YAG laser welding with surface activating flux

YAG laser welding with surface activating flux has been investigated, and the influencing factors and mechanism are discussed. The results show that both surface activating flux and surface active element S have fantastic effects on the YAG laser weld shape, that is to obviously increase the weld penetration and D/W ratio in various welding conditions. The mechanism is thought to be the change of weld pool surface tension temperature coefficient, thus, the change of fluid flow pattern in weld pool due to the flux.

Activating Flux Design for Laser Weldingof Ferritic Stainless Steel

The behaviors of YAG laser welding process of ferritic stainless steel with activating fluxes were investigatedin this study. Some conventional oxides, halides and carbonates were applied in laser welding. The resultsshowed that the effect of oxides on the penetration depth was more remarkable. Most activating fluxes improved thepenetration more effectively at low power than that at high power. The uniform design was adopted to arrange theformula of multicomponent activating fluxes, showing that the optimal formula can make the penetration depth up to2.23 times as large as that without flux, including 50% ZrO2, 12.09% CaCO3, 10.43% CaO and 27.48% MgO. Throughthe high-speed photographs of welding process, CaF2 can minimize the plasma volume but slightly improve the penetrationcapability.

Stationarity Preservation Properties of the Active Flux Scheme on Cartesian Grids

Hyperbolic systems of conservation laws in multiple spatial dimensions display features absent in the one-dimensional case,such as involutions and non-trivial stationary states.These features need to be captured by numerical methods without excessive grid refine-ment.The active flux method is an extension of the finite volume scheme with additional point values distributed along the cell boundary.For the equations of linear acoustics,an exact evolution operator can be used for the update of these point values.It incorporates all multi-dimensional information.The active flux method is stationarity preserving,i.e.,it discretizes all the stationary states of the PDE.This paper demonstrates the experimental evidence for the discrete stationary states of the active flux method and shows the evolution of setups towards a discrete stationary state.

A Combination of Residual Distribution and the Active Flux Formulations or a New Class of Schemes That Can Combine Several Writings of the Same Hyperbolic Problem:Application to the 1D Euler Equations

We show how to combine in a natural way(i.e.,without any test nor switch)the conservative and non-conservative formulations of an hyperbolic system that has a conservative form.This is inspired from two different classes of schemes:the residual distribution one(Abgrall in Commun Appl Math Comput 2(3):341–368,2020),and the active flux formulations(Eyman and Roe in 49th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting,2011;Eyman in active flux.PhD thesis,University of Michigan,2013;Helzel et al.in J Sci Comput 80(3):35–61,2019;Barsukow in J Sci Comput 86(1):paper No.3,34,2021;Roe in J Sci Comput 73:1094–1114,2017).The solution is globally continuous,and as in the active flux method,described by a combination of point values and average values.Unlike the“classical”active flux methods,the meaning of the point-wise and cell average degrees of freedom is different,and hence follow different forms of PDEs;it is a conservative version of the cell average,and a possibly non-conservative one for the points.This new class of scheme is proved to satisfy a Lax-Wendroff-like theorem.We also develop a method to perform nonlinear stability.We illustrate the behaviour on several benchmarks,some quite challenging.

Effect of activating flux on arc shape and arc voltage in tungsten inert gas welding

The effects of activating fluxes on welding arc were investigated. A special set of water-cooling system and stainless steel were used as parent material. During welding process, high-speed camera system and oscillograph were used for capturing instantaneous arc shape and arc voltage respectively. The experimental results indicate that the SiO2 flux can increase the arc voltage, while TiO2 has no this effect on arc voltage. Compared with conventional tungsten inert gas welding (C-TIG), it is found that the arc shape of A-TIG welding used with the SiO2 flux has changed obviously.

Effect of activating fluxes on weld mechanical properties in TIG welding

Activating TIG (A-TIG) welding has received many attentions worldwide since the end of 1990s. Compared with conventional TIG welding A-TIG welding can greatly improve the welding productivity and reduce the welding cost without altering the equipments under the same welding procedures and is considered as a innovative variant of conventional TIG welding. The materials applied by A-TIG welding have ranged from original titanium alloy to stainless steel, carbon steel, high temperature alloy steel and so forth. The effects of activating fluxes with single component on weld mechanical properties such as tensile strength, hardness and elastics during A-TIG welding of stainless steel are discussed in this paper. The experimental results show that different fluxes have different effects on the weld mechanical properties. Among these fluxes the flux SiO_2 is the best in the performance of tensile strength and ductility, while flux Cr_2O_3 is the best in the performance of weld hardness compared with conventional TIG welding. These experiments provide the foundation for selecting the most suitable fluxes for stainless steel in practical welding production.

