Is there any effective FEM solver to perform simulation of balloon inflation with large deformation (e.g. 300% strain)?

Hi! Thank you for your time, attention, and support. I am currently using FEM solver Abaqus to perform a set of balloon inflation simulations, trying to understand the deformation shape, stress,...

14 February 2021 2,524 4 View

Why are we measuring gel content of NBR latex? Does gel content related to the amount of cross-linked in a polymer?

Hi good day to everyone! I am actually studying the gel content of synthetic latex. Refer to ASTM 3616, gel content is measure of insoluble rubbers in the chosen solvent. So, I just would like to...

07 February 2021 605 4 View

How to extract RNA from brown adipose tissue(BAT)?

30 January 2021 6,610 3 View

How to delete a copy of a paper, and how to delete a co-author's name?

I mistakenly uploaded a copy of the same paper and entered my alternative name. How to delete them out? (I couldn't navigate to the right buttons to do it. So from where to where is what I don't...

07 January 2021 7,694 6 View

What effect will different solvents have on the ATRP reaction?

I want to do an ATRP reaction, synthesize an ATRP initiator, use DMF as a solvent, and mix DMF, BIBB and TEA to turn red. Why does it turn red? Xylene has been used as a solvent before, and there...

04 January 2021 8,034 3 View

Species identification.Who can tell me the scientific names of these Gastropods?

Species identification. I've been doing research on communities of marine macrobenthos recently, but some of them can't be identified, which hinders my research. Who can help me identify these...

14 December 2020 8,357 3 View

Cell shrinkage during ROS assay(H2DCFDA)?

Hi! I'm Yu, studying about health of MSC. These days, I'm doing ROS assay with H2DCFDA which requires 5~30 minutes of staining with PBS or HEPES or HBSS. In our lab, We use PBS w/o Mg/Ca for...

13 December 2020 8,813 9 View

Can I fix the cells after H2DCFDA assay for FACS analysis?

Hi ! I'm Yu, and planning to analyze ROS assay with H2DCFDA(Thermo) on MSCs. A lot of protocols instruct that treat H2DCFDA at specific concentration for 5~30 min, 20~30 min of recovery time...

10 December 2020 973 1 View

What are the effects of longer exposure to siRNA (for KD)?

1) I knocked down a protein and collected cells 24 h and 72 h after transfection with Lipofectamine (to note, 5 h after transfection medium was replaced with medium with FBS). 2) KD efficiency...

08 December 2020 9,850 1 View

How to reconstruct a Lamb wave by a series of pulses superposed?

Lamb wave is useful for solid structure health monitoring, and it consists many modes. Unlike ultrasonic bulk wave, when given a pulse excitation (for example, 5-cycle sinusoidal pulse), only...

08 December 2020 5,440 8 View

error in running a model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

error in modelling model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

MGL tools

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what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

08 May 2021 0 0 View

what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

08 May 2021 0 0 View

i have some problem with chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: Maximum number of iterations exceeded From function Foam::scalar Foam::species::thermo::T(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar) const) const [with Thermo = Foam::hConstThermo >; Type = Foam::sensibleEnthalpy; Foam::scalar = double; Foam::species::thermo = Foam::species::thermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy>] in file /home/ubuntu/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-4.1/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude/thermoI.H at line 66. FOAM aborting #0 Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) at ??:? #1 Foam::error::abort() at ??:? #2 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::calculate() at ??:? #3 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::correct() at ??:? #4 ? at ??:? #5 __libc_start_main in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6" #6 ? at ??:?

24 March 2021 0 0 View

Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View

What is the production process of CaFe ferroalloys?

I looking for ferro calcium production process

03 March 2021 1,755 4 View

Resistor definition in Piezoelectric bimorph with ANSYS workbench

Hello, good day! I am trying to simulate similar bimorph piezoelectric harvester with below commands. However, the output power doesn't change with resistor value. Please help to find the reason. ET,10,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP RESISTOR R,1,100000 !RESISTANCE VALUE TYPE,10 !SET ELEMENT TYPE E,1,2 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2 Thanks in advance Regards,

02 March 2021 0 0 View

Which is suitable for use with Python? MySQL or SQL Server?

Which is suitable for use with Python? MySQL or SQL Server? What is your suggestion?

01 March 2021 3,422 3 View