Effective electroelastic constants for three-phase confocal elliptical cylinder model in piezoelectric quasicrystal composites

A three-phase confocal elliptical cylinder model is proposed to analyze micromechanics of one-dimensional hexagonal piezoelectric quasicrystal （PQC） compos- ites. Exact solutions of the phonon, phason, and electric fields are obtained by using the conformal mapping combined with the Laurent expansion technique when the model is subject to far-field anti-plane mechanical and in-plane electric loadings. The effective elec- troelastic constants of several different composites made up of PQC, quasicrystal （QC）, and piezoelectric （PE） materials are predicted by the generalized self-consistent method. Numerical examples are conducted to show the effects of the volume fraction and the cross-sectional shape of inclusion （or fiber） on the effective electroelastic constants of these composites. Compared with other micromechanical methods, the generalized self- consistent and Mori-Tanaka methods can predict the effective electroelastic constants of the composites consistently.

SIMULATED MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR HIGH PRESSURE CYLINDER WALL TEMPERATURE OF HOMEMADE TURBINE

In order to balance the contradiction between the demand of high precision and that of short time interval of model computing for the power plant simulator, a set of simulated mathematical models are constructed. The model describes the cylinder wall temperature located at four key positions of the high pressure cylinder. The simulated model is confirmed to be not only simple but also precise via comparison between the simulated results and the autoptic data of a power plant.

ADAPTIVE CONTROLLER AND ITS APPLICATION IN FORCE SYSTEM OF ASYMMETRIC CYLINDER CONTROLLED BY SYMMETRIC VALVE

Partial pressure, system vibration and asymmetric system dynamic performance exit in asymmetric cylinder controller by symmetric valve hydraulic system. To solve this problem in the force control system, model reference adaptive controller is designed using equilibrium point stability theory and output error equation polynomial. The reference model is selected in such a way that it meets the system dynamic performance. Hardware configuration of asymmetric cylinder controlled by asymmetric valve hydraulic system is replaced by intelligent control algorithm, thus the cost is lowered and easy to application. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed adaptive control sheme has good adaptive ability and well solves asymmetric dynamic performance problem. The designed adaptive controller is fairly robust to load disturbance and system parameter variation.

Mechanical properties of double-stranded DNA biofilm with Gaussian distribution

In microcantilever-based label-free biodetection technologies, deflection changes induced by adsorptions of double-stranded DNA （dsDNA） molecules on Au-layer surface are greatly affected by the mechanical, thermal and electrical properties of DNA biofilm. In this paper, the elastic properties of dsDNA biofilm are studied. First, the Parsegian＇s empirical potential based on a mesoscopic liq- uid crystal theory is employed to describe the interaction energy among coarse-grained DNA cylinders. Then, con- sidering a Gaussian distribution of DNA interaxial distance, the thought experiment method is used to derive an analyti- cal expression for Young＇s modulus of DNA biofilm with a stochastic packing pattern for the first time. Results show that Young＇s modulus of DNA biofilm is on the order of 10 MPa. These findings could provide a simple and effective method to evaluate the mechanical properties of soft biofilm on snbstrate.

Elastic Mechanical Stress Analysis in a 2D-FGM Thick Finite Length Hollow Cylinder with Newly Developed Material Model

In this paper a new 2D-FGM material model based on Mori-Tanaka scheme and third-order transition function has been developed for a thick hollow cylinder of finite length.Elastic mechanical stress analysis is performed by utilizing the finite element method.The corresponding material,displacement and stress distributions are evaluated for different values of nr and nz.Moreover,the effects of different material property distributions on the effective stress with respect to the metallic phase volume fraction are investigated.It is demonstrated that the increase in nr and V_m leads to a significant reduction in the effective stress.Finally,it is shown that the ceramic phase rich cylinder wall has lower maximum effective stresses of which the lowest value of effective stress has been evaluated for nr=20 and nz=5.This minimum value is about half the maximum effective stress which has been evaluated for the non-FGM cylinder case（nr=nz=0.1）.

