Evaluation of Green’s function for vertical point-load excitation applied to the surface of a layered semi-infinite elastic medium

The topic of this paper is to show that the integrals of infinite extent representing the surface displacements of a layered half-space loaded by a harmonic, vertical point load can be reduced to integrals with finite integration range. The displacements are first expressed through wave potentials and the Hankel integral transform in the radial coordinate is applied to the governing equations and boundary conditions, leading to the solutions in the transformed domain. After the application of the inverse Hankel transform it is shown that the inversion integrands are symmetric/antimetric in the transformation parameter and that this characteristic is preserved for any number of layers. Based on this fact the infinite inversion integrals are reduced to integrals with finite range by choosing the suitable representation of the Bessel function and use of the fundamental rules of contour integration, permitting simpler analytical or numerical evaluation. A numerical example is presented and the results are compared to those obtained by the CLASSI program.     

HPTLC Determination of Xanthohumol in Hops (Humulus lupulus L.) and Hop Products

JPC – Journal of Planar Chromatography – Modern TLC - A sensitive thin-layer chromatographic method has been established for quantification of xanthohumol in hops (Humulus lupulus L.)...     

Au nanoparticle-functionalised WO3 nanoneedles and their application in high sensitivity gas sensor devices

A new method of synthesising nanoparticle-functionalised nanostructured materials via Aerosol Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition (AACVD) has been developed. Co-deposition of Au nanoparticles with WO(3) nanoneedles has been used to deposit a sensing layer directly onto gas sensor substrates providing devices with a six-fold increase in response to low concentrations of a test analyte (ethanol).