The Behavior of Amphiphile at Oil-Water Interface by Monte Carlo Simulation

A novel simple two-dimensional square-lattice model of amphiphile at oil-water interface is developed,in which oil and water act as solvent and occupy empty sites and amphiphile occupies chains of sites. In this model, the oil-water interface is fixed, And amphiphile molecules will be enriched at the oil-water interface. The interfacial concentration of amphiphile calculated by Monte Carlo method shows that it is easier for the hydrophilic-hydrophobic balanced amphiphile to stay at the interface. And the adsorption of amphiphile increases with the increase of amphiphile concentration and the decrease with temperature.

Synergistic Effect of Amphiphiles at Oil-Water Interface: By Monte Carlo Simulation

Amphiphile-oil-water system is complicated. The real behavior of amphiphile in the interface is still undnown despite that this behavior is very important in determining the stability of emulsion system. In this paper, the interface properties of amphiphile at oil-water interface were investigated by a square-lattice model Monte Carlo simulation method. The synergistic effect was found for hydrophobic and hydrophilic amphiphile mixture systems; and the synergistic effect disappears or was weakened as the amphiphile at the interface region became dilute with the increasing of temperature.

Numerical Investigation on Fracture Initiation Properties of Interface Crack in Dissimilar Steel Welded Joints

Fracture toughness property is of significant importance when evaluating structural safety.The current research of fracture toughness mainly focused on crack in homogeneous material and experimental results.When the crack is located in a welded joint with high-gradient microstructure and mechanical property distribution,it becomes difficult to evaluate the fracture toughness behavior since the stress distribution may be affected by various factors.In recent years,numerical method has become an ideal approach to reveal the essence and mechanism of fracture toughness behavior.This study focuses on the crack initiation behavior and driving force at different interfaces in dissimilar steel welded joints.The stress and strain fields around the crack tip lying at the interfaces of ductile-ductile,ductile-brittle and brittle-brittle materials are analyzed by the numerical simulation.For the interface of ductile-ductile materials,the strain concentration on the softer material side is responsible for ductile fracture initiation.For the ductile-brittle interface,the shielding effect of the ductile material plays an important role in decreasing the fracture driving force on the brittle material side.In the case of brittle-brittle interface,a careful matching is required,because the strength mismatch decreases the fracture driving force in one side,whereas the driving force in another side is increased.The results are deemed to offer support for the safety assessment of welded structures.

Recent advances in hard carbon anodes with high initial Coulombic efficiency for sodium-ion batteries

Initial Coulombic efficiency(ICE)has been widely adopted in battery research as a quantifiable indicator for the lifespan,energy density and rate performance of batteries.Hard carbon materials have been accepted as a promising anode family for sodium-ion batteries(SIBs)owing to their outstanding performance.However,the booming application of hard carbon anodes has been significantly slowed by the low ICE,leading to a reduced energy density at the cell level.This offers a challenge to develop high ICE hard carbon anodes to meet the applications of high-performance SIBs.Here,we discuss the definition and factors of ICE and describe several typical strategies to improve the ICE of hard carbon anodes.The strategies for boosting the ICE of such anodes are also systematically categorized into several aspects including structure design,surface engineering,electrolyte optimization and pre-sodiation.The key challenges and perspectives in the development of high ICE hard carbon anodes are also outlined.

Fracture behaviors of columnar jointed rock mass using interface mechanics theorem

For a special geological structure of columnar jointed rock mass(CJRM),its mechanical properties are strongly affected by the columnar joints.To describe the fracture behaviors of CJRM using the basic theories of interface mechanics for composite materials,the interface stresses of the vertical and horizontal joints,which are the two primary joints in the CJRM under triaxial compression,are studied,and their mathematical expressions are derived based on the superposition principle.Based on the obtained interface stresses of the vertical and horizontal joints in the CJRM,the crack initiation of the joint interface in the CJRM is studied using the maximum circumferential stress theory in fracture mechanics.Moreover,based on this investigation,the fracture behaviors of CJRM are analyzed.According to the results of similar material physical model tests for the CJRM,the theoretical study is verified.Finally,the influence of the mechanical parameters of the CJRM on the joint interface stress is discussed comprehensively.

