Determination and Temperature Dependence of Plateau Modulus for Polymerization of Propylene to Isotactic Polypropylene with Ultra-high Molecular Weight under Catalysis of Ziegler-Natta Catalyst

The viscoelastic behavior of isotactic polypropylene with ultra-high molecular weight(UHPPH) and broad molecular weight distribution(MWD), produced in the presence of Ziegler-Natta catalyst, was investigated by means of oscillatory rheometry at 180 and 200 ℃, whose loss modulus(G″) plots at 180 and 200 ℃ versus the natural logarithm of angular frequency(ω) present a pronounced maximum at 34.35 and 69.21 rad/s, respectively, and do not show a maximum peak at 0.01-100 rad/s for Ziegler-Natta catalyzing ethylene-propylene random copolymerization(PPR) with a conventional molecular weight and broad MWD. The fact indicates that the high molecular weight is responsible for a maximum peak of G″(ω) vs. lnω curves for UHPPH. This makes it possible to determine the plateau modulus(G 0_N) of UHPPH from a certain experimental temperature G″(ω) curve directly. For UHPPH, the G 0_N determined to be 4.28×10 5 and 3.62×10 5 Pa at 180 and 200 ℃, respectively, decreases with the increase of temperature and is independent of the molecular weight, which directly confirms reputation theoretical prediction that the G 0_N has no relation to the molecular weight.

Equivalence of <i>K</i>-Functionals and Modulus of Smoothness Generated by a Generalized Dunkl Operator on the Real Line

This paper is intended to establish the equivalence between K-functionals and modulus of smoothness tied to a Dunkl type operator on the real line.

WEIGHTED L_p-APPROXIMATION OF DERIVATIVES BY THE METHOD OF BETA OPERATORS

The author consides Beta operators βnf on suitable Sobolev type subspace of Lp[0, ∞) and characterizes the global rate of approximation of derivatives f(r) through corresponding derivatives (βnf)(r) in an appropriate weighted Lp-metric by the rate of Ditzian and Totik's r-th order weighted modulus of Smoothness.

APPROXIMATION BY RATIONAL FUNCTIONS WITH POLYNOMIALS OF POSITIVE COEFFICIENTS AS THE DENOMINATORS

The present paper proves that if（x） ∈ C[0,1], changes its sign exactly l times at 0 〈 y1〈 y2 … 〈 y1 〈 1 in （0, 1）, then there exists a pn（x） ∈ Пn（＋）, such that ｜f（x）- p（x）/pn（x）｜≤ Cωφ（f,n^（-1/2））, where ρ（x） is defined by ρ（x）={^lПi=1（x-yi）,if f （x）≥0 for x ∈（y1,1）, {-^lПi=1（x-yi）,if f （x）〈0 for x ∈（y1,1）, which improves and generalizes the result of .

Commutators of Weighted Lipschitz Functions and Multilinear Singular Integrals with Non-Smooth Kernels

This paper is devoted to studying the commutators of the multilinear singular integral operators with the non-smooth kernels and the weighted Lipschitz functions. Some mapping properties for two types of commutators on the weighted Lebesgue spaces, which extend and generalize some previous results, are obtained.

Analysis of Road Base Uniformity via the Deviation of Modulus of Asphalt Mixtures

The modulus deviation of base material calculated from the data of falling weight deflectometer （FWD） was used to evaluate the uniformity of road base so as to reflect the construction quality. Four parameters,the repeatability standard deviation of the data in the same driveway, the reproducibility standard deviation of the data in the different driveway, the consistency statistics value of the data in the different driveway, and the consistency statistics value of the data in the same driveway, were introduced for the construction uniformity analysis. The experimental result shows that the materials modulus calculated from FWD has a highly correlative relationship with the uniformity of road base.

Equivalence between Modulus of Smoothness and K-Functional on Rotation Group SO(3)

In this paper we obtain the equivalence between modulus of smoothness and K-functional on rotation group SO(3).

CHARACTERIZATION OF HLDER SPACES CORRESPONDING TO DITZIAN-TOTIK MODULUS OF SMOOTHNESS

For the step-weight function , we prove that the Holder spaces ∧a,p on the interval [-1,1], defined in terms of moduli of smoothness with the step-weight function ,are linearly isomorphic to some sequence spaces, and the isomorphism is given by the cofficients of function with respect to a system of orthonormal splines with knots uniformly distributed according to the measure with density . In case ∧a,p is contained in the space of continuous functions, we give a discrete characterization of this space, using only values of function at the appropriate knots. Application of these results to characterize the order of polynomial approximation is presented.

The bound weighted average method(BWAM)for predicting S-wave velocity

The shear-wave velocity is a very important parameter in oil and gas seismic exploration, and vital in prestack elastic-parameters inversion and seismic attribute analysis. However, sheafing-velocity logging is seldom carried out because it is expensive. This paper presents a simple method for predicting S-wave velocity which covers the basic factors that influence seismic wave propagation velocity in rocks. The elastic modulus of a rock is expressed here as a weighted arithmetic average between Voigt and Reuss bounds, where the weighting factor, w, is a measurement of the geometric details of the pore space and mineral grains. The S-wave velocity can be estimated from w, which is derived from the P-wave modulus. The method is applied to process well-logging data for a carbonate reservoir in Sichuan Basin, and shows the predicted S-wave velocities agree well with the measured S-wave velocities.

A New Class of Banach Spaces with Uniform Normal Structure

Let X be a Banach space, S(X) be the unit sphere of X, φ be a function: S(X)→ S(X *) such that φ(x)∈ x, and v φ(ε) =inf 1-12x+y: x,y∈S(X), and 〈φ(x), x-y 〉≥ε, 0≤ε≤2, where x is the set of norm 1 supporting functionals of S(X) at x. A geometric concept, modulus of V convexity V(ε)= sup {V φ(ε), for all φ: S(X)→S(X *)}, is introduced; the properties of V(ε) and the relationship between V(ε) and other geometric concepts are discussed. The main result is that V12>0 implies normal structure.

