Experimental Study on the Flexural Ductility of BFRP Bar Concrete Beams With Bamboo Fiber and Steel Wire Mesh北大核心CSCD

To study the effects of bamboo fiber and steel wire mesh on the flexural ductility of basalt fiber reinforced polymer（BFRP）bar concrete beams, 7 BFRP bar concrete beams with bamboo fiber and steel wire mesh were tested with different bamboo fiber lengths (0 mm, 30 mm and 45 mm) and different steel wire mesh layout ranges (0, 1/2 maximum bending moment point layout and full beam length layout). The flexural failure tests of the 7 beams were carried out, and the initial crack loads, the crack developments, the ultimate loads and the deformations were detected. The effects of the fiber length and the wire mesh layout range on the crack resistance and the deformation resistance of the specimens were analyzed based on the test data. With the function model, the equivalent yield points of the 7 test beams were obtained, and their ductility coefficients were calculated. The results show that, the addition of bamboo fiber and steel wire mesh increases the cracking loads of BFRP bar concrete beams by 12%~68%, decreases the crack spacings and the crack length development speed, reduces the test beam deformation under the same load, and increases the ductility coefficient by 1.58%~31.75%. © 2023 Editorial Office of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. All rights reserved.     

Model-based parameter optimization for arc welding process simulation

This paper presents a model-based parameter optimization for simulating a metal-inert gas welding process. The computational model used in this study is based on computational fluid dynamics methods and implemented using the finite volume approach on a 3D computational domain. The wire electrode, the arc plasma and the workpiece are treated as a self-consistent system. Important welding parameters, including arc current, wire feed rate, workpiece thickness, welding speed and geometry, as well as the metal alloy types used for the wire and workpiece, were implemented as adjustable parameters. By tuning these parameters, the performance of the arc welding can be predicted, and different settings can be compared to optimize welding performance.A benchmarking study of the arc model against experimental measurements is presented to demonstrate the model's capabilities in the prediction of the weld pool changes and thermal dynamics involved in the welding process. Two numerical case studies are presented to demonstrate the use of the model-based optimization to quantify welding pool variations with the change in welding parameters. The first case study is the determination of the optimal arc current and welding speed settings for different workpiece thicknesses. The optimization process shows that the predictions are not only in agreement with established experimental welding experience on the direct relationship between workpiece thickness and arc current, but more importantly quantify this relationship for a given workpiece thickness. The second case study focuses on the welding parameters optimization for different metal alloys. The comparison suggests that the welding parameters suitable for some aluminium alloys are less likely to be successful in welding magnesium alloys. A further model validation of Mg alloy AZ31 welding shows an agreement with experimental measurements. The work presented shows the potential of model-based parameter optimization to assist process engineers in the practical improvement of the welding process.     

Recurrence quantification analysis of intermittent spontaneous to forced dripping transition in laser droplet generation

In laser droplet generation a laser pulse, composed of primary and detachment part, is used to form and detach a pendant droplet from the end of a metal wire. We analyze the dynamics of laser droplet generation process in dependence on the detachment pulse power. Dynamically three different dripping regimes have been observed: spontaneous, forced and intermittent dripping regime. We characterize these behaviors by means of recurrence plots and their quantification and argue that dynamics is getting more irregular with increasing the detachment pulse power, resembling an intermittent chaos-to-chaos transition.     

线材无模拉拔成形力数学模型研究

采用上限法确定了钨合金线材无模拉拔成形速度场及力能参数物理模型.分析了钨合金线材无模拉拔成形的变形模型、速度场以及力能参数的影响因素及影响规律,无模成形力能参数的影响因素主要有冷热源间距、断面减缩率、变形温度、拉伸速度、冷热源移动速度以及材料种类等,为无模拉拔成形工艺工业化应用奠定基础.     

A desktop computer model of the arc,weld pool and workpiece in metal inert gas welding

A sophisticated computational model of metal inert gas arc welding of aluminium alloys is presented. The arc plasma, the wire electrode and the workpiece are included in the computational domain self-consistently. The flow in the arc plasma and in the weld pool are calculated in three dimensions using equations of computational fluid dynamics, modified to take into account plasma effects and coupled to electromagnetic equations. The formation of metal vapour from the wire electrode and workpiece is considered, as is the mixing of the wire electrode alloy with the workpiece alloy in the weld pool. A graphical user interface (GUI) has been developed, and the model runs on standard desktop or laptop computers.The computational model is described, and results are presented for lap-fillet weld geometry. The importance of including the arc in the computational domain is shown. The predictions of the model show good agreement with measurements of weld geometry and weld composition. The GUI is introduced, and the application of the model to predicting the thermal history of the workpiece, which is the input information that is required for predicting important weld properties such as residual stress and distortion and weld microstructure, is discussed. Initial predictions of residual stress and distortion of the workpiece are presented.     