Boosting high initial coulombic efficiency of hard carbon by in-situ electrochemical presodiation

Hard carbon(HC)is a promising anode material for sodium ion batteries(SIBs),whereas inferior initial coulombic efficiency(ICE)severely limits its practical application.In the present work,we propose an in situ electrochemical presodiation approach to improve ICE by mixing sodium biphenyl(Na-Bp)dimethoxyethane(DME)solution with DME-based ether electrolyte.A solid electrolyte interface(SEI)could be formed beforehand on the HC electrode and Na^(+)was absorbed to nanopores and graphene stacks,compensating for the sodium loss and preventing electrolyte decomposition during the initial charge and discharge cycle.By this way,the ICE of half-cells was increased to nearly 100%and that of full-cells from 45%to 96%with energy density from 132.9 to 230.5 W h kg^(-1).Our work provides an efficient and facile method for improving ICE,which can potentially promote the practical application of HCbased materials.

Propagation of P-and S-waves in initially stressed gravitating half space

The present paper contributes in studying the phase velocities of P- and S-waves in a half space subjected to a compressive initial stress and gravity field. The density and acceleration due to gravity vary quadratically along the depth. The dispersion equation is derived in a closed form. It is shown that the phase velocities depend not only on the initial stress, gravity, and direction of propagation but also on the inhomogeneity parameter associated with the density and acceleration due to gravity. Various particular cases are obtained, and the results match with the classical results. Numerical investigations on the phase velocities of P- and S-waves against the wave number are made for various sets of values of the material parameters, and the results are illustrated graphically. The graphical user interface model is developed to generalize the effect.

Interface Mechanical Behavior of Flexible Piles Under Lateral Loads in OWT Systems

This paper investigates the interface mechanical behavior of flexible piles with L_p/D>10 under lateral load and an overturning moment in monotonic loading conditions.To modify the beam-on-Winkler-foundation model of piles in offshore wind farms,the energy-based variational method is used.The soil is treated as a multi-layered elastic continuum with the assumption of three-dimensional displacements,the pile modeled as an Euler-Bernoulli beam.A series of cases using MATLAB programming was conducted to investigate the simplified equations of initial stiffness.The results indicated that the interaction between soil layers and the applied force position should be taken into account in calculating the horizontal soil resistance.Additionally,the distributed moment had a limiting effect on the lateral capacity of a flexible pile.Moreover,to account for the more realistic conditions of OWT systems,field data from the Donghai Bridge offshore wind farm were used.

DEVELOPMENT OF A PRECISE ELECTRO CHEMICAL INTERFACE

Based on the circuit principle of 1186 Electro Chemical Interface preduced by Solartron Electronic Group Ltd., a precise electro chemical interface (ECI) unit, which can provide the interfacing requirements for the control and measurement of characteristics of electro chemical cell, was developed by means of some essential improvements. Not only can it be used to control and measure the steady and non-steady state characteristics, but also it can be directly connected with Solartron 1170 series or 1250 Frequency Response Analysers (FRA) to measure the AC impedance. Besides,the EC1 can also be connected with two- or three-electrode electro chemical cell systems to test convenlently and correctly their DC and AC characteristics, and used as a four-electrode potentlostat combined with four-electrode electro chernical cell system which contains two reference electrodes (RES) for researches on the electro chemical characteristics of oil-water interface, etc.

The application of interface grouting technology in boredpile of bridge construction

The bored cast-in-place pile is the common foundation of bridge in recent years, but during the boring, the slurry effect the quality of pile a lot. Interface grouting is the method of injecting the grout to the base of pile through the embedded pipes after its concrete finished, to increase carrying capacity and reduce the settlement. This article will introduce the method to engineers in constuctions.

Influence of the initial transient state of plasma and hydrogen pre-treatment on the interface properties of a silicon heterojunction fabricated by PECVD

Amorphous/crystalline silicon heterojunctions（a-Si：H/c-Si SHJ） were prepared by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition（PECVD）.The influence of the initial transient state of the plasma and the hydrogen pre-treatment on the interfacial properties of the heteroj unctions was studied.Experimental results indicate that： （1） The instability of plasma in the initial stage will damage the surface of c-Si.Using a shutter to shield the substrate for 100 s from the starting discharge can prevent the influence of the instable plasma process on the Si surface and also the interface between a-Si and c-Si.（2） The effect of hydrogen pre-treatment on interfacial passivation is constrained by the extent of hydrogen plasma bombardment and the optimal time for hydrogen pre-treatment is about 60 s.

