Ion/molecule reactions in a miniature RIT mass spectrometer

Ion/molecule reactions were explored in a newly developed miniature mass spectrometer fitted with a rectilinear ion trap (RIT) mass analyzer. The tandem mass spectrometry performance of this instrument is demonstrated using collision induced dissociation (CID) and ion/molecule reactions. The latter includes Eberlin transacetalization reactions and electrophilic additions. Selective detection of the chemical warfare simulant dimethyl methyl phosphonate (DMMP) was achieved through selective Eberlin reactions of its characteristic phosphonium fragment ion CH3OP(+)(O)CH3 (m/z 93), with 1,4-dioxane or 1,3-dioxolane. Efficient adduct formation as a result of electrophilic attack by the phosphonium ion on various nucleophilic reagents, including 1,1,3,3-tetramethyl urea, methanesulfonic acid methyl ester, dimethyl sulfoxide and methyl salicylate, was also observed using the RIT device. The product ions of these reactions were analyzed using CID and the characteristic fragmentation patterns of the ionic addition products were recorded using multiple-stage experiments in the miniature RIT instrument. This study clearly demonstrates that a small, home-built, miniature RIT mass spectrometer can be used to perform analytically useful ion/molecule reactions and also that instruments like this have the potential to provide a portable platform for in situ detection of organophosphorus esters and related compounds with high specificity using tandem mass spectrometry.     

Small-scale fracture toughness of ceramic thin films: the effects of specimen geometry,ion beam notching and high temperature on chromium nitride toughness evaluation

For the implementation of thin ceramic hard coatings into intensive application environments, the fracture toughness is a particularly important material design parameter. Characterisation of the fracture toughness of small-scale specimens has been a topic of great debate, due to size effects, plasticity, residual stress effects and the influence of ion penetration from the sample fabrication process. In this work, several different small-scale fracture toughness geometries (single-beam cantilever, double-beam cantilever and micro-pillar splitting) were compared, fabricated from a thin physical vapour-deposited ceramic film using a focused ion beam source, and then the effect of the gallium-milled notch on mode I toughness quantification investigated. It was found that notching using a focused gallium source influences small-scale toughness measurements and can lead to an overestimation of the fracture toughness values for chromium nitride (CrN) thin films. The effects of gallium ion irradiation were further studied by performing the first small-scale high-temperature toughness measurements within the scanning electron microscope, with the consequence that annealing at high temperatures allows for diffusion of the gallium to grain boundaries promoting embrittlement in small-scale CrN samples. This work highlights the sensitivity of some materials to gallium ion penetration effects, and the profound effect that it can have on fracture toughness evaluation.     

多振子声子晶体的低频特性研究

本文设计了一种由硅橡胶包覆层包裹4个钨振子的新型声子晶体结构,通过有限元法计算该结构的色散曲线、振动模态和传输损失谱。结果表明,该结构的带隙范围为18.85~225.28 Hz,与传输损失谱频率衰减范围相吻合,能够有效抑制20~200 Hz的弹性波在声子晶体中传播。通过分析色散曲线上点的振动模态,说明带隙产生的原因。本文讨论了声子晶体板的缺口角度和振子之间的纵向和横向间距对带隙的影响,结果表明:当缺口角度减小时,带隙下边界几乎保持不变,带隙上边界升高从而增加了带隙的宽度;振子之间横向或纵向间距增大时,带隙下边界和上边界均上升,带隙变宽,进而优化了声子晶体模型的带隙。同时声子晶体板的缺口设计能够节省材料,从而减轻结构的质量。     

匀速直线运动的实验演示

介绍了用落球法演示匀速直线运动的方法、原理。     

ANALYSIS OF AN INCOMPRESSIBLE RUBBER WEDGE CONTACTING WITH A RIGID NOTCH

I. INTRODUCTION It is well known that rubber materials are much more important in modern society. It is, therefore,not surprising that a sizable number of investigations have been concerned with the rubber materials.Considerable attention has been paid …     

Nonstationary deformation of an elastic plate with a notch under the action of a shock wave

The behavior of a thin elastic plate with a rectilinear notch under the action a weak shock wave in air is studied experimentally. A technique is developed for this purpose. The effect of the notch on the strain state of the plate is analyzed __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 11, pp. 99–104, November 2007.     

On the Pseudolinear Crossing Number

A drawing of a graph is pseudolinear if there is a pseudoline arrangement such that each pseudoline contains exactly one edge of the drawing. The pseudolinear crossing number of a graph G is the minimum number of pairwise crossings of edges in a pseudolinear drawing of G. We establish several facts on the pseudolinear crossing number, including its computational complexity and its relationship to the usual crossing number and to the rectilinear crossing number. This investigation was motivated by open questions and issues raised by Marcus Schaefer in his comprehensive survey of the many variants of the crossing number of a graph.     

高维线性插值方法及其在3维温度场计算中的应用

通过分析1维和2维线性插值可以推导出任意斜角直线坐标系下n维线性插值的一般计算公式以及有唯一解的条件,这一结论能够应用于三维温度场计算。可以将n维插值问题归结如下:已知n 1维空间中的n 1个点的坐标以及第n 2个点的n个坐标分量xn 2,1,x n 2,2,,xn 2,n,求解该点的第n 1个坐标分量xn 2,n 1。根据线性插值定义,第n 2个点位于前n 1个点所确定的n维超平面上。根据这一条件列写方程、求解方程可得到插值xn 2,n 1。n维插值问题有唯一解的条件是已知的n 1个点在n维空间中构成的多面体的体积不为0。推导过程在斜角直线坐标系中完成,因而结论具有较大普适性。     

V型缺口裂端的三维应力状态及约束分析

利用三维有限元方法，研究了有限厚度板中V型缺口根部穿透裂纹前沿的三维弹性应力场。对不同厚度、不同缺口张开角和裂纹长度对应力强度因子及裂尖附近的三维约束程度的影响进行了分析，同时还讨论了三维约束区的大小。研究结果显示：当缺口张开角小于60度时，不同缺口的应力强度因子和离面约束因子的分布基本一致，角度的影响不明显。应力强度因子是厚度的函数，板中面的应力强度因子随厚度的增加逐渐减小趋近干平面值，最大为1．08倍的平面值。当板厚超过15倍的缺口深度时，应力强度因子最大值将从中面转移至接近自由表面位置，距中面约0．4倍板厚。三维约束非常明显的区域在裂尖前沿约0.45倍厚度的范围内．二维到三维的过渡区在裂尖前沿1.5倍厚度的区域内；在中面上三维效应影响区最大，随着离中面距离的增加逐渐减小，在自由表面上降为0。     

Modification of the fracture criterion for V-shaped notches (plane problem). Relationship between toughness and strength and structural parameters

A fracture criterion of the type of the Neuber-Novozhilov criterion is proposed to describe the fracture in the vicinity of the tip of a V-shaped notch under tensile and shear loading. In the proposed criterion, the limits of averaging of the stresses along the notch axis depend on the presence, location, and size of the initial defects in the material. The crystal lattice parameter of the initial material is chosen for the characteristic linear size. For a V-shaped notch subjected to tension and shear, simple equations are obtained that relate the stress intensity factors for the modified singularity coefficients, the singularity coefficients themselves, and the theoretical tensile and shear strengths of a single crystal of the material taking into account the damage to the material in the vicinity of the notch tip. The equations obtained allow a passage to the limit from a notch to a crack. It is shown that the classical critical stress intensity factor used in the strength analysis of cracked solids is not a material constant.Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 106–115, January–February, 2005.