简介:SomeofthemainprogressontheinvestigationofthemechanismofthewaveformationinexplosiveweldingattheInstituteofMechanicsissummarizedandotters’previousworksarere-viewed.OursystematicexperimentsandanalysisdonotsubstantiatethetheoryofwaveformationbasedonKarmanvortex-streetanalogyorHelmholtzinstability.Onthecontrary,theyshowthatmateri-alstrengthinsensitivetostrainrateplaysanimportantrole.Asimplehydro-plasticmodelispresentedtoexplainthemainfeaturesregardingtheinterracialwaveformationandtoestimatethemagnitudeofwavelength.Theresultisinbroadagreementwithexperiment.
简介:Amodifiedsnap-throughmechanismisusedinanelectromagneticenergyharvestertoimproveitseffectiveness.Itmainlycomprisesthreespringsthatarecon-figuredsothatthepotentialenergyofthesystemhastwostableequilibriumpoints.Inparticular,thesmallvibrationbehavioroftheharvesteraroundoneoftheequilibriumsisofinterest.Amulti-scalemethod(MSM)isusedtoanalyzethefrequencyresponsecurve.Twosnap-throughmechanismsareconsidered.Onehasbothhorizontalandverti-calsprings.Theotherhasonlyhorizontalsprings.Thefrequencyresponsecurvesofthesetwoclassesarecomparedunderthesameexcitationandelectricloadingconditions.Thelatterexhibitsmorebendingofthefrequencyresponsecurvethantheformerone.Theresultsarealsovalidatedbysomenumericalwork.TheaveragedpowersubjecttotheGaussianwhitenoiseiscalculatednumerically,andtheresultsdemonstratethatbi-stableenergyharvestingwithonlyhorizontalspringscanoutperformthemechanismwithbothhorizontalandverticalspringsforthesamedistancebetweentwoequilibriums.
简介:NumericalsimulationsandexperimentalresearcharebothcarriedouttoinvestigatethecontrolledeffectofspanwiseoscillatingLorentzforceonaturbulentchannelflow.ThevariationsofthestreaksandtheskinfrictiondragareobtainedthroughthePIVsystemandthedragmeasurementsystem,respectively.Theflowfieldinthenear-wallregionisshownthroughdirectnumericalsimulationsutilizingspectralmethod.Theexperimentalresultsareconsistentwiththenumericalsimulationresultsqualitatively,andboththeresultsindicatethatthestreaksaretiltedintothespanwisedirectionandthedragreductionutilizingspanwiseoscillatingLorentzforcescanberealized.Thenumericalsimulationresultsrevealmoredetailofthedragreductionmechanismwhichcanbeexplained,sincethespanwisevorticitygeneratedfromtheinteractionbetweentheinducedStokeslayerandintrinsicturbulentflowinthenear-wallregioncanmakethelongitudinalvorticestiltandoscillate,andleadstoturbulencesuppressionanddragreduction.
简介:Intermediatefilamentsareoneofthekeycomponentsofthecytoskeletonineukaryoticcells,andtheirmechanicalpropertiesarefoundtobeequallyimportantforphysiologicalfunctionanddisease.Whilethemechanicalpropertiesofsinglefulllengthfilamentshavebeenstudied,howthemechanicalpropertiesofcrosslinksaffectthemechanicalpropertyoftheintermediatefilamentnetworkisnotwellunderstood.Thispaperappliesamesoscopicmodeloftheintermediatenetworkwithvariedcrosslinkstrengthstoinvestigateitsfailuremechanismundertheextrememechanicalloading.Itfindsthatrelativelyweakercrosslinksleadtoamoreflawtolerantintermediatefilamentnetworkthatisalso23%strongerthantheonewithstrongcrosslinks.Thesefindingssuggestthatthemechanicalpropertiesofinterfacialcomponentsarecriticalforbioinspireddesignswhichprovideintriguingmechanicalproperties.
