Evaluation of the formula of stress intensity factor K i for semi-elliptical surface crack

The stress-intensity factor (SIF) of the semi-elliptical surface crack in the finite body under extensional stress is sclculated by using the FEM software ANSYS release 5.5. The correction factor M _f of SIF at different point along the front of the crack is determined. The relation between M _f and the semi-elliptical shape a/c, the relative crack depth a/b, the variation of angle ϑ, the relative crack width 2c/w and the relative height-width ratio h/w are calculated respectively. Finally the application range and the modification of the engineering formula about SIF is proposed.     

Experimental study on the interfacial delamination in a thermal barrier coating system at elevated temperatures

The failure mode and adhesion of thermal barrier coating (TBC) 8YSZ (ZrO2+8% (w/w) Y2O3) deposited on NiCoCrAlTaY bond coat by atmospheric plasma spraying were investigated. A grooved modified three-point bending specimen that can generate a single interface crack to facilitate the control of crack growth was adopted for testing, which was conducted at the ambient temperature of 100 °C. The morphology and composition of fractured surfaces were examined by means of a scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and an energy disperse spectroscopy (EDS). Images and spectrum show that cracks are initiated and propagated exclusively within YSZ layer adjacent to top/bond coat interface. The load-displacement curves obtained exhibit similar shapes that indicate two distinct stages in crack initiation and stable crack growth. Finite element analyses were performed to extract the adhesion strength of the TBCs. The delamination toughness of the plasma-sprayed 8YSZ coatings at 100 °C, in terms of critical strain energy release rate Gc, can be reliably obtained from an analytical solution.     

Numerical simulation of mechanical behaviors of degradable porous bioceramics with cracks

Hydroxyapatite bioceramics is simulated by using finite element method (FEM).The influences of porosity,hole shape,angle of crack and other parameters on the ceramics are analyzed.The results show that with the increase of the angle between crack and horizontal direction,the stress intensity factor KⅠdecreases gradually,but stress intensity factor K II increases at first and then it decreases.The value of K Ⅱ reaches maximum when the angle between crack and horizontal direction is 45°.KⅠ and K Ⅱ rise with the increase of porosity,and they are almost the same for the circular and hexagonal holes.For elliptical holes,KⅠand KⅡreach maximum when the long axis of ellipse is perpendicular to the loading direction and they reach minimum when the same axis is parallel to the loading direction.Moreover,with the increase of the angle between the long axis and loading direction,KⅠ and KⅡ increase gradually.     

Method of analyzing vibration characteristics of armature system of hermetically sealed electromagnetic relay

Published research is minimal on vibration characteristics of hermetically sealed electromagnetic relay (EMR) ex- posed to mechanical environment. The vibration characteristics of armature system, link contact system with electromagnetic system will cause EMR malfunction. The nonlinear dynamics model of armature systems was studied by considering electro- magnetic attraction force and opposite mechanical force in this paper. Angular displacements of armature under different sinu- soidal vibration conditions are solved in order to obtain the failure mode result from armature system. Vibration tests showed the presented analyzing method is suitable for EMR. The conclusions are instructive for increasing vibration resistance of armature systems of EMR, and are significant for reliability design of switch apparatus.     

Effects of differently polarized microwave radiation on the microscopic structure of the nuclei in human fibroblasts

To investigate the influence of microwave radiation on the human fibroblast nuclei, the effects of three variants of electromagnetic wave polarization, linear and left-handed and right-handed elliptically polarized, were examined. Experimental conditions were: frequency (f) 36.65 GHz, power density (P) at the surface of exposed object 1, 10, 30, and 100 μW/cm², exposure time 10 s. Human fibroblasts growing in a monolayer on a cover slide were exposed to microwave electromagnetic radiation. The layer of medium that covered cells during microwave exposure was about 1 mm thick. Cells were stained immediately after irradiation by 2% (w/v) orcein solution in 45% (w/v) acetic acid. Experiments were made at room temperature (25 °C), and control cell samples were processed in the same conditions. We assessed heterochromatin granule quantity (HGQ) at 600× magnification. Microwave irradiation at the intensity of 1 μW/cm² produced no effect, and irradiation at the intensities of 10 and 100 μW/cm² induced an increase in HGQ. More intense irradiation induced more chromatin condensation. The right-handed elliptically polarized radiation revealed more biological activity than the left-handed polarized one.     

