Effect of Hydrogen Charging on the Tensile and Constant Load Properties of an Austenitic Stainless Steel Weldment

The effect of cathodic hydrogen charging on the tensile and constant load properties was deter- mined for an austenitic stainless steel weldment comprising a 304L steel in the solution treated condition as a base metal and a 308L filler steel as a weld metal. Part of the 304L solution treated steel was separately given additional sensitization treatment to simulate the microstructure that would develop in the heat affected zone. Tests were performed at room temperature on notched round bar specimens. Hydrogen charging resulted in a pronounced embrittlement of the tested materials. This was manifested mainly as a considerable loss in the ductility of tensile specimens and a decrease in the time to failure and threshold stress of constant load specimens. The 308L weld metal exhibited the highest, and the 304L solution treated steel the lowest, resistance to hydrogen embrittlement. Hydrogen embrittlement was associated with the formation of strain induced martensite as well as a transition from brittle to ductile fracture morphology onwards the centre of the specimens.

Microscratch of copper by a Rockwell C diamond indenter under a constant load

The scratch test is used for quality control mostly in phenomenological ways,and whether fracture toughness can be obtained from this test is still a matter of debate requiring further elucidation.In this paper,values of the fracture toughness of copper obtained by different scratch-based approaches are compared in order to examine the applicability of scratch-based methodologies to characterize the fracture toughness of soft metals.The scratch response of copper to a Rockwell C diamond indenter is studied under a constant normal load condition.The variations of penetration depth,residual depth,and residual scratch width with applied normal load are quantified from spherical to sphero-conical contact regimes by piecewise functions.A newly proposed size effect law is found to be the most suitable for scratch-based approaches to characterizing the fracture toughness of soft metallic materials with significant plasticity.A simple expression relating the nominal stress to the penetration depth is proposed for the spherical contact regime and gives almost the same value of fracture toughness.The residual scratch width provides useful information on pile-up of material and on the spherical tip radius of the indenter.It is found that the values of the fracture toughness obtained from the microscratch test are influenced by the data range for analysis.

Robust Nonlinear Current Sensorless Control of the Boost Converter with Constant Power Load

The boost converter feeding a constant power load (CPL) is a non-minimum phase system that is prone to the destabilizing effects of the negative incremental resistance of the CPL and presents a major challenge in the design of stabilizing controllers. A PWM-based current-sensorless robust sliding mode controller is developed that requires only the measurement of the output voltage. An extended state observer is developed to estimate a lumped uncertainty signal that comprises the uncertain load power and the input voltage, the converter parasitics, the component uncertainties and the estimation of the derivative of the output voltage needed in the implementation of the controller. A linear sliding surface is used to derive the controller, which is simple in its design and yet exhibits excellent features in terms of robustness to external disturbances, parameter uncertainties, and parasitics despite the absence of the inductor’s current feedback. The robustness of the controller is validated by computer simulations.

Experimental Studies on Cyclic Shear Behavior of Steel-Clay Interface Under Constant Normal Load

The degradation of the shear stress between pile-clay interface caused by undrained cyclic jacking affects the jacking force.A series of large displacement monotonic shear,cyclic shear and post-cyclic monotonic steel plate-clay interface shear te sts were performed under the constant normal load(CNL)condition to inve stigate the effects of normal stre ss,cyclic amplitude,and number of cycles on a steel plate-clay interface using the GDS multi-function interface shear tester.Based on the experimental results,in monotonic shear tests,change of shear stress took place in the specimen,the shear stress rapidly reached the peak value at shear displacement of 1 mm,and then abruptly decreased to the residual value.In cyclic shear te sts,accumulated displacement was a better parameter to describe the soil degradation characteristics,and the degradation degree of shear stress became greater with the increasing of normal stress and accumulated displacement.Shear stress in post-cyclic monotonic shear tests did not generate a peak value and was lower than that in monotonic shear tests under the same normal stress.The soil was completely disturbed and reached the residual strength when the cumulative displacement approached 6 m.An empirical equation to evaluate shear stress degradation mechanism was formulated and the procedure of parameter identification was presented.

