稀薄空气、等离子体环境外系统电磁脉冲的数值模拟

为研究大气环境对系统电磁脉冲(SGEMP)的影响,针对海拔50～100 km的X射线能量沉积区,分别应用3维PIC程序及3维PIC-MCC程序各自开展预电离等离子体和稀薄空气条件下外SGEMP的建模与模拟研究,针对3种不同的X射线注量(4×10^-3 J/cm²、 4×10^-2 J/cm²、 0.4 J/cm²),分别取对应两种不同海拔高度(70 km和80～90 km)的本底等离子体及海拔56 km的稀薄空气条件进行模拟计算,并和真空中的计算结果进行对比,得出预电离等离子体及稀薄空气对外SGEMP的影响规律：当X射线注量较低时,等离子体使得磁场增大,电场减小,而稀薄空气对外SGEMP效应影响不明显;随着X射线注量增大,空间电荷非线性效应越来越明显,等离子体及稀薄空气都使得电场、磁场同时增大,且稀薄空气的增大效应更显著。     

Thermodynamic insights into n-alkanes phase change materials for thermal energy storage

n-Alkanes have been widely used as phase change materials (PCMs) for thermal energy storage applications because of their exceptional phase transition performance, high chemical stability, long term cyclic stability and non-toxicity. However, the thermodynamic properties, especially heat capacity, of n-alkanes have rarely been comprehensively investigated in a wide temperature range, which would be insufficient for design and utilization of n-alkanes-based thermal energy storage techniques. In this study, the thermal properties of n-alkanes (C₁₈H₃₈-C₂₂H₄₆), such as thermal stability, thermal conductivity, phase transition temperature and enthalpy were systematically studied by different thermal analysis and calorimetry methods, and compared with previous results. Thermodynamic property of these n-alkanes was studied in a wide temperature range from 1.9 K to 370 K using a combined relaxation (Physical Property Measurement System, PPMS), differential scanning and adiabatic calorimetry method, and the corresponding thermodynamic functions, such as entropy and enthalpy, were calculated based on the heat capacity curve fitting. Most importantly, the heat capacities and related thermodynamic functions of n-heneicosane and n-docosane were reported for the first time in this work, as far as we know. This research work would provide accurate and reliable thermodynamic properties for further study of n-alkanes-based PCMs for thermal energy storage applications.     

Experimental and Theoretical Optimization of Radio Frequency Hollow Cathode Discharge

Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing - In this paper, the electron density in radio frequency (RF) hollow cathode discharge (HCD) is investigated in experiments and in simulation based on...     

On necessary precautions when measuring solid polymer linear viscoelasticity with dynamic analysis in torsion

Solid polymer linear viscoelasticity in shear is often characterized by applying torsion and using the Saint-Venant solution when rectangular prismatic specimens are considered. It is shown that experimental dynamic torsion tests can show a dependency of the storage modulus and damping factor on the dimensions of the rectangular prismatic specimen when linear temperature ramps are applied. While the discrepancy of damping factor is explained by temperature heterogeneities and can be corrected easily by applying temperature steps, the inconsistency of storage modulus is due to an invalid application of the Saint-Venant solution. Finite element simulations allowed definition of the sample dimensions for which the Saint-Venant solution provides a good approximation, and a coefficient is given to correct the results obtained with commercial instruments when other sample dimensions are used.     

A novel method for the determination of diffusion coefficients in amorphous poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)

A novel approach is proposed for the determination of the diffusion coefficient of certain drugs in amorphous poly(hydroxybutyrate) (PHB), which can be a reliable alternative to the conventional permeation based measurements. The method requires the preparation of PHB films with various concentrations of the drug and if the latter absorbs in the visible wavelength range, its concentration gradient in the polymer film as well as the time dependence of the latter can be analyzed quantitatively by following changes in color. Color can be converted into concentration with the help of adequate calibration and thus the dependence of additive concentration on space (x) and time (t), i.e. the c(x,t) function, can be determined relatively easily. The fitting of the numerical solution of Fick's second law onto the measured values provides directly the targeted diffusion coefficient. The comparison of diffusion coefficients obtained by the proposed approach to values published in the literature proved that the new method provides reliable results and requires reasonable time and effort at the same time.     

Low-Storage Runge-Kutta Method for Simulating Time-Dependent Quantum Dynamics

A wide range of quantum systems are time-invariant and the corresponding dynamics is dictated by linear differential equations with constant coefficients.Although simple in mathematical concept,the integration of these equations is usually complicated in practice for complex systems,where both the computational time and the memory storage become limiting factors.For this reason,low-storage Runge-Kutta methods become increasingly popular for the time integration.This work suggests a series of s-stage sth-order explicit RungeKutta methods specific for autonomous linear equations,which only requires two times of the memory storage for the state vector.We also introduce a 13-stage eighth-order scheme for autonomous linear equations,which has optimized stability region and is reduced to a fifth-order method for general equations.These methods exhibit significant performance improvements over the previous general-purpose low-stage schemes.As an example,we apply the integrator to simulate the non-Markovian exciton dynamics in a 15-site linear chain consisting of perylene-bisimide derivatives.     

神经网络算法及其在GPS导航中的应用

GPS导航解算中常采用最小二乘算法。由于导航解算中存在观测异常（粗差），采用的模型精度很难满足用户需求，而高动态用户需求的精度却不断提高，为此文中提出一种利用神经网络的非线性逼近能力，在顾及观测信息权阵的条件下，利用Hopfieid神经网络进行GPS导航解算的新算法。该算法具有很好的抗差性和自适应性，能较好地抑制观测粗差对导航解的影响。计算结果证明了该算法的有效性。     

NONLINEAR WAVES AND PERIODIC SOLUTION IN FINITE DEFORMATION ELASTIC ROD

A nonlinear wave equation of elastic rod taking account of finite deformation, transverse inertia and shearing strain is derived by means of the Hamilton principle in this paper. Nonlinear wave equation and truncated nonlinear wave equation are solved by the Jacobi elliptic sine function expansion and the third kind of Jacobi elliptic function expansion method. The exact periodic solutions of these nonlinear equations are obtained, including the shock wave solution and the solitary wave solution. The necessary condition of exact periodic solutions, shock solution and solitary solution existence is discussed.     

绿色环保化学机械抛光液的研究进展

原子级加工制造是实现半导体晶圆原子尺度超光滑表面的有效途径.作为大尺寸高精密功能材料的原子级表面制造的重要加工手段之一,化学机械抛光(chemical mechanical polishing,CMP)凭借化学腐蚀和机械磨削的耦合协同作用,成为实现先进材料或器件超光滑无损伤表面平坦化加工的关键技术,在航空、航天、微电子等众多领域得到了广泛应用.然而,为了实现原子层级超滑表面的制备,CMP工艺中常采用的化学腐蚀和机械磨削方法需要使用具有强烈腐蚀性和高毒性的危险化学品,对生态系统产生了不可逆转的危害.因此,本文以绿色环保高性能抛光液作为对象,对加工原子量级表面所采用的化学添加剂进行分类总结,详尽分析在CMP过程中化学添加剂对材料表面性质调制的作用机理,为在原子级尺度下改善表面性质提供可参考的依据.最后,提出了CMP抛光液在原子级加工研究中面临的挑战,并对未来抛光液发展方向作出了展望,这对原子尺度表面精度的进一步提升具有深远的现实意义.