Why do we need to neutralize the charge of the system by adding ions before we proceed to energy minimization step in GROMACS ?

I am learning MD simulations using GROMACS and while I was doing a protein in water MD simulation a doubt raised. I was following the steps mentioned on the tutorials page and it said The system...

15 February 2021 5,514 4 View

Divergence detected in AMG solver for temperature and species , DEFINE_VR_RATE, Fluent ?

In 2D Model, Reaction in porous Zone, Error occurs on hooking UDF , DEFINE_VR_RATE in Fluent, .The error spikes just after running calculation after 1st iteration. Divergence detected in AMG...

16 November 2020 9,053 3 View

How to verify if a measuring system is working right?

We have 2 machines that test products. Both of these qualify the product to be Good or Bad ( Based on amount of leak ). The final outcome is attribute variable (Good/ Bad) whereas the way we...

16 November 2020 688 7 View

How to create a surface plot and contour? If i have an excel file with X, Y ,Z values of the surface ( Periphery of a tube) and Q (heat flux) value.?

Need to create 3d surface plot. Data I have X, Y ,Z coordinate of the pipe surface and the corresponding Q (heat flux) values at that point. Nearly 222440 data points of a 2m length pipe. Thank you

07 October 2020 9,854 7 View

Initialization in Fluent? Hybrid initialization or Standard initialization ?

Looking towards an incompressible flow (with K-e, turbulence model), with mass flow/velocity inlet and Pressure outlet boundary condition. Which initialization method preferred? How far it can...

05 October 2020 4,742 5 View

Why did it take humanity so long to start writing though we have been speaking for tens of thousands of years ?

They say we were just speaking and not writing anything for tens of thousands of years till a basic form of writing evolved just about ten thousand years back. Why this yawning gap ?

22 September 2020 5,313 7 View

Which is the best software to simulate chemistry of materials in correlation with their mechanical properties ?

ANSYS or ABAQUS donot correlate materials chemistry wirh the observed or simulated mechanical properties. Is there a software that can do this structure to property correlation. ?

22 September 2020 1,171 3 View

Is there any cost-effective, simple and efficient way to analyse and estimate the amount of vitamins in algal samples?

I am currently pursuing my research in Phycology. I'd like to know if there's any simple and cost-effective method to detect and analyze nutrients and vitamins in the algal matter. The experiment...

18 September 2020 4,081 3 View

Which research institutes in India have an algal identification facility?

I am currently pursuing my research in Phycology and planning to conduct a study on microalgae. Is there any place where I can send my samples to be identified? (Preferably in South India) Also,...

17 September 2020 4,440 2 View

How is the co-expressed genes regulatory network plotted? Is there any Bioinformatics tool for the same?

Hi, I am working on molecular validation of co-expressed genes in Rice under moisture stress. I have a list of genes that are co-expressed in three rice varieties, under a particular set of...

12 July 2020 7,494 1 View

Does anyone know HRM channel in a 2 plex QIAGEN Rotor- Gene Q qPCR can be used as a separate channel?

I am going to have 3 different probes in my qPCR work that I am going to do. But I realized that the machine we have in the lab is a Rotor-Gene Q 2plex HRM Platform, saying it has green, yellow,...

01 March 2021 8,544 1 View

How can you bring two structures together to create an adhesive bond in LAMMPS?

I have created an Ice 1h crystalline structure and an Aluminium substrate structure and equilibrated both at 250K. Now I need to bring them together in a way that an adhesive bond is created....

01 March 2021 3,325 2 View

How to identify what type of fillers are in a polymer?

Hello everyone, I have some PHAs blended with fillers and nucleating agents, yet I don't know what kind of fillers or nucleating agents. The producer has shut down and there's no way to get in...

24 February 2021 1,356 8 View

How the Ground Plane implantation is performed without damaging (and w/o varying the undoped nature) the top Si (8-10 nm) in FDSOI technology ?

It is a general practice to introduce Ground Plane in FDSOI devices under the BoX. The Ground Planes are introduced by Ion Implantation through Top Si layer and Buried Oxide. I wanted to know that...

24 February 2021 5,974 4 View

Can anyone help with an Accurate Diffuser Expansion Loss formula for rectangular shaped diffusers in turbulent flow regime?

I have tried Idelchik's Handbook of Hydraulic Resistance 4th Edition (2007 page 300) formulas and across some range the formulas are reported valid for, the law of conservation of energy is...

20 February 2021 2,504 1 View

Any way to separate out fluorescent channels from a composite image?

Hi there, I've been using the EVOS Auto II microscope for some time now and usually I will save the transmitted light/bright field image and the images from fluorescent channels as separate...

15 February 2021 546 3 View

Please, How can I plot a channel capacity of MIMO and SISO in matlab?

CSISO= f(frequency) : plot(f, CSISO) ? CMIMO= f(frequency) : plot (f, CMIMO) ?

13 February 2021 5,225 4 View

The reason of PMMA channels cracking?

07 February 2021 3,663 2 View

Is there a test network to analyze the hydrothermal dispatch of electrical energy?

Hello, I am developing my degree work on the coordination of hydraulic and thermal units in an energy network and I was wondering if there is any test network with which I can evaluate or compare...

03 February 2021 1,587 3 View

How can I reduce run-to-run variation in TMT MS experiments?

I planned an experimental setup using 10-plex TMT with 9 conditions and 1 bridge channel to compare 5 replicates. But since I experienced some run-to-run variation, I was wondering if a better...

31 January 2021 3,405 3 View