ANALYSIS OF A FULLY DISCRETE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR PARABOLIC INTERFACE PROBLEMS WITH NONSMOOTH INITIAL DATA

This article concerns numerical approximation of a parabolic interface problem with general L 2 initial value.The problem is discretized by a finite element method with a quasi-uniform triangulation of the domain fitting the interface,with piecewise linear approximation to the interface.The semi-discrete finite element problem is furthermore discretized in time by the k-step backward difference formula with k=1,...,6.To maintain high-order convergence in time for possibly nonsmooth L 2 initial value,we modify the standard backward difference formula at the first k−1 time levels by using a method recently developed for fractional evolution equations.An error bound of O(t−k nτk+t−1 n h 2|log h|)is established for the fully discrete finite element method for general L 2 initial data.

深水气田长距离混输模式下水相运动规律研究

陵水25-1深水气田混输管道距离长、管道爬坡段坡度大,初始投产阶段混输流体水相到达平台的时间长且预测困难,给管道安全运行带来风险。基于多相流计算模型,运用LedaFlow软件,对陵水25-1深水气田初始投产阶段的水相运动规律进行研究,并深入分析含水率、油量、气量、油水相间摩擦系数等因素对水相运行的影响。结果表明:初始投产阶段水相在爬坡段分离和积聚,形成长时间的停滞,管道坡度越大,水相波动越剧烈;含水率越高的物流,水相在爬坡段聚集时间越短;气量增大则会降低水相滞液程度,提高水相运行速度,有助于水相爬坡;油量变化对水相运行速度的影响较小,油水相间摩擦系数对爬坡段水相运动有直接影响,油水相间摩擦系数修正拟合,对实际管道运行有重要指导意义。研究结果可为深水气田开发研究提供借鉴。

共生与推拉:乡村振兴示范创建实现路径——基于全国46个优秀案例的扎根研究

作为一种创新的治理模式和实践路径,“百县千乡万村”乡村振兴示范创建顺应时代要求而生,蕴含并延续了典型治理的内在逻辑。基于扎根理论,选取《全国乡村振兴优秀案例》中的46个权威案例进行3级编码,构建双驱动式金字塔模型以阐释乡村振兴示范创建的实现路径。研究发现:共生单元是乡村振兴示范创建的行动主体,共生环境是乡村振兴示范创建的现实场域,共生界面是乡村振兴示范创建的互动逻辑,共生动力是乡村振兴示范创建的双重驱动。基于现实挑战,应构建乡村振兴示范创建成效评价机制,走人、地、业耦合发展之路,推进数字乡村建设。

冰充填裂隙对冻结岩体压缩破坏特征的影响研究

冻结岩体的力学性质是决定冻结地层工程施工与运营安全的核心因素,而冻结岩体的力学性质由裂隙结构和冻结温度等条件决定。本文在常温和冻结条件下开展了含预制裂隙砂岩的力学实验,通过高速摄影技术对试样表面的裂纹起裂和扩展过程进行了监测,基于实验结果着重讨论了冰充填裂隙对冻结岩体压缩破坏特征的影响机制。结果表明:(1)冻结没有改变试样强度随裂隙倾角的变化趋势,随裂隙倾角的增大,试样的强度均呈先减后增的趋势。强度最小值出现在裂隙倾角α=60°时,最大值出现在α=90°时;(2)在冻结状态下,试样的起裂模式随裂隙倾角的增加整体呈现“拉伸起裂→剪切起裂→拉伸起裂”的变化趋势,此外,相同裂隙倾角的试样在冻结状态下起裂的应力水平均高于在常温状态下;(3)冻结裂隙砂岩的力学性质受冻结作用和裂隙倾角双重控制。并进一步分析了冰填充裂隙对冻结岩体压缩破坏特征的影响,认为冰均起到了支撑、填充和黏结作用。在裂隙倾角较小时(0°~30°),裂隙冰的法向压力较高,强化效应主要来源于冰的支撑作用;当裂隙倾角较大(45°~75°)时,裂隙冰上的法向压力较低,强化效应主要来源于冰-岩界面黏结作用;裂隙倾角(近90°)与加载方向平行时,裂隙冰的法向应力变为拉应力,强化效应主要来源于冰-岩界面黏结作用。

两个具有初应力半空间界面波的传播特性

讨论了两个具有初应力的磁电弹半空间界面波的传播特性。在两个不同材料的具有初应力的磁电弹半空间中,由本构方程和控制方程以及界面的连续条件,推导得到两个半空间界面波(Stoneley波)的波速方程。根据对波速方程的数值分析,得到两个具有初应力的磁电弹半空间界面处的界面波的传播特性。研究结果为磁电弹材料在工程中的应用提供理论依据。

