Fracture of thick laminated composites

The fracture of thick laminated graphite/epoxy composites has been the subject of an extensive research program. The program was divided into three major areas of investigation which included laminate thickness, laminate stacking sequence, and part-through surface flaws. The results from this program are reviewed with emphasis placed on their applicability to the design of thick laminated composite structures. Paper was presented at 1985 SEM Spring Conference on Experimental Mechanics held in Las Vegas on June 9–14, 1985.     

Oscillation properties for the equation of vibrating beam with irregular boundary conditions

In this paper we study the oscillatory properties for the eigenfunctions of some fourth-order eigenvalue problems, where the boundary conditions are irregular in the sense of the classification of [S. Janczewski, Oscillation theorems for the differential boundary value problems of the fourth order, Ann. of Math. 29 (1928) 521–542]. In this case, we show that these oscillatory properties are different from those of the Sturm–Liouville problem.     

Formulation fonction-courant et tourbillon du problème de Stokes dans un domaine bidimensionnel multiplement connexe

We consider the formulation of the Stokes problem in a multiply connected two-dimensional domain where the unknowns are the stream-function and the vorticity. We derive its equivalence with a finite system of several variational problems. This leads to the construction of a finite element discretization of this problem. The analysis and a numerical experiment prove the convergence of the method. To cite this article: M. Amara et al., C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 342 (2006).     

Application of Thin-Layer Chromatography in Enzyme Activity and Inhibitors Studies of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase

JPC – Journal of Planar Chromatography – Modern TLC -     

LC-MSMS identification of Arabidopsis thaliana heat-stable seed proteins: enriching for LEA-type proteins by acid treatment

Protein identification in systems containing very highly abundant proteins is not always efficient and usually requires previous enrichment or fractionation steps in order to uncover minor proteins. In plant seeds, identification of late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins is often masked by the presence of the large family of storage proteins. LEA-proteins are predicted to play a role in plant stress tolerance. They are highly hydrophilic proteins, generally heat-stable, and correlate with dehydration in seeds or vegetative tissues. In the present work, we analyze the protein composition of heat-stable Arabidopsis thaliana seed extracts after treatment with trichloroacetic acid (TCA). The composition of the proteins that precipitate and those that remain in solution in 3% TCA was analyzed by two different approaches: 1D SDS-PAGE coupled to LC-ESI-MSMS analysis and a gel-free protocol associated with LC-MALDI-MSMS. Our results indicate that treating total heat-soluble extracts with 3% TCA is an effective procedure to remove storage proteins by selective precipitation and this fractionation step provides a soluble fraction highly enriched in Lea-type proteins. The analysis and determination of protein identities in this acid-soluble fraction by MS technology is a suitable system for large-scale identification of Lea-proteins present in seeds.     

A competitive transport across polymeric membranes. Study of complexation and separation of ions

The removal and separation of Cu(II), Zn(II) and Ni(II) from nitrate aqueous solutions were studied by competitive transport across cellulose triacetate plasticized membranes modified with polyelectrolytes: polyethyleneimine (PEI) and polyethyleneglycol (PEG). Competitive transport of trace ions from aqueous solutions across polymer inclusion membranes containing a mixture of the three polymers (cellulose triacetate as the support) and tris(2-ethylhexyl-phosphate) (TEHP) as the plasticizer provide the selectivity order: Cu(II) > Ni(II) > Zn(II). A long-term transport experiment was carried out to demonstrate the durability of polymer inclusion membranes. A separation of bivalents cations (Cu²⁺, Ni²⁺, Zn²⁺) and monovalent cations (K⁺ and Na⁺) is achieved.     

Riesz basis generation and boundary stabilization of two strings connected by a point mass with variable coefficients

In this paper, we study the Riesz basis property and the problem of stabilization of two vibrating strings connected by a point mass with variable physical coefficients under a boundary feedback control acts at one extreme point and Dirichlet boundary condition on the other end. It is shown that the system has a sequence of generalized eigenfunctions which forms a Riesz basis for the state Hilbert space. By a detailed spectral analysis, it is proved that this hybrid system is asymptotically stable but not exponentially stable.     

Nonlocal elasticity effect on column buckling of multiwalled carbon nanotubes under temperature field

Based on nonlocal theory of thermal elasticity mechanics, an elastic multiple column model is developed for column buckling of MWNTs with large aspect ratios under axial compression coupling with temperature change. The present model treats each of the nested tubes as an individual column interacting with adjacent nanotubes through the intertube van der Waals forces. The thermal effect is incorporated in the formulation. In particular, an explicit expression is derived for the critical axial strain of a double-walled carbon nanotube which clearly demonstrates that small scale effects contribute significantly to the thermo-mechanical behavior of multiwalled carbon nanotubes and cannot be ignored.     

一个新的时间序列的插值模型

在这篇文章里,通过使用二次B样条,给出了一个用于数据挖掘的新的插值法方法,给出了时间序列的局部插值模型,插值曲线是C1连续的,该方法具有不需要解线性方程组的优点,应用上海股票指数进行了数值实验,实验性结果表明方法是有效的.