Conventionally, an experimentally determined phase diagram requires studies of phase formation at a range of temperatures for each composition, which takes years of effort from multiple research groups. Combinatorial ...Conventionally, an experimentally determined phase diagram requires studies of phase formation at a range of temperatures for each composition, which takes years of effort from multiple research groups. Combinatorial materials chip technology, featuring high-throughput synthesis and characterization, is able to determine the phase diagram of an entire composition spread of a binary or ternary system at a single temperature on one materials library, which, though significantly increasing efficiency, still requires many libraries processed at a series of temperatures in order to complete a phase diagram. In this paper, we propose a "one-chip method" to construct a complete phase diagram by individually synthesizing each pixel step by step with a progressive pulse of energy to heat at different temperatures while monitoring the phase evolution on the pixel in situ in real time. Repeating this process pixel by pixel throughout the whole chip allows the entire binary or ternary phase diagram to be mapped on one chip in a single experiment. The feasibility of this methodology is demonstrated in a study of a Ge-Sb-Te ternary alloy system, on which the amorphouscrystalline phase boundary is determined.展开更多
In this work, Princeton Ocean Model (POM) was used to study the formation of the South China Sea Warm Current (SCSWC) in the barotropic case. Monthly averaged wind stress and the inflow/outflow transports in January w...In this work, Princeton Ocean Model (POM) was used to study the formation of the South China Sea Warm Current (SCSWC) in the barotropic case. Monthly averaged wind stress and the inflow/outflow transports in January were used in the numerical simulation which reproduced the SCSWC. The effects of wind stress and inflow/outflow were studied separately. Numerical experiments showed that the Kuroshio intrusion through the Luzon Strait and the slope shelf in the northern SCS are necessary conditions for the formation of the SCSWC. In a flat bottom topography experiment, the wind stress driven northeast current in the northern SCS is a compensatory current.展开更多
Based on microscope and image processing, a new method of auto tool setting for micro milling was presented. Firstly, a realtime image of tool setting area was obtained by microscope and CCD camera, then image process...Based on microscope and image processing, a new method of auto tool setting for micro milling was presented. Firstly, a realtime image of tool setting area was obtained by microscope and CCD camera, then image processing was carried out on this image and the gap between the tool and workpiece was calculated. The gap measurement was sent to motion controlling card to make the tool approach to the surface of workpiece. These steps were repeated until the gap is zero, which means that tool setting was finished. Moreover, a reliability verification test was conducted. Results indicated that the precision of tool setting is satisfactory.展开更多
In order to obtain the thermodynamic description of the Mg-Ga binary system,the thermodynamic assessment of the system was carried out using the CALPHAD method through Thermo-calc software package based on the evaluat...In order to obtain the thermodynamic description of the Mg-Ga binary system,the thermodynamic assessment of the system was carried out using the CALPHAD method through Thermo-calc software package based on the evaluation of all available experimental data from the published literature.The solution phases,including liquid,hcp(Mg) and orthorhombic(Ga),were described by the substitutional solution model,of which the excess Gibbs energies were expressed with the Redlich-Kister polynomial.Meanwhile,all intermetallic compounds,Mg5Ga2,Mg2Ga,MgGa,MgGa2 and Mg2Ga5,were modeled as stoichiometric compounds.A set of self-consistent thermodynamic parameters formulating the Gibbs energies of various phases in the Mg-Ga binary system were obtained finally.The much better agreement is achieved between the calculated results and the reported experimental data.展开更多
The combustion condition in coal-fired furnaces of the large power station boiler is very complex and the flame emissivity is one of the important combustion parameters. A measurement method of the flame emissivity ba...The combustion condition in coal-fired furnaces of the large power station boiler is very complex and the flame emissivity is one of the important combustion parameters. A measurement method of the flame emissivity based on the blackbody furnace calibration of CCD (Charge Coupled Device) cameras and the color image processing techniques of computer was introduced. The experimental research on the flame emissivity in a 200 MW boiler furnace and a 300 MW boiler furnace was conducted respectively through the several CCD cameras installed at different height in furnace. The measurement results show: the flame emissivity increases with the increase of the unit load, the flame emissivity of the burner areas in furnace is the highest and the flame emissivity decrease with the increase of height of furnace above the burners area.展开更多
