Welding of Ti-6Al-4V alloy using dynamically controlled plasma arc welding process

A novel dynamically controlled plasma arc welding process was introduced,which is able tominimize heat input into the workpiece materials while maintaining desired full penetration,and it was used to weld Ti-6Al-4V alloy sheets.The microstructures,facture surfaces and microhardness of the welded joints were characterized by using optical microscope,scanning electron microscope （SEM） and Vickers microhardness tester.Comparing with welds such as gas tungsten arc and conventional plasma arc processes,the experimental results revealed the improvements when using the present process including：1） reducing prior-beta （β） grain size and prohibiting formation of hard martensite phases in the fusion zone due to the decreased heat input;and 2） better toughness and higher hardness.

Effect of arc-ultrasound on microstructures and mechanical properties of plasma arc welded joints of SiC_p/Al MMCs

The effect of arc-ultrasound on microstructures and mechanical properties of SiCp/6061A1 MMCs joints produced by arc-ultrasound plasma arc ＂in-situ＂ alloy-welding with different excitation frequencies was investigated, in which argon-nitrogen mixture was used as plasma gas, Ti wire as filler and the arc-ultrasound was produced by modulating the plasma arc with high frequency. The results show that arc-ultrasound could refine the new reinforced composites such as TiC, TiN significantly, and improve their distribution greatly. And new phase A13Ti becomes finer and less. The test results of mechanical properties indicate that the maximum tensile strength of welded joints is gained when the excitation frequency is 50 kHz, and the maximum is 225 MPa, raising by about 7% comoared with conventional nlasma arc welding （PAW） （20q MPa）.

Bonding Performance of Wood Treatment by Oxygen and Nitrogen Cold Plasma

In the test, woods were treated by N2, O2 cold plasma with the processing power 300 W, which last for 5 min; subsequently, the treated woods were bonded with MUF to valve the bonding performance, the contact angles of the treated/un- treated wood were tested. The chemical composition on the surface of wood with or without N2 cold plasma treatment was also studied by X-ray photoelectron spec- troscopy （XPS）. The results showed： the contact angles of the surface decreased; the surface free energy increased evidently that treated by N2 or O2 cold plasma; the average bonding performance of wood that treated by cold plasma （whether N2 or O2） increased obviously and more than 50% was proved compared with that un- treated by cold plasma. The XPS analysis showed the atomic ratio O/C has in- creased, and more groups were oxidized or more peroxides were formed on the surface of wood; N element was introduced to the wood surface after nitrogen cold plasma treatment and it was estimated to the group of -NH2.

Effect of Cold Plasma on Binding Strength of Bamboo

[Objective] The paper was to study the effect of cold plasma on binding strength of bamboo. [Method] The bamboos were treated by 4 kinds of cold plasma nitrogen, oxygen, ammonia and argon, and the changes of contact angle and binding strength of bamboos before and after treatment were tested. [Result] Oxygen cold plasma treatment could increase binding strength of bamboo by 25%-30%. The cold plasma treatment was very fast and effective, but the changes of contact angle was not great in this experiment. [Conclusion] Cold plasma treatment could increase the binding strength of bamboo.

Further Improvement of Klamkin Inequality

In this paper, we use a geometric identity in the n-dimensional Euclidean space En and give the further improveme nt of Klamkin inequality in the space En.

An Inequality Concerning the Center of Simplex's Circumscribed Sphere

Let A={A_1, A_2,…, A_(n+1)} be a simplex in E^n which its center O of circumscribed sphere is in inside of A. If R and R_i are radiuses of A_i respectively (A_i={A_1, A_2,…, A_(i-1), O, A_(i+1),…,A_(n+1)} ,i=1,2,…,n+1),then we have The equality holds if and only if A is a regular simplex.