The cyclic oxidation behaviors of Fe3 (Al, Cr, Zr) and Fe3 (Al, Cr, Nb) intermetallic compound at high temperature

The cyclic oxidation behaviors of Fe-28Al-5Cr-O. 1Zr (at%) and Fe-28A15Cr-O. 5Nb (at%) alloys have been investigated in air at high temperature. The results show that the distinctive whisker-like oxides were formed on the surface of Zr-containing Fe₃ Al based alloy after 500 hrs. cyclic oxidation at 800 °C and 1000 °C. The results also indicate that the addition of small amount of Zr to Fe₃ Al based alloy can improve its adherence strength between the oxides and metal substrate and is beneficial to the oxidation resistance. However, for the Nb-containing Fe₃ Al based alloy, porous convoluted oxides were formed after 350 hrs. cyclic oxidation at 1000°C, and this type of oxides didn’t not contribute to the oxidation resistance.     

Evaluation of Energy Saving Operational Modes for Industrial Fracture Connected Processes on the Basis of Incubation Time Fracture Criterion

A problem for a central crack in a plate subjected to plane strain conditions is investigated.Mode Ⅰ crack loading is created by a dynamic pressure pulse applied at a large distance from the crack.It was found that for a certain combination of amplitude and duration of the pulse applied,the energy transmitted to the sample has a strongly marked minimum,meaning that with the pulse amplitude or duration moving away from the optimal values,minimum energy required for initiation of crack growth increases rapidly.The results obtained indicate a possibility to optimise energy consumption of different industrial processes connected with fracture.Much could be gained in,for example,drilling or rock pounding where energy input accounts for the largest part of the process cost.Presumably further investigation of the effect observed can make it possible to predict optimal energy saving parameters,i.e.frequency and amplitude of impacts,for industrial devices,e.g.bores,grinding machines,and hence significantly reduce the process cost.The prediction can be given based on the parameters of the media fractured (material parameters,prevalent crack length and orientation,etc.).     

Effect of temperature on batch elastase production by <Emphasis Type="Italic">Bacillus</Emphasis> sp. EL31410

The production of elastase by Bacillus sp. EL31410 at various temperatures was investigated. In order to study the effect of temperature on elastase fermentation, different cultivation temperatures, ranging from 39 °C to 28 °C, were evaluated in shake flask. The result indicated that 37 °C was best for cell growth at earlier stage; while maximum elastase activity was obtained when the cells were cultivated at 30 °C. This result was verified by batch fermentation in 5-L bioreactor under 37 °C and 30 °C temperature, respectively. The specific cell growth rate at 37 °C was higher than that at 30 °C during earlier stage of cultivation. The maximum value [5.5 U/(h·g DCW)] of elastase formation rate occurred at 24 h at 30 °C compared to 4.6 U/(h·g DCW) at 30 h at 37 °C. Based on these results, two-stage temperature shift strategy and oscillatory temperature cultivation mode were evaluated in the next study. When compared to single temperature of 37 °C or 30 °C, both two-stage temperature shift strategy and oscillatory temperature strategy improved biomass but did not yield the same result as expected for elastase production. The maximum biomass (both 8.6 g/L) was achieved at 30 h at 37 °C, but at 42 h using two-stage temperature cultivation strategy. The highest elastase production (652 U/ml) was observed at 30 °C in batch process. It was concluded that cultivation at constant temperature of 30 °C was appropriate for elastase production by Bacillus sp. EL31410. Project (No. 20276064) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China     

两相Mg-Ni合金的电化学吸放氢行为

The electrochemical performance of double phase Mg-Ni alloy was characterized at 25℃ and 70℃，in order to evaluate briefly its utility as negative electrode materials in nickel-metal hydride batteries.The results show that the electrochemical capacity of double phase Mg-Ni alloy is rarely low at 25℃,but increased rapidly when the temperature is enhanced,and the double phase Mg-Ni alloy has its maximum capacity at the first discharge cycle,but the capacity degrades rapidly with cycling number.     

