Given a plane graph G and two vertices s and t in G, an s-t surface separator is a closed curve C such that s belongs to the other region of R \C than t. A cycle C is called a cyclic surface separator if C is an s-t surface separator, and an odd cyclic surface separator if C is an odd cycle. We consider the problem of finding odd cyclic surface separators in planar graphs and show that the prob...

The passage of a charged particle through a region of nonvanishing electromagnetic fields (e.g., a bending magnet, multipole magnet, spectrometer, electrostatic lens, electromagnetic velocity separator, etc.) can be described by a transfer map [1]. In the magnetic case, computation of this map in canonical coordinates requires a knowledge of the vector potential and its multiple derivatives wit...

Corresponding Author: Pedro Melendez College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA Email: [email protected] Abstract: The objective of this study was to determine the association between the proportion of particles greater than 19 mm in a total mixed ration fed to dairy cattle and their fecal score. Over a 22 day period, random feed samples were collected ...

Partitioning a graph using graph separators, and particularly clique separators, are well-known techniques to decompose a graph into smaller units which can be treated independently. It was previously known that the treewidth was bounded above by the sum of the size of the separator plus the treewidth of disjoint components, and this was obtained by the heuristic of filling in all edges of the ...

A novel membrane based on silicon dioxide (SiO₂) and hydroxypropyl guar gum (HPG) as binder is presented and tested as a separator for lithium-ion batteries. The separator is made with renewable and low cost materials and an environmentally friendly manufacturing processing using only water as solvent. The separator offers superior wettability and high electrolyte uptake due to the optimized po...

The performance of the electric submersible pump (ESP) significantly affected by Gas Void Fraction (GVF). Thus, using of a Rotary Gas Separator (RGS) is a suitable solution for this issue. The performance of the RGS is function of different parameters such as geometry of impeller, rotating speed, boundary conditions, media viscosity and GVF. In this study, the influences of GVF, viscosity, ...

Abstract A novel separating device, Inertial particle separator (IPS), has been developed recently to separate solid particles and protect the turbine engine from erosion damage. Herein first, an advanced model based on IPS was proposed investigate deformational behavior of deformable separator, meet higher requirements sand discharge pneumatic demand, which are operated under hostile working c...

A two-dimensional balance model of populations distributed by property was developed using the ordinates of particle diameter andparticle density. This model makes it possible to calculate the spectrums of granulation changing over time in the fluidized bed duringbatch operation and in addition to calculate the time-dependent size distribution of the product granulate for continuous...

Two experiments were conducted to determine effects of particle size in total mixed ration (TMR) on performance of lactating cows. Three rumen cannulated Holstein cows were used in a 3×3 Latin square design for the metabolic experiment. The particle size of the diets was determined using the Penn State Particle Size Separator (PSPSS) and weighing the proportion of sample remaining on the top sc...