Abstract: A turning control device includes a first processor, a second processor, a third processor, and a fourth processor. The first processor calculates a torque command value based on a difference between a target pinion angle and a pinion angle. The second processor calculates a compensation value compensating resistance of a turning mechanism based on a difference between a target pinion angular velocity and a pinion angular velocity. The third processor limits a variation range of the torque command value based on a limit value of the torque command value and limits a variation range of the compensation value based on a limit value of the compensation value. The fourth processor calculates a turning torque command value by subtracting the compensation value from the torque command value. The third processor changes the limit values based on a traveling state of a vehicle.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a copper-containing silica glass which emits fluorescence having a peak in a wavelength range of from 520 nm to 580 nm under irradiation of ultraviolet light with a wavelength of 400 nm or less, and which is excellent in long term stability even in the high output use. The copper-containing silica glass is made to have copper of from 5 wtppm to 200 wtppm, which emits fluorescence having a peak in a wavelength range of from 520 nm to 580 nm under irradiation of ultraviolet light with a wavelength ranging from 160 nm to 400 nm, and in which an internal transmittance per 2.5 mm thickness at a wavelength of 530 nm is 95% or more.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a copper-containing silica glass which emits fluorescence having a peak in a wavelength range of from 520 nm to 580 nm under irradiation of ultraviolet light with a wavelength of 400 nm or less, and which is excellent in long term stability even in the high output use. The copper-containing silica glass is made to have copper of from 5 wtppm to 200 wtppm, which emits fluorescence having a peak in a wavelength range of from 520 nm to 580 nm under irradiation of ultraviolet light with a wavelength ranging from 160 nm to 400 nm, and in which an internal transmittance per 2.5 mm thickness at a wavelength of 530 nm is 95% or more.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a copper-containing silica glass which emits fluorescence having a peak in a wavelength range of from 520 nm to 580 nm under irradiation of ultraviolet light with a wavelength of 400 nm or less, and which is excellent in long term stability even in the high output use. The copper-containing silica glass is made to have copper of from 5 wtppm to 200 wtppm, which emits fluorescence having a peak in a wavelength range of from 520 nm to 580 nm under irradiation of ultraviolet light with a wavelength ranging from 160 nm to 400 nm, and in which an internal transmittance per 2.5 mm thickness at a wavelength of 530 nm is 95% or more.

Abstract: A polishing pad for polishing a surface of a work, (A) said polishing pad being made of a resin formed of a ring-opened polymer from a cycloolefin by metathesis polymerization, and (B) said resin having a heat deformation temperature of 90 to 135° C., a compression elastic modulus of 980 to 2,940 MPa and a water absorption of 0.01 to 0.25% by weight. The polishing pad of the present invention has a proper hardness, shows a low water absorption, causes no damage on a work surface and has durability.

Abstract: A plastic, lightweight formwork for concrete, which is an integrally molded article of a crosslinked polymer obtained by mixing a monomer solution A of a metathesis polymerizable cycloolefin containing a catalyst component of a metathesis polymerization catalyst system and a monomer solution B of a metathesis polymerizable cycloolefin containing an activator component of a metathesis polymerization catalyst system, injecting the mixture into a mold and subjecting the mixture to polymerization and a crosslinking reaction in the mold. (1) The formwork has a rectangular plate having a front surface and having a longitudinal length of 1,000-4,000 mm, a lateral length which is 1/2-1/10 of the longitudinal length and a thickness of 3-10 mm, and a reverse surface of the plate has a frame surrounding the plate and 3 to 6 crosspiece ribs are longitudinally formed on the reverse surface, the frame surrounding the plate having a thickness of 5 to 20 mm and a height of 40 to 100 mm.

Abstract: A new polycarbosilastyrene copolymer which comprises recurring carbosilane units of the formula I: ##STR1## and recurring silastyrene units of the formula II: ##STR2## and having easy shaping and sintering properties, is produced by ultra-violet ray treatment and/or heat treatment of a polysilastyrene material and is useful for producing a shaped sintered silicon carbide article by shaping the polycarbosilastyrene copolymer to a desired form, by applying an ultra-violet ray treatment or heat treatment to the shaped article, and by sintering the resultant corss-linked, non-fusible shaped article at an elevated temperature.

Abstract: A polycarbosilastyrene copolymer which comprises recurring carbosilane units of the formula I: ##STR1## and recurring silastyrene units of the formula II: ##STR2## is useful for producing a shaped sintered silicon carbide article by shaping the polycarbosilastyrene copolymer to a desired form, by applying an ultra-violet ray treatment or heat treatment to the shaped article, and by sintering the resultant cross-linked, non-fusible shaped article at an elevated temperature.

Abstract: A group of novel polynuclear heterocyclic compounds having a diazaphenalene skeleton. These compounds assume orange to reddish violet colors according to the types of substituents on the diazaphenalene skeleton, and have excellent thermal stability and weatherability and good dispersibility in polymeric materials. They are useful as orange to reddish violet pigments, especially for coloring polymeric materials.