Kinematic optimization of 2D plunging airfoil motion using the response surface methodology

The propulsive efficiency of a plunging NACA0012 airfoil is maximized by means of a simple numerical optimization method based on the response surface methodology (RSM). The control parameters are the amplitude and the reduced frequency of the harmonic sinusoidal motion. The 2D unsteady laminar flow around the plunging airfoil is computed by solving the Navier-Stokes equations for three Reynolds number values (Re = 3.3×10³, 1.1×10⁴, and 2.2×10⁴). The Nelder-Mead algorithm is used to find the best control parameters leading to the optimal propulsive efficiency over the constructed response surfaces. It is found that, for a given efficiency level and regardless of the considered Re value, it is possible either to obtain high thrust by selecting a high oscillation frequency or to reduce the input power by adopting a low plunging amplitude.     

Synergetic effect of stannate with o-aminophenol on inhibiting H2 evolution of A1 anode in strong alkaline media

The performance of Al-alloy anode in 4 mol/L KOH with and without stannate and o-aminophenol at 25℃ and 55℃ was studied by hydrogen collection, potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectrum, o-aminophenol acts as a perfect inhibitor because of its adsorbability and forming chelate complex at its optimum concentration of 0.4 mol/L. Stannate enhances the inhibition of o-aminophenol and improves the activity of Al-alloy because of its reduction to tin. There is synergetic effect of stannate with o-aminophenol on the behavior of Al-alloy, and the inhibitive efficiency at 55℃ is better than that at 25 ℃.     

J-Integral of interfacial crack between metal-base ceramic coating and steel

The definition of J-integral of interfacial crack was introduced. The three-point bending tests were carried out to obtain the critical loading values when the interfacial crack initiation occurred between coatings and substrates. The finite element analysis (FEA) was adopted to analyze the stress distribution in the specimens and compute the J-integral of the interfacial crack between LX88A coating and Chinese Q345 steel. The results showed that the average value of critical J-integral is 0.70 N/m, which can be taken as the fracture parameter to evaluate the interfacial fracture behavior for the three-point bending specimens of LX88A coating/Q345 steel system. Supported by Tianjin Natural Science Foundation (No.08JCYBJC09100), New Teacher Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (No.20070056096) and New Century Outstanding Talented Person Plan of China. XU Lianyong, born in 1975, male, Dr.     

Promoting the mechanical properties of Ti42Al9V0.3Y alloy by hot extrusion in the α+β phase region

Hot extrusion was conducted in the α+β phase region for promoting mechanical properties of Ti42Al9V0.3Y. The microstructures and tensile properties before and after hot extrusion were studied. The results show that the microstructure of the as-cast alloy mainly consists of massive γ phase in β matrix and the as-extruded alloy mainly consists of lamellar α2/γ, lamellar β/γ, and strip γ propagating from elongated β phase. In the as-cast alloy, the predominantly observed fracture mode is transgranular cleavage failure at room temperature and intergranular fracture at 650-750 °C. After hot extrusion, it transforms into transgranular cleavage-like failure, including translamellar cleavage and delamination. The excellent tensile properties of the as-extruded material are attributed to the obvious refined microstructure with broken YAl2 particles and the micro-crack shielding action of the TiAl lamellasome.     

Microstructure and corrosion resistance of sputtered TiN coatings on surface of Zr-4 alloy

To improve the oxidation resistance and corrosion resistance of Zr-4 alloy, titanium nitride(TiN) coatings were prepared on the Zr-4 alloy with a TiN ceramic target with different ratios of N_2. Microstructure and high-temperature properties of the TiN coated samples were studied by scanning electron microscopy(SEM), energy dispersive spectrometer(EDS), X-ray diffraction meter(XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS), heat treatment furnace and autoclaves, respectively. The x value of the TiN coatings(TiN_x) ranges from 0.96 to 1.33. After the introduction of N_2, TiN coating exhibits a weak(200) plane and a preferred(111) orientation. The coating prepared with an N_2 flow ratio of 15% shows an optimal oxidation resistance in the atmospheric environment at 800 °C. In either 1 200 °C steam environment for one hour, or deionized water at 360 °C and a pressure of 18.6 Mpa for 16 d, the opitimized TiN coated samples have no delamination or spallation; and the gains in the masses of samples are much smaller than Zr-4 alloy. These results demonstrate the effectiveness of the optimized TiN coating as the protective coating on the Zr-4 alloy under extreme conditons.     

