Residual currents in A.C. discharges.

A point by point determination is made of the residual current flowing during the reignition period of an a.c. arc between pure graphite electrodes in atmospheric air.The air pressure is varied from 0.14 to 5.4 atmospheres absolute and the gap varied from 1/4 to 5 mm. Alternating current of 6o cycles per second is supplied to the arc by a io Kv. power transformer and the r.m.s. discharge current is limited by ohmic resistance to values between o.o5 and 2 amperes. The residual current rises to a peak shortly after the voltage reverses and the current then decreases as the recovery voltage increases to its reignition value. The peak of the residual current increases directly with the r.m.s. current of the arc, and is essentially independent of both the length of the gap and the pressure of the gas. The reignition voltage is shown to be a function of the value of residual current existing just prior to ignition. The rate of decay of residual current decreases as gas pressure and gap length are increased.     

Numerical modeling of MHD stability in a cylindrical configuration

A numerical modeling of natural convection under the influence of either axial (B_z) or radial (B_r) magnetic field in a cylindrical configuration filled with a low-Prandtl number electrically conducting fluid, is studied. The finite volume method is used to discretize the equations of continuity, Navier Stokes and energy. A computer program based on the SIMPLER algorithm is developed. The flow and temperature fields are presented by stream function and isotherms, respectively. Stability diagrams are established according to the numerical results of this investigation. These diagrams put in evidence the dependence of the critical Grashof number, Gr_cr with the increase of the Hartmann number, Ha. The strongest stabilization of the convective flows occurs when the magnetic field is applied in the radial direction. This study confirms the possibility of stabilization of a liquid metal flow in natural convection by application of a radial magnetic field.     

The potential fall between striæ in electrical discharges through rarefied hydrogen

A study was made of the variation with gas pressure of the potential fall between striæ in the positive column of a discharge through hydrogen because in this gas the distances between the striæ change with pressure in an anomalous manner first noted by Willows. With decrease of pressure the stria distances at first increase, pass through a maximum value and then through a rather sharp minimum value at a pressure between 1 mm. and 2 mm. The color of the striæ was found to be bluish in the pressure region of minimum separation and reddish at other pressures.     

Refillable and magnetically actuated drug delivery system using pear-shaped viscoelastic membrane

We report a refillable and valveless drug delivery device actuated by an external magnetic field for on-demand drug release to treat localized diseases. The device features a pear-shaped viscoelastic magnetic membrane inducing asymmetrical deflection and consecutive touchdown motion to the bottom of the dome-shaped drug reservoir in response to a magnetic field, thus achieving controlled discharge of the drug. Maximum drug release with 18 ± 1.5 μg per actuation was achieved under a 500 mT magnetic flux density, and various controlled drug doses were investigated with the combination of the number of accumulated actuations and the strength of the magnetic field.     

信息优势与投资者地缘效应的关系研究

投资者偏爱地理位置近的上市公司的现象被称为地缘效应,其成因一直是资本市场中的一个未解之谜。本文以上海、天津、大连的3710名投资者为研究样本,从信息优势角度解释了地缘效应。研究发现,中国资本市场内部存在地缘效应;信息优势与地缘效应之间存在倒U型关系,即当信息优势小于临界值时,地缘效应随着信息优势的增强而增强;当信息优势大于临界值时,地缘效应随着信息优势的增强而减弱。研究认为随着信息优势强度的增加,信息目标由少到多,信息涉及的上市公司由近及远,由此使得投资者投资的分散程度不断提高,这是信息优势与地缘效应之间呈现倒U型关系的主要原因。     

The blackening of photographic plates by positive ions of the alkali metals

A short review is included of previous work on the blackening of photographic plates by positive rays and rays of an analogous nature.The blackening of Eastman x-ray plates, by positive ions, has been measured as a function of the energy of the ions of Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs. The energy of the ions required to produce a photographic density of D = 0.3 with a one minute exposure at a current density of 1.32 × 10^?8 amperes per cm.² ranged from 1420 electron-volts in the case of cæsium to 860 electron-volts in the case of Li⁷. Approximately 10⁵ ions are required at these energies to render developable one silver-halide grain. For a threshold density, D = 0.04, under the same conditions the energy ranged from approximately 920 to 460 electron-volts for Cs and Li⁷ respectively.Sensitivity comparisons were made between x-ray plates and process and schumannized process plates. Potassium ions with an energy as low as 137 electron-volts were recorded on Schumann plates, and it is possible that positive ions of one-third this energy can be recorded.     