Determination of reduced Young s modulus of thin films using indentation test

The flat cylindrical indentation tests with different sizes of punch radius were investigated using finite element method （FEM） aimed to reveal the effect of punch size on the indentation behavior of the film/substrate system. Based on the FEM results analysis, two methods was proposed to separate film＇s reduced Young＇s modulus from a film/substrate system. The first method was based on a new weight function that quantifies film＇s and substrate＇s contributions to the overall mechanical properties of the film/substrate system in the flat cylindrical indentation test. The second method, a numerical approach, including fitting and extrapolation procedures was put forward. Both of the results from the two methods showed a reasonable agreement with the one input FE model. At last, the effect of maximum indentation depth and the surface micro-roughness of the thin film on the reduced Young＇s modulus of the film/substrate system were discussed. The methods proposed in the present study provide some new conceptions on evaluating other properties of thin films, e.g. creep, for which a flat-ended punch is also employed.

STUDIES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NETWORK STRUCTURE AND THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF RUBBER VULCANIZATES (H) THE REINFORCEMENT OF ELASTOMERS BY CARBON BLACK FILLERS AND ITS CHARACTERIZATION

A satisfactory account of reinforcement of rubber through the application of the theory of elasticity forits vulcanizates with carbon black fillers has been obtained. A statistical theory of reinforcement by carbonblack fillers and its characterization was developed. Three methods

ON WEIGHTED L^p INTEGRABILITY AND APPROXIMATION OF TRIGONOMETRIC SERIES

We generalize several classical results on the integrability of trigonometric series and relations among the best approximation and the coefficients of trigonometric series. Theorem 3 and Theorem 4 are the first results on the relations among the weighted best approximation and the coefficients of trigonometric series.

On the rate of convergence of two generalized Bernstein type operators

In this paper,we introduce the Bézier variant of two new families of generalized Bernstein type operators.We establish a direct approximation by means of the Ditzian-Totik modulus of smoothness and a global approximation theorem in terms of second order modulus of continuity.By means of construction of suitable functions and the method of Bojanic and Cheng,we give the rate of convergence for absolutely continuous functions having a derivative equivalent to a bounded variation function.

Multilinear commutators of BMO functions and multilinear singular integrals with non-smooth kernels

This paper is concerned with certain multilinear commutators of BMO functions and multilinear singular integral operators with non-smooth kernels. By the sharp maximal functions estimates, the weighted norm inequalities for this kind of commutators are established.

Rubblization: A Practical, Cost Effective and Sustainable Option for Repairing Deteriorated Airfield Pavement in the Empty Quarter Desert of Saudi Arabia

Rubblization technique has been extensively used to repair the damaged concrete pavement and has proven successful in developed countries like the US and Europe. It has not been fully adopted in developing region like the Middle East and this paper presents the design and construction challenges posed while assessing damaged concrete runway in empty quarter of Saudi Arabia. A number of design options for repairs for runway pavement were considered and rubblization was chosen as a preferred option for repair. This paper includes the consideration for the assessment and adoption of the concrete rubblized modulus value using the falling weight deflectometer, optimization of the tests for the whole runway using the Heavy Weight Deflectometer HWD testing to replace pits, safely working around the utilities, reasonable assumption of drop height of the pavement and installation of utility conduits in the rubblized layer. Findings of the paper demonstrates resolving technical issues which are not very well covered in the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) EB-66 such as the additional test strips, minimum areas of rubblization for assessment using test pits, drop in the height of concrete surface and fixing of utilities in rubblized pavement. The case study demonstrates that the rubblization can be successfully carried out in remote locations like empty quarter of Saudi Arabia with carefully carried out detailed site investigations, adopting correct assumed design rubblization modulus, quality control using HWD, protection of utilities while rubblizing and use of polymer modified asphalt for successful project deployment.

Convergence of the q Analogue of Szász-Beta-Stancu Operators

In the present paper, we propose the q analogue of Szasz-Beta-Stancu operators. By estimate the moments, we establish direct results in terms of the modulus of smoothness. Investigate the rate of point-wise convergence and weighted approximation properties of the q operators. Voronovskaja type theorem is also obtained. Our results generalize and supplement some convergence results of the q-Szasz-Beta operators, thus they improve the existing results.

Weighted Approximation by Left Quasi-interpolants of Derivatives of Gamma Operators

In order to obtain much faster convergence, Miiller introduced the left Gamma quasi- interpolants and obtained an approximation equivalence theorem in terms of 2r wφ （f,t）p. Cuo extended the MiiUer＇s results to wφ^24 （f, t）∞. In this paper we improve the previous results and give a weighted approximation equivalence theorem.

Approximation Theorems of Bernstein-Durrmeyer Operators in L_M^（Ba） Spaces

With the weighted modulus of smoothness as a metric,we prove the direct and the inverse theorems of approximation by Bernstein-Durrmeyer operators in LBa M spaces. Especially an approximation equivalent theorem of the operators is also obtained.

EQUIVALENT THEOREMS ON SIMULTANEOUS APPROXIMATION BY COMBINATIONSOF GAMMA OPERATORS

In this paper, some equivalent theorems on simultaneous approximation for combinations of Gamma operators by weighted moduli of smoothness ωφλ^r（f,t）wφ^s（0≤λ≤1）are given. The relation between derivatives of combinations of Gamma operators and smoothness of derivatives of functions is also investigated.