Loading rate and confining pressure effect on dilatancy,acoustic emission,and failure characteristics of fissured rock with two pre-existing flaws

Investigating the dilatancy, acoustic emission and failure characteristics of fissured rock are significant to ensure their geotechnical stability. In this paper, the uniaxial and triaxial compression experiments with AE monitoring under different loading rates were carried out on fissured rock specimens with the same geometrical distribution of two pre-existing flaws. The dilatancy and AE activity of these specimens were discussed, and the effects of the confining pressure and loading rate on the mechanical parameters and failure characteristics were analyzed. The results show that the exponential strength criterion is more suitable than the Mohr–Coulomb strength criterion to characterize the strength characteristics of fissured rock. The crack evolution and failure characteristics of fissured rock specimens are more complicated than those of intact rock specimens. The failure characteristics of the fissured rock follow the tensile shear coalescence model, crack branching occurs with increasing the loading rate, and the multi-section coalescence model is verified with increasing the confining pressure. The phenomena of stress drop and yield platform usually occur after the dilatancy onset, the specimen does not fail instantaneously, and the propagation and coalescence of cracks cause a sharp increase in the AE signals, circumferential strain, and volumetric strain.     

Efficient structural modification of electron-withdrawing substituents on Pt(II) complexes for red emitters: A theoretical study

In this study, the electronic structures and optical properties of a cyclometalated Pt(II) complex (M1) and a series of derivatives (M1–F, M1–CF₃, and M1–CN) with electron-withdrawing substituents (–F, –CF₃, and –CN) at the carbazole moiety were theoretically investigated by density functional theory and time-dependent density functional theory. The calculation results reveal that these Pt complexes display deep red phosphorescence emission above Λ = 640 nm. When the ³MLCT/π → π* to triplet metal-centered ³MC/d–d state decay mechanism is taken into consideration, the nonradiative decay rate constant (k_nr) decreased in the order M1 > M1–CF₃ > M1–F > M1–CN. The <T₁|H_SOC|S_m> and kr values of M1-F are similar with those of M1, however the Knr rate ofM1-F is larger than that of M1. M1–F is expected to have improved quantum yields. Moreover, through the analyses of the HOMO/LUMO level and triplet energy, it is found that the introduction of –F and –CN substituents in M1 results in efficient energy transfer from the host material 4,4′-N,N′-dicarbazole-biphenyl to these complexes. In view of the electroluminescent applications in organic light-emitting diodes, M1–F can serve as efficient deep-red guest materials with improved electron injection and transport ability.     

Room temperature ionic liquid electrolytes for redox flow batteries

Redox flow batteries (RFBs) usually contain aqueous or organic electrolytes. The aim of this communication is to explore the suitability of room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) as solvents for RFBs containing metal complexes. Towards this aim, the electrochemistry of the metal acetylacetonate (acac) complexes Mn(acac)₃, Cr(acac)₃, and V(acac)₃ was studied in imidazolium-based RTILs. The V²⁺/V³⁺, V³⁺/V⁴⁺, and V⁴⁺/V⁵⁺ redox couples are quasi-reversible in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide, [C₂C₁Im][N(Tf₂)]. The Mn(acac)₃ and Cr(acac)₃ voltammetry, on the other hand, is irreversible in [C₂C₁Im][N(Tf₂)] at glassy carbon (GC) but the rate of the Mn²⁺/Mn³⁺ reaction increases if Au electrodes are used. Charge–discharge measurements show that a coulombic efficiency of 72% is achievable using a V(acac)₃/[C₂C₁Im][N(Tf₂)]/GC cell.     

Bilinear formalism,lump solution,lumpoff and instanton/rogue wave solution of a (3+1)-dimensional B-type Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation

Nonlinear Dynamics - We consider the simplified (3+1)-dimensional B-type Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation. We use the binary Bell polynomial theory to construct a bilinear form of the...     

Optimizing the optical field distribution of near-field SIL optical storage system using five-zone binary phase filters

Five-zone binary phase filters (FBPFs) are proposed for decreasing the spot size and/or increasing the focal depth of the near-field optical storage system with a hemisphere solid immersion lens (SIL). The design of filters is based on the vector diffraction theory and the MATLAB optimizing toolbox. Three FBPFs with rotationally symmetrical pupil function have been designed, where the one FBPF is for increasing the focal depth as big as possible, the second FBPF is for improving the resolution as high as possible, and the third FBPF integrate the increase of focal depth with the improvement of resolution. Numerical results show that compared with the three-zone amplitude filter, the designed five-zone binary phase-only filters have more prominent performances in improving the focal depth and the resolution of the near-field SIL optical storage system.     

