The present research on moulded case circuit breaker(MCCB) focuses on the enhancement of current-limiting interrupting performance during short circuit, overload, under voltage and phase failure, involving electrics...The present research on moulded case circuit breaker(MCCB) focuses on the enhancement of current-limiting interrupting performance during short circuit, overload, under voltage and phase failure, involving electrics, magnetic, mechanics, thermal, material, friction, arc extinguishing, impact vibration, skin effect, etc. The rigid-flexible coupling of the parts and components of the metamorphic manipulating mechanism in multi-fields leads to the non-rigid, high frequency, high damping, singularity of the Euler-Lagrange equations which represents the multi-body dynamics. The small step iteration which is used for obtaining the instantaneous and short time critical interrupting performance of metamorphic mechanism appears inaccuracy. It is difficult to realize top-down design by existing CAD systems. Therefore, a metamorphic manipulating mechanism design method for MCCB using index reduced iteration(IRI) is put forward. The metamorphic manipulating mechanism of MCCB is decomposed into three mechanisms: main switch connector mechanism, electromagnet-drawbar-jump buckle mechanism, and bimetallic strip-drawbar mechanism, which is respectively described by electro-dynamic force, electromagnet force, and bimetallic strip force. The dummy part(virtual rigid) without moment of inertia and mass is employed as intermediate to join the flexible body and rigid body. The model of rigid-flexible coupling metamorphic mechanism multi-body dynamics is built. The differential algebraic equations(DAEs) of the multibody dynamics model are converted to pure ordinary differential equations(ODEs) by coordinate partition. Order reduced integration with multi-step and variable step-size is preceded based on IRI. The non-linear algebraic equations are solved in each integration step by Newton-Rapson iteration. There is no ill-condition and singularity of Jacobian matrix when step size reduces to zero. The independent prototype design system using ACIS R13, HOOPS V11.0 and Visual C++.NET 2003 has been developed, which verifies the effectiveness of the proposed method. The proposed method enhances the current-limiting interrupting performance of MCCB, and has reference significance for multi-body dynamics design for similar flexible metamorphic mechanisms in multi-fields.展开更多
This review summarizes the strengthening mechanisms of reduced activation ferritic/martensitic(RAFM)steels.High-angle grain boundaries,subgrain boundaries,nano-sized M_(23)C_(6),and MX carbide precipitates effectively...This review summarizes the strengthening mechanisms of reduced activation ferritic/martensitic(RAFM)steels.High-angle grain boundaries,subgrain boundaries,nano-sized M_(23)C_(6),and MX carbide precipitates effectively hinder dislocation motion and increase high-temperature strength.M23C6 carbides are easily coarsened under high temperatures,thereby weakening their ability to block dislocations.Creep properties are improved through the reduction of M23C6 carbides.Thus,the loss of strength must be compensated by other strengthening mechanisms.This review also outlines the recent progress in the development of RAFM steels.Oxide dispersion-strengthened steels prevent M23C6 precipitation by reducing C content to increase creep life and introduce a high density of nano-sized oxide precipitates to offset the reduced strength.Severe plastic deformation methods can substantially refine subgrains and MX carbides in the steel.The thermal deformation strengthening of RAFM steels mainly relies on thermo-mechanical treatment to increase the MX carbide and subgrain boundaries.This procedure increases the creep life of TMT(thermo-mechanical treatment)9Cr-1W-0.06Ta steel by~20 times compared with those of F82H and Eurofer 97 steels under 550℃/260 MPa.展开更多
A brief review of the recent advances in kerosene-fueled supersonic combustion modeling is present by comparing the fuels,reviewing the kinetic mechanisms,and introducing recent modeling results.The advantages and dis...A brief review of the recent advances in kerosene-fueled supersonic combustion modeling is present by comparing the fuels,reviewing the kinetic mechanisms,and introducing recent modeling results.The advantages and disadvantages of hydrogen and kerosene for the scramjet combustor are compared to show that kerosene is a more viable fuel option for a Mach number range of 4-8.However,detailed kinetic mechanisms for kerosene,which usually contain thousands of elementary reactions,must be significantly reduced for use in modeling.As of this writing,the smallest skeletal kerosene mechanism has only 19 species and 53 reversible reactions.In contrast to pioneer models based on global chemistry,the current kerosene-fueled supersonic combustion models based on reduced/skeletal chemistry are classified as second-stage.The influence of kinetic mechanisms,global equivalence ratios,inlet Mach number,geometric shape,and domain symmetry are reviewed based on high-fidelity models and available measurements.With the advances in computational technology,models with accurate descriptions of both flow and chemistry are becoming a promising,indispensable approach for the study of supersonic combustion.展开更多
A reduced mechanism for propane/air combustion and its flame inhibition by phosphorus-containing compounds (PCCs) is constructed with the level of importance (LOI) method. The analysis is performed on solutions of fre...A reduced mechanism for propane/air combustion and its flame inhibition by phosphorus-containing compounds (PCCs) is constructed with the level of importance (LOI) method. The analysis is performed on solutions of freely propagating premixed flames with detailed chemical kinetics involving 121 species and 682 reactions proposed by Jayaweera et al. For the non-homogeneous reaction-diffusion system, the chemical lifetime of each species is weighted by its diffusion timescale, and the characteristic flame timescale is used to normalize the chemical lifetime. The definition of sensitivity in LOI is extended so that multi-parameters can be used as sensitivity targets. Propane, oxygen, dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP), and flame speed are selected to be perturbed for sensitivity analysis, the species with low LOI index are removed, and reactions involving the redundant species are excluded from the mechanism. A skeletal mechanism is obtained, which consists of 57 species and 268 elementary reactions. Calculations for laminar flame speeds, key flame radicals and catalytic cycles using the skeletal mechanism are in good agreement with those by using the detailed mechanism over a wide range of equivalence ratio undoped and doped with DMMP.展开更多
Simulated results from a detailed elementary reaction mechanism for methane-containing species in flames consisting of nitrogen (NOx), C1 or C2 fuels are presented, and compared with reduced mechanism;this mechanism h...Simulated results from a detailed elementary reaction mechanism for methane-containing species in flames consisting of nitrogen (NOx), C1 or C2 fuels are presented, and compared with reduced mechanism;this mechanism have been constructed with the analysis of the rate sensitivity matrix f (PCAF method), and the computational singular perturbation (CSP). The analysis was performed on solutions of unstrained adiabatic premixed flames with detailed chemical kinetics described by GRI 3.0 for methane including NOx formation. A 9-step reduced mechanism for methane has been constructed which reproduces accurately laminar burning velocities, flame temperatures and mass fraction distributions of major species for the whole flammability range. Many steady-state species are also predicted satisfactorily. This mechanism is especially for lean flames. This mechanism is accurate for a wide range of the equivalence ratio (1, 0.9, 0.8, and 0.7) and for pressures as high as 40 atm to 60 atm. For both fuels, the CSP algorithm automatically pointed to the same steady-state species as those identified by laborious analysis or intuition in the literature and the global reactions were similar to well established previous methane-reduced mechanisms. This implies that the method is very well suited for the study of complex mechanisms for heavy hydrocarbon combustion.展开更多
