Fiber reinforced titanium matrix composite is considered as a superior material for advanced lightweight aerospace application. Fiber/matrix interfacial reaction has a significant effect on the mechanical properties o...Fiber reinforced titanium matrix composite is considered as a superior material for advanced lightweight aerospace application. Fiber/matrix interfacial reaction has a significant effect on the mechanical properties of the composites. The SCS-6 SiC fiber reinforced Ti-6Al-4V matrix composite was prepared by foil-fiber-foil (FFF) method at ONERA, France. Stripe samples were cut from the as-consolidated composites and sealed in silicon carbide tube. One group of the samples were annealed for 58h at 550°C, 700°C, 850°C and 1000°C, the other group were annealed at 1000°C for 43h, 58h, 80h, lOOh, respectively. The interface investigation indicated that the connection between SiC fiber and the matrix is favorite in the composite. And the interface width for as-consolidated composite is only about 0.8um. The interface width increase with the prolong of annealing time and the increase of annealing temperature. But the increment for the latter is not as high as the former one, which means the annealing time may be the prior factor to influence the interface reaction. The interface width for the composite annealed at 1000°C for lOOh is about 20um. Interface composition of the composite detected by EDX is as follows: Ti 87.58 wt %, V 4.91 wt %, Al 4.06wt%, Si 3.45 wt %.展开更多
This paper presents what should be best practice data reduction procedures for pump performance analysis with emphasis on two-phase inlet flow conditions.This becomes a mandatory step especially when pumps performance...This paper presents what should be best practice data reduction procedures for pump performance analysis with emphasis on two-phase inlet flow conditions.This becomes a mandatory step especially when pumps performances are degraded in case of liquid gas mixture at inlet section.Most of following recommendations are based on existing rules that must be recalled for researchers and end users performing centrifugal pump tests and more specifically when comparing the results between each other or/and withCFDapproaches.展开更多
We briefly review the various proposed scenarios that may lead to nonthermal radio emissions from exoplanetary systems(planetary magnetospheres, magnetosphere-ionosphere and magnetospheresatellite coupling, and star-p...We briefly review the various proposed scenarios that may lead to nonthermal radio emissions from exoplanetary systems(planetary magnetospheres, magnetosphere-ionosphere and magnetospheresatellite coupling, and star-planet interactions), and the physical information that can be drawn from their detection. The latter scenario is especially favorable to the production of radio emission above 70 MHz. We summarize the results of past and recent radio searches, and then discuss FAST characteristics and observation strategy, including synergies. We emphasize the importance of polarization measurements and a high duty-cycle for the very weak targets that radio-exoplanets prove to be.展开更多
Magnetized laser-produced plasmas are central to many studies in laboratory astrophysics,in inertial confinement fusion,and in industrial applications.Here,we present the results of large-scale three-dimensional magne...Magnetized laser-produced plasmas are central to many studies in laboratory astrophysics,in inertial confinement fusion,and in industrial applications.Here,we present the results of large-scale three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the dynamics of a laser-produced plasma expanding into a transverse magnetic field with a strength of tens of teslas.The simulations show the plasma being confined by the strong magnetic field into a slender slab structured by the magnetized Rayleigh–Taylor instability that develops at the plasma–vacuum interface.We find that when the initial velocity of the plume is perturbed,the slab can develop kink-like motions that disrupt its propagation.展开更多
A numerical study of the parameters controlling the viscous penalty method is investigated to better set up Particle-Resolved Direct Numerical Simulations (PR-DNS) of particulate flows. Based on this analysis, improve...A numerical study of the parameters controlling the viscous penalty method is investigated to better set up Particle-Resolved Direct Numerical Simulations (PR-DNS) of particulate flows. Based on this analysis, improvements of the methods are proposed in order to reach an almost second order convergence in space. The viscous penalty method is validated in Stokes regime by simulating a uniform flow past a fixed isolated cylinder. Moreover, it is also utilized in moderate Reynolds number regime for a uniform flow past a square configuration of cylinder and compared in terms of friction factor to the well-known Ergun correlation.展开更多
A compressible lattice Boltzmann-finite difference method is extended by the phase-field approach into a monolithic scheme to study fluid flow and heat transfer through regular arrangements of solid bodies of circular...A compressible lattice Boltzmann-finite difference method is extended by the phase-field approach into a monolithic scheme to study fluid flow and heat transfer through regular arrangements of solid bodies of circular,elliptical and irregular shapes.The advantage of using the phase-field method is demon-strated both in its simplicity of accounting for flow and thermal boundary conditions at solid surfaces with irregular shapes and in the capability of generating such complex-shaped objects.For an array of discs,numerical results for the overall solid-to-gas heat transfer rate are validated via experiments on flow through arrays of hot cylinders.The thus validated compressible LB-FD-PF hybrid scheme is used to study the dependence of heat transfer on flow and thermal boundary conditions(Reynolds number,temperature difference between the hot solid bodies and the inlet gas),porosity as well as on the shape of solid objects.Results are rationalized in terms of the residence time of the gas close to the solid body and downstream variations of gas velocity and temperature.Perspective for further applications of the proposed methodology are also discussed.展开更多
