X-ray radiography of aluminum cathodes eroded in high-current vacuum arcs

The aim of the study presented in this paper was to characterize quantitatively the erosion of aluminum cathodes in high-current vacuum arcs. The experimental setup comprised two current generators. The first one, capable of generating a current of amplitude up to 350 kA, was used to produce a plasma jet, that is, the object to be investigated. The second generator was used to produce a source of probe radiation for imaging the object under investigation in soft x rays of energy ?ν ≈ 0.5–3 keV. The findings of the study are based on experimental data obtained by electrophysical and radiographic methods. It has been shown that the cathode erosion rate in a high-current vacuum arc is a function of the charge passed through the cathode.     

Sufficient Conditions for a Digraph to be Supereulerian

A (di)graph is supereulerian if it contains a spanning eulerian sub(di)graph. This property is a relaxation of hamiltonicity. Inspired by this analogy with hamiltonian cycles and by similar results in supereulerian graph theory, we analyze a number of sufficient Ore type conditions for a digraph to be supereulerian. Furthermore, we study the following conjecture due to Thomassé and the first author: if the arc‐connectivity of a digraph is not smaller than its independence number, then the digraph is supereulerian. As a support for this conjecture we prove it for digraphs that are semicomplete multipartite or quasitransitive and verify the analogous statement for undirected graphs.     

单斜ZnP2负极材料的锂化机理及性能

过渡金属磷化物电位低且比容量高, 是有发展前景的锂离子电池(LIBs)负极材料. 其中, ZnP₂属于双活性负极材料, Zn与P都能与Li⁺发生反应, 储Li⁺性能更具有竞争力. 但是, 对于ZnP₂的锂化机理及产物尚不明确. 采用第一性原理计算和电化学测试方法研究了ZnP₂的电子性质和电化学性能, 通过理论计算和实验测试相结合阐述了ZnP₂的锂化机制. 首先, 以密度泛函理论(DFT)计算揭示了ZnP₂的锂化机理、Li⁺扩散路径、势垒和理论比容量(1477 mAh/g). 其次, 通过直流电弧等离子体法及固相烧结法合成ZnP₂, 并测试其首圈放电曲线, 显示放电容量为1439 mAh/g, 与理论计算结果相近. 此外, 薄膜X射线衍射(XRD)检测最终产物成分为LiZn和Li₃P, 与DFT计算结果一致.     

Mercury arc lamp based super-resolution imaging with conventional fluorescence microscopes

We present an implementation of localization based three-dimensional super-resolution imaging on a regular microscope. We retain the original arc lamp as the photoactivation light source, and incorporate an inexpensive diode laser for imaging. As alterations to the standard microscope is minimal, this optical setup can be easily adapted in a typical research laboratory and even undergraduate teaching experiments, providing an inexpensive system for students and research scientists who require such super resolution capabilities. With this simple design, a spatial resolution of better than 40 nm at a reasonable frame rate has been achieved, adequate for most routine applications.     

Universal arcs in local tournaments

An arc $uv$ of a digraph $D$ is called universal if $uv$ and $w$ are in a common cycle for any vertex $w$ of $D$. In this paper we characterize local tournaments whose every arc is universal.     

Effects of anodic oxidation on corrosion properties of Al coating by arc spraying in seawater

A layer of Al coatings was prepared on the S355 steel by arc spraying, which was conducted by anodic oxidation treatment; the morphologies, chemical element compositions and phases of Al coating, and anodic oxide layer were analyzed with field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) and X‐ray diffraction (XRD), respectively. The corrosion protections of Al coating before and after anodic oxidation were discussed with a seawater immersion test; the corrosion resistance mechanisms of Al coating and anodic oxide layer in the seawater were also investigated. The results show that the thickness of Al coating is about 300 µm by arc spraying, the sample surfaces become loose after seawater immersion corrosion and Cl^? and O^2? penetrate into the substrate from the cracks, destroying the binding properties of coating–substrate, and the coating fails. After anodic oxidation, the oxide layer is formed in the surface of Al coating with the thickness of about 30 µm; the corrosion products are mainly composed of Al(OH)₃, which barraged the holes caused by seawater corrosion. The corrosion cracks are formed during the corrosion, while the number and depth of cracks decrease obviously after anodic oxidation treatment. The corrosion of Al coating becomes the local corrosion after anodic oxidation treatment, and the grains are smaller, which are easily nucleated to form a new corrosion resistance layer. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

冲击速度和磨粒粒度对FeCrAl/WC复合涂层冲蚀性能的影响

采用粉芯丝材作为原料,利用高速电弧喷涂技术制备了具有良好抗高温冲蚀磨损性能的FeCrAl/WC复合涂层;考察了650℃下冲击速度和磨粒粒度对复合涂层高温冲蚀磨损性能的影响.结果表明,复合涂层和20G锅炉钢的耐高温冲蚀磨损能力随着磨粒粒度的增加而有所提高;30°攻角下冲蚀率随磨粒粒度的变化速率比90°攻角下的小;同20G锅炉钢相比,复合涂层对速更加敏感,速度越低,FeCrAl/WC复合涂层的抗冲蚀磨损性能越好.     

Critical Reynolds number in plasma flows on a stabilized plasmatron section

A technique for determining the criterion of transition from the laminar to the turbulent flow regime on a stabilized plasmatron channel section is proposed. The technique uses experimental data and the methods of numerical simulation of plasma flows. A criterial generalization of the experimental data which for the first time makes it possible to establish the boundary of transition from the laminar to the turbulent flow regime on a stabilized plasmatron channel section is proposed. The experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical dependences derived in the study. A curve (analog of the neutral curve) separating the domains of existence of laminar and turbulent plasma flows in a cylindrical channel is constructed in the space of the plasmatron working parameters.Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Academii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, 2004, pp. 49–61. Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Sinkevich and Chikunov.     

微分求积方法对于桩基大变形分析的应用

本文基于大变形的理论,采用弧坐标首先建立了具有初始位移的桩基的非线性数学模型,一组强非线性的微分-积分方程,其中,地基的抗力采用了Winkeler模型;其次,引入变数变换将微分-积分方程转化为一组非线性微分方程,并用微分求积方法离散了方程组,得到一组离散化的非线性代数方程;最后用Newton-Raphson迭代方法对离散化方程进行了求解,得到了桩基变形前后的构形、弯矩和剪力.计算中选取了两种不同类型的初始位移,并考察了它们对桩基大变形力学行为的影响.