We simulate the mechanical-chemical coupling during delithiation and relaxation of a cathode in a solid-state lithium-ion battery.Contact loss at the interface between the active particle and the solid electrolyte is ...We simulate the mechanical-chemical coupling during delithiation and relaxation of a cathode in a solid-state lithium-ion battery.Contact loss at the interface between the active particle and the solid electrolyte is considered.Uphill diffusion is observed during delithiation and relaxation.This phenomenon is explained by analyzing the total chemical potential and its two components.Contact loss at the interface greatly influences the stress and stress gradient in the active particle.As delithiation continues,the stress and stress gradient grow considerably,and the mechanical part of the total chemical potential becomes dominant over the chemical part of it.In the latter stage of delithiation,the influence of the incomplete interfacial constraint on the stress becomes dominant,while the effect of the concentration gradient becomes negligible.After relaxation,the concentration and stress gradients increase in a particle with contact loss.The influence of the degree of contact loss on the mechanical-chemical coupling is investigated.The overall tensile stress in the active particle increases with decreasing contact loss,causing a sharp decrease in local concentration.We also check the effect of the elastic modulus of the solid electrolyte on the coupling of the active material.A rigid solid electrolyte with a higher elastic modulus more strongly restricts the active particle,leading to a higher tensile stress,a larger stress gradient,and a greater concentration gradient.展开更多
To accurately identify the potential contact loss of the China railway track system(CRTS)III prefabricated slab track,a finite element model with contact loss of self-compacting concrete(SCC)under transient impact was...To accurately identify the potential contact loss of the China railway track system(CRTS)III prefabricated slab track,a finite element model with contact loss of self-compacting concrete(SCC)under transient impact was established.Then the vertical accelerations near impact points on the track slab surface were extracted to obtain damage-sensitive indices in the time and frequency domains.The indices were initially normalized to obtain independent items of evidence before the Dempster-Shafer(D-S)evidence theory was used to fuse these into one.Finally,a two-stage identification was performed to identify the damaged SCC area,comprising a rough identification(Stage I)and a precise identification(Stage II).The research results show that the damage indices extracted based on the transient impact response change abruptly at the damage location,and that can be used for damage identification.However,the use of a single index to determine the damage of the impact point may be misjudged.In Stage I,five damage indices of acceleration were fused to magnify the difference between the damaged point and undamaged point,thereby improving the accuracy of finding damage.In Stage II,in the area where more impact points were added,a fusion of three indices of acceleration response,that is,the absolute mean of the time domain,the maximum amplitude of the frequency domain,and the power density ratio,further narrowed down the area where damage exists.As a result,when the contact loss of SCC is greater than 50%along the thickness direction,the identification accuracy can be as high as 70%to 80%.The two-stage identification method proposed in this study can greatly improve the efficiency of interlayer damage detection of slab tracks and is expected to provide effective technical support for damage identification of track structures in the future.展开更多
In actual line operation,the critical velocity is one of the key physical quantities of rail design owing to its great infuence on the riding comfort and safety of vehicles due to the wheel-rail contact loss caused by...In actual line operation,the critical velocity is one of the key physical quantities of rail design owing to its great infuence on the riding comfort and safety of vehicles due to the wheel-rail contact loss caused by the abrupt change of rail foundation rigidity,rail wear,or abruptness irregularities on rail.In this study,the short floating slab track(SFST)structure is regarded as a double-layer system.The Euler beam and the rigid body model are adopted for the rail and the floating slab,respectively.and the dispersion equation and the theoretical critical velocity of the rail structure under ideal conditions are deduced.Besides,this st udy considers the implementation of the SFST in the vehicle-structure coupling system.The alterable element method is introduced for accurately simulating the change of the whee-rail contact state and coding a vehicle-structure dynamic analysis program(VSDAP)to calculate the critical velocity of rail structures from the dynamic response of vehicles and rail structures.The principle of its design at the beginning of the design is given on the basis of the theoretical value of the critical velocity and the simulation of the dynamic response,which can provide reference for practical engineering design.展开更多
