Analysis and Verification on the Chain-like Model with Normal Distribution of Magnetorheological Elastomer

在磁流变弹性体链化模型的基础上,引入斜链夹角的正态分布,采用偶极子法从理论上分析了诸多因素对磁流变弹性体磁致剪切模量的影响,包括颗粒链的初始倾斜角、外加磁场强度、剪应变大小等,并进行了实验验证.     

基于多链模型的磁流变弹性体剪切模量的数值分析

从颗粒间的磁相互作用能出发,利用磁能密度的变化,计算了磁流变弹性体的磁致剪切模量.考虑了链内颗粒和相邻链中颗粒的影响,修正了磁流变弹性体的磁偶极子模型.构建了 BCT 结构计算模型,对含柱状结构的磁流变弹性体进行了计算.计算结果表明,传统的点偶极子模型高估了磁流变弹性体的磁致剪切模量；在提高磁流变弹性体的磁致剪切模量方面,颗粒体积比浓度较小时,链状结构比柱状结构要好；而当颗粒体积比浓度较大时,柱状结构优于链状结构.     

Damping of Magnetorheological Elastomers

利用改装后的力磁耦合动态测试系统实验研究了磁流变弹性体在磁场下的阻尼性能. 实验得出了外加磁场的磁感应强度、基体的本征阻尼、铁粉含量、动态应变以及激励频率对磁流变弹性体阻尼的影响规律. 发现了磁流变弹性体的阻尼在很大程度上是由基体和颗粒之间的界面滑移所决定的. 而且该界面滑移不同于一般复合材料,它会受到外加磁场的影响..     

Enhancement in Magnetorheological Effect of Magnetorheological Elastomers by Surface Modification of Iron Particles

为了研制具有高磁流变效应的磁流变弹性体,从新的化学修饰的角度制备了各向异性的橡胶基磁流变弹性体. 阴离子表面活性剂、非离子表面活性剂和复合表面活性剂等三种不同类型的表面活性剂分别用于修饰铁颗粒. 使用力磁耦合动态测试仪测量磁流变弹性体的动态剪切模量,并计算材料的磁流变效应. 测试结果表明,当Span 80的含量为15%时,材料的相对磁流变效应可达到188%,除了表面活性外,Span 80的增塑效应也有利于相对磁流变效应的增加. 当使用具有强表面活性的复合表面活性剂修饰铁颗粒时,用量只需0.4%,便可使相对     

Radiation Vulcanization of Magnetorheological Elastomers Based on Silicone Rubber

介绍了两种制备磁流变弹性体的硫化方法即高温硫化和辐射硫化. 研究中采用动态力学分析仪(DMA)测量了样品的动态力学特性.特别是对样品的磁流变效应和耐久性进行了详细的测试. 实验结果表明,经过辐射硫化的样品具有更大的零场模量和磁致模量,以及更好的磁流变效应和耐久性. 为了解释这些结果,文章对样品的体积形变和增塑剂渗出都作了详细的分析. 在硫化过程中样品的体积保持稳定是辐射硫化样品具有大磁致模量的重要原因,而增塑剂渗透性小也是辐射硫化样品具有高磁流变效应和耐久性的重要因素.     

基于链化分析的磁流变液剪切屈服应力模型

基于磁性颗粒在磁场作用下的链化分析和统计分析方法,建立了磁流变液的宏观屈服剪应力的分析模型.模型考虑了磁感应强度、颗粒尺寸、体积分数、剪应变率以及饱和磁化强度等因素,能描述不同剪切应变率下剪切应力的变化及在高应变率下可能出现的剪切稀化效应.分析了不同因素对剪切屈服应力的影响,讨论了提高磁流变液剪切屈服应力的途径.分析表明,该模型的计算结果能较好地描述有关实验现象,并可用于高性能磁流变液的设计分析.     

二维磁流变包层声学超材料*

该文构建了以钨为内核、环氧树脂为基体、磁流变弹性体作为包层的二维局域共振型声学超材料,采用有限元方法分析了声波的能带结构、透射率、振动模。研究结果表明:利用外磁场可以调控磁流变弹性体包层的弹性模量,从而调节声学超材料带隙的中心位置和宽度,还可以通过改变磁流变弹性体包层的厚度来调节带隙的中心位置和宽度。这些方法对可调型声学超材料的设计有重要的参考意义。     