This study has identify useful reduced mechanisms that can be used in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of the flow field, combustion and emissions of gas turbine engine combustors. Reduced mechanisms less...This study has identify useful reduced mechanisms that can be used in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of the flow field, combustion and emissions of gas turbine engine combustors. Reduced mechanisms lessen computational cost and possess the ability to accurately predict the overall flame structure, including gas temperature and species as CH4, CO and NOx. The S-STEP algorithm which based on computational singular perturbation method (CSP) is performed for reduced the detailed mechanism GRI-3.0. This algorithm required as input: the detailed mechanism, a numerical solution of the problem and the desired number of steps in the reduced mechanism. In this work, we present a 10-Step reduced mechanism obtained through S-STEP algorithm. The rate of each reaction in the reduced mechanism depends on all species, steady-state and non-steady state. The former are calculated from the solution of a system of steady-state algebraic relations with the point relaxation algorithm. Based on premixed code calculations, The numeric results which were obtained for 1 atm ≤ Pressure ≤ 30 atm and 1.4 ≤ ф ≤ 0.6 on the basis of the ten steps global mechanism, were compared with those computed on the basis of the detailed mechanism GRI-3.0. The 10-step reduced mechanism predicts with accuracy the similar results obtained by the full GRI-3.0 mechanism for both NOx and CH4 chemistry.展开更多
Raptors are getting more attention from researchers because of their excellent flight abilities.And the excellent wing morphing ability is critical for raptors to achieve high maneuvering flight,which can be a good bi...Raptors are getting more attention from researchers because of their excellent flight abilities.And the excellent wing morphing ability is critical for raptors to achieve high maneuvering flight,which can be a good bionic inspiration for unmanned aerial vehicles(UAV)design.However,morphing wing motions of Falco peregrinus with multi postures cannot be consulted since such a motion database was nonexistent.This study aimed to provide data reference for future research in wing morphing kinetics.We used the computed tomography(CT)approach to obtain nine critical postures of the Falco peregrinus wing skeleton,followed with motion analysis of each joint and bone.Based on the obtained motion database,a six-bar kinematic model was proposed to regenerate wing motions with a high fidelity.展开更多
OBJECTIVE Skeletal muscle undergoes rapid and profound atrophy in response to decreased mechanical loading,e.g.,limb immobilization and bed rest.Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase(PI3K)/Akt signaling pathway is critical fo...OBJECTIVE Skeletal muscle undergoes rapid and profound atrophy in response to decreased mechanical loading,e.g.,limb immobilization and bed rest.Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase(PI3K)/Akt signaling pathway is critical for regulating the balance between protein synthesis and degradation during disuse/inactivity-induced muscle atrophy.The present study aimed to investigate whether natural product Icaritin(ICT)required PI3K/Akt signaling to exert counteractive effect on skeletal muscle atrophy following mechanical unloading.METHODS Two oral dosages of ICT(80and 120mg·kg-1·d-1)were administrated daily to adult male rats with or without daily injection of PI3K/Akt signaling inhibitor wortmannin(15μg·kg-1·d-1)during 28-d hindlimb suspension(HS).Ex vivo muscle functional testing,histological and immunohistochemical analysis were performed to determine the changes of soleus muscle function,mean muscle fiber cross-sectional area(CSA)and fiber type distribution.Western blot and real-time PCR analysis were also performed to evaluate the protein or mRNA expression of the markers involved in PI3K/Akt signaling pathway.RESULTS After 28-d HS,soleus muscle underwent profound muscle atrophy(-52.7% muscle mass vs.pre-HS baseline).The high dose ICT treatment significantly attenuated the decreases in soleus muscle mass(+22.6% vs.HS),muscle fiber CSA(+52.8% vs.HS),as well as the muscle functional testing parameters during the unloading.Molecularly,the high dose ICT treatment significantly attenuated the decreases in protein synthesis markers at protein levels(phosphorylation of Akt and its downstream proteins)during the unloading,whereas the increases in protein degradation markers at mRNA(atrogin-1and MuRF-1)and protein(nuclear FOXO1 and FOXO3a)levels during the unloading were significantly attenuated by the high dose ICT treatment.The low dose ICT treatment moderately attenuated the above changes induced by the unloading.Mechanistically,Wortmannin could abolish the above effects of ICT.CONCLUSION ICT requires participation of PI3K/Akt signaling to counteract skeletal muscle atrophy following mechanical unloading in a dose-dependent manner.展开更多
The effect of graphene oxide(GO)and reduced graphene oxide(RGO)nanosheets on the microstructure and mechanical properties of welded joints of mild steel was evaluated by flux-cored arc welding.GO was synthesized by th...The effect of graphene oxide(GO)and reduced graphene oxide(RGO)nanosheets on the microstructure and mechanical properties of welded joints of mild steel was evaluated by flux-cored arc welding.GO was synthesized by the Hummer’s method and was reduced under hydrothermal conditions at a pressure of 1.1 MPa at 180°C for 12 h.1,3,and 10 mg/mL paste fillers were used in GO and RGO,and applied to the weld notch.The results clearly showed that by increasing the concentration of RGO up to 10 mg/mL,the tensile strength and hardness of the weld metal were improved by approximately 20.5%and 38.4%,respectively,because the coarse grains were changed into fine domains.The domain of the nanosheets cluster was 19.85×10^?9 m.Specifically,the RGO nanosheets contributed to modifying the mechanical properties of the welded steel,likely due to dislocation pinning.展开更多