This study investigates the interaction between a premixed methane-air flame and particles inside a model packed bed.The opacity of the spherical packed beds to visible light poses a major barrier to the implementatio...This study investigates the interaction between a premixed methane-air flame and particles inside a model packed bed.The opacity of the spherical packed beds to visible light poses a major barrier to the implementation of highly resolved optical diagnostics,so that no detailed experimental data were so far available for the validation of numerical simulation.Here,a two-dimensional cylindrical packed bed design is set up,which enables direct line-of-sight optical measurements without loss of spatial reso-lution over the fluid region between the particles.In this study,the case of cold metallic cylindrical particles(T=377 K)relevant to start-up of a reactor is investigated using internal particle cooling,which also allows cylinder specific heat transfer rate measurements by differential temperature measurements on the coolant streams.The two dimensional assumption is first verified by measuring the inflow ve-locity and cylinder temperature profile along the cylinders.Chemiluminescence imaging is then per-formed using a telecentric lens to observe the position and geometry of the two-dimensional flame front with respect to the surrounding cylinders without loss of resolution.Simultaneously,the cylinder-specific flame to cylinder heat transfer rates and cylinder surface temperature are measured.As the flame is closely surrounded by the three cooled cylinders,intense heat transfer is observed in this region corresponding to 25±2.5%of the flame thermal power.Flames were stabilised at different positions depending on inflow velocity and equivalence ratio,and a direct correlation between flame to cylinder stand-off distance and the heat transfer rate normalised to the flame thermal power was found for both top and side cylinders.Also,sidewall quenching distances to the curved cylinder surfaces were evaluated,and seem to be influenced by the presence of a warm recirculation zone behind the cylinders.This investigation provides fully resolved flame front position and heat transfer rates for a known geometry and cylinder thermal boundary conditions,and provides validation data for numerical simulations of this high flame particle coupling case.展开更多
Packed bed reactors are commonly found in the process industry,for example in flame-assisted calci-nation for cement production.Understanding the heat transfer inside the bed is essential for process control,product q...Packed bed reactors are commonly found in the process industry,for example in flame-assisted calci-nation for cement production.Understanding the heat transfer inside the bed is essential for process control,product quality and energy efficiency.Here we propose a technique to determine the internal temperature distribution of packed beds based on a combination of lifetime-based phosphor ther-mometry,ray tracing simulations,and assimilation of temperature data using finite element heat transfer simulations.To establish and validate the technique,we considered a reproducible regular packing of 6 mm diameter aluminum spheres,with one of the spheres in the top layer being electrically heated.If a sphere inside the packing is coated with thermographic phosphors and excitation light is directed to-wards the packing,luminescence from the coated sphere exits the packed bed after multiple reflection and the sphere's temperature can be determined.Isothermal measurements showed that the temper-ature obtained by phosphor thermometry is independent of the luminescent sphere location.When imaging the luminescence on a camera,the luminescence distribution in recorded image depended,however,on the position of the sphere.Therefore,in setups with multiple phosphor-coated spheres,their signals can be separated using a least squares fit.We demonstrate the approach using a setup with three luminescent spheres and validated the temperature readings against thermocouple measurements.To obtain the spatial signatures for individual sphere positions required for the least squares fit,ray tracing simulations were used.These provide an efficient alternative to single sphere measurements that are only practical for regular spherical packed beds.Multi-point measurements were used as input to a finite element heat transfer simulations to determine parameters such as particle-to-particle air gap distance.With these,the full temperature distribution inside the bed could be assimilated from the measured values.展开更多