磁流变弹性体中结合胶的存在及其对材料性能的影响

为了提高磁流变材料的力学磁学性能，在大量的实验和观测过程中，发现了在磁流变弹性体的内部存在结合橡胶现象．进一步的实验证实了铁磁性颗粒表面的确存在结合橡胶，并且这层结合橡胶的厚度和铁磁性颗粒的大小之间的相互关系对材料的性能有显著的影响．通过理论分析和实验测试发现，通过提高颗粒半径和结合橡胶厚度的比率，可以显著提高磁流变弹性体的磁流变性能．     

盘式磁流变液制动特性演示仪的设计

磁流变液是一种在磁场作用下其流变学性能可作出迅速响应, 且易于控制的新型智能材料. 为了演示 磁流变液的制动特性,设计了一种盘式磁流变液制动特性演示装置,介绍了装置的设计原理和工作方法. 该装置通 过演示磁场、扭矩、转速之间的变化关系,对磁流变液的制动特性做了直观形象的展示     

磁流变技术研究及其在光学加工中的应用

介绍了磁流变技术的基本原理及其应用。利用磁流变液在磁场作用下形成的高剪切应力,可以利用磁场形成可变硬度的磁流变液对光学零件进行可控的抛光加工。美国Rochester大学率先进行了应用磁流变液对光学零件进行抛光方面的研究。磁流变抛光获得的表面具有纳米级表面粗糙度。     

Hairpin rubber elasticity

We model the elastic properties of main chain liquid crystalline elastomers, formed by cross linking chains in a strongly nematic state, when they have hairpin defects. We study the response of the elastomer to imposed uniaxial extension along the nematic direction, and employ a microscopic model of how the deformation is distributed non-affinely amongst the hairpin and straight chain populations. The rubber shows a plateau in the stress as a function of the elongation imposed along the director. It is a consequence of the depletion of the actively stretching population of hairpin chains and should not be confused with soft elasticity effects associated with director rotation.     

Magnetic resonance imaging of the uterus in vivo and in vitro at an ultra low magnetic field (0.02 T): Assessment of its normal structure and of leiomyomas

The purpose of this investigation was to analyze the normal anatomy and leiomyomas of the uterus with an ultra low field (0.02 T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device. MR imaging was performed on 18 uteri, 11 of which were imaged both preoperatively (in vivo) and as an operative specimen (in vitro), 6 only as an operative specimen, and 1 only preoperatively. All uteri were examined histologically after imaging. The junctional zone was much better delineated in vivo than in vitro, indicating that its appearance on MR is partly due to blood flow. No structures contributing to its visibility in vitro could be demonstrated histologically. Twenty leiomyomas (size range 7–79 mm) in 12 uteri were found with MRI. They were slightly better discerned in vivo than in vitro. The leiomyomas, having no degenerative changes, had a signal intensity which was the same or lower than that of the myometrium. On images obtained in vitro the signal intensity of these leiomyomas relative to that of myometrium correlated directly with their muscular content (R = 0.74, p = .002). The authors conclude that the junctional zone is a sum of physiological and structural factors, the latter being responsible for its in vitro delineation. MR imaging of the uterus in vitro did not give more information than MR imaging in vivo. All leiomyomas larger than 10 mm could be detected, indicating that MR imaging at 0.02 T is an accurate method for the imaging of the uterine leiomyomas.     

Giant magnetoresistance effect in a magnetic barrier nanostructure

The giant magnetoresistance (MR) effect is theoretically studied in a magnetically modulated two-dimensional electron gas. We find that the significant transmission difference for electron tunneling through parallel and antiparallel magnetization configurations results in a considerable MR effect. We also find that the MR ratio strongly depends on the magnetic strength and the distance between the left edges of two ferromagnetic strips as well as the temperature.     

Calculation of Magnetic Configuration and Resistance for Nanomagnets

Based on a classical Heisenberg lattice model with dipole interaction and the method of spin dynamic simulation,the magnetic configurations (MC),hysteresis loop (HL) and magnetic resistance (MR) of the nanomagnets with different geometries,such as circle,square and rectangle,are studied for different directions of applied field.In the case of perpendicular field to the plane,the magnetization and MR are reversible and have not hysteresis.When the field is applied in the plane,the HL is irreversible and is qualitatively well agreeable with the current experimental results.The MR loop is also irreversible and appears two peaks distributed at two sides around zero field.The peaks of magnetic resistance are relative to the vortex state of similar configuration.Large easy-axis anisotropy will suppress the MC anisotropy,and the large magnetoresistance effect disappears.     