Magnesium(Mg) has attracted wide interest in orthopedic applications as they exhibit great biodegradability and strong biocompatibility,while corrosion is the main concern for Mg that should be addressed prior to biom...Magnesium(Mg) has attracted wide interest in orthopedic applications as they exhibit great biodegradability and strong biocompatibility,while corrosion is the main concern for Mg that should be addressed prior to biomedical applications. In this work, ZM31(Mg-3Zn-1Mn)/x RGO(x = 0, 0.5, 1 and 1.5 wt%) biocomposites were synthesized by semi-powder metallurgy method. The results showed that the RGO acting as an effective reinforcing filler to prevent deformation and showed better compressive strength(282.3 ± 9 MPa) and revealed enhancement in failure Strain(7.8 ± 2.1%) at 1 wt% RGO concentration compared to Mg alloy(244.5 ± 9 MPa and 7.1 ± 1.5%respectively). Moreover, fracture analysis indicated a more ductile fracture of the nanocomposites after the incorporation of RGO. Crack bridging, crack deflection and crack branching are dominant mechanisms for reinforcement of Mg-based containing RGO. Mg composites containing 0.5 wt% RGO showed a low corrosion rate(2.75 mm/year), while more incorporation of RGO resulted in an increased corrosion rate(4.38 mm/year). In addition, the degradation rate of ZM31 alloy(2.57 mg·cm-2·d-1) obviously decreased with the addition of 0.5 wt%RGO(1.84 mg·cm-2·d-1) in the SBF. Besides, continuous apatite layers were created on the composites in the SBF solution. Also, the cell culture examinations showed good cell viability and adhesion on composites with 0.5 and 1 wt% RGO, which was demonstrated by the SEM and MTT assay The alkaline phosphatase(ALP) activity of the ZM3–0.5RGO composite was considerably higher than that of ZM31matrix alloy in 24 h and 48 h, implying higher osteoblastic differentiation. The antibacterial behavior toward both bacteria(E. coli and S.aureus) exhibited that escalating RGO concentration in Mg-matrix composites leads to further inhibition of bacteria growth. These findings suggested that ZM31–0.5RGO biocomposite could be a more promising candidate for orthopedic implants.展开更多
Direct kinematics with analytic solutions is critical to the real-time control of parallel mechanisms.Therefore,the type synthesis of a mechanism having explicit form of forward kinematics has become a topic of intere...Direct kinematics with analytic solutions is critical to the real-time control of parallel mechanisms.Therefore,the type synthesis of a mechanism having explicit form of forward kinematics has become a topic of interest.Based on this purpose,this paper deals with the type synthesis of 1T2R parallel mechanisms by investigating the topological structure coupling-reducing of the 3UPS&UP parallel mechanism.With the aid of the theory of mechanism topology,the analysis of the topological characteristics of the 3UPS&UP parallel mechanism is presented,which shows that there are highly coupled motions and constraints amongst the limbs of the mechanism.Three methods for structure coupling-reducing of the 3UPS&UP parallel mechanism are proposed,resulting in eight new types of 1T2R parallel mechanisms with one or zero coupling degree.One obtained parallel mechanism is taken as an example to demonstrate that a mechanism with zero coupling degree has an explicit form for forward kinematics.The process of type synthesis is in the order of permutation and combination;therefore,there are no omissions.This method is also appli cable to other configurations,and novel topological structures having simple forward kinematics can be obtained from an original mechanism via this method.展开更多
The optimization of the scaffolds to provide a suitable matrix and accelerate the regeneration process is vital for bone tissue engineering.However,poor mechanical and biological characteristics remain the primary cha...The optimization of the scaffolds to provide a suitable matrix and accelerate the regeneration process is vital for bone tissue engineering.However,poor mechanical and biological characteristics remain the primary challenges that must be addressed.For example,although bredigite(Br)has shown great potential for application in bone tissue engineering,it easily fails in replacement.In the present work,these challenges are addressed by reinforcing the Br matrix with nanosheets of graphene oxide(rGO)that have been reduced by bovine serum albumin(BSA)in order to enhance the mechanical properties and biological behavior.The reduction of graphene oxide by BSA improves the water stability of the nanosheets and provides an electrostatic interaction between theBSA-rGO nanosheets and theBr particles.The high thermal conductivity of theBSA-rGO nanosheets decreases the porosity of the Br by transferring heat to the core of the tablet.Furthermore,the addition of BSA-rGO nanosheets into the Br matrix enhances the adhesion of G-292 cells on the surface of the tablets.These findings suggest that the tablet consisting of BSA-rGO-reinforced Br has encouraging potential for application in bone tissue engineering.展开更多
Skeletal muscle accounts for 40%~45%of the body weight and is composed of a large number of parallel arrangement of muscle fiber bundles through attaching to the skeleton by the tendon.And robust skeletal muscles prov...Skeletal muscle accounts for 40%~45%of the body weight and is composed of a large number of parallel arrangement of muscle fiber bundles through attaching to the skeleton by the tendon.And robust skeletal muscles provide people the ability of daily activities such as walk,lift and so on.Muscle fibers are generated by multinucleated myotubes which form from the fusion of myoblasts with polarity development,and the synergistic effect between muscle fibers and spontaneous contraction provides support for the movement of the bodies and limbs.However,because of common clinical genetic defect,trauma,tumor,primary myopathy there are so many people cannot exercise like normal people.So it is an urgent task to treat these diseases.Traditional treatment methods are mainly through acupuncture,rehabilitation,drug treatment,etc.But these methods have long treatment times,poor efficacy,and high costs.Recently,the clinical researchers find that these diseases have similar pathological characteristics including structural damage,loss of skeletal muscle function,apoptosis and degradation of muscle fibers Therefore,there is academic and clinical value to study the repair and regeneration of skeletal muscle.Nowadays,tissue engineering provides a new idea for repairing damaged muscle tissue.Tissue engineering uses biological materials as a carrier to regulate the structural properties of materials.By applying biological/chemical/physical stimuli to mimic the microenvironment of the living body.And then construct a living tissue and transplant it into the body for wound repair.With the development of tissue engineering,we regulate the micro-structure of the cell matrix and applying mechanical stimulation to reconstruct a functional muscle microtissue in vitro.Such fabrication and mechanical loading strategy provide an easily adaptable platform to create functional muscle tissue constructs.And the mature muscle microtissues provide a useful tool for the clinical application to treat muscle injury.In this work,we regulate ECM microstructure and apply mechanical stimulation to construct three-dimensional muscle cell mechanical microenvironment.We first regulate the collagen fiber orientation by utilizing the characteristics of collagen gelation,which is a slow process and often need half an hour even more.Before gelation,we fabricate a PDMS mould with rectangle chamber and apply a strain along the long axis to a certain extent utilizing its elasticity.Then we pour collagen solution into the chamber and release the force a few minutes later and gelatinize.After gelation,we apply stretching on the end of the rectangle collagen hydrogel to promote further alignment.We adjust the strain loading time and the strain level to form different groups.Determining the optimal experimental conditions for myotube formation by counting the length and area ofthe myotube and immunofluorescence about relevant proteins.Later,we use western blot and RT-PCR to prove our result.It was found that the application of pre-strain and tensile stimulation can promote the alignment of collagen fibers.Results show that strain loading time and strain extent can regulate the morphology and function of myotubes.The muscle mechanical microenvironment we constructed promotes the formation and activity of polar multinuclear myotubes and builds mature muscle tissue,and determines the related molecular pathways and their transmission mechanisms during the mechanical conduction process.展开更多