A theoretical model for calculating the stress and strain states of cabling structures with different loadings has been developed in this paper. We solve the problem for the first- and second-stage cable with tensile ...A theoretical model for calculating the stress and strain states of cabling structures with different loadings has been developed in this paper. We solve the problem for the first- and second-stage cable with tensile or bending strain. The contact and friction forces between the strands are presented by two-dimensional contact model. Several theoretical models have been proposed to verify the results when the triplet subjected to the tensile strain, including contact force, contact stresses, and mechanical loss. It is found that loadings will affect the friction force and the mechanical loss of the triplet. The results show that the contact force and mechanical loss are dependent on the twist pitch. A shorter twist pitch can lead to higher contact force, while the trend of mechanical loss with twist pitch is complicated. The mechanical loss may be reduced by adjusting the twist pitch reasonably. The present model provides a simple analysis method to investigate the mechanical behaviors in multistage-structures under different loads.展开更多
Collisions between multibody systems are irreversible processes which cause loss of internal energy by a stress wave that propagates in the impacting bodies away from the region of impact. A coefficient of restitution...Collisions between multibody systems are irreversible processes which cause loss of internal energy by a stress wave that propagates in the impacting bodies away from the region of impact. A coefficient of restitution relating to approach velocity is introduced to denote the losses of translational kinetic energy. A parameter β involved in internal energy losses has been obtained to calculate the coefficient of restitution. As a result, the internal energy losses caused by elastic stress waves and the contact duration in metals can be calculated numerically for the collision between circular cylinder and half plane. The metals include aluminum alloys, steel-mild 1020, steel-stainless austenitic 304, tungsten alloys, copper alloys, nickel alloys and titanium alloys. By introducing a coefficient of velocity-frequency, an exponential aggression equation related the normalized oscillating frequency and normalized approach velocity has been obtained by the numerical method.展开更多
CNTs-Ag-G electrical contact composite material was prepared by means of powder metallurgical method. The influence of the graphite content on sliding wear characteristics of electrical contact levels was examined. In...CNTs-Ag-G electrical contact composite material was prepared by means of powder metallurgical method. The influence of the graphite content on sliding wear characteristics of electrical contact levels was examined. In experiments, CNTs content was retained as 1% (mass fraction), and graphite was added at content levels of 8%, 10%, 13%, 15% and 18%, respectively. The results indicate that with the increase of graphite content, the contact resistance of electrical contacts is enhanced to a certain level then remains constant. Friction coefficient decreases gradually with the increase of graphite content. Wear mass loss decreases to the minimum value then increases. With the small content of graphite, the adhesive wear is hindered, which leads to the decrease of wear mass loss, while excessive graphite brings much more worn debris, resulting in the increase of mass loss. It is concluded that wear mass loss reaches the minimum value when the graphite mass fraction is about 13%. Compared with conventional Ag-G contact material, the wear mass loss of CNTs-Ag-G composite is much less due to the obvious increase of hardness and electrical conductivity, decline of friction surface temperature and inhibition of adhesive wear between composites and slip rings.展开更多
