冲击波加载区域对冲击波速度和衰减的影响

以工程采用的冲击波衰减电探针测试方法为基础,通过数值模拟研究了冲击波加载区域对冲击波传播速度和冲击波衰减测量结果的影响。结果表明:对非一维平面正冲击波,冲击波的径向几何弥散对冲击波传播速度影响显著;针对本文算例,当电探针离自由面0.05mm时,冲击加载半径R=10mm、R=20mm比R=80mm所测电探针导通时间分别长7.79μs、1.28μs,一维平面波理论高估了实际测试的冲击波传播速度,冲击加载面积越小,冲击波衰减越快;在同一时刻(30μs)和同一位置(L=80mm),加载半径R=80mm的冲击压力是R=20mm的5倍还多,一维平面波理论低估了冲击波衰减程度,点撞击引起的散心冲击波则相反。因此目前获得的各种冲击波衰减经验公式应强调其加载条件和适用范围,特别是散心冲击波实验获得的冲击衰减拟合公式有可能降低设计安全阈值。     

柱形汇聚几何中内爆驱动金属界面不稳定性

采用自研的高保真度爆轰与冲击动力学程序,对柱形汇聚几何中内爆驱动金属材料界面不稳定性的动力学行为,进行了数值模拟研究。结果表明,首次冲击后至约12 μs,界面发展以RM（Richtmyer-Meshkov）不稳定性为主;12 μs后至冲击波聚心反弹加载前,界面聚心运动处于加速减速状态,界面发展由RT (Rayleigh-Taylor)不稳定性主导;冲击波聚心反弹加载后,界面发展又由RM不稳定性主导。另外,还研究了初始条件（初始振幅、初始波长、钢壳初始厚度和几何构型）对柱形内爆驱动金属材料界面不稳定性的影响。结果显示:初始振幅较大时振幅增长也较大;初始波长较小（模数较大）时振幅增长较小,而且存在一个截止波长;钢壳厚度会抑制扰动增长,也存在一个截止厚度;几何汇聚效应会使扰动增长速度更快。     

高应变率下多孔未极化PZT95/5铁电陶瓷的非线性力学行为

采用添加造孔剂的方法制备了4种不同孔隙率的未极化PZT95/5铁电陶瓷。采用基于超高速相机与数字图像相关性方法的试样全场应变测量技术以及分离式霍普金森压杆（SHPB）技术,对多孔未极化PZT95/5铁电陶瓷进行高应变率单轴压缩实验研究。全场应变测量结果显示:轴向应变仅在试样中部分布较均匀,将该区域的平均应变作为应力-应变关系中的试样应变测量值较为合理,而由SHPB原理计算的试样应变值明显偏大,需要摒弃或修正传统的SHPB数据处理方法。通过波形整形技术实现了恒应变率加载,弱化了径向惯性效应的影响,揭示出多孔未极化PZT95/5铁电陶瓷的压缩强度具有显著的应变率效应。通过分析试样轴向应变和径向应变随着加载应力的变化,阐明多孔未极化PZT95/5铁电陶瓷的非线性变形行为的物理机制是畴变和相变共同作用,并发现畴变临界应力和相变临界应力都随着应变率升高而增大。保持加载应变率不变,讨论了孔隙率对多孔未极化PZT95/5铁电陶瓷动态力学行为的影响,发现随着孔隙率的升高,动态压缩强度呈非线性衰减,而畴变临界应力和相变临界应力则基本呈线性衰减。     

沙墙吸能作用对爆炸冲击波影响的实验研究

在爆炸冲击波作用下沙墙快速飞散,爆炸能量转换为沙粒动能和细化沙粒的摩擦做功,因此由沙袋堆积起来组成的沙墙对强冲击波具有消波吸能作用,对爆炸实验结构起到防护作用.本文利用366gTNT当量的球形药球中心起爆,进行了沙墙消波吸能作用下密闭柱形容器承受栽荷的实验.实验结果表明:沙墙使冲击波峰值超压降低最高可达6倍,到时也明显...     