CRMA was prepared by mixing PG 64-22 asphalt with crumb rubber powder of 40 mesh size and 18% by weight of the asphalt. Sasobit, a typical organic wax additive, was selected and added into CRMA. A series of tests, nam...CRMA was prepared by mixing PG 64-22 asphalt with crumb rubber powder of 40 mesh size and 18% by weight of the asphalt. Sasobit, a typical organic wax additive, was selected and added into CRMA. A series of tests, namely, brookfield viscosity, environmental scanning electron microscope(ESEM), component test, differential scanning calorimeter(DSC), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) were conducted on CRMA with and without organic wax additive, and microcosmic appearance, component content and molecular structure of various asphalt binders were obtained. The test results indicate that the addition of Sasobit~ into CRMA can effectively change the contents of components: the content of asphaltenes increases relatively, while saturates decreases. In addition, the interaction between various components of CRMA is weakened, and the state of equilibrium between the dispersant and dispersed phase is changed at the same time. That is why the viscosity decreases after the organic wax additive is added into CRMA.展开更多
The hybrid of carbon nanotube(CNT)and reduced graphene oxide(RGO)reinforced ZK61 composite was fabricated by a hot extrusion process.Compared with the raw ZK61 alloy and single-reinforced composites,the hybrid-reinfor...The hybrid of carbon nanotube(CNT)and reduced graphene oxide(RGO)reinforced ZK61 composite was fabricated by a hot extrusion process.Compared with the raw ZK61 alloy and single-reinforced composites,the hybrid-reinforced by RGO+CNT complex exhibited significant enhancements both in mechanical and thermal performance.By adjusting the proportion of RGO and CNT in ZK61 alloy,the obtained optimum ZK61/(0.06 wt%RGO+0.54 wt%CNT)composite exhibited increase of 25.4%in yield strength,26.5%in ultimate tensile strength,104%in failure strain and 30.4%in thermal conductivity,respectively,in comparison with ZK61 alloy.The superior properties of the nano-hybrid composite are attributed to the synergetic effects of RGO and CNT,leading to a uniform dispersion and integrated structure as well as the enhanced interfacial bonding with matrix.The strengthening ability of RGO and CNT was calculated to quantify their individual contribution to the improvement in mechanical and thermal properties of the ZK61 matrix composite.The RGO+CNT hybrids provide a promising way to develop Mg matrix composites with impressive performances.展开更多
Electrochemical properties of lithium-sulfur(Li-S)batteries are mainly hindered by both the insulating nature of elemental sulfur(i.e.,molecular S8)and the shuttling effect or sluggish redox kinetics of lithium polysu...Electrochemical properties of lithium-sulfur(Li-S)batteries are mainly hindered by both the insulating nature of elemental sulfur(i.e.,molecular S8)and the shuttling effect or sluggish redox kinetics of lithium polysulfide intermediates(Li_(2)S_(n),3≤n≤8).In this paper,a three-dimensional mesoporous reduced graphene oxide-based nanocomposite,with the embedding of metallic Co nanoparticles and the doping of elemental N(Co/NrGO),and its simply ground mixture with powdered S at a mass ratio of 1:6(Co/NrGO/S)are prepared and used as cathode-/separator-coated interlayers and working electrodes in assembled Li-S cells,respectively.One of the effective cell configurations is to paste composite Co/NrGO onto both the S-loading cathode and separator,showing good cycling stability(1070mAh g^(−1) in the 100th cycle at 0.2 C),highrate capability(835mAh g^(−1),2.0 C),and excellent durability(905mAh g^(−1) in the 250th cycle at 0.5 or 0.2 C).Compared with the experimental results of Co-absent NrGO,electrochemical properties of various Co/NrGO-based cell configurations clearly show multiple functions of Co/NrGO,indicating that the absence of Co/NrGO coatings and/or Co nanoparticles may be inadequate to achieve superior S availability of assembled Li-S batteries.展开更多
As an industrial byproduct of oil refining,furfural extract oil from reduced-pressure route Ⅱ with high aromatic content was used to prepare heat-resistant condensed polynuclear aromatic(COPNA) resin for the first ...As an industrial byproduct of oil refining,furfural extract oil from reduced-pressure route Ⅱ with high aromatic content was used to prepare heat-resistant condensed polynuclear aromatic(COPNA) resin for the first time.The basic properties of furfural extract oil and the resultant COPNA resin were characterized by infrared spectroscopy(FT-IR),nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy(1H-NMR),thermogravimetric analysis(TGA) and elemental analysis(EA).The result showed that heat treated furfural extract oil was successfully used for the synthesis of heat-resistant COPNA resin.The average structural parameters of raw materials and prepared resin were calculated by the improved Brown-Ladner method,and the averaged molecular structure of the resin was obtained.The reaction mechanism for the synthesis of COPNA resin was suggested as an acid-catalyzed positive ion type polymerization.展开更多
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) vector sensor is a recent advancement in the field of underwater acoustic sensors. The major incentive provided by this acoustic vector sensor is that it provides information ab...Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) vector sensor is a recent advancement in the field of underwater acoustic sensors. The major incentive provided by this acoustic vector sensor is that it provides information about the direction of the incoming acoustic source signal in addition to the measurement of the pressure associated with the acoustic signal. We are reporting a design of a MEMS acoustic vector sensor for underwater applications using piezoresistive film of Reduced Graphine Oxide (RGO), realized on kapton (polyimide) film as the starting material. The sensor is designed and fabricated by deposition of RGO on a kapton, which is a flexible substrate by the method of drop casting making the process simple, low-cost and scalable. The application of the piezoresistive transduction principle and ingenious structure of the vector sensor based on bionic principle improves miniaturization and the low-frequency sensitivity. The fabricated sensor shows a repeatable response in both static and dynamic conditions, to the applied strain due to the acoustic signal in a given direction. The experimental results show that fabricated sensor based on MEMS technology and piezoresistive effect is feasible and it possesses intrinsic two-dimensional directivity. The fabricated device has given good response for the low-frequency acoustic signals due to the effect of piezoresistive transduction principle and the resonance frequency of the device is found to be around 80 Hz with the displacement sensitivity around 3 mV/mm and 2 mV/mm of X and Y axis directions respectively.展开更多