简介:Atheoreticalmodelingapproachaswellasanunsteadyanalyticalmethodisusedtostudyaerodynamiccharacteristicsofwingflappingwithasymmetricstroke-cyclesinconnectionwithanobliquestrokeplaneduringinsectforwardflight.Itisrevealedthattheaerodynamicasymmetrybetweenthedownstrokeandtheupstrokeduetostroke-asymmetricalflappingisakeytounderstandtheflowphysicsofgenerationandmodulationoftheliftandthethrust.Predictedresultsforexamplesofgivenkinematicsvalidatemorespecificallysomeviewpointsthatthewingliftismoreeasilyproducedwhentheforwardspeedishigherandthethrustisharder,andtheliftandthethrustaregeneratedmainlyduringdownstrokeandupstroke,respectively.Theeffectsofthreecontrollingparameters,i.e.theanglesoftiltedstrokeplane,thedifferentdownstrokedurationratios,andthedifferentanglesofattackinbothdown-andup-stroke,arefurtherdiscussed.Itisfoundthatlargerobliqueanglesofstrokeplanesgeneratelargerthrustbutsmallerlift;largerdownstrokedurationratiosleadtolargerthrust,whilemakinglittlechangeinliftandinputaerodynamicpower;andagain,asmallincreaseoftheangleofattackindownstrokeorupstrokemaycauseremarkablechangesinaerodynamicperformanceintherelevantstroke.
简介:Laboratoryexperimentswereconductedtostudythespallationbehaviourofthermalbarriercoatings(TBCs)onaero-engineturbinebladesmanufacturedbytheelectron-beamphysicalvapourdepositiontechnique(EB-PVD).Intactbladeswereheatedattemperature1135°Cinafurnaceforcertaintimeandthencooledtotheroomtemperatureinthelaboratorycondition.Itwasfoundthatnospallationoccurredduringcooling,butspallationhappenedatconstantroomtemperatureaftercooling.Thespallationmechanismisstudiedbyusingthemechanicalmodeldeveloped(Harvey2017andWang2017),whicharebasedonthehypothesisofpocketsofenergyconcentration(PECs).Someobservationsofthespallationbehaviourarewellpredictedbythemodel.
简介:Insulatorsonhigh-voltageUansmissionlinesarealmosttheonlyman-madestructuresontheEarth'ssurfaceintendedforlong-termoperationunderstrongelectricfields.AftersamplesofnaturalcontaminantparticleswerecollectedfrominsulatorsurfacesinChina,itwasfoundthattheparticlediameterdistribution(PDD)wasmainlyconcentratedinthe5-50μmrange.Toanalyzethestatisticalcharacteristicsoftheseparticles,thisworkstudiesthephysicalprocessesofparticlecollisionandadhesionusingthetheoriesofhydrodynamicsandcollisiondynamics.Thephysicalmodelconsiderscouplingofthefluidfieldandtheelectricfield,introducesanadhesioncriterion,andestablishesaparticleandsurfacecollisionmodel.Theeffectsofrelativehumidity,windspeed,aerodynamicshape,electricfieldtype,andelectricfieldstrengthonparticleadhesionwereanalyzed.Theresultsshowthattherelativehumidityandwindspeedhaveverysignificanteffectsandtheinfluencesoftheelectricfieldtypeandtheelectricfieldstrengthareobvious,buttheinfluenceoftheaerodynamicshapeisrelativelyweak.Thesimulationresultssupportthestatisticalcharacteristicsdeterminedinthiswork.Thephysicalmodelestablishedhereprovidesreferencevaluesforstudyoftheadhesioncharacteristicsofparticlesonsurfacesunderelectricfields.
简介:AmodelofcrosslinkerunbindingisimplementedinahighlycoarsegrainedgranularmodelofF-actincytoskeleton.WeemploythisspecificgranularmodeltostudythemechanismsofthecompressiveresponsesofF-actinnetworks.ItisfoundthatthecompressiveresponseofF-actincytoskeletonhasdependencyonthestrainrate.TheevolutionofdeformationenergyinthenetworkindicatesthatcrosslinkerunbindingeventscaninducetheremodellingofF-actincytoskeletoninresponsetoexternalloadings.TheinternalstressinF-actincytoskeletoncanefficientlydissipatewiththehelpofcrosslinkerunbinding,whichcouldleadtothespontaneousrelaxationoflivingcells.
