposed.

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Note de la Rédation Alain Vergne est Membre Effectif de la RILEM.     

A sufficient condition to test identifiability of nonlinear delayed-differential models with constant delays and multi-inputs

In this paper, an original result in terms of a sufficient condition to test the identifiability of nonlinear delayed-differential models with constant delays and multi-inputs is given. The identifiability is studied for the linearized system and a criterion for linear systems with constant delays is provided, from which the identifiability of the original nonlinear system can be proved. This result is obtained by combining a classical identifiability result for nonlinear ordinary differential systems due to Grewal and Glover (1976) with the identifiability of linear delayed-differential models developed by Orlov, Belkoura, Richard, and Dambrine (2002). This paper is a generalization of Denis-Vidal, Jauberthie, and Joly-Blanchard (2006), which deals with the specific case of nonlinear delayed-differential models with two delays and a single input.     

Direction of Arrival Estimation using EM-ESPRIT with Nonuniform Arrays

This paper deals with the problem of the Direction Of Arrival (DOA) estimation with nonuniform linear arrays. The proposed method is based on the Expectation Maximization method where ESPRIT is used in the maximization step. The key idea is to iteratively interpolate the data to a virtual uniform linear array in order to apply ESPRIT to estimate the DOA. The iterative approach allows one to improve the interpolation using the previously estimated DOA. One of this method’s novelties lies in its capacity of dealing with any nonuniform array geometry. This technique manifests significant performance and computational advantages over previous algorithms such as Spectral MUSIC, EM-IQML and the method based on manifold separation technique. EM-ESPRIT is shown to be more robust to additive noise. Furthermore, EM-ESPRIT fully exploits the advantages of using a nonuniform array over a uniform array: simulations show that for the same aperture and with a smaller number of sensors, the nonuniform array presents almost identical performance as the equivalent uniform array.     

Liquid chromatographic determination of caffeine and adrenergic stimulants in food supplements sold in Brazilian e-commerce for weight loss and physical fitness

Methyl-xanthines and adrenergic stimulants, such as caffeine and synephrine, are commonly added to food supplements due to their stimulating and thermogenic effects. In addition, the abusive consumption of food supplements with ergogenic and aesthetic purposes has been observed worldwide. This work describes the study of caffeine, p-synephrine, hordenine, octopamine, tyramine, ephedrine and salicin as stimulants in dietary supplements marketed in Brazil for weight loss and physical fitness claims. A total of 94 different products were acquired from 30 Brazilian websites. Thus, the sampling of marketed supplements was performed in virtual commerce (e-commerce) with claims of weight loss, appetite reduction, fat burning and metabolism acceleration. The developed analytical method involved the separation of the stimulants by HPLC with diode array detection (HPLC-DAD) by using a gradient elution of flow rate (0.7–2.5 ml min^?1) and mobile phase composition (0.1% H₃PO₄/methanol). The validated method was applied to the study of 46 dietary supplements. Caffeine, p-synephrine and ephedrine were found to be present as stimulants in 52% of the studied samples marketed as encapsulated or bulk forms. Caffeine was found to be present in concentrations that represent doses from 25.0 to 1476.7 mg day^–1. Synephrine was found in concentrations that represent doses from 59.1 to 127.0 mg day^–1. Ephedrine was found to be associated with caffeine in one formulation at a concentration representing a 26.1 mg day^–1 dosage.     

Full Film, Boundary Lubrication and Tribochemistry in Steel Circular Contacts Lubricated with Glycerol

In this article, the lubricating properties of pure glycerol are investigated under both mild and severe EHL regimes. Amazingly low friction coefficients (about 0.01) are reported by experiments in thick film regimes compared to traditional base oils. EHL calculations of film thickness and friction (including thermal effects) predict friction coefficients that are twice those actually found for glycerol. Chemical analysis of glycerol before and after the friction tests were performed by NMR and Karl Fischer methods, and they reveal that water is produced by tribochemical reaction as well as other species like aldehydes. This finding is in agreement with a corrosion pattern observed inside the wear scars of the steel samples. This study provides an explanation to the anomalously low friction observed in the thick film regime. In fact, water produced in the lubricant decreases traction forces due to the drastic decrease of the viscosity of glycerol with water addition.     