Based on the Cu-Zr-Ti ternary phase diagram,four sets of Cu-Zr-Ti multilayered films with various compositions of Cu20Zr36Ti44,Cu36Zr31Ti33,Cu49Zr24Ti27,and Cu67Zr16Ti17 were prepared and then the ion beam mixing was ...Based on the Cu-Zr-Ti ternary phase diagram,four sets of Cu-Zr-Ti multilayered films with various compositions of Cu20Zr36Ti44,Cu36Zr31Ti33,Cu49Zr24Ti27,and Cu67Zr16Ti17 were prepared and then the ion beam mixing was carried out.It turned out that the increase of Cu content doesn't always have a positive effect on the glass forming ability.The glass forming ability of Cu49Zr24Ti27 was degraded due to the appearance of a Cs Cl-type B2 structure Cu Zr phase in the eutectic region.The experimental observations justify the existence of the Cu Zr phase under the non-equilibrium condition.Possible formation mechanisms for the crystalline phase were also discussed in terms of the atomic collision theory.展开更多
The experimental phase equilibria of the Mn-Si-Zn system available in the literature were critically evaluated.Thermodynamic assessment of the Mn-Si-Zn system was then performed in the framework of CALPHAD(CALculation...The experimental phase equilibria of the Mn-Si-Zn system available in the literature were critically evaluated.Thermodynamic assessment of the Mn-Si-Zn system was then performed in the framework of CALPHAD(CALculation of PHAse Diagram) method on the basis of the experimental data in the literature.The optimal thermodynamic parameters of the ternary system were then obtained,yielding a good agreement with most of the experimental data.The complete liquidus projection and reaction scheme was also presented for the Mn-Si-Zn system.It is noteworthy that a stable closed liquid miscibility gap appears in the computed ternary phase diagrams,even though it is metastable in three boundary binaries.The occurrence of such a closed miscibility gap can be predicted by a criterion considering the general thermodynamic rules and the features of the three constituent binary systems.展开更多
Recently, Sandia Laboratories developed a neutron scatter camera to detect special nuclear materials. This camera exhibits the following advantages: high efficiency, direction discrimination, neutron-gamma discriminat...Recently, Sandia Laboratories developed a neutron scatter camera to detect special nuclear materials. This camera exhibits the following advantages: high efficiency, direction discrimination, neutron-gamma discrimination ability, and wide field of view. However, using the direct projection method, the angular resolution of this camera is limited by uncertainties in the energies estimated from pulse height and time of flight measurements. In this study, we established an eight-element neutron scatter camera and conducted the experiment with a ^(252)Cf neutron source. The results show that it has an angular resolution better than 8°(1s) and a detection efficiency of approximately 2.6′10-4. Using maximum likelihood expectation maximization method, the image artifact was eliminated, and the angular resolution was improved. We proposed an average scattering angle method to estimate the scattering energy of neutrons and Compton gamma rays. As such, we can obtain a recognizable image and energy spectrum of the source with some degradation of energy and image resolutions. Finally, a newly measured light response function based on the MPD^(-4) device was used for image reconstruction. Although we did not obtain a better result than that of the standard light response function, we have observed the effects of light response function on image reconstruction.展开更多
