An experiment was conducted to study effects of abomasal infusions of casein, glucose or starch on milk production and blood metabolites in dairy cows. Four lactating cows (559±41.9kg) fitted with 100 mm ruminal cannulas were used in a 4 × 4 Latin square experiment. The cows were given access ad libitum to grass silage and received 6.2 kg dry matter (DM) of a mixture of rapeseed meal (5.3kg/d DM) and barley grain (0.9kg/d DM) as a basal diet (CON), the basal diet plus intra-abomasal infusions of 270 g sodium caseinate (CAS), 300 g of glucose (GLU) or 243 g of starch (STA) starting at 09:00 h each day. Abomasal infusion of different nutrients did not affect (p>0.05) grass silage intake and rumen fermentation parameters (rumen pH, ammonia N and volatile fatty acids). As unexpected, milk yield and composition data did not differ between CON and the treated groups (p>0.05). Most of plasma amino acids were not significantly (p>0.05) affected by the abomasal infusions of CAS, GLU or STA except for histidine, tryptophan and glycine. Although histidine, known as the first limiting amino acid in dairy cows fed grass silage based diets, was significantly (p=0.003) increased by CAS, we failed to result in a clear increase in milk yield and protein yield. This discrepancy between plasma AA profiles and milk production could be presumably explained by relatively high concentration of total amino acids in the present study (2,039μmol/l).

Aluminum foam with porous material has the excellent mechanical property of light weight and impact absorption. It is necessary to obtain the information of fracture toughness at the adhesive work by the joint method. This study is investigated by fatigue analysis with DCB(Double Cantilever Beam) specimen models to evaluate the strengths at adhesive joints on the basis of British industrial and ISO international standards. 4 kinds of specimens are modelled by changing the height of specimen and the analysis results are compared with each other. As the height of specimen becomes lower, the displacement on the y direction, load and energy release rates become higher. Through the correlation obtained by this study result, fracture behaviors are examined and mechanical properties can be understood. Aluminum foam material bonded with adhesive can applied to the real composite structure by use of this study result.

Aluminum foam as porous material in wide use has the excellent mechanical and thermal properties. As adhesive process technique is used by bonding such composites as aluminum foam, fracture toughness at adhesive joint is the main point to investigate. In this study, DCB specimens are manufactured to evaluate the strengths at adhesive joints on the basis of British industrial and ISO international standards. Four kinds of specimens are made by changing the height of the specimen and these experimental results are compared with each other. Energy release rates are also calculated at mode I. As the hight of specimen becomes higher, reaction force and energy release rates become higher. Through the correlation obtained by this study result, aluminum foam material bonded with adhesive can be applied to the real composite structure and mechanical property and fracture toughness are analyzed systematically.

Aluminum foam with the property as the excellent impact absorption has been widely used recently. It is necessary to study fracture energy due to fracture toughness by the use of adhesive joint at aluminum foam. This study aims at strength evaluation about adhesive joint on aluminum foam and the fracture of bonded DCB model with this material property is analyzed by simulation. These models are designed by differing in height on the basis of British industrial and ISO standards. As the value of height at model is higher, bonded part is separated to the end. By comparing some analysis results with experimental data, these data could agree with each other. By the verification with experimental results, these all simulation results in this study can be applied on real composite structure with aluminum foam material effectively. The fracture behavior and mechanical property can also be examined by this study.

A survey project of TRAO with the fifteen beam array receiver system is presented. A multibeam array receiver system has been purchased from FCRAO, and is being installed on TRAO 14m telescope. The target region of the survey is from ι=120° ~137°, b=-1°~+1°, and velocity resolution would be 1 km/sec after smoothing from the original resolution of 0.64km s-1in the transition of J = 1-0 of 13CO The survey region is a part of the 12CO Outer Galaxy Survey(OGS), and would be an extension of the Bell Laboratories 13CO Galactic Plane Survey. By combining with the existing 12CO database of the Outer Galaxy Survey, we will derive physical properties of identified molecular clouds and will conduct and statistical analysis of the Outer Galalxy molecular clouds. Reduction process and analysis methods will be introduced.