This thesis describes the experimental investigation of three different strongly correlated transition-metal oxide systems. The magnetic behaviour of each has been probed using inelastic neutron spectroscopy. A distinctive hour-glass excitation spectrum has been observed in the layered cobaltate La_1.75Sr_0.25CoO₄. This spectrum is similar to that measured in a related cobaltate La_1.67Sr_0.33CoO₄, although it appears broader. The spectrum has been reproduced using a spin wave model derived from a disordered cluster spin glass ground state. Signatures of spin glass behaviour have also been observed in bulk magnetisation measurements of La_1.75Sr_0.25CoO₄. These findings, once more, demonstrate the emergence of an hour-glass spectrum from a ground state that combines quasi-one dimensional magnetic correlations and disorder. Additionally, this study shows that charge and magnetic stripe order persists to lower dopings in La_2-xSr_xCoO₄ than previously thought. The complete magnetic excitation spectrum of the multiferroic compound CuO has been measured for the first time. A high energy, one-dimensional magnetic spectrum is observed and modelled using the Muller ansatz derived for the S=1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chain. At lower energies, a three-dimension spectrum is observed. The measured spectrum is inconsistent with all previous theoretical estimates of the dominant inter-chain exchange interactions in CuO. The inter-chain dispersion is successfully described by a phenomenological model based on linear spin wave theory. The third material investigated, LuFe₂O₄ demonstrates complex charge and magnetic order, the precise nature of which is still under debate. The full spectrum of in-plane excitations in LuFe₂O₄ has been measured and a complicated dispersion consistent with six magnetic modes is observed. These findings are compatible with structures described by a magnetic unit cell containing six spins. The dispersion can be described by a spin wave model derived from a bilayer structure comprised of charge-rich and charge-poor monolayers. This structure is consistent with the original site-specific model for the 3D magnetic ordering in LuFe₂O₄.

This thesis presents measurements of charged current deep inelastic scattering cross sections in e+p collisions with longitudinally polarised positron beams. The measurements are based on data taken by the ZEUS detector at the HERA collider during the 2006-2007 run- ning period. The data sample has an integrated luminosity of 132 pb-1 and was taken at a centre-of-mass energy of 318 GeY. The total cross section has been measured at positive and negative values of the longitu- dinal polarisation of the positron beam (Pe). In addition, the single differential cross sections dδ / dQ2, dδ / dx and dδ / dy have been measured for Q2 > 200 Ge y2, also using both positively and negatively polarised positron beams. The reduced cross section has been measured in nine bins of Q2 in the kinematic range 280 < Q2 < 30000 Gey2 and 0.0078 < x < 0.42. The results are compared against the descriptions provided by the CTEQ6.6, MSTW 2008, HEARPDF1.0 and ZEUS-JETS PDFs. In general, the measured cross sections are well described by these predictions. Based on the measurement of the total cross section as a function of the polarisation of the positron beam, a lower limit on the mass of a hypothetical right-handed W boson has been extracted from the upper limit of the cross-section at Pe = -1. This limit is complementary to the limits obtained from direct searches (for example at CDF and D0) because the limit presented herein is for a space-like vV, whereas for direct searches, the limit on the mass of a time-like W boson is obtained. The results of this analysis have been published and have been included ill the determination of the HERAPDF theoretical prediction and also in HI and ZEUS combined results.