In this study,the pressure compensation mechanism of a reducer bellows is analyzed.This device is typically used to reduce the size of undersea instruments and improve related pressure resistance and sealing capabilit...In this study,the pressure compensation mechanism of a reducer bellows is analyzed.This device is typically used to reduce the size of undersea instruments and improve related pressure resistance and sealing capabilities.Here,its axial stiffness is studied through a multi-fold approach based on theory,simulations and experiments.The results indicate that the mechanical strength of the reducer bellows,together with the oil volume and temperature are the main factors influencing its performances.In particular,the wall thickness,wave number,middle distance,and wave height are the most influential parameters.For a certain type of reducer bellows,the compensation capacity attains a maximum when the wave number ratio is between 6:6 and 8:4,the wall thickness is 0.3 mm,and the wave height is between 4–5 mm and 5–6 mm.Moreover,the maximum allowable ambient pres-sure of the optimized reducer bellows can reach 62.6 MPa without failure,and the maximum working water depth is 6284 m.展开更多
基金supported by National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program, Grant No. 2011CB706506)National S&T Great Special of China(Grant Nos. 2012ZX04010011, 2011ZX04014-131)+1 种基金National Science Foundation for Young Scholars of China(Grant No. 51005204)Postdoctoral Fund of China(Grant No. 20100471000)
文摘The present research on moulded case circuit breaker(MCCB) focuses on the enhancement of current-limiting interrupting performance during short circuit, overload, under voltage and phase failure, involving electrics, magnetic, mechanics, thermal, material, friction, arc extinguishing, impact vibration, skin effect, etc. The rigid-flexible coupling of the parts and components of the metamorphic manipulating mechanism in multi-fields leads to the non-rigid, high frequency, high damping, singularity of the Euler-Lagrange equations which represents the multi-body dynamics. The small step iteration which is used for obtaining the instantaneous and short time critical interrupting performance of metamorphic mechanism appears inaccuracy. It is difficult to realize top-down design by existing CAD systems. Therefore, a metamorphic manipulating mechanism design method for MCCB using index reduced iteration(IRI) is put forward. The metamorphic manipulating mechanism of MCCB is decomposed into three mechanisms: main switch connector mechanism, electromagnet-drawbar-jump buckle mechanism, and bimetallic strip-drawbar mechanism, which is respectively described by electro-dynamic force, electromagnet force, and bimetallic strip force. The dummy part(virtual rigid) without moment of inertia and mass is employed as intermediate to join the flexible body and rigid body. The model of rigid-flexible coupling metamorphic mechanism multi-body dynamics is built. The differential algebraic equations(DAEs) of the multibody dynamics model are converted to pure ordinary differential equations(ODEs) by coordinate partition. Order reduced integration with multi-step and variable step-size is preceded based on IRI. The non-linear algebraic equations are solved in each integration step by Newton-Rapson iteration. There is no ill-condition and singularity of Jacobian matrix when step size reduces to zero. The independent prototype design system using ACIS R13, HOOPS V11.0 and Visual C++.NET 2003 has been developed, which verifies the effectiveness of the proposed method. The proposed method enhances the current-limiting interrupting performance of MCCB, and has reference significance for multi-body dynamics design for similar flexible metamorphic mechanisms in multi-fields.
基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFB 0300600)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(No.51922026)+1 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Nos.N2002013,N2002005,N2007011)the 111 Project(No.B20029).
文摘This review summarizes the strengthening mechanisms of reduced activation ferritic/martensitic(RAFM)steels.High-angle grain boundaries,subgrain boundaries,nano-sized M_(23)C_(6),and MX carbide precipitates effectively hinder dislocation motion and increase high-temperature strength.M23C6 carbides are easily coarsened under high temperatures,thereby weakening their ability to block dislocations.Creep properties are improved through the reduction of M23C6 carbides.Thus,the loss of strength must be compensated by other strengthening mechanisms.This review also outlines the recent progress in the development of RAFM steels.Oxide dispersion-strengthened steels prevent M23C6 precipitation by reducing C content to increase creep life and introduce a high density of nano-sized oxide precipitates to offset the reduced strength.Severe plastic deformation methods can substantially refine subgrains and MX carbides in the steel.The thermal deformation strengthening of RAFM steels mainly relies on thermo-mechanical treatment to increase the MX carbide and subgrain boundaries.This procedure increases the creep life of TMT(thermo-mechanical treatment)9Cr-1W-0.06Ta steel by~20 times compared with those of F82H and Eurofer 97 steels under 550℃/260 MPa.
基金This research is supported by the Training Program of the Major Research Plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant 91641110)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant 11502270)+1 种基金the State Key Laboratory of High Temperature Gas Dynamics Innovative Foundation(Grant LHD2018JS01)The authors are grateful to the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin for providing the computational resource.
文摘A brief review of the recent advances in kerosene-fueled supersonic combustion modeling is present by comparing the fuels,reviewing the kinetic mechanisms,and introducing recent modeling results.The advantages and disadvantages of hydrogen and kerosene for the scramjet combustor are compared to show that kerosene is a more viable fuel option for a Mach number range of 4-8.However,detailed kinetic mechanisms for kerosene,which usually contain thousands of elementary reactions,must be significantly reduced for use in modeling.As of this writing,the smallest skeletal kerosene mechanism has only 19 species and 53 reversible reactions.In contrast to pioneer models based on global chemistry,the current kerosene-fueled supersonic combustion models based on reduced/skeletal chemistry are classified as second-stage.The influence of kinetic mechanisms,global equivalence ratios,inlet Mach number,geometric shape,and domain symmetry are reviewed based on high-fidelity models and available measurements.With the advances in computational technology,models with accurate descriptions of both flow and chemistry are becoming a promising,indispensable approach for the study of supersonic combustion.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50876097) the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of China (NCET-06-0546)
文摘A reduced mechanism for propane/air combustion and its flame inhibition by phosphorus-containing compounds (PCCs) is constructed with the level of importance (LOI) method. The analysis is performed on solutions of freely propagating premixed flames with detailed chemical kinetics involving 121 species and 682 reactions proposed by Jayaweera et al. For the non-homogeneous reaction-diffusion system, the chemical lifetime of each species is weighted by its diffusion timescale, and the characteristic flame timescale is used to normalize the chemical lifetime. The definition of sensitivity in LOI is extended so that multi-parameters can be used as sensitivity targets. Propane, oxygen, dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP), and flame speed are selected to be perturbed for sensitivity analysis, the species with low LOI index are removed, and reactions involving the redundant species are excluded from the mechanism. A skeletal mechanism is obtained, which consists of 57 species and 268 elementary reactions. Calculations for laminar flame speeds, key flame radicals and catalytic cycles using the skeletal mechanism are in good agreement with those by using the detailed mechanism over a wide range of equivalence ratio undoped and doped with DMMP.
