环境材料研究的基本理论问题

讨论了环境材料领域的基本理论问题,包括目标、出发点、概念的内涵及其判据,明确提出了环境材料研究的方法,指出环境分析是环境材料研究的核心特征和基本要素,并给出了环境材料研究的定义。对这些基本理论问题的讨论旨在促进环境材料学及其学科范式的建立与发展。

Thermal analysis for brake disks of SiC/6061 Al alloy co-continuous composite for CRH3 during emergency braking considering airflow cooling

The mass of high-speed trains can be reduced using the brake disk prepared with SiC network ceramic frame reinforced 6061 aluminum alloy composite （SiCn/Al）. The thermal and stress analyses of SiCn/Al brake disk during emergency braking at a speed of 300 km/h considering airflow cooling were investigated using finite element （FE） and computational fluid dynamics （CFD） methods. All three modes of heat transfer （conduction, convection and radiation） were analyzed along with the design features of the brake assembly and their interfaces. The results suggested that the higher convection coefficients achieved with airflow cooling will not only reduce the maximum temperature in the braking but also reduce the thermal gradients, since heat will be removed faster from hotter parts of the disk. Airflow cooling should be effective to reduce the risk of hot spot formation and disc thermal distortion. The highest temperature after emergency braking was 461 °C and 359 °C without and with considering airflow cooling, respectively. The equivalent stress could reach 269 MPa and 164 MPa without and with considering airflow cooling, respectively. However, the maximum surface stress may exceed the material yield strength during an emergency braking, which may cause a plastic damage accumulation in a brake disk without cooling. The simulation results are consistent with the experimental results well.

Influences of electric-hydraulic chattering on backward extrusion process of 6061 aluminum alloy

The possibility of the electric-hydraulic chattering technology and its application in the cold extrusion were presented.The conventional and electric-hydraulic chattering assisted backward extrusion processes were performed on 6061 aluminum alloy billets at room temperature.The experimental results showed that 5.65% reduction in the extrusion load was attained if the die and ejector were vibrated at a frequency of 100 Hz and amplitude of 0.013 mm in the longitudinal direction.The friction coefficient at the billet and tool system interface determined from the finite element analysis（FEA） decreased from 0.2 without chattering to 0.1 with application of electric-hydraulic chattering.The higher values of instantaneous velocity and direction change of material flow were achieved during the chattering assisted backward extrusion process.The strain distribution of the chattering assisted backward extrusion billet revealed lower maximum strain and smoother strain distribution in comparison with that produced by the conventional extrusion method.

A nonlinear rheological model of backfill material for retaining roadways and the analysis of its stability

The long-term stability of backfill material is the key to retaining roadways successfully. In order to study the rheological deformation of backfill material and its long-term stability, given the visco-elastoplastic properties of this material, we introduced a softening and a hardening function for a new nonlinear the- ological model with time-varying parameters. Based on this, we presented the instability condition of this model by using the principle of minimum potential energy. Combined with engineering practice, we cal- culated the urlstable time period of backfill material. The results show that the time of instability of the backfill material relate to the initial parameters of the material, ＂the coefficients decided by temperature and the ratio of the plastic zone of the backfill material. Based on the results of our analysis from the point of view of energy, we can quickly obtain the time of instability of this model from our graphical analysis. The time of instability of the backfill material obtained from our investigation coincides with an actual project.

Paste-like cemented backfilling technology and rheological characteristics analysis based on jigging sands

To make backfilling body meet strength requirement,physical-chemical evaluation and proportioning tests were conducted on several backfilling materials.Jigging sands,#32.5 cement and fly ash were determined as backfilling aggregate,binding material and modified material,respectively.An optimized proportion of backfilling materials with a solid mass fraction of 78%and cement:fly ash:jigging sands mass ratio of 1:2:14,was suggested to Jiangan Pyrite Mine,China.The slurry made by optimized proportion produced obvious shear thinning phenomena,and was confirmed as paste-like slurry.To analyze its rheological characteristics,L-type pipeline test and Haake VT550 rotational viscometer test were conducted.Bingham and Casson fluid models were applied to several paste-like slurry samples to simulate flow and stress states;Casson fluid model was proved to have better simulation effect on paste-like slurry with shear thinning phenomena;rheological parameters of backfilling slurry made by suggested proportion were measured.Initial yield stress,average apparent viscosity and limiting viscosity are 55.35 Pa,1.216 Pa-s and 0.48 Pa-s,respectively.Compared with Bingham fluid model,Casson fluid model has a better simulation effect on paste-like slurry with shear thinning phenomena,through calculating the residual standard deviations.

Probability analysis of contact forces in quasi-solid-liquid phase transition of granular shear flow

The quasi-solid-liquid phase transition exists widely in different fields,and attracts more attention due to its instinctive mechanism.The structure of force chains is an important factor to describe the phase transition properties.In this study,the discrete element model(DEM) is adopted to simulate a simple granular shear flow with period boundary condition on micro scale.The quasi-solid-liquid phase transition is obtained under various volume fractions and shear rates.Based on the DEM results,the probability distribution functions of the inter-particle contact force are obtained in different shear flow phases.The normal,tangential and total contact forces have the same distributions.The distribution can be fitted as the exponential function for the liquid-like phase,and as the Weibull function for the solid-like phase.To describe the progressive evolution of the force distribution in phase transition,we use the Weibull function and Corwin-Ngan function,respectively.Both of them can determine the probability distributions in different phases and the Weibull function shows more reasonable results.Finally,the force distributions are discussed to explain the characteristics of the force chain in the phase transition of granular shear flow.The distribution of the contact force is an indicator to determine the flow phase of granular materials.With the discussions on the statistical properties of the force chain,the phase transition of granular matter can be well understood.

Detecting the electrical conductivity of single walled carbon nano-tubes by a DFM detection system

Rare SWCNT materials contain both metallic SWCNT （m-SWCNT） and semi-conducting SWCNT（s-SWCNT）. Since m- SWCNT and s-SWCNT have very different applications, it is necessary to differentiate them so as to further separate them for more efficient CNT utilization. To achieve this goal, the authors established a dielectric force microscope （DFM） detection system to differentiate s-SWCNT from m-SWCNT, based on different 2c~ force decided by SWCNT＇s conductivity under AC electric field. The experimental results showed that s-SWCNT can be clearly differentiated from m-SWCNT. The statistics analysis shows that the detected number proportion of s-SWCNT to m-SWCNT matches the well-known proportion 2：1 in the normally prepared CNT materials. The above results strongly verified the effectiveness of the detection system.