磁流变阻尼器的构造设计及其阻尼力性能的试验研究

本文根据磁流变液的材料特点和磁路设计原则,设计并制作了一个双出杆的剪切阀式磁流变阻尼器,在伺服试验机上对所设计制作的磁流变阻尼器的阻尼力性能进行了试验研究,并分析了影响阻尼力的各种因素。结果表明:所设计制作的磁流变阻尼器具有一定的剩磁,但剩磁对阻尼力可调系数的影响很小;所设计制作的磁流变阻尼器能够达到的最大阻尼力和阻尼力可调系数都很理想。由此得出结论,本文所设计制作的磁流变阻尼器具有卓越的阻尼性能,可在土木工程结构的半主动振动控制设计中加以推广和应用。

Improving comprehensive properties of Cu-11.9Al-2.5Mn shape memory alloy by adding multi-layer graphene carried by Cu_(51)Zr_(14)inoculant particles

In order to improve the comprehensive properties of the Cu-11.9Al-2.5Mn shape memory alloy(SMA),multilayer graphene(MLG)carried by Cu_(51)Zr_(14)inoculant particles was incorporated and dispersed into this alloy through preparing the preform of the cold-pressed MLG-Cu_(51)Zr_(14)composite powders.In the resultant novel MLG/Cu-Al-Mn composites,MLG in fragmented or flocculent form has a good bonding with the Cu-Al-Mn matrix.MLG can prevent the coarsening of grains of the Cu-Al-Mn SMA and cause thermal mismatch dislocations near the MLG/Cu-Al-Mn interfaces.The damping and mechanical properties of the MLG/Cu-Al-Mn composites are significantly improved.When the content of MLG reaches 0.2 wt.%,the highest room temperature damping of 0.0558,tensile strength of 801.5 MPa,elongation of 10.8%,and hardness of HV 308 can be obtained.On the basis of in-depth observation of microstructures,combined with the theory of internal friction and strengthening and toughening theories of metals,the relevant mechanisms are discussed.

Effects of Y and Zn on mechanical properties and damping capacity of Mg-Cu-Mn alloy

Optical microscope,X-ray diffractometer,scanning electron microscope,tensile tester and dynamic mechanical analyzer(DMA) were applied to investigate the effects of Y and Zn additions on microstructure,mechanical properties and damping capacity of Mg-3Cu-1Mn(CM31) alloy.The results show that with the increase of Y and Zn contents,the secondary dendrite arm spacing of alloys is reduced;meanwhile,the yield strength is increased.In low strain amplitude,the damping capacity of alloys with Y and Zn addition is lower than that of CM31 alloy.However,in strain amplitude over 5×10-3,the damping capacity of alloy with a trace of Y and Zn addition(1%Y and 2%Zn,mass fraction) increases abnormally with the increase of strain amplitude and is near to that of pure Mg,probably due to the increase of dislocation density caused by the precipitation of secondary phase.The temperature dependence of damping capacity of above alloy was also tested and discussed.

Mechanism of improving strength and damping properties of powder-extruded Al/Zn composite after diffusion annealing

In order to develop high strength,high damping and low density Al matrix composites,the Al/Zn composite bar samples with Zn mass fraction of 10%-40%were prepared by powder extrusion.The tensile strength and damping properties of the samples are improved by controlling both the Zn/Al diffusion degree and the precipitation of the interfacial phases.The results show that the tensile strength of the samples with Zn mass fraction of 10%-30%increases with the increases of both the Zn content and annealing temperature.When the Zn mass fraction increases to 40%,the tensile strength of the sample remains basically unchanged or decreases slightly,and the plasticity decreases gradually.Alloying of Al matrix and the formation of Zn/Al interface layer are mainly responsible for improving the strength of the annealed samples.The damping properties increase with the increases of both the Zn content and annealing temperature.The Zn/Al eutectoid lamella eliminates the detrimental effects on damping properties due to both alloying of the Al matrix and reduction of pure Zn in the Al matrix.The Al-30%Zn sample annealed at 350°C for 0.5 h has good comprehensive properties,including the tensile strength of 330 MPa,the elongation to failure of 10%and the room-temperature damping properties(tanθ)of 0.025.