Free-space optical(FSO)communication technologies constitute a solution to cope with the bandwidth demand of future satellite-ground networks.They may overcome the RF bottleneck and attain data rates in the order of T...Free-space optical(FSO)communication technologies constitute a solution to cope with the bandwidth demand of future satellite-ground networks.They may overcome the RF bottleneck and attain data rates in the order of Tbit/s with only a handful of ground stations.Here,we demonstrate single-carrier Tbit/s line-rate transmission over a free-space channel of 53.42 km between the Jungfraujoch mountain top(3700 m)in the Swiss Alps and the Zimmerwald Observatory(895 m)near the city of Bern,achieving net-rates of up to 0.94 Tbit/s.With this scenario a satellite-ground feeder link is mimicked under turbulent conditions.Despite adverse conditions high throughput was achieved by employing a full adaptive optics system to correct the distorted wavefront of the channel and by using polarization-multiplexed high-order complex modulation formats.It was found that adaptive optics does not distort the reception of coherent modulation formats.Also,we introduce constellation modulation–a new four-dimensional BPSK(4D-BPSK)modulation format as a technique to transmit high data rates under lowest SNR.This way we show 53 km FSO transmission of 13.3 Gbit/s and 210 Gbit/s with as little as 4.3 and 7.8 photons per bit,respectively,at a bit-error ratio of 1∙10−3.The experiments show that advanced coherent modulation coding in combination with full adaptive optical filtering are proper means to make next-generation Tbit/s satellite communications practical.展开更多
This paper addresses the topic of the conceptual design of a regional aircraft with hybrid electric propulsion based on hydrogen fuel cells.It aims at providing an optimization-based method to design a hybrid propulsi...This paper addresses the topic of the conceptual design of a regional aircraft with hybrid electric propulsion based on hydrogen fuel cells.It aims at providing an optimization-based method to design a hybrid propulsive system comprising two power sources(jet fuel and hydrogen)for the generation of the required propulsive power and at studying the impact of fuel cell technologies on the aircraft performances.Indeed,by performing optimizations for two hybrid propulsive systems using either low temperature or high temperature proton-exchange membrane fuel cells,this study provides a preliminary assessment of the impact of the fuel cell operating temperature on the system design and the overall aircraft performance.First,this paper gives a description of the baseline turboprop regional aircraft with a focus on its high speed and low speed flight performances which will serve as requirements for the design of the hybrid aircraft.Then,the hybrid electric architecture and the sizing models of the propulsion system are presented.Finally,optimizations are performed to design two parallel hybrid propulsive systems based on different fuel cells technologies and aimed at minimizing the block fuel per passenger over a mission of 200 n mile.Results show how the proposed methodology and models lead to design two propulsive systems capable of reducing the fuel consumption per passenger by more than 30%compared to the baseline aircraft.The study also shows that the choice of fuel cell operating temperature has a first-order impact on the total mass.展开更多
In information fusion,the uncertain information from different sources might be modeled with different theoretical frameworks.When one needs to fuse the uncertain information represented by different uncertainty theor...In information fusion,the uncertain information from different sources might be modeled with different theoretical frameworks.When one needs to fuse the uncertain information represented by different uncertainty theories,constructing the transformation between different frameworks is crucial.Various transformations of a Fuzzy Membership Function(FMF)into a Basic Belief Assignment(BBA)have been proposed,where the transformations based on uncertainty maximization and minimization can determine the BBA without preselecting the focal elements.However,these two transformations that based on uncertainty optimization emphasize the extreme cases of uncertainty.To avoid extreme attitudinal bias,a trade-off or moderate BBA with the uncertainty degree between the minimal and maximal ones is more preferred.In this paper,two moderate transformations of an FMF into a trade-off BBA are proposed.One is the weighted average based transformation and the other is the optimization-based transformation with weighting mechanism,where the weighting factor can be user-specified or determined with some prior information.The rationality and effectiveness of our transformations are verified through numerical examples and classification examples.展开更多
文摘Fiber reinforced titanium matrix composite is considered as a superior material for advanced lightweight aerospace application. Fiber/matrix interfacial reaction has a significant effect on the mechanical properties of the composites. The SCS-6 SiC fiber reinforced Ti-6Al-4V matrix composite was prepared by foil-fiber-foil (FFF) method at ONERA, France. Stripe samples were cut from the as-consolidated composites and sealed in silicon carbide tube. One group of the samples were annealed for 58h at 550°C, 700°C, 850°C and 1000°C, the other group were annealed at 1000°C for 43h, 58h, 80h, lOOh, respectively. The interface investigation indicated that the connection between SiC fiber and the matrix is favorite in the composite. And the interface width for as-consolidated composite is only about 0.8um. The interface width increase with the prolong of annealing time and the increase of annealing temperature. But the increment for the latter is not as high as the former one, which means the annealing time may be the prior factor to influence the interface reaction. The interface width for the composite annealed at 1000°C for lOOh is about 20um. Interface composition of the composite detected by EDX is as follows: Ti 87.58 wt %, V 4.91 wt %, Al 4.06wt%, Si 3.45 wt %.
