Considering the discontinuous characteristics of sea ice on various scales,a modified discrete element model（DEM） for sea ice dynamics is developed based on the granular material rheology.In this modified DEM,a soft...Considering the discontinuous characteristics of sea ice on various scales,a modified discrete element model（DEM） for sea ice dynamics is developed based on the granular material rheology.In this modified DEM,a soft sea ice particle element is introduced as a self-adjustive particle size function.Each ice particle can be treated as an assembly of ice floes,with its concentration and thickness changing to variable sizes under the conservation of mass.In this model,the contact forces among ice particles are calculated using a viscous-elastic-plastic model,while the maximum shear forces are described with the Mohr-Coulomb friction law.With this modified DEM,the ice flow dynamics is simulated under the drags of wind and current in a channel of various widths.The thicknesses,concentrations and velocities of ice particles are obtained,and then reasonable dynamic process is analyzed.The sea ice dynamic process is also simulated in a vortex wind field.Taking the influence of thermodynamics into account,this modified DEM will be improved in the future work.展开更多
Though water electrolysis is effective in generating high-quality hydrogen gas,it requires effective electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction(HER).CoS_2 have been considered as a promising HER electrocatalyst ...Though water electrolysis is effective in generating high-quality hydrogen gas,it requires effective electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction(HER).CoS_2 have been considered as a promising HER electrocatalyst because of its high ctalytic activity.However,the key limitation for CoS_2 nanomaterial as HER electrocatalyst is its poor stability,which may be due to the structural breakdown of CoS_2 nanostructure or the evolution of S during H_2 evolution in acid media.Coating porous carbon thin layer for protection from structural breakdown and evolution of S is a good way to improve catalytic stability.In addition,coating carbon layer can change electronic structure of CoS_2 for the moderated hydrogen adsorption energy,leading to enhanced catalytic activity.Here,CoS_2 yolk-shell spheres coated with carbon thin layers exhibit superior catalytic performance for HER with low overpotential,small Tafel slope,and excellent stability.展开更多
基金Special Fund of Marine Commonweal Industry under contact Nos 201105016 and 201205007supported by National Marine Environment Forecasting Centrethe National Natural Science Foundation of China under contact No.41176012
文摘Considering the discontinuous characteristics of sea ice on various scales,a modified discrete element model（DEM） for sea ice dynamics is developed based on the granular material rheology.In this modified DEM,a soft sea ice particle element is introduced as a self-adjustive particle size function.Each ice particle can be treated as an assembly of ice floes,with its concentration and thickness changing to variable sizes under the conservation of mass.In this model,the contact forces among ice particles are calculated using a viscous-elastic-plastic model,while the maximum shear forces are described with the Mohr-Coulomb friction law.With this modified DEM,the ice flow dynamics is simulated under the drags of wind and current in a channel of various widths.The thicknesses,concentrations and velocities of ice particles are obtained,and then reasonable dynamic process is analyzed.The sea ice dynamic process is also simulated in a vortex wind field.Taking the influence of thermodynamics into account,this modified DEM will be improved in the future work.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Nos.2015CB932304,2016YFA0202603)the Natural Science Foundation of China (No.91645104)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(Nos.S2013020012833,2016A010104004)the Fundamental Research Fund for the Central Universities(No.16lgjc67)
文摘Though water electrolysis is effective in generating high-quality hydrogen gas,it requires effective electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction(HER).CoS_2 have been considered as a promising HER electrocatalyst because of its high ctalytic activity.However,the key limitation for CoS_2 nanomaterial as HER electrocatalyst is its poor stability,which may be due to the structural breakdown of CoS_2 nanostructure or the evolution of S during H_2 evolution in acid media.Coating porous carbon thin layer for protection from structural breakdown and evolution of S is a good way to improve catalytic stability.In addition,coating carbon layer can change electronic structure of CoS_2 for the moderated hydrogen adsorption energy,leading to enhanced catalytic activity.Here,CoS_2 yolk-shell spheres coated with carbon thin layers exhibit superior catalytic performance for HER with low overpotential,small Tafel slope,and excellent stability.