Effects of Y on mechanical properties and damping capacity of ZK60 magnesium alloys

The microstructure,mechanical properties and damping capacity of ZK60-xY(x=0,1.5%,2.5%,4.0%,mass fraction) magnesium alloys were investigated by using the optical microscope(OM),X-ray diffractometer(XRD),universal tensile testing machine and dynamic mechanical analyzer(DMA).The mechanisms for damping capacity of referred alloys were discussed by Granato-Lücke theory.The results show that Y additions remarkably reduce grain size(the average grain size is 21.6,13.0,8.6 and 4.0μm,respectively),and the tensile properties are enhanced with grain refining(the yield tensile strength increases to 292 MPa from 210 MPa and ultimate tensile strength increases to 330 MPa from 315 MPa).For the ZK60-xY(x=0,1.5%,4.0%)alloys,the damping capacity decreases with the increase of Y content.However,for the ZK60-xY(x=2.5%)alloy,the damping capacity improves abnormally,which is possibly related to the formation of Mg3Y2Zn3(W)FCC phase in this alloy.

Modeling and control of MR damper considering trapped air effect

Due to the high viscosity of magnetorheological(MR)fluid,eliminating air pockets dissolved in the fluid is very difficult,which results in a force lag phenomenon.In order to evaluate the performance of a semi-active control system based on the MR damper considering the trapped air effect,a performance test on a MR damper is carried out under different loading cases,and the influence of the input current,excitation amplitude and frequency on the force lag phenomenon is analyzed.A concise and efficient parametric model,combining the simple Bouc-Wen model and a spring with small stiffness,is proposed to portray the experimental characteristics of the MR damper with force lag,and then the response analysis of the semi-active controlled single-degree-of-freedom(SDOF)structure is performed using the classic clipped-optimal control strategy based on acceleration feedback.Numerical results show that the trapped air in the MR fluid can weaken the control effect of the MR damper,and the performance of the semi-active control system will be reduced more obviously and become close to the passive-off control with the increasing content of air trapped in the MR fluid.

Effect of ball-milling parameter on mechanical and damping properties of sintered Mg-Zr alloy

Effects of ball-milling parameter on structures and properties of sintered Mg-l.5Zr （mass fraction, %） alloy were researched by metallographic analysis, mechanical properties tests and DMA technology. The results indicate that with 310 r/min rotation speed, the microstructure of the sintered alloy is greatly refined, and Zr-phase distributes uniformly. The micro-hardness, bending strength and damping capacities are the greatest under 310 r/min rotation speed. The damping peak of sintered Mg-l.5Zr alloy increases with increasing frequency under the testing conditions. The relaxation time meets the Arrhenius relationship, and shows the characteristics of relaxation damping.

Study on Improvement of Seismic Performance of Transmission Tower Using Viscous Damper

The earthquake resistance of transmission tower has been often discussed from the viewpoint of reinforcing the foundation of steel tower, but there are also few studies considering the damping characteristics of the tower. This paper focuses on the viscous damper which has been adopted for seismic reinforcement of bridges in recent years. The purpose of this study is to improve the seismic performance of steel tower by giving the high damping to the tower. We construct a single tower model considering the influence of transmission line, and then simulate the vibration characteristics and seismic behavior of the tower by the eigenvalue analysis and the dynamic response analysis. The results show that the transmission tower with viscous damper can reduce its own response effectively and drastically. This research concludes that it is necessary to consider the extreme increase of steel tower＇s response depending on the seismic wave and the collapse of steel tower can be avoided by using the optimum damper in the design of the transmission tower.

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FOR DAMPING CONTROLLERS OF POWER SYSTEMS BASED ON MULTI-AGENT MODELS

This paper proposes a multi-layer multi-agent model for the performance evaluation of powersystems,which is different from the existing multi-agent ones.To describe the impact of the structureof the networked power system,the proposed model consists of three kinds of agents that form threelayers:control agents such as the generators and associated controllers,information agents to exchangethe information based on the wide area measurement system (WAMS) or transmit control signals tothe power system stabilizers (PSSs),and network-node agents such as the generation nodes and loadnodes connected with transmission lines.An optimal index is presented to evaluate the performance ofdamping controllers to the system's inter-area oscillation with respect to the information-layer topology.Then,the authors show that the inter-area information exchange is more powerful than the exchangewithin a given area to control the inter-area low frequency oscillation based on simulation analysis.