A novel dual-material probe for in situ measurement of particle charge densities in gas–solid fluidized beds

Particle charge density is vitally important for monitoring electrostatic charges and understanding particle charging behavior in fluidized beds. In this paper, a dual-material probe was tested in a gas–solid fluidized bed for measuring the charge density of fluidized particles. The experiments were conducted in a two-dimensional fluidized bed with both single bubble injection and freely bubbling, at various particle charge densities and superficial gas velocities. Uniformly sized glass beads were used to eliminate complicating factors at this early stage of probe development. Peak currents, extracted from dynamic signals, were decoupled to determine charge densities of bed particles, which were found to be qualitatively and quantitatively consistent with charge densities directly measured by Faraday cup from the freely bubbling fluidized bed. The current signals were also decoupled to estimate bubble rise velocities, which were found to be in reasonable agreement with those obtained directly by analyzing video images.     

A novel dual-material probe for in situ measurement of particle charge densities in gas-solid fluidized beds

Particle charge density is vitally important for monitoring electrostatic charges and understanding particle charging behavior in fluidized beds.In this paper,a dual-material probe was tested in a gas-solid fluidized bed for measuring the charge density of fluidized particles.The experiments were conducted in a two-dimensional fluidized bed with both single bubble injection and freely bubbling,at various particle charge densities and superficial gas velocities.Uniformly sized glass beads were used to eliminate complicating factors at this early stage of probe development.Peak currents,extracted from dynamic signals,were decoupled to determine charge densities of bed particles,which were found to be qualitatively and quantitatively consistent with charge densities directly measured by Faraday cup from the freely bubbling fluidized bed.The current signals were also decoupled to estimate bubble rise velocities,which were found to be in reasonable agreement with those obtained directly by analyzing video images.     

A gradient theory of small-deformation, single-crystal plasticity that accounts for GND-induced interactions between slip systems

This paper develops a gradient theory of single-crystal plasticity based on a system of microscopic force balances, one balance for each slip system, derived from the principle of virtual power, and a mechanical version of the second law that includes, via the microscopic forces, work performed during plastic flow. When combined with thermodynamically consistent constitutive relations the microscopic force balances become nonlocal flow rules for the individual slip systems in the form of partial differential equations requiring boundary conditions. Central ingredients in the theory are densities of (geometrically necessary) edge and screw dislocations, densities that describe the accumulation of dislocations, and densities that characterize forest hardening. The form of the forest densities is based on an explicit kinematical expression for the normal Burgers vector on a slip plane.     

聚氨酯泡沫塑料压缩杨氏模量的理论预测

通过微分法导出了泡沫塑料剪切模量和体积模量所满足的微分方程组，再利用联系泡沫塑料泊松比和孔隙比的Ｋｅｒｎｅｒ－Ｒｕｓｃｈ经验关系及泡沫塑料弹性常数间满足足的关系，在基体材料不可压缩的假设下，确定了泡沫塑料的杨氏模量。本文针对几种密度的泡沫塑料，分别对它们的杨氏模量进行了理论预测和实验测定，结果表明：理论预测的模量在较高密度下与实验符合的很好，在低密度下也给出相当好的近似值。此外，本文的结果同其他理     

Solitons and conservation laws of Klein–Gordon equation with power law and log law nonlinearities

This paper obtains the conservation laws of the Klein–Gordon equation with power law and log law nonlinearities. The multiplier approach with Lie symmetry analysis is employed to obtain the conserved densities. The 1-soliton solutions are subsequently used to compute the conserved quantities from the conserved densities. Later the perturbation terms are added and the conservation laws of the perturbed Klein–Gordon equation are studied.     

Scaling of hydrogen electron stark widths at high densities and theInglis–Teller limit

The density dependence of Stark widths at high densities can vary significantly and in a manner contrary to the well-known behavior at lower densities, reflecting issues such as the screening length, collisions, and non-impact effects. In this regime reversed temperature dependence as well as a weak density dependence is possible. At high densities effects such as continuum lowering and the Inglis–Teller limit, whose computation needs care, become important. Specifically the atomic wavefunctions involved may be: a) broadened mostly or significantly by electron collisions; b) such that practically all collisions are strong so that standard perturbative estimates do not work; or c) comparable to the screening length, so that the penetrating collisions are severely overestimated by the standard line broadening theory. Interesting possibilities are a width saturation, the experimental determination of the shielding length from the line widths and abnormal continuum lowering behavior.     

Numerical solution of singular integral equations in stress concentration problems under longitudinal shear loading

Summary The paper deals with numerical solutions of singular integral equations in stress concentration problems for longitudinal shear loading. The body force method is used to formulate the problem as a system of singular integral equations with Cauchy-type singularities, where unknown functions are densities of body forces distributed in the longitudinal direction of an infinite body. First, four kinds of fundamental density functions are introduced to satisfy completely the boundary conditions for an elliptical boundary in the range 0≤φ _k ≤2π. To explain the idea of the fundamental densities, four kinds of equivalent auxiliary body force densities are defined in the range 0≤φ _k ≤π/2, and necessary conditions that the densities must satisfy are described. Then, four kinds of fundamental density functions are explained as sample functions to satisfy the necessary conditions. Next, the unknown functions of the body force densities are approximated by a linear combination of the fundamental density functions and weight functions, which are unknown. Calculations are carried out for several arrangements of elliptical holes. It is found that the present method yields rapidly converging numerical results. The body force densities and stress distributions along the boundaries are shown in figures to demonstrate the accuracy of the present solutions. Received 26 May 1998; accepted for publication 27 November 1998     

Effect of particle polydispersity on particle concentration measurement by using laser Doppler anemometry

Measurement of particle concentration by laser Doppler anemometry (LDA) is studied on a vertical air jet seeded by a powder disperser with controlled particle and air flow rates. Particle arrival rate is utilized to retrieve particle number densities from conventional LDA operation. The effect of polydisperse nature of the particles is assessed. Comparisons between measured and estimated particle number densities suggest that only a certain portion of the particle population with a particle size to fringe spacing ratio around unity can be detected. Results indicate that reliable measurement of absolute particle concentration is possible for a particle population of narrow size distribution with an average diameter equivalent to fringe spacing. Present number density measurement technique which is useful for practical purposes with conventional LDA systems is found to yield physically reasonable profiles in both laminar and turbulent regimes.     

Numerical solutions of singular integral equations for planar rectangular interfacial crack in three dimensional bimaterials

Stress intensity factors for a three dimensional rectangular interfacial crack were considered using the body force method. In the numerical calculations, unknown body force densities were approximated by the products of the fundamental densities and power series; here the fundamental densities are chosen to express singular stress fields due to an interface crack exactly. The calculation shows that the numerical results are satisfied. The stress intensity factors for a rectangular interface crack were indicated accurately with the varying aspect ratio, and bimaterial parameter.     

Modeling of deformation and rotation bands and of deformation induced grain boundaries in IF steel aggregate during large plane strain compression

A computation using crystal plasticity modeling of an actual IF steel aggregate plane strain compression deformation, underlines the formation of different deformation bands morphologies and grain splitting occurrence, already experimentally observed by different authors. The model based on dislocation densities as internal variables, developed in the framework of finite deformation and implemented in the Finite Element Method, is able to capture the main characteristics of different inhomogeneities and to analyze their formation and further development with strain, from the determination of the active and latent slip systems, and also from the quantification of their dislocation densities and corresponding glide rates evolutions. The respective boundary conditions and material properties effects are discussed.