In Situ Acquisition of Equivalent Circuit Parameters of Crystal Resonance during Copper Deposition and Dissolution in Acidic Solution by Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Impedance System

Electrochemical quartz crystal impedance system (EQCIS) which allows in situ dynamic quartz crystal impedance measurement in an electrochemical experiment was developed by combining an HP 4395A Network/Spectrum/Impedance analyzer with an EG&G M283 potentiostat. Equivalent circuit parameters of crystal resonance change significantly during electrodeposition and dissolution of copper in 0.1 mol/L H2SO4 aqueous solution in a cyclic potential sweep experiment, which is explained with an overall picture of mass loading, solution density and viscosity, etc..

The Equivalent Parameters of an Inclined Slot in Two Crossed Waveguides with Radiating Slots

The effect of longitudinal-offset radiating slots on a centered-inclined feeding slot in the common broad wall of the two crossed rectangular waveguides is analysed quantitatively. The corresponding equivalent parameters are computed by employing the moment method. The numerical results of resonant length of the feeding slot, VSWR and coupling parameter are showed and compared with the case of no radiating slots and short-end. The agreement between theory and experiment is good.

Equivalent Impedance Parameter Calculation of Three-phase Symmetrical Loads for Harmonic Source Location

The equivalent impedance parameters of loads have been widely used to identify and locate the harmonic sources.However,the existing calculation methods suffer from outliers caused by the zero-crossing of the denominator.These outliers can result in inaccuracy and unreliability of harmonic source location.To address this issue,this paper proposes an innovative method of equivalent impedance parameter calculation of three-phase symmetrical loads that avoid outliers.The correctness and effectiveness of the proposed method are verified by simulations on Simulink using actual monitoring data.The results show that the proposed method is not only simple and easy to implement but also highly accurate.

Inner damage identification and residual strength assessment of a 3D printed tunnel with marble-like cementitious materials using piezoelectric transducers

Quantitative damage identification of surrounding rock is important to assess the current condition and residual strength of underground tunnels.In this work,an underground tunnel model with marble-like cementitious materials was first fabricated using the three-dimensional(3D)printing technique and then loaded to simulate its failure mode in the laboratory.Lead zirconate titanate piezoelectric(PZT)transducers were embedded in the surrounding rock around the tunnel in the process of 3D printing.A 3D monitoring network was formed to locate damage areas and evaluate damage extent during loading.Results show that as the load increased,main cracks firstly appeared above the tunnel roof and below the floor,and then they coalesced into the tunnel boundary.Finally,the tunnel model was broken into several parts.The resonant frequency and the peak of the conductance signature firstly shifted rightwards with loading due to the sealing of microcracks,and then shifted backwards after new cracks appeared.An overall increase in the root-mean-square deviation(RMSD)calculated from conductance signatures of all the PZT transducers was observed as the load(damage)increased.Damage-dependent equivalent stiffness parameters(ESPs)were calculated from the real and imaginary signatures of each PZT at different damage states.Satisfactory agreement between equivalent and experimental ESP values was achieved.Also,the relationship between the change of the ESP and the residual strength was obtained.The method paves the way for damage identification and residual strength estimation of other 3D printed structures in civil engineering.

Time-domain identification of dynamic properties of layered soil by using extended Kalman filter and recorded seismic data

A novel time-domain identification technique is developed for the seismic response analysis of soil-structure interaction.A two-degree-of-freedom (2DOF) model with eight lumped parameters is adopted to model the frequency- dependent behavior of soils.For layered soil,the equivalent eight parameters of the 2DOF model are identified by the extended Kalman filter (EKF) method using recorded seismic data.The polynomial approximations for derivation of state estimators are applied in the EKF procedure.A realistic identification example is given for the layered-soil of a building site in Anchorage,Alaska in the United States.Results of the example demonstrate the feasibility and practicality of the proposed identification technique.The 2DOF soil model and the identification technique can be used for nonlinear response analysis of soil-structure interaction in the time-domain for layered or complex soil conditions.The identified parameters can be stored in a database tor use in other similar soil conditions,lfa universal database that covers information related to most soil conditions is developed in the thture,engineers could conveniently perform time history analyses of soil-structural interaction.

A SEMI-ANALYSIS METHOD OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH VARIABLE COEFFICIENTS UNDER COMPLICATED BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

Based on a method of finite element model and combined with matrix theory, a method for solving differential equation with variable coefficients is proposed. With the method, it is easy to deal with the differential equations with variable coefficients. On most occasions and due to the nonuniformity nature, nonlinearity property can cause the equations of the kinds. Using the model, the satisfactory valuable results with only a few units can be obtained.

A Study on a Partially Immersed Gold Electrode Using an Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Impedance System

The electrochemical quartz crystal impedance system (EQCIS) has been used for the study of a partially immersed Au electrode in 0.2 mol/L NaClO4 aqueous solution. The influences of the immersed area and height of the electrode on the EQCIS responses were evaluated, showing the highest response sensitivity to liquid loading at the center of the piezoelectric quartz crystal electrode. The increase in the immersed height of the Au electrode at oxygen reduction potentials during potential cycling was measured by this technique.

