冻结状态下主动脉裂纹扩展及断裂模式的研究

采用动态力学分析仪(DMA)研究了温度、降温速率、低温保护剂对冻结状态下兔胸主动脉的裂纹扩展和断裂模式的影响.研究结果表明:随着温度的降低,主动脉轴向由典型的韧性断裂转变为典型的脆性断裂,并且其裂纹扩展也越困难;降温速率对冻结状态下主动脉的裂纹扩展和断裂模式影响不大;DMSO对主动脉的冻结过程有明显的"软化"作用,裂纹更容易扩展,而且呈现出典型的韧断;均以5℃/min降温到-50℃后,血管周向比轴向易于扩展,但其与轴向试样表现出截然相反的典型韧断,这充分说明冻结状态下主动脉仍然体现出各向异性的特点.     

兔主动脉冻结过程中未冻水份额的研究

利用差示扫描量热仪(DSC)技术中的分步扫描(Stepwise scanning)法,研究了不同浓度的低温保护剂对主动脉血管冻结过程中未冻水份额的影响。研究结果表明:分步扫描量热技术可以用于血管材料冻结过程中未冻水份额的定量研究,而且具有较高楠度;随着低温保护剂二甲亚砜(DMSO)浓度的增大,血管的初始冻结点温度呈线性降低,但其冻结过程的未冻水份额显著增大,这是由于高浓度DMSO具有很强水合能力所致。     

兔主动脉低温杨氏模量的实验研究

为进一步完善动脉低温保存过程中为解决低温断裂问题而建立的冻结过程的热应力分析物理模型,本文研究家兔主动脉血管从室温到-80℃温度范围内,杨氏模量随温度的变化情况和加抗冻剂CPA的影响。研究发现兔丰动脉低温冻结状态的杨氏模量随温度的降低而增大;加CPA对兔丰动脉血管冻结状态下的杨氏模量有影响,相同温度情况下加CPA试样的杨氏模量比不加CPA试样的要低。     

大小血管冻结过程中的热应力分析与裂纹观察

为了预测动脉低温保存过程中所受到的机械损伤,本文建立了一维轴对称弹性圆筒血管在低温下保存的热应力　计算模型,模拟计算了冻结过程中体积膨胀引起的热应力随时间变化及其在壁面的分布,通过计算了解降温速率和血管尺寸不同的影响。计算结果显示径向应力小于周向应力和轴向应力;降温速率越快,组织内部所受热应力越大,壁厚越厚,热应力越大;产生超过热应力极限值的降温速率比在血管壁上产生裂纹的降温速率小许多。计算分析的结果与实验观察到的裂纹情况相符。     

兔主动脉比热容测量

本文用差示扫描量热技术的分步扫描方法,测量了未加抗冻剂和加抗冻剂的兔主动脉在30-140℃温度范围内的比热容。实验发现相变过程中,未加抗冻剂的兔主动脉的最大表观比热容大于加抗冻剂的相应值;冻结状态相同温度下未加抗冻剂的兔主动脉的比热容小于的加抗冻剂的兔主动脉的比热容;溶解后的未加抗冻剂和加抗冻剂的兔主动脉的比热容随着温度的升高而减小。并将测量结果与其它方法获得的比热容数值进行了比较,发现实际测量的比热容值与估算之间还是有区别的。     

考虑介质膨胀速率的锂离子电池管状电极中扩散诱导应力及轴向支反力分析

硅作为锂离子电池阴极材料相对于传统负极材料具有高比容量,价格低廉等优势.本文针对充电过程中锂离子电池中电极建立力学模型和扩散模型,并在扩散模型引入考虑介质膨胀速率的影响.以硅空心柱形电极为例,分析了恒流充电下介质膨胀速率对电极中扩散诱导应力分布的影响,并研究了不同内外半径比、充电速率、材料参数以及锂化诱导软化系数(lithiation induced softening factor,LISF)对轴向的支反力达到临界欧拉屈曲力所需时间的影响.结果表明,随着电极中锂浓度上升,介质膨胀速率对应力分布的影响增大,对轴向的支反力影响较小.弹性模量和应力成正比,但其与轴向的支反力达到临界欧拉屈曲力所需时间无关;扩散系数与所需时间成反比;偏摩尔体积增大时,达到临界屈曲力所需时间减少;随着LISF绝对值增大,完全锂化时轴向力降低.     

