Direct Hydraulic Parameter and Function Estimation for Diverse Soil Types Under Infiltration and Evaporation

A new computationally efficient direct method is applied to estimating unsaturated hydraulic properties during steady-state infiltration and evaporation at soil surface. For different soil types with homogeneous and layered heterogeneity, soil hydraulic parameters and unsaturated conductivities are estimated. Unlike the traditional indirect inversion method, the direct method does not require forward simulations to assess the measurement-to-model fit; thus, the knowledge of model boundary conditions (BC) is not required. Instead, the method employs a set of local approximate solutions to impose continuity of pressure head and soil water fluxes throughout the inversion domain, while measurements act to condition these solutions. Given sufficient measurements, it yields a well-posed system of nonlinear equations that can be solved with optimization in a single step and is thus computationally efficient. For both Gardner’s and van Genuchten’s soil water models, unsaturated hydraulic conductivities and pressure heads (including the unknown BC) can be accurately recovered. When increasing measurement errors are imposed, inversion becomes less accurate, but the solution is stable, i.e., estimation errors remain bounded. Moreover, when the unsaturated conductivity model is known, inversion can recover its parameters; if it is unknown, inversion can recover a nonparametric, piecewise continuous function to which soil parameters can be obtained via fitting. Overall, inversion accuracy of the direct method is influenced by (1) measurement density and errors; (2) rate of infiltration or evaporation; (3) variation of the unsaturated conductivity; (4) flow direction; (5) the number of soil layers.     

阶梯压电层合梁的波动动力学特性

采用行波理论系统地研究了压电阶梯梁的自由振动分析以及强迫响应的分析方法. 基于分布 参数理论研究了压电阶梯梁的波传播特性，忽略柔性梁横向剪切和转动惯量的影响，给出了 梁的轴向和横向的简谐波解. 将压电阶梯梁离散化为单元，考虑压电片的刚度和质量的影响， 建立了节点散射模型. 应用位移连续和力平衡条件，推导了节点的波反射和波传递矩阵，在 此基础上，引入波循环矩阵的概念，给出波循环矩阵、波传递系数矩阵的确定方法. 应用波 循环矩阵可以有效地计算结构的固有频率. 另外，应用波传递系数研究了压电陶瓷作动器位 置对其驱动能力的影响. 得出两个主要结论：1)作动器靠近悬臂梁固定端将有较强的驱动 能力，悬臂梁边界反射行波产生弯曲消失波有利于增大压电波的模态传递系数；2)模态传 递系数与固有频率的灵敏度密切相关，波传递系数越大, 对应该处固有频率变化灵敏度越大. 另外，数值算例表明了行波方法比有限元方法具有更高的计算精度.     

近中性条件下含铜多级孔氧化硅的合成及在苯酚羟基化反应中的催化性能

 在近中性条件下, 以正硅酸甲酯和 Cu(APTES)42+ (APTES: (EtO)3Si(CH2)3NH2) 为前驱体, P123 为模板剂, KCl 为添加剂合成了不同孔结构的含铜介孔氧化硅材料. 扫描电镜和氮气吸附结果表明, 当 Cu(APTES)42+/TMOS 摩尔比较高时能得到具有多级孔结构的材料. 在以 H2O2 为氧化剂的苯酚羟基化反应中, 具有多级孔结构的含铜介孔氧化硅材料表现出比单一介孔材料高的催化性能.     

非牛顿流体经波纹管流动的阻力特性

本文对Carreau流体经波纹管的蠕动流的阻力特性用差分方法作了数值求解。先施行坐标变换,提出一种保证周期性条件的混合迭代法,能较快得到问题的收敛解。流体的物质参数以及流动区域的几何参数对流动阻力特性的影响作了讨论,同时指出了直径均匀的毛管模型作为渗流模型的不足之处。     

Stochastic Analysis of Macrodispersion in a Semi‐Confined Aquifer

In this paper, the macroscopic dispersion resulting from one and twodimensional flows through a semiconfined aquifer with spatially variable hydraulic conductivity K which is represented by a stationary (statistically homogeneous) random process is analyzed using the spectral representation technique. Stochastic fluctuation equations of the steady flow and solute transport are solved to construct the macroscopic dispersive flux and evaluate the resulting macrodispersivity tensor in terms of the leakage factor and input covariances describing the hydraulic conductivity in a semiconfined aquifer bounded by a leaky layer above and an impervious stratum below. The macrodispersivity tensor is studied using some convenient forms of the log hydraulic conductivity process. The sensitivity of the resulting macrodispersivity to the input covariances is discussed along with the influence of the leakage factor for both one and twodimensional flows. It is found that the longitudinal macrodispersivities are increased due to the presence of leakage, while the transverse macrodispersivities are reduced due to leakage.     