磁流变液阻尼器在转子振动控制中的应用

设计了一种转子振动控制用的剪切式磁流变液阻尼器,建立了磁流变液阻尼器－悬臂转子系统的分析模型,理论和实验研究了转子系统的不平衡响应特性。研究表明,随着施加磁场强度的增加,磁流变液阻尼和刚度增大,转子系统的临界振幅明显下降,系统的临界转速也明显提高。通过简单的开关控制,可抑止转子通过临界转速过程中的振动。     

Automatic segmentation for brain MR images via a convex optimized segmentation and bias field correction coupled model

Accurate segmentation of magnetic resonance (MR) images remains challenging mainly due to the intensity inhomogeneity, which is also commonly known as bias field. Recently active contour models with geometric information constraint have been applied, however, most of them deal with the bias field by using a necessary pre-processing step before segmentation of MR data. This paper presents a novel automatic variational method, which can segment brain MR images meanwhile correcting the bias field when segmenting images with high intensity inhomogeneities. We first define a function for clustering the image pixels in a smaller neighborhood. The cluster centers in this objective function have a multiplicative factor that estimates the bias within the neighborhood. In order to reduce the effect of the noise, the local intensity variations are described by the Gaussian distributions with different means and variances. Then, the objective functions are integrated over the entire domain. In order to obtain the global optimal and make the results independent of the initialization of the algorithm, we reconstructed the energy function to be convex and calculated it by using the Split Bregman theory. A salient advantage of our method is that its result is independent of initialization, which allows robust and fully automated application. Our method is able to estimate the bias of quite general profiles, even in 7T MR images. Moreover, our model can also distinguish regions with similar intensity distribution with different variances. The proposed method has been rigorously validated with images acquired on variety of imaging modalities with promising results.     

The efficacy of tilted axial MRI of the CNS

The angle between the straight axial plane and the orbito-meatal line was measured in 156 consecutive magnetic resonance examinations. Inconsistent head positioning caused this angle to vary by as much as 44 degrees. Careful positioning of the patient by the technologist can minimize this variability, leading potentially to improved image interpretation. To assess the merit of a standardized orientation for MR examinations of the head, straight axial and tilted axial MR scans were compared in 34 patients. The tilted images were obtained parallel to the orbito-meatal line and were found to be superior for visualization of the cerebellum. When correlative x-ray CTs are available or when an abnormality in the posterior fossa is suspected, tilted axial MR scans should be employed.     

An experimental investigation of electromechanical response in a dielectric acrylic elastomer

Electric-field-induced transverse-strain response was investigated in a dielectric acrylic elastomer at 1 Hz. The strain was observed to be proportional to square of the electric field strength within the measurement range (0 to 2 MV/m). Elastic compliance of the elastomer was measured as a function of frequency and was found to exhibit strong frequency dependence between 1 and 10 Hz. It was indicated that the field-induced-strain response in the acrylic elastomer originates primarily from the Maxwell stress effect. The experimental data obtained at low field and frequency were used to estimate the electromechanical behavior at higher field and frequency. PACS 77.65.-j; 77.84.Jd; 81.05.Lg     

Multichannel transceiver dual-tuned RF coil for proton/sodium MR imaging of knee cartilage at 3 T

Sodium magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is a promising technique for detecting changes of proteoglycan (PG) content in cartilage associated with knee osteoarthritis. Despite its potential clinical benefit, sodium MR imaging in vivo is challenging because of intrinsically low sodium concentration and low MR signal sensitivity. Some of the challenges in sodium MR imaging may be eliminated by the use of a high-sensitivity radiofrequency (RF) coil, specifically, a dual-tuned (DT) proton/sodium RF coil which facilitates the co-registration of sodium and proton MR images and the evaluation of both physiochemical and structural properties of knee cartilage. Nevertheless, implementation of a DT proton/sodium RF coil is technically difficult because of the coupling effect between the coil elements (particularly at high field) and the required compact design with improved coil sensitivity. In this study, we applied a multitransceiver RF coil design to develop a DT proton/sodium coil for knee cartilage imaging at 3 T. With the new design, the size of the coil was minimized, and a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) was achieved. DT coil exhibited high levels of reflection S11 (～-21 dB) and transmission coefficient S12 (～-19 dB) for both the proton and sodium coils. High SNR (range 27-38) and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) (range 15-21) were achieved in sodium MR imaging of knee cartilage in vivo at 3-mm(3) isotropic resolution. This DT coil performance was comparable to that measured using a sodium-only birdcage coil (SNR of 28 and CNR of 20). Clinical evaluation of the DT coil on four normal subjects demonstrated a consistent acquisition of high-resolution proton images and measurement of relative sodium concentrations of knee cartilages without repositioning of the subjects during the same MR scanning session.