颗粒密度对旋转筒内二元颗粒体系分离的影响

用分子动力学的方法研究了颗粒密度对旋转筒内二元颗粒体系混合与分离的影响. 当增大粒度较小的颗粒密度时, 颗粒体系表现为巴西果效应, 而增加粒度较大的颗粒密度时, 分离状态则会发生反转, 表现为反巴西果效应. 进一步的研究发现二元颗粒体系的分离指数与颗粒的密度比之间存在定量的关系, 并利用Hong的渗流与凝聚竞争机理理论对密度分离状态的反转现象给予了理论解释.     

微喷颗粒与气体混合过程的数值模拟研究

冲击波作用下金属与气体界面将发生微喷混合现象,即金属表面产生的微喷射物质在气体中的输运过程.提出采用散体颗粒分布代替微喷初始状态,基于气体-颗粒两相流模型对微喷混合现象进行了模拟研究.数值模拟给出了微喷混合的动力学演化过程,分析了初始气体压力和颗粒尺寸因素对混合层的影响规律;在数值模拟中发现了微喷颗粒的气动破碎现象,这可导致颗粒尺度明显减小,成为影响微喷混合演化性质的重要物理因素.本文模拟结果与相关实验结果取得一致,初步表明,气粒两相流模型是模拟微喷混合过程的一种有效方法.     

粉末材料堆积的物理模型与仿真系统

研究了粉末材料堆积过程仿真的物理模型和系统,并探讨了适合多种不同粒径颗粒混合堆积过程仿真的高性能计算方法.在该仿真系统中,考虑了重力、接触力、阻尼力、摩擦力和范德瓦耳斯力等多种作用力的影响,集成了多种接触力模型和阻尼模型,使其适用于三维大规模粉末材料堆积过程的计算机仿真.利用该系统对粉末材料领域中的两个典型应用进行了模拟研究.模拟了两种相同密度不同粒径颗粒（粒径比为10）的混合堆积过程.当小颗粒数为大颗粒数的300倍时,得到最大的堆积密度（体积分数）为0.82.另外,还模拟了两种不同密度相同粒径颗粒的混合堆积过程.当堆积结束时,出现了明显的分离（segregation）现象和团聚现象.所研究的物理模型和仿真系统既可用于粉末材料堆积过程研究,亦可用于普通的球形物体堆积过程的模拟研究. 关键词： 粉末堆积 物理模型 仿真系统 离散元法     

椭球颗粒搅拌运动及混合特性的数值模拟研究

为探讨在强制搅拌下同属性颗粒由分层到分布均匀状态的运动特征及规律, 本研究利用三维离散单元法模拟不同转速下U形罐体内等粒径椭球颗粒的混合过程. 从单颗粒随机运动轨迹、宏观颗粒流运动矢量图的角度分析颗粒混合过程的宏观混合规律及局部混合特征, 定量描述混合度与搅拌叶片旋转圈数的数学关系. 结果表明, 强制搅拌下同属性分层颗粒的混合是在对流混合及四个局部混合共同作用下实现的; 分层颗粒的混合度与搅拌轴的转速无关, 而与搅拌轴旋转圈数直接相关; 混合度与圈数的关系符合指数增长模型. 研究结果可为散体物料增混行业的设备改进及操作控制提供依据和参考.     

铝纳米颗粒的热物性及相变行为的分子动力学模拟

采用分子动力学方法模拟了纳米金属铝在粒径为0.8-3.2 nm 时的熔点、密度和声子热导率的变化, 研究了粒径为1.6 nm的铝纳米颗粒的密度、比热和声子热导率随温度的变化. 采用原子嵌入势较好地模拟了纳米金属铝的热物性及相变行为, 根据能量-温度曲线和比热容-温度曲线对铝纳米颗粒的相变温度进行了研究, 并利用表面能理论、尺寸效应理论对铝纳米颗粒熔点的变化进行了分析. 随着纳米粒径的不断增大, 铝纳米颗粒的熔点呈递增状态, 当粒径在2.2-3.2 nm时, 熔点的增幅减缓, 但仍处于递增趋势. 随着纳米粒径的增大, 铝纳米颗粒的密度呈单调递减, 热导率则呈线性单调递增, 且热导率的变化情况符合声子理论. 随着温度的升高, 粒径为1.6 nm的铝纳米颗粒的密度、热导率均减小. 该模拟从微观原子角度对纳米材料的热物性进行了研究, 对设计基于铝纳米颗粒的相变材料具有指导意义.     

