Integration of structural simulations into a real-time capable Overall System Simulation for complex mechatronic systems

To meet the rising demand of performing complex tasks in a highly technologized world,the development of mechatronic systems faces two major challenges:First,the system is integrated in a fast changing environment and has to cope with dynamically modified tasks and circumstances.At the same time,the development of new methods has to be fast,cost-effective and efficient.By taking care of both aspects simultaneously,simulations have become an acknowledged tool to cost-effectively and rapidly test and optimize new solutions for complex mechatronic systems,as they are common in,e.g.,robotics.Mostly,simulation methods are specialized for one purpose and thus used as a stand-alone tool to analyze the behavior of single components or certain aspects of the whole system.But with size and complexity of the system,the susceptibility to errors rises when the interaction between components fails.If a component shows minimal deviations to its nominal behavior,huge interdependencies between components of complex systems might cause system failure.The structural behavior of a single component is therefore as crucial to the functionality of the whole system as the interplay of all components.Both aspects have to be analyzed in parallel,which is nowadays barely considered.Consequently,this work presents the integration of structural simulations into the overall picture.The developed approach consists of a concept,an implementation and the validation for an automated bidirectional interaction to integrate results from Finite Element Analysis(FEA)into an existing,real-time capable Overall System Simulation for mechatronic systems in general and robotics in particular.

Simulation algorithm for spiral case structure in hydropower station

In this study, the damage-plasticity model for concrete that was verified by the model experiment was used to calculate the damage to a spiral case structure based on the damage mechanics theory. The concrete structure surrounding the spiral case was simulated with a three-dimensional finite element model. Then, the distribution and evolution of the structural damage were studied. Based on investigation of the change of gap openings between the steel liner and concrete structure, the impact of the non-uniform variation of gaps on the load-beating ratio between the steel liner and concrete structure was analyzed. The comparison of calculated results of the simplified and simulation algorithms shows that the simulation algorithm is a feasible option for the calculation of spiral case structures. In addition, the shell-spring model was introduced for optimization analysis, and the results were reasonable.

SIMULATION SYSTEM FOR FIVE-AXIS NC MACHINING USING GENERAL CUTTING TOOL

A simulation system for five axis NC machining using general cutting tools is presented This system differs from other simulation system in that it not only focuses on the geometric simulation but also focuses on the collision detection which is usually not included in NC machining simulation Besides all of these, estimating cutting forces is also discussed In order to obtain high efficiency, all algorithms use swept volume modeling technique, so the simulation system is compact and can be performed efficiently

COMPUTER SIMULATION OF STRUCTURE OF La-LaCl_3-KCl MELT

The structure of the La-LaCl_3-KCl molten system at 1223K has been investigated by computer simulation using Monte Carlo method.The partial radial distribution functions of some ion pair as well as the potential and internal energy of the system at 1223K have been calculated.The results implies that about 50% of La(Ⅲ)is six coordinated and LaCl_4^(2-) tetrahedron is the predominant configuration for La(Ⅱ). It is also concluded that the distribution of free space in the molten system is not uniform.There exist many fissures and empty holes in the molten salt.

Computer Simulation of the Structure and Propertiesof Nanocrystals

This paper provides a computer modeling method for the study of nanocrystals. Structural features,such as the boundary component proportion, the reduced density proportion, the excess lattice parameter, and the radial distribution function, have been atomistically simulated. The energy and elastic properties also have been investigated. Simulation results indicate that the structure of grain boundaries in nanocrystals is different from those of the amorphous and the gas, or rather, it is a special structure with some degree of short-range order. Moreover, the structure of crystallites is not entirely the same as that in the perfect crystal lattice. The present simulation method may become one of the foundations of the theoretical study of nanocrystals.

