A review on research of fire dynamics in high-rise buildings

Since serious fire occurred frequently in recent years, fire safety of high-rise building hasattracted extensive attention. A National Basic Research Program (973 program) of China has been setup by Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of China in 2012 to meet the research requirementsof fire safety in high-rise buildings. This paper reviews the current state of art of research onfire dynamics of high-rise buildings, including the up-to-date progress of this project. Thefollowing three subjects on fire dynamics of high-rise buildings are addressed in this review: theejected flame and fire plumebehavior over facade out ofthe compartment window, the flame spread behavior over facade thermal insulation materials, and the buoyancy-driven smoke transportationcharacteristicsalong long vertical channels in high-rise buildings. Prospective future works are discussed andsummarized.     

Simulation on spread of fire smoke in the elevator shaft for a high-rise building

Spread of fire smoke in the elevator shaft of a high-rise building is influenced by many driving facts. We simulate smoke spreading in the elevator shaft, stair room, and pre-chamber with and without different supplied pressurized air. The simulation shows that smoke moves very fast in the elevator shaft. When a 12 floor high-rise building is in fire, smoke can fill up the elevator shaft in less than 1.5 min after a fire started, temperature in the elevator shaft can be higher than 187°C in 5 min, and the concentration of CO can also reach a high level. The elevator shaft has a very low visibility in less than about 100 s.     

流体边界层上电磁力的控制效应研究

利用作用于流体边界层上的电磁体积力改变流体边界层的结构,研究电磁力对流场的控制作用效果. 电极与磁极交替分布的电磁场激活板包覆在圆柱体表面置于流动的电解质溶液中,产生的电磁力沿圆柱体表面分布,可以改变流体边界层的结构,从而实现对流场的控制.用电磁屏蔽和时域控制的方法调整电磁力的时空分布参数,圆柱绕流分离点可以在前驻点和后驻点之间变动,产生不同的控制效果. 流体边界层上的电磁力能连续控制圆柱绕流、尾流涡街的形态. 正向电磁力具有较好的消涡、减震和减阻控制效应. 反向电磁力具有明显的增涡控制效应,具有较强的制动控制效应,此时圆柱体表面涡量分布的对称性和稳定性被破坏.     

Numerical simulation of effects of flow maldistribution on heat and mass transfer in a PEM fuel cell stack

A 3D numerical study was carried out to analyze flow, heat and mass transfer first in a single half-cell cathode channel of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell. From practical point of view, it is necessary to put the appropriate number of cells in a stack. Hence, the above study on a single half-cell is extended to a stack of channels. Due to stacking, the assumption of uniform flow distribution would no longer hold true. Therefore, the channel flow-maldistribution is considered. The water formed at the active surface due to the electrochemical reaction diffuses through the porous layer and eventually enters the gas flow duct. The higher gas velocities in the duct result in faster water vapour removal which leads to a lower value of water vapour into the duct and hence a lower Nusselt number.     

Nonlinear and viscous effects on wave propagation in an elastic axisymmetric vessel

In this paper, a power series and Fourier series approach is used to solve the governing equations of motion in an elastic axisymmetric vessel with the assumption that the fluid is incompressible and Newtonian in a laminar flow. We obtain solutions for the wave speed and attenuation coefficient, analytically where possible, and show how these differ under a number of different conditions. Viscosity is found to reduce the wave speed from that predicted by linear wave theory and the nonlinear terms to increase the wave speed in comparison to the linear solution. For vessels with a wall stiffness in the arterial range, the reduction in the wave speed due to the viscous terms is approximately 10% and the increase due to the nonlinear terms is approximately 5%. This difference between the linear and nonlinear wave speeds was found to be largely constant irrespective of the number of terms considered in the power series for the velocity profile. The linear wave speed was found to vary weakly with stiffness, whilst the nonlinear wave speed was found to vary significantly with the stiffness, especially at low values of stiffness. The 10% variation in the wave speed due to the viscous terms was found to be constant with wall stiffness whilst the 5% variation due to the nonlinear terms was found to vary with wall stiffness. The importance of the number of terms considered in the power series is discussed showing that only a relatively small number is required in the viscous case to obtain accurate results.     