Generation of Bell states via Lyapunov control on a two-qubit system with an anisotropic XY Heisenberg interaction

We demonstrate that an arbitrary Bell state can be achieved in a two qubit anisotropic Heisenberg XY chain via Lyapunov control. During the whole process, we only need to apply an external field along a given direction to a single qubit. This control strategy is effective for all initial states in the four-dimensional Hilbert space where the target state is asymptotically stable. The effects of imperfections on the fidelity for the target state such as Gaussian leakage of local control and localized dephasi...     

The identification of the vibration control system parameters designed for continuous miner machines

The Continuous Miner machines are exposed to time dependent loads during normal operation of the rock cutting process. These loads cause vibrations, which have a negative influence on the whole structure of the machine. This phenomenon can be eliminated by applying passive or active vibration control systems (VCS). Generally these systems are coupled with additional elements, which provide dispersion or transfer energy. The energy thus acquired can also reinforce the intended function such as rock cutting operation in the case of mining machines. The objective of this paper is to present the method of numerical identification of VCS parameters for Continuous Miner machines. The main function of the presented system is to reduce displacement of cutting drum by using elastic element joined to machine chassis and applying appropriate algorithm of control of the angular velocity of cutting drum. The method described improves efficiency of mining and increases durability of machine. In order to determine mechanical and control parameters of VCS the genetic algorithm optimisation method conjugated with numerical modal analysis was used. Finally the transient dynamic analysis was performed for the full-scale model of Continuous Miner in order to verify VCS in normal working condition.     

预处理气氛对CuO/CeO2/γ-Al2O3催化剂表面性质及“NO+CO”反应性能的影响

用不同的预处理气氛制备了CeO₂/γ-Al₂O₃载体以调节表面Ce的价态,并以Cu(CH₃COO)₂为前驱体制备了CuCeAl催化剂。XRD和H₂-TPR的结果表明在还原气氛下处理的CeO₂/γ-Al₂O₃载体具有更多的活性氧原子,因此相应的CuCeAl催化剂表面有更多分散态的Cu²⁺/Cu⁺物种。NO+CO反应的结果表明分散态的Cu²⁺/Cu⁺是NO转化的活性物质,而Cu⁰在低温下具有较好的N₂选择性。因此,同时含有分散态Cu²⁺/Cu⁺和少量晶相Cu⁰的催化剂具有最好的催化性能。     

Optimised synthesis of diamino-triazinylmethyl benzoates as inhibitors of Rad6B ubiquitin conjugating enzyme

Recently, we have identified the first inhibitors of Rad6B, an E2 enzyme essential for post-replication DNA repair and a potential new drug target for the treatment of breast cancer. We report two newly optimised synthetic routes to our [4-amino-6-(phenylamino)-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl]methyl 4-nitrobenzoate target compounds TZ8 and TZ9 with general applicability for further structure–activity relationship studies around this pharmacophore. The key step involved the condensation/cyclisation between phenylbiguanide and either ethyl bromoacetate or dimethyloxalate in good yield.     

Prediction of an outcome using NETwork Clusters (NET-C)

Birth weight is a key consequence of environmental exposures and metabolic alterations and can influence lifelong health. While a number of methods have been used to examine associations of trace element (including essential nutrients and toxic metals) concentrations or metabolite concentrations with a health outcome, birth weight, studies evaluating how the coexistence of these factors impacts birth weight are extremely limited. Here, we present a novel algorithm NETwork Clusters (NET-C), to improve the prediction of outcome by considering the interactions of features in the network and then apply this method to predict birth weight by jointly modelling trace element and cord blood metabolite data. Specifically, by using trace element and/or metabolite subnetworks as groups, we apply group lasso to estimate birth weight. We conducted statistical simulation studies to examine how both sample size and correlations between grouped features and the outcome affect prediction performance. We showed that in terms of prediction error, our proposed method outperformed other methods such as (a) group lasso with groups defined by hierarchical clustering, (b) random forest regression and (c) neural networks. We applied our method to data ascertained as part of the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study on trace elements, metabolites and birth outcomes, adjusting for other covariates such as maternal body mass index (BMI) and enrollment age. Our proposed method can be applied to a variety of similarly structured high-dimensional datasets to predict health outcomes.