冷壁上单个静止过冷液滴冻结过程的数值模拟

以飞机飞行过程中过冷液滴撞击飞机表面所发生的结冰现象为背景,数值研究冷壁上单个静止过冷液滴的冻结过程。考虑重力作用下液滴的变形,并将过冷液滴冻结过程中成核再辉阶段的影响转化为物性参数的变化和模拟的初始条件,基于Fluent凝固/融化模型,模拟单个静止过冷液滴的冻结过程,模拟所得液滴冻结过程与文献中的实验结果吻合良好,最终冻结时间偏差为12.5%。进一步研究过冷度、壁面接触角、来流速度对过冷液滴冻结过程的影响,结果表明:过冷度越大,壁面接触角越小,来流速度越大,过冷液滴冻结越快,最终冻结时间越短,为研究飞机结冰机理提供参考。     

壁面静止水滴冻结过程形状变化

低温表面上的液滴冻结时会形成具有尖顶的形状。针对这一现象开展了理论与实验研究,建立了新的动态曲形相界面模型用来模拟水滴冻结过程中的形状变化。模型考虑重力和成核再辉效应的影响,将冻结过程中的冰水相界面近似为球冠形曲面,并在三相点处引入动态生长角和直角关系。对壁面上20μL静止水滴进行了冻结实验,记录水滴三相点高度的演化过程,以此拟合得到了其随时间变化的关联式,基于该关联式求解理论模型,得到了水滴最终冻结形状。模拟结果与实验结果在水滴初始轮廓、成核再辉轮廓和最终冻结轮廓以及冻结时间上均吻合良好。曲面模型的计算结果表明,固液相界面上不同位置处的冻结速率不同;随着相界面向上推移,冻结速率逐渐减小。     

容器形状和冻结行为对储能效率影响研究

本文采用计算流体力学分析方法,分析了冰储能过程中水的固-液相变行为和由此产生的自然对流现象的特征。特别地,本文着重研究了安装在冰储能器中的换热器周围的冻结行为和桥接过程对储能效率的影响。为了研究冻结行为和桥接过程中产生自然对流对储能效率的影响,改变了容器的高宽比,并采用椭圆形换热器以促进对流的形成。采用潜热与比热相结合的单域计算模型,分析了两椭圆形换热器在冻结过程中的水温分布特征、速度分布特征以及冻结率。研究发现容器内对流方向的趋势是由水的初始温度决定的,并且容器宽度越大,高度越高,冻结率效率越高。     

低熔点合金相变换热特性实验研究

本文针对熔点为70°的Bi-Cd-Pb-Sn低熔点合金的相变换热特性开展了实验研究,讨论了冷却水流量对冷却速率及相界面移动速率的影响。结果表明:低熔点合金在冷却过程中出现明显的相变带,相变潜热释放完后合金温度出现陡降;冷却水流量越大相界面的移动速率越快,当Q80 L·h~(-1)时流量对固液相界面的移动速率影响减小,相同流量下固液相界面的移动速率随热阻的增加逐渐减小。     

Cryopreservation of rabbit spermatozoa with freezing media supplemented with reduced and oxidised glutathione

This study researches the effects of supplementation with reduced glutathione (GSH, 0.5 mm) and oxidised glutathione (GSSG, 0.5 mM) freezing extenders on different semen parameters after equilibration with DMSO preservation solution (45 min at 5 degrees C) and post-thawing. The main findings that emerged from this study are that (i) addition of GSH and GSSG to the freezing media did not result in any improvement in functional sperm tests after equilibrium phase. (ii) No differences were observed after cryopreservation in functional sperm tests and embryo recovery rate. In conclusion, the addition of 0.5 mM GSH or GSSG appears not to play an important role in sperm antioxidant defence during cooling and freezing in rabbit spermatozoa.     

Effect of various freezing solutions on cryopreservation of mesenchymal stem cells from different animal species

The objective of this study is to compare the effects of different well defined freezing solutions with a reduced concentration of dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) combined with polyethylene glycol (PEG) and/or trehalose on cryopreservation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from mice, rats and calves. Post-thaw cell viability, proliferation capacity and differentiation potential of MSCs from different species were assessed after cryopreservation with the conventional slow freezing method. Although the post-thaw viabilities and metabolic activities varied among the different species, satisfactory results were obtained with 5 percent (v/v) DMSO, 2 percent (w/v) PEG, 3 percent (w/v) trehalose and 2 percent (w/v) bovine serum albumin (BSA) as the freezing solution. Our results showed that mouse MSCs were more robust to cryopreservation compared with rat and bovine MSCs.     

Negative volume thermal expansion via orbital and magnetic orders in Ca₂Ru₁-(x)Cr(x)O₄(0 < x < 0.13)

Ca?RuO? undergoes a metal-insulator transition at T(MI)=357 K, followed by a well-separated transition to antiferromagnetic order at T(N)=110 K. Dilute Cr doping for Ru reduces the temperature of the orthorhombic distortion at T(MI) and induces ferromagnetic behavior at T(C). The lattice volume V of Ca?Ru?-(x)Cr(x)O? (0 < x < 0.13) abruptly expands with cooling at both T(MI) and T(C), giving rise to a total volume expansion ΔV/V ≈ 1%, which sharply contrasts the smooth temperature dependence of the few known examples of negative volume thermal expansion driven by anharmonic phonon modes. In addition, the near absence of volume thermal expansion between T(C) and T(MI) represents an Invar effect. The two phase transitions, which surprisingly mimic the classic freezing transition of water, suggest an exotic ground state driven by an extraordinary coupling between spin, orbit, and lattice degrees of freedom.     