Magnetophoretic manipulation in microsystem using carbonyl iron-polydimethylsiloxane microstructures

This paper reports the use of a recent composite material, noted hereafter i-PDMS, made of carbonyl iron microparticles mixed in a PolyDiMethylSiloxane (PDMS) matrix, for magnetophoretic functions such as capture and separation of magnetic species. We demonstrated that this composite which combine the advantages of both components, can locally generate high gradients of magnetic field when placed between two permanent magnets. After evaluating the magnetic susceptibility of the material as a function of the doping ratio, we investigated the molding resolution offered by i-PDMS to obtain microstructures of various sizes and shapes. Then, we implemented 500 μm i-PDMS microstructures in a microfluidic channel and studied the influence of flow rate on the deviation and trapping of superparamagnetic beads flowing at the neighborhood of the composite material. We characterized the attraction of the magnetic composite by measuring the distance from the i-PDMS microstructure, at which the beads are either deviated or captured. Finally, we demonstrated the interest of i-PDMS to perform magnetophoretic functions in microsystems for biological applications by performing capture of magnetically labeled cells.     

Frequency-coordinate vector diagram

From the standpoint of circuit synthesis as well as for a fundamental comprehension of circuit behavior, it is desirable to be able to visualize the response of a circuit over an extended frequency range by means of a geometrical construction. Mathematically, the response of a circuit can be expressed with the La Place transform theory as a function of the complex frequency variable, p = α + jωw, in which a is the decrement and ω is the “real” angular frequency. Physically, the nature of the real-frequency response is usually not discernible by casual inspection of the mathematical function. This paper develops a means of visualizing this frequency response readily through the construction of a vector diagram from the response function.     

Magnetic fields in the sun

The observed properties of solar magnetic fields are reviewed, with particular reference to the complexities imposed on the field by motions of the highly conducting gas. Turbulent interactions between gas and field lead to heating or cooling of the gas according as the field energy density is less or greater than the maximum kinetic energy density in the convection zone. The field strength above which cooling sets in is 700 G.A weak solar dipole field may be primeval, but dynamo action is also important in generating new flux. The dynamo is probably not confined to the convection zone, but extends throughout most of the volume of the sun. Planetary tides appear to play a role in driving the dynamo.     

Characteristics of small grid-controlled hot-cathode mercury arcs or thyratrons

The principle of the grid-controlled arc or thyratron is briefly described and the norminal ratings as regards filament current, maximum plate current etc. of four important thyratrns are given in table form. Methods of measuring the grid current, critical grid potential, etc., with D.C. power supply are given along with the results obtained on the General Electric Company thyratrons FG-₁₇, FG-₂₇ and FG-₆₇. Characteristics obtained with A.C. power supply are also shown for these thyratrons and some of the relative advantages of the “phase-shift” and the “critical potential” methods of control are discussed when used in connection with photoelectric cell circuits. The A.C. measurements seem to show that a time of 10^?3 second is required to start a thyratron. An amplifier circuit is shown by which it is theoretically possible to control a thyratron circuit using an input current to the amplifier of 10^?11 ampere.     

Effects of a magnetic field on the free convective flow through a porous medium bounded by an infinite vertical porous plate with constant heat flux

This paper investigates the effects of a magnetic field on the free convective flow of a viscous, incompressible, dissipative fluid through a porous medium, occupying a semi-infinite region of the space bounded by an infinite vertical and porous plate. The plate is subjected to a normal suction velocity and the heat flux at the plate is constant. The magnetic field is of uniform strength and is applied perpendicular to the plate. An analytical solution to the problem is obtained. The influence of the magnetic parameter (M) and permeability parameter (K) is discussed for the case of air (P = 0.71) when the plate is subjected to a constant suction velocity and is being cooled by free convection currents.     