一种颗粒底部压力不趋向饱和的粮仓系统

随着深度的增加竖直圆筒容器中的颗粒物质会把自己的重量逐渐转移到容器的侧墙壁上,使容器底部的压力出现不随筒中颗粒材料高度的增加而增加的饱和现象.但值得注意的是,圆筒中的颗粒柱体并不总是表现为这个称为粮仓效应的力学状态.例如当改变侧墙壁的力学环境使其无法承担颗粒的重量时,柱底部的压力显然将随其高度的增加而线性地增加.本文分析讨论了Janssen模型假设对这类处于静力平衡下,但违反粮仓效应的颗粒系统的行为预测. 关键词： 颗粒物质 粮仓 静摩擦 应力     

滚筒内非等粒径二元颗粒体系增混机理研究

提出了在圆形滚筒内设置十字形内构件的增混方式,并采用离散单元方法对设置不同大小内构件的滚筒内非等粒径二元颗粒体系的混合进行了数值模拟试验.通过模拟结果重点分析了内构件对混合的影响,讨论了内构件的尺寸对混合效果的作用,分析和探讨了滚筒内构件对二元颗粒体系的增混机理.研究发现,当滚筒内无内构件时,对流、扩散和离析三种作用机制对颗粒体系的混合和分离都起到了重要作用;当滚筒内含内构件时,颗粒的混合则只受到颗粒对流和扩散机制的作用,而颗粒的离析效应得到了很大程度的抑制.十字形内构件很大程度上会破坏滚筒内的自由表面流,从而使发生在自由表面流中的颗粒分离不能发生,最终可有效地增加颗粒之间的混合.对于采用在滚筒内设置十字形内构件的方式来增加颗粒间的混合,存在一个最优的内构件尺寸,内构件过小或过大都不利于颗粒间的混合. 关键词： 分离 混合 离散单元法     

玻璃-橡胶混合颗粒体系的弹性行为研究

废旧橡胶制品颗粒与砂土颗粒混合物作为建筑填充材料具有环保、轻质、减震效果好等特点.软硬组分的混合比例可以调制体系力学性能从而实现兼顾材料柔韧性与强度的需求,但细观层面上材料性能改变的原因尚不明确.本文主要研究玻璃-橡胶混合颗粒体系的弹性行为及其微观机制.利用飞行时间法测量混合材料等效动弹性模量,发现随着橡胶颗粒增加,体系逐渐从类玻璃刚性行为转变为类橡胶柔性行为.离散元模拟结果与实验结果类似.此外,模拟显示低橡胶颗粒占比样品内主要由玻璃颗粒构成主力链结构,而橡胶颗粒基本不参与强力链的构成.当橡胶颗粒占比较大时,玻璃颗粒和橡胶颗粒共同构成主力链网络结构,但颗粒间法向接触力分布相对更为均匀,可视为玻璃颗粒悬浮于橡胶颗粒中.基于上述结果,提出了改进的等效介质理论,用于描述混合颗粒体系的弹性行为.研究认为:橡胶颗粒占比较小时内部颗粒的变形相对均匀,材料近似满足等应变假设,视为并联弹簧模型;橡胶颗粒占比较大时混合材料近似满足等应力假设,视为串联弹簧模型.两种模型得到的结果与模拟结果一致.上述结果有利于从微观角度揭示混合颗粒材料弹性行为的变化机制.     

铝颗粒粉尘对冲火焰数值模拟研究

铝颗粒由于具有能量密度高、易储存、燃烧过程不产生温室气体等优势,有望成为未来化石燃料替代的解决方案.本文建立了铝颗粒粉尘火焰的燃烧模型,其中考虑了相间传热、相变、表面化学反应、气相详细化学反应及辐射传热等过程,并针对铝颗粒粉尘对冲火焰开展了数值模拟研究.首先,通过仿真McGill大学的铝颗粒粉尘对冲火焰实验进行模型验证,并分析了实验中使用铝颗粒本身作为示踪粒子引起的气相速度测量误差,结果表明,数值模拟得到的离散相速度分布与实验结果基本一致,火焰传播速度的预测值也同实验数据吻合较好.当颗粒粒径小于10μm时,连续介质假设不再成立,相间传热模型必须考虑过度区机制,随着颗粒粒径的增加,火焰传播速度不断降低.随着对冲火焰拉伸率的增加,颗粒在火焰区的停留时间减少,并出现燃烧不完全的现象,粉尘火焰由双峰变为单峰结构.火焰传播速度随着拉伸率的增加而增大,通过线性外推可得到未拉伸的火焰传播速率约为29 cm/s.辐射引起的热损失会导致气相温度大幅降低,但辐射传热对颗粒的加热作用相对较小.     

