The force for poleward chromosome motion during mitosis is thought to act, in all higher organisms, exclusively through the kinetochore. We have used time-lapse. video-enhanced, differential interference contrast light microscopy to determine the behavior of kinetochore-free "acentric" chromosome fragments and "monocentric" chromosomes containing one kinetochore, created at various stages of mi...

An explicit commercial Finite Element (FE) code is used to simulate the forming of a thermoplastic viscous textile composite sheet over a hemispherical tool. The main success of this work is in combining two distinct models. The first model is a non-orthogonal rate-independent constitutive model that has been implemented previously in a commercial FE code [1, 2]. The second is a rate and temper...

This paper puts forward a scheme to form perlite sound absorption boards by vibration molding according to the material properties and the characteristics of vibration forming method. In the trial, the feasibility and reliability of this method were confirmed by studying the effect of working pressure, frequency and vibration force on the quality of the perlite sound absorption board. Besides, ...

The molecular interaction force of the intermonolayer hydrogen bonding between phenylurea groups on a probe tip and carboxyl groups in self-assembled monolayers was measured directly by means of atomic force microscopy in ethanol. Gold-coated AFM probe tips were modified chemically with 2-(N'-phenylureido)ethanethiol possessing a terminal urea moiety, which is a well-known powerful functionalit...

Abstract Monitoring systems in sheet metal forming cannot rely on direct measurements of the physical condition interest because space between die component and material is inaccessible. Therefore, order to gain further insight into or stamping process, sensors must be used detect auxiliary quantities such as acoustic emission force that relate interest. While it known changes data are related ...

The demand for more efficient manufacturing processes has been increasing in the last few years. The cold forging process is presented as a possible solution, because it allows the production of parts with a good surface finish and with good mechanical properties. Nevertheless, the cold forming sequence design is very empirical and it is based on the designer experience. The computational model...

It is generally expected from intuition that the electromagnetic force exerted on a charged particle should remain unchanged when observed in different reference frames in uniform translational motion. In the special relativity, this invariance is achieved by invoking the Lorentz transformation of space and time. In this investigation an entirely different interpretation of the invariance of fo...