Preliminary study on CAD-based method of characteristics for neutron transport calculation

Our new method makes use of a CAD-based automatic modeling tool, MCAM, for geometry modeling and ray tracing of particle transport in method of characteristics (MOC). It was found that it could considerably enhance the capability of MOC to deal with more complicated models for neutron transport calculation. In our study, the diamond-difference scheme was applied to MOC to reduce the spatial discretization errors of the flat flux approximation. Based on MCAM and MOC, a new 2D MOC code was developed and integrated into the SuperMC system, which is a Super Multi-function Computational system for neutronics and radiation simulation. The numerical results demonstrated the feasibility and effectiveness of the new method for neutron transport calculation in MOC.     

Preliminary study on CAD-based method of characteristics for neutron transport calculation

Our new method makes use of a CAD-based automatic modeling tool, MCAM, for geometry modeling and ray tracing of particle transport in method of characteristics （MOC）. It was found that it could considerably enhance the capability of MOC to deal with more complicated models for neutron transport calculation. In our study, the diamond-difference scheme was applied to MOC to reduce the spatial discretization errors of the fiat flux approximation. Based on MCAM and MOC, a new 2D MOC code was developed and integrated into the SuperMC system, which is a Super Multi-function Computational system for neutronics and radiation simulation. The numerical results demonstrated the feasibility and effectiveness of the new method for neutron transport calculation in MOC.     

Ag纳米晶对Tm/Yb共掺碲酸盐玻璃上转换发光性能的影响

在稀土离子掺杂碲酸盐玻璃中引入Ag纳米晶,通过等离子共振(SPR)可使荧光发射得到增强,上转换发光效率得到明显提升。研究了Ag纳米晶对Tm3+/Yb3+共掺碲酸盐玻璃上转换发光的影响,分析了上转换发光机理。结果发现,经过(330℃,30 min)热处理后,玻璃中析出了Ag纳米颗粒,尺寸为5～8 nm。Ag纳米晶的引入可使玻璃上转换蓝、红光由三光子吸收转变为双光子吸收。由于局域场表面等离子体共振增强以及Ag与Tm3+之间的能量转移,使得含Ag纳米晶玻璃的荧光强度比不含Ag纳米晶的玻璃提高了约5倍。     

关节混合空间控制下的冗余绳驱并联机器人绳力分布特性分析

绳驱并联机器人是由绳索代替刚性杆件的一类特殊机器人,其中绳索具有只能承受拉力而不能承受压力的特点,冗余绳驱并联机器人的绳力分配问题是一个难点.在关节混合空间控制中,将冗余的绳索组合采用绳力控制,而其余绳索进行绳长控制.因为不同的绳索组合可能导致不同的控制效果,本研究旨在解决关节混合空间控制条件下,力控绳索组合的选择问题.以二冗余绳驱并联机器人为例,通过向量空间基变换方法,实现了冗余绳驱系统绳力在拉力索张力空间的表达.基于拉力索张力空间,计算了绳力控制绳索组合的对称最大误差带,用于找到合适的绳索组合用于力控.使用多体动力学仿真手段,对关节混合空间的控制效果和对称最大误差带解析解计算方法的正确性进行了模拟验证.在同时考虑绳长和绳力控制误差的条件下,发现当选择不合适的绳索组合时,绳力误差会被显著放大,说明了本文针对绳力分布特性分析的意义.本文提出的对称最大误差带概念同时也为关节混合空间控制策略下的绳力控制器设计提供指导.