基于损伤耦合演化过程的黏土-结构物界面统计损伤本构模型

为了评估粗糙度对土与结构物界面强度特性的影响,首先,开展不同法向应力条件下黏土和不同粗糙度黏土-结构物界面强度的直剪试验,分析了土体剪切面强度和界面强度的相互关系;其次,利用图像处理软件分析黏土-结构物界面的剪切机理,提出了考虑结构物表面粗糙度影响的界面损伤耦合演化过程;第三,引入考虑界面粗糙度影响的等效初始损伤因子,基于连续损伤理论和统计强度理论建立了考虑界面损伤耦合演化过程的黏土-结构物界面统计损伤本构模型;最后,结合室内试验结果验证了模型适用性。研究结果表明:在相同法向应力条件下,界面粗糙度越大,界面强度越接近土体强度;界面强度与结构物表面粗糙度呈幂函数关系增加,其增长速率随结构物表面粗糙度增加而降低;黏土-结构物界面剪切全过程的损伤演化过程可分为等效初始损伤阶段和加载损伤阶段,其中,等效初始损伤阶段受界面粗糙度影响,加载损伤包括受荷损伤和耦合损伤。本文模型所得结果与试验结果的吻合度较高,能较好地反映黏土与结构物界面损伤本构特征。

BPN组分粒径对Slapper-BPN型EFDI发火感度的影响

为了研究硼/硝酸钾(BPN)组分粒径对Slapper-BPN型爆炸箔爆燃点火器(EFDI)发火感度的影响,设计并制备了由不同粒径的硼粉和硝酸钾组成的多个BPN配方,采用激光粒度仪表征了硼粉的粒径,讨论了硼粉粒径数量分布和体积分布的特点;通过扫描电镜(SEM)获得硝酸钾粒径对BPN药剂界面形貌的影响;根据差示扫描量热法(DSC)数据,计算了不同配方BPN的指前因子、表观活化能、最低热解温度和热爆炸临界温度,分析了BPN组分粒径对其动力学性能的影响;根据兰利法获得了不同配方BPN的临界发火电压及标准误差,讨论了BPN动力学性能和药剂界面形貌对其发火感度的影响。结果表明,BPN组分粒径主要从BPN的热分解性能和药柱界面形貌影响EFDI发火感度;BPN组分粒径变大,会使BPN药剂的最低热解温度变高,从而降低了EFDI发火感度;BPN组分粒径变小,改变了BPN药柱界面形貌,会使BPN药柱颗粒堆积更密实,减小药剂颗粒空隙,阻碍BPN的传火传热通道,在低密度装药条件下,会明显降低EFDI发火感度。因此,硼粉粒径一致性对低密度BPN发火感度的标准差具有一定影响。

A Nano-Cantilever Method for Crack Initiation at the Free Edge of the Cu/Si Interface in Nanoscale Components

Straight and Bent nano-cantilever specimens are respectively proposed to investigate the single-mode and mixed-mode crack initiation at the Cu/Si interface edge in nanoscale components. With a minute loading apparatus, all nanoscale samples are in situ loaded and observed. Numerical analysis is employed to acquire the critical interfacial stress distributions during crack initiation. The stress concentration regions near the edge of Cu/Si interface in all specimens are within the scale of 100 nm, and the critical normal and shear stresses have a circular relation in nanoscale components, which represents the fracture criterion of the interface in nanoscale components.

盐岩地下储库围岩界面变形与破损特性分析

鉴于盐岩地下储库界面对储气(油)库稳定性和密闭性的重要影响,分别从细观和宏观方面对其变形与破损特性开展研究。细观方面:开展含界面盐岩的电镜扫描试验,分析表明:盐岩与夹层界面处颗粒结合紧密、相互嵌合,胶结良好,为储库密闭性提供有利条件。宏观方面:基于复合岩体理论构建层状盐岩交接界面的应力表达式,进而分析界面的变形及破损特性。分析表明,界面附近应力状态极为复杂,硬夹层对盐岩体具有约束锚固作用,且界面处易产生应力集中,进而诱发储库围岩体裂纹扩展直至破坏。综合细观、宏观分析表明,裂纹起裂机制和渗透通道形成是界面的细观结构特性及其应力状态共同影响的结果。研究成果为进一步分析地下盐岩储库的稳定性和密闭性提供一定参考。