An Approach to the Flame Retardancy of EVA Copolymer by Plasma Treatmentc2

An attempt was made in the paper aiming at imparting flame retardancy to polymers by plasma grafting technique Based on EVA copolymers with different VA contents the author tried to use the Ar plasma followed by grafting with/without subsequent saponification and metal ion exchange expediting the charring of polymers upon heationg Characterization of the flammability of the plasma treated EVA copolymers grafted with acrylic monomers(MAA,AA and AAm)indicates that this approach turns out to be a promising way and worthy doing whatever in research and/or applications

中国瓷砖在美受青睐

目前,美国流行陶瓷地砖,很多美国客商非常希望大量进口中国的陶瓷地砖。美国目前的瓷砖流行色是:浅灰、淡绿、米色和象牙白等接近天然色调的浅色系列。

Investigation of GaN Growth Directly on Si (001) by ECR Plasma Enhanced MOCVD

Direct growth of GaN films on Si(001) substrate at low temperatures (620～720℃) by electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) microwave plasma enhanced metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (PEMOCVD).The crystalline phase structures of the films are investigated.The results of high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and X ray diffraction (XRD) indicate that high c axis oriented crystalline wurtzite GaN is grown on Si(001) but there is an amorphous layer formed naturally at GaN/Si interface.Both faces of the amorphous layer are flat and sharp,and the thickness of the layer is 2nm approximately cross the interface.The analysis supports that β GaN phase is not formed owing to the N x Si y amorphous layer induced by the reaction between N and Si during the initial nucleation stage.The results of XRD and atomic force microscopy (AFM) indicate that the conditions of substrate surface cleaned in situ by hydrogen plasma,GaN initial nucleation and subsequent growth are very important for the crystalline quality of GaN films.

质量来自标准——谈笔记本电脑的关键技术规格

笔记本电脑的便携性能,使其对能量消耗有极为严格的要求。此外,随着技术的进步,笔记本电脑也不断开发具有自己特点的技术标准,目前笔记本电脑的关键技术标准主要有DMI、ACPI、PC98等。DMI标准 现行的DMI标准主要是DMI2.0。

比利时JDN公司驻中国代表访珠航局

不久前,在中国国际贸易促进委员会广东分会有关人员陪同下,比利时JAN DE NUL)公司驻中国代表李费心(中文名)先生,到访珠航局。郑明钰副局长等接待了来访者。 JDN公司是在我国境内完成疏浚工程(珠海九洲港进出口航道浚深工程)的第一家西方公司。该公司主要从事疏浚、填筑、管道敷设、建造海岸防护工程及泄油回收等业务。

特殊三角形的判定

在代数运算中,常遇到判定特殊三角形的问题。这类问题将三角形的三边关系、正弦定理、余弦定理和一元二次方程根的判别式、根与系数的关系,有机地综合在一起。

Importance and Design Requirements of Equipotential Connection in Lightning Protection Engineering

The role played by equipotential connection in lightning protection was summarized in terms of lightning protection,static electricity,electromagnetic shielding,protection from electric shocks,and earth fault protection.In addition,drawbacks of independent grounding and common grounding were concluded.According to standards and researches,such as Building Lightning Protection Design Standard （GB50057-2010）,further demands and rules of equipotential connection in lightning protection engineering were proposed,providing references for lightning prevention design,construction and examination by related scientific workers and staffs.

Relationship Between Noise Figure and Equivalent Input Noise Current Spectral Density for Optical Receiver Design

Based on the equivalent circuit model of a two-port optical receiver front-end,the relationship between the equivalent input noise current spectral density and the noise figure is analyzed. The derived relationship has universal validity for determining the equivalent input noise current spectral density for optical receiver designs, as verified by measuring a 155Mb/s high-impedance optical receiver front.end. Good agreement between calculated and simulated results has been achieved.

Effect of Ti-Si-Mg-Al wire on microstructure and mechanical properties of plasma arc in-situ welded joint of SiC_p/Al composites

The influence of Ti-Si-Mg-AI wire on microstructure and mechanical properties of SiCp/A1 metal matrix composite joints produced by plasma arc in-situ weld-alloying was investigated. Argon-nitrogen mixture was used as plasma gas and Ti-Si-Mg-A1 flux-cored wires as filled composites. Weldments were submitted to tensile test. Meanwhile, the macro morphology and microstructure of the joints were examined. The result shows that the formation ofneedie-like harmful phase A14C3 is effectively inhibited and the wettability of molten pool is improved by adding Ti-Si-Mg-A1 flux-cored wires. With 15Ti-5Si-5Mg-A1 flux-cored wire as filled composite, the maximum tensile strength of the welded joint is 267 MPa, which is up to 83% that of the matrix composites under annealed condition.