基金funded by the project "Research on mechanism of internal energy conversion and hydraulic loss in unsteady flow within hydraulic machines (51876099)"National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFB0905200)+1 种基金National Natural Science Foundation of China (51769035)“Young Scholars” program of Xihua University (Z202042)
文摘This paper presents what should be best practice data reduction procedures for pump performance analysis with emphasis on two-phase inlet flow conditions.This becomes a mandatory step especially when pumps performances are degraded in case of liquid gas mixture at inlet section.Most of following recommendations are based on existing rules that must be recalled for researchers and end users performing centrifugal pump tests and more specifically when comparing the results between each other or/and withCFDapproaches.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program No. 2017YFA0402600the CAS International Partnership Program No. 14A11KYSB20160008the NSFC grant No. 11725313
文摘We briefly review the various proposed scenarios that may lead to nonthermal radio emissions from exoplanetary systems(planetary magnetospheres, magnetosphere-ionosphere and magnetospheresatellite coupling, and star-planet interactions), and the physical information that can be drawn from their detection. The latter scenario is especially favorable to the production of radio emission above 70 MHz. We summarize the results of past and recent radio searches, and then discuss FAST characteristics and observation strategy, including synergies. We emphasize the importance of polarization measurements and a high duty-cycle for the very weak targets that radio-exoplanets prove to be.
基金This work was supported by funding from the European Research Council(ERC)under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program(Grant Agreement No.787539)The research leading to these results is supported by Extreme Light Infrastructure Nuclear Physics(ELI-NP)Phase II a project co-financed by the Romanian Government and European Union through the European Regional Development Fund+1 种基金the Project No.ELI-RO-2020-23 funded by IFA(Romania)This work was also granted access to the HPC resources of MesoPSL financed by the Region Ile de France and the project Equip at Meso(Reference No.ANR-10-EQPX-29-01)of the program Investissements d’Avenir supervised by the National Agency for Research.
文摘Magnetized laser-produced plasmas are central to many studies in laboratory astrophysics,in inertial confinement fusion,and in industrial applications.Here,we present the results of large-scale three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the dynamics of a laser-produced plasma expanding into a transverse magnetic field with a strength of tens of teslas.The simulations show the plasma being confined by the strong magnetic field into a slender slab structured by the magnetized Rayleigh–Taylor instability that develops at the plasma–vacuum interface.We find that when the initial velocity of the plume is perturbed,the slab can develop kink-like motions that disrupt its propagation.
文摘A numerical study of the parameters controlling the viscous penalty method is investigated to better set up Particle-Resolved Direct Numerical Simulations (PR-DNS) of particulate flows. Based on this analysis, improvements of the methods are proposed in order to reach an almost second order convergence in space. The viscous penalty method is validated in Stokes regime by simulating a uniform flow past a fixed isolated cylinder. Moreover, it is also utilized in moderate Reynolds number regime for a uniform flow past a square configuration of cylinder and compared in terms of friction factor to the well-known Ergun correlation.