冲击波加载铁电体的电响应研究

本文对垂直模式冲击波压缩铁电陶瓷电响应的理论有所改进。我们不仅考虑铁电介质的电介弛豫和电导率弛豫,而且还计及冲击波阵面在样品中传播的时序效应的影响。外电路由串联电阻、电感和并联电容组成。计算结果表明理论与实验符合很好。     

反向起爆模型下的冲击波加载

为了实现对大尺寸材料试件的动态加载,得到与轻气炮加载应力波相同的爆炸加载冲击波,基于叠加原理,提出了利用炸药反向起爆模型完成对可压缩固体材料的冲击波加载。通过联立爆炸产物和可压缩流体的速度-压力曲线以及综合考虑炸药和材料试件各自由边所受稀疏波干扰的情况,从理论上给出了冲击波压力和冲击波加载平台宽度的计算方法。并结合数值模拟,对理论分析结果进行了验证,两者基本一致。     

基于PVDF复合压电效应的低强度冲击波柔性测量

为探索低强度冲击波的柔性测量技术,对PVDF(polyvinylidene fluoride)压力传感器开展冲击波加载和灵敏度标定实验,评估其低强度冲击波压力测量的可靠性。基于微结构设计改进薄膜传感器,获得适用于低强度冲击波压力测量的高灵敏柔性传感器,结果表明:单一压电工作模式的薄膜传感器测量低强度冲击波时有效输出电荷量和信噪比较低,测量结果容易受压电膜力电响应非线性、结构表面变形振动以及封装因素的影响,灵敏度系数不稳定、个体差异性大。采用周向固支的微结构设计能够将作用于薄膜传感器表面幅值较低的冲击波转换为幅值较高的面内拉应力,产生的复合压电效应可大幅提高传感器名义灵敏度系数、降低个体差异性。研制的柔性传感器在0.2～0.7 MPa压力范围内名义灵敏度约900～1 350 pC/N,相对测量误差不大于±13%。     

岩石爆破的粉碎区及其空腔膨胀

本文根据爆炸冲击波的理论分析,讨论了柱形装药和球形装药的粉碎区半径、炮孔近区的压缩比、爆破空腔及其空腔的发展时间。通过分析,给出柱形装药的爆炸近区参数。计算结果表明:2号铵梯岩石炸药柱形装药在岩石介质中产生的粉碎区半径一般是炮孔半径的1.65～3.05倍,球装药在岩石介质中产生的粉碎区半径是球形装药半径的1.28～1.75倍;柱形装药在孔壁处的冲击波波长与炮孔半径属于同一量级;粉碎区内的平均压缩比为1.05～1.10。     

冲击合成PZT95/5的X 射线电子能谱

以Pb3O4、ZrO2 和TiO2 粉体为原料,利用柱面冲击波合成了单一的钙钛矿相Pb(Zr0.95Ti0.05)O3 (即PZT95/5)粉体,用X射线衍射(XRD)和X射线电子能谱(XPS)对PZT的物相、元素化学态、分子结构和 成分含量进行了表征。冲击合成粉体和制备陶瓷的XPS结果表明,除表面存在少量的吸附氧外,样品中存在 PZT结构中的Pb、Zr 和O,陶瓷的元素定量计算接近样品的配比。且冲击压缩造成PZT 中 Zr O 、Pb O 键的键长降低,引起冲击合成粉体的Pb4f、Zr3d结合能增大。利用固相合成粉体制备陶瓷 的Zr3dXPS比冲击合成粉体制备陶瓷的Zr3dXPS多2个峰,对应于少量游离ZrO2 被还原的低价锆离子。     