Properties of reinforced polystyrene in short-time tension,compression, and bending

The mechanical properties of reinforced polystyrene in short-time tension, compression, and bending have been experimentally investigated. Specimens of nine different reinforced-polystyrene compositions with reinforcement ratios of 18.7, 12, and 6.75% and wire diameters of 2, 1, and 0.5 mm were tested. The reinforcement consisted of steel or brass wire. The method of preparing the laboratory specimens is described. The principal results of machine tests on reinforced- and unreinforced-polystyrene specimens are presented. It is shown that certain reinforced-polystyrene compositions possess the properties of a Cosserat medium.Kharkov Structural Engineering Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 4, No. 6, pp. 1059–1064, November–December, 1968.     

Investigations on the wire sawing process

The wire sawing technology plays an important role on the manufacturing of thin discs out of brittle materials and is used for example in the solar- and microelectronic industry. The surface of a wire sawn disc shows a characteristic geometry, which suggests the influence of oscillations during the slicing process. In order to examine the process a distinct-element-model is used to simulate the motion and the interaction of the abrasive particles with the moving wire and the workpiece. The simulation shows interesting phenomena like clustering of particles and reacting forces to the wire, which could be one reason for the observed oscillations in the process. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

The perturbation method applied to tube drawing with floating plug

The determination of the load on the machine tool is crucial in the mechanics of metal forming processes as it has a critical influence over the deformation of the material into a new shape and the optimal conditions for the process. The problems of strip, wire, tube drawing without plug, tube drawing with floating plug [1-4] viscoplastic deformation has no exact solutions, but this paper addresses them using an approximate method. (© 2015 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Experimental studies of high order soliton compression effect and gain characteristics in femtosecond laser pulses E3+r-doped fiber amplifier

Seed laser pulses with average power of 146 μW and pulse duration of 480 fs were amplified to 14.5 mW. The pulse duration was compressed to 260 fs using 6 m high concentration E3+r-doped fiber under forward pumping. The amplified signal pulse energy was 0.691 nJ (corresponding to a peak power of 2 657.7 W) and the repetition rate was 20.84 MHz. Spectrum breakup was observed simultaneously. The spectrum of pulses amplified by 3 m E3+r-doped fiber remains a single peak under different pump power. The amplified pulse duration was compressed abnormally with the increasing pump power using the backward pumping; that is, the amplified pulses were compressed with the increasing pump power under low pump power. When the pump power reached 38 mW, the shortest amplified pulse duration was 309 fs. With further increase in pump power, the amplified pulses began broadening, accompanied by a single peak spectrum under different pump power.     

Amplification and compression of Ti:sapphire femtosecond pulses at high-repetition-rate

The experiment of the generation and amplification of femetosecond Ti:sapphire laser pulse at high repetition rate is reported. The laser pulses with minimum pulsewidth 15 fs, maximum spectrum width of 80 nm, average power of 200 mW are generated from a home-built self-mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser. As a seed pulse which is selected from the oscillator, the laser pulse is further amplified by using chirped-pulse-amplification technology in a Ti:sapphire amplifier from which a kind of pulses with single-pulse-energy of 100 uj, pulsewidth after compressing of 50 fs at 5 kHz repetition rate are produced. The system design and experimental results are discussed. Project supported by the National “Climbing Project” of China.     

Experimental studies of high order soliton compression effect and gain characteristics in femtosecond laser pulses Er3+-doped fiber amplifier

Seed laser pulses with average power of 146 μW and pulse duration of 480 fs were amplified to 14.5 mW. The pulse duration was compressed to 260 fs using 6 m high concentration E³⁺ _r -doped fiber under forward pumping. The amplified signal pulse energy was 0.691 nJ (corresponding to a peak power of 2 657.7 W) and the repetition rate was 20.84 MHz. Spectrum breakup was observed simultaneously. The spectrum of pulses amplified by 3 m E³⁺ _r -doped fiber remains a single peak under different pump power. The amplified pulse duration was compressed abnormally with the increasing pump power using the backward pumping; that is, the amplified pulses were compressed with the increasing pump power under low pump power. When the pump power reached 38 mW, the shortest amplified pulse duration was 309 fs. With further increase in pump power, the amplified pulses began broadening, accompanied by a single peak spectrum under different pump power.     

