Estimation of surface geometry on combustion characteristics of AP/HTPB propellant under rapid depressurization

The 2D sandwich model serves as a potent tool in exploring the influence of surface geometry on the combustion attributes of Ammonium perchlorate/Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene(AP/HTPB)propellant under rapid pressure decay.The thickness of the sandwich propellant is derived from slicing the 3D random particle packing,an approach that enables a more effective examination of the micro-flame structure.Comparative analysis of the predicted burning characteristics has been performed with experimental studies.The findings demonstrate a reasonable agreement,thereby validating the precision and soundness of the model.Based on the typical rapid depressurization environment of solid rocket motor(initial combustion pressure is 3 MPa and the maximum depressurization rate is 1000 MPa/s).A-type(a flatter surface),B-type(AP recesses from the combustion surface),and C-type(AP protrudes from the combustion surface)propellant combustion processes are numerically simulated.Upon comparison of the evolution of gas-phase flame between 0.1 and 1 ms,it is discerned that the flame strength and form created by the three sandwich models differ significantly at the beginning stage of depressurization,with the flame structures gradually becoming harmonized over time.Conclusions are drawn by comparison extinction times:the surface geometry plays a pivotal role in the combustion process,with AP protrusion favoring combustion the most.

Loading direction dependence of asymmetric response of pyramidal slip in rolled AZ31 magnesium alloy

Textured magnesium alloys usually exhibit anisotropic mechanical behavior due to the asymmetric activation of different twinning and slipping modes.This work focuses on the pyramidal slip responses of rolled AZ31 magnesium alloy under two loading conditions,compressive and tensile loading along the normal direction.Under the condition where the compressive loading direction is closely parallel to the c-axis of the unit cell,tensile twinning and basal slips are prohibited, dislocations then active and tend to accumulate at grain boundaries and form dislocation walls.Meanwhile,these dislocations exhibit zigzag morphologies,which result from the cross-slip from {10■1} first-order pyramidal plane to {11■2} second-order pyramidal plane,then back to {10■1} first-order pyramidal plane.Under the condition where tensile twins are prevalent,{10■1} first-order and {11■2} second-order pyramidal dislocations are favorable to be activated.Both types of dislocations behave climb-like dissociations onto the basal plane,forming zigzag dislocations.

Four-channel CWDM transmitter chip based on thin-film lithium niobate platform

Multi-lane integrated transmitter chips are key components in future compact optical modules to realize high-speed optical interconnects.Thin-film lithium niobate(TFLN)photonics have emerged as a promising platform for achieving high-performance chip-scale optical systems.Combining a coarse wavelength-division multiplexing(CWDM)devices using fabrication-tolerant angled multimode interferometer structure and high-performance electro-optical modulators,we demonstrate monolithic on-chip four-channel CWDM transmitter on the TFLN platform for the first time.The four-channel CWDM transmitter enables high-speed transmissions of 100 Gb/s data rate per wavelength channel(i.e.,an aggregated date rate of 400 Gb/s).

Making Sense of Reconstruction Models for Human Intention Detection

Movement intention recognition paves the path to developing Brain-Computer Interface(BCI)applications.Current research mostly focuses on questions like“which hand is intended to move”.While answering questions like“whether a hand is intended to move”is more desirable for widely real-world applications,because we cannot continuously perform intention tasks during usage,and the gap periods may cause unintended operation resulting in system failures.However,this kind of intention detection task is more difficult,since for a“whether”problem,it is hard to know what the“not”situation is and consequently to acquire training samples for the“not”situation.Furthermore,the occurrence of genuine intentions is comparatively scarce and unexpected,making the intention detection task hard and computation-consuming.To tackle this problem,we propose a Reconstruction-based Intention Detection(RID)framework,which utilises a reconstruction model to represent a high-level abstraction of EEG signals and leverages the reconstruction errors to determine“whether”there is a movement intention.Our framework is not only theoretically flexible and robust to any sophisticated real-world scenarios but also hand-crafted feature and domain knowledge free.Comprehensive experiments on detecting movement intention tasks with different reconstruction models demonstrate the promising performance of the proposed reconstruction intention detection framework.

