Effect of pulse time gate on CsI(T1) light output

The mass and charge identification of secondary particles with Z < 4 by a large CsI(T1) scintillation detector is performed using pulse shape analysis and time-of-flight methods. The dependence of the light output on E, A and Z is studied in the energy range of 1–20 MeV/A and special attention is paid to the integration time of the photomultiplier anode signal. It is found that the behaviour of the calibration curves strongly depends on the choice of the integration time interval.     

Energy method of longevity calculation under an irregular loading. Report 2. Longevity under programmed block loading

A method of calculating longevity to macrocrack development under a programmed loading in the form of a block repeated many times to failure is proposed. Relationships are derived for calculation of longevity under blocks with stepwise variation in stress amplitude, and also blocks assigned by the probability-distribution density of the stress amplitudes and tables of the differential frequency of repetition of peak and average stresses. Consideration of variation in the material's endurance limit under an irregular cyclic loading is demonstrated. It is shown that a specific type of relationships can be derived for the material under investigation with allowance for its kinetic cyclic-strain diagrams. An example of the longevity calculation, which is compared with experimental data for the block loading of steel 40Kh specimens, is cited.Translated from Problemy Prochnosti, No. 8, pp. 3–11, August, 1995.     

Method of calculating the endurance of specimens with a stress raiser. 2

Dependencies of theoretical values of the endurance of specimens with a stress raiser on the method of determining the theoretical stress concentration factor are normalized. A method is proposed of calculating the endurance of specimens with an allowance made for the gradient of actual stresses in the concentration zone up to the start of formation of a macroscopic fatigue crack. The actual stresses in cyclic elastoplastic loading were determined by the equivalent energy method. The calculated stresses are compared with experimental values.N. E. Zhukovskii Aviation Institute, Khar'kov. Prochnost Regional Scientific Research Institute. Institute of Physical Metallurgy, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Brno. Translated from Problemy Prochnosti, No. 9, pp. 100–103, September, 1989.     

Calculation of stress and strain gradients in the concentration zone in cyclic elastoplastic deformation. 1

A method is proposed of calculating the gradients of true stresses and strains in the stress concentration zone in cyclic elastoplastic deformation of the material based on calculating the true stresses and strains in the stress concentration zone using approximate dependencies. The gradients of the true stresses, calculated using the method of equivalent energy and Neuber's method, are compared with the gradients of elastic stresses. It is shown that this also applies to other materials in which the gradients of the true stresses in cyclic elastoplastic deformation are considerably lower than the gradients of elastic stresses.N. E. Zhukovskii Aviation Institute, Khar'kov. Prochnost' Regional Scientific Research Institute. Translated from Problemy Prochnosti, No. 9, pp. 98–100, September, 1989.     

New Refractories Developed by the Ukrainian Research Institute of Refractories Named after A.S. Berezhnoy

The article gives an introduction to the Ukrainian Research Institute of Refractories and especially its R D and refractory products for the industries of iron and steel,nonferrous,glass and chemistry etc.     

Region-based Statistical Analysis of 2D PAGE Images

A new comprehensive procedure for statistical analysis of two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D PAGE) images is proposed, including protein region quantification, normalization and statistical analysis. Protein regions are defined by the master watershed map that is obtained from the mean gel. By working with these protein regions, the approach bypasses the current bottleneck in the analysis of 2D PAGE images: it does not require spot matching. Background correction is implemented in each protein region by local segmentation. Two-dimensional locally weighted smoothing (LOESS) is proposed to remove any systematic bias after quantification of protein regions. Proteins are separated into mutually independent sets based on detected correlations, and a multivariate analysis is used on each set to detect the group effect. A strategy for multiple hypothesis testing based on this multivariate approach combined with the usual Benjamini-Hochberg FDR procedure is formulated and applied to the differential analysis of 2D PAGE images. Each step in the analytical protocol is demonstrated by using an actual dataset. The effectiveness of the proposed methodology is shown using simulated gels in comparison with the commercial software packages PDQuest and Dymension. We also introduce a new procedure for simulating gel images.     

Transformation of Simulink models to IEC 61499 Function Blocks for verification of distributed control systems

In this paper, a new model-based engineering approach is introduced by bridging MATLAB Simulink with IEC61499 Function Block models. This is achieved by a transformation between the two block-diagram languages. The transformation supported by the developed tools sets the cornerstone of the verification and validation framework for IEC 61499 Function Blocks in closed-loop with the models of the plant. The framework also paves the way to running distributed simulations of complex hybrid (i.e., continuous-discrete) closed-loop plant-controller systems and building complex models using the efficient object instantiation techniques of IEC 61499.     

Hydrometallurgical processes of antimony extraction from ores and concentrates

Data concerning the preparation of antimony and complex ores by pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical methods, as well as results on developing a procedure for the hydrometallurgical processing of slime antimony concentrates using chloride dealkalization, have been presented.     

Physicochemical Modeling and Modification of the Composition of Magmatic and Metamorphic Rocks: Basic Picrobasalts

Using picrobasalt from the Bulatovskoe occurrence (Arkhangelsk oblast) as an example, we analyze the feasibility of using methods developed at the Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, for modifying the composition of magmatic and metamorphic rocks for mineral fiber fabrication and stone casting.     

Criteria for assessing technological properties of gabbro-basalt rocks

Various forms of the acidity coefficients and mineral compositions of gabbro-basalt raw materials from ten Russian deposits are calculated. These data are used to assess the physicochemical and technological properties of the rocks required for mineral fiber production and stone casting. Examples of the regulation of the mineral formation process during the melting and crystallization stages are presented.