Heat resistance of nickel alloy ÉI868 with a heat protective coating

Several of the mechanisms involved in the deformation and failure of multi-layered heat resistant coatings on alloy ÉI868 during creep and thermal cycling have been studied. The effect of each of the layers in the protective coating on the development of thermal fatigue cracks, and on the heat resistance of alloy ÉI868 has been established.Strength of Materials Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian USSR, Kiev. Translated from Problemy Prochnosti, No. 9, pp. 86–89, September, 1989.     

Effect of heat-protective coating thickness on the life of EI868 alloy in creep

The effect of the thickness of the ZrO₂-8% Y₂O₃ ceramic layer heat-protective coating (HPC) on the character of deformation, failure, and life of the ÉI868 alloy was investigated in creep at 1173 K. On the basis of a graphic model of the elastic body the stress-strained state of compositions of alloy HPC having different thicknesses of layer ZrO₂-8% Y₂O₃ is calculated. It is shown that an increase in life and a reduction in the deformability of the composition in creep depends on the initial level of residual stresses during its loading in the elastic strain region, as well as on the subsequent weakening of these stresses in creep of a composition with a thick ceramic layer.Institute of Strength Problems, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR. Translated from Problemy Prochnosti, No. 10, pp. 38–41, October, 1989.     

A parallel hybrid metaheuristic for bicluster editing

The bicluster editing problem (BEP) consists of editing (adding or removing) the edges of a bipartite graph G in order to transform it into a vertex‐disjoint union of complete bipartite subgraphs, in such a way that the sum of the weights of the edited edges is minimum. In this paper, we propose five parallel strategies for the implementation of a hybrid metaheuristic for the BEP, consisting of a GRASP with VNS as local search. Computational experiments show near‐linear speedups on Linux cluster with 64 processors and better solutions than those of the sequential approach.     

Single-channel response of hamster oocytes to fertilization with homologous spermatozoa.

Electrophysiological events occur early after fertilization, along with changes in intracellular Ca2+ concentration. Passive electrical parameters were determined in golden hamster oocytes by whole cell patch-clamp method. In separate experiments the effect of 4-aminopyridine on resting oocytes was tested. The single-channel patch clamp configuration was employed to assess the electrical response to fertilization with homologous sperm. Structure of oocytes submitted to patch clamp was evaluated with scanning electron microscopy and found to be preserved. Oocyte diameter was 70.2 +/- 2.2 microm; their resting parameters were: membrane potential 23.8 +/- 0.8 mV; total membrane specific resistance 519.1 +/- 94.6 ohms.cm2, and specific capacity 0.99 +/- 0.03 microF.cm(-2). Total membrane current was decreased by 42 % by 4-aminopyridine. Control oocytes and oocytes exposed to sperm differed in their membrane currents in response to a voltage ramp clamping membrane potential from - 100 mV to + 100 mV. In both cases, currents were largest at the most negative potentials, but sperm-exposed oocytes had larger currents. Additionally, while in control oocytes the current was inward at negative potentials but outward at positive potentials, in the presence of spermatozoa oocytes was inward within the whole voltage range tested. This latter current may represent Ca2+ entry.     

Prediction of dispersed phase holdup in pulsed disc and doughnut solvent extraction columns under different mass transfer conditions

Using experimental data from a number of pulsed disc and doughnut solvent extraction columns,a unified correlation for the prediction of dispersed phase holdup that considers the effects of mass transfer is presented.Pulsed disc and doughnut solvent extraction columns(PDDC) have been used for a range of important applications such as uranium extraction and nuclear fuel recycling.Although the dispersed phase holdup in a PDDC has been presented by some researchers,there is still the need to develop a robust correlation that can predict the experimental dispersed phase holdup over a range of operating conditions including the effects of mass transfer direction.In this study,dispersed phase holdup data from different literature sources for a PDDC were used to refit constants for the correlation presented by Kumar and Hartland [Ind.Eng.Chem.Res.,27(1988),131–138] which did not consider the effect of column geometry.In order to incorporate the characteristic length of the PDDC(i.e.the plate spacing),the unified correlation for holdup proposed by Kumar and Hartland based on data from eight different types of columns [Ind.Eng.Chem.Res.,34(1995) 3925–3940] was refitted to the PDDC data.New constants have been presented for each holdup correlation for a PDDC based on regression analysis using published holdup data from PDDCs that cover a range of operating conditions and physical properties and consider the direction of mass transfer.     

Effect of Plate Wettability on Dispersed-Phase Holdup in a Pulsed Disc-and-Doughnut Solvent Extraction Column

The effect of plate wettability on the dispersed-phase holdup in a pulsed disc-and-doughnut solvent extraction column is presented. Teflon, nylon, and stainless steel plates have been used to simulate a change in the wetting characteristics of the plate material that can occur in an operating column due to ageing or deposits accumulating on the plate. Experimental holdup data have been measured over a range of operating conditions using a 1.0 m long glass column with an internal diameter of 72.5 mm containing alternating discs and doughnuts. The liquid-liquid system studied was tri-n-octylamine (TOA)-kerosene-water with sulphuric acid as the solute. Results show that there are noticeable changes in the characteristic velocity (determined from measured holdup) and operational regimes for the different plate materials, particularly at low pulsation intensities, when operating under dispersed aqueous conditions. Experimental holdup data from this study have also been compared to correlations from literature for predicting holdup. As none of these correlations for holdup incorporate plate wettability, a new correlation for predicting holdup has been proposed that incorporates the contact angle of the plate material to allow for changes in the wettability of the plate surface. This correlation is able to predict the holdup data from this study to within 10.5% for aqueous dispersed conditions.