Dynamics and stabilization of peak current-mode controlled buck converter with constant current load

The discrete iterative map model of peak current-mode controlled buck converter with constant current load（CCL）,containing the output voltage feedback and ramp compensation, is established in this paper. Based on this model the complex dynamics of this converter is investigated by analyzing bifurcation diagrams and the Lyapunov exponent spectrum. The effects of ramp compensation and output voltage feedback on the stability of the converter are investigated. Experimental results verify the simulation and theoretical analysis. The stability boundary and chaos boundary are obtained under the theoretical conditions of period-doubling bifurcation and border collision. It is found that there are four operation regions in the peak current-mode controlled buck converter with CCL due to period-doubling bifurcation and border-collision bifurcation. Research results indicate that ramp compensation can extend the stable operation range and transfer the operating mode, and output voltage feedback can eventually eliminate the coexisting fast-slow scale instability.

Bifurcation analysis of aero-engine's rotor system under constant maneuver load

When an aircraft is hovering or doing a dive-hike flight at a fixed speed, a constant additional inertial force will be induced to the rotor system of the aero-engine, which can be called a constant maneuver load. Take hovering as an example. A Jeffcott rotor system with a biased rotor and several nonlinear elastic supports is modeled, and the vibration characteristics of the rotor system under a constant maneuver load are analytically studied. By using the multiple-scale method, the differential equations of the system are solved, and the bifurcation equations are obtained. Then, the bifurcations of the system are analyzed by using the singularity theory for the two variables. In the EG-plane, where E refers to the eccentricity of the rotor and G represents the constant maneuver load, two hysteresis point sets and one double limit point set are obtained. The bifurcation diagrams are also plotted. It is indicated that the resonance regions of the two variables will shift to the right when the aircraft is maneuvering. Furthermore, the movement along the horizontal direction is faster than that along the vertical direction. Thus, the different overlapping modes of the two resonance regions will bring about different bifurcation modes due to the nonlinear coupling effects. This result lays a theoretical foundation for controlling the stability of the aero-engine＇s rotor system under a maneuver load.

A modified θ projection model for constant load creep curves-I.Introduction of the model

Estimating long-term creep deformation and life of materials is an effective way to ensure the service safety and to reduce the cost of long-term integrity evaluation of high temperature structural materials.Since the 1980 s, the θ projection model has been widely used for predicting creep lives due to its ability to capture the characteristic transitions observed in creep curves obtained under constant true stress conditions. However, the creep rupture behavior under constant load or engineering stress conditions cannot be simulated accurately using this model because of the different stress states. In this paper, creep curves obtained under constant load conditions were analyzed using a modified θ projection model by considering the increase in true stress with creep deformation during the creep tests. This model is expressed as ε = θ_1(1-e^(-θ_2t)) + θ3 e^(θ_4e^θ5^εt)-1, and was validated using the creep curves of K465 and DZ125 superalloys tested at a range of temperatures and engineering stresses. Moreover, it was shown that the predictive capability of the modified θ projection model was significantly improved over the original one, as it reduces the prediction uncertainty from a range of 10% to 20% to below 5%. Meanwhile,it was shown that the model can be reasonably used for predicting constant stress creep conditions, when appropriate parameters are used. The prediction performance of the modified model will be discussed in another paper. The results of this study show great potential for the evaluation and assessment of the service safety of structural materials used in applications where designs are limited by creep deformation.

A modified θ projection model for constant load creep curves-Ⅱ.Application of creep life prediction

To minimize the deviation of the predicted creep curves obtained under constant load conditions by the original θ projection model, a new modified version that can be expressed by ε = θ_1(1-e^(-θ2t)) +θ3 (e^(θ_4e^θ5^εt)-1), was derived and experimentally validated in our last study. In the present study, the predictive capability of the modified θ projection model was investigated by comparing the simulated and experimentally determined creep curves of K465 and DZ125 superalloys over a range of temperatures and stresses. Furthermore, the linear relationship between creep temperature and initial stress was extended to the 5-parameter model. The results indicated that the modified model could be used as a creep life prediction method, as it described the creep curve shape and resulted in predictions that fall within a specified error interval. Meanwhile, this modified model provides a more accurate way of describing creep curves under constant load conditions. The limitations and future direction of the modified model were also discussed. In addition, this modified θ projection model shows great potential for the evaluation and assessment of the service safety of structural materials used in components governed by creep deformation.

