Which one is easier and better at modeling slender masonry structures? ANSYS or ABAQUS?

I need to model masonry and reinforced concrete minarets for my MSc thesis. Which one is easier and better at modeling slender masonry structures? ANSYS or ABAQUS? (Or any other program for just...

01 March 2021 736 3 View

What is the most reliable source to get Impact factor of journals?

Source to get Impact factor of journals

01 March 2021 6,654 2 View

What are the most relevant MSc proposal topics for Petroleum Production Engineering at the moment?

I am a Petroleum Production Engg MSc student at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen and I am in the process of selecting a topic for my MSc Engineering Investigation proposal. I would very much...

01 March 2021 7,396 4 View

Is anyone familiar with the cyclic compressive fatigue testing (BS EN 12697 - 25) ?

I would like to get more information on the cyclic compressive fatigue testing (BS EN 12697 - 25) which is typically done for bituminous material in pavement design. Any one can advise on the...

28 February 2021 2,004 3 View

What are the important topics in the field of Artificial Intelligence in Business world?

Dear All, I am doing my MS in Electronic Businesses. And I am interested in the AI field and its applications for businesses, its benefits, impacts, etc. What kind of scientific research dominate...

26 February 2021 8,816 6 View

Why initial concentration of Pb not the same as calculated one when testing using AAS?

I am currently doing research on the adsorption of heavy metal using magnetic reduce graphene oxide. I use AAS to determine the concentration of the heavy metal. I prepare the Pb solution with...

26 February 2021 9,580 4 View

Stress/strain tensors decomposition ???

25 February 2021 6,760 1 View

What is the optimum time and temperature of blanching and pre-frying potato for frozen fries?

I am helping a local home industry for developing frozen fries from their local farm. I want to know what is the optimum blanching and pre-frying temperature and time for processing. Please also...

23 February 2021 1,616 5 View

Best excel chart to compare algorithms' running time?

Hi I want to compare the running time of robotic path planning algorithms. The grid size is 8X8. I have 100 scenarios of start and goal positions.. Each scenario is run in three obstacles ratio...

22 February 2021 621 1 View

Best FE Program for Concrete Strengthened with FRP Sheets?

Colleagues, I have been using ANSYS to model concrete strengthened FRP sheets, but less than happy with it. Any has recommendation for efficient, easy to use FE program for modelling concrete...

22 February 2021 7,528 3 View

How optimize the Size Exclusion Chromatography?

Hello! I'll do a size exclusion chromatography, but I only have an open column, and I'll perform the peptide extraction from yeast, using buffer lysis (sodium phosphate 50 mM/NaCl 30 mM/DNAse and...

01 March 2021 2,215 2 View

Why daily dexamethasone given to rats fed high fat/fructose/salt cause very high mortality rate?

rats were given daily dexamethasone in drinking water corresponding to 0.5 mg/kg or 2 mg/kg. These rats are simultaneously fed 25% fat, 3% salt in diet and 10% fructose in drinking water but...

15 February 2021 7,634 2 View

Phosphate buffer with different pH conditions: HCl or NaH2PO4?

Hi all, I just encountered this dogma; when adjusting pH of phosphate buffers, I've been using HCl/NaOH to in/decrease pH of buffers and recently I was told that HCl/NaOH can't be used to adjust...

08 February 2021 9,070 5 View

Why FTIR can not detect bases of nucleic acid in extracellular polymeric substances (EPS)?

I characterized functional groups of EPS using FTIR. Goups of sugars and proteins (e.g., -OH, amide, -COOH) as well as phosphate group of nucleic acid were readily detected. However, peaks of...

05 February 2021 4,405 1 View

Why sometimes current- voltage plot in chemiresistors/ FET does not pass through the origin?

I am trying to measure resistance from I-V curve from a chemiresistor/ FET sensor with a keithly sourcemeter. The substrate is soaked/ wet with protein and phosphate buffer only. But the I-V line...

24 January 2021 8,009 3 View

How to make a 100mM potassium phosphate buffer at pH 2.5?

Do I just need to add my basic and acidic potassium phosphates to get the lowest pH achieved by mixing those (I think it is around pH 5.8), and then lower the pH further through addition of HCl?...

06 January 2021 7,231 2 View

Can total phosphate (TP) in soil be determined with UV-Vis Spectrophotometer?

Dear All, I would like to know if total phosphate (TP) and total nitrogen (TN) in soil can be determined with UV-Vis spectrophotometer or not. If somebody knows the method, I would like to get...

03 January 2021 7,662 6 View

During my work in the laboratory?

During my work in the laboratory, I noticed that fructose, starch and dextrin did not give positive results with their statements such as iodine and sulwanof when prepared 3 to 5 days ago. Why?

25 December 2020 8,390 5 View

In ELISA should we use p-nitrophenyl phosphate (pNPP) substrate mixed in distilled water or we should mix it in Diethanolamine buffer?

We are performing an ELISA experiment to determine the binding of Complement antibodies against P. aeruginosa. We have pNPP substrate (Thermo Scientific cat # 34045) instead of pNPP tablets. We...

22 December 2020 2,020 3 View

Can xylose be formed from fructose over acid catalysts?

I am new in the field of sugar chemistry. I wanted to know if it is possible for fructose to be converted to xylose over acidic conditions. I saw in some schemes a pathway from fructose to xylose...

07 December 2020 5,247 3 View