不同基板热沉的铝合金电弧增材控形

从熔池热耗散条件入手,以基板尺寸构建熔池局域差异性传热特征,通过试验探索热沉条件(横向传热-基板宽度、纵向传热-基板厚度)对成形几何和成形形貌的影响规律,籍此从熔池外部这一较为简单的传热过程管理出发,探讨与热输入匹配的热耗散条件,实现电弧增材控形.实验结果表明,基板对沉积层形貌影响主要通过改变熔池周围热耗散实现.当热输入不足时,单层沉积会在起弧处形成垂露状、颈缩等缺陷.基板尺寸越大,热耗散能力越强,沉积层宽度越小,高度越高.基板对沉积层影响随着沉积高度增加逐渐减弱,不同热沉条件下沉积层尺寸最终趋于稳定.通过增大起弧电流和熄弧端悬停的策略来应对基板热沉条件变化,可避免虚焊、熔池流淌等缺陷,改善多层沉积几何成形质量.

Effect of geometrical parameters on forming quality of high-strength TA18 titanium alloy tube in numerical control bending

The forming quality of high-strength TA18 titanium alloy tube during numerical control bending in changing bending angle β, relative bending radius R/D and tube sizes such as diameter D and wall thickness t was clarified by finite element simulation. The results show that the distribution of wall thickness change ratio Δt and cross section deformation ratio ΔD are very similar under different β; the Δt and ΔD decrease with the increase of R/D, and to obtain the qualified bent tube, the R/D must be greater than 2.0; the wall thinning ratio Δto slightly increases with larger D and t, while the wall thickening ratio Δti and ΔD increase with the larger D and smaller t; the Δto and ΔD firstly decrease and then increase, while the Δti increases, for the same D/t with the increase of D and t.

Finite element analysis and simulation for cold precision forging of a helical gear

To investigate the effects of billet geometry on the cold precision forging process of a helical gear, six different billet geometries were designed utilizing the relief-hole principle. And the influences of the billet geometry on the forming load and the deformation uniformity were analyzed by three-dimensional （3D） finite element method （FEM） under the commercial software DEFORM 3D. The billet geometry was optimized to meet lower forming load and better deformation uniformity requirement. Deformation mechanism was studied through the distribution of flow velocity field and effective strain field. The forging experiments of the helical gear were successfully performed using lead material as a model material under the same process conditions used in the FE simulations. The results show that the forming load decreases as the diameter of relief-hole do increases, but the effect of do on the deformation uniformity is very complicated. The forming load is lower and the deformation is more uniform when do is 10 mm.

Experimental investigation of friction coefficient in tube hydroforming

The friction coefficient between tube and die in guide zone of tube hydroforming was obtained. In hydroforming, the tube is expanded by an internal pressure against the tool wall. By pushing the tube through tool, a friction force at the contact surface between the tube and the tool occurs. In guiding zone, the friction coefficients between tube and die can be estimated from the measured axial feeding forces. In expansion zone, the friction coefficients between tube and die can be evaluated from the measured geometries of expanded tubes and FE analysis.

Using texture synthesis in fractal pattern design

Traditional fractal pattern design has some disadvantages such as inability to effectively reflect the characteristics of real scenery and texture. We propose a novel pattern design technique combining fractal geometry and image texture synthesis to solve these problems. We have improved Wei and Levoy (2000)’s texture synthesis algorithm by first using two-dimensional autocorrelation function to analyze the structure and distribution of textures, and then determining the size of L neighborhood. Several special fractal sets were adopted and HSL (Hue, Saturation, and Light) color space was chosen. The fractal structure was used to manipulate the texture synthesis in HSL color space where the pattern’s color can be adjusted conveniently. Experiments showed that patterns with different styles and different color characteristics can be more efficiently generated using the new technique.