CO_2 laser-micro plasma arc hybrid welding for galvanized steel sheets

A laser lap welding process for zinc-coated steel has a well-known unsolved problem-porosity formation. The boiling temperature of coated zinc is lower than the melting temperature of the base metal, which is steel. In the autogenous laser welding, the zinc vapor generates from the lapped surfaces expels the molten pool and the expulsion causes numerous weld defects, such as spatters and blow holes on the weld surface and porosity inside the welds. The laser-arc hybrid welding was suggested as an alternative method for the laser lap welding because the arc can preheat or post-beat the weldment according to the arrangement of the laser beam and the arc. CO2 laser-micro plasma hybrid welding was applied to the lap welding of zinc-coated steel with zero-gap. The relationships among the weld quality and process parameters of the laser-arc arrangement, and the laser-arc interspacing distance and arc current were investigated using a full-factorial experimental design. The effect of laser-arc arrangement is dominant because the leading plasma arc partially melts the upper steel sheets and vaporizes or oxidizes the coated zinc on the lapped surfaces. Compared with the result from the laser-TIG hybrid welding, the heat input from arc can be reduced by 40%.

Influence of plasma-MIG welding parameters on aluminum weld porosity by orthogonal test

The plasma-MIG welding torch was developed.5A06 aluminum alloys with V-grooves were welded in a single pass in the plasma-MIG welding process and the joints were examined by X-ray diffractometry analysis and mechanical tests.The orthogonal experimental design was used to study the influence of plasma-MIG welding parameters on the aluminum weld porosity.The mixed orthogonal matrix L16(4 4×2 3) and analysis of variance (ANOVA)technique were employed to optimize the welding parameters.The experimental results indicate that the effect of plasma gas flow rate is dominant,the secondary factors are MIG welding voltage,welding speed,wire feed rate and plasma current in turn.Confirmation experiments were conducted under optimum conditions and there was almost no porosity in the welded joints,thus good mechanical performance joints were obtained.

Effect of Graft Yield on the Thermo-Responsive Permeability Through Porous Membranes with Plasma-Grafted Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)Gates

The effect of graft yield on both the thermo-responsive hydraulicpermeability and the therrno-responsive diffusional permeability through porous membranes withplasma-grafted poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) gates was investigated. Both thermo-responsiveflat membranes and core-shell microcapsule membranes with a wide range of graft yield of PNIPAM wereprepared using a plasma-graft pore-filling polymerization method. The grafted PNIPAM was formedhomogeneously throughout the entire thickness of both the flat polyethylene membranes and themicrocapsule polyamide membranes. Both the hydraulic permeability and the diffusional permeabilitywere heavily dependent on the PNIPAM graft yield. With increasing the graft yield, the hydraulicpermeability (water flux) decreases rapidly at 25℃ because of the decrease of the pore size;however, the water flux at 40℃ increases firstly to a peak because of the increase ofhydrophobicity of the pore surface, and then decreases and finally tends to zero because of the poresize becoming smaller and smaller. For the diffusional permeability, the temperature showsdifferent effects on the diffusional permeability coefficients of solutes across the membranes. Whenthe graft yield was low, the diffusional coefficient of solute across the membrane was higher attemperature above the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) than that below the LCST; however,when the graft yield was high, the diffusional coefficient was lower at temperature above the LCSTthan that below the LCST. It is very important to choose or design a proper graft yield of PNIPAMfor obtaining a desired thermo-responsive 'on/off' hydraulic or diffusional permeability.

Synthesis of indirect work exchange networks considering both isothermal and adiabatic process together with exergy analysis

In this paper, an efficient methodology for synthesizing the indirect work exchange networks(WEN) considering isothermal process and adiabatic process respectively based on transshipment model is first proposed. In contrast with superstructure method, the transshipment model is easier to obtain the minimum utility consumption taken as the objective function and more convenient for us to attain the optimal network configuration for further minimizing the number of units. Different from division of temperature intervals in heat exchange networks,different pressure intervals are gained according to the maximum compression/expansion ratio in consideration of operating principles of indirect work exchangers and the characteristics of no pressure constraints for stream matches. The presented approach for WEN synthesis is a linear programming model applied to the isothermal process, but for indirect work exchange networks with adiabatic process, a nonlinear programming model needs establishing. Additionally, temperatures should be regarded as decision variables limited to the range between inlet and outlet temperatures in each sub-network. The constructed transshipment model can be solved first to get the minimum utility consumption and further to determine the minimum number of units by merging the adjacent pressure intervals on the basis of the proposed merging methods, which is proved to be effective through exergy analysis at the level of units structures. Finally, two cases are calculated to confirm it is dramatically feasible and effective that the optimal WEN configuration can be gained by the proposed method.