An Inverse Method for Equivalent Gray Gas Radiation Characteristic Parameter

Compared with non-gray model,equivalent gray model has equal calculation accuracy but much higher computing speed.To solve the existing problems of the equivalent gray method,sole ternary model was developed.In the model,coupling solving process of energy balance equations is omitted and the model zone is real closed.Meanwhile,the full furnace temperature and heat flow calculations are avoided,which makes it easier to find the relationship between the equivalent gray gas radiation characteristic parameter and the initial conditions.The radiation characteristic parameter was calculated with different temperature combinations,different model zone sizes and different partial pressures of absorbent gas.The results show the similar variations in the absorption coefficient and emissivity for the equivalent gray model,which both decrease with the increase of the gas temperature and the surface temperature（especially the former one）as well as the model zone size while increase with the increase of the partial pressure of absorbent gas.

Equivalent Source Method Approachto Compositely Postsina Rectangular Waveguide

The campontely structured inductive waveguide elements are analyzed by making use ofthe equivalent source method in this paper The number and cross section of the inductive posts are arbi-trary, and they are of rither pure metallic or pure dielectric lype , or composed of both metallic and di-electric ones. A number of inductive waveguide elements are numerically analyzed and a good agree-ment is achieved in comiparison with the measured data or results available in published literalures.

Standing window of oblique detonation with pathological behaviour

Standing of an Oblique Detonation Wave(ODW)on a wedge within combustor is the prerequisite of thrust generation for ODW engine which is regarded as a novel and conceptual propulsion device with hypersonic flight Mach number.Usually a standing window of ODW is defined as the wedge angle ranged from the ODW detached angle from wedge(upper limit)to the angle that a Chapman-Jouguet(CJ)detonation occurs(lower limit).For pathological detonation cases,however,the CJ detonation cannot be achieved,and thus the lower limit of the standing window of ODW should be revisited.In present study,two types of reactions in hypersonic incoming flow that include the behavior of pathological detonation,that is,the single-step irreversible reaction with mole variation and the two-step irreversible reactions with exothermic process followed by endothermic process,have been used for studying standing behavior of ODW.The steady detonation polar analysis of ODW is carried out for both reaction systems.The results reveal that the reaction with more mole decrement and the reactions with stronger endothermic process show the pathological detonation feature and therefore modify the lower limit of standing window of ODW.Three equivalent parameters are proposed to quantitatively measure the standing window range of ODW from points of view of thermodynamics,Mach number of incoming flow and heat effect of reactions.It is found that the standing window of ODW is determined by the specific heat ratio,the overdrive degree of detonation and the endothermic level of the hypersonic incoming flow,regardless of whether the detonation is pathological or not.

Analyzing the response of a contactless conductivity detector in capillary electrophoresis by a resonant method

We report a resonant method to measure the wall capacitance（C_w） and solution resistance（R_S） in a capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detector（C^4D）.Under the typical operating conditions in capillary electrophoresis（I.D.50μm,O.D. 360μm,electrode length of 4 mm,electrode gap of 1 mm,frequency of 200 kHz）,the values of C_w measured in 1 and 20 mmol/L NaCl solutions are 2.8 and 32 fF,which are only 1.1%and 12%of prediction by the equation in references,respectively.The value of R_S is less than the prediction in solutions withκ〈0.02 S/m.The response current of C^4D is due to the change in C_w because the total impedance of a C^4D is composed mainly by the impedance from C_w.

Implementation of a new network equilibrium model of travel choices

This paper develops a new combined network equilibrium model by using more behaviorally sound mathematical forms to represent the four travel choices（i.e., trip frequency,destination, mode, and route） in a conventional travel demand forecasting process. Trip frequency choice relates to the traveler decision on “making a trip” or “not making a trip”so it is given by a binary logit model. Destination choice is formulated as a parameterized dogit model of which the captivity parameters（expressed as functions of independent variables） allow individual travelers to be captive to specific destinations. Mode choice is given by a two-level nested logit model to avoid IIA restriction. Trip assignment is based on Wardrop＇s “user-optimized” principle. All model forms describing travel choices are in response to the level of services incurred by the transportation system. Through the introduction of inclusive values, the traveler decisions concerning trip frequency, destination, mode, and route choices are inherently interrelated and jointly determined.To obtain solutions of the new combined model, it was reformulated as an equivalent convex programming problem with linear constraints, a great advantage from the computational aspects. The model was applied empirically to a transportation network in New Jersey. The application results show that the new model is consistently better than the commonly used logit combined model in reproducing the observed trip flows from origin zones, origin to destination（O-D） trip flows, O-D trip flows by mode, and trip flows on the network links.