Analysis of electric boundary condition effects on crack propagation in piezoelectric ceramics

There are three types of cracks: impermeable crack, permeable crack and conducting crack, with different electric boundary conditions on faces of cracks in piezoelectric ceramics, which poses difficulties in the analysis of piezoelectric fracture problems. In this paper, in contrast to our previous FEM formulation, the numerical analysis is based on the used of exact electric boundary conditions at the crack faces, thus the common assumption of electric impermeability in the FEM analysis is avoided. The crack behavior and elasto-electric fields near a crack tip in a PZT-5 piezoelectric ceramic under mechanical, electrical and coupled mechanical-electrical loads with different electric boundary conditions on crack faces are investigated. It is found that the dielectric medium between the crack faces will reduce the singularity of stress and electric displacement. Furthermore, when the permittivity of the dielectric medium in the crack gap is of the same order as that of the piezoelectric ceramic, the crack becomes a conducting crack, the applied electric field has no effect on the crack propagation. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (19672026, 19891180)     

Electrostatic effects on pressure drop in tube flows

Electrohydrodynamic effects on forced convection in tubes may have significant implications for enhancement of heat exchanger performance in heat pumps and other devices. Of particular concern in such applications is the possibility of increased pressure drop associated with electrostatic discharge. Large frictional losses could substantially increase the required pumping power, offsetting performance gains associated with improved heat transfer rates.

This articles describes a series of experiments designed to determine the effects of corona discharge on pressure fields for air flow in cylindrical tubes. Experiments were performed with a single concentric electrode in the tube and with two nonconcentric electrodes. Measurements were performed at potentials from the onset of measurable current to near the spark-over point and at Reynolds numbers from 10³ to 2 × 10⁴. Friction factors were seen to increase as much as 250 percent over the values obtained in the absence of an applied electric field. Results suggest that the electrostatic effect on pressure drop is very sensitive to current density, Reynolds number, and electrode configuration.     

Slip effects on shearing flows in a porous medium

This paper deals with the magnetohydrodynamic （MHD） flow of an Oldroyd 8-constant fluid in a porous medium when no-slip condition is no longer valid. Modified Darcy＇s law is used in the flow modelling. The non-linear differential equation with non-linear boundary conditions is solved numerically using finite difference scheme in combination with an iterative technique. Numerical results are obtained for the Couette, Poiseuille and generalized Couette flows. The effects of slip parameters on the velocity profile are discussed.     

Numerical study on wave propagation in a low-rigidity elastic medium considering the effects of gravity

We discuss the effects of vertical gravity force on wave propagation when a material is intermediate between solid and fluid, especially we focus on what kinds of phase are generated and how it propagates on the surface. We introduce gravity terms into the 2D linear finite element method in order to account for the contribution from the gravity. Numerical simulations are conducted for a half-space model and a two-layered, single horizontal layer overlain on a half-space, model. Both models are compared between the results including and excluding the viscosity. The fastest phase propagating from a surface point source, a leaking Rayleigh wave for usual elastic material, is transformed into an interesting phase including some common features to the gravity wave when the gravity effect becomes significant. The viscosity does not affect the fastest phases, whereas it affects other latter phases appearing only for the two-layered model.     

Thermophoretic effects on nano-particle deposition in channel flow

In this study, deposition of particles with diameters of 3, 5, and 10 nm in a finite-length heated channel flow is numerically studied under both molecular diffusion and thermophoretic effects. Two types of thermal conditions were examined. The first condition involved various inlet temperatures with a fixed wall temperature. The second condition involved various wall temperatures and a fixed inlet temperature. For a finite channel length, higher particle deposition can be obtained for the various inlet temperature and fixed wall temperature cases. However, for the same temperature ranges, complete particle collection on the wall can only be achieved under various wall temperatures and fixed inlet temperature cases when the channel length is long enough. This is because a temperature gradient appears in these cases. The temperature gradient in the various inlet wall temperatures and fixed wall temperature cases is zero when the flow is thermally fully developed.     

Experimental evidence of parasitic effects in the shear test on sandwich beams

The present work is an experimental investigation of the standard shear test ASTM C273 carried out on sandwich structures. The goal is to highlight and to quantify some parasitic effects that occur during this test. A suitable optical method providing whole-field measurements has been used to capture the displacement and strain fields during the test. Some parasitic effects have been detected: the steel plates bend during the test, the shear strain reaches zero near the free edges and compressive/tensile strains occur in this zone.     