Gold nanoparticle-fluorophore complex for conditionally fluorescing signal mediator

Fluorescent contrast agents with high specificity and sensitivity are valuable for accurate disease detection and diagnosis. Spherical gold nanoparticles (GNPs) can be smartly utilized for developing highly effective agents. The strong electromagnetic (plasmon) field on their surface can be very effective in influencing the electrons of fluorophores and, thus, manipulating the fluorescence output (i.e., either quenching or enhancement). Fluorescence quenching can be used for negative sensing, or for conditional de-quenching to increase the specificity. Fluorescence enhancement allows sensing to be more sensitive. The level of fluorescence alteration depends on the GNP size, the excitation and emission wavelengths and quantum yield of the fluorophore, and the distance between the GNP and the fluorophore. To understand the mechanisms of the fluorescence change by GNP, we have theoretically analyzed the parameters involved in the fluorescence alteration for commonly used fluorophores, with an emphasis on quenching. The results showed that the fluorescence of fluorophores with the excitation (Ex) and emission (Ex) wavelengths close to the GNP resonance peak tended to be significantly quenched by GNPs. For those fluorophores emitting fluorescence in red or near infrared, to achieve quenching, the distance between GNP and the fluorophore was required to be very short. In general, a shorter distance resulted in more quenching. Bigger GNPs require a shorter distance to achieve the same level of quenching. The fluorescence of a fluorophore with a lower quantum yield (especially the one with emission in far-red or near-infrared) is more difficult to be quenched by GNPs (requires very short distance). Instead, it can be enhanced. Based on the theoretical study, we have developed a near-infrared contrast agent, i.e., Cypate conjugated GNP via a short peptide spacer. Normally the fluorescence of Cypate was quenched. The spacer has a motif of a substrate for urokinase type plasminogen activator (uPA; cancer-secreting enzyme). This contrast agent emits fluorescence only in the presence of uPA, where the uPA cleaves the spacer. This design can be used in characterization of the cancer type and also in diagnosing other diseases with signature enzymes.     

在触媒生长cBN区观察到wBN晶粒

 用高分辨率（0.2 nm）电子显微镜，对hBN-触媒体系经高温高压处理后的产物观察中，看到尺寸约为30 nm的微小颗粒，经电子衍射方法判定其具有纤锌矿结构，为wBN的雏形晶粒。     

Effects of Nb and Si on densities of valence electrons in bulk and defects of Fe3Al alloys

Positron lifetime measurements have been performed in binary Fe₃Al and Fe₃Al doping with Nb or Si alloys. The densities of valence electrons of the bulk and microdefects in all tested samples have been calculated by using the positron lifetime parameters. Density of valence electron is low in the bulk of Fe₃Al alloy. It indicates that, the 3d electrons in a Fe atom have strong-localized properties and tend to form covalent bonds with Al atoms, and the bonding nature in Fe₃Al is a mixture of metallic and covalent bonds. The density of valence electron is very low in the defects of Fe₃Al grain boundary, which makes the bonding cohesion in grain boundary quite weak. The addition of Si to Fe₃Al gives rise to the decrease of the densities of valence electrons in the bulk and the grain boundary thus the metallic bonding cohesion. This makes the alloy more brittle. The addition of Nb to Fe₃Al results in the decrease of the ordering energy of the alloy and increases the density of valence electron and the bonding cohesion of the grain boundary. However, since the radius of Nb atom is larger than that of Fe atom, when Nb atoms substitute for Fe atoms, they will distort the lattice and enlarge the volume of the lattice, which decreases the density of valence electron and the cohesion of metallic bond in the bulk of the alloy. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 59561001) and the Foundation of Guangxi Education Committee.     

PP-g-(St-co-MMA)/PP/PVC共混物相容性研究

利用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和X射线能谱仪(EDS)对聚丙烯／聚氯乙烯(PP80／PVC20)二元体系,以及聚丙烯多单体接枝物[PP-g-(St-co-MMA)]／PP／PVC三元体系的相容性进行了研究。由X射线能谱微区分析得到了共混物中氯元素面分布图。对氯元素面分布进行了粒径分布统计和面积计算。实验结果表明：在PP80／PVC20共混物100份中加入6份PP-g-(St-co-MMA)增容剂时,增容效果最好;进一步增加PP-g-(St-co-MMA)含量时,PP／PVC的相容性反而降低。差示扫描量热仪(DSC)的实验结果也佐证了SEM和EDS的实验结果。     

钇,铈对低铪镍基K444返回合金组织与力学性能的影响

研究了Y,Ce对含铪(Hf)镍基铸造高温合金K444返回料(添加50%返回料)合金的力学性能和组织的影响.研究结果表明:适量Y,Ce(Y<0.03%,Ce<0.015%(质量分数))添加到返回料合金后,一方面,Y,Ce具有去除N,O等有害杂质的作用,使O含量由15×10~(-6)降低到8×10~(-6),N含量由35×10~(-6)降低到18×10~(-6),从而使返回料合金得到净化.另一方面,Y,Ce细化了枝晶组织,减少了共晶和大块状碳化物数量,并且强化了晶界.和未加Y,Ce的返回料合金相比.添加Y,Ce使返回料合金室温拉伸强度提高约100 MPa,塑性提高近一倍;使900℃的高温瞬时拉伸性能波动较为平稳,塑性提高近一倍.添加Y,Ce还可以提高返回合金900℃/274 MPa条件下的持久性能,达到新料水平;可以明显延长K444返回合金900℃/274 MPa条件下的蠕变第二阶段,提高蠕变寿命.