文摘Simulated results from a detailed elementary reaction mechanism for methane-containing species in flames consisting of nitrogen (NOx), C1 or C2 fuels are presented, and compared with reduced mechanism;this mechanism have been constructed with the analysis of the rate sensitivity matrix f (PCAF method), and the computational singular perturbation (CSP). The analysis was performed on solutions of unstrained adiabatic premixed flames with detailed chemical kinetics described by GRI 3.0 for methane including NOx formation. A 9-step reduced mechanism for methane has been constructed which reproduces accurately laminar burning velocities, flame temperatures and mass fraction distributions of major species for the whole flammability range. Many steady-state species are also predicted satisfactorily. This mechanism is especially for lean flames. This mechanism is accurate for a wide range of the equivalence ratio (1, 0.9, 0.8, and 0.7) and for pressures as high as 40 atm to 60 atm. For both fuels, the CSP algorithm automatically pointed to the same steady-state species as those identified by laborious analysis or intuition in the literature and the global reactions were similar to well established previous methane-reduced mechanisms. This implies that the method is very well suited for the study of complex mechanisms for heavy hydrocarbon combustion.
文摘This study has identify useful reduced mechanisms that can be used in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of the flow field, combustion and emissions of gas turbine engine combustors. Reduced mechanisms lessen computational cost and possess the ability to accurately predict the overall flame structure, including gas temperature and species as CH4, CO and NOx. The S-STEP algorithm which based on computational singular perturbation method (CSP) is performed for reduced the detailed mechanism GRI-3.0. This algorithm required as input: the detailed mechanism, a numerical solution of the problem and the desired number of steps in the reduced mechanism. In this work, we present a 10-Step reduced mechanism obtained through S-STEP algorithm. The rate of each reaction in the reduced mechanism depends on all species, steady-state and non-steady state. The former are calculated from the solution of a system of steady-state algebraic relations with the point relaxation algorithm. Based on premixed code calculations, The numeric results which were obtained for 1 atm ≤ Pressure ≤ 30 atm and 1.4 ≤ ф ≤ 0.6 on the basis of the ten steps global mechanism, were compared with those computed on the basis of the detailed mechanism GRI-3.0. The 10-step reduced mechanism predicts with accuracy the similar results obtained by the full GRI-3.0 mechanism for both NOx and CH4 chemistry.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52175279,52075489,and 51705459)the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province,China(Grant Nos.LY20E050022 and LGG20E050017)。
文摘Raptors are getting more attention from researchers because of their excellent flight abilities.And the excellent wing morphing ability is critical for raptors to achieve high maneuvering flight,which can be a good bionic inspiration for unmanned aerial vehicles(UAV)design.However,morphing wing motions of Falco peregrinus with multi postures cannot be consulted since such a motion database was nonexistent.This study aimed to provide data reference for future research in wing morphing kinetics.We used the computed tomography(CT)approach to obtain nine critical postures of the Falco peregrinus wing skeleton,followed with motion analysis of each joint and bone.Based on the obtained motion database,a six-bar kinematic model was proposed to regenerate wing motions with a high fidelity.
基金The project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(81201406)Direct Grant for Research,The Chinese University of Hong Kong(4054138)
文摘OBJECTIVE Skeletal muscle undergoes rapid and profound atrophy in response to decreased mechanical loading,e.g.,limb immobilization and bed rest.Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase(PI3K)/Akt signaling pathway is critical for regulating the balance between protein synthesis and degradation during disuse/inactivity-induced muscle atrophy.The present study aimed to investigate whether natural product Icaritin(ICT)required PI3K/Akt signaling to exert counteractive effect on skeletal muscle atrophy following mechanical unloading.METHODS Two oral dosages of ICT(80and 120mg·kg-1·d-1)were administrated daily to adult male rats with or without daily injection of PI3K/Akt signaling inhibitor wortmannin(15μg·kg-1·d-1)during 28-d hindlimb suspension(HS).Ex vivo muscle functional testing,histological and immunohistochemical analysis were performed to determine the changes of soleus muscle function,mean muscle fiber cross-sectional area(CSA)and fiber type distribution.Western blot and real-time PCR analysis were also performed to evaluate the protein or mRNA expression of the markers involved in PI3K/Akt signaling pathway.RESULTS After 28-d HS,soleus muscle underwent profound muscle atrophy(-52.7% muscle mass vs.pre-HS baseline).The high dose ICT treatment significantly attenuated the decreases in soleus muscle mass(+22.6% vs.HS),muscle fiber CSA(+52.8% vs.HS),as well as the muscle functional testing parameters during the unloading.Molecularly,the high dose ICT treatment significantly attenuated the decreases in protein synthesis markers at protein levels(phosphorylation of Akt and its downstream proteins)during the unloading,whereas the increases in protein degradation markers at mRNA(atrogin-1and MuRF-1)and protein(nuclear FOXO1 and FOXO3a)levels during the unloading were significantly attenuated by the high dose ICT treatment.The low dose ICT treatment moderately attenuated the above changes induced by the unloading.Mechanistically,Wortmannin could abolish the above effects of ICT.CONCLUSION ICT requires participation of PI3K/Akt signaling to counteract skeletal muscle atrophy following mechanical unloading in a dose-dependent manner.
基金the Sustainable Nano Surfaces of the East(Payanano.com)Company in Islamic Republic of Iran.
文摘The effect of graphene oxide(GO)and reduced graphene oxide(RGO)nanosheets on the microstructure and mechanical properties of welded joints of mild steel was evaluated by flux-cored arc welding.GO was synthesized by the Hummer’s method and was reduced under hydrothermal conditions at a pressure of 1.1 MPa at 180°C for 12 h.1,3,and 10 mg/mL paste fillers were used in GO and RGO,and applied to the weld notch.The results clearly showed that by increasing the concentration of RGO up to 10 mg/mL,the tensile strength and hardness of the weld metal were improved by approximately 20.5%and 38.4%,respectively,because the coarse grains were changed into fine domains.The domain of the nanosheets cluster was 19.85×10^?9 m.Specifically,the RGO nanosheets contributed to modifying the mechanical properties of the welded steel,likely due to dislocation pinning.