Effect of Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Mechanical properties of high strength low alloy(HSLA)steel

In this paper,a Fe-based Mn-Ni–Cr–Mo high strength low alloy(HSLA)steel was prepared by using Vacuum melting,following by hot rolling with 78%deformation and various heat treatment processes.Microstructure were characterized by optical microscope(OM),scanning electron microscope(SEM)equipped with energy dispersive spectrometer.Tensile tests were performed.After direct quenching(Q)from 860℃,the samples were subjected to secondary quenching(L)at different intercritical temperatures within the two-phase region and various tempering temperatures(T).Results show that QLT treatment increases elongation and decreases yield ratio compared with conventional quenching and tempering process(QT).The optimum QLT heat treatment parameter in terms of temperature are determined as Q:860℃,L:700℃,and T:600℃,resulting in the better combined properties with yield strength of 756MPa,tensile strength of 820MPa,tensile elongation of 16.76%and yield ratio of 0.923.

Effect of Carbides and γ/γ' Eutectic on Crack Initiation and Propagation in Ni-based Superalloy

The Ni-based Udemit720Li superalloy tends to form largeγ/γ'eutectic on grain boundaries(GBs)during solidification due to the addition of excessive Al and Ti elements,which provides convenience to study the effect of carbide andγ/γ'eutectic on crack initiation and propagation during tensile process.In this paper,Udemit720Li superalloy samples were prepared by induction melting casting method,arc melting and suction casting method.The microstructure,tensile properties and mechanism of crack initiation and propagation in Ni-based superalloy fabricated by two methods are investigated.The results exhibitγ/γ'eutectic accelerates the stress concentration at GB and thus leads to premature fracture failure.The samples with grain-boundary eutectic have higher strain hardening rate,but their cumulative and local misorientations are lower.For samples without eutectic at GB,the primary crack initiates at grain-boundary carbide along GB and extends along GB or into grain matrix,and exhibits better deformation performance and dislocation storage capacity within grains.

Robust thin-film lithium niobate modulator on a silicon substrate with backside holes

Recently,Mach–Zehnder modulators based on thin-film lithium niobate have attracted broad interest for their potential for high modulation bandwidth,low insertion loss,high extinction ratio,and high modulation efficiency.The periodic capacitively loaded traveling-wave electrode is optimally adopted for ultimate high-performances in this type of modulator.However,such an electrode structure on a silicon substrate still suffers from the velocity mismatch and substrate leakage loss for microwave signals.Here,we introduce a thin-film lithium niobate modulator structure using this periodic capacitively loaded electrode on a silicon substrate.Backside holes in the silicon substrate are prepared to solve robustly the above difficulties.The fabricated device exhibits an insertion loss of 0.9 dB,a halfwave-voltage–length product of 2.18 V·cm,and an ultra-wide bandwidth well exceeding 67 GHz for a 10-mm-long device.Data transmissions with rates up to 112 Gb/s are demonstrated.The proposed structure and fabrication strategy are compatible for other types of monolithic and heterogeneous integrated thin-film lithium niobate modulators on a silicon substrate.

机械敏感蛋白PC1调控破骨细胞及骨吸收的作用机制

Mechanical loading is required for bone homeostasis,but the underlying mechanism is still unclear.Our previous studies revealed that the mechanical protein polycystin-1(PC1,encoded by Pkd1)is critical for bone formation.However,the role of PC1 in bone resorption is unknown.Here,we found that PC1directly regulates osteoclastogenesis and bone resorption.The conditional deletion of Pkd1 in the osteoclast lineage resulted in a reduced number of osteoclasts,decreased bone resorption,and increased bone mass.A cohort study of 32,500 patients further revealed that autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease,which is mainly caused by loss-of-function mutation of the PKD1 gene,is associated with a lower risk of hip fracture than those with other chronic kidney diseases.Moreover,mice with osteoclastspecific knockout of Pkd1 showed complete resistance to unloading-induced bone loss.A mechanistic study revealed that PC1 facilitated TAZ nuclear translocation via the C-terminal tail-TAZ complex and that conditional deletion of Taz in the osteoclast lineage resulted in reduced osteoclastogenesis and increased bone mass.Pharmacological regulation of the PC1-TAZ axis alleviated unloading-and estrogen deficiency-induced bone loss.Thus,the PC1-TAZ axis may be a potential therapeutic target for osteoclast-related osteoporosis.

