热声热机技术的研究进展

首先简要地介绍热声热机(包括热声发动机和热声制冷机)的基本工作原理和热声技术特点,指出热声热机是基于热致声效应和声制冷效应两类热声效应而工作的,它完全没有机械运动,采用惰性气体工作,是一种可靠性高和环保的新型的能源转换机械。然后重点介绍近十几年来国内外在热声技术研究方面所取得的重要进展,主要包括在热声发动机和热声制冷机两个方面。在热声发动机研究方面,简要回顾热声效应的发现和驻波热声发动机的研究进展,接着介绍行波热声发动机的提出和迅速发展历程,重点介绍热声转换效率达到30%的热声斯特林发动机和压比达到1.3(采用氦气)、效率达到32%的聚能型热声发动机研究工作;在热声制冷技术方面,分别介绍热声驱动脉冲管制冷获取低温的研究工作以及热声驱动室温制冷机获得高效率、大冷量等方面的研究工作,并重点介绍采用声压放大器获得液氢温度以下的完全无运动部件热声驱动脉冲管制冷机(低于20K),以及在?20℃获得了300W以上的制冷量的双行波流程的热声驱动室温热声制冷机。最后,扼要地介绍热声理论方面的研究进展,并对热声技术的问题和该研究领域的发展方向进行展望。

Effect of nonlinear impact damping with non-integer compliance exponent on gear dynamic characteristics

A nonlinear impact damping model of single-degree-of-freedom spur cylindrical gear with backlash and time-varying stiffness was established. Systematic analyses of the dynamic responses were performed. First, the nonlinear damping coefficient was considered as a constant parameter with two types of compliance exponent, meanwhile, dynamic factors were adopted to depict the dynamic characteristics. Second, the bifurcation graphs were plotted, where the damping coefficient was obtained along with the impact velocity and coefficient of restitution. The results show that light and heavy load conditions have an effect on the responses when the compliance exponent is integer. On the contrary, when the compliance exponent is non-integer, the dynamic responses are slightly affected, namely the system is more stable than the former situation.

Modelling and Vibration of Gear Drive Systems Influenced by Real Face Width

Gear drives are one of the most common parts in many rotating machinery. If the gear drive runs under lower torque load, nonlinear effects like gear mesh interruption can occur and vibration is accompanied by impact motions of the gears, This paper presents an original method of the mathematical modelling of gear drive nonlinear vibrations by using the modal synthesis method with degrees of freedom number reduction. The model respects nonlinearities caused by gear mesh interruption, parametric gearing excitation caused by time-varying meshing stiffness and nonlinear contact forces acting between journals of the rolling-element bearings and the outer housing. The nonlinear model is then used for investigation of gear drive vibration, especially for constant gear mesh determination. The theoretical method is applied for investigating of test gear drive nonlinear vibration.

Linear and Non-linear Hydrodynamic Analysis for Structural Load of a Pipe-Laying Ship

The first decision we need to make in a structural load assessment is what approach should be applied, a linear approach or a non-linear one. The correct decision comes from understanding of the technology used in the linear and non-linear approaches and also comes from the understanding of the problem to he analyzed. From engineering practice, it has been found that many non-linear effects can be taken into account in a linear model with appropriate approach. A study of hydrodynamic structural load on a stinger of a pipe-laying vessel is presented in this paper. The results of a non-linear analysis are compared to those of linear models with different approaches, and how the nonlinear effect can be involved in a linear model is discussed. The recommendations on how to estimate the non-linear effects in a linear structural load model is discussed.

Analysis and prediction of loudspeaker large-signal symptoms

Nonlinear lumped-parameter force factor Bl(x), stiffness Kms(x) and inductance Le(x) of electrodynamic loudspeakers change frequency responses and generate some nonlinear effects for large stimulus: harmonic and intermodulation distortion, DC component in diaphragm displacement, instability of vibration and jumping effects. By modeling the nonlinear system under large-signal conditions, relationship between the nonlinear parameters and large-signal behavior can be revealed and help to provide guidance to diagnose loudspeakers. Agreement between the measured and predicted responses of a real loudspeaker validates the modeling and enables new methods for loudspeaker diagnosis.

Liquid phase exfoliated boron nanosheets for all-optical modulation and logic gates

Boron nanosheets possess unique photoelectric properties, including photosensitivity, photoresponse,and optical nonlinearity. In this article, we show the interaction between light and boron nanosheets in which concentric rings formed in the far field, which attributed to the strong Kerr nonlinearity of boron nanosheets. Furthermore, the distortion, regulation and relationship between the Kerr nonlinearity and effective mass or carrier mobility of the diffraction rings of boron nanosheets have been investigated.Our work shows that the spatial self-phase modulation effect of boron nanosheets is indeed caused by nonlocal electronic coherence. In addition, we have implemented all-light modulation and all-light logic gates based on the prepared boron nanosheets. We believe that our results will provide a powerful demonstration of nonlinear photonic devices based on boron nanosheets and a reference for photonic devices based on two-dimensional materials.