On the numerical convergence and performance of different spatial discretization techniques for transient elastodynamic wave propagation problems

We present a systematic investigation of several discretization approaches for transient elastodynamic wave propagation problems. This comparison includes a Finite Difference, a Finite Volume, a Finite Element, a Spectral Element and the Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method. Numerical examples are given for simple geometries with normalized parameters, for heterogeneous materials as well as for structures with arbitrarily shaped material interfaces. General conclusions regarding the accuracy of the methods are presented. Based on the essential numerical examples an expansion of the results to a wide range of problems and thus to numerous fields of application is possible.     

A Parallel Shallow Water Finite Element Solver for the Venice Lagoon

The aim of this paper is to investigate the concurrent implementation on Multiple Instruction, Multiple Data (MIMD) distributed memory multiprocessors of a shallow water finite element model built to simulate the tidal motion in the Venice lagoon. A recursive technique is used to partition the meshed computational domain into subdomains of (almost) equal number of elements, a requisite for balance the workload on parallel computers.     

Flexible bridge decks suspended by cable nets. A constrained form finding approach

The initial geometry of structures made of cables is steered by the cable tensioning forces. In a cable net the geometrical shape and the internal force distribution cannot be dealt as separate issues: the set of geometries defines also the feasible sets of the internal forces. During the last decades, many different approaches have been proposed to deal with the form finding of cable structures. The most efficient one is the so called Force Density Method (FDM), proposed by Schek, which allows to conforming cable nets for structural applications without requiring any further assumption, neither on the geometry, nor on the material properties. An Extension of the Force Density Method, the EFDM, makes it possible to set conditions in terms of fixed nodal reactions or, in other words, to fix the position of a certain number of nodes and, at the same time, to impose the intensity of the reaction forces. Through such an extension the EFDM enables us to deal with form finding problems of cable nets subjected to given constraints and in particular to treat mixed structures, made of cables and struts. In this paper we consider cable nets interacting with members having flexural behaviour. For a given cable assembly and for a given loading condition, aim of this work is to find that particular pretensioning system which replaces both the static and the kinematic functions of the inner reactions of a flexural elastic continuous beam. It is, for instance, the case of the bridge decks suspended by cables, shaped in various forms. The specialization of the EFDM to this type of problem is presented and a progressive set of examples shows the efficiency and the versatility of this approach in contributing to the design of new creative forms.     

Efficient modelling of particle collisions using a non-linear viscoelastic contact force

In this paper the normal collision of spherical particles is investigated. The particle interaction is modelled in a macroscopic way using the Hertzian contact force with additional linear damping. The goal of the work is to develop an efficient approximate solution of sufficient accuracy for this problem which can be used in soft-sphere collision models for Discrete Element Methods and for particle transport in viscous fluids. First, by the choice of appropriate units, the number of governing parameters of the collision process is reduced to one, which is a simple combination of known material parameters as well as initial conditions. It provides a dimensionless parameter that characterizes all such collisions up to dynamic similitude. Next, a rigorous calculation of the collision time and restitution coefficient from the governing equations, in the form of a series expansion in this parameter is provided. Such a calculation based on first principles is particularly interesting from a theoretical perspective. Since the governing equations present some technical difficulties, the methods employed are also of interest from the point of view of the analytical technique. Using further approximations, compact expressions for the restitution coefficient and the collision time are then provided. These are used to implement an approximate algebraic rule for computing the desired stiffness and damping in the framework of the adaptive collision model (Kempe and Fröhlich, J. Fluid Mech. 709: 445–489, 2012). Numerical tests with binary as well as multiple particle collisions are reported to illustrate the accuracy of the proposed method and its superiority in terms of numerical efficiency.     

