Anomalous Energy Minima Studies by Mindo/3

A previous publication¹ utilizing the INDO² and CND0/2³ semi-empirical SCF-MO techniques has shown that these methods predict anomalous minima in the potential surfaces of small molecules and molecular ions, particularly those of type 0-X-0. Two studies have bcmen published concerning the removal of such anomalous pre-dictiors. The first approach⁴ involved reparameterization of the INDO method – specifically involving the Slater exponents α, and the bonding parameters B° of carbon and oxygen – to remove the anomalous iinimum from the potential surface of C0₂. It was de-monstrated that reparameterization could be used to remove the Salse minimum in this case; but only at the expense of the other predictive qualities of INDO, or with the prediction of an unreal-istically broad energy minimum – neither of which could b e con-sidered an acceptable solution.     

Analyses and evaluations for composite-moment frames with SMA PR-CFT connections

This paper describes seismic performance and evaluation for composite-moment frames (C-MF) with a new type of bolted connections. The study is purely analytical and explores the effort needed to establish new connection parameters without large-scale physical testing. The innovative aspects of this research are in the use of partial restraint (PR) connections between steel beams and concrete-filled tube (CFT) columns that utilize a combination of low-carbon steel and shape memory alloy (SMA) components as the main force transfer elements in the connections. The intent is to utilize the recentering provided by super-elastic shape memory tension bars to reduce building damage and residual drift after a major earthquake, and the energy dissipation of low-carbon steel components in parallel. Accurate modeling and computational efficiency were achieved through the use of a simplified joint element which includes all connection strength and deformation components. Four- and six-story C-MF models were designed for a high seismic zone in the western USA. Two connection types and three column systems installed at these prototype frame models were investigated through nonlinear pushover and dynamic analyses. The C-MF models with new bolted connections were compared to those with traditional welded connections. The results of numerical analysis demonstrate that C-MF with new PR connections show superior structural performance as indicated by small residual deformation and better distribution of the demand over the height of the structure.     

A new interpretation of Problem 10 of the Moscow Mathematical Papyrus

Although much discussed, the original intent of Problem 10 of the Moscow Mathematical Papyrus continues to be an unresolved question. This essay proposes a possible solution to the issue by joining together aspects of two theories on the subject advanced in the 1930s by W. W. Struve and T. E. Peet. From this point of beginning it is shown that the problem’s “basket” may originally have been intended to be understood as being of a specific actual size, thus revealing a set of correlations and insights regarding early Middle Kingdom mathematical capabilities and grain measurement concerns.     

Analysenmethoden zum Nachweis und zur Bestimmung verschiedener organischer S?uren

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The glass transition of thin polymer films: some questions,and a possible answer

The European Physical Journal E - A simple and predictive model is put forward explaining the experimentally observed substantial shift of the glass transition temperature, T g, of sufficiently...     

Synthesis and solution properties of comblike poly(mono-n-alkyl itaconates). I. Poly(monodecyl itaconate)

The monoester of itaconic acid with n-decyl alcohol was prepared and polymerized. The polymer was fractionated and characterized by viscometry, size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) and light scattering. Some of the common semiempirical relations for flexible and rigid polymers were used in order to obtain the unperturbed dimensions and the conformational parameters. Thermodynamic and dimensional parameters were determined and calculated. The results are compared with those reported previously for similar compounds.