The most suitable method to calculate the stress intensity factor in the presence of contact between the crack lips?

I'm trying to study cracked structures under a compressive load taking into account contact between the crack lips. I would like to know if the method of extrapolation by displacement remains...

21 February 2021 8,694 4 View

Sanger Sequencing results not matching experimental results of Restriction Digestion, colony PCR and protein expression?

I have cloned two domains of a gene into two bacterial vectors using cut and paste cloning with different RE sites. I checked the putative clones by colony PCR and Restriction Digestion (fallouts...

18 February 2021 6,736 4 View

Does DNA A-tailing survive after agarose gel electrophoresis and purification?

Hi everyone, I need to clone in pGEM-T vector the result of amplifying a metagenomic library by PCR with a high fidelity polymerase but I only want to clone the fragments of an specific size...

04 February 2021 6,051 8 View

Why RFLP Digestion looks in this way?

01 February 2021 9,576 3 View

Can any one provide information about medicine, epidemic and critical issues or it is mandatory to be an expert ?

Due to the pandemic of coronavirus, the most source that the people depend on was social media. There is no guaranteed solution that is biased from political opinion. An example of that the...

01 February 2021 7,567 3 View

Can I use 500ng of DNA for restriction digestion?

The recommended amount of DNA for restriction digestion is 1ug in a 50ul rx I've got around 500-600ng of DNA in a total volume of 35ul. Would I get satisfactory results with this amount of DNA for...

31 January 2021 729 6 View

Which software is the best to model a non-linear concrete (ABAQUS, ANSYS,ADINA, ATENA, etc.)?

What is the best finite element modeling software packages for modeling non-linear and fracture analysis of CONCRETE? I've had some with ABAQUS standart/explicit, but I would like to learn if...

27 January 2021 330 6 View

How can I solve this problem with agarose gel DNA purification of bigger (1-4kb) fragments ?

Hi everyone, I perform a PCR + Restriction Digestion (single cut, same at both sides) over a metagenomic library. After that, I am trying to purifiy DNA fragments between 1-4kbp long from the...

24 January 2021 2,190 5 View

Do we need to keep looking for the fracture angle after the Puck's failure initiation is reached?

Greetings to everyone, Our team is currently working on the development of a VUMAT code in Abaqus for composite modelling using the Puck's failure theory as damage initiation criteria. Currently...

20 January 2021 6,367 1 View

Fracture energy of concrete at sub-zero temperatures?

Both tensile and compressive strengths of concrete increase with the decrease in temperature. With this in mind and considering that fracture energy is in direct correlation with the so-called...

18 January 2021 8,778 4 View