Hydrogen permeation behavior in Fe3Al-based alloy

Ultra-high vacuum gaseous hydrogen permeation experiments on Fe₃Al-based alloy were performed in the temperature range of 330∼450°C with an upstream hydrogen pressure between 3. 38×10⁴ Pa and 7.28×10⁴ Pa. The results show that the hydrogen diffusivity and permeability in Fe₃Al-based alloy obey Arrhenius relationship in the experimental temperature range and the hydrogen permeation process is controlled by the lattice diffusion of hydrogen at relative high temperature. The activation energy of hydrogen diffusion in the Fe₃Al-based alloy was found to be 75 kJ/mol. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (59895157)     

Structure and magnetic properties of Fe73.5Ag1Nb3Si13.5B9 alloy

The magnetic properties of as-quenched and annealed Fe_73.5Ag₁Nb₃Si_13.5B₉ alloys were investigated. X-ray diffraction was used to monitor the structure changes of the samples under different annealing temperatures. It was found that by Cu addition, the crystallization temperature T _x1 of Fe-Nb-Si-B alloy is decreased, whereas by Ag addition, the T _x1 is increased. A small amount of α-Fe and Ag were obtained after the sample was annealed at 500°C for 1 h. With increasing the annealing temperature, Fe₂₃B₆, Fe₂B, Fe₃B were separated out and magnetic properties of the samples were impaired quickly. A mostly single nanocrystalline grain of a-Fe phase could not be obtained in the annealed samples.     

Epitaxial growth of Ga x In1−x As film by RF sputtering and physical properties of the films

Single crystal Ga _x In_1−x As films have grown up on GaAs(100) substrate at 375°C and on InP(100) substrate at 390°C, respectively, by the method of rf-sputtering with using undoped GalnAs polycrystal as target. However, on Si(100) or Si(111) substrates at 260–390°C, even at 465°C, only polycrystalline films were obtained. In addition, the structure, composition, electrical characteristic and optical properties of the Ga _x In_1−x As films were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), reflection of high energy electron diffraction (RHEED), energy dispersion analyzer of X-ray (EDAX), Hall measurements and spectroscopic ellipsometry.     

Structure and Magnetic Propoerty of Amorphous Fe—Ni Particles prepared by Mechanical Alloying

The amorphous Fe67.5 alloy particles have been prepared by mechanical alloying(MA) process of elemental powders.The crystallization is observed at temperature around 405℃ by means of differential thermal analyzer,It is found that the coercivity Hc and the effective magnetic anisotropy value of amorphous phase are not far from that of crystal phase.The magnetization behavior of amorphous and nanocrystalline samples prepared by mechanical alloying and milling process are quite similar,they obey 1/H law at middle-high field and 1/H^2 at higher field.The 1/H field dependence is attributed to a large number of dislocations created during MA process.The studies on the 1/H^2 field dependence reveals that magnetization of Fe-Ni ultrafine particles are governed predominantly by internal stress fields induced by MA process.     

Characteristics of HCCI engine operation for additives,EGR, and intake charge temperature while using iso-octane as a fuel

This work investigates the effects of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and operation parameters including engine speed, equivalence ratio, coolant-out temperature, and intake charge temperature on the basic characteristics of a single-cylinder homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engine powered with reformulated iso-octane fuels. The running range of iso-octane HCCI engine can be expanded to lower temperature and more load by adding di-tertiary butyl peroxide (DTBP) in the fuel. The combustion timing advances with the increase of DTBP concentrations, coolant temperature and equivalence ratio. The effects of EGR on the combustion and emissions are remarkable when the EGR rate is higher than 25%, and the combustion phase is sharply postponed and the UHC and CO emissions deteriorate. The intake charge temperature has a moderate effect on combustion and emissions when it is lower than 35°C; but the combustion timing advances, the combustion duration shortens, and sometimes it leads to knock combustion when the intake charge temperature increases to above 35°C.