A New Simulation of Track Structure of Low-Energy Electrons in Liquid Water:Considering the Condensed-Phase Effect on Electron Elastic Scattering

A new Monte Carlo simulation of the track structure of low-energy electrons （〈10keV） in liquid water is presented. The feature of the simulation is taken into consideration of the condensed-phase effect of liquid water on electron elastic scattering with the use of the Champion model, while the dielectric response formalism incorporating the optical-data model developed by Emfietzoglou et al. is applied for calculating the electron inelastic scattering. The spatial distributions of energy deposition and inelastic scattering events of low-energy electrons with different primary energies in liquid water are calculated and compared with other theoretical evaluations. The present work shows that the condensed-phase effect of liquid water on electron elastic scattering may be of the influence on the fraction of absorbed energy and distribution of inelastic scattering events at lower primary energies, which also indicate potential effects on the DNA damage induced by low-energy electrons.

Effects of Internal Relaxation under Inplane Strain on the Structural,Electronic and Optical Properties of Perovskite BaZrO3

We present the specific ab-initio calculations that detail the variations of perovskite BaZrO3 caused by in-plane strain. Specifically, the internal relaxation, which was not captured in the widely used biaxial strain model, was included in a complementary manner to lattice relaxation. Density functional theory as well as a hybrid functional method based on a plane wave basis set was employed to calculate the lattice structure, elastic constants, electronic properties and optical properties of perovskite BaZrO3. The lattice parameter c exhibited a clear linear dependence on the imposed in-plane strain, but the Poisson＇s ratio caused by internal relaxation was smaller than the elastic deformation, indicating an ＂inelastic＂ or ＂plastic＂ relaxation manner caused by the introduction of internal relaxation. As a result, the related electronic and optical properties of perovskite BaZrO3 were also strongly affected by the in-plane strain, which revealed an effective way to adjust the properties of perovskite BaZrO3 via internal relaxation.

Morphology and structural stability of Pt–Pd bimetallic nanoparticles

The morphologies and structures of Pt–Pd bimetallic nanoparticles determine their chemical and physical properties.Therefore, a fundamental understanding of their morphologies and structural stabilities is of crucial importance to their applications. In this article, we have performed Monte Carlo simulations to systematically explore the structural stability and structural features of Pt–Pd alloy nanoparticles. Different Pt/Pd ratios, and particle sizes and shapes were considered.The simulated results reveal that the truncated octahedron, which has the remarkably lowest energy among all the considered shapes, exhibits the best structural stability while the tetrahedron has the worst invariably. Furthermore, all the structures of Pt–Pd alloy nanoparticles present Pd-rich in the outmost layer but Pt-rich in the sub-outmost layer. Especially, atomic distribution and chemical short-range order parameter were applied to further characterize the structural features of Pt–Pd alloy nanoparticles. This study provides a significant insight not only into the structural stability of Pt–Pd alloy nanoparticles with different compositions, and particle sizes and shapes but also to the design of bimetallic nanoparticles.

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF A LONG－PERIOD ORDERED PHASE IN Fe－C MARTENSITE AND COMPUTER SIMULATION OF ITS ELECTRON DIFFRACTION PATTERNS

Different structure models of a long-period ordered phase in Fe-C martenstie formed during aging have been checked by computer simulation of electron diffraction(ED) patterns based on these models.The results showed that the simulated ED pattern of γ'-FexC(Ⅱ) model proposed by the present authors is in good agreement with experimentally observed ED pattern.It was also confirmed that the incommensurate superperiod stems from the coexistence of several γ'-Fe_xC(H) phases with different superperiods.The Fe(144)C(24)(Fe6C) model proposed by Uwakweh et al.generated ED patterns remarkably different from the experimental ones.

Numerical simulation of vortex-induced drag of elastic swimmer models

We present numerical simulations of simplified models for swimming organisms or robots, using chordwise flexible elastic plates. We focus on the tip vortices originating from three-dimensional effects due to the finite span of the plate. These effects play an important role when predicting the swimmer＇s cruising velocity, since they contribute significantly to the drag force. First we simulate swimmers with rectangular plates of different aspect ratios and compare the results with a recent experimental study. Then we consider plates with expanding and contracting shapes. We find the cruising velocity of the contracting swimmer to be higher than the rectangular one, which in turn is higher than the expanding one. We provide some evidence that this result is due to the tip vortices interacting differently with the swimmer.