EAPB0503, an Imidazoquinoxaline Derivative Modulates SENP3/ARF Mediated SUMOylation,and Induces NPM1c Degradation in NPM1 Mutant AML

Nucleophosmin-1 (NPM1) is a pleiotropic protein involved in numerous cellular processes. NPM1 shuttles between the nucleus and the cytoplasm, but exhibits a predominant nucleolar localization, where its fate and functions are exquisitely controlled by dynamic post-translational modifications (PTM). Sentrin/SUMO Specific Peptidase 3 (SENP3) and ARF are two nucleolar proteins involved in NPM1 PTMs. SENP3 antagonizes ARF-mediated NPM1 SUMOylation, to promote ribosomal biogenesis. In Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), NPM1 is frequently mutated, and exhibits an aberrant cytoplasmic localization (NPM1c). NPM1c mutations define a separate AML entity with good prognosis in some AML patients, rendering NPM1c as a potential therapeutic target. SENP3-mediated NPM1 de-SUMOylation induces resistance to therapy in NPM1c AML. Here, we demonstrate that the imidazoquinoxaline EAPB0503 prolongs the survival and results in selective reduction in the leukemia burden of NPM1c AML xenograft mice. Indeed, EAPB0503 selectively downregulates HDM2 expression and activates the p53 pathway in NPM1c expressing cells, resulting in apoptosis. Importantly, we unraveled that NPM1c expressing cells exhibit low basal levels of SUMOylation paralleled with high SENP3 and low ARF basal levels. EAPB0503 reverted these molecular players by inducing NPM1c SUMOylation and ubiquitylation, leading to its proteasomal degradation. EAPB0503-induced NPM1c SUMOylation is concurrent with SENP3 downregulation and ARF upregulation in NPM1c expressing cells. Collectively, these results provide a strong rationale for testing therapies modulating NPM1c post-translational modifications in the management of NPM1c AML.     

Biomass production and small-scale testing of freeze-dried lactic acid bacteria starter strains for cassava fermentations

Based on their predominance in Gari fermentations, as well as suitable technological properties, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus fermentum, Weissella paramesenteroides and Leuconostoc mesenteroides strains were investigated for their suitability for development as starter strains for this African traditional fermented cassava product. The strains were grown in optimized growth media in 2 L fermenters, harvested and freeze dried, and then tested in lab-scale cassava mash fermentation trials for their ability to ferment the cassava. The strains performed well and rapidly increased the titratable acidity from 1.1 to 1.3% at 24 h to 1.3–1.6% at 48 h. The benefit of including starter cultures was that it lowered the pH of the product much faster and to lower levels than in the uninoculated control fermentation. The results furthermore indicated that especially the L. plantarum-group strains could be produced as starter strains at low cost. Overall, the results of this study showed that starter strains could be easily and economically produced, and thus represent a feasible possibility for further development for application in the field.     

Some statistical aspects of magnetization processes in ferromagnetic bodies. Motion of a single 180° Bloch wall in an imperfect crystalline medium

The ideally simple situation of a single 180° Bloch wall in a single crystal already involves rather complex physical mechanisms. For a given variation of the magnetic field, two types of irreversible motion of the wall can be observed, depending on the velocity imposed to the wall and the temperature. It can move like a rigid plane, then its irreversible displacements are always larger than its thikness. It can also move by localized, small jumps thanks to its internal degrees of freedom. The features of the Barkhausen noise are different in these two kinds of motion. The transition between them occurs either at a constant temperature by increasing the velocity of the wall, or at a constant velocity by lowering the temperature. The wall can also move under the effect of thermal fluctuation, which should not be regarded as some little perturbation, but rather as an essential physical parameter which has to be taken into account in any realistic model of wall motion, and hence of “Barkhausen noise”. The random character of these phenomena allowed us to employ simple, but very useful, statistical methods. Besides, this study suggests some specific problems of “signal processing”.     

Preparation of Pt-Re/Vulcan carbon nanocomposites using a single-source molecular precursor and relative performance as a direct methanol fuel cell electrooxidation catalyst

Pt-Re/Vulcan carbon powder nanocomposites have been prepared with total metal loadings of 18 wt.% and 40 wt.% using a new non-cluster (1:1)-PtRe bimetallic precursor as the source of metal. Pt-Re nanoparticles having an average diameter of ca. 6 nm and atomic stoichiometry near 1:1 are formed. TEM, on-particle HR-EDS, and powder XRD data are consistent with the formation of Pt-Re alloy nanoparticles having a hexagonal unit cell with cell constants of a = 2.77 A and c = 4.47 A. A nanocomposite prepared at higher total metal loading under more rigorous thermal treatment also contains Pt-Re alloy nanoparticles having a fcc unit cell structure (a = 3.95 A). The precise dependence of Pt-Re nanocrystal structure on the thermal history of the nanocomposite specimen has not been investigated in detail. While these Pt-Re/carbon nanocomposites are active as anode catalysts in operating direct methanol fuel cells, the measured performance is less than that of commercial Pt-Ru/carbon catalysts and has marginal practical importance.