Influence of Freezing and Low Molecular Weight Cryoprotectants on Microsomal Membrane Structure: A Study by Multiparametric Fluorescent Probe

The influence of low molecular weight cryoprotectants (CPs) such as glycerol (GL), 1,2-propanediol (PD) and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) on the structure of rat liver microsomal membranes on the stages of equilibration and upon freezing up to −196°C was studied using a multiparametric fluorescent probe of flavonol nature. It was estimated that the studied CPs have individual concentration ranges defining low amplitude of their action on biomembranes. An exceeding of these ranges strongly increases the violation of membrane native structure already at the stage of incubation with CPs, strengthening it during the freezing procedure. According to the perturbation effect on microsomal membranes the studied CPs can be arranged in a sequence: DMSO > PD > GL.     

Comparison of three techniques for cryopreservation and reestablishment of long-term Gentiana tibetica suspension culture

Cryogenic storage of cell suspensions allows long-term maintenance of cultures. The main purpose of the study was to develop a successful cryogenic protocol for 10-year-old embryogenic cell suspensions of G. tibetica. We examined three techniques of freezing: (I) controlled-rate cooling with various cryoprotectants (0.1-0.5 M DMSO, 0.5-1.0 M sucrose, 0.5-1.0 M glycerol, 0.25-1.0 M proline) or preculture with 0.4 M sorbitol and cryoprotectants (0.065-0.1 M DMSO, 0.2-0.8 M proline), (II) vitrification (PVS2) and (III) encapsulation. Cell viability was assessed by the TTC test and biomass increase. After controlled-rate cooling the majority of cells were lethally damaged, with only 3% viability observed. Vitrification and encapsulation approaches were more effective, assuring high levels of post-thaw viability ca. 85% and 7%, respectively. The encapsulation procedure gave faster recovery of the culture suspension than did vitrification, and ensured culture homogeneity and embryogenic competence.     

Studies on cryopreservation of luc gene transfected bluegill sunfish fibroblast cell line

The effect of cryopreservation on the survival of luc gene transfected bluegill sunfish fibroblast (BF-2) cells was investigated. Propane-1,2-diol was found to be the least toxic cryoprotectant when compared with DMSO and methanol. Both propane-1,2-diol and DMSO are effective in protecting cells from freezing damage. Whilst there were no significant differences in cell survival between cryoprotectant concentration (10 or 15%) and culture age used in this study, 7-day old culture appeared to be more resistant to freezing without cryoprotectant when compared with 3- and 14-day old culture. The highest cell survival values obtained with propane-1,2-diol (10%) and DMSO (10%) protection were 96.2 1.2% and 94.0 3.1% respectively. Initial subsequent cell growth after cryopreservation was slower than their non-frozen controls. The survival of transfected BF-2 cells (BF-2/luc1) after cryopreservation were very similar to those obtained with wild type cells being: 94.0 3.1% and 95.2 1.5% respectively with 10% DMSO protection. These results suggested that genetically modified fish cell lines may be equally amenable to cryopreservation as the wild type.     

Study of the Dynamics of Water Droplet Freezing on the Surface of Nanocomposites in the Long-Wavelength Infrared Range

Technical Physics - A technique is developed to determine the freezing time, thermal resistance, heat transfer coefficient, and cooling power of water droplet on the surface of studied materials by...     

模拟生物组织冻结过程实验与分析

冷冻外科中组织冻结过程的分析对手术实施十分重要。本文建立了低温冷刀实验台,在模拟生物组织中进行冷冻实验,测量了冰球内某点的温度变化;并用有限元方法求解了建立在治法基础上的模拟生物组织冻结过程多维数学模型,计算结果与实验值符合较好;用该模型和方法计算了实验条件下冰球内的温度梯度变化和冷刀所需理论冷量;分析了不同的冷刀直径对冻结过程的影响。     

Effect of ytterbium concentration on cw Yb:YAG microchip laser performance at ambient temperature – Part II: Theoretical modeling

A theoretical model based on a quasi-four-level system is modified to investigate the effect of Yb concentration on performance of continuous-wave Yb:YAG microchip lasers by taking into account temperature-dependent thermal population distribution, temperature-dependent emission cross-section and concentration-dependent fluorescence lifetime, thermal loading, thermal conductivity, and thermal expansion coefficient. The local temperature rise in Yb:YAG crystal caused by the absorbed pump power plays an important role in the laser performance of Yb:YAG microchip lasers working at ambient temperature without actively cooling the sample. The output wavelengths dependent on output coupling, Yb concentration, and pump power level were analyzed quantitatively. The numerical simulation of Yb:YAG microchip lasers is in good agreement with experimental data. The optimized laser operation for Yb:YAG microchip lasers is proposed by varying the thickness and output coupling for different Yb concentrations. The effect of thermal lens, thermal deformation effect, and saturated inversion population distribution inside the Yb:YAG crystal on performance of heavy-doped Yb:YAG microchip lasers are also addressed. PACS 42.55.Xi; 42.70.Hj; 42.55.Rz