Structural modeling of proteins by integrating small-angle x-ray scattering data

Elucidating the structure of large biomolecules such as multi-domain proteins or protein complexes is challenging due to their high flexibility in solution. Recently, an ＂integrative structural biology＂ approach has been proposed, which aims to determine the protein structure and characterize protein flexibility by combining complementary high- and lowresolution experimental data using computer simulations. Small-angle x-ray scattering（SAXS） is an efficient technique that can yield low-resolution structural information, including protein size and shape. Here, we review computational methods that integrate SAXS with other experimental datasets for structural modeling. Finally, we provide a case study of determination of the structure of a protein complex formed between the tandem SH3 domains in c-Cb1-associated protein and the proline-rich loop in human vinculin.

Wind tunnel simulation of wind loading on a solid structure of revolution

The wind tunnel simulations of wind loading on a solid structure of revolution with one smooth and five rough surfaces were conducted using wind tunnel tests. Timemean and fluctuating pressure distributions on the surface were obtained, and the relationships between the roughness Reynolds number and pressure distributions were analyzed and discussed. The results show that increasing the surface roughness can significantly affect the pressure distribution, and the roughness Reynolds numbers play an important role in the change of flow patterns. The three flow patterns of subcritical, critical and supercritical flows can be classified based on the changing patterns of both the mean and the fluctuating pressure distributions. The present study suggests that the wind tunnel results obtained in the supercritical pattern reflect more closely those of full-scale solid structure of revolution at the designed wind speed.

Study on the Hydration Shell of Single-helical of Konjac Glucomannan

The local maxima of water density in the space near the single-helical of Konjac glucomannan as well as the dominant conformation of the system was studied by molecular dyna-mics under the water environment. The results indicate that the hydration shell,potential energy,and its hydrogen bond network with water bridges of the left-handed single-helix conformation was favored compared to those of right-handed single-helix conformation. This work suggests that the left-handed single-helix conformation was the dominant conformation of KGM in the water environment.

Design of MEMS C-Band Microstrip Antenna Array Based on High-Resistance Silicon for Intelligent Ammunition

In recent years, microstrip antennas have been more widely applied in satellite communications, mobile phones, unmanned aerial vehicle （UAV）, and weapons. A micro-electro-mechanical systems-based （MEMS-based） high-resistance silicon C-band microstrip antenna array has been designed for the intelligent ammunition. The center frequency is 4.5 GHz. A cavity has been designed in substrate to reduce the dielectric constant of silicon and high-resistance silicon has been used as the material of substrate to improve the gain of antenna. It is very easy to be manufactured by using MEMS technology because of the improved structure of the antenna. The results show that the gain of the antenna is 8 dB and voltage standing wave ratio （VSWR） is less than 2 by the analysis and simulation in high freauencv structure simulator （HFSS）.

Reduced technique for modeling electromagnetic immunity on braid shielding cable bundles

In this paper, an efficient multi-conductor simplification technique is proposed to model the electromagnetic immunity on cable bundles within a braid shielding structure over a large frequency range. By grouping together the conductors based on the knowledge of Z-Smith chart, the required computation time is markedly reduced and the complexity of modeling the completely shielding cable bundles is significantly simplified with a good accuracy. After a brief description of the immunity problems in shielding structure, a six-phase procedure is detailed to generate the geometrical characteristics of the reduced cable bundles. Numerical simulation is carried out by using a commercial software CST to validate the efficiency and advantages of the proposed approach. The research addressed in this paper is considered as a simplified modeling technique for the electromagnetic immunity within a shielding structure.

