Single particle microbeam （SPM） is uniquely capable of delivering precisely the predefined number of charged particles to determined individual cells or sub-cellular targets in situ. It has been recognized as a powe...Single particle microbeam （SPM） is uniquely capable of delivering precisely the predefined number of charged particles to determined individual cells or sub-cellular targets in situ. It has been recognized as a powerful technique for unveiling ionization irradiation mechanisms of organism. This article describes some investigations on the irradiation quality of SPM of major world laboratories by means of Monte Carlo method based on dosimetry and microdosimetry. Those parameters are helpful not only to improve SPM irradiating cell experiments but also to study the biological effects of cells irradiated by SPM.展开更多
By performing one-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations, the nonlinear effects of electronacoustic(EA) waves are investigated in a multispecies plasma, whose constituents are hot electrons, cold electrons, and beam...By performing one-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations, the nonlinear effects of electronacoustic(EA) waves are investigated in a multispecies plasma, whose constituents are hot electrons, cold electrons, and beam electrons with immobile neutralized positive ions. Numerical analyses have identified that EA waves with a sufficiently large amplitude tend to trap cold electrons. Because EA waves are dispersive, where the wave modes with different wavenumbers have different phase velocities, the trapping may lead to the mixing of cold electrons. The cold electrons finally get thermalized or heated. The investigation also shows that the excited EA waves give rise to a broad range of wave frequencies, which may be helpful for understanding the broadband-electrostatic-noise spectrum in the Earth’s auroral region.展开更多
Continuous microwave propagation through a time-varying plasma and frequency up-conversion has been demonstrated by particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation. In principle, it is possible to transform a 2.45 GHz source radiat...Continuous microwave propagation through a time-varying plasma and frequency up-conversion has been demonstrated by particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation. In principle, it is possible to transform a 2.45 GHz source radiation to an arbitrary larger frequency radiation. The energy conversion is also obtained by the theoretical analysis and has been testified by PIC simulation. The source wave was propagating in a parallel plate waveguide locally filled with the ionized gas. In this paper we would discuss the effects of the rise time, the plasma length, the switching time and the collision frequency on the energy conversion, and the methods to improve the upshift wave energy are proposed. We also put forward the new concept of the critical values of the rise time and the source wave amplitude to provide a theoretical basis for the selection of parameters in the experiments.展开更多
The E×B drift instability is studied in Hall thruster using one-dimensional particle in cell(PIC)simulation method.By using the dispersion relation,it is found that unstable modes occur only in discrete bands in ...The E×B drift instability is studied in Hall thruster using one-dimensional particle in cell(PIC)simulation method.By using the dispersion relation,it is found that unstable modes occur only in discrete bands in k space at cyclotron harmonics.The results indicate that the number of unstable modes increases by increasing the external electric field and decreases by increasing the radial magnetic field.The ion mass does not affect the instability wavelength.Furthermore,the results confirm that there is an instability with short wavelength and high frequency.Finally,it is shown that the electron and ion distribution functions deviate from the initial state and eventually the instability is saturated by ion trapping in the azimuthal direction.Also for light mass ion,the frequency and phase velocity are very high that could lead to high electron mobility in the axial direction.展开更多
In order to understand the physical mechanism of multipactor discharge on dielectric window surface under high power microwave （HPM） excitation in vacuum, an electron movement simulation model based on the particle-...In order to understand the physical mechanism of multipactor discharge on dielectric window surface under high power microwave （HPM） excitation in vacuum, an electron movement simulation model based on the particle-in-cell （PIC） Monte Carlo （MC） is built in this paper. The influences of microwave electromagnetic field and electrostatic field from dielectric surface charging are simultaneously considered in this model. During the simulation, the emission velocity and angle distribution of secondary electrons from the dielectric surface are taken into account. The movement trajectories of electron clusters under complex field excitation are obtained. The influences of emergence angle and microwave electromagnetic parameters on the electron movement are analyzed. It is found that the emergence angle of electrons from the surface has significant effect on its movement, and both the impact energy and return time of electrons oscillate periodically with the phase of microwave field. The number of secondary electrons and induced electrostatic field from multipactoring are also investigated. The results reveal that both values oscillate periodically at twice the microwave frequency, which is due to the electron impact energy oscillating with microwave period. A schematic diagram is proposed to explain the periodical oscillation phenomena.展开更多