Design of control algorithm for accelerator magnet power supply with large time constant load

Objective High Energy Photon Source-Test Facility(HEPS-TF)is a pre-research project for the construction of high energy synchrotron radiation source in the 12th five-year plan period.The purpose is to research the key technology and develop the key equipment of high energy synchrotron radiation source.Superconducting 3W1 magnet is the first self-developed superconducting wiggler magnet in China,and it is also one of the key research topics of HEPS.The author has completed a new digital closed-loop control algorithm for the superconducting 3W1 magnet with large load time constant and the nonlinear characteristics of inductance increasing with current,namely three-branch structure algorithm.In the face of the rapid development of high energy accelerator technology,the application of intelligent technology has become an inevitable development trend in the field of accelerator magnet power supply technology.Although the digital control of accelerator magnet power supply has been widely used,it is the first time to apply the new closed-loop control algorithm to realize fast adjustment and precision tracking in accelerator superconducting magnet power supply in China.Method According to the nonlinear characteristics of inductance and output current of superconducting magnet,a new digital closed-loop control algorithm for the load of superconducting magnet power supply with large time constant is proposed.Conclusion This algorithm is quite different from the traditional algorithm and can attain the independent tracking and adjust-ment of the control target.Finally,by testing the ripple,error and stability of superconducting 3W1 magnet power supply,the correctness,practicability and reliability of power supply system as well as the digital control algorithm are verified.The results provide a new idea for the control of accelerator magnet power supply.

Fatigue Properties of Plain Concrete under Triaxial Constant-Amplitude Tension-Compression Cyclic Loading

Fatigue tests were conducted on tapered plain concrete prism specimens under tri axial constant-amplitude tension-compression cyclic loading. The low stress of the cyclic loading was taken as 0.2f c and the upper stress ranged from 0. 20f t to 0.65f t. Three constant lateral pressures were 0.1f c, 0.2f c and 0.3f c respec tively. Based on the results, the th ree-stage evolution rule of the fatigue stiffness, maximum(minimum) longitudina l strain and damage were analyzed, and a unified S-N curve to calculate fati gue strength factors was worked out. The results show that the fatigue strength and fa tigue life under triaxial constant-amplitude tension-compression cyclic loadin g are smaller than those under uniaxial fatigue condition. Moreover, the secondary strain creep rate is related to the fatigue life, a formula for describing thei r relation was derived. The investigation of this paper can provide information for the fatigue design of concrete structures.

Supporting characteristics analysis of constant resistance bolts under coupled static-dynamic loading

To study the tensile mechanical properties of constant resistance bolts, the RFPA(Rock Failure Process Analysis) statics software is used to perform a uniaxial tensile test on a constant resistance bolt. The numerical test results show that the plastic strain value is 12 times the magnitude of the elastic strain. During plastic deformation, the fluctuation in the stress magnitude is relatively stable, indicating that the bolt has good constant resistance characteristics. The numerical test results are in good agreement with the laboratory test results of M.C. He, and the accuracy and reliability of the numerical test method are verified. Therefore, the RFPA software with coupled static-dynamic loading is further adopted to study the supporting effects of traditional bolts and constant resistance bolts under coupled staticdynamic loading. The numerical comparison of the test results show that the constant resistance bolts can effectively control the deformation amount and rate of the laneway surrounding rock, reduce the total and rate of increase in the accumulated acoustic emissions,decrease the stress on the units in the model and protect the stability of the laneway. This paper verifies that a constant resistance bolt has better impact resistance mechanical properties than those of a traditional bolt and provides an effective way to control rock burst and soft rock that is prone to large deformation damage.

计及恒定减载桨距角控制的风电高占比电力系统频率动态特性分析

在新型电力系统中,风电主动参与电网频率调节已成为必然,如何评估风电参与调频对频率动态特性的影响也成为了研究热点。围绕现有的风电调频措施,提出一种可以在额定风速前减少变桨动作次数的恒定减载桨距角的改进风电机组变桨控制,推导出该控制下风电机组参与一次调频的调差系数表达式。基于此构建了含恒定减载桨距角控制的电力系统频率响应模型。推导出频率动态特性指标的解析表达式,揭示了风速、初始桨距角等对风电机组调差系数及频率动态特性的影响机理。通过改进的IEEE三机九节点系统验证了所构建频率等值模型的准确性以及所提调频方法的有效性和可行性。

