Flow Control for a Two-Stage Proportional Valve with Hydraulic Position Feedback

The current research mainly focuses on the flow control for the two-stage proportional valve with hydraulic position feedback which is named as Valvistor valve.Essentially,the Valvistor valve is a proportional throttle valve and the flow fluctuates with the change of load pressure.The flow fluctuation severely restricts the application of the Valvistor valve.In this paper,a novel flow control method the Valvistor valve is provided to suppress the flow fluctuation and develop a high performance proportional flow valve.The mathematical model of this valve is established and linearized.Fuzzy proportional-integral-derivative(PID)controller is adopted in the closed-loop flow control system.The feedback is obtained by the flow inference with back-propagation neural network(BPNN)based on the spool displacement in the pilot stage and the pressure differential across the main orifice.The results show that inference with BPNN can obtain the flow data fast and accurately.With the flow control method,the flow can keep at the set point when the pressure differential across the main orifice changes.The flow control method is effective and the Valvistor valve changes from proportional throttle valve to proportional flow valve.For the developed proportional flow valve,the settling time of the flow is very short when the load pressure changes abruptly.The performances of hysteresis,linearity and bandwidth are in a high range.The linear mathematical model can be verified and the assumptions in the system modeling is reasonable.

Time Domain Rankine-Green Panel Method for Offshore Structures

To solve the numerical divergence problem of the direct time domain Green function method for the motion simulation of floating bodies with large flare, a time domain hybrid Rankine-Green boundary element method is proposed. In this numerical method, the fluid domain is decomposed by an imaginary control surface, at which the continuous condition should be satisfied. Then the Rankine Green function is adopted in the inner domain. The transient free surface Green function is applied in the outer domain, which is used to find the relationship between the velocity potential and its normal derivative for the inner domain. Besides, the velocity potential at the mean free surface between body surface and control surface is directly solved by the integration scheme. The wave exciting force is computed through the convolution integration with wave elevation, by introducing the impulse response function. Additionally, the nonlinear Froude-Krylov force and hydrostatic force, which is computed under the instantaneous incident wave free surface, are taken into account by the direct pressure integration scheme. The corresponding numerical computer code is developed and first used to compute the hydrodynamic coefficients of the hemisphere, as well as the time history of a ship with large flare; good agreement is obtained with the analytical solutions as well as the available numerical results. Then the hydrodynamic properties of a FPSO are studied. The hydrodynamic coefficients agree well with the results computed by the frequency method; the influence of the time interval and the truncated time is investigated in detail.

大跨度混凝土拱桥原型与模型时变行为对比

北盘江大桥为一座主跨为445 m,矢高为100 m的无铰拱桥,是中国已建的最大跨度劲性骨架混凝土拱桥。为研究该桥施工过程的合理性和成桥后的长期性能,开展了模型试验研究,但当考虑长期性能后,原型和模型桥测试的变形和应力比例不符合线弹性比例关系。因此,本文建立了原型桥与模型桥的三维有限元模型,用实测数据验证有限元模型的正确性;对比了原型桥与模型桥在弹性和考虑温度与收缩徐变耦合效应后的位移、应力结果,并对其长期变形行为进行参数分析。研究结果表明:当考虑有效温度和混凝土收缩徐变效应后,原型桥和模型桥的有限元分析结果与实测结果吻合较好;原型桥与模型桥在不同施工和成桥阶段的位移和应力相似比不再完全满足7.5和1.0的要求;混凝土收缩徐变预测模型和温度变化历程均会对原型桥与模型桥的位移比例产生较大影响。

Significant Lifetime Enhancement in QLEDs by Reducing Interfacial Charge Accumulation via Fluorine Incorporation in the ZnO Electron Transport Layer