Ein supraleitender Gleichspannungsverstärker für Helium-Temperaturen

Summary A simpleDC Voltage Amplifier using the resistive transition curve of a superconducting wire of 8% Pb in In is described. This wire is held in the intermediate state by a constant magnetic field. The small current from the measuring voltage is amplified by a superconducting transformer and used to build up a small additional field over the wire which in turn changes its resistance. This change in resistance is measured by a conventional potential drop technique with an ordinary galvanometer. The sensitivity of that device is 10^–9 Volt. It is limited by zero point fluctuations caused by instabilities of the intermediate state.     

Effect of characteristics of plasma plume on the diamond-like film deposition

Pulsed KrF lasers of two different durations (30 ns, 500 fs) are used to deposit DLC films. By optical emission spectroscopy and ion probe, the composite species of laser generated plasma plume are identified, the average kinetic energy of ions, the plume flux and their variation with laser energy density, and the distance from the target are investigated. The relation of the properties of deposited films with the plasma characteristics is studied.     

Experimental studies of high order soliton compression effect and gain characteristics in femtosecond laser pulses Er 3+-doped fiber amplifier

Seed laser pulses with average power of 146 μW and pulse duration of 480 fs were amplified to 14.5 mW. The pulse duration was compressed to 260 fs using 6 m high concentration E³⁺ _r -doped fiber under forward pumping. The amplified signal pulse energy was 0.691 nJ (corresponding to a peak power of 2 657.7 W) and the repetition rate was 20.84 MHz. Spectrum breakup was observed simultaneously. The spectrum of pulses amplified by 3 m E³⁺ _r -doped fiber remains a single peak under different pump power. The amplified pulse duration was compressed abnormally with the increasing pump power using the backward pumping; that is, the amplified pulses were compressed with the increasing pump power under low pump power. When the pump power reached 38 mW, the shortest amplified pulse duration was 309 fs. With further increase in pump power, the amplified pulses began broadening, accompanied by a single peak spectrum under different pump power.     

Adhesion between Epoxy-Polysulfone Blends and Fibers

The adhesive strength of a fiber-polymer interface is determined, where epoxy resin blends and linear heat-resistant thermoplastics - polysulfone (PSF) and polyetherimide (Ultem) - are used as matrices. Steel wire and polyamide (nylon-6) fibers are taken as reinforcing fillers. It is shown that the addition of PSF to epoxy resin results in a maximum on the concentration curve corresponding to a 10% PSF content. It is also found that the adhesive strength of the ED-20+Ultem-steel wire interface is practically independent of the modifier content under low (up to 10%) Ultem concentrations.     

Time-marching numerical schemes for the electric field integral equation on a straight thin wire

We derive and analyse four algorithms for computing the current induced on a thin straight wire by a transient electric field. They all involve solving the thin wire electric field integral equations (EFIEs) and consist of a very accurate differential equations solver together with various schemes to approximate the vector potential integral equation. We carry out a rigorous numerical stability analysis of each of these methods. This has not previously been done for solution schemes for the thin wire EFIEs. Each scheme is shown to be stable and convergent provided the radius of the wire is small enough for the thin wire equations to be a valid model.     

Application of Multi-Parametric Quadratic Programming to Simulation of Deflected Wires in a Wire Saw

In the wire sawing process, a silicon brick is fed into a moving wire web, thus deflecting the wires. By considering static deflections only, the wire displacement and the contact forces between wire and brick may be computed by minimizing the potential energy of the wire, which introduces a constrained quadratic optimization problem. In a time-domain simulation, the continuously changing contour inside the kerf requires the optimization problem to be solved recurringly. This work aims at reducing the optimization-related computational effort by applying multi-parametric quadratic programming. (© 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A thermomechanical analysis of interfaces between the mating parts in ultrasonic wire bonding

Ultrasonic welding (USW) is an alternative solution for the bonding process especially in automotive industry. Ultrasonic welding of metals is a joining technique as a combination of applying pressure and frictional vibrations within the range of ultrasonic frequencies. In automotive industry, ultrasonic welding is often used for wired connections. As an alternative for crimping technology of multi-strand aluminum cables in wire bonding, ultrasonic welding is used. This work presents a thermomechanical analysis of the interface between two mating parts in USW. For this reason, the temperature distribution at bonding locations inside a wire bundle due to frictional vibrations and pressure is investigated using the finite element method (FEM). The obvious difference in microsections from different welding samples, which originates from different local temperature rises, was the motivation for this study to further investigate the thermomechanical aspects of the USW by use of finite element simulations. (© 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Application of semiorthogonal spline wavelets and the Galerkin method to the numerical simulation of thin wire antennas

The Bubnov-Galerkin method based on spline wavelets is used to solve singular integral equations. For the resulting systems of linear algebraic equations, the properties of their coefficient matrices are examined. Sparse approximations of these matrices are constructed by applying a cutting barrier. The results are used to numerically analyze thin wire antennas. Numerical results are presented.