Green solvent approach for printable large deformation thermoplastic elastomer based piezoresistive sensors and their suitability for biomedical applications

Composites based on biocompatible thermoplastic elastomer styrene‐ethylene/butylene‐styrene (SEBS) as matrix and multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) as nanofillers show excellent mechanical and piezoresistive properties from low to large deformations. The MWCNT/SEBS composites have been prepared following a green solvent approach, to extend their range of applicability to biomedical applications. The obtained composites with 2, 4, and 5 wt % MWCNT content provide suitable piezoresistive response up to 80% deformation with a piezoresistive sensibility near 2.7, depending on the applied strain and MWCNT content. Composite sensors were also developed by spray and screen printing and integrated with an electronic data acquisition system with RF communication. The possibility to accurately control the composites properties and performance by varying MWCNT content, viscosity, and mechanical properties of the polymer matrix, shows the large potential of the system for the development of large deformation printable piezoresistive sensors. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2016 , 54, 2092–2103     

基于图像处理的光学谐振腔自准直研究方法

针对我国氧碘化学激光器输出能量不断提高的情况下,主要限制光束质量的因素之一是出光过程中的光腔失调,提出了一种基于图像处理的光学谐振腔自准直研究方法。该研究方法利用氦氖穿腔光通过凹腔镜中心孔,并在凸腔镜后方放置工业相机,在屏幕上方形成一个干涉同心圆环。通过借助OpenCV库中二值化、霍夫圆检测等图像处理的方法,获得干涉同心圆环的圆心坐标,再通过以圆心为中心将图像分成上下左右四个部分,通过判断这四部分亮点像素的数量差值来预估干涉同心圆环的偏移状态,进而获得空腔条件下光学谐振腔发生变化的理论判据。实验结果表明,该方法可以获得相当精准的光学谐振腔失调判据,其失调判据选取左右亮点像素差值30000,上下亮点像素差值45000,为今后失调判据与步进电机自动调腔的结合做好充足的准备。     

Ignition of hydrogen–oxygen and stoichiometric hydrogen–methane–oxygen mixtures on hot wires at low pressures

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Experimental study on the fiber pull-out of composites using digital gradient sensing technique

A method to measure the stress field at the fiber tip in the fiber pull out test was proposed by using a digital gradient sensing technique. First, the principle of digital gradient sensing is introduced, and the non-contact optical system of digital gradient sensing developed. Then, a fiber reinforced composite model specimen, where a nail was inserted in epoxy resin to act as a fiber, was performed, and a pull out test was conducted on the specimen using the digital gradient sensing technique. Finally, the angular deflections contour at the fiber tip was obtained, and the stress intensity factor was extracted from the angular deflections. The results show that the stress intensity factor at the fiber tip extracted from the angular deflections agreed with the results calculated by the finite element method.     

Optimization of support positions to minimize the maximal deflection of structures

In this paper, the design sensitivity analysis for the deflection of a beam or plate structure is first investigated with respect to the position of a simple support using the discrete method. Both elastic and rigid supports are taken into account, and closed-form formulae for the deflection sensitivity are developed straightforwardly. Then, on the basis of the design sensitivity analysis, a heuristic optimization algorithm, called the evolutionary shift method, is presented for support position optimization to minimize the maximal deflection of a structure with a fixed grid mesh scheme. In each iterative loop, the support with the highest efficiency is shifted in priority. To facilitate the convergence of the process, a polynomial interpolation technique is employed to evaluate the solution more accurately. The optimal solution is achieved gradually with a minimum modification of the support layout design. Finally, three numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the validities of the sensitivity analysis and the optimization method. Results show that support optimization can improve the structural behavior significantly.     

