A critical analysis of the effect of crosslinking on the linear viscoelastic behavior of styrene–butadiene rubber and other elastomers

The linear viscoelastic behavior in dynamic shear and tensile creep at temperatures from −30 to 70 °C is measured for an styrene–butadiene rubber (SBR) elastomer cured with dicumyl peroxide to crosslinking densities between 0 and 23.5 × 10⁻⁵ mol/cm³. The G′, G″, and tan δ isotherms are analyzed by time–temperature superposition (TTS), where the tan δ master curves are consistent with those of Mancke and Ferry. However, to achieve the TTS in the lightly crosslinked SBR systems, an anomalous vertical shift is required in the narrow temperature region from 10 to 30 °C. The vertical shift factor in this temperature region is not the standard from rubber elasticity. No anomalous behavior is detected in the equilibrium modulus, which is a linear function of temperature in accordance with the classical theory of rubber elasticity. In contrast to SBR, standard vertical shifts are required to effect TTS for uncrosslinked polybutadiene and an ethylene propylene diene monomer elastomer. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys, 2013     

Prediction of polyurethane behaviour via time-temperature superposition: Meanings and limitations

Two main issues are essential nowadays for practitioners in the field of polymeric materials: how a polymer will behave under dynamic loading conditions and for how long a polymer is reliable. In this sense, the time-temperature superposition principle was applied to the main viscoelastic properties (E′, E″ and tan δ) of a series of polyurethane coatings (PU-DEG-TMP) tested for mechatronic devices. Polyurethanes are derived from an ester glycol (poly(ethylene adipate) glycol), an aromatic diisocyanate (4,4′-dibenzyldiisocyanate) and di/trifunctional chain extenders - diethylene glycol (DEG) and trimethylol propane (TMP). Despite polyurethane intrinsic rheologic complexity, the moduli/loss factor curves superimpose well over several decades of reduced frequency at the glass transition temperature (T_g), 0 °C and 15 °C, the last temperature being considered the midpoint of the practical testing range. Three criteria were for checking the applicability of the time-temperature superposition: the Cole-Cole plot, the similarity between the a_T calculated from both moduli (E′, E″) and the visual appearance of the final master curve. The presence of both hydrogen bonding and chemical joint points, along with some dangling chains put in a broader context the discussion of the microstructural features resulted from the application of the William-Landell-Ferry (WLF) equation.     

Application of parameter differentiation for flow of a third grade fluid past an infinite porous plate

This article investigates the analytic solution for the flow of a third grade fluid past an infinite porous plate. The method of parameter differentiation is used to linearized the governing flow equation. The solution of the obtained linear equation is developed by differential transform method in combination with the method of superposition. The obtained results are compared with existing results in the literature and an excellent agreement is found. This shows that the parameter differentiation is a powerful technique for solving nonlinear problems. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2010     

Atom waveguide and 1D optical lattice using a two-color evanescent light field around an optical micro/nano-fiber

We propose a two-color scheme of atom waveguides and one-dimensional （1D） optical lattices using evanescent wave fields of different transverse modes around an optical micro/nano-fiber. The atom guide potential can be produced when the optical fiber carries a red-detuned light with TE01 mode and a blue-detuned light with HEll mode, and the 1D optical lattice potential can be produced when the red-detuned light is transformed to the superposition of the TE01 mode and HE11 mode. The two trapping potentials can be transformed to each other for accurately controlling mode transformation for the red-detuned light. This might provide a new approach to realize flexible transition between the guiding and trapping states of atoms.     

第Ⅰ种非对称两态叠加多模叠加态光场的偶数阶等阶N次方Y压缩

本文利用多模压缩态理论,研究了第Ⅰ种非对称两态叠加多模叠加态光场|Ψ_Ⅰ^(ab)Ⅰ>_q的偶数阶等阶N次方Y压缩特性.结果发现:在压缩阶数N取偶数情况下,只要构成态|Ψ_Ⅰ^(ab)Ⅰ>_q的两个量子光场态的强度(即平均光子数)不相等,则当各模的初始相位φ_j^(a)、φ_j^(b)(j＝1,2,3,…,q)、态间的初始相位差(θ_pq^(bI)-θ_nq^(aR))以及与上述的两个量子光场态相对应的各单模相干态光场的光子干涉项之和 ＝[R_j^(a)R_j^(b)cos(φ_j^(a)-φ_j^(b))]等满足一定条件时,态|Ψ_Ⅰ^(ab)Ⅰ>_q可呈现出周期性变化的、任意偶数阶的等阶N次方Y压缩效应.这一结果与现有文献报道的结果截然不同.     

态|ψ3(3)〉q中广义磁场分量的N次方Y压缩效应

构造了由多模复共轭相干态|{Z_j^*}〉_q、多模复共轭虚相干态|{iZ_j^*}〉_q和多模真空态|{Q_j} 〉_q这三态的线性叠加所组成的第Ⅲ类三态叠加多模叠加态光场|ψ₃⁽³⁾〉_q.利用多模压缩态理论研究了态|ψ₃⁽³⁾〉_q中广义磁场分量的任意偶数次广义非线性等幂次N次方Y压缩特性.结果发现:在压缩次数N取偶数,只要各模的初始相位φ_j(j=1,2,3,…,…,q),态间的初始相位差(θ_i-θ₂)(i=1,3)和各单模相干态光场平均光子数R_j²之和 分别满足各自的取值条件,态|ψ₃⁽³⁾〉_q的广义磁场分量(即第一正交相位分量)就可呈现出周期性变化的、任意偶数次的广义非线性等幂次N次方Y压缩效应.     

圆锥面PVDF聚焦换能器的非线性声场理论及实验研究

圆锥面聚焦换能器可在超声成像中获得较好径向分辨率的同时提高探测深度.利用高斯声源函数叠加法来近似表示圆锥面聚焦声源的分布函数，结合近轴近似的KZK方程，得到了圆锥面聚焦换能器在损耗媒质中产生的基波、二次谐波声场的解析解.在实验上制作了PVDF圆锥面聚焦换能器，测量了圆锥面聚焦换能器的基波及二次谐波声场，实验结果和理论计算相符.     

Superposition rules, lie theorem, and partial differential equations

A rigorous geometric proof of the Lie theorem on nonlinear superposition rules for solutions of nonautonomous ordinary differential equations is given filling in all the gaps present in the existing literature. The proof is based on an alternative but equivalent definition of a superposition rule: it is considered as a foliation with some suitable properties. The problem of uniqueness of the superposition function is solved, the key point being the codimension of the foliation constructed from the given Lie algebra of vector fields. Finally, as a more convincing argument supporting the use of this alternative definition of superposition rule, it is shown that this definition allows an immediate generalization of the Lie theorem for the case of systems of partial differential equations.