A three-dimensional finite element analysis was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of predicting the flexural properties of hydroxyapatite-reinforced poly-L-lactide acid （HA/PLLA） biocomposite using three differe...A three-dimensional finite element analysis was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of predicting the flexural properties of hydroxyapatite-reinforced poly-L-lactide acid （HA/PLLA） biocomposite using three different schemes. The scheme 1, originated from a beam analysis, was used to determine the flexural modulus analytically while the scheme 2 and 3 were designed to have different loading and boundary conditions using a finite element cell modeling approach. An empirical approach using Chow＇s formula and experimental data were used for comparison with the predicted results. In order to reduce the computational time and save the storage space involved in determining the effect of varying particle volume fractions on the flexural properties of HA/PLLA, a superelement technique was applied. The results using the scheme 3 and the Chow＇s formula were found to be in reasonable agreement with experimental results over the range of particle volume fraction. In addition to the Chow＇s formula, local stress distribution and the failure processes in HA/PLLA were simulated using the finite element technique.展开更多
A comprehensive heat and mass transfer model of dissolution process of non-agglomerated and agglomerated alumina particles was established in an aluminum reduction cell. An appropriate finite difference method was use...A comprehensive heat and mass transfer model of dissolution process of non-agglomerated and agglomerated alumina particles was established in an aluminum reduction cell. An appropriate finite difference method was used to calculate the size dissolution rate, dissolution time and mass of alumina dissolved employing commercial software and custom algorithm based on the shrinking sphere assumption. The effects of some convection and thermal condition parameters on the dissolution process were studied. The calculated results show that the decrease of alumina content or the increase of alumina diffusion coefficient is beneficial for the increase of size dissolution rate and the decrease of dissolution time of non-agglomerated particles. The increase of bath superheat or alumina preheating temperature results in the increase of size dissolution rate and the decrease of dissolution time of agglomerated particles. The calculated dissolution curve of alumina（mass fraction of alumina dissolved） for a 300 k A aluminum reduction cell is in well accordance with the experimental results. The analysis shows that the dissolution process of alumina can be divided into two distinct stages： the fast dissolution stage of non-agglomerated particles and the slow dissolution stage of agglomerated particles, with the dissolution time in the order of 10 and 100 s, respectively. The agglomerated particles were identified to be the most important factor limiting the dissolution process.展开更多
本文介绍了二维PIC(Particle in cell)方法,这种方法常用于粒子动力学模拟中空间电荷作用的计算。并比较了以时间为自变量(t-code)和以纵向位置为自变量(z-code)的两种动力学模拟程序;针对“国家重点基础研究发展规划”洁净核能项目中...本文介绍了二维PIC(Particle in cell)方法,这种方法常用于粒子动力学模拟中空间电荷作用的计算。并比较了以时间为自变量(t-code)和以纵向位置为自变量(z-code)的两种动力学模拟程序;针对“国家重点基础研究发展规划”洁净核能项目中的射频四极(RFQ)加速器结构参数,给出了单束加速和正、负离子束同时加速两种情况下,t-code和z-code模拟得出的传输效率。结果表明,当束团的相位宽度大或能散大时,z-code 在计算空间电荷作用时会引入相对较大的误差,从而应该使用t-code来进行动力学模拟,以获得更准确的结果。展开更多
A resolved CFD-DEM method is proposed to simulate the fluid-particle interaction for large complex granules.The airflow in a vertical sinter fixed bed is numerically studied using this method.The multi-sphere clumped ...A resolved CFD-DEM method is proposed to simulate the fluid-particle interaction for large complex granules.The airflow in a vertical sinter fixed bed is numerically studied using this method.The multi-sphere clumped method is used to create irregular sinter particles in DEM.The immersed boundary method and dynamic cell refinement are applied to describe the fluid flow around particles with higher resolution,by which the fluid-particle interaction can be simulated more accurately.The simulation results presented the packing voidage distributions and the airflow fields in the sinter beds of different single and mixed particle size ranges.The bed pressure drops were simulated and the results were compared with the corresponding experimental ones.The good agreement indicated that the proposed resolved CFD-DEM method is an effective tool to model the fluid-particle interaction for irregular large granules in the gas-solid multi-phase systems.展开更多
基金the National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China(No.10225526)the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy Sciences(No.KSCX2-SW-324)the Foundation for University Key Teachers by the Ministry of Education of China(No.2005jq1135)
文摘Single particle microbeam （SPM） is uniquely capable of delivering precisely the predefined number of charged particles to determined individual cells or sub-cellular targets in situ. It has been recognized as a powerful technique for unveiling ionization irradiation mechanisms of organism. This article describes some investigations on the irradiation quality of SPM of major world laboratories by means of Monte Carlo method based on dosimetry and microdosimetry. Those parameters are helpful not only to improve SPM irradiating cell experiments but also to study the biological effects of cells irradiated by SPM.