Thermal analysis and optimization of the EAST ICRH antenna

The ion cyclotron resonance of frequency heating（ICRH） plays an important role in plasma heating.Two ICRH antennas were designed and applied on the EAST tokamak.In order to meet the requirement imposed by high-power and long-pulse operation of EAST in the future,an active cooling system is mandatory to be designed to remove the heat load deposited on the components.Thermal analyses for high heat-load components have been carried out,which presented clear temperature distribution on each component and provided the reference data to do the optimization.Meanwhile,heat pipes were designed to satisfy the high requirement imposed by a Faraday shield and lateral limiter.

A DWT Power Spectrum Analysis of PSCz Galaxies

The power spectrum estimator based on the Discrete Wavelet Transfor- mation (DWT) is applied to detect the clustering power in the IRAS Point Source Catalog Redshift Survey (PSCz). Comparison with mock samples extracted from N-body simulation shows that the DWT power spectrum estimator could provide a robust measurement of banded fluctuation power over a range of wavenumbers 0.1 ~ 2.0hMpc-1. We have fitted three typical CDM models (SCDM, τCDM and CDM) using the Peacock-Dodds formula including non-linear evolution and redshift distortion. We find that, our results are in good agreement with other statistical measurements of the PSCz.

Vertical Profile Comparison of Aerosol and Cloud Optical Properties in Dominated Dust and Smoke Regions over Africa Based on Space-Based Lidar

This study evaluates the vertical profiles of aerosol and cloud optical properties in 40 dominated dust and smoke regions in Western-Northern Africa (WNA) and Central-Southern Africa (CSA), respectively, from the surface to 10km and from 2008 to 2011 based on LIVAS (LIdar climatology of Vertical Aerosol Structure for space-based lidar simulation studies). Aerosol extinction (AE), aerosol backscatter (AB), and aerosol depolarization (AD) generally increase from the surface to 1.2 km and decrease from 1.2 km to the upper layers in both WNA and CSA. AE and AB in CSA (maximum of 0.13 km-1, 0.14 km-1, 0.0021 km-1‧sr-1, 0.0033 km-1‧sr-1) are higher than in WNA (maximum of 0.07 km-1, 0.08 km-1, 0.0017 km-1‧sr-1, 0.0015 km-1‧sr-1) at 532 and 1064 nm respectively. AD in WNA (maximum of 0.25) is significantly higher than in CSA (maximum of 0.05). There is a smooth change with the height of cloud extinction and backscatter in WNA and CSA, while there is a remarkable increase of cloud depolarization with height, whereby it is high in CSA and low in WNA due to high and low fraction of cirrus respectively. Altocumulus has the highest extinction in NA (0.0139 km-1), CA (0.058 km-1), WA (0.013 km-1), while low overcast transparent (0.76 km-1) below 1 km in SA. The major findings of this study may contribute to the improvement of our understanding of aerosol-cloud interaction studies in dominated dust and smoke aerosol regions.

基于TRIZ创新方法的微带天线阵列设计

发明问题解决的理论(teoriya resheniya izobreatatelskikh zadatch,TRIZ)作为一种理论工具和创新的现代技术,是一种科学创新方法,它提供了一套完整的创新工具,从不同角度分析问题并寻找的解决方案。本论文将TRIZ创新方法和天线设计相结合,通过运用TRIZ中最佳理想解定义和系统功能分析两种方法,导出天线设计中关键的需要优化参量;以此作为设计的出发点,基于高频天线结构仿真(high frequence structure simulator,HFSS)平台设计出一款工作于5.8 GHz的嵌入式微带单元天线阵列,经过仿真、实物制作、测试和优化,回波损耗(S11)达到-15 dB以下,并且具有较好的方向性及较窄的带宽。本论文为TRIZ运用于专业实践设计提供了一定的方法参考。

EXPERIMENT STUDY ON CONSOLIDATING EFFECT OF LOOSE STRUCTURE IN HEAVY INGOT

Experiments on consolidating process and mechanism of internal loose structures in heavy ingots are studied by taking stretching technology as example Considering various detecting indexes,the equivalent relationships of forging ratios which are required by different forging processes with parameters are gotten.Effective experimental methods and basis can be provided for the studying the of forging heavy ingots