Janus颗粒撞击气泡的行为特征

为更好地在相变传热中应用双亲性Janus颗粒,用铜球制备了亲水-超疏水Janus颗粒,其粒径为1.0 mm,气泡直径为3.0 mm.研究了不同高度下带小气泡的Janus颗粒撞击气泡的行为特征.结果表明:Janus颗粒不同润湿性表面撞击气泡时的行为特征存在明显差异,当超疏水侧接触气泡时,会沿着气泡表面无旋转地滑到气泡底部;当亲水侧接触气泡时,会先沿着气泡表面滑行一段距离,随后发生旋转,对气泡造成强烈扰动;而亲水-超疏水分界面接触气泡时,颗粒会在接触的瞬间开始旋转.当Janus颗粒具有一定的高度撞击气泡时,一般以亲水面首先与气泡接触,随高度的增加, Janus颗粒拉扯气泡变形的程度增加.基于受力分析发现:Janus颗粒发生旋转的主要原因是不同润湿性表面所受毛细力作用点和方向的不同,相应地产生旋转力矩.     

Discrete particle simulation of radial segregation in horizontally rotating drum: Effects of drum-length and non-rotating end-plates

The radial segregation phenomena of a mixture of two different size grains in a horizontal rotating drum are studied by DEM simulations. The grano-dynamics of radial segregation phenomena is examined as a function of the axial length and the friction between grains and not-rotating end-plates of the drum. The results indicate that, in the longer drums, the radial segregation ratio is higher and the friction on the end-plates shows little effect. Whereas in the shorter drums, the radial segregation is very slow or negligible; however, decreasing the friction on non-rotating end-plates increases the segregation ratio. If we increase the friction further (greater than the frictions between the grain-grain and the grains and the inner wall), the segregation ratio drops in the longer drums while in the shorter drums mixing is seen instead. The cause of these phenomena lies in the mechanism of diffusion in granular flows due to shearing strain by the end-plates. For more roughened end-plates, this shearing activity increases the granular temperature of the system and only the mixing can be observed instead of the segregation.     

薄滚筒内二元湿颗粒体系混合行为的离散单元模拟研究

采用所建立的四方程线性弹性-阻尼离散单元模型,同时考虑了液桥力的作用,对填充量为40%、含液量为3%的水平薄滚筒内S型(不同直径颗粒)二元湿颗粒体系混合过程进行了数值模拟,并与同等操作条件下不含液的干颗粒体系的混合行为进行了比较,分析了液体对颗粒体系混合行为的影响. 同时还将计算结果与文献中的实验结果进行了比较. 结果表明,由于湿颗粒间液桥力的牵引作用使不同性质的颗粒不易分离,使部分颗粒聚结成团,减弱了离析作用的影响,使得滚筒内湿颗粒的混合程度高于相同条件下的干颗粒体系,且接触力的分布较干颗粒体系更加均匀. 通过对混合过程的模拟,直观地反映了混合过程中颗粒的微观运动特性和内部的力学结构,为研究湿颗粒体系混合过程机理提供了依据和参考. 关键词： 湿颗粒体系 混合 分离 离散单元法     

阻尼对水平滚筒内二元颗粒体系径向分离模式形成的影响

采用离散单元数学模型对一充装量为50%的水平薄滚筒内S形二元颗粒体系的分离模式进行了数值模拟试验,研究了不同碰撞阻尼参数下的分离过程,分析了阻尼对分离过程及分离模式的影响.模拟结果表明阻尼对滚筒内颗粒的分离过程及分离模式影响很大,在S形二元颗粒体系水平薄滚筒内,阻尼可控制渗透和离析的协同作用以及自由表面层的流动形式,最终影响分离模式的形成;当阻尼太大时分离模式只能形成月亮模式,阻尼太小时可形成不明显的花瓣模式,只有当阻尼在适当的范围内,自由表面流动层形成雪崩流型式时,分离模式才会呈现规则的花瓣模式,试验结 关键词： 滚筒 模式形成 径向分离 离散单元法     

Visualization and force measurement of high-temperature,supersonic impulse jet impinging on baffle plate

