Evaluation of Trans and Essential Fatty Acid Content in Some Egyptian Consumer-Available Hydrogenated Fats

The fatty acid composition of cottonseed and com oils was determined before and after the technological hydrogenation process. In hydrogenated cottonseed and corn oils the essential fatty acid content (linoleic, 18:2 ω⁶) was decreased while the trans-18:1 acid was increased as compared to the native oils. The trans as well as the essential fatty acid contents in some consumeravailable hydrogenated fats were evaluated. The composition of cis and trans monoene isomers were also determined. This study revealed that some of the Egyptian consumer-available hydrogenated fats contain considerable amounts of trans acids.     

考虑张裂缝的地震边坡屈服加速度计算方法研究

传统边坡地震稳定性分析方法鲜有考虑土体拉裂破坏引起的张裂缝。基于极限平衡-拟静力法建立了水平地震力和竖向地震力作用下的力与力矩平衡方程,运用变分理论获得其临界破坏面及其对应的正应力分布,考虑土体没有抗拉强度建立考虑张裂缝的地震边坡屈服加速度的闭合解答。张裂缝的出现会显著降低地震边坡的稳定性,对于垂直边坡将达到50%。当边坡坡度较大时,竖向地震力向下作用获得的屈服加速度更小,当边坡坡度较小时,竖向地震力向上作用获得的屈服加速度更小。     

Model Free Approach for Non-Isothermal Decomposition of Un-Irradiated and γ-Irradiated Silver Acetate: New Route for Synthesis of Ag(2)O Nanoparticles

Kinetic studies for the non-isothermal decomposition of unirradiated and γ-irradiated silver acetate with 10(3) kGy total γ-ray doses were carried out in air. The results showed that the decomposition proceeds in one major step in the temperature range of (180-270 °C) with the formation of Ag(2)O as solid residue. The non-isothermal data for un-irradiated and γ-irradiated silver acetate were analyzed using Flynn-Wall-Ozawa (FWO) and nonlinear Vyazovkin (VYZ) iso-conversional methods. These free models on the investigated data showed a systematic dependence of Ea on α indicating a simple decomposition process. No significant changes in the thermal decomposition behavior of silver acetate were recorded as a result of γ-irradiation. Calcinations of γ-irradiated silver acetate (CH(3)COOAg) at 200 °C for 2 hours only led to the formation of pure Ag(2)O mono-dispersed nanoparticles. X-ray diffraction, FTIR and SEM techniques were employed for characterization of the synthesized nanoparticles.     

Performance Enhancement of a Sub-Sampling Circuit for Ultra-Wideband Signal Processing

An ultra-wideband (UWB) sampling mixer has been developed based on utilizing the combined advantages of two known circuit topologies: a wideband balun and a balanced-feed mixer. The developed sampler is integrated with a step-recovery diode strobe-step generator to sub-sample UWB signals. The fabricated sub-sampler demonstrated a 3.5-dB radio frequency to intermediate frequency (RF-IF) conversion loss up to 1 GHz (without the IF amplification), and a wide 3 dB bandwidth that exceeded 3.5-GHz. It has a reduced spurious level of better than -38 dBc, a lower sensitivity to the Schottky diode-placement, an excellent input match, and good isolation.     

变荷载作用下未打穿竖井地基固结分析

利用已有瞬时荷载作用下未打穿竖井地基固结模型,根据线性偏微分方程的叠加原理,将变荷载作用问题分解为瞬时荷载作用问题,给出了变荷载作用下未打穿竖井地基固结解答。利用该求解方法,对一未打穿竖井地基在单级线性加载和多级加载情况下的孔压消散进行了分析。分析表明,受加载历时影响,竖井打设区平均固结度减小幅度大于下卧层,但下卧层受影响时间要长得多。另外,在粗略设计中,可以将多级加载简化为单级线性加载,这样对后期平均固结度的影响不大。     

Microcontroller implementation of direct torque control

The switching frequency of a conventional direct torque control (DTC) strategy which is based on hysteresis controllers results in a variable switching frequency which depends on the mechanical speed, stator flux, stator voltage, and the hysteresis band of the comparator. In this paper, a DTC scheme using space vector modulator (SVM) and fuzzy logic controller (FLC) is suggested. A comparison with the classical DTC is presented. The suggested control strategy guarantees very good dynamic and steady state characteristics with low sampling rate and a constant switching frequency. The experimental results are presented to validate the scheme. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.     

Real-Time Noncoherent UWB Positioning Radar With Millimeter Range Accuracy: Theory and Experiment

In this paper, we propose a novel architecture for ultra-wideband (UWB) positioning systems, which combines the architectures of carrier-based UWB systems and traditional energy detection-based UWB systems. By implementing the novel architecture, we have successfully developed a standalone noncoherent system for positioning both static and dynamic targets in an indoor environment with approximately 2 and 5 mm of 3-D accuracy, respectively. The results are considered a great milestone in developing such technology. 1-D and 3-D experiments have been carried out and validated using an optical reference system, which provides better than 0.3-mm 3-D accuracy. This type of indoor high-accuracy wireless localization system has many unique applications including robot control, surgical navigation, sensitive material monitoring, and asset tracking.