基金the support from Chinese Academy of Science(CAS)TWAS for his Ph.D studies at the University of Science and Technology of China in the category of a 2016 CAS-TWAS President’s Fellowship Awardee(Series No.2016-172)+1 种基金partially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41331067,41774169,and 41527804)the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences,CAS(QYZDJ-SSW-DQC010)
文摘By performing one-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations, the nonlinear effects of electronacoustic(EA) waves are investigated in a multispecies plasma, whose constituents are hot electrons, cold electrons, and beam electrons with immobile neutralized positive ions. Numerical analyses have identified that EA waves with a sufficiently large amplitude tend to trap cold electrons. Because EA waves are dispersive, where the wave modes with different wavenumbers have different phase velocities, the trapping may lead to the mixing of cold electrons. The cold electrons finally get thermalized or heated. The investigation also shows that the excited EA waves give rise to a broad range of wave frequencies, which may be helpful for understanding the broadband-electrostatic-noise spectrum in the Earth’s auroral region.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51677145,11622542 and U1537210)
文摘Continuous microwave propagation through a time-varying plasma and frequency up-conversion has been demonstrated by particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation. In principle, it is possible to transform a 2.45 GHz source radiation to an arbitrary larger frequency radiation. The energy conversion is also obtained by the theoretical analysis and has been testified by PIC simulation. The source wave was propagating in a parallel plate waveguide locally filled with the ionized gas. In this paper we would discuss the effects of the rise time, the plasma length, the switching time and the collision frequency on the energy conversion, and the methods to improve the upshift wave energy are proposed. We also put forward the new concept of the critical values of the rise time and the source wave amplitude to provide a theoretical basis for the selection of parameters in the experiments.
文摘The E×B drift instability is studied in Hall thruster using one-dimensional particle in cell(PIC)simulation method.By using the dispersion relation,it is found that unstable modes occur only in discrete bands in k space at cyclotron harmonics.The results indicate that the number of unstable modes increases by increasing the external electric field and decreases by increasing the radial magnetic field.The ion mass does not affect the instability wavelength.Furthermore,the results confirm that there is an instability with short wavelength and high frequency.Finally,it is shown that the electron and ion distribution functions deviate from the initial state and eventually the instability is saturated by ion trapping in the azimuthal direction.Also for light mass ion,the frequency and phase velocity are very high that could lead to high electron mobility in the axial direction.
基金supported in part by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China
文摘In order to understand the physical mechanism of multipactor discharge on dielectric window surface under high power microwave （HPM） excitation in vacuum, an electron movement simulation model based on the particle-in-cell （PIC） Monte Carlo （MC） is built in this paper. The influences of microwave electromagnetic field and electrostatic field from dielectric surface charging are simultaneously considered in this model. During the simulation, the emission velocity and angle distribution of secondary electrons from the dielectric surface are taken into account. The movement trajectories of electron clusters under complex field excitation are obtained. The influences of emergence angle and microwave electromagnetic parameters on the electron movement are analyzed. It is found that the emergence angle of electrons from the surface has significant effect on its movement, and both the impact energy and return time of electrons oscillate periodically with the phase of microwave field. The number of secondary electrons and induced electrostatic field from multipactoring are also investigated. The results reveal that both values oscillate periodically at twice the microwave frequency, which is due to the electron impact energy oscillating with microwave period. A schematic diagram is proposed to explain the periodical oscillation phenomena.