Osmotically driven drug delivery through remote-controlled magnetic nanocomposite membranes

Implantable drug delivery systems can provide long-term reliability, controllability, and biocompatibility, and have been used in many applications, including cancer pain and non-malignant pain treatment. However, many of the available systems are limited to zero-order, inconsistent, or single burst event drug release. To address these limitations, we demonstrate prototypes of a remotely operated drug delivery device that offers controllability of drug release profiles, using osmotic pumping as a pressure source and magnetically triggered membranes as switchable on-demand valves. The membranes are made of either ethyl cellulose, or the proposed stronger cellulose acetate polymer, mixed with thermosensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogel and superparamagnetic iron oxide particles. The prototype devices'' drug diffusion rates are on the order of 0.5–2 μg/h for higher release rate designs, and 12–40 ng/h for lower release rates, with maximum release ratios of 4.2 and 3.2, respectively. The devices exhibit increased drug delivery rates with higher osmotic pumping rates or with magnetically increased membrane porosity. Furthermore, by vapor deposition of a cyanoacrylate layer, a drastic reduction of the drug delivery rate from micrograms down to tens of nanograms per hour is achieved. By utilizing magnetic membranes as the valve-control mechanism, triggered remotely by means of induction heating, the demonstrated drug delivery devices benefit from having the power source external to the system, eliminating the need for a battery. These designs multiply the potential approaches towards increasing the on-demand controllability and customizability of drug delivery profiles in the expanding field of implantable drug delivery systems, with the future possibility of remotely controlling the pressure source.     

Heat transfer in a dipolar flow through a porous channel

The theory of constitutive equations for dipolar fluids, obtained by Bleustein and Green, is applied to investigate the Couette and Poiseuille flows between parallel plates maintained at constant but different temperatures in addition to being subjected to uniform injection and suction. Explicit expressions for the velocity and the temperature fields are obtained. It is found that different sets of conditions imposed on the flow parameters lead to different expressions for the velocity distribution which are valid only for restricted ranges of the cross-flow Reynolds number R. A table showing the various conditions imposed on the parameters, the corresponding solutions and the ranges of R for which the solution exist is presented. Velocity and temperature profiles for the dipolar and the Newtonian flows are drawn and compared to bring out the important differences resulting from the variations in R and B, the Brinkman number. For the dipolar Couette flow it is found that the value of B at which a transition from cooling to heating of the suction wall occurs always exceeds its corresponding value for Newtonian flow. Tables comparing the rates of heat transfer at the walls are provided for several values of R and B.     

An extension of the general Struble's method for solving an nth order nonlinear differential equation when the corresponding unperturbed equation has some repeated eigenvalues

This paper attempts to show the more suitability of the extended general Struble's technique than the unified Krylov-Bogoliubov-Mitropolskii (KBM) method in solving the problems that occur during the critical conditions. Recently a critically damped condition of an nth, n=2,3, … order weakly nonlinear autonomous ordinary differential equation has been investigated by the unified KBM method, in which the corresponding unperturbed equation has some real (negative) repeated eigenvalues. But there are more important critical conditions, which are still untouched. One of them occurs when a pair of complex eigenvalues is equal to another. It is complicated to formulate as well as to utilize the KBM method to investigate this condition. However, the extended general Struble's technique is applicable to both autonomous and non-autonomous systems. Solutions obtained for different critical conditions as well as for different initial conditions show a good agreement with the numerical solutions. The method is illustrated by an example of a fourth-order nonlinear differential equation whose unperturbed equation has repeated complex eigenvalues. A steady-state solution is determined for the non-autonomous equation. Moreover, a critical condition of a fourth-order nonlinear equation is investigated when two real eigenvalues of the unperturbed equation are non-positive and equal.     