Background: Occupational allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) is one of the most frequent diseases on the workplace worldwide. Its national incidence and prevalence were not previously studied in Tunisia. Objective: To a...Background: Occupational allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) is one of the most frequent diseases on the workplace worldwide. Its national incidence and prevalence were not previously studied in Tunisia. Objective: To assess incidence of occupational allergic contact dermatitis and its occupational outcome in Tunisia. Methods: Descriptive epidemiological study of all cases of occupational allergic contact dermatitis reported from 2002 to 2012 in Tunisia and recognized by the medical commissions of the National Health Insurance Fund. Results: 315 cases of occupational ACD were collected representing an annual incidence of 31.65 cases/100.000 workers in the private sector in Tunisia. The mean age of our population was 42.70 ± 9.02 years with a male predominance (sex ratio 3.03). The most affected sectors were the clothing sector (14.3% of cases) and the cement industry (13.7% of cases). Patch tests were positive in 188 patients (59.67%). The most frequently positive allergen was potassium dichromate in 27.3% of the cases. Overall, 25.4% of patients had lost their jobs. After multiple binary logistic regression, job loss had a statistically significant relationship with localization of lesions on the face and on dominant hand. Conclusion: Occupational ACD is frequent in Tunisia and is responsible for an important rate of job loss. Preventive measures must be reinforced, especially the wearing of protective gloves.展开更多
Superconducting TF and PF coils have been measured in SULTAN test facility. Segregated copper strands are included in four NbTi CICC and this is a technical innovation. Two AC losses measurement methods, calorimetric ...Superconducting TF and PF coils have been measured in SULTAN test facility. Segregated copper strands are included in four NbTi CICC and this is a technical innovation. Two AC losses measurement methods, calorimetric and electromagnetic methods, have been used in the experiments, and a broad frequency range (from 0.05 Hz to 6 Hz) is covered in sample test. The purpose of this experiment was to investigate AC losses of TF and PF CICC conductor including segregated copper and to check the design of PF and TF CICC coated with different resistive barriers (Pb-30Sn-2Sb and Ni plating on NbTi strands).展开更多
Wear is an important issue in hip implants. Excessive wear can lead to toxicity and other implant associated medical issues such as patient discomfort and decreased mobility. Since implant wear is the result of contac...Wear is an important issue in hip implants. Excessive wear can lead to toxicity and other implant associated medical issues such as patient discomfort and decreased mobility. Since implant wear is the result of contact between surfaces of femoral head and acetabulum implant, it is important to establish a model that can address implant surface roughness interaction. A statistical contact model is developed for the interaction of femoral head and acetabulum implant in which surface roughness effects are included. The model accounts for the elastic-plastic interaction of the implant surface roughness. For this purpose femoral head and acetabulum implants are considered as macroscopically spherical surfaces containing micron-scale roughness. Approximate equations are obtained that relate the contact force to the mean surface separation explicitly. Closed form equations are obtained for hysteretic energy loss in implant using the approximate equations.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12072183,11872236,11702164,and 11702166).
文摘We simulate the mechanical-chemical coupling during delithiation and relaxation of a cathode in a solid-state lithium-ion battery.Contact loss at the interface between the active particle and the solid electrolyte is considered.Uphill diffusion is observed during delithiation and relaxation.This phenomenon is explained by analyzing the total chemical potential and its two components.Contact loss at the interface greatly influences the stress and stress gradient in the active particle.As delithiation continues,the stress and stress gradient grow considerably,and the mechanical part of the total chemical potential becomes dominant over the chemical part of it.In the latter stage of delithiation,the influence of the incomplete interfacial constraint on the stress becomes dominant,while the effect of the concentration gradient becomes negligible.After relaxation,the concentration and stress gradients increase in a particle with contact loss.The influence of the degree of contact loss on the mechanical-chemical coupling is investigated.The overall tensile stress in the active particle increases with decreasing contact loss,causing a sharp decrease in local concentration.We also check the effect of the elastic modulus of the solid electrolyte on the coupling of the active material.A rigid solid electrolyte with a higher elastic modulus more strongly restricts the active particle,leading to a higher tensile stress,a larger stress gradient,and a greater concentration gradient.
基金This work is supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Nos.2021YFF0502100 and 2021YFB2600900)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52022085 and 52278461)the Sichuan Provincial Youth Science and Technology Innovation Team(No.2022JDTD0015),China.