基金funded by the Deutsche For-schungsgemeinschaft(DFG,German Research Foundation)-422037413-CRC/TRR 287"BULK-REACTION".
文摘A compressible lattice Boltzmann-finite difference method is extended by the phase-field approach into a monolithic scheme to study fluid flow and heat transfer through regular arrangements of solid bodies of circular,elliptical and irregular shapes.The advantage of using the phase-field method is demon-strated both in its simplicity of accounting for flow and thermal boundary conditions at solid surfaces with irregular shapes and in the capability of generating such complex-shaped objects.For an array of discs,numerical results for the overall solid-to-gas heat transfer rate are validated via experiments on flow through arrays of hot cylinders.The thus validated compressible LB-FD-PF hybrid scheme is used to study the dependence of heat transfer on flow and thermal boundary conditions(Reynolds number,temperature difference between the hot solid bodies and the inlet gas),porosity as well as on the shape of solid objects.Results are rationalized in terms of the residence time of the gas close to the solid body and downstream variations of gas velocity and temperature.Perspective for further applications of the proposed methodology are also discussed.
基金funding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG,German Research Foundation)-Project-ID 422037413-TRR 287 and the technical support of Mr.Chinmay Laxminarayan Hegde in performing experiments in the lab.We are also greateful for the fruitful discussions with Gunar Boye,Seyed Ali Hosseini,Dominique Thevenin and Katharina Zahringer.
文摘This study investigates the interaction between a premixed methane-air flame and particles inside a model packed bed.The opacity of the spherical packed beds to visible light poses a major barrier to the implementation of highly resolved optical diagnostics,so that no detailed experimental data were so far available for the validation of numerical simulation.Here,a two-dimensional cylindrical packed bed design is set up,which enables direct line-of-sight optical measurements without loss of spatial reso-lution over the fluid region between the particles.In this study,the case of cold metallic cylindrical particles(T=377 K)relevant to start-up of a reactor is investigated using internal particle cooling,which also allows cylinder specific heat transfer rate measurements by differential temperature measurements on the coolant streams.The two dimensional assumption is first verified by measuring the inflow ve-locity and cylinder temperature profile along the cylinders.Chemiluminescence imaging is then per-formed using a telecentric lens to observe the position and geometry of the two-dimensional flame front with respect to the surrounding cylinders without loss of resolution.Simultaneously,the cylinder-specific flame to cylinder heat transfer rates and cylinder surface temperature are measured.As the flame is closely surrounded by the three cooled cylinders,intense heat transfer is observed in this region corresponding to 25±2.5%of the flame thermal power.Flames were stabilised at different positions depending on inflow velocity and equivalence ratio,and a direct correlation between flame to cylinder stand-off distance and the heat transfer rate normalised to the flame thermal power was found for both top and side cylinders.Also,sidewall quenching distances to the curved cylinder surfaces were evaluated,and seem to be influenced by the presence of a warm recirculation zone behind the cylinders.This investigation provides fully resolved flame front position and heat transfer rates for a known geometry and cylinder thermal boundary conditions,and provides validation data for numerical simulations of this high flame particle coupling case.
基金funding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG,German Research Foundation)-Project-ID 422037413-TRR 287.
文摘Packed bed reactors are commonly found in the process industry,for example in flame-assisted calci-nation for cement production.Understanding the heat transfer inside the bed is essential for process control,product quality and energy efficiency.Here we propose a technique to determine the internal temperature distribution of packed beds based on a combination of lifetime-based phosphor ther-mometry,ray tracing simulations,and assimilation of temperature data using finite element heat transfer simulations.To establish and validate the technique,we considered a reproducible regular packing of 6 mm diameter aluminum spheres,with one of the spheres in the top layer being electrically heated.If a sphere inside the packing is coated with thermographic phosphors and excitation light is directed to-wards the packing,luminescence from the coated sphere exits the packed bed after multiple reflection and the sphere's temperature can be determined.Isothermal measurements showed that the temper-ature obtained by phosphor thermometry is independent of the luminescent sphere location.When imaging the luminescence on a camera,the luminescence distribution in recorded image depended,however,on the position of the sphere.Therefore,in setups with multiple phosphor-coated spheres,their signals can be separated using a least squares fit.We demonstrate the approach using a setup with three luminescent spheres and validated the temperature readings against thermocouple measurements.To obtain the spatial signatures for individual sphere positions required for the least squares fit,ray tracing simulations were used.These provide an efficient alternative to single sphere measurements that are only practical for regular spherical packed beds.Multi-point measurements were used as input to a finite element heat transfer simulations to determine parameters such as particle-to-particle air gap distance.With these,the full temperature distribution inside the bed could be assimilated from the measured values.