汽车油泵电子控制器的改进设计

针对现有汽车油泵电子控制器不足,提出了改进设计的方案。改进后的新型汽车油泵控制器的特征:油泵在供油时的电磁铁振幅大、油流量大;在油压达到设定值时,由磁场检测电路命令电磁铁停止运动,电路关断彻底,油压维持时间长;电磁铁运动控制容易、功率管发热小、电路节能高效,特别适用于汽车电子油泵及其他泵类控制。     

On the rôle of tube walls,and surface and space charges in electrical discharges through rarefied gases

Several matters pertaining to the part played by tube walls, and surface and space charges in electrical discharges through rarefied gases, are briefly discussed, and experiments are described which throw light on some of the processes involved in such discharges. Measurements made under identical conditions of the falls of potential between striæ in the positive columns of discharges in hydrogen at various pressures in two glass tubes of different diameters showed that for pressures above 1.1 mm. these falls were increasingly greater in the larger tube. The results of experiments done with discharges produced under unusual conditions and bearing on the radial and axial fields present in the positive columns of discharges are described, and photographs of some of the discharges are reproduced in a part of which the positive column was made to pass through a long metal tube placed inside of the glass discharge tube, the two ends of the metal tube being at times both open and at other times both closed with wire gauzes of fine mesh. The potential assumed by the metal tube and the current flowing through its walls were measured, and special experiments were done to elucidate the process by which the current manages to penetrate the more or less field-free space inside the metal cylinder. The distributions of the space and surface charges along the length of a glass discharge tube were measured separately, at least roughly, and the nature of these distributions was found to depend markedly upon whether the anode or the cathode of the discharge tube was connected to earth, although the combined effects of the two charges of necessity produced the same field distribution within the discharge tube in both cases. The gases used in the experiments were air and hydrogen.     

A matrix generalization of heaviside's expansion theorem

Starting with the energy and dissipation functions of the general n mesh linear bilateral network and using the operational methods of the Laplacian transformation, a solution is obtained for the Lagrangian equations of the system subject to initial boundary conditions. The equations take a particularly simple and general form if matrix notation is used.It is noted that the general case bears a close resemblance to the simple, one mesh, series circuit when the scalar factors which appear in this circuit are generalized to matrix form.     

基于VHDL的电火花线切割加工放电状态检测电路的设计

在了解电火花线切割加工原理、比较现有的电火花线切割放电间隙状态的检测方法的基础上,设计了以VHDL硬件描述语言为核心的CPLD硬件实时检测电路,以提高电火花线切割加工的稳定性和加工质量。     

微波和脉冲磁场复合作用下鲜切哈密瓜杀菌实验研究

本文进行了微波和脉冲磁场复合作用下鲜切哈密瓜的杀菌实验研究,考察了微波预处理,磁场强度,脉冲次数及初始茵落总数对杀菌效果的影响。研究结果表明：微波和脉冲磁场的复合处理可以有效杀死鲜切哈密瓜中的细菌,茵落总数的最大杀菌率可以达到99．9％;12s的微波预处理可以起到物料升温与一定的杀菌作用,为脉冲磁场下鲜切哈密瓜的杀菌创造了有利条件;当磁场强度为0．6T时,随着脉冲作用次数的增加,菌落总数先下降,后有所增加,其转折点为20;当脉冲数为10时,随着磁场强度的增加,茵落总数总体上呈下降的趋势;初始菌落总数的增加有利于微波杀菌效果的提高,但对脉冲磁场的杀菌效果影响较小。     

Magnetic losses in remanent state ferrites

Magnetic loss in remanent state ferrites¹ has generally been described through the artifice of a magnetic loss tangent (tanδ_m = μ^″?μ′). This characterization is not directly relatable to intrinsic material parameters. The results presented in this paper indicate that magnetic loss in the remanent state can be related to intrinsic material parameters by describing the ferrite mathematically by a complex “average” permeability tensor. The “average” permeability includes the effects of magnetocrystalline anistropy, remanent magnetization, linewidth and an average demagnetizing field appropriate to the distribution of magnetic domains. Experimental examples are given showing that excellent agreement is obtained between theoretically predicted and measured losses.