悬索大挠度风振响应的有限体积法分析

基于Lagrange原理,建立了一套新的悬索大挠度动力特性和动力响应分析的有限体积法列式,推导了结点力向量、质量矩阵和单元刚度矩阵的显式表达式。该列式的一个显著特点是直接利用工程应变定义结构变形,其物理意义明确,列式简单,适用于各种垂度和荷载情况的悬索大挠度动力分析。实例动力特性和随机风振响应分析表明,该有限体积列式不仅计算效率高,而且具有良好的计算精度。     

Finite difference scheme for large-deflection analysis of non-prismatic cantilever beams subjected to different types of continuous and discontinuous loadings

An efficient scheme, called quasi-linearization finite differences, is developed for large-deflection analysis of prismatic and non-prismatic slender cantilever beams subjected to various types of continuous and discontinuous external variable distributed and concentrated loads in horizontal and vertical global directions. Simultaneous equations of highly nonlinear and linear terms are obtained when casting the derived exact highly nonlinear governing differential equation using central finite differences on the nodes along the beam. A quasi-linearization scheme is used to solve these equations based on successive corrections of the nonlinear terms in the simultaneous equations. The nonlinear terms in the simultaneous equations are assumed constant during each correction (iteration). Several representative numerical examples of prismatic and non-prismatic slender cantilever beams with different loading conditions are analyzed to illustrate the merits of the adopted numerical scheme as well as its validity, accuracy and efficiency. The results of the present scheme are checked using large-displacement finite element analysis by the MSC/NASTRAN program. A comparison between the present secheme, MSC/NASTRAN and available results from the literature reveals excellent agreement. The advantage of the new scheme is that the load can be applied in one step with few iterations (3–6 iterations).     

软弱地层深挖基坑中工程桩偏位分析

某软土地基上建造多栋毗邻的小高层住宅,在地下车库基坑的开挖过程中,软土流动推挤坑内桩基导致偏位。文章以上述工程为背景,借助三维有限差分程序FLAC3D,选取简化计算模型,对基坑开挖流动土体作用下工程桩的反应性状进行了模拟与分析,并与实测值进行了比较,最后讨论了影响桩基变形的相关因素,可为分析软土地区基坑开挖对坑内工程桩影响时提供一定的理论指导。     

Estimating deflection of a simple beam model using fiber optic bragg-grating sensors

In this paper, we develop a method to estimate the bridge deflection using fiber optic Bragg-grating (FBG) strain sensors. For most structural evaluation of bridge integrity, it is very important to measure the geometric profile, which is a major factor representing the global behavior of civil structures, especially bridges. In the past, because of the lack of appropriate methods to measure the deflection curve of bridges on site, the measurement of deflection has been restricted to just a few discrete points along the bridge, and the measuring points have been limited to the locations installed with displacement transducers. However, by applying classical beam theory, a formula is rearranged to estimate the continuously deflected profile by using strains measured directly from several points. In addition, FBG strain sensors, which are electromagnetic, noise-free and multipoint measurable, are employed to obtain flexural strains more accurately and stably. The regression analysis is performed to obtain a strain function from the measured strain data. Finally, the deflection curve can be estimated by applying the strain function to the formula. An experimental test has also been carried out to verify the developed method.     

梁中非线性弯曲波传播特性的研究

研究了梁中的非线性弯曲波的传播特性，同时考虑了梁的大挠度引起的几何非线性效应和 梁的转动惯性导致的弥散效应，利用Hamilton变分法建立了梁中非线性弯曲波的波动方程. 对该方程进行了定性分析，在不同的条件下，该方程在相平面上存在同宿轨道或异宿轨道， 分别对应于方程的孤波解或冲击波解. 利用Jacobi椭圆函数展开法，对该非线性方程进行 求解，得到了非线性波动方程的准确周期解及相对应的孤波解和冲击波解，讨论了这些解存 在的必要条件，这与定性分析的结果完全相同. 利用约化摄动法从非线性弯曲波动方程中导 出了非线性Schr\"{o}dinger方程，从理论上证明了考虑梁的大挠度和转动惯性时梁中存在 包络孤立波.