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

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

How to interpret the significant effect of covariates when conducting a Two-way ANCOVA?

06 December 2020 8,560 4 View

I need to image mesoporous silica nanoparticles that are in ~100 nm size and do high resolution TEM to look at mesopores. what grids should I use?

Need to image mesoporous silica nanoparticles using the TEM. Also, need high resolution TEM images to see the mesoporous structure. Kindly suggest what kind of grids to use. Thanks, Shatadru

02 March 2021 1,787 2 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

High aspect ratio hexahedral mesh optimization solver?

I am interested in evaluating mesh optimization solvers that converge to high aspect ratio unstructured hexahedral grids. In other words, I am interested in a solver that optimizes warpage,...

26 February 2021 7,279 2 View

How to clean up TEM grid with plasma cleaner?

I need to clean the hydrocarbon contamination on the carbon substrate of TEM grid. However, I heard that substrate could be broken by the powerful plasma. My substrate is pure carbon, with ~3nm,...

23 February 2021 3,262 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

What are the popular techniques for pre-processing measurement data in Smart Grid/Power System?

The data collected from various measurement devices often contains erroneous values - such as noise, missing values, etc. What are the popular techniques for pre-processing measurement data in...

14 February 2021 4,642 2 View

What is the correct common name for Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris?

There are two extant species of Hydrochoerus: Hydrochoerus isthmius, the lesser or Panamanian capybara, and the genotype species H. hydrochaeris. The latter is the more common species of capybara,...

11 February 2021 3,494 14 View

Grid connected inverter using virtual synchronous machine?

Hi everybody, currently, I am working on the grid-connected inverter. I want to make my grid-connected PV system a PLL-less system. I have studied some reachers are implementing a virtual...

07 February 2021 6,078 2 View

Loss of biodiversity its impact on terrestrial ecosystem?

I need research papers with problem statement as well as research questions in respect of the above mentioned topics

04 February 2021 2,240 15 View

Solution free deposition of carbon nanoparticles on TEM grid?

Dear community, I started to work with new nano structures that or attached to larger, but still nanosized carbon particles. I have it present in powder form and would like to look at the...

29 January 2021 4,525 4 View