Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of a winter feeding strategy on the performance, lactation, reproduction, and feed costs of springcalving, lactating beef cows. In Exp. 1, Angus (n = 66) and Simmental (n = 70) cows were allotted to 1 of 4 treatments: 1) distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and free-choice corn residue bales; 2) corn bran and DDGS and freechoice cor...

Identification by the Ulysses spacecraft of interstellar grains inside the planetary system provides a new window for the study of diffuse interstellar matter. Dust particles observed by Ulysses and confirmed by Galileo are more massive (≥ 10−13 g) than the ’classical’ interstellar grains. Even bigger grains (≈ 10−7 g) were observed in form of interstellar meteors. We analyze the consequences o...

Impact experiments in granular media are usually performed with solid projectiles that do not fragment at all. Contrastingly, we study here the morphology produced by the impact of spherical granular projectiles whose structure is utterly lost after collision. Simple and complex craters are observed, depending on the packing fraction of the balls. Their diameters D and depths z are analyzed as ...

Nutrient composition of commercial corn grain appears to have changed little in the last 10 to 15 years. Although the data for sorghum grain and barley are more limited, no dramatic changes in nutrient composition were apparent. Flaking corn appears to reduce the crude protein concentrations, perhaps because water used for starch gelatinization is not released during drying. Harvesting and stor...

Meso-scale surface roughening evolution in 6022-T4 Al sheets was investigated using plane-strain tension. Formation of grain-scale hills and valleys and their relation to the morphologies and corresponding orientations of surface grains after deformation were examined experimentally. These observations were analyzed using various approaches based on the Schmid and Taylor crystal plasticity mode...

Shear-thinning is a common flow-feature of fine sediment suspensions. Mixed with gravel, Coulomb friction drives the energy dissipation between small grains while collisions become more and important larger grains. The interaction flow local geometries channel can enforce each these three key features, making design analysis sections obstacles highly back-coupled system. This paper addresses nu...

Previous epidemiological evidence suggests that habitual consumption of whole grains is associated with reduction of disease risk. While wholegrain food consumption appears to be increasing in Singapore, it is still low, with more infrequent consumption noted in younger Singaporeans. Therefore, the primary objective of this study is to determine the knowledge of whole grains and barriers to con...

– We study segregation and stratification of mixtures of grains differing in size, shape and material properties poured into two-dimensional silos using a microscopic lattice model for surface flows of grains. The model incorporates the dissipation of energy in collisions between rolling and static grains and an energy barrier describing the geometrical asperities of the grains. We study the ph...