文摘To accurately identify the potential contact loss of the China railway track system(CRTS)III prefabricated slab track,a finite element model with contact loss of self-compacting concrete(SCC)under transient impact was established.Then the vertical accelerations near impact points on the track slab surface were extracted to obtain damage-sensitive indices in the time and frequency domains.The indices were initially normalized to obtain independent items of evidence before the Dempster-Shafer(D-S)evidence theory was used to fuse these into one.Finally,a two-stage identification was performed to identify the damaged SCC area,comprising a rough identification(Stage I)and a precise identification(Stage II).The research results show that the damage indices extracted based on the transient impact response change abruptly at the damage location,and that can be used for damage identification.However,the use of a single index to determine the damage of the impact point may be misjudged.In Stage I,five damage indices of acceleration were fused to magnify the difference between the damaged point and undamaged point,thereby improving the accuracy of finding damage.In Stage II,in the area where more impact points were added,a fusion of three indices of acceleration response,that is,the absolute mean of the time domain,the maximum amplitude of the frequency domain,and the power density ratio,further narrowed down the area where damage exists.As a result,when the contact loss of SCC is greater than 50%along the thickness direction,the identification accuracy can be as high as 70%to 80%.The two-stage identification method proposed in this study can greatly improve the efficiency of interlayer damage detection of slab tracks and is expected to provide effective technical support for damage identification of track structures in the future.
基金the National Natural Science Founda-tion of China(No.51675324)the Shanghai Founda-tion for University Key Teacher(No,ZZGCD15039)New Energy Vehicle Vibration and Noise Test and Control Professional Technical Service Platform(No.18DZ2295900)。
文摘In actual line operation,the critical velocity is one of the key physical quantities of rail design owing to its great infuence on the riding comfort and safety of vehicles due to the wheel-rail contact loss caused by the abrupt change of rail foundation rigidity,rail wear,or abruptness irregularities on rail.In this study,the short floating slab track(SFST)structure is regarded as a double-layer system.The Euler beam and the rigid body model are adopted for the rail and the floating slab,respectively.and the dispersion equation and the theoretical critical velocity of the rail structure under ideal conditions are deduced.Besides,this st udy considers the implementation of the SFST in the vehicle-structure coupling system.The alterable element method is introduced for accurately simulating the change of the whee-rail contact state and coding a vehicle-structure dynamic analysis program(VSDAP)to calculate the critical velocity of rail structures from the dynamic response of vehicles and rail structures.The principle of its design at the beginning of the design is given on the basis of the theoretical value of the critical velocity and the simulation of the dynamic response,which can provide reference for practical engineering design.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 11202087, 11472120, 11421062)the National Key Project of Scientific Instrument and Equipment Development (Grant 11327802)+1 种基金the National Key Project of Magneto-Constrained Fusion Energy Development Program (Grant 2013GB110002)New Century Excellent Talents in University of Ministry of Education of China (Grant NCET-13-0266)
文摘A theoretical model for calculating the stress and strain states of cabling structures with different loadings has been developed in this paper. We solve the problem for the first- and second-stage cable with tensile or bending strain. The contact and friction forces between the strands are presented by two-dimensional contact model. Several theoretical models have been proposed to verify the results when the triplet subjected to the tensile strain, including contact force, contact stresses, and mechanical loss. It is found that loadings will affect the friction force and the mechanical loss of the triplet. The results show that the contact force and mechanical loss are dependent on the twist pitch. A shorter twist pitch can lead to higher contact force, while the trend of mechanical loss with twist pitch is complicated. The mechanical loss may be reduced by adjusting the twist pitch reasonably. The present model provides a simple analysis method to investigate the mechanical behaviors in multistage-structures under different loads.
文摘Collisions between multibody systems are irreversible processes which cause loss of internal energy by a stress wave that propagates in the impacting bodies away from the region of impact. A coefficient of restitution relating to approach velocity is introduced to denote the losses of translational kinetic energy. A parameter β involved in internal energy losses has been obtained to calculate the coefficient of restitution. As a result, the internal energy losses caused by elastic stress waves and the contact duration in metals can be calculated numerically for the collision between circular cylinder and half plane. The metals include aluminum alloys, steel-mild 1020, steel-stainless austenitic 304, tungsten alloys, copper alloys, nickel alloys and titanium alloys. By introducing a coefficient of velocity-frequency, an exponential aggression equation related the normalized oscillating frequency and normalized approach velocity has been obtained by the numerical method.