Europium(III) Concentration Effect on the Spectroscopic and Photoluminescent Properties of BaMoO4:Eu

BaMoO₄:Eu (BEMO) powders were synthesized by the polymeric precursor method (PPM), heat treated at 800 °C for 2 h in a heating rate of 5 °C/min and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction patterns (XRD), Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopy, besides room temperature Photoluminescence (PL) measurements. The emission spectra of BEMO samples under excitation of 394 nm present the characteristic Eu³⁺ transitions. The relative intensities of the Eu³⁺ emissions increase as the concentration of this ion increases from 0.01 to 0.075 mol, but the luminescence is drastically quenched for the Ba_0.855Eu_0.145MoO₄ sample. The one exponential decay curves of the Eu^{3+ 5}D₀→⁷F₂ transition, λ _exc = 394 nm and λ _em = 614 nm, provided the decay times of around 0.54 ms for all samples. It was observed a broadening of the Bragg reflections and Raman bands when the Eu⁺³ concentration increases as a consequence of a more disordered material. The presence of MoO₃ and Eu₂Mo₂O₇ as additional phases in the BEMO samples where observed when the Eu³⁺ concentration was 14.5 mol%.     

荧光级氧化铕中锌的测定

在其他杂质元素共存条件下 ,采用标准加入法消除大量稀土基体干扰 ,在波长 2 1 3.9nm处原子吸收光谱法测定氧化锌。建立了一个荧光级氧化铕中锌的快速、准确、简便的分析方法     

当量溶液分光光度法同时测定微量钙和镁

采用当量溶液法对钙、镁进行光度分析 ,研究了酸性铬兰 K与 (1+ 1)钙、镁混合体系的显色条件 ,在不经分离和掩蔽的条件下同时测定出钙、镁离子含量。方法简单、准确 ,对水样进行分析 ,结果令人满意     

A confirmatory method for the simultaneous extraction,separation, identification and quantification of Tetracycline,Sulphonamide, Trimethoprim and Dapsone residues in muscle by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry according to Commission Decision 2002/657/EC

A rapid confirmatory multi-residue method for the analysis of tetracyclines, sulphonamides, trimethoprim and dapsone by UPLC-MS/MS is described. The method is able to quantify and confirm the following 19 compounds, oxytetracycline, tetracycline, chlortetracycline, doxycycline, sulfadiazine, sulfathiazole, sulfapyridine, trimethoprim, sulfamerazine, sulfamethizole, sulfamethazine, sulfamethoxypyridazine, sulfamonomethoxine, sulfachlorpyridazine, dapsone, sulfamethoxazole, sulfisoxazole, sulfaquinoxaline and sulfadimethoxine. Samples are extracted with 0.1 M EDTA and acetonitrile, which is then evaporated under a stream of nitrogen and reconstituted in water. Following centrifugation and filtering, an aliquot is analysed by UPLC-MS/MS using positive electrospray ionisation and multiple reaction monitoring. The method is deemed rapid as all analytes are extracted by a single extraction technique, with no solid-phase extraction clean up required. Validation is according to Commission Decision 2002/657/EC and was carried out for bovine, porcine, ovine and poultry species. Specificity, recovery, repeatability, reproducibility, CCα and CCβ data is presented.     

聚合物合成工艺学课程教学初探

聚合物合成工艺学是高分子专业重要的课程,通过工艺学课程的内容和特点的研究,对工艺学的重点和采用的教学方法进行了初步探讨.认为课程的重点在于突出聚合过程、技术和工程,通过对聚乙烯、聚碳酸酯、聚氨酯、聚对苯二甲酸二乙酯和丁苯橡胶等典型聚合的介绍,使学生了解聚合物合成工艺学的基本内容.除了做到掌握教学重点外,还应调动自身与发挥学生主动性、理论结合实际、参观生产工厂等方法结合,教学取得了良好的效果.     

Efficient implementation of the MFS: The three scenarios

In this study we investigate the approximation of the solutions of harmonic problems subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions by the Method of Fundamental Solutions (MFS). In particular, we study the application of the MFS to Dirichlet problems in a disk. The MFS discretization yields systems which possess special features which can be exploited by using Fast Fourier transform (FFT)-based techniques. We describe three possible formulations related to the ratio of boundary points to sources, namely, when the number of boundary points is equal, larger and smaller than the number of sources. We also present some numerical experiments and provide an efficient MATLAB implementation of the resulting algorithms.