恒力支吊架性能指标研究及标准修改建议

高温汽水管道是发电厂的重要部件,由于管道垂直高差和水平跨距较大,为协调管道热膨胀和降低管道热胀应力,在管道设计时配置了较多恒力弹簧支吊架(恒力吊架)。由于存在转轴摩擦力矩等原因,恒力吊架并非恒力,其荷载偏差会造成管道运行时偏离设计冷态、热态线及管道应力升高。为控制恒力支吊架质量,国内相关标准中有恒定度和荷载偏差度2个质量性能控制指标。分析研究荷载偏差度可得:由于存在摩擦力矩等,恒力吊架在测试荷载偏差度时,不同加载方向测得的拔销荷载差异较大,导致其荷载偏差度差异较大,因此拔销荷载不宜作为代表性参数;平均荷载可表征位移-荷载曲线的位置,是恒力支吊架的代表性参数,并给出了新的平均荷载偏差度计算公式。建议对相关标准进行修订,提高恒力吊架性能。

地震荷载作用下土体变形试验研究

为研究不规则地震荷载对土体变形特性的影响,对砂土试样开展了系统的动三轴试验。试验中分别对3种不同密度砂土试样施加了4条具有不同峰值的不规则地震应力时程及其循环次数为20周的等幅正弦荷载,以便开展对比研究。结果表明:在地震荷载及其等幅循环荷载输入下,砂土试样的应变增长曲线差异显著,荷载类型及荷载波形是影响土单元应变时程发展特征的主要因素。考虑荷载不规则性得到的修正系数受荷载类型和砂土相对密实度的影响,不受输入荷载动应力幅值大小及砂土类型的影响。最后针对地震荷载下土单元变形的计算,给出了以常规的等幅三轴变形试验为依据的估算方法。

恒静载降K法测定焊缝疲劳裂纹扩展门槛值研究

焊接残余拉应力会显著降低焊接接头疲劳性能,因此,焊接结构疲劳寿命评估参数的测定应对焊接残余应力予以充分考虑.为测得考虑焊接残余应力影响条件下的疲劳裂纹扩展门槛值,本文提出通过设定恒定平均外载以等效残余应力作用,进而逐级降低裂尖应力强度因子范围(ΔK)测得焊缝疲劳裂纹扩展门槛值的方法,即恒静载降K法.通过与ASTM E647-15等标准推荐测试方法所得结果对比,探究了恒静载降K法测量值适用性;通过扫描电镜(SEM)、电子背散射衍射(EBSD)等手段观察,对比分析了不同测量方法近门槛值载荷下的裂尖材料疲劳断口和变形行为.结果表明:采用恒静载降K法测量焊缝疲劳裂纹扩展门槛值最低,采用恒最大应力强度因子(K_(max))降载法的测量值次之,采用恒应力比(R)降载法的测量值最高.对比不同裂纹尖端K_(max)设定对门槛值测量的影响,发现随着K_(max)增大,门槛值测量值先快速下降,随后趋于平稳;采用恒静载降K法测定过程中K_(max)呈逐渐上升趋势,相应的门槛值测量值最低.疲劳断口显示,随着外加平均载荷增大,在近门槛值阶段断口形貌由疲劳辉纹转变为微区解理断裂;基于EBSD表征计算的裂尖材料几何必需位错密度表明,随着近门槛值外载的平均载荷增大,裂纹尖端位错密度增加.

定载荷条件下树脂基材料高温收缩量实时测量

为研究树脂基材料高温收缩量,提出一种测量定载荷条件下复合材料高温收缩量的方法,根据此方法自行设计搭建了复合材料高温收缩过程试验测量装置。以不同树脂基复合材料为研究对象,进行定载荷条件下树脂基复合材料高温收缩过程试验测量,获得碳板热面处及压头冷面处位移变化,得出树脂基复合材料的高温收缩量及冷却后收缩量。研究结果表明:试验装置能够实现定载荷条件下树脂基材料高温收缩量实时测量;无论加热过程或冷却后,试验件最大变形绝对量不超过0.37 mm;加热过程中编织石英酚醛复合材料最大变形率不超过6.43‰,石英杂化酚醛复合材料最大变形率不超过3.76‰;冷却后编织石英酚醛复合材料最大变形率不超过4.57‰,石英杂化酚醛复合材料不超过6.87‰;试验结果验证了该测量方法的正确性及有效性,并为该类材料的高温收缩及匹配分析提供了基础物性数据。