基金Project(50271021) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(ZD2008003) supported by Key Science Foundation of the Education Department of Anhui Province, China+2 种基金Project(CF07-10) supported by the Innovation Center for Postgraduates at HFNL (USTC), ChinaProject(KF0702) supported by the Open Project Program of Ministry of Education of ChinaProject supported by Nippon Sheet Glass Foundation of Japan for Materials Science and Engineering
文摘CNTs-Ag-G electrical contact composite material was prepared by means of powder metallurgical method. The influence of the graphite content on sliding wear characteristics of electrical contact levels was examined. In experiments, CNTs content was retained as 1% (mass fraction), and graphite was added at content levels of 8%, 10%, 13%, 15% and 18%, respectively. The results indicate that with the increase of graphite content, the contact resistance of electrical contacts is enhanced to a certain level then remains constant. Friction coefficient decreases gradually with the increase of graphite content. Wear mass loss decreases to the minimum value then increases. With the small content of graphite, the adhesive wear is hindered, which leads to the decrease of wear mass loss, while excessive graphite brings much more worn debris, resulting in the increase of mass loss. It is concluded that wear mass loss reaches the minimum value when the graphite mass fraction is about 13%. Compared with conventional Ag-G contact material, the wear mass loss of CNTs-Ag-G composite is much less due to the obvious increase of hardness and electrical conductivity, decline of friction surface temperature and inhibition of adhesive wear between composites and slip rings.
文摘Background: Occupational allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) is one of the most frequent diseases on the workplace worldwide. Its national incidence and prevalence were not previously studied in Tunisia. Objective: To assess incidence of occupational allergic contact dermatitis and its occupational outcome in Tunisia. Methods: Descriptive epidemiological study of all cases of occupational allergic contact dermatitis reported from 2002 to 2012 in Tunisia and recognized by the medical commissions of the National Health Insurance Fund. Results: 315 cases of occupational ACD were collected representing an annual incidence of 31.65 cases/100.000 workers in the private sector in Tunisia. The mean age of our population was 42.70 ± 9.02 years with a male predominance (sex ratio 3.03). The most affected sectors were the clothing sector (14.3% of cases) and the cement industry (13.7% of cases). Patch tests were positive in 188 patients (59.67%). The most frequently positive allergen was potassium dichromate in 27.3% of the cases. Overall, 25.4% of patients had lost their jobs. After multiple binary logistic regression, job loss had a statistically significant relationship with localization of lesions on the face and on dominant hand. Conclusion: Occupational ACD is frequent in Tunisia and is responsible for an important rate of job loss. Preventive measures must be reinforced, especially the wearing of protective gloves.
文摘Superconducting TF and PF coils have been measured in SULTAN test facility. Segregated copper strands are included in four NbTi CICC and this is a technical innovation. Two AC losses measurement methods, calorimetric and electromagnetic methods, have been used in the experiments, and a broad frequency range (from 0.05 Hz to 6 Hz) is covered in sample test. The purpose of this experiment was to investigate AC losses of TF and PF CICC conductor including segregated copper and to check the design of PF and TF CICC coated with different resistive barriers (Pb-30Sn-2Sb and Ni plating on NbTi strands).
文摘Wear is an important issue in hip implants. Excessive wear can lead to toxicity and other implant associated medical issues such as patient discomfort and decreased mobility. Since implant wear is the result of contact between surfaces of femoral head and acetabulum implant, it is important to establish a model that can address implant surface roughness interaction. A statistical contact model is developed for the interaction of femoral head and acetabulum implant in which surface roughness effects are included. The model accounts for the elastic-plastic interaction of the implant surface roughness. For this purpose femoral head and acetabulum implants are considered as macroscopically spherical surfaces containing micron-scale roughness. Approximate equations are obtained that relate the contact force to the mean surface separation explicitly. Closed form equations are obtained for hysteretic energy loss in implant using the approximate equations.