ZnO nanoparticles are widely used for the electron transport layers(ETLs)of quantum dots light emitting devices(QLEDs).In this work we show that incorporating fluorine(F)into the ZnO ETL results in significant enhancement in device electroluminescence stability,leading to LT50 at 100 cd m^(−2) of 2,370,000 h in red QLED,47X longer than the control devices.X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy,time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy,photoluminescence and electrical measurements show that the F passivates oxygen vacancies and reduces electron traps in ZnO.Transient photoluminescence versus bias measurements and capacitance-voltage-luminance measurements reveal that the CF4 plasma-treated ETLs lead to increased electron concentration in the QD and the QD/hole transport layer interface,subsequently decreasing hole accumulation,and hence the higher stability.The findings provide new insights into the critical roles that optimizing charge distribution across the layers play in influencing stability and present a novel and simple approach for extending QLED lifetimes.

Control strategy and methods for continuous direct compression processes

We presented a control strategy for tablet manufacturing processes based on continuous direct compression.The work was conducted by the experts of pharmaceutical companies,machine suppliers,academia,and regulatory authority in Japan.Among different items in the process,the component ratio and blended powder content were selected as the items requiring the control method specific to continuous manufacturing different from the conventional batch manufacturing.The control and management of the Loss in Weight(LIW)feeder were deemed the most important,and the Residence Time Distribution(RTD)model were regarded effective for setting the control range and for controlling of the LIW feeder.Based on these ideas,the concept of process control using RTD was summarized.

In silico screening for As/Se-free ovonic threshold switching materials

Restricted use of hazardous environmental chemicals is one important challenge that the semiconductor industry needs to face to improve its sustainability.Ovonic threshold switching(OTS)ternary compound materials used in memory selector devices contain As and Se.Engineering these elements out of these materials requires significant research effort.To facilitate this process,we performed systematic material screening for As/Se-free ternary materials,based on ab-initio simulations.To limit the large amount of possible chemical compositions to fewer promising candidates,we used physics-based material parameter filters like material stability,electronic properties,or change in polarizability.The OTS gauge concept is introduced as a computed parameter to estimate the probability of a material to show an OTS behavior.As a result,we identified 35 As/Se-free ternary alloy compositions for stand-alone OTS memory applications,as well as 12 compositions for RRAM selector applications.This work aims seeding the development of As/Se-free OTS materials.

Highly efficient transparent quantum-dot light-emitting diodes based on inorganic double electron-transport layers

Herein,we report the fabrication of high-performance transparent quantum-dot light-emitting diodes(Tr-QLEDs)with ZnO/ZnMgO inorganic double electron-transport layers(ETLs).The ETLs effectively suppress the excess electron injection and facilitate charge balance in the Tr-QLEDs.The thick ETLs as buffer layers can also withstand the plasma-induced damage during the indium tin oxide sputtering.These factors collectively contribute to the development of Tr-QLEDs with improved performance.As a result,our Tr-QLEDs with double ETLs exhibited a high transmittance of 82%at 550 nm and a record external quantum efficiency of 11.8%,which is 1.27 times higher than that of the devices with pure ZnO ETL.These results indicate that the developed ZnO/ZnMgO inorganic double ETLs could offer promising solutions for realizing high-efficiency Tr-QLEDs for next-generation display devices.

Experimental study on a designed jet cavitation device for producing two-dimensional nanosheets

In this study,a jet cavitation device aimed at producing two-dimensional nanosheets was designed.The effects of cavitation generator type and jet pressure on the cavitation inception and intensity were examined by monitoring the changes of sound pressure level(SPL).As such,the optimized cavitation generator with the best cavitation capability under the same ambient condition was determined.Further,BN and MoS 2,two kinds of layered materials,were exfoliated into individual flakes in aqueous solutions by this jet cavitation device.By investigating the morphology of these exfoliated flakes via scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscope,it was found that these pristine materials were mostly exfoliated into two-dimensional nanosheets,among which even monolayers were generally presented.This exfoliation process happened mainly due to the cavitation-induced intensive tensile stress acting on the layered materials.As graphene has been produced by this device successfully,it is anticipated that this jet cavitation device is suitable for producing other various two-dimensional nanosheets.