Research on the Mechanism of Penetration Increase by Flux in A-TIG Welding

The mechanism of penetration depth increased by activating flux in activating tungsten inert gas (A-TIG) weldingwas studied by measuring the distribution of trace element Bi in the weld and monitoring the change of arc voltageduring A-TIG welding of stainless steel 0Crl8Ni9 with fluxes SiO2 and TiO2. The results show that the mechanismof penetration depth in A-TIG welding depends on the sort of flux used. The weld pool convection after coating theflux SiO2 and flux TiO2 is changed inversely compared with convectional TIG welding without flux. The arc voltageis increased by flux SiO2 whilst flux TiO2 does not have effect on the arc voltage. The reason of penetration depthincrease for SiO2 is due to the constriction of arc plasma and the change of surface tension gradient. The increaseof weld penetration depth with TiO2 only ascribes to the change of surface tension gradient.

Optimality analysis of multiplex A-TIG welding flux for nickel-base superalloy

Orthogonal experiment is employed to study a new kind of multiplex flux for nickel-base superalloy. This activated TIG welding flux is composed of NaF, MgF2 and CaF2, and their proportion is 5：4：1. Compared with conventional TIG welding, the penetration increases 164% by the action of the flux. Tensile test result indicates that the fracture strength of the mixed flux A-TIG weld bead is higher than base metal, and it increases along with the decrement of the welding current. The average extensibility of the weldment is beyond 100%, which means perfect ductility. MetaUographs elucidate that there exist lots of deep and evenly distributed dimples on the fiacture section of weld bead while on that of base metal there only exists a few shallow dimples and massive tearing ridge.

Development of the active flux in superalloy laser welding and the effect on the weld formation

In this study,adopting uniform design method established a mathematical model to prepare multi-element active flux. GH4169 superalloy plates were welded by the Nd: YAG laser equipment with the prepared active flux. The results show all kinds of fluxes increase the depth to width ratio and the multi-component systems are more significant. The largest increment of the weld depth to width ratio is 159%,obtained by using of the F12 series flux. It is proved that by using of the active flux to increase the depth to width ratio of micro laser welding is feasible.

Experimental study on activating welding for aluminum alloys

TIG welding and EB welding Jbr aluminum alloy 3003 were carried out to study the effects of activating flux on weld penetration of activating welding for aluminum alloys. SiO2 was used as the activating flux. It is found that, SiO2 can increase the weld penetration and decrease the weld width of FBTIG when the flux gap is small. For A-TIG welding and EB welding with focused mode, the weld penetrations and the weld widths increase simultaneoudy. SiO2 has little effect on the weld penetration and weld width of EB welding with defocused mode. It is believed that, change of surface tension temperature gradient is not the main mechanism of SiO2 improving weld penetration of activating welding for aluminum alloys.

INTERFACIAL ACTIVITY BEHEAVIOR OF FLUX DURING ALUMINIUM BRAZING

A study on the interfacial activity behavior of flux during aluminium brazing has been made by using metallography,SEM and electron prob techniques.The results show that the activity, of a flux is caused by the wetting of base metal with the liquid heavy metal reduced from the flux,thus,some regions of liquid alloy created,at which no aluminium oxide film covers on the surfaces.The reduced metal drops are finally trapped in the fillet.The size of the metal drops increases with the decrease of brazing temperature.

Activated flux tungsten inert gas welding of 8 mm-thick AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel

AISI 304 stainless steel plates were welded with activated flux tungsten inert gas(A-TIG) method by utilizing self-developed activated flux. It is indicated from the experimental results that for 8 mm-thick AISI 304 stainless steel plate, weld joint of full penetration and one-side welding with good weld appearance can be obtained in a single pass without groove preparation by utilizing A-TIG welding. Moreover, activated flux powders do not cause significant effect on the microstructure of TIG weld and the mechanical properties of A-TIG weld joints are also superior to those of C-TIG(conventional TIG) welding.