Various microstructure-level finite element models were generated according to the real microstructure of DP590 steel to capture the mechanical behavior and fracture mode.The failure mode of the dual-phase(DP)steels,m...Various microstructure-level finite element models were generated according to the real microstructure of DP590 steel to capture the mechanical behavior and fracture mode.The failure mode of the dual-phase(DP)steels,mainly resulting from microstructure-level inhomogeneity and initial geometrical imperfection,was predicted using the plastic strain localization theory.In addition,dog-bone-type tensile test specimens with different edge qualities were prepared and the deformation processes were recorded using a digital image correlation system.When the steel exhibited no initial geometrical imperfection,void initiation was triggered by decohesion between martensite and ferrite which was predicted based on the severe strain concentration,or tensile stress in areas where stress triaxiality and strain values were high.Final failure was caused by shear localization in the vicinity.Moreover,the initial geometrical imperfections severely affected the overall ductility and failure mode of the DP590steel.When initial geometrical imperfections were deeply ingrained,an incipient crack began at the site of initial geometrical imperfection,and then caused progressive damage throughout the microstructure,from the area of shear localization to the final fracture.Overall,the depth of the geometrical imperfection was the critical factor in determining whether internal decohesion or a local crack plays a dominant role.展开更多
基金supported in part by National High Technology Research and Development Program (2015AA034204)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51472044)
文摘Conventionally, an experimentally determined phase diagram requires studies of phase formation at a range of temperatures for each composition, which takes years of effort from multiple research groups. Combinatorial materials chip technology, featuring high-throughput synthesis and characterization, is able to determine the phase diagram of an entire composition spread of a binary or ternary system at a single temperature on one materials library, which, though significantly increasing efficiency, still requires many libraries processed at a series of temperatures in order to complete a phase diagram. In this paper, we propose a "one-chip method" to construct a complete phase diagram by individually synthesizing each pixel step by step with a progressive pulse of energy to heat at different temperatures while monitoring the phase evolution on the pixel in situ in real time. Repeating this process pixel by pixel throughout the whole chip allows the entire binary or ternary phase diagram to be mapped on one chip in a single experiment. The feasibility of this methodology is demonstrated in a study of a Ge-Sb-Te ternary alloy system, on which the amorphouscrystalline phase boundary is determined.
文摘In this work, Princeton Ocean Model (POM) was used to study the formation of the South China Sea Warm Current (SCSWC) in the barotropic case. Monthly averaged wind stress and the inflow/outflow transports in January were used in the numerical simulation which reproduced the SCSWC. The effects of wind stress and inflow/outflow were studied separately. Numerical experiments showed that the Kuroshio intrusion through the Luzon Strait and the slope shelf in the northern SCS are necessary conditions for the formation of the SCSWC. In a flat bottom topography experiment, the wind stress driven northeast current in the northern SCS is a compensatory current.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50935003)
文摘Based on microscope and image processing, a new method of auto tool setting for micro milling was presented. Firstly, a realtime image of tool setting area was obtained by microscope and CCD camera, then image processing was carried out on this image and the gap between the tool and workpiece was calculated. The gap measurement was sent to motion controlling card to make the tool approach to the surface of workpiece. These steps were repeated until the gap is zero, which means that tool setting was finished. Moreover, a reliability verification test was conducted. Results indicated that the precision of tool setting is satisfactory.
基金Project supported by Scientific Research Foundation for Advanced Talents in Central South University of Forestry and Technology,ChinaProject(50731002) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘In order to obtain the thermodynamic description of the Mg-Ga binary system,the thermodynamic assessment of the system was carried out using the CALPHAD method through Thermo-calc software package based on the evaluation of all available experimental data from the published literature.The solution phases,including liquid,hcp(Mg) and orthorhombic(Ga),were described by the substitutional solution model,of which the excess Gibbs energies were expressed with the Redlich-Kister polynomial.Meanwhile,all intermetallic compounds,Mg5Ga2,Mg2Ga,MgGa,MgGa2 and Mg2Ga5,were modeled as stoichiometric compounds.A set of self-consistent thermodynamic parameters formulating the Gibbs energies of various phases in the Mg-Ga binary system were obtained finally.The much better agreement is achieved between the calculated results and the reported experimental data.