文摘Magnesium(Mg) has attracted wide interest in orthopedic applications as they exhibit great biodegradability and strong biocompatibility,while corrosion is the main concern for Mg that should be addressed prior to biomedical applications. In this work, ZM31(Mg-3Zn-1Mn)/x RGO(x = 0, 0.5, 1 and 1.5 wt%) biocomposites were synthesized by semi-powder metallurgy method. The results showed that the RGO acting as an effective reinforcing filler to prevent deformation and showed better compressive strength(282.3 ± 9 MPa) and revealed enhancement in failure Strain(7.8 ± 2.1%) at 1 wt% RGO concentration compared to Mg alloy(244.5 ± 9 MPa and 7.1 ± 1.5%respectively). Moreover, fracture analysis indicated a more ductile fracture of the nanocomposites after the incorporation of RGO. Crack bridging, crack deflection and crack branching are dominant mechanisms for reinforcement of Mg-based containing RGO. Mg composites containing 0.5 wt% RGO showed a low corrosion rate(2.75 mm/year), while more incorporation of RGO resulted in an increased corrosion rate(4.38 mm/year). In addition, the degradation rate of ZM31 alloy(2.57 mg·cm-2·d-1) obviously decreased with the addition of 0.5 wt%RGO(1.84 mg·cm-2·d-1) in the SBF. Besides, continuous apatite layers were created on the composites in the SBF solution. Also, the cell culture examinations showed good cell viability and adhesion on composites with 0.5 and 1 wt% RGO, which was demonstrated by the SEM and MTT assay The alkaline phosphatase(ALP) activity of the ZM3–0.5RGO composite was considerably higher than that of ZM31matrix alloy in 24 h and 48 h, implying higher osteoblastic differentiation. The antibacterial behavior toward both bacteria(E. coli and S.aureus) exhibited that escalating RGO concentration in Mg-matrix composites leads to further inhibition of bacteria growth. These findings suggested that ZM31–0.5RGO biocomposite could be a more promising candidate for orthopedic implants.
基金Supported by National Key R&D program of China(Grant No.2017YFB1301800)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51622508)National Defense Basic Scientific Research program of China(Grant No.JCKY2017203B066)
文摘Direct kinematics with analytic solutions is critical to the real-time control of parallel mechanisms.Therefore,the type synthesis of a mechanism having explicit form of forward kinematics has become a topic of interest.Based on this purpose,this paper deals with the type synthesis of 1T2R parallel mechanisms by investigating the topological structure coupling-reducing of the 3UPS&UP parallel mechanism.With the aid of the theory of mechanism topology,the analysis of the topological characteristics of the 3UPS&UP parallel mechanism is presented,which shows that there are highly coupled motions and constraints amongst the limbs of the mechanism.Three methods for structure coupling-reducing of the 3UPS&UP parallel mechanism are proposed,resulting in eight new types of 1T2R parallel mechanisms with one or zero coupling degree.One obtained parallel mechanism is taken as an example to demonstrate that a mechanism with zero coupling degree has an explicit form for forward kinematics.The process of type synthesis is in the order of permutation and combination;therefore,there are no omissions.This method is also appli cable to other configurations,and novel topological structures having simple forward kinematics can be obtained from an original mechanism via this method.
基金Thiswork is financially supported by IranUniversity of Science and Technology(IUST)and Motamed Cancer Institute(ACECR).
文摘The optimization of the scaffolds to provide a suitable matrix and accelerate the regeneration process is vital for bone tissue engineering.However,poor mechanical and biological characteristics remain the primary challenges that must be addressed.For example,although bredigite(Br)has shown great potential for application in bone tissue engineering,it easily fails in replacement.In the present work,these challenges are addressed by reinforcing the Br matrix with nanosheets of graphene oxide(rGO)that have been reduced by bovine serum albumin(BSA)in order to enhance the mechanical properties and biological behavior.The reduction of graphene oxide by BSA improves the water stability of the nanosheets and provides an electrostatic interaction between theBSA-rGO nanosheets and theBr particles.The high thermal conductivity of theBSA-rGO nanosheets decreases the porosity of the Br by transferring heat to the core of the tablet.Furthermore,the addition of BSA-rGO nanosheets into the Br matrix enhances the adhesion of G-292 cells on the surface of the tablets.These findings suggest that the tablet consisting of BSA-rGO-reinforced Br has encouraging potential for application in bone tissue engineering.
文摘Skeletal muscle accounts for 40%~45%of the body weight and is composed of a large number of parallel arrangement of muscle fiber bundles through attaching to the skeleton by the tendon.And robust skeletal muscles provide people the ability of daily activities such as walk,lift and so on.Muscle fibers are generated by multinucleated myotubes which form from the fusion of myoblasts with polarity development,and the synergistic effect between muscle fibers and spontaneous contraction provides support for the movement of the bodies and limbs.However,because of common clinical genetic defect,trauma,tumor,primary myopathy there are so many people cannot exercise like normal people.So it is an urgent task to treat these diseases.Traditional treatment methods are mainly through acupuncture,rehabilitation,drug treatment,etc.But these methods have long treatment times,poor efficacy,and high costs.Recently,the clinical researchers find that these diseases have similar pathological characteristics including structural damage,loss of skeletal muscle function,apoptosis and degradation of muscle fibers Therefore,there is academic and clinical value to study the repair and regeneration of skeletal muscle.Nowadays,tissue engineering provides a new idea for repairing damaged muscle tissue.Tissue engineering uses biological materials as a carrier to regulate the structural properties of materials.By applying biological/chemical/physical stimuli to mimic the microenvironment of the living body.And then construct a living tissue and transplant it into the body for wound repair.With the development of tissue engineering,we regulate the micro-structure of the cell matrix and applying mechanical stimulation to reconstruct a functional muscle microtissue in vitro.Such fabrication and mechanical loading strategy provide an easily adaptable platform to create functional muscle tissue constructs.And the mature muscle microtissues provide a useful tool for the clinical application to treat muscle injury.In this work,we regulate ECM microstructure and apply mechanical stimulation to construct three-dimensional muscle cell mechanical microenvironment.We first regulate the collagen fiber orientation by utilizing the characteristics of collagen gelation,which is a slow process and often need half an hour even more.Before gelation,we fabricate a PDMS mould with rectangle chamber and apply a strain along the long axis to a certain extent utilizing its elasticity.Then we pour collagen solution into the chamber and release the force a few minutes later and gelatinize.After gelation,we apply stretching on the end of the rectangle collagen hydrogel to promote further alignment.We adjust the strain loading time and the strain level to form different groups.Determining the optimal experimental conditions for myotube formation by counting the length and area ofthe myotube and immunofluorescence about relevant proteins.Later,we use western blot and RT-PCR to prove our result.It was found that the application of pre-strain and tensile stimulation can promote the alignment of collagen fibers.Results show that strain loading time and strain extent can regulate the morphology and function of myotubes.The muscle mechanical microenvironment we constructed promotes the formation and activity of polar multinuclear myotubes and builds mature muscle tissue,and determines the related molecular pathways and their transmission mechanisms during the mechanical conduction process.
