Search Results - "Lopez, R.H."

Rotational molding of polyethylene composites based on agave fibers by López-Bañuelos, R.H., Moscoso, F.J., Ortega-Gudiño, P., Mendizabal, E., Rodrigue, D., González-Núñez, R.

“…In this study, agave fiber/linear medium density polyethylene composites were manufactured by rotational molding. A laboratory scale biaxial machine was used,…”
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Characterization of the PSD of activated carbons by a heterogeneous surface mixed model by Alexandre de Oliveira, J.C., Soares Maia, D.A., Toso, J.P., Lopez, R.H., Azevedo, D.C.S., Zgrablich, G.

“…[Display omitted] ► A model to calculate PSD of activated carbons taking into account surface defects is presented. ► GCMC simulations of the adsorption of…”
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A second order SAP algorithm for risk and reliability based design optimization by Torii, A.J., Lopez, R.H., Miguel, L.F.F.

“…•SAP2nd: a decoupling approach for Risk and RBDO problems is proposed.•This formulation allows any reliability analysis method to be employed.•It is intended…”
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An efficient approach for the optimization of simply supported steel-concrete composite I-girder bridges by Pedro, R.L., Demarche, J., Miguel, L.F.F., Lopez, R.H.

“…•Two stage steel-concrete composite I-girder bridge structural optimization procedure.•Simplified and finite element models employed.•Structural design…”
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Effects of crop plants on abundance of Pochonia chlamydosporia and other fungal parasites of root-knot and potato cyst nematodes by Manzanilla-López, R.H., Esteves, I., Powers, S.J., Kerry, B.R.

“…The effects of a host plant on reproduction/abundance of fungal populations in relation to soil nutrients released by plants in the rhizosphere were studied…”
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A stochastic gradient approach for the reliability maximization of passively controlled structures by Carlon, A.G., Lopez, R.H., Espath, L.F.R., Miguel, L.F.F., Beck, A.T.

“…•Friction tuned mass dampers reduce the probability of failure for seismic activity.•To maximize their efficiency we use accelerated stochastic gradient…”
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N2 sorption scanning behavior of SBA-15 porous substrates by Esparza, J.M, Ojeda, M.L, Campero, A, Domı́nguez, A, Kornhauser, I, Rojas, F, Vidales, A.M, López, R.H, Zgrablich, G

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Advantages of employing a full characterization method over FORM in the reliability analysis of laminated composite plates by Lopez, R.H., Miguel, L.F.F., Belo, I.M., Souza Cursi, J.E.

“…Predictions of the failure of composite structures under uncertainties have become an important topic of research. In engineering practice, one is usually…”
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Rapid and reliable DNA extraction and PCR fingerprinting methods to discriminate multiple biotypes of the nematophagous fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia isolated from plant rhizospheres by Manzanilla-López, R.H, Clark, I.M, Atkins, S.D, Hirsch, P.R, Kerry, B.R

“…To develop a simple, rapid, reliable protocol producing consistent polymerase chain reaction (PCR) fingerprints of Pochonia chlamydosporia var. chlamydosporia…”
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Optimization of laminated composites considering different failure criteria by Lopez, R.H., Luersen, M.A., Cursi, E.S.

“…The purpose of the present work is to analyse how different the optimal structures are when different first ply failure criterion are considered in the…”
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Overcoming the drawbacks of the FORM using a full characterization method by Lopez, R.H., Torii, A.J., Miguel, L.F.F., Souza Cursi, J.E.

“…•The proposed approach overcomes the main FORM drawbacks.•The proposed method is more accurate than the FORM.•The proposed approach is easier to implement than…”
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Uncertainty quantification for algebraic systems of equations by Lopez, R.H., Fadel Miguel, L.F., Souza de Cursi, J.E.

“…•Proposed method is more efficient and accurate than known PCE approaches.•New numerical solution method based on the adaptation of iterative…”
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Why the pore geometry model could affect the uniqueness of the PSD in AC characterization by Toso, J. P., Cornette, V., Yelpo, Víctor A., de Oliveira, J. C. Alexandre, Azevedo, D. C. S., López, R. H.

“…In this paper we discuss why the pore geometry can affect the unicity of the pore size distribution (PSD) of a given activated carbon (AC) sample, when…”
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A new algorithm for the robust optimization of rotor-bearing systems by Lopez, R.H., Ritto, T.G., Sampaio, Rubens, de Cursi, J.E. Souza

“…This article presents a new algorithm for the robust optimization of rotor-bearing systems. The goal of the optimization problem is to find the values of a set…”
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Textural Characteristics and Energetic Parameters of Activated Carbon Monoliths: Experiments and Monte Carlo Simulations by Diana P. Vargas, J.C. Alexandre de Oliveira, Liliana Giraldo, Juan Carlos Moreno-Piraján, R.H. López, G. Zgrablich

“…Disc-type activated carbon monoliths were prepared through chemical activation of coconut shell and African palm pits with phosphoric acid at different…”
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Insensitivity in the pore size distribution of ultramicroporous carbon materials by CO2 adsorption by Cornette, V., Villarroel-Rocha, J., Sapag, K., Delgado Mons, R., Toso, J.P., López, R.H.

“…Accurate quantification of ultramicropores is critical to optimizing and understanding the performance of carbon materials in many applications. The pore size…”
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N 2 sorption scanning behavior of SBA-15 porous substrates by Esparza, J.M, Ojeda, M.L, Campero, A, Domı́nguez, A, Kornhauser, I, Rojas, F, Vidales, A.M, López, R.H, Zgrablich, G

“…The independent non-intersecting cylindrical pore nature of SBA-15 materials represents, in principle, a very adequate experimental system to analyze the N 2…”
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Characterization of PSD of activated carbons by using slit and triangular pore geometries by Azevedo, D.C.S., Rios, R.B., López, R.H., Torres, A.E.B., Cavalcante, C.L., Toso, J.P., Zgrablich, G.

“…A mixed geometry model for activated carbons, representing the porous space as a collection of an undetermined proportion of slit and triangular pores, is…”
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Identification and molecular characterisation of new Mexican isolates of Pochonia chlamydosporia for the management of Meloidogyne spp by Medina-Canales, Ma.G., Rodríguez-Tovar, A.V., Manzanilla-López, R.H., Zúñiga, G., Tovar-Soto, A.

“…New Mexican isolates of the nematophagous fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia were obtained from nematode infested fields in the vegetable growing area of Tepeaca…”
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How does a patchy network affect the structure of invading percolation patterns? by López, R.H., Vidales, A.M., Ortiz, A. Domínguez, Zgrablich, G.

“…Invasion percolation with trapping (TIP) is studied on two kinds of pore networks. The first class of them is the one generated through the dual site bond…”
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