Mathematics-in-Industry Study Group (MISG) Steel Projects from Australia and New Zealand

2014 ◽  
pp. 307-322
Author(s):  
Winston L. Sweatman
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Industry Study

Proceedings of the Mathematics in Industry Study Group 2013

2014 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Troy Farrell ◽  
Anthony John Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Study Group ◽  
Industry Study

Proceedings of the Mathematics for Industry NZ Study Group 2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke Fullard ◽  
Richard Brown ◽  
Anthony John Roberts
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Special Interest ◽  
Applied Mathematics ◽  
Special Section ◽  
Study Group

This Special Section of the ANZIAM Journal (Electronic Supplement) contains the refereed papers from the 2017 Mathematics for Industry NZ Study Group (MINZ 2017) held at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand from 26--30 June, 2017. The MINZ is a special interest meeting of ANZIAM, the Australia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics division of the Australian Mathematics Society. MINZ was formed to provide a national entity to host workshops where companies pitch their problems to New Zealand’s mathematical scientists. They then work collaboratively to generate practical solutions through modelling, statistical analysis or computation.

Dose-intensive cyclophosphamide with etoposide and vincristine for pediatric solid tumors: a phase I/II pilot study by the Australia and New Zealand Childhood Cancer Study Group.

1994 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 522-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
L White ◽  
G McCowage ◽  
G Kannourakis ◽  
V Nayanar ◽  
L Colnan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Childhood Cancer ◽  
Solid Tumors ◽  
Hematologic Toxicity ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Cancer Study ◽  
Cancer Study Group ◽  
Group A ◽  
Group B

PURPOSE This pilot study of the Australia and New Zealand Childhood Cancer Study Group investigated the effectiveness and toxicity of a regimen incorporating vincristine (VCR), etoposide, and divided-dose, escalating cyclophosphamide (CPA) (VETOPEC) in 23 patients aged 1 to 20 years with solid tumors. PATIENTS AND METHODS Seventeen patients (group A) had recurrent or refractory tumors after prior multiagent therapy, and six patients (group B) with adverse prognostic indicators were treated at initial presentation. Treatment cycles were 21 to 28 days and consisted of vincristine (0.05 mg/kg) on days 1 and 14, with etoposide (2.5 mg/kg/d) plus escalating CPA on days 1, 2, and 3. The CPA dosage was escalated from 30 mg/kg/d in cycle no. 1 by 5 mg/kg/d in each cycle to a maximum of 55 mg/kg/d in cycle no. 6. RESULTS Of 20 patients assessable for tumor response, 19 (95%) responded after two to six cycles of VETOPEC: seven complete responses (CRs); eight very good partial responses (VGPRs); and four partial responses (PRs). In group A, 13 of 14 (93%) assessable patients responded (five CRs, four VGPRs, four PRs), and in group B, five stage IV and one stage III patient achieved two CRs and four VGPRs. The principal toxicity was myelosuppression. Grade IV neutropenia occurred after 98% of cycles, and the incidence of grade IV thrombocytopenia increased from 37% after cycle no. 1 to 91% after cycle no. 6 (P = .002). A total of 115 cycles delivered were followed by 62 febrile admissions (54%), and showed a significant rise with increasing cycles (P = .001). One patient died of septicemia. CONCLUSION This combination and scheduling produced a high response rate in patients with recurrent, refractory, or advanced solid tumors of childhood. Further studies of this regimen and of strategies to reduce hematologic toxicity are warranted.

scholarly journals Draining under gravity in steel galvanization.

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. C31-C44
Author(s):  
Graeme Charles Hocking
Keyword(s):  
Free Boundary ◽  
Free Boundary Problems ◽  
Analytical Description ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Boundary Problems ◽  
Industry Study ◽  
Research Collection ◽  
Appl Math ◽  
Air Knife

The problem of the coating of steel has been considered in several Mathematics in Industry study groups. In this process, after passing through a bath of molten alloy, steel sheeting is drawn upward to allow draining under gravity and stripping using an air knife, leaving a coating of desirable thickness. Here we discuss some aspects of the problem and in particular the gravity draining component. The problem is a very nice introduction to industrial modelling for students, but is also relevant for manufacturing. References Elsaadawy, E. A., Hanumanth, G. S., Balthazaar, A. K. S., McDermid, J. R., Hrymak, A. N. and Forbes, J.F. ``Coating weight model for the continuous hot-dip galvanizing process'', Metal. Mat. Trans. B, 38:413–424, 2007. doi:10.1007/s11663-007-9037-2 Hocking, G. C., Sweatman, W. L., Fitt, A. D., and Roberts M. ``Coating Deformation in the jet stripping process'' in Proceedings of the 2009 Mathematics and Statistics in Industry Study Group, Eds. T. Marchant, M. Edwards, G. Mercer. Wollongong, Austealia, 2010. https://documents.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@inf/@math/documents/doc/uow073330.pdf Hocking, G. C., Sweatman, W. L., Fitt, A. D., and Breward, C. ``Deformations arising during air-knife stripping in the galvanization of steel'', in Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2010, Eds. M. Gunther, A. Bartel, M. Brunk, S. Schops, M. Striebel. Mathematics in Industry 17, pp. 311-317. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-25100-9_36 Hocking, G. C., Lavalle, G., Novakovic, R., O'Kiely, D., Thomson, S., Mitchell, S. J., Herterich, R. ``Bananas–-defects in the jet stripping process''. Proceedings of the European Study Group with Industry in Mathematics and Statistics Research Collection. Rome Italy, 2016. https://researchrepository.ucd.ie/handle/10197/10215 Howison, S. D. and King, J. R. ``Explicit solutions to six free-boundary problems to fluid flow and diffusion''. IMA J. Appl. Math. 42:155–175, 1989. doi:10.1093/imamat/42.2.155 Hocking, G. C., Sweatman, W., Fitt, A. D. and Breward, C. ``Deformations during jet-stripping in the galvanizing process''. J. Eng. Math. Tuck Special Issue, 70:297–306, 2011. doi:10.1007/s10665-010-9394-8 Thornton, J. A. and Graff, H. F. ``An analytical description of the jet-finishing process for hot-dip metallic coatings on strip''. Metal. Mat. Trans. B, 7:607–618, 1976. doi:10.1007/BF02698594 Tuck, E. O. ``Continuous coating with gravity and jet stripping''. Phys. Fluids, 26(9):2352–2358, 1983. doi:10.1063/1.864438 Tuck, E. O., Bentwich, M., and van der Hoek, J. ``The free boundary problem for gravity-driven unidirectional viscous flows''. IMA J. Appl. Math. 30:191–208, 1983. doi:10.1093/imamat/30.2.191

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