Study on Relationship Between the Size Distribution of Glutenin Polymeric Protein and Wheat Flour Mixing Properties

Parental varieties Suneca and Cook have contrasting alleles at each of the five glutenin subunit loci (Glu-B1, Glu-D1 Glu-A3, Glu-B3, and Glu-D3), a set of 60 lines homozygous at these loci from the F4 progeny population of Suneca X Cook was chosen to analyze the variation of the size distribution of glutenin polymeric protein (measured by SE-HPLC) and flour mixing properties of these lines and to study relationship between the size distribution of glutenin polymeric protein and wheat flour mixing properties. The results showed that there were very significant differences among the relative size distributions of glutenin polymeric protein (i.e. percentage of unextracTable polymeric protein in the total polymeric protein, or UPP%) and dough development times (i.e. peak time of mixograph, or PTM) of different homozygous lines, respectively. Flour mixograph shape was closely related to UPP% value. The results also indicated that UPP% was very strongly positive correlation with PTM and negative correlation with peak height of mixograph (PHM). Comparing with flour protein content (FP%), UPP% gave greater effect on PTM and PHM, i.e. flour mixing properties, and it can be considered as one of criteria for quality selecting from early generation of breeding program.

Studies on Colloidal Properties of Mixed Metal Hydroxide－Clay Aqueous Suspension

he electrical property,stability and rheological property of mixed metal hydroxide(MMH)-clay aqueous suspensions were studied via determining elec- trophoretic mobilities,heterocoagulation and rheological parameters. The suspen- sions of MMH-Na-montmorillonite and MMH-Kaolinite may be transformed from negatively charged systems into positively charged systems through changing the ratio of MMH to clav. The increase of MMH content makes the stability of dilute MMH-clay suspensions decreased in negatively chrged systems and increased in positively chrged systems. The complete coagulations at near neutral systems oc- curs. In the concentrated MMH-clay suspension,the steric network structures may be formed between MMH and clay particles,which cause the apparent viscosity(AV)and Bingham yield point(YP) of the suspentqion to increase. There is a suit- able ratio of MMH to clay at which the AV and YP of the suspension attain a maximum value,which in agreement with “bridging theory”of polymer flocculation.

Existence Results for Systems of Nonlinear Caputo Fractional Differential Equations

We aim, in this work, to demonstrate the existence of minimal and maximal coupled quasi-solutions for nonlinear Caputo fractional differential systems with order q ∈ (1,2). Our approach is based on mixed monotone iterative techniques developed under the concept of lower and upper quasi-solutions. Our results extend those obtained for ordinary differential equations and fractional ones.

HIGH-ORDER WENO SIMULATIONS OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL RESHOCKED RICHTMYER-MESHKOV INSTABILITY TO LATE TIMES:DYNAMICS,DEPENDENCE ON INITIAL CONDITIONS,AND COMPARISONS TO EXPERIMENTAL DATA

The dynamics of the reshocked multi-mode Richtmyer-Meshkov instability is investigated using 513 × 257^2 three-dimensional ninth-order weighted essentially nonoscil- latory shock-capturing simulations. A two-mode initial perturbation with superposed ran- dom noise is used to model the Mach 1.5 air/SF6 Vetter-Sturtevant shock tube experiment. The mass fraction and enstrophy isosurfaces, and density cross-sections are utilized to show the detailed flow structure before, during, and after reshock. It is shown that the mixing layer growth agrees well with the experimentally measured growth rate before and after reshock. The post-reshock growth rate is also in good agreement with the prediction of the Mikaelian model. A parametric study of the sensitivity of the layer growth to the choice of amplitudes of the short and long wavelength initial interfacial perturbation is also pre- sented. Finally, the amplification effects of reshock are quantified using the evolution of the turbulent kinetic energy and turbulent enstrophy spectra, as well as the evolution of the baroclinic enstrophy production, buoyancy production, and shear production terms in the enstrophy and turbulent kinetic transport equations.

Electron Donating Property and Catalytic Activity ofPerovskite-type Mixed Oxides (ABO_3) Consisting of Rare Earth and 3d Transition Metals

The catalytic activity of Perovskite-type mixed oxides (LaCoO3, PrCoO3 and SmCoO3) for the reduction of cyclohexanone to cyclohexanol with 2-propanol (Meerwein-PonndorfVerley reduction) has been studied. The data have been correlated with the surface electron donor properties of these mixed oxides

An empirical method for estimating surface area of aggregates in hot mix asphalt

Bitumen requirement in hot mix asphalt （HMA） is directly dependent on the surface area of the aggregates in the mix, which in turn has effect on the asphalt film thickness and the flow characteristics. The surface area of aggregate blend in HMA is calculated using the specific surface area factors assigned to percentage passing through some specific standard sieve sizes and the imaging techniques. The first process is less capital intensive, but purely manual and labour intensive and prone to human errors. Imaging techniques though eliminating the human errors, still have limited use due to capital intensiveness and requirement of well-established ]aboratories with qualified technicians. Most of the developing countries like India are shortage of well-equipped laboratories and qualified technicians. To overcome these difficulties, the present mathematical model has been developed to estimate the surface area of aggregate blend of HMA from physical properties of aggregates evaluated using simple laboratory equipment. This model has been validated compared with the existing established methods of calculations and can be used as one of the tools in different developing and under developed countries for proper design of HMA.