基金The project is financed by the H2020 EU Project VERTIGO(Grant Nr.822030)。
文摘Free-space optical(FSO)communication technologies constitute a solution to cope with the bandwidth demand of future satellite-ground networks.They may overcome the RF bottleneck and attain data rates in the order of Tbit/s with only a handful of ground stations.Here,we demonstrate single-carrier Tbit/s line-rate transmission over a free-space channel of 53.42 km between the Jungfraujoch mountain top(3700 m)in the Swiss Alps and the Zimmerwald Observatory(895 m)near the city of Bern,achieving net-rates of up to 0.94 Tbit/s.With this scenario a satellite-ground feeder link is mimicked under turbulent conditions.Despite adverse conditions high throughput was achieved by employing a full adaptive optics system to correct the distorted wavefront of the channel and by using polarization-multiplexed high-order complex modulation formats.It was found that adaptive optics does not distort the reception of coherent modulation formats.Also,we introduce constellation modulation–a new four-dimensional BPSK(4D-BPSK)modulation format as a technique to transmit high data rates under lowest SNR.This way we show 53 km FSO transmission of 13.3 Gbit/s and 210 Gbit/s with as little as 4.3 and 7.8 photons per bit,respectively,at a bit-error ratio of 1∙10−3.The experiments show that advanced coherent modulation coding in combination with full adaptive optical filtering are proper means to make next-generation Tbit/s satellite communications practical.
基金ATR aircraft for the financial support of this research
文摘This paper addresses the topic of the conceptual design of a regional aircraft with hybrid electric propulsion based on hydrogen fuel cells.It aims at providing an optimization-based method to design a hybrid propulsive system comprising two power sources(jet fuel and hydrogen)for the generation of the required propulsive power and at studying the impact of fuel cell technologies on the aircraft performances.Indeed,by performing optimizations for two hybrid propulsive systems using either low temperature or high temperature proton-exchange membrane fuel cells,this study provides a preliminary assessment of the impact of the fuel cell operating temperature on the system design and the overall aircraft performance.First,this paper gives a description of the baseline turboprop regional aircraft with a focus on its high speed and low speed flight performances which will serve as requirements for the design of the hybrid aircraft.Then,the hybrid electric architecture and the sizing models of the propulsion system are presented.Finally,optimizations are performed to design two parallel hybrid propulsive systems based on different fuel cells technologies and aimed at minimizing the block fuel per passenger over a mission of 200 n mile.Results show how the proposed methodology and models lead to design two propulsive systems capable of reducing the fuel consumption per passenger by more than 30%compared to the baseline aircraft.The study also shows that the choice of fuel cell operating temperature has a first-order impact on the total mass.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61671370)Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China(No.2016M592790)Postdoctoral Science Research Foundation of Shaanxi Province,China(No.2016BSHEDZZ46)。
文摘In information fusion,the uncertain information from different sources might be modeled with different theoretical frameworks.When one needs to fuse the uncertain information represented by different uncertainty theories,constructing the transformation between different frameworks is crucial.Various transformations of a Fuzzy Membership Function(FMF)into a Basic Belief Assignment(BBA)have been proposed,where the transformations based on uncertainty maximization and minimization can determine the BBA without preselecting the focal elements.However,these two transformations that based on uncertainty optimization emphasize the extreme cases of uncertainty.To avoid extreme attitudinal bias,a trade-off or moderate BBA with the uncertainty degree between the minimal and maximal ones is more preferred.In this paper,two moderate transformations of an FMF into a trade-off BBA are proposed.One is the weighted average based transformation and the other is the optimization-based transformation with weighting mechanism,where the weighting factor can be user-specified or determined with some prior information.The rationality and effectiveness of our transformations are verified through numerical examples and classification examples.