Panasonic CF-27——久经考验的笔记本机

笔记本机在人们的印象中一直是个娇贵的产品,再加上其比较昂贵的价格,更是令人们在使用的时候格外地小心翼翼。不过由于笔记本机的便携性,使得它受到损坏的机会反而比台式机要多得多Panasonic公司最近推出的一款ToughBookCF-27笔记本电脑使人们不用再为类似的事情担心。PCComputing中国易用性试验室设计了一整套“折磨”方案来考验该笔记本机,其中包括低温冷冻,高温烘烤、振动、跌落和泼溅。

Frictional characteristics of sheet metals with superimposed ultrasonic vibrations

The forming performance of sheet metals in the deep-drawing process with ultrasonic vibrations can be improved by the surface effect between the sheet metal and the die.A sheet metal friction test with ultrasonic vibrations is performed to explore the cause of the surface effect.The frictional characteristics are investigated,and the corresponding friction expressions are established based on the contact mechanics and the elastic–plastic contact model for rough surfaces.Friction is caused by the elastic–plastic deformation of contacting asperities under normal loads.The actual contacting region between two surfaces increases with normal loads,whereas the normal distance decreases.The normal distance between the contacting surfaces is changed,asperities generate a tangential deformation with ultrasonic vibrations,and the friction coefficient is eventually altered.Ultrasonic vibrations are applied on a 40Cr steel punch at the frequency of 20 kHz and the amplitude of 4.2μm.In the friction tests,the punch is perpendicular to the surface of the magnesium alloy AZ31B sheet metals and is sliding with a relative velocity of 1 mm/s.The test results show that the friction coefficient is decreased by approximately 40%and the theoretical values are in accordance with the test values;Ultrasonic vibrations can clearly reduce wear and improve the surface quality of parts.

Productive test of a newly drying technology of veneer： intermittent-contact drying of veneer with flexible screen belt

A newly drying technology, intermittent-contact drying of veneer with flexible screen belt (ICD-fbs), was invented and used in poplar veneer drying. Productive test was carried out for validating the practical use of this drying method. The test result shows that to dispose flexible screen belts on the two sides of hot board could help steam discharge remarkably. The veneer dried using ICD-fsb method had smooth and level surface, less deformation and warping, even moisture content, and high utilization rate. The time for opening hot board to discharge steam,which, early or late, is a key to obtain good drying result, was determined at the time when the core's temperature of veneer reaches 100℃ (vaporization). Using ICD-fsb method, the shrinking rates in tangent of veneer were from 1.90% to 2.26% for veneer of 0.4 mm in thickness,2.49% to 4.50% for veneer of 1 mm in thickness and 1.34% to 3.30% for veneer of 1.7 mm in thickness, which are much lower than the results obtained by other drying methods. The method of ICD-fsb offers a reliable technological guarantee for solving the deformation problem of veneer drying, especially the deformation of wood from quick-growing plantation.

Analysis of Contact Stress Distribution and Strength in Pin-Loaded Orthotropic Plates

The development of an analytic solution in terms of laminate parameters is presented for contact stresses and joint strength in pin-loaded orthotropic plates. This involved the determination of complex stress functions required to compute stresses in terms of a set of unknown coefficients for the specified displacement expressions satisfying the prescribed boundary conditions. The assumed Coulomb friction between the plate and the pin was used to provide the solution and iteration was also used to determine the extent of contact region. The results from present study showed good agreement with the available results in literature for all the joint configurations evaluated.

Fabrication of micro-flow channels on graphite composite bipolar plates using microplaning

A new method of manufacturing micro-flow channels on graphite composite bipolar plate(GCBPP) microplaning using specially designed multi-tooth tool is proposed. In this method, several or even dozens of parallel micro-flow channels ranging from 100 μm to 500 μm in width can be produced simultaneously. But, edge chippings easily occur on the rib surface of GCBPP during microplaning due to brittleness of graphite composites. Experimental results show that edge chippings result in the increase of contact resistance between bipolar plate and carbon paper at low compaction force. While the edge chippings scarcely exert influence on the contact resistance at high compaction force. Contrary to conventional view, the edge chippings can significantly improve performance of microfuel cell and big edge chippings outperform small edge chippings. In addition, the influence of technical parameters on edge chippings was investigated in order to obtain big, but not oversized edge chippings.

Fabrication of 150-nm Al_(0.48)In_(0.52)As/Ga_(0.47)In_(0.53)As mHEMTs on GaAs substrates

High performance 150-nm gate-length metamorphic Al0.48In0.52As/Ga0.47In0.53 As high electron mobility transistors(mHEMTs) with very good device performance have been successfully fabricated.A T-shaped gate is fabricated by using a combined technique of optical and e-beam photolithography,which is beneficial to decreasing parasitic capacitance and parasitic resistance of the gate.The ohmic contact resistance R c is as low as 0.03 mm when using a novel ohmic contact metal system(Ni/Ge/Ti/Au).The devices exhibit excellent DC and RF performance.A peak extrinsic transconductance of 775 mS/mm and a maximum drain current density of 720 mA/mm are achieved.The unity current gain cut-off frequency(fT) and the maximum oscillation frequency(f max) are 188.4 and 250 GHz,respectively.

Interface contact profiles of a novel locking plate and its effect on fracture healing in goat

Objective： To evaluate the interface characteristics of the new-designed locking plate （LP） and limited contact-dynamic compression plate （LC-DCP） and compare the fracture healing between LP and LC-DCP in a goat tibia fracture model. Methods： Eight-hole LP and LC-DCP were applied to fix fresh goat tibiae in a reproducible manner. The average pressure, force and interface contact area were calculated using Fuji prescale pressure sensitive film interposed among the plate and the bone and image analysis system, Eighthole LP and LC-DCP were applied to each tibia in a goat tibia fracture model. The fracture healing was evaluated by X-ray photography at postoperative 8 weeks. The goats were sacrificed at postoperative 12 weeks. Three-point bending test was conducted in the tibiae. Results： The interface contact of LP system was smaller than that ofLC-DCP （P〈0.05）, while interface contact force of LP system was higher than that of LC-DCP （P〈0.05）. Radiographs revealed that the fracture line disappeared in the LP group, while the fracture line was visible in DCP group at postoperative 8 weeks. At postoperative 12 weeks, the bending strength and bending load of fractured tibia were higher in LP group than in DCP group, respectively.