Wave Heave Compensation Based on An Optimized Backstepping Control Method

The vessel heave motion caused by wave action increases the difficulty of installing offshore wind equipment.On-board wave heave compensation devices have therefore become increasingly critical in ensuring the stability and safety of the gangway and working platform.This study accordingly improves the compensation effect of such devices by developing a wave heave compensation model and designing an optimized backstepping control method.First,a model of the compensation system including the servo motor and electric cylinder is established by using the mechanism method.Second,a backstepping control method is designed to track the vessel heave motion,and particle swarm optimization is applied to optimize the control parameters.Finally,MATLAB/Simulink is used to simulate the application of the optimized backstepping controller,then regular and irregular heave motions are applied as input to a Stewart platform to evaluate the effectiveness of the control method.The experimental results show that the compensation efficiency provided by the proposed optimized backstepping control method is larger than 75.0%.

Study on behaviors of functionally graded shape memory alloy cylinder

For better controllability in actuations,it is desirable to create Functionally Graded Shape Memory Alloys（FG-SMAs）in the actuation direction.It can be achieved by applying different heat treatment processes to create the gradient along the radius of a SMA cylinder.Analytical solutions are derived to predict the macroscopic behaviors of such a functionally graded SMA cylinder.The Tresca yield criterion and linear hardening are used to describe the different phase transformations with different gradient parameters.The numerical results for an example of the model exhibit different pseudo-elastic behaviors from the non-gradient case,as well as a variational hysteresis loop for the transformation,providing a mechanism for easy actuation control.When the gradient disappears,the model can degenerate to the non-gradient case.

Multi-scale magnetic resonance measurements and validation of Discrete Element Model simulations

This short review describes the capabilities of magnetic resonance （MR） to image opaque single- and two-phase granular systems, such as rotating cylinders and gas-fluidized beds operated in different fluidization regimes. The unique capability of MR to not only image the solids＇ distribution （voidage） but also the velocity of the particulate phase is clearly shown. It is demonstrated that MR can provide measurements over different length and time scales. With the MR equipment used for the studies summarized here, temporal and spatial scales range from sub-millisecond to hours and from a few hundred micrometres to a few centimetres, respectively. Besides providing crucial data required for an improved understanding of the underlying physics of granular flows, multi-scale MR measurements were also used to validate numerical simulations of granular systems. It is shown that predictions of time-averaged properties, such as voidage and velocity of the particulate phase, made using the Discrete Element Model agree very well with MR measurements.

Comparison of stem volume estimates from terrestrial point clouds for mature Douglas-fir(Pseudotsuga menziessi(Mirb.)Franco)

As a complement to traditional estimates of stem dimensions from numerical models,terrestrial light detection and ranging(Lidar)provides direct stem diameter and volume values using cylindrical models constructed from point clouds.This study used two approaches to estimate total stem volume using Lidar and compared them with two empirical equations,one used by the Forest Inventory Analysis in the Pacific Northwest(FIA-PNW)and one based on a taper equation.We fitted point clouds of 10 Douglas-fir with three sets of cylinder models that are distinguished by their segment length(i.e.0.5 m,1 m,and 2 m),then developed three taper equations based on the point-cloud-based diameter estimated previously.We estimated the total stem volume of the tree with eight models:six-point cloudbased(i.e.three taper and three cylinders)and two empirical.Finally,we used simulations to extrapolate the volume estimations of various methods for different diameters at breast height(DBH)classes.We found that all the point-cloud-based taper equations were similar in their performance(R2¼0:94,RMSE=4.6 cm)and produced mean volume estimates greater than mean estimates of the existing models.The cylinder models produced 11–16%greater mean volume estimates than the FIA-PNW estimate,with the 0.5 m segment length producing the greatest values,followed by the 1 m and 2 m segment length.The simulated data suggested that the mean volume estimates of a given DBH class are different when using different computation methods.ANOVA revealed a combined effect of the computation methods and the DBH class on the mean volume estimates.We conclude that the point-cloud-based taper equations,after being symmetrically calibrated,would be consistent with the regional stem volume estimates,whereas the cylinder models would be better in estimating individual stem volume.When constructing Lidar-based cylinder models in future applications,cylinder segment length would need to be adjusted to the length and DBH of the stem,as well as to the objectives of the research.