General theory of thin plates on the basis of nonsymmetric theory of elasticity

The paper uses the asymptotically justified hypothesis method to construct three different general refined theories of micropolar thin elastic plates, depending on the values of physical dimensionless material parameters, involving: (i) independent displacement and rotation fields, (ii) constrained rotation, and (iii) low shear stiffness. All angular shear deformations are taken into account.     

The Stevens rearrangement of propargyl-containing ammonium salts

The Stevens rearrangement of ammonium salts with two propargyl group at the ammonium nitrogen results in the formation of amines containing acetylene-acetylene and acetylene-allene fragments.     

Cherenkov-transition radiation in gamma frequency region

The spectral and angular distributions, as well as the total number of photons of gammaray Cherenkov-transition radiation (GCTR) produced by charged particles in the photon energy region (0.8–2) MeV, are calculated using the results of the recent discovery that in the above-mentioned region the refraction index of some materials is greater than unity, n(ω) > 1, due to Delbruck scattering on Coulomb field of nuclei. Using the results of the numerical calculations carried out, we propose an experimental arrangement for observation and study of GCTR produced by electrons with energy much higher than the threshold energy of GCTR (～10 GeV). Some applications of GCTR, in particular, the search for new materials with n(ω) > 1 in gamma region with the help of this method, are discussed.