多孔极化PZT95/5铁电陶瓷单轴压缩力学响应与放电特性

采用添加造孔剂的方法制备了四种不同孔隙率PZT95/5铁电陶瓷,对其进行电场极化,随后开展了准静态单轴压缩实验,讨论了畴变、相变以及孔隙率对极化PZT95/5铁电陶瓷的力学响应与放电特性的影响. 研究结果表明：(1)多孔极化PZT95/5铁电陶瓷非线性力学响应行为主要归因于畴变和相变的共同作用,与内部孔洞变形和坍塌基本无关;(2) 在准静态单轴压缩下极化PZT95/5铁电陶瓷的去极化机制是畴变和相变的共同作用;(3) 孔隙率对极化PZT95/5铁电陶瓷的弹性模量、压缩强度有明显的影响,而对断裂应变的影响较小;(4)极化PZT95/5铁电陶瓷畴变和相变开始的临界应力都随着孔隙率的增大而线性衰减,但相变开始的临界体积应变却不依赖孔隙率;(5)极化PZT95/5铁电陶瓷电荷饱和释放量随着孔隙率呈线性减小,但孔隙率对电荷释放速率基本没有影响。     

Active control of flexural waves in a phononic crystal beam with staggered periodic properties

The band gaps of a phononic crystal beam with staggered periodic structure are investigated. The periodic system consists of a pure elastic (i.e. PMMA) matrix beam and some piezoelectric (i.e. PZT) patches with coupling between the mechanical–electrical components. The PZT patches connected by negative capacitance circuits are applied to function as the active control system. Based on the condition at the interface between adjacent unit cells, the transfer matrix and localization factor are derived. The influence of the degree of interlacing and negative capacitance circuits are discussed. The numerical results show that another band gap can be generated by the staggered periodic structure of PZT patches. The widths and locations of the band gaps can be changed by the degree of interlacing.     

Experiments in a single-phase natural circulation mini-loop

This study reports an experimental investigation related to a rectangular single-phase natural circulation mini-loop, which consists of two horizontal copper tubes (heat transfer sections) and two vertical tubes (legs) made of copper, connected by means of four glass 90° bends. The loop inner diameter is 4 mm. The lower heating section consists of an electrical heating wire made of nicromel on the outside of the copper tube; the upper cooling system consists of a coaxial cylindrical heat exchanger with a water–glycol mixture, set at controlled temperature and flowing through the annulus. The loop has an imposed heat flux in the lower heating section and an imposed temperature in the cooler. The mini-loop was placed onto a table which can assume different inclinations. The parameters investigated during the experiments were: power transferred to the fluid and inclination of the loop. The preliminary results show a stable behaviour with a steady temperature difference across the heat sinks. It has been confirmed that the fluid velocity is very small (order of millimetres per second).     

Real-time determination and controlof the laser-drilled holes depth

We present an optodynamical method for the real-time determination of the depth of laser-drilled holes. The method consists of the detection of shock waves generated during the interaction of the laser beam with the irradiated material using a piezoelectric transducer (PZT), and measurement of the shock waves propagation time through the sample using the PZT signal. The experimental observations reveal that the propagation time has an almost exponential decay with the number of pulses and is strongly dependent on the laser radiation wavelength. The quantity of ablated substrate material per laser pulse is a nonlinear function of the number of consecutive laser pulses incident on the same spot at the irradiated sample surface.Received: 29 September 2003, Accepted: 30 September 2004, Published online: 27 January 2005[/PUBLISHED]Correspondence to: M. Stafe and C. Negutu     

Inspection of interfaces between corroded steel bars and concrete using the combination of a piezoelectric zirconate-titanate transducer and an electromagnetic acoustic transducer

We have conducted an inspection of the interface between a steel bar and concrete using the combination of a piezoelectric zirconate-titanate transducer (PZT) and an electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT). The PZT is used for generating elastic waves by mechanical vibration and then the EMAT is used for receiving the transmitted ultrasonic guided waves. This arrangement is made in order to overcome the major shortcomings of the PZT, i.e., the requirement of a couplant, and of the EMAT, i.e., relatively low transmitted ultrasonic energy. To investigate the applicability of this technique in the field, outside the laboratory environment, the experiments are conducted on different types of steel bars: corrosion-free, naturally corroded, and zinc-coated as well as corroded bars. It is shown that the PZT-EMAT combination is very effective for inspecting the steel bar-concrete interface. Using this technique, small separation at the steel bar-concrete interface can be effectively detected for corroded as well as corrosion-free specimens. This method can be applied in the field to pre-stressed tendons and soil nails, where one side of the reinforcement is exposed.     