Effect of orifice geometry on bubble formation in melt gas injection to prepare aluminum foams

The bubble formation process at submerged orifices with different geometry is investigated in the preparation of aluminum foams by gas injection method.The bubble profile on a horizontal plate is calculated by quasi-static analysis through Laplace equation.The bubble formation process is then distinguished into three stages:nucleation stage,growth stage and detachment stage in wetting and less wetting conditions based on the force balance analysis.In addition,the bubble size at high Reynolds number is obtained by considering the contribution of buoyancy,pressure force,inertial force,drag force and surface tension based on the three stages of bubble formation.The bubble size is confirmed to be sensitive to the equivalent contact angle,which consists of two terms including the contact angle and the wedge angle.Therefore,the wedge angle is introduced in the design of gas outlet orifices for the purpose of decreasing bubble size generated.The experimental study is conducted at three different types of stainless steel orifices under constant gas flow rates(0.05–2 L/min).It is clarified that the orifice geometry and the orifice size are both responsible for the cell size of aluminum foams.The experimental results for three different types of orifices show a consistent trend with the theoretical predictions at various gas flow rates.In the design of orifices to generate small bubbles in the melt,the wedge angle that coordinates with the contact angle is thus suggested.

Phase-transfer interface promoted corrosion from PtNi10 nanoctahedra to Pt4Ni nanoframes

A novel two-phase approach towards the corrosion of PtNil0 nanoctahedra has been developed. In this strategy, the active component of Ni in oil-soluble PtNil0 nanoctahedra which resided in the upper toluene phase, suffered from etching and was then transferred into a lower aqueous phase with coordination by ethylenediaminetetraacetate （EDTA）. Due to the existence of the phase-transfer interface promoted by EDTA, the corrosion reaction proceeded at an accelerated rate under the mild conditions. Specifically, the resultant products of octahedral Pt4Ni nanoframes were successfully fabricated for the first time, and PtNi4 porous octahedra could be obtained when the dosage of EDTA-2Na was reduced. After a systematic study of this two-phase system, a ＂synergetic corrosion＂ mechanism is proposed to account for the formation of octahedral Pt4Ni nanoframes, involving contributions from many species （i.e., O2, H2O, H＋, OAm, and EDTA^4-）. As a result of the fascinating three-dimensional geometry of Pt4Ni nanoframes and PtNi4 porous octahedra, both of the corroded nanocrystals showed superior activity over the pristine PtNi^o nanoctahedra for ethanol electrooxidation in alkaline media and hydrogenation of nitrobenzene.

The Elements in Crystal Bases Corresponding to Exceptional Modules

According to the Ringel-Green theorem,the generic composition algebra of the Hall algebra provides a realization of the positive part of the quantum group.Furthermore,its Drinfeld double can be identified with the whole quantum group,in which the BGP-reflection functors coincide with Lusztig's symmetries.It is first asserted that the elements corresponding to exceptional modules lie in the integral generic composition algebra,hence in the integral form of the quantum group.Then it is proved that these elements lie in the crystal basis up to a sign.Eventually,it is shown that the sign can be removed by the geometric method.The results hold for any type of Cartan datum.

Automatic recognition of intersecting features of freeform sheet metal parts

This paper presents an approach for recognizing both isolated and intersecting geometric features of freeform surface models of parts,for the purpose of automating the process planning of sheet metal forming.The developed methodology has three major steps:subdivision of B-spline surfaces,detection of protrusions and depressions,and recognition of geometric features for sheet metal forming domain.The input geometry data format of the part is based on an IGES CAD surface model represented in the form of trimmed B-spline surfaces.Each surface is classified or subdivided into different curvature regions with the aid of curvature property surfaces obtained by using symbolic computation of B-spline surfaces.Those regions satisfying a particular geometry and topology relation are recognized as protrusion and depression(DP) shapes.The DP shapes are then classified into different geometric features using a rule-based approach.A verified feasibility study of the developed method is also presented.

An integration by parts formula on path space over manifolds carrying geometric flow

We establish an integration by parts formula on the path space with reference measure P, the law of the(reflecting) diffusion process on manifolds with possible boundary carrying geometric flow, which leads to the standard log-Sobolev inequality for the associated Dirichlet form. To this end, we first modify Hsu's multiplicative functionals to define the damp gradient operator, which links to quasi-invariant flows; and then establish the derivative formula for the associated inhomogeneous diffusion semigroup.