This paper concerns the effect of friction on crack propagation for the centrally cracked Brazilian disk under diametric forces by using a modified finite element method.It shows that the mode II stress intensity factor decreases obviously with the increase of friction after the crack is closed, while friction has no influence on the stress intensi
Unclasping potentials of genomics and gene editing in chickpea to fight climate change and global hunger threat
Genomics and genome editing promise enormous opportunities for crop improvement and elementary research.Precise modification in the specific targeted location of a genome has profited over the unplanned insertional events which are generally accomplished employing unadventurous means of genetic modifications.The advent of new genome editing procedu
Modelling spontaneous combustion liability of carbonaceous materials
Abstract This paper presents predictive models Tote Bag to determine spontaneous combustion liability of carbonaceous materials (coals and coal-shales) using statistical analysis.The intrinsic properties and spontaneous combustion liability index were determined by testing 14 coals and 14 coal-shales from Witbank coalfields, South Africa.The relati
Entropy Density Acceleration and Minimum Dissipation Principle: Correlation with Heat and Matter Transfer in Glucose Catabolism
The heat and matter transfer during glucose catabolism in living systems and their relation with entropy production are a challenging subject of the classical thermodynamics applied to biology.In this respect, an analogy between mechanics and thermodynamics has been performed via the definition of the entropy density acceleration expressed by the t