简介:Toanalyzethedynamicmechanismofunusualactivitiesofthesubtropicalhigh,thespace-timevaribleseparationofthepartialdifferentialvortexequationsiscarriedoutwithGalerkinmethodsbasedontheheatforceandthewhirlmovementdissipationeffect.Aimingatthesubjectiveandman-madeconventionalmethodofchoiceinthespacebasisfunctions,weproposetocombinetheempiricalorthogonalfunction(EOF)analysiswiththegeneticalgorithmtoinversethespacebasisfunctionsfromtheactualsequenceoffields.Agroupoftrigonometricfunctionsarechosenasageneralizedspacebasisfunction.Withtheleast-squareserrorofthebasisfunctionandEOFtypicalfields,andwiththecompleteorthogonalityofbasisfunctions,wecangetthedual-boundfunction.Ageneticalgorithmisthenintroducedtocarryoutsurfacefittingandcoeffcientoptimizationofthebasisfunction.Asaresult,theobjectiveandreasonableconstantdifferentialequationofthesubtropicalhighisobtainedbyinversion.Finally,basedontheobtainednonlineardynamicsmodel,thedynamicbehaviorandmechanismofthesubtropicalhighisanalyzedanddiscussedundertheinfluenceofheatforce.Wefindthatsolarradiationandzonaldifferencesinlandandseaareimportantfactorsimpactingthepotentialfieldandflowfieldchangesofthesubtropicalareas.Thesefactorsleadtostrengthchangesofthesubtropicalhighandmedium-termadvance/retreatactivities.Theformerisagradualchange,whilethelattershowsmorebreakcharacteristics.Meaningfulresultsareobtainedintheanalysis.
简介:IntroductionThesubtropicalanticyclone(subtropicalhigh)overEast_Asiaregionisanimportantsynopticsysteminfluencingthisregion’swe...
简介:Theseeminglycontradictoryunderstandingsoftheinitialcrushstressofcellularmaterialsunderdynamicloadingsexistintheliterature,andacomprehensiveanalysisofthisissueiscarriedoutwithusingdirectinformationoflocalstressandstrain.Localstress/straincalculationmethodsareappliedtodeterminetheinitialcrushstressesandthestrainratesatinitialcrushfromacell-basedfiniteelementmodelofirregularhoneycombunderdynamicloadings.Theinitialcrushstressunderconstant-velocitycompressionisidenticaltothequasi-staticone,butlessthantheoneunderdirectimpact,i.e.theinitialcrushstressesunderdifferentdynamicloadingscouldbeverydifferenteventhoughthereisnostrain-rateeffectofmatrixmaterial.Apower-lawrelationbetweentheinitialcrushstressandthestrainrateisexploredtodescribethestrain-rateeffectontheinitialcrushstressofirregularhoneycombwhenthelocalstrainrateexceedsacriticalvalue,belowwhichthereisnostrain-rateeffectofirregularhoneycomb.Deformationmechanismsoftheinitialcrushbehaviorunderdynamicloadingsarealsoexplored.Thedeformationmodesoftheinitialcrushregioninthefrontofplasticcompactionwavearedifferentunderdifferentdynamicloadings.
简介:Octahedron-likeBaMoO4microcrystalsweresynthesizedbytheco-precipitationmethodatroomtemperatureandprocessedinmicrowave-hydrothermalat413Kfordifferenttimes(from30minto5h).ThesemicrocrystalswereanalyzedbyX-raydiffraction(XRD),field-emissiongunscanningelectronmicroscopy(FEG-SEM)andtransmissionelectronmicroscopy(TEM).XRDpatternsshowedthatthismaterialpresentsatetragonalstructurewithoutthepresenceofdeleteriousphases.FEG-SEMandTEMmicrographsrevealedthattheBaMoO4microcrystalspresentanoctahedron-likemorphologywithagglomeratenatureandpoly-disperseparticlesizedistribution.Thesemicrographsalsoindicatedthatthemicrocrystalsgrowalongthe[001]direction.Theobservedcrystallographicplanesinthesestructuresweremodeledcomputationallyandacrystalgrowthmodelwasproposedinordertoexplainthemorphologicalchangesasafunctionofprocessingtime.
简介:Basedonourpreviouswork,self-excitedvibrationofamulti-degree-of-freedomsystemcausedbydryfrictionbetweentwoelasticstructuresisinvestigatedusingtheChineseculturalrelicdragonwashbasinasanexample.Somenewcharacteristicsoftheself-excitedvibrationinthiskindofsystemarefound.Theconditionsunderwhichself-excitedvibrationoccursatlow-orderorhigh-ordermodesarediscussed.Effectsofchangesinparametersofthesystemontheself-excitedvibrationareanalyzed.ThevibrationmechanismofthewaterdropletsspurtingphenomenonoftheChineseculturalrelicdragonwashbasinisfurtherexplained.Thisinvestigationpresentsanewideaformodelingtheself-excitedvibrationcausedbydryfrictioninteractionbetweentwoelasticstructures.