Simulation on damage effectiveness of hexagonal prism aimable warhead with multi-point synchronous initiations

In order to study the impacts of warhead geometry and initiation pattern on the lethality of aimable warhead, multi-point synchronous initiated hexagonal prism and cylindrical warheads were compared through numerical simulation, combined with theoretical formulas of fragment decelera- tion and target plugging. Enhancements of fragment velocity, kinetic energy and density toward the target and target destructions were analyzed. The results show that hexagonal prism warhead can produce dense fragment beams and enhance average velocity and kinetic energy with asymmetric eight-point initiation by 24. 13% and 54. 52% respectively, which are higher than those of the isomet- ric or same weight cylindrical warhead. The effective fragments are still relatively concentrated in an area of 8 m × 2 m for the hexagonal prism warhead when the distance between warhead and target is 40 m.

SCATTERING PHASE MATRICES OF ICE CRYSTALS WITH HEXAGONAL PRISM AND TRIANGULAR PYRAMID FORM—A VECTOR RAY TRACING METHOD

The work presented previously by the authors(Cai and Liou,1982)has been extended in this paper. By making use of our improved model the calculations on scattering phase matrices of hexagonal prism ice crystals(HPIC)have been conducted for monodisperse and polydisperse systems.Compared with the model of Cai and Liou,the required computational quantity is decreased by about two orders of magni- tude and the errors of results are less for the new model.Meanwhile,the scattering phase matrices of triangular pyramid ice crystals(TPIC)are also computed in the paper,and the comparison between the scatterings of the two forms of ice crystals is performed.

Multi-frequency focusing of microjets generated by polygonal prisms

We systematically investigate the power distribution characteristics of microjets generated by prismatic scatterers with different shapes at sub-THz region(λ = 8.57 mm). Among these prismatic scatterers, the hexagonal-type one shows better focusing feature than the others. Aiming at the hexagonal-type one, we propose a double-layer scatterer composed of a Teflon hexagonal prism as an outer layer and a semiconductor cuboid as an inner layer. Aiming at the double-layer scatterer, we further study the effects of refractive index, size, and shape of the inner cuboid on microjet’s features. The study allows us to present an optimized double-layer scatterer, which has a side length λ/2(λ) and a refractive index 2.0(1.4) for the inner(outer) layer. We show that the optimized scatterer can produce an ultra-strong, ultra-narrow microjet with a power enhancement of;0 and a full width at half maximum(FWHM) of;0.26λ, and the microjet is just located at the output face. The microjet keeps compact within the distance range of λ from the output face. These features and effects are explained from the viewpoint of ray optics theory. According to the optimized double-layer scatterer, we further study the multi-frequency focusing features of the microjets, and find that the microjet remains good features at harmonic frequencies 2f_(0) and 3f_(0). In addition, we investigate the effect of an Au sphere presence in the center of the microjet on the power distribution. The results show that a spherical dark spot with a size similar to that of the Au sphere emerges in the area where the Au sphere is placed. The feature can be used to measure the size of a metallic particle.

Pd/silicalite-1: An highly active catalyst for the oxidative removal of toluene

Catalytic combustion is thought as an efficient and economic pathway to remove volatile organic compounds, and its critical issue is the development of high-performance catalytic materials. In this work, we used the in situ synthesis method to prepare the silicalite-1(S-1)-supported Pd nanoparticles(NPs). It is found that the as-prepared catalysts displayed a hexagonal prism morphology and a surface area of 390-440 m^(2)/g. The sample(0.28Pd/S-1-H)derived after reduction at 500°C in 10 vol% H_(2)showed the best catalytic activity for toluene combustion(T50%= 180℃ and T90%= 189℃ at a space velocity of 40,000 m L/(g·hr), turnover frequency(TOFPd) at 160℃ = 3.46 × 10^(-3)sec^(-1), and specific reaction rate at 160℃ = 63.8μmol/(gPd·sec)), with the apparent activation energy(41 k J/mol) obtained over the bestperforming 0.28Pd/S-1-H sample being much lower than those(51-70 k J/mol) obtained over the other samples(0.28Pd/S-1-A derived from calcination at 500℃ in air, 0.26Pd/S-1-im derived from the impregnation route, and 0.27Pd/ZSM-5-H prepared after reduction at 500℃ in 10 vol% H_(2)). Furthermore, the 0.28Pd/S-1-H sample possessed good thermal stability and its partial deactivation due to CO_(2) or H_(2)O introduction was reversible, but SO_(2) addition resulted in an irreversible deactivation. The possible pathways of toluene oxidation over 0.28Pd/S-1-H was toluene → p-methylbenzoquinone → maleic anhydride, benzoic acid, benzaldehyde → carbon dioxide and water. We conclude that the good dispersion of Pd NPs, high adsorption oxygen species concentration, large toluene adsorption capacity, strong acidity,and more Pd~0 species were responsible for the good catalytic performance of 0.28Pd/S-1-H.