考虑构网型和跟网型变流器的孤岛微电网小信号稳定性分析

由电力电子设备主导的孤岛微电网面临系统惯量小、无频率支持而导致的稳定性问题,恒功率负荷的渗透也加剧了系统的失稳风险。研究了由构网型变流器和跟网型变流器为主导的,计及恒功率负荷的孤岛微电网稳定性。首先,建立了孤岛微电网系统的全阶小信号模型,通过特征值分析法研究了构网型变流器控制中下垂系数对稳定性的影响并得到了下垂系数的数值上界;其次,通过参与因子法揭示了系统参数和控制参数对小信号稳定性的影响;最后,在Matlab Simulink中建立了该孤岛微电网的开关模型,仿真验证了小信号分析结果的准确性。

二级齿轮减速器高速级轴承动态特性分析

为探究减速器轴承在动载荷作用下的动态特性变化规律,以高速级轴承为研究对象,采用广义有限元法建立了计入轴柔性、齿轮与轴承时变刚度的二级齿轮传动系统动力学模型,求解并获得轴承动载荷。基于显示动力学法建立了轴承有限元模型,计算在动载荷作用下轴承外圈的应变时域历程,并通过试验验证仿真结果的正确性。最后分析了轴承在动载荷和恒定载荷下接触特性以及打滑特性的变化规律,结果表明:在动载荷作用下,动应力波动幅值增加且内圈运动轨迹呈不稳定态势;外圈动态接触力呈余弦分布形式且波动周期与动载荷保持一致;保持架和滚子的打滑率增加,滚子运动轨迹椭圆率减小且出现“滞后承载,提前退出”的承载形式。

电感耦合等离子体发射光谱(ICP-OES)法测定含碘附银硅胶样品中碘含量

附银硅胶可以吸附放射性碘,形成含碘的附银硅胶,是后处理厂中常用的碘废物吸附材料。含碘附银硅胶样品中碘含量的准确测定能够验证碘的吸附效率,为后处理过程提供数据支持。含碘附银硅胶样品中银离子和碘离子形成难溶的碘化银,在溶解过程中难以将碘化银中碘离子定量转化为可溶解的碘离子、碘单质或者碘酸根,因此含碘附银硅胶样品中碘含量的测试方法比较困难。通过查阅银化合物的溶度积常数,考虑掩蔽银离子对碘离子的影响,在实验中采用加入硫离子的方法,生成比碘化银更难溶的硫化银沉淀,从而消除银离子的干扰。置换出的碘离子能够在碱性溶液中稳定存在,因碘含量较高,可采用电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法(ICP-OES)测定其含量。实验过程中考察了硫化钠加入量、氨水浓度、超声时间等对结果的影响。结果表明,硫化钠加入量与样品中银的含量有关,需要加入过量的硫离子沉淀银离子,不同的氨水浓度影响碘的灵敏度,而超声时间对结果基本无影响,优化实验条件后得到方法的检出限为0.52 mg/g,分别测量两个不同含量的含碘附银硅胶样品,平均值(n=6)为34.8 mg/g和59.3 mg/g,相对标准偏差为2.7%和2.0%,加标回收率为95.0%~103%。方法能够满足含碘附银硅胶样品中碘含量的测定。

带恒功率负载多电平Buck变换器逆解耦自适应滑模控制

针对带恒功率负载(CPL)多电平Buck变换器的强耦合问题及负阻抗特性引起的不稳定问题,提出一种逆解耦自适应滑模控制策略。建立带CPL多电平Buck变换器的非线性数学模型,基于逆系统方法证明系统的可逆性,并推导逆系统表达式,将模型线性化解耦为多个伪线性子系统,抵消负阻抗特性的影响。通过选取线性滑模面和指数趋近律以减弱滑模抖振,并将自适应机制引入到滑模控制中,进而为线性子系统分别设计自适应滑模控制器,进一步提高系统控制性能。基于李雅普诺夫理论对控制系统的稳定性和鲁棒性进行验证。与现有控制方法进行比较,仿真结果表明,所提控制策略具有更强的鲁棒性和优越性。最后,搭建原理样机进行实验对比,实验结果验证了所提控制策略的正确性和有效性。