O trabalho trata da formulação, implementação e aplicação de um modelo para análise não-linear de estruturas reticuladas planas em concreto armado, baseado no conceito simplificado de localização dos processos físicos irreversíveis (dano, plasticidade e histerese) em zonas previamente definidas denominadas rótulas que se localizam nas extremidades de um elemento finito de barra. O modelo proposto tem por objetivo reproduzir os deslocamentos residuais relacionados tanto ao comportamento plástico do concreto danificado quanto ao escoamento do aço, além de possibilitar a reprodução de laços de histerese observados experimentalmente em diagramas momento-rotação, ou equivalentemente força-deslocamento, quando a história de carregamento incluir ciclos de descarregamento e recarregamento. A formulação termodinâmica é desenvolvida fazendo-se referência as variáveis de tensão e deformação generalizadas em razão de sua aplicação no âmbito da teoria clássica de flexão de barras. Neste modelo a não-linearidade do elemento estrutural é totalmente decorrente da dissipação de energia localizada nas rótulas e é representada por três variáveis escalares a elas associadas: a variável adimensional de dano, a rotação plástica e a rotação por escorregamento, que representa o fenômeno físico do escorregamento entre as faces das microfissuras no concreto (encaixe e desencaixe dos agregados). Na fase de aplicações as respostas numéricas obtidas com a utilização do modelo proposto foram avaliadas mediante o confronto com diversos resultados experimentais disponíveis na literatura para estruturas de concreto armado sob solicitações estáticas e dinâmicas. Os resultados obtidos evidenciam o bom funcionamento do modelo no caso das solicitações estáticas, tendo sido obtidos resultados limitadamente satisfatórios no caso das solicitações dinâmicas. / This work deals with the formulation, implementation and application of a model for nonlinear analysis of reinforced concrete planed frame structures, based on the simplified concept of localization of the irreversible physical processes (damage, plasticity and hysteresis) in zones previously defined called hinges which are located in the extremities of a bar finite element. The proposed model has as objective to reproduce the residual displacements related to the plastic behavior of the damaged concrete as well as to the steel yielding, moreover making possible the reproduction of hysteresis loops experimentally observed in moment-rotation diagrams, or equivalently force-displacement, when the loading history includes unloading and reloading cycles. The thermodynamic formulation is developed referring to generalized stress and deformation variables due to their application in the scope of the classic theory of bars bending. In this model the nonlinearity of the structural element is totally due to the energy dissipation in the hinges and is represented by three scalar variables associated to them: the non-dimensional damage variable, the plastic rotation and the sliding rotation, which represents the physical phenomenon of sliding between the microcracks faces in the concrete (aggregate interlocking). In the applications phase, the numerical solutions obtained with the use of the proposed model had been evaluated by confrontation with various experimental results available in the literature of reinforced concrete structures under static and dynamic solicitations. The obtained results evidence the good performance of the model in the case of static solicitations, having been obtained limited satisfactory results in the case of dynamic solicitations.

This research focused on demonstrating the effectiveness of a new inelastic material model, τBTR, and was compared with an existing modified tangent modulus model, τTM, at matching the limit load response of detailed finite element models of steel frames. The influence of stiffness reduction was studied on seven W8x31 columns and eleven benchmark frames. The column study considered minor axis bending with L/r ratios of 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 180, and 200. Limit load analyses were conducted on steel frames with major-axis and minor-axis bending. The extent of yielding and lateral displacements were evaluated for all benchmark frames at the collapse condition. Discussion is given regarding the two material models and their ability to match the limit load responses of the finite element models. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2019. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2002. / Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xx, 143 p.; also contains graphics. Includes abstract and vita. Advisor: L. Stanley Durkin, Dept. of Physics. Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-143).

The inelastic scattering reaction ¹⁶0+¹²C has been studied in the centre-of-mass energy region from 37.7 MeV to 51.4 MeV, in a search for evidence for a seven-alpha chain state in ²⁸Si. The decay products were detected in coincidence at angular separations around 90° in the centre of mass using two position-sensitive strip detectors. Kinematic reconstruction of the quasi-three body final states yielded the differential cross-sections for the decay channels leading to excited states in ¹²C, ¹⁶0 and ²⁰Ne. The excitation functions measured for the <sup>12 C(0+₂)-¹²C(0+₂)-U+03B1 and 12^C(0₂)-⁸Be-⁸Be final states agree broadly between the three experiments that were performed, but contain no structure. Reaction channels have also been identified leading to the ⁸Be-²⁰Ne* and ¹²C*-<sup>16<sup>0* final states. The cross-sections for the ⁸Be-²⁰Ne* decay channels, with the ²⁰ Ne in its lowest excited states, have been compared with previous measurements and provide good agreement. However, none of the excitation functions for these channels contain any structure. The absence of structure in any of the final states, that were identified in this study, indicates that a ²⁸Si chain state is probably not being observed. The same model, that predicts that the seven-alpha chain state should lie in this excitation region in ²⁸Si, has also been used to assign a six alpha chain structure to a resonance at E_x=46.6 MeV in ²⁴ Mg. These two results are compared, and possible reasons for the absence of evidence for a ²⁸Si chain structure are discussed.

We compute the anomalous dimension (gamma)(n) and (gamma)(,ns)(n) needed in the evaluation of the polarized structure function G(,1)(q('2)) in electron-proton scattering, up to and including the order g('4) contributions in the minimal subtraction scheme in perturbative QCD. Both the analytic expression and the numerical result for (gamma)(n) and (gamma)(,ns)(n) with n = 2, 4, 6,..., 20 are obtained. We also evaluate the second moment of flavor singlet and the flavor non-singlet part of G(,1)(q('2)) in QCD, with 4 and 6 flavors with the Wilson coefficients left as unknowns.

Copies of author's previously published articles inserted / Bibliography : leaves 171-190 / v, 190 leaves : ill ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Physics and Mathematical Physics, 1991

Copies of three of the author's previously published articles inserted as appendix B. / Includes bibliographical references / 124 leaves : ill ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Physics and Mathematical Physics, 1993