The flow visualization and force measurement of a supersonic impinging jet on a center-holed vertical baffle plate were investigated. Center-holed baffle plates of 2d to 5d in diameter, with a 1d center hole were tested, where d is the bore of the launch tube. The standoff distance of the baffle plates from the open end of the launch tube were varied to be from 2d to 5d. The supersonic impulse jet, with an incident shock wave of Mach 2.89 was produced by a high-enthalpy blast-wave simulator. The direction-indicating color schlieren method produced a two-dimensional density gradient of the flow field around the baffle plate. In addition, the flow fields were numerically analyzed, using two-dimensional asymmetric Euler equations. The results of the numerically-analyzed and the experimentally-visualized flow field agreed well. The visualized flow field indicates that the baffle plate should be at least 3.5d in diameter to deflect the supersonic impinging jet at an angle greater than a right angle. We have concluded that the representative method of designing muzzle brakes for military purpose accurately predicts the force yielded by the supersonic impinging impulse jet on the vertical baffle plate only when there is a large ratio of the baffle-plate diameter to the bore of the launch tube.     

Energetic nano-materials: Opportunities for enhanced performances

This paper deals with the contribution of nano-materials to the contemporary pyrotechnics science. The breakthroughs in this domain are illustrated by several examples of energetic nano-materials recently studied in our laboratory.The solidification of energetic phases in a porous matrix (Cr₂O₃) was used to prepare and to stabilize at nano-scale explosive particles. The thermo-chemical behaviour of RDX nano-particles strongly differs from the one of micron-sized RDX. For instance, the temperature at which the decomposition occurs is significantly lowered and the melting point is removed. The effect of the decomposition of RDX nano-particles on the matrix in which they are trapped was observed for the first time by the atomic force microscopy.The Cr₂O₃/RDX nano-composite materials were mixed with aluminium nano-particles in order to formulate gas-generating nano-thermites (GGNT). The combustion of GGNT involves a synergy mechanism in which the decomposition of RDX nano-particles fragments the Cr₂O₃ matrix and primes the thermite reaction.“Classical” nano-thermites were obtained by mixing nano-particles (diameter <100 nm) of metallic oxides (WO₃) with a reducing metal (Al). These materials were used to demonstrate that nano-particles (i) significantly lower the ignition delay time and (ii) remarkably increase the combustion rate.Finally, pure RDX nano-particles are prepared by a continuous process of crystallization.     

Nuclear quadrupole resonance of explosives: Simultaneous detection of RDX and PETN in semtex

We have used nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) for the detection of¹⁴N in explosives and introduce a new method for the simultaneous detection of the explosives cyclotrimethylene trinitramine (RDX) and pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN). We have developed an interleaved pulse sequence, which provides efficient excitation of both RDX and PETN, to drive a solenoid coil that is doubly resonant at 3.41 and 0.89 MHz (suitable resonant frequencies of RDX and PETN, respectively). The excitation of RDX and PETN is carried out alternately within the pulse sequence via frequency hops in the spectrometer; no electronic switching is required to alternately returne the doubly resonant probe to the resonant frequency of each material. The signals from RDX and PETN, which are separated by about 2.52 MHz, are brought into the same audio window by mixing with a suitable intermediate frequency. We have tested the doubly resonant probe and interleaved pulse sequence on plastic formulations of RDX and PETN, on their own (PE-4 and Detasheet respectively) and as a mixture in Semtex.     

Gradient porous alumina films with different pore distributions by anodization of aluminum

In this paper, gradient porous alumina films with different pore distributions are fabricated by asymmetrical anodization of Al foils. When an insulating baffle is inserted close to the anode, depending on the shape of the baffle, the current density distribution on the Al foils can be varied. Two kinds of porous alumina films with different pore distributions are fabricated by this method. This bottom-up approach of asymmetrical anodization of Al foil provides us with a low-cost method to fabricate large-size gradient porous structures with different pore distributions.     

Flexural wave baffling by use of a viscoelastic material

The effectiveness of baffles against flexural wave noise is discussed. A plane layer model is considered, consisting of an infinite elastic plate excited by a line force, a viscoelastic layer representing the baffle, and an outer plate which separates the baffle layer from the semi-infinite fluid medium. The effectiveness of the baffle is characterized by its insertion loss.     

Size segregation and convection of granular mixtures almost completely packed in a thin rotating Box

We simulate size segregation in granular mixtures which are almost completely packed in a rotating drum. Instead of a 3D drum, we simulate a 2D thin rotating box which is almost completely packed with granular mixtures. The phase inversion of a radially segregated pattern which was found in a 3D experiment is qualitatively reproduced with this simulation. A global convection appears after a radial segregation pattern is formed, and this convection induces an axially segregated pattern.