Effect of working fluid on the performance of a miniature heat pipe system for cooling desktop processor

The heat transfer performance of a miniature heat pipe system (MHPS) used for cooling a desktop computer processor is presented in this paper. The MHPS consists of 6 parallel cylindrical miniature heat pipes (MHPs) which are connected to a copper block at the evaporator section and which are provided with 15 parallel perpendicular copper sheets at the condenser section, used as external cooling fins. Acetone and ethanol are used as working fluids. As heat source a processor is employed which is attached to the copper block. Heat transfer characteristics of the individual MHPs and the complete MHPS using the two working fluids are experimentally determined. The results show that the maximum and steady state temperature of the processor has been significantly reduced by using MHPs with acetone, more than with ethanol, instead of a conventional finned aluminum heat sink with cooling fan. Additional use of a fan results in a much lower processor temperature for both working fluids.     

An analytical and numerical approach for calculating effective material coefficients of piezoelectric fiber composites

The present work deals with the modeling of 1–3 periodic composites made of piezoceramic (PZT) fibers embedded in a soft non-piezoelectric matrix (polymer). We especially focus on predicting the effective coefficients of periodic transversely isotropic piezoelectric fiber composites using representative volume element method (unit cell method). In this paper the focus is on square arrangements of cylindrical fibers in the composite. Two ways for calculating the effective coefficients are presented, an analytical and a numerical approach. The analytical solution is based on the asymptotic homogenization method (AHM) and for the numerical approach the finite element method (FEM) is used. Special attention is given on definition of appropriate boundary conditions for the unit cell to ensure periodicity. With the two introduced methods the effective coefficients were calculated for different fiber volume fractions. Finally the results are compared and discussed.     

On vibration mitigation and energy harvesting of a non-ideal system with autoparametric vibration absorber system

This paper demonstrates that vibration mitigation and energy harvesting can be achieved simultaneously by using of an electricity-generating from autoparametric vibration absorber system (AVAS) and non-ideal system (NIS). The NIS consists of a simple portal frame excited by a small dc motor with eccentric mass, with limited power supply and located on the top. The AVAS consists of a cantilever beam with tip mass parallel coupled to NIS. A piezoelectric material is considered for energy harvesting installed in the base of the AVAS and an electric circuit is connected to the piezoelectric material in order to produce voltage output. Several numerical simulations were carried out focusing on the passage through the resonance of NIS, when the motor rotational frequency is near the portal frame natural frequency and when the non-ideal subsystem frequency is approximately twice the absorber beam frequency (two-to-one internal resonance). The results showed the existence of Sommerfeld effect in NIS and saturation phenomenon in the NIS–AVAS.     

On twinning and domain switching in ferroelectric Pb(Zr1−xTix)O3—part I: twins and domain walls

We study the electromechanical behavior of lead zirconate titanate ferroelectric ceramics (PZT), by means of a three-dimensional continuum model for deformable ferroelectric bodies in their polar phase characterized by spontaneous polarization and strain. Spontaneous polarization and strain organize into a domain structure which minimizes electrostatic and elastic energies and which can be modified by the application of electromechanical loads. Such process, which is called “domain switching”, is associated with electrical and mechanical hysteresis and can be studied as a minimization problem for a functional which reminds the micromagnetic energy of deformable ferromagnetics. In this paper, which is the first of two, we deal with the electromechanical model and related constitutive assumptions, as well as with the analysis of domain structure in PZT. In particular, following the discover of a new monoclinic phase in PZT carried by Noheda and co-workers, we analyze twinning between spontaneous strain at the various phase boundaries and show that both non-generic, non-conventional twins and finely-twinned laminates are possible, and also that the presence of a monoclinic phase may explain PZT exceptional properties.     

A new transducer for measuring small pressure differences at high absolute pressure

The design, construction and use of a novel differential pressure transducer is described. It consists of four gages mounted on a steel diaphragm and connected to form a Wheatstone-bridge circuit. The line pressure, maximum 10,000 psi, acts directly on the gages. The response of the transducer is independent of the line pressure and temperature and is linear up to 350-psi pressure differential. The probable error is less than one percent of the full-scale differential.