Finite element computations of two-dimensional arterial flow in the presence of a transverse magnetic field

A finite element solution of the Navier-Stokes equations for steady flow under the magnetic effect through a double-branched two-dimensional section of a three-dimensional model of the canine aorta is discussed. The numerical scheme involves transforming the physical co-ordinates to a curvilinear boundary-fitted co-ordinate system. The shear stress at the wall is calculated for a Reynolds number of 1000 with the branch-to-main aortic flow rate ratio as a parameter. The results are compared with earlier works involving experimental data and found to be in reasonable qualitative agreement. The steady flow, shear stress and branch flow under the effect of a magnetic field have been discussed in detail.     

Cyclic networks with general blocking and starvation

We introducegeneral starvation and consider cyclic networks withgeneral blocking and starvation (GBS). The mechanism of general blocking allows the server to process a limited number of jobs when the buffer downstream is full, and that of general starvation allows the server to perform a limited number of services in anticipation of jobs that are yet to arrive. The two main goals of this paper are to investigate how the throughput of cyclic GBS networks is affected by varying (1) the total number of jobsJ, and (2) the buffer allocationk=(k₁..., k_m) subject to a fixed total buffer capacityK=k ₁ +... + k_m. In particular, we obtain sufficient conditions for the throughput to be symmetric inJ and to be maximized whenJ=K/2. We also show that the equal buffer allocation is optimal under the two regimes of light or heavy usage. In order to establish these results, we obtain several intermediate structural properties of the throughput, using duality, reversibility, and concavity, which are of independent interest.Research supported in part by NSF Grant No. ECS-8919818.     

Particle multiplicities in the fission-like reactions of 340 MeV Si on Th

Pre-scission and post-scission multiplicities of neutrons and alpha particles have been simultaneously measured for the fission-like reactions of 340 MeV ²⁸Si on ²³²Th. Dynamical model calculations using HICOL code predict that about 90% of the observed events are of quasi-fission type while the remaining 10% are from compound nucleus fission decay. Moving source fits were carried out to the observed neutron and alpha particle spectra, measured at different angles with respect to the fragment directions. The pre-scission and post-scission neutron multiplicities are deduced to be 8.7±2.0 and 9.4±2.0, respectively. The corresponding multiplicity values for alpha particles are found to be 0.22±0.08 and 0.1±0.03. From the measured post-scission neutron multiplicity, it is inferred that about 65±20 MeV of the initial excitation energy remains at scission. This may be compared to the value of 85±30 MeV estimated from PACE2 statistical model calculations, adjusted to reproduce the measured pre-scission neutron multiplicity. From a comparison of the Statistical Model predictions with the measured pre-scission neutron multiplicity, the fission delay is estimated to be of 5⁺⁷₋₃×10⁻²⁰ s which overlaps with the average duration of fission-like process from the contact to the scission point (2×10⁻²⁰ s) as determined from HICOL-based dynamical calculations. For the delay time deduced as above, the pre-scission alpha particle multiplicity calculated by the PACE2 code is about a factor two larger than the experimental one, demonstrating the difficulties in modelling the alpha particle emission from highly elongated shapes that characterize the fissioning system from the contact point to scission.     

Polarographic reduction of some guanylpyrazoline nitrates and the effect of double layer structure on E1/2 values

Polarographic reduction of 4-arylhydrazono-1-guanylnitrate-3-methyl-2-pyrazoline-5-ones takes place in a single 4-electron transfer, giving a diffusion controlled irreversible wave in B.R. buffers of pH range 2.0–10.0. The reduction in these compounds takes place at the ?NH?N=C-bond. Effect of various cations, anions and solvent percentage on the reduction has been discussed. The effect of substituents and its correlation with the Hammett substituent constant (δ) have also been studied.     

Lanthanon (III) Complexes of Bifunctional Tridentate and Tetradentate Schiff Bases

Reactions of isopropoxides of praseodymium, neodymium and samarium with bifunctional tridentate and tetradentate schiff bases (i.e. salicylidene-O-aminophenol and bis-salicylaldehyde ethylenediamine) have been carried out in benzene in different stoichiometric ratios resulting in the formation of products with the formula M(OPrⁱ)(C₁₁H₉NO₂), M(C₁₃H₉NO₂)(C₁₃H₁₀NO₂). M₂(C₁₃H₉NO₂) M(OPrⁱ)(C₁₅H₁₄N₂O₂), M(C₁₆H₁₄N₂O₂)(C₁₆H₁₅N₂O₂) and M₂(C₁₆H₁₄N₂O₂)₃ (where M stands for Pr, Nd and Sm). The products were found to be yellow to orange solids soluble in benzene and alcohol. The absorption spectra of these complexes were also recorded in methanol.     

Evidence for possible positive hole transport in the biological protein bovine serum albumin

Using the pulse radiolysis technique, the oxidation of the biological protein bovine serum albumin (BSA) by the species N ₃ ^. , CCl₃O ₂ ^. , OH and Br ₂ ^.– has been studied in aqueous solution. The repair of the N ₃ ^. oxidation by ascorbic acid and the effect of denaturing the protein on this repair has also been studied. The oxidation of Br ₂ ^.– seems to follow a different course from that of the other oxidizing agents suggesting the possibility of positive hole mobility in this protein. The repair by ascorbic acid is found more effective in the case of denatured protein. The rate constants for the reaction of Br ₂ ^– and N ₃ ^. are lower, in general, in the case of the denatured protein as compared with the undenatured BSA both at pH 6.9 and pH 10.7, suggesting that the convoluted structure of the protein plays a part in the process.     

Maximization of atomic information-entropy sum in configuration and momentum spaces

The maximum entropy procedure (MEP ) of Jaynes has been extended to the case involving constraints in complementary spaces. It has been rigorously shown that the sum of information entropies in position and momentum spaces is invariant to uniform scaling of the electron coordinates. A new MEP procedure requires that this sum of entropies must be maximized subject to the known constraints in both spaces. A specific application of this maximization procedure for synthesizing atomic-electron densities in coordinate and momentum spaces has been outlined.