How does charge on working electrode changes with rising potential?

During performing CV of a GCE or modified GCE, we rise the potential in the first half of the cycle and reduce it in reverse half. During the first half, what is the nature of charge on GCE or...

25 February 2021 7,994 3 View

How to empty large intestine in mice ?

Hi all I am working on colon-targeted drug delivery for which I kept mice fasting for 6h using fasting grills during scotophase (dark period). I observed liquid fecal content in the cecum and...

23 February 2021 7,701 2 View

What is the main advantage of using observer based fault tolerant controller(FTC) for sensor fault tolerance?

I am working on FTC for handling sensor faults in the system. I have read about observer-based FTC schemes which use error threshold-based logic between the states and estimated states. If a...

10 January 2021 5,771 2 View

Can we measure porosity of a composite by DSC (heat flow measurements)?

In the DSC conducted for A and B (image provided). B is a derivative of A. Can I conclude that the porosity of composite B is more than A, Since the heat flow is decreasing with increase in...

26 December 2020 9,104 3 View

Is there any guidelines/ recommendations to prevent or control screen addiction in children?

Nowadays, we are encountering with screen addiction in children especially during lockdown. I want to know any guidelines for screen control?

24 December 2020 7,194 3 View

Can a luenberger observer (even a modified version) be effective for a nonlinear affine system?

I want to know whether a luenberger observer or a modified form of it be effective for estimating the states of a system of the following forms: 1. x_dot = f(x,u,d); y = x 2. x_dot = f(x,u); y =...

20 December 2020 1,392 4 View

Can I carry out LC-MS for AuNPs?

Will it be helpful to know the nature of stabilizers used in synthesis of curcumin (if it has polymerized or not). Any specific measures to be followed to carry out these kind of experiments?

15 December 2020 2,283 4 View

Question on calculating the static mean polarizabilities using Gaussian Output files?

I performed an opt calculation on molecule A and got A_opt. I performed a freq calculation on A_opt and got A_opt_freq I performed a polar calculation on A_opt and got A_opt_polar. The A_opt_freq...

09 December 2020 1,188 1 View

How do we choose an appropriate isovalue in ESP/MESP analysis?

I am a beginner to this particular side of the theoretical analysis of a molecule using Gaussian and GaussView. What do the isovalues mean? What physical significance do they hold? How does one...

30 November 2020 1,648 3 View

How to represent Input data as multinomial distribution of feature vectors?

Hello everyone, Is there any approach to generate a fixed no. of feature vectors from the sequential data(similar to time series data...) and also express the same sequential data in terms of the...

29 November 2020 5,508 3 View

For modelling epoxy-based matrices (in composites), which model in ABAQUS is the most suitable, Concrete damaged plasticity or Drucker-Prager model?

I am working on developing a micromechanical FE model for predicting kink-band formation in UD composites. To model matrix plasticity, which model, out of Concrete Damaged Plasticity and...

28 February 2021 5,415 1 View

Is this method of modeling plastic behavior in Abaqus correct?

I've to model the plastic behavior (Yield Stress vs Plastic Strain) of a polyimide material (Elas_Mod=2500MPa) in Abaqus. The engineering stress vs strain plot is shown as the 3 red curves. I've...

03 February 2021 7,728 3 View

How can simulate electroplastic effect using crystal plasticity?

Hi everyone, I hope you are all fine, As a part of my Ph.D. I'm trying to simulate eletroplastic effects on forming of titanium alloys. I'm trying to use crystal plasticity but I'm not sure if it...

20 January 2021 2,832 1 View

Can anybody help me to figure out plasticity values for stainless steel for Dynamic Explicit analysis in Abaqus ?

Can anybody help me to figure out plasticity values for stainless steel for Dynamic Explicit analysis in Abaqus ? It doesn't matter about the stainless steel type and please be kind enough to let...

27 December 2020 5,187 1 View

What is the main role of hydrostatic and quasi-hydrostatic pressure in severe plastic deformation (+2 Additional Question)?

1. What is the difference between hydrostatic and quasi-hydrostatic pressure? 2. Are all SPD techniques providing this pressure? As Zhilayev et al. mentioned, Multi-directional forging (MDF) not...

24 December 2020 2,075 7 View

Looking for Menegotto Pinto plasticity model parameters explanation?

I am working with DIANA and I'm going to conduct the analyze under reversed loading by using Menegotto Pinto plasticity model for reinforcement bar. In the absence of experimental data, how can I...

03 December 2020 9,031 2 View

Where and how can I learn "ABAQUS" for micromechanical analysis of composites?

I want to learn micromechanics of composites by using the software like "ABAQUS". Would you please suggest me a course/training/other options to learn it? How can I do the numerical analysis of...

11 November 2020 7,627 5 View

Material simulation of Concrete damage plasticity model(CDP), In abaqus?

09 November 2020 268 2 View

How to fix convergence problmes using Mohr Coulomb Plasticity?

Dear colleagues, I am trying to simulate a strip foundation on a cohesionless soil with a friction angle of 30 degrees. However, I obtain convergence problems. I am using a geostatic step. The...

21 October 2020 4,556 2 View

Strain Hardening Phenonmenon under Uniaxial Tension when using ABAQUS CDP?

Dear all, I encountered some problems when using the ABAQUS CDP model. Could you please give me some suggestions? I did a monotonic uniaxial test using a single 3D solid element (C3D8R) and the...

04 October 2020 7,111 3 View