基金Fund by the National Natural Science Found Project of China(NSFC)(No.51278173)the Science and Technology Project of Jiangsu Provincial Communications Department(No.SBK201120606)
文摘CRMA was prepared by mixing PG 64-22 asphalt with crumb rubber powder of 40 mesh size and 18% by weight of the asphalt. Sasobit, a typical organic wax additive, was selected and added into CRMA. A series of tests, namely, brookfield viscosity, environmental scanning electron microscope(ESEM), component test, differential scanning calorimeter(DSC), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) were conducted on CRMA with and without organic wax additive, and microcosmic appearance, component content and molecular structure of various asphalt binders were obtained. The test results indicate that the addition of Sasobit~ into CRMA can effectively change the contents of components: the content of asphaltenes increases relatively, while saturates decreases. In addition, the interaction between various components of CRMA is weakened, and the state of equilibrium between the dispersant and dispersed phase is changed at the same time. That is why the viscosity decreases after the organic wax additive is added into CRMA.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No.2021YFB3701100)the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No.2192006)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.51801004).
文摘The hybrid of carbon nanotube(CNT)and reduced graphene oxide(RGO)reinforced ZK61 composite was fabricated by a hot extrusion process.Compared with the raw ZK61 alloy and single-reinforced composites,the hybrid-reinforced by RGO+CNT complex exhibited significant enhancements both in mechanical and thermal performance.By adjusting the proportion of RGO and CNT in ZK61 alloy,the obtained optimum ZK61/(0.06 wt%RGO+0.54 wt%CNT)composite exhibited increase of 25.4%in yield strength,26.5%in ultimate tensile strength,104%in failure strain and 30.4%in thermal conductivity,respectively,in comparison with ZK61 alloy.The superior properties of the nano-hybrid composite are attributed to the synergetic effects of RGO and CNT,leading to a uniform dispersion and integrated structure as well as the enhanced interfacial bonding with matrix.The strengthening ability of RGO and CNT was calculated to quantify their individual contribution to the improvement in mechanical and thermal properties of the ZK61 matrix composite.The RGO+CNT hybrids provide a promising way to develop Mg matrix composites with impressive performances.
基金The authors are grateful for the financial support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21673131)the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province(2019J01800).
文摘Electrochemical properties of lithium-sulfur(Li-S)batteries are mainly hindered by both the insulating nature of elemental sulfur(i.e.,molecular S8)and the shuttling effect or sluggish redox kinetics of lithium polysulfide intermediates(Li_(2)S_(n),3≤n≤8).In this paper,a three-dimensional mesoporous reduced graphene oxide-based nanocomposite,with the embedding of metallic Co nanoparticles and the doping of elemental N(Co/NrGO),and its simply ground mixture with powdered S at a mass ratio of 1:6(Co/NrGO/S)are prepared and used as cathode-/separator-coated interlayers and working electrodes in assembled Li-S cells,respectively.One of the effective cell configurations is to paste composite Co/NrGO onto both the S-loading cathode and separator,showing good cycling stability(1070mAh g^(−1) in the 100th cycle at 0.2 C),highrate capability(835mAh g^(−1),2.0 C),and excellent durability(905mAh g^(−1) in the 250th cycle at 0.5 or 0.2 C).Compared with the experimental results of Co-absent NrGO,electrochemical properties of various Co/NrGO-based cell configurations clearly show multiple functions of Co/NrGO,indicating that the absence of Co/NrGO coatings and/or Co nanoparticles may be inadequate to achieve superior S availability of assembled Li-S batteries.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 20876176, 51172285, 51372277)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2011EL030)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (14CX02060A)
文摘As an industrial byproduct of oil refining,furfural extract oil from reduced-pressure route Ⅱ with high aromatic content was used to prepare heat-resistant condensed polynuclear aromatic(COPNA) resin for the first time.The basic properties of furfural extract oil and the resultant COPNA resin were characterized by infrared spectroscopy(FT-IR),nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy(1H-NMR),thermogravimetric analysis(TGA) and elemental analysis(EA).The result showed that heat treated furfural extract oil was successfully used for the synthesis of heat-resistant COPNA resin.The average structural parameters of raw materials and prepared resin were calculated by the improved Brown-Ladner method,and the averaged molecular structure of the resin was obtained.The reaction mechanism for the synthesis of COPNA resin was suggested as an acid-catalyzed positive ion type polymerization.
文摘Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) vector sensor is a recent advancement in the field of underwater acoustic sensors. The major incentive provided by this acoustic vector sensor is that it provides information about the direction of the incoming acoustic source signal in addition to the measurement of the pressure associated with the acoustic signal. We are reporting a design of a MEMS acoustic vector sensor for underwater applications using piezoresistive film of Reduced Graphine Oxide (RGO), realized on kapton (polyimide) film as the starting material. The sensor is designed and fabricated by deposition of RGO on a kapton, which is a flexible substrate by the method of drop casting making the process simple, low-cost and scalable. The application of the piezoresistive transduction principle and ingenious structure of the vector sensor based on bionic principle improves miniaturization and the low-frequency sensitivity. The fabricated sensor shows a repeatable response in both static and dynamic conditions, to the applied strain due to the acoustic signal in a given direction. The experimental results show that fabricated sensor based on MEMS technology and piezoresistive effect is feasible and it possesses intrinsic two-dimensional directivity. The fabricated device has given good response for the low-frequency acoustic signals due to the effect of piezoresistive transduction principle and the resonance frequency of the device is found to be around 80 Hz with the displacement sensitivity around 3 mV/mm and 2 mV/mm of X and Y axis directions respectively.
基金Key Laboratory of Petroleum and Natural Gas Equipment of Ministry of Education.
文摘In this study,the pressure compensation mechanism of a reducer bellows is analyzed.This device is typically used to reduce the size of undersea instruments and improve related pressure resistance and sealing capabilities.Here,its axial stiffness is studied through a multi-fold approach based on theory,simulations and experiments.The results indicate that the mechanical strength of the reducer bellows,together with the oil volume and temperature are the main factors influencing its performances.In particular,the wall thickness,wave number,middle distance,and wave height are the most influential parameters.For a certain type of reducer bellows,the compensation capacity attains a maximum when the wave number ratio is between 6:6 and 8:4,the wall thickness is 0.3 mm,and the wave height is between 4–5 mm and 5–6 mm.Moreover,the maximum allowable ambient pres-sure of the optimized reducer bellows can reach 62.6 MPa without failure,and the maximum working water depth is 6284 m.