Four-channel CWDM device on a thin-film lithium niobate platform using an angled multimode interferometer structure

A compact and high-performance coarse wavelength-division multiplexing(CWDM) device is introduced with a footprint of 2.1 mm × 0.02 mm using an angled multimode interferometer structure based on a thin-film lithium niobate(TFLN) platform.The demonstrated device built on a 400 nm thick x-cut TFLN shows ultra-low insertion losses of <0.72 dB.Measured 3 dB bandwidths are 12.1 nm for all channels,and cross talks from adjacent channels are better than 18 dB.Its peak wavelength positions comply with the CWDM standard with a channel spacing of 20 nm.The filter bandwidth of the proposed CWDM device can be tuned by adjusting the structural parameters.This demonstrated CWDM device will promote future realization of multi-channel and multi-wavelength transmitter chips on TFLN.

Compact electro-optic modulator on lithium niobate

Fast electro-optic modulators with an ultracompact footprint and low power consumption are always highly desired for optical interconnects.Here we propose and demonstrate a high-performance lithium niobate electro-optic modulator based on a new 2×2 Fabry–Perot cavity.In this structure,the input and reflected beams are separated by introducing asymmetric multimode-waveguide gratings,enabling TE_(0)−TE_(1)mode conversion.The measured results indicate that the fabricated modulator features a low excess loss of∼0.9dB,a high extinction ratio of∼21dB,a compact footprint of∼2120μm^(2),and high modulation speeds of 40 Gbps OOK and 80 Gbps PAM4 signals.The demonstrated modulator is promising for high-speed data transmission and signal processing.

Platinum-Catalyzed Asymmetric Ring-opening Reaction of Oxabenzonorbornadiene with Terminal Alkynes

A novel platinum-catalyzed asymmetric ring-opening reaction of oxabenzonorbornadiene with terminal alkynes is described.The reaction affords optically active cis-2-alkynyl-1,2-dihydronaphthalen-1-ols in moderate yields with good enantioselectivity in the presence of catalytic amounts of Pt(COD)Cl_(2)/(S)-BINAP and an excess of zinc powder.The products were obtained exclusively with the relative cis-configuration of the ring substituents and the prevalent(1R,2S)-configuration of the stereocenters,as determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis.

Band-like transport in non-fullerene acceptor semiconductor Y6

The recently reported non-fullerene acceptor(NFA)Y6 has been extensively investigated for high-performance organic solar cells.However,its charge transport property and physics have not been fully studied.In this work,we acquired a deeper understanding of the charge transport in Y6 by fabricating and characterizing thin-film transistors(TFTs),and found that the electron mobility of Y6 is over 0.3-0.4 cm^(2)/(V⋅s)in top-gate bottom-contact devices,which is at least one order of magnitude higher than that of another well-known NFA ITIC.More importantly,we observed band-like transport in Y6 spin-coated films through temperature-dependent measurements on TFTs.This is particularly amazing since such transport behavior is rarely seen in polycrystalline organic semiconductor films.Further morphology characterization and discussions indicate that the band-like transport originates from the unique molecule packing motif of Y6 and the special phase of the film.As such,this work not only demonstrates the superior charge transport property of Y6,but also suggests the great potential of developing high-mobility n-type organic semiconductors,on the basis of Y6.

Porous polymeric ligand promoted copper-catalyzed C-N coupling of(hetero)aryl chlorides under visible-light irradiation

A porous polymeric ligand(PPL)has been synthesized and complexed with copper to generate a heterogeneous catalyst(Cu@PPL)that has facilitated the efficient C-N coupling with various(hetero)aryl chlorides under mild conditions of visiblelight irradiation at 80°C(58 examples,up to 99%yields).This method could be applied to both aqueous ammonia and substituted amines,and is compatible to a variety of functional groups and heterocycles,as well as allows tandem C-N couplings with conjunctive dihalides.Furthermore,the heterogeneous characteristic of Cu@PPL has enabled a straightforward catalyst separation in multiple times of recycling with negligible catalytic efficiency loss by simple filtration,affording reaction mixtures containing less than 1 ppm of Cu residue.