Heat and mass flux estimation of modem seafloor hydrothermal activity

Research on heat and mass flux yielded by modern seafloor hydrothermal activity is very important, because it is involved not only in the base of ocean environment research, but also in the historical evolution of seawater properties. Currently, estimating heat flux is based on the observation data of hydrothermal smokers, low-temperature diffusive flow and mid-ocean ridge mainly. But there are some faults, for example, there is lack of a concurrent conductive item in estimating the heat flux by smokers and the error between the half-space cooling model and the observation data is too large. So, three kinds of methods are applied to re-estimating the heat flux of hydrothermal activity resepectively, corresponding estimation is 97. 359 GW by hydrothermal smoker and diffusive flow, 84.895 GW by hydrothermal plume, and 4. 11 TW by exponential attenuation method put forward by this paper. Research on mass flux estimation is relatively rare, the main reason for this is insufficient field observation data. Mass fluxes of different elements are calculated using hydrothermal vent fluid data from the TAG hydrothermal area on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge for the first time. Difference of estimations by different methods reflects the researching extent of hydrothermal activity, and systematically in - situ observation will help to estimate the contribution of hydrothermal activity to ocean chemical environment, ocean circulation and global climate precisely.

Flux measurements for a DD neutron generator using neutron activation analysis

The fast and maximum thermal neutron fluxes from the DD-109 neutron generator at the University of Sharjah were experimentally measured by the activation technique using different neutron reactions. The thermal and fast neutron fluxes were found to be 2.960 × 10~6 and6.186 × 10~7 n/cm^2 s, respectively. This was done to verify the modeling results for the optimum moderator thickness needed to maximize the thermal neutron flux. The optimum moderator thickness was found to be between 3.5 and4 cm. The present data were compared with the detailed MCNP model-based calculation performed in earlier work to simulate the generator.

Effects of fluxes with single component on weld depth in A-TIG welding of magnesium alloy

The effects of fluxes with single component on weld penetration depth in TIG welding of magnesium alloy were investigated. Seven kinds of halides were selected as the activating flux in the experiments. The effects of coating quantity of these fluxes on weld depth-to-width ratio were also studied. The results show that all of the selected halides can increase the weld depth under the same welding conditions compared with conventional TIG welding. The increase of penetration is different for the fluxes with different component. Among them, the flux of CdCl2 is the best, which can increase up to 334% of weld depth compared with the conventional TIG welding.

THE CALCULATION OF BaO ACTIVITIES IN BaO-BaF_2-Cr_2O_3 SYSTEM FLUXES USING SCHUHMANN METHOD

The principle and steps for the calculation of component activities in fluxes using Schuhmann method are described. On the foris of Gibbs-Duhem equation and using Cr2O3 activities in BaO-BaF2-Cr2O3 system fiuxes, BaO activities at 1523 and 1673K are calculated, respectivelg,and the isoactivity diagrums of BaO are also obtained. The calculation results indicate that BaO activity increases with increasing its content in fiuxes, and decreaaes with the increase of Cr2O3 content at a given XBaO/XBaF2 ratio.

PPARαactivation inhibits astrocyte over acti⁃vation by restoring autophagy flux after tran⁃sient brain ischemia

OBJECTIVE Astrocytes activa⁃tion and glial scar formation are the important causes that hinder the recovery of motor function after cerebral ischemia.However,its precise mechanism has not been clarified.Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptorα(PPARα)is a ligand-activated nuclear transcriptional factor.This study aims to further clarify the role of PPARαin astrocyte activation after cerebral isch⁃emia and explore the underlying mechanism.METHODS Astrocyte activation in vivo model was induced by transient middle cerebral artery occlusion(tMCAO)in mice and in vitro model was induced by oxygen-glucose deprivation/reox⁃ygenation(OGD/R)in primary culture of mouse astrocyte.The effects of PPARαon astrocyte ac⁃tivation and autophagy flux were observed in the condition of PPARαdysfunction(PPARαnull mice)or PPARαactivation by oleoylethanol⁃amide(OEA).RESULTS PPARαmainly ex⁃pressed in activated astrocytes during the chron⁃ic phase of brain ischemia and PPARαdysfunc⁃tion promoted astrocytes activation after brain ischemia in vivo and in vitro.After cerebral isch⁃emia,the expressions of LC3-Ⅱ/Ⅰand P62 both increased in the brain tissue near the infarct core.Autophagic vesicles accumulation was ob⁃served by electron microscopy in astrocytes,and mRFP-GFP-LC3 adenovirus infection assay indi⁃cated the block of autophagy flux.PPARαdys⁃function aggravated autophagy flux block,while PPARαactivation preserved the lysosome func⁃tion and restored autophagy flux in astrocytes after OGD/R.Autophagy flux blocker bafilomycin A1 and chloroquine antagonized the effect of OEA on inhibiting astrocyte activation.CONCLU⁃SION PPARαactivation inhibites the over-activa⁃tion of astrocytes by restoring the autophagy flux after cerebral ischemia.