基金Project supported by the Research Committee of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (No.G-YX34).
文摘A three-dimensional finite element analysis was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of predicting the flexural properties of hydroxyapatite-reinforced poly-L-lactide acid （HA/PLLA） biocomposite using three different schemes. The scheme 1, originated from a beam analysis, was used to determine the flexural modulus analytically while the scheme 2 and 3 were designed to have different loading and boundary conditions using a finite element cell modeling approach. An empirical approach using Chow＇s formula and experimental data were used for comparison with the predicted results. In order to reduce the computational time and save the storage space involved in determining the effect of varying particle volume fractions on the flexural properties of HA/PLLA, a superelement technique was applied. The results using the scheme 3 and the Chow＇s formula were found to be in reasonable agreement with experimental results over the range of particle volume fraction. In addition to the Chow＇s formula, local stress distribution and the failure processes in HA/PLLA were simulated using the finite element technique.
基金Project(2010AA065201)supported by the High-tech Research and Development Program of ChinaProject(2013zzts038)supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Central South University,ChinaProject(ZB2011CBBCe1)supported by the Major Program for Aluminum Corporation of China Limited
文摘A comprehensive heat and mass transfer model of dissolution process of non-agglomerated and agglomerated alumina particles was established in an aluminum reduction cell. An appropriate finite difference method was used to calculate the size dissolution rate, dissolution time and mass of alumina dissolved employing commercial software and custom algorithm based on the shrinking sphere assumption. The effects of some convection and thermal condition parameters on the dissolution process were studied. The calculated results show that the decrease of alumina content or the increase of alumina diffusion coefficient is beneficial for the increase of size dissolution rate and the decrease of dissolution time of non-agglomerated particles. The increase of bath superheat or alumina preheating temperature results in the increase of size dissolution rate and the decrease of dissolution time of agglomerated particles. The calculated dissolution curve of alumina（mass fraction of alumina dissolved） for a 300 k A aluminum reduction cell is in well accordance with the experimental results. The analysis shows that the dissolution process of alumina can be divided into two distinct stages： the fast dissolution stage of non-agglomerated particles and the slow dissolution stage of agglomerated particles, with the dissolution time in the order of 10 and 100 s, respectively. The agglomerated particles were identified to be the most important factor limiting the dissolution process.
文摘本文介绍了二维PIC(Particle in cell)方法,这种方法常用于粒子动力学模拟中空间电荷作用的计算。并比较了以时间为自变量(t-code)和以纵向位置为自变量(z-code)的两种动力学模拟程序;针对“国家重点基础研究发展规划”洁净核能项目中的射频四极(RFQ)加速器结构参数,给出了单束加速和正、负离子束同时加速两种情况下,t-code和z-code模拟得出的传输效率。结果表明,当束团的相位宽度大或能散大时,z-code 在计算空间电荷作用时会引入相对较大的误差,从而应该使用t-code来进行动力学模拟,以获得更准确的结果。
基金the financial support for this work from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant No.52104340)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(grant No.2020M672425)+1 种基金The Key Research and Development Program of Hubei Province(grant No.2022BCA058)Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province(grant No.2020CFB133).
文摘A resolved CFD-DEM method is proposed to simulate the fluid-particle interaction for large complex granules.The airflow in a vertical sinter fixed bed is numerically studied using this method.The multi-sphere clumped method is used to create irregular sinter particles in DEM.The immersed boundary method and dynamic cell refinement are applied to describe the fluid flow around particles with higher resolution,by which the fluid-particle interaction can be simulated more accurately.The simulation results presented the packing voidage distributions and the airflow fields in the sinter beds of different single and mixed particle size ranges.The bed pressure drops were simulated and the results were compared with the corresponding experimental ones.The good agreement indicated that the proposed resolved CFD-DEM method is an effective tool to model the fluid-particle interaction for irregular large granules in the gas-solid multi-phase systems.
