In this paper, properties of slab deformation in sizing press mill as one of the slab reduction processes in hot rolling mills have been evaluated using the elastoviscoplastic finite element method with explicit formulation. Effect of prarameters such as initial slab width and thickness, reduction, feed pitch, and anvil speed on factors such as dogbone formation, head and tail fishtail profile,...

The linear response conductance coefficients are calculated in the scattering approach at finite frequency, damping and magnetic field for a microstructure in which the reservoirs are modeled as quantum wire leads of infinite length but finite width. Independently of frequency, inelastic scattering causes subbands with large group velocity to contribute more strongly to the conductance than cha...

It is natural to try to extend the results of Robertson and Seymour’s Graph Minors Project to other objects. As linked tree-decompositions (ltds) of graphs played a key role in the Graph Minors Project, establishing the existence of ltds of other objects is a useful step towards such extensions. There has been progress in this direction for both infinite graphs and matroids. Kříž and Thomas pro...

This paper investigates various aspects of the structural behavior of doweled joints, including load transfer, in rigid airport pavement systems using nonlinear three–dimensional finite element methods. The finite element models include two concrete slab segments with dowels connecting them. The concrete slab and supporting layers are simulated by continuum solid elements to enhance the accurac...

I study the average deformation rate of an amorphous material submitted to an external uniform shear strain rate, in the geometry known as the split-bottom configuration. The material is described using a stochastic model of plasticity at a mesoscopic scale. A shear band is observed to start at the split point at the bottom, and widen progressively towards the surface. In a two-dimensional geom...

Postural and kinematic aspects of running may have evolved to support high runner (HR) mice to run approximately threefold farther than control mice. Mice from four replicate HR lines selectively bred for high levels of voluntary wheel running show many differences in locomotor behavior and morphology as compared with four nonselected control (C) lines. We hypothesized that HR mice would show s...

The decay widths φ → γf0(980) and φ → γa0(980) are calculated taking into account the finite widths of the scalar resonances f0(980) and a0(980). The latter are shown to be essential in order to obtain meaningful results. Simultaneously we also study the decays φ → γππ and γπη where a good reproduction of the recent experimental data is obtained, pointing out the necessity of a φγKK̄ contact ver...