文摘The combustion condition in coal-fired furnaces of the large power station boiler is very complex and the flame emissivity is one of the important combustion parameters. A measurement method of the flame emissivity based on the blackbody furnace calibration of CCD (Charge Coupled Device) cameras and the color image processing techniques of computer was introduced. The experimental research on the flame emissivity in a 200 MW boiler furnace and a 300 MW boiler furnace was conducted respectively through the several CCD cameras installed at different height in furnace. The measurement results show: the flame emissivity increases with the increase of the unit load, the flame emissivity of the burner areas in furnace is the highest and the flame emissivity decrease with the increase of height of furnace above the burners area.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51131003)The National Basic Research Program of China("973"Project)(Grant Nos.2011CB606301,2012CB825700)The Administration of Tsinghua University
文摘Based on the Cu-Zr-Ti ternary phase diagram,four sets of Cu-Zr-Ti multilayered films with various compositions of Cu20Zr36Ti44,Cu36Zr31Ti33,Cu49Zr24Ti27,and Cu67Zr16Ti17 were prepared and then the ion beam mixing was carried out.It turned out that the increase of Cu content doesn't always have a positive effect on the glass forming ability.The glass forming ability of Cu49Zr24Ti27 was degraded due to the appearance of a Cs Cl-type B2 structure Cu Zr phase in the eutectic region.The experimental observations justify the existence of the Cu Zr phase under the non-equilibrium condition.Possible formation mechanisms for the crystalline phase were also discussed in terms of the atomic collision theory.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50831007 and 51071179) National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2011CB610401)
文摘The experimental phase equilibria of the Mn-Si-Zn system available in the literature were critically evaluated.Thermodynamic assessment of the Mn-Si-Zn system was then performed in the framework of CALPHAD(CALculation of PHAse Diagram) method on the basis of the experimental data in the literature.The optimal thermodynamic parameters of the ternary system were then obtained,yielding a good agreement with most of the experimental data.The complete liquidus projection and reaction scheme was also presented for the Mn-Si-Zn system.It is noteworthy that a stable closed liquid miscibility gap appears in the computed ternary phase diagrams,even though it is metastable in three boundary binaries.The occurrence of such a closed miscibility gap can be predicted by a criterion considering the general thermodynamic rules and the features of the three constituent binary systems.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Fundation of China(Grant Nos.1110510611375144&11275153)
文摘Recently, Sandia Laboratories developed a neutron scatter camera to detect special nuclear materials. This camera exhibits the following advantages: high efficiency, direction discrimination, neutron-gamma discrimination ability, and wide field of view. However, using the direct projection method, the angular resolution of this camera is limited by uncertainties in the energies estimated from pulse height and time of flight measurements. In this study, we established an eight-element neutron scatter camera and conducted the experiment with a ^(252)Cf neutron source. The results show that it has an angular resolution better than 8°(1s) and a detection efficiency of approximately 2.6′10-4. Using maximum likelihood expectation maximization method, the image artifact was eliminated, and the angular resolution was improved. We proposed an average scattering angle method to estimate the scattering energy of neutrons and Compton gamma rays. As such, we can obtain a recognizable image and energy spectrum of the source with some degradation of energy and image resolutions. Finally, a newly measured light response function based on the MPD^(-4) device was used for image reconstruction. Although we did not obtain a better result than that of the standard light response function, we have observed the effects of light response function on image reconstruction.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51105250)
文摘Various microstructure-level finite element models were generated according to the real microstructure of DP590 steel to capture the mechanical behavior and fracture mode.The failure mode of the dual-phase(DP)steels,mainly resulting from microstructure-level inhomogeneity and initial geometrical imperfection,was predicted using the plastic strain localization theory.In addition,dog-bone-type tensile test specimens with different edge qualities were prepared and the deformation processes were recorded using a digital image correlation system.When the steel exhibited no initial geometrical imperfection,void initiation was triggered by decohesion between martensite and ferrite which was predicted based on the severe strain concentration,or tensile stress in areas where stress triaxiality and strain values were high.Final failure was caused by shear localization in the vicinity.Moreover,the initial geometrical imperfections severely affected the overall ductility and failure mode of the DP590steel.When initial geometrical imperfections were deeply ingrained,an incipient crack began at the site of initial geometrical imperfection,and then caused progressive damage throughout the microstructure,from the area of shear localization to the final fracture.Overall,the depth of the geometrical imperfection was the critical factor in determining whether internal decohesion or a local crack plays a dominant role.