Magnification Ratio of Mechanical Displacement Amplifier in Sensing Device

In order to monitor deformation of high temperature components for a long time,a sensing device integrating a bridge-shaped mechanical displacement amplifier has been designed.This sensing device has higher resolution and accuracy than conventional extensometers.However,the relation between the magnification ratio and the structure size of the displacement amplifier is a bottleneck of sensing device design.Addressing this,the magnification ratio of a mechanical displacement amplifier is analytically derived based on its geometry structure.Six prototypes of the displacement amplifier made in propathene are manufactured,and an experimental system is set up to validate the accuracy of the established magnification ratio equation.Theoretical magnification ratios and experimental magnification ratios are compared and agree well,which verifies that the proposed equation is reliable.This analytical equation provides an effective design method for bridge-shaped mechanical displacement amplifiers with an expected magnification ratio.

3D shape measurement of larger complex objects based on fringe cycle correction

The grating fringe on the reference plane is broadened in the intersecting axis system because of oblique-angle projection. In order to solve this problem, we study the theoretical model of the temporal phase unwrapping method based on the fringe cycle correction. We also study the 3D shape measurement theoretical model of the larger complex objects after considering the coordinate deviation and lens distortion. Experimental results demonstrate that the fringe cycle on the reference plane can be corrected to a constant value, the lens distortion can be corrected, and 3D shape of larger complex objects can be accurately measured.

Sectional model test study on vortex-excited resonance of vehicle-bridge system of Shanghai Bridge over Yangtse River

It is necessary to study how vehicles influence the vortex-excited resonance of vehicle-bridge systems,because lock-in wind speed is low and vortex-excited resonance is sensitive to any change in the main girder sections.Based on the Shanghai Bridge over the Yangtse River,the vortex-excited resonance of a 1∶60 scale sectional model was tested in a TJ-1wind tunnel,with or without vehicles at the attack angle of 0°,+3 and–3°,respectively.The conversion relationships between the resonant amplitudes of the sectional model and that of the prototype bridge were also established by mode shape correction.The result indicates that:1)for the bridge with vehicles,the vertical vortex-excited resonance is accompanied by torsion vibration with the same frequency,and vice versa,2)the amplitude of vortex-excited resonance of the bridge with vehicles is much larger than that of the bridge without vehicles,and 3)the lock-in wind speed of the vortex-excited resonance becomes smaller due to the disturbance of vehicles.It is obvious that vehicles bring about changes in the aerodynamic shape of the main girder.Therefore,the influence of vehicles on vortex-excited resonance performance of vehicle-bridge systems,in terms of both amplitude and mode,should not be ignored.

Trapezoidal pulse shaping for pile-up pulse identification in X-ray spectrometry

Energy resolution is affected by the intrinsic energy resolution of the detector, ballistic deficit, pileup pulses and noise. Pile-up pulses become the dominant factor that degrades energy resolution after the system is established, so pile-up rejection is often applied to obtain good energy resolution by discarding pulses that are expected to be contaminated by pile-up. However, pile-up rejection can reduce count rates and thus lower the measurement precision. In order to improve count rates and maintain energy resolution, a new method of pile-up pulse identification based on trapezoidal pulse shaping is presented. Combined with pulse width discrimination, this method is implemented by recording pulses that are not seriously piled up. Some experimental tests with a Cu-Pb alloy sample are carried out to verify the performance of this method in X-ray spectrometry. The results show that the method can significantly improve count rates without degrading energy resolution.