Acoustic waves in media with hysteretic nonlinearity and linear dispersion

A hysteresis equation of state is proposed for polycrystalline solids with saturation of nonlinear losses. Effects of amplitude-dependent internal friction and higher harmonic generation that result from propagation of harmonic acoustic waves in rods made of such materials are theoretically and numerically studied.     

Diagnostics of the atmospheric-pressure plasma parameters using the method of near-field microwave sounding

A method of resonant near-field microwave probing is developed for contactless diagnostics of a high-pressure plasma. The efficiency of this method in measuring the parameters of the plasma of an rf capacitive discharge in argon under atmospheric pressure is demonstrated. The experimental results are compared with the data obtained using the independent method, the microwave radiation “cutoff,” and with theoretical estimates.     

One-Pot Ozonolytic Synthesis of Isoniazid Derivatives from (–)-α-Pinene and Δ<Superscript>3</Superscript>-Carene

Optically active isoniazid derivatives containing a cyclopropane or cyclobutane fragment have been synthesized by ozonolysis of (+)-Δ³-carene and (–)-α-pinene, followed by treatment of the ozonolysis products with isonicotinic acid hydrazide.     

An Approach to Structural and Functional Modeling of the Surface Morphology of Materials Based on Fluorinated Polymers

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - Dynamic modeling of the polymodal morphological structure of the polymer surface, with modified polyethylene terephthalate as an example, was performed. In...     

Dislocation nonlinearity and nonlinear wave processes in polycrystals with dislocations

Based on the modification of the linear part of the Granato–Lücke dislocation theory of absorption, the equation of state of polycrystalline solids with dissipative and reactive nonlinearity has been derived. The nonlinear effects of the interaction and self-action of longitudinal elastic waves in such media have been theoretically studied.     

Low-temperature plasticity in nanocrystalline titanium and copper

The stress-strain compressive curves, temperature dependences of the yield stress, and small-inelastic-strain rate spectra of coarse-grained and ultrafine-grained (produced by equal-channel angular pressing) titanium and copper are compared in the temperature range 4.2–300 K. As the temperature decreases, copper undergoes mainly strain hardening and titanium undergoes thermal hardening. The temperature dependences of the yield stress of titanium and copper have specific features which correlate with the behavior of their small-inelastic-strain rate spectra. Under the same loading conditions, the rate of microplastic deformation of ultrafine-grained titanium is lower than that of coarse-grained titanium and the rate peaks shift toward high temperatures. The deformation activation volumes of titanium samples differing in terms of their grain size are (10–35)b ³, where b is the Burgers vector magnitude. The dependences of the yield stress on the grain size at various temperatures are satisfactorily described by the Hall-Petch relation.     

Laser-Synchrotron Facility of the National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”

Crystallography Reports - The laser-synchrotron facility (LSF) of the National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute” (NRC KI) is a unique research complex that combines unprecedented...     

Dynamic long-period nanosized states in lattice structure

Using a biatomic chain of atoms as an example, whose interaction was represented by the Morse potential, we revealed a possibility for a long-lived, dynamic, long-period, nanosized state to persist in the lattice structure. This nanosized structure (in the case in question, the length of the spatial period of energy localization was found to be 16–20 nm) is generated under excitation of a vibrational short-wave mode, with the atoms of the light component only participating. The resulting dynamic nanostructures are principally different in their nature and characteristics from those described earlier and developed via a mechanism of modulation instability of short-wave vibrational modes. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 2, pp. 21–26, February, 2009.