Bose-einstein correlations in the target fragmentation region in 200A GeV16O+nucleus collisions

Correlations between positive pions are investigated in the target fragmentation region of 200A GeV¹⁶O+nucleus collisions. The pions are measured with the Plastic Ball detector in the WA80 experiment at the CERN SPS. The target mass dependence of the radii and the correlation strength extracted by interferometry is studied. A new approach to the fit of the correlation function is introduced. The correlation strength and both invariant and transverse radii increase with decreasing target mass. The transverse radius for¹⁶O+C reactions appears to be much larger than the geometrical radius of the nuclei involved. For the Au target only a small fraction of the measured pions contributes to the apparent correlation. Hints for a much larger second component in¹⁶O+Au reactions are observed. Rescattering phenomena may provide a clue to understand these phenomena.     

Mechanisms of radical removal by SO2

It is well established from experiments in premixed, laminar flames, jet-stirred reactors, flow reactors, and batch reactors that SO₂ acts to catalyze hydrogen atom removal at stoichiometric and reducing conditions. However, the commonly accepted mechanism for radical removal, SO₂ + H(+M) ? HOSO(+M), HOSO + H/OH ? SO₂ + H₂/H₂O, has been challenged by recent theoretical and experimental results. Based on ab initio calculations for key reactions, we update the kinetic model for this chemistry and re-examine the mechanism of fuel/SO₂ interactions. We find that the interaction of SO₂ with the radical pool is more complex than previously assumed, involving HOSO and SO, as well as, at high temperatures also HSO, SH, and S. The revised mechanism with a high rate constant for H + SO₂ recombination and with SO + H₂O, rather than SO₂ + H₂, as major products of the HOSO + H reaction is in agreement with a range of experimental results from batch and flow reactors, as well as laminar flames.     

Maritime inventory routing with multiple products: A case study from the cement industry

This paper considers a maritime inventory routing problem faced by a major cement producer. A heterogeneous fleet of bulk ships transport multiple non-mixable cement products from producing factories to regional silo stations along the coast of Norway. Inventory constraints are present both at the factories and the silos, and there are upper and lower limits for all inventories. The ship fleet capacity is limited, and in peak periods the demand for cement products at the silos exceeds the fleet capacity. In addition, constraints regarding the capacity of the ships’ cargo holds, the depth of the ports and the fact that different cement products cannot be mixed must be taken into consideration. A construction heuristic embedded in a genetic algorithmic framework is developed. The approach adopted is used to solve real instances of the problem within reasonable solution time and with good quality solutions.     

Discrete material optimization of vibrating laminated composite plates for minimum sound radiation

This paper deals with vibro-acoustic optimization of laminated composite plates. The vibration of the laminated plate is excited by time-harmonic external mechanical loading with prescribed frequency and amplitude, and the design objective is to minimize the total sound power radiated from the surface of the laminated plate to the surrounding acoustic medium. Instead of solving the Helmholtz equation for evaluation of the sound power, advantage is taken of the fact that the surface of the laminated plate is flat, which implies that Rayleigh’s integral approximation can be used to evaluate the sound power radiated from the surface of the plate. The novel Discrete Material Optimization (DMO) formulation has been applied to achieve the design optimization of fiber angles, stacking sequence and selection of material for laminated composite plates. Several numerical examples are presented in order to illustrate this approach.     

Charge and mass distribution of products from the nuclear interaction between copper and 1 GeV 12C

The nuclear interaction between natural copper and 1 GeV ¹²C has been investigated with radiochemical methods. Charge and mass distributions have been derived. The form of the mass yield curve is determined by the total kinetic energy in the system.     

Electrochemical behaviour of graphite cathodes in the presence of tetraalkylammonium cations

A graphite cathode in N,N-dimethylformamide with tetraalkylammonium salts as supporting electrolyte was found to be able to accept reversibly a rather large charge in a way somewhat akin to the formation of anion radicals and ion pairs of polycondensed aromatic hydrocarbons. The charged graphite has certain similarities with an amalgam, it can thus be used as an insoluble chemical reducing agent. The charging of the graphite depends on the size of the cation, in the presence of very large cations the cathode disintegrates. The nature of the charge is discussed on the basis of i-E curves and coulometric results.     

Frequency-dependent damping in structural vibration analysis by use of complex series expansion of transfer functions and numerical Fourier transformation

The response of damped linear finite systems (discrete and continuous) to harmonic, stationary random, and transient excitations is studied. The assumed damping may be light or heavy, viscous and/or hysteretic (the latter being frequency-independent or frequency-dependent), and proportionally or non-proportionally distributed over the structure. Closed-form analytic transfer functions are derived for beam systems. In order to rationalize subsequent numerical calculations, the transfer functions are approximated by using truncated series. Complex eigenfrequencies of the structure and complex residues of the actual transfer function are used. Special interest is paid to the mathematical modelling of experimentally measured damping. Causality requirements are considered. Numerical examples are given. An efficient method (by which aliasing is eliminated) for numerical Fourier transformation has been developed and applied.     

3.508 μ-HeXe-laser line absorption by CH3COOCH3, CH3, and NO2 and infrared emission at 6.89 μ by CH3COOCH3 and CH3 at elevated temperatures

Shock-tube HeXe-laser absorption data at ω_L=2850.633 cm^-1 for CH₃COOCH₃ at 757≤T, °K≤1344, NO₂at 412≤T, °K≤1859, andCH₃at 1283≤T, °K≤1562 are presented. Approximate models are used for the effective spectral absorption coefficient of vibration-rotation lines for analytical representations of the results around atmospheric pressures. For CH₃COOCH₃, an equivalent Voigt-profile for an isolated line was adopted in order to account for a dependence on total pressure of the laser absorption coefficient. Shock-tube emission data at λ=6.890 μ(Δλ=0.197μ) forCH₃COOCH₃at 814≤T, °K≤1651 and for CH₃at 1377≤T, °K≤1562 in the v₄-fundamental of the H-bond bending mode of the CH₃-group are well described at atmospheric pressures by approximations of just-overlapping-line models for polyatomic molecules. The adopted models are useful for concentration-time history measurements of methyl acetate, nitrogen dioxide, and methyl radicals behind shock waves.