The production of Q&T line pipe steels for heavy wall pipe requires several properties to be fully matched.Among them is the yield strength for strain based criteria pipelines for subsea application.Yield strength...The production of Q&T line pipe steels for heavy wall pipe requires several properties to be fully matched.Among them is the yield strength for strain based criteria pipelines for subsea application.Yield strength must match the required minimum under elevated temperature conditions [60 & 160 ℃] and at the same time do not exceed the surface hardness that will make the welding inadequate.Maximum of 220 vickers hardness has been set for some of the subsea projects.Production in a busy Q&T line requires simple tools to predict the time and temperatures to achieve the desired properties.The classical strength and logarithm of time,after Bhadeshia [1],has been used with excellent results in these line pipe steels of different wall thickness.展开更多
Background： One of the most important drivers of forest biodiversity is conspecific negative density dependence（CNDD）, a reduction in performance when conspecific densities are high. While the majority of CNDD rese...Background： One of the most important drivers of forest biodiversity is conspecific negative density dependence（CNDD）, a reduction in performance when conspecific densities are high. While the majority of CNDD research has focused on tropical forests, evidence is mounting that CNDD may also play an important role in temperate forests.To further explore the potential reach of this phenomenon, we investigated CNDD in American beech（Fagus grandifolia）in a mature mid-Atlantic forest.Methods： We used bivariate point pattern analyses to examine spatial relationships between large beech trees and conspecific saplings, and we also contrasted these patterns with comparable patterns for heterospecifics. In addition, to address the possibility of dispersal limitation and the associated effects on spatial patterns, we analyzed seedling density as a function of adult conspecific abundance.Results： We found that beech saplings were more repel ed from large conspecifics than large heterospecifics, despite the fact that beech seedling density was positively correlated with beech basal area. However, saplings of other canopy tree species were also repel ed from adult beech trees, suggesting a general suppressive effect. Nonetheless, the discrepancy between beech seedling and sapling densities beneath adult conspecifics suggests that beech seedling survival rates were reduced in vicinity of conspecific adults.Conclusions： Regardless of the extent to which beech inhibits heterospecific trees, a negative effect on conspecific recruits may be critical for biodiversity maintenance. Without this conspecific suppression, a dense layer of shade-tolerant beech saplings could form beneath adult beech trees. If this were to occur, beech would have a substantial head-start fol owing canopy disturbance, and this late-successional species could potential y dominate a stand in perpetuity,through repeated disturbance cycles.展开更多
In this article we show that the order of the point value, in the sense of Lojasiewicz, of a tempered distribution and the order of summability of the pointwise Fourier inversion formula are closely related. Assuming ...In this article we show that the order of the point value, in the sense of Lojasiewicz, of a tempered distribution and the order of summability of the pointwise Fourier inversion formula are closely related. Assuming that the order of the point values and certain order of growth at infinity are given for a tempered distribution, we estimate the order of summability of the Fourier inversion formula. For Fourier series, and in other cases, it is shown that if the distribution has a distributional point value of order k, then its Fourier series is e.v. Cesaro summable to the distributional point value of order k＋1. Conversely, we also show that if the pointwise Fourier inversion formula is e.v. Cesaro summable of order k, then the distribution is the （k ＋ 1）-th derivative of a locally integrable function, and the distribution has a distributional point value of order k ＋ 2. We also establish connections between orders of summability and local behavior for other Fourier inversion problems.展开更多
文摘The production of Q&T line pipe steels for heavy wall pipe requires several properties to be fully matched.Among them is the yield strength for strain based criteria pipelines for subsea application.Yield strength must match the required minimum under elevated temperature conditions [60 & 160 ℃] and at the same time do not exceed the surface hardness that will make the welding inadequate.Maximum of 220 vickers hardness has been set for some of the subsea projects.Production in a busy Q&T line requires simple tools to predict the time and temperatures to achieve the desired properties.The classical strength and logarithm of time,after Bhadeshia [1],has been used with excellent results in these line pipe steels of different wall thickness.
基金funded by the Klein-Maloney Felowshipthe Schapiro Undergraduate Research Felowshipthe Chenery Research Grant
文摘Background： One of the most important drivers of forest biodiversity is conspecific negative density dependence（CNDD）, a reduction in performance when conspecific densities are high. While the majority of CNDD research has focused on tropical forests, evidence is mounting that CNDD may also play an important role in temperate forests.To further explore the potential reach of this phenomenon, we investigated CNDD in American beech（Fagus grandifolia）in a mature mid-Atlantic forest.Methods： We used bivariate point pattern analyses to examine spatial relationships between large beech trees and conspecific saplings, and we also contrasted these patterns with comparable patterns for heterospecifics. In addition, to address the possibility of dispersal limitation and the associated effects on spatial patterns, we analyzed seedling density as a function of adult conspecific abundance.Results： We found that beech saplings were more repel ed from large conspecifics than large heterospecifics, despite the fact that beech seedling density was positively correlated with beech basal area. However, saplings of other canopy tree species were also repel ed from adult beech trees, suggesting a general suppressive effect. Nonetheless, the discrepancy between beech seedling and sapling densities beneath adult conspecifics suggests that beech seedling survival rates were reduced in vicinity of conspecific adults.Conclusions： Regardless of the extent to which beech inhibits heterospecific trees, a negative effect on conspecific recruits may be critical for biodiversity maintenance. Without this conspecific suppression, a dense layer of shade-tolerant beech saplings could form beneath adult beech trees. If this were to occur, beech would have a substantial head-start fol owing canopy disturbance, and this late-successional species could potential y dominate a stand in perpetuity,through repeated disturbance cycles.
基金support by the Louisiana State Board of Regents grant LEQSF(2005-2007)-ENH-TR-21
文摘In this article we show that the order of the point value, in the sense of Lojasiewicz, of a tempered distribution and the order of summability of the pointwise Fourier inversion formula are closely related. Assuming that the order of the point values and certain order of growth at infinity are given for a tempered distribution, we estimate the order of summability of the Fourier inversion formula. For Fourier series, and in other cases, it is shown that if the distribution has a distributional point value of order k, then its Fourier series is e.v. Cesaro summable to the distributional point value of order k＋1. Conversely, we also show that if the pointwise Fourier inversion formula is e.v. Cesaro summable of order k, then the distribution is the （k ＋ 1）-th derivative of a locally integrable function, and the distribution has a distributional point value of order k ＋ 2. We also establish connections between orders of summability and local behavior for other Fourier inversion problems.
