Cross diffusion in single-step enzymatic reactions

In several experiments, enzymes have shown an in increase in diffusivity in the presence of their substrate. The enhancement in diffusivity ranged from as low as 28% for urease to 80% in the case of alkaline phosphatase. There are two main competing theories. One asserts that catalytically driven boosts propel the enzyme forward in ‘leaps’,...

Response of an oscillator with a Duffing parameter of the fifth power

Quintic Duffing oscillator is considered. Amplitude-phase relations are derived using averaging theorem and perturbation methods. First The forced quintic system is studied. Stability regions are com-pared to the general case with quintic-qubic non-linearity. Numerical results show that Perturbationmethod and averaging are in agreement with each...

Bepalen van het massatraagheidsmoment met behulp van een bifilar pendulum: Determining the moments of inertia using a bifilar pendulum

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the use of a bifilar pendulum for determining the moments of inertia of the TU Delft solar boat and to quantitatively predict the estimates. In the first part, several methods are discussed which can be applied in deriving the equations of motion of the pendulum. A new method, Kane's method, will be...