Determination of Neutron Fluxes and Spectrum Shaping Factors in Irradiation Sites of Ghana’S Miniature Neutron Source Reactor (mnsr) by Activation Method After Compensation of Loss of Excess Reactivty

Accurate neutron flux values in irradiation channels of research reactors are very essential to their usage. The total neutron flux of the Ghana Research Reactor-1(GHARR-1) was measured after a beryllium reflector was added to its shim to compensate for excess reactivity loss. The thermal, epithermal and fast neutron fluxes were determined by the method of foil activation. The experimental samples with and without a cadmium cover of 1-mm thickness were irradiated in the isotropic neutron field of the irradiation sites of Ghana Research Reactor-1 facility. The induced activities in the sample were measured by gamma ray spectrometry with a high purity germanium detector. The necessary correction for gamma attenuation, thermal neutrons and resonance neutron self-shielding effects were taken into account during the experimental analysis. By defining cadmium cutoff energy of 0.55eV, Al-0.1% Au wires of negligible thickness were irradiated at 3kW to determine the neutron fluxes of two irradiation channels, outer channel 7 and inner channel 2 whose Neutron Shaping Factor (α) were found to be (0.037 ± 0.001) and (–0.961 ± 0.034). The neutron flux ratios at the inner irradiation site 2 were found to be, (25.308 ± 3.201) for thermal to epithermal neutrons flux, (0.179 ± 0.021) for epithermal to fast neutrons flux and (4.528 ± 0.524) for thermal to fast neutrons flux, in the outer irradiation site 7, the neutron flux ratios were found to be, (40.865 ± 3.622) for thermal to epithermal neutrons flux, (0.286 ± 0.025) for epithermal to fast neutrons flux and (11.680 ± 1.030) for thermal to fast neutrons flux.

用RCPT研究功能梯度混凝土抗氯离子渗透性能

用非稳态迁移法(NSSM)和自然浸泡法评定功能梯度混凝土(FGC)的抗氯离子渗透性能都存在局限性,但快速氯离子渗透试验法(RCPT)没有局限性。该研究用RCPT法对基于各种胶凝材料的FGC的电通量进行了大量测试并得到如下结论:提出了FGC的电通量计算公式;FGC的电通量反映了FGC的抗氯离子渗透性能,FGC的电通量越低则其抗氯离子渗透性能越高;碱激发矿渣(AAS)砂浆具有极好的抗氯离子渗透性能,其氯离子渗透系数可低至2.1×10^(–13)m^(2)/s。

基于一阶线性自抗扰控制器的同步磁阻电机无速度传感器控制

同步磁阻电机在实现无速度传感器控制时出现交叉耦合效应,导致dq轴电感随着电流发生非线性变化,转速环使用传统PI控制器已无法满足系统较强的抗扰性能和较高的转子位置估计精度。为了改善此问题,该文提出一阶线性自抗扰控制器的同步磁阻电机无速度传感器控制策略,利用其机械运动状态方程,将同步磁阻电机的交叉耦合效应及负载扰动变化视为扰动。首先通过扩张状态观测器对负载扰动快速观测并进行前馈补偿,以此来提高系统抗扰性;其次利用静止实验法,得到dq轴磁链与电流的非线性函数模型,将该模型运用至磁链观测器中,以减小交叉耦合效应,提高转子位置估计精度;最后在1.5 kW的同步磁阻电机对拖加载实验平台上进行实验,验证了该控制方案的有效性。