Size effects on tensile and compressive strengths in metallic glass nanowires

Shear localization induced brittleness is the main drawback of metallic glasses which restricts their practical applications. Previous experiments have provided insights on how to suppress shear localization by reducing the sample size of metallic glasses to the order of 100 nm. In order to reveal the size effects and associated deformation mechanisms of metallic glasses in an even finer scale, we perform large-scale atomistic simulations for the uniaxial compression and tension of metallic glass nanowires. The simulation results show that, as the diameter of metallic glass samples decreases from 45 nm to 8 nm, the tensile yield strength increases while the compressive yield strength decreases. Homogeneous flow is observed as the governing deformation mechanism in all simulated metallic glass samples, where plastic shearing tends to initiate on the sample surface and propagate into the interior. To rationalize the size dependence of yield strengths, we propose a theoretical model based on the concept of surface stress and Mohr–Coulomb criterion. The theoretical predictions agree well with the simulation results, implying the important role of surface stress on the yielding of MGs below 100 nm. Finally, a discussion about the size effects of strength in metallic glasses at different length scales is provided. Our results suggest that the shear band energy and surface stress might be the two crucial parameters in determining the critical size required for the transition from shear localization to homogeneous deformation in MGs.     

复合材料层板边缘效应的准相似元解法

用准相似单元法研究了复合材料层板直边和孔边的自由边缘效应，得到了一些具有工程意义的结果。准相似单元法是相似单元法的推广，利用这一方法可以求解三维的应力集中问题，避免了求单刚时的重复计算。由于采用了按相似层求解的技术，应用准相似单元法求解应力集中问题时对计算机容量的要求大为降低     

An analysis on three-dimensional effects near the tip of a crack in an elastic plate

An infinite plate containing a finite through crack under tensile loading is analysed by Fourier transform based on the Kane-Mindlin kinematic assumptions for the quasi-three-dimensional deformation of plates in extension. The asymptotic expressions of stress and displacement fields near the crack tip, the variation of the stress intensity factor with the plate-thickness and the three-dimensional deformation zone near the crack tip are investigated. The results of the analysis show that, (a) the crack-tip stress and displacement fields accounting for the plate-thickness effects are different from the plane stress solutions and this is true even for extremely small parameter (=1–vh/6 a). In a very small region near the crack tip, plane strain solutions prevail; (b) the ratio of the stress intensity factor K_I to the corresponding plane stress one K_I, K_I/K _I ^o , approaches 1/(1–v²) as tends to zero; (c) plane stress solutions can give satisfactory results for points a distance from the crack tip greater than about three-fourths of the plate-thickness; (d) the linear elastic result for the zone of three-dimensional effects is approximately valid for an elasto-plastic material with linear strain-hardening when the plastic tangential mudulus E_t is not very small.The Project Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China.     

Acoustoelastic effects on mode waves in a fluid-filled pressurized borehole in triaxially stressed formations

Based on the nonlinear theory of acoustoelasticity, considering the triaxial terrestrial stress, the fluid static pressure in the borehole and the fluid nonlinear effect jointly, the dispersion curves of the monopole Stoneley wave and dipole flexural wave propagating along the borehole axis in a homogeneous isotropic formation are investigated by using the perturbation method. The relation of the sensitivity coefficient and the velocity-stress coefficient to frequency are also analyzed. The results show that variations of the phase velocity dispersion curve are mainly affected by three sensitivity coefficients related to third-order elastic constant. The borehole stress concentration causes a split of the flexural waves and an intersection of the dispersion curves of the flexural waves polarized in directions parallel and normal to the uniaxial horizontal stress direction. The stress-induced formation anisotropy is only dependent on the horizontal deviatoric terrestrial stress and independent of the horizontal mean terrestrial stress, the superimposed stress and the fluid static pressure. The horizontal terrestrial stress ratio ranging from 0 to 1 reduces the stress-induced formation anisotropy. This makes the intersection of flexural wave dispersion curves not distinguishable. The effect of the fluid nonlinearity on the dispersion curve of the mode wave is small and can be ignored.The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10272004) and The Special Science Foundation of the Doctoral Discipline of the Ministry of Education of China(20050001016) The English text was polished by Keren Wang.     

风沙运动的沙粒带电机理及其影响的研究进展

土壤风蚀以及沙尘暴是人类面临的重大自然环境灾害之一,它直接关系着人类的生存环境和生活质量.许多国家和政府以及科学家们对此一直十分关注并开展了大量研究.由于大气和地表条件的多样性以及地表沙粒的运动与风场作用的相互耦合,导致风沙运动问题研究的复杂性.除此之外,伴随着对风沙运动机理的研究和对沙尘暴的观测,人们发现在风沙跃移运动和沙尘暴中的沙粒带有电荷并形成风沙电场.沙粒的运动不仅导致沙粒带电和风沙电场形成,而且也直接受到沙粒带电和风沙电场的影响.为了弄清风沙电的起因以及揭示其影响规律,研究人员对此进行了野外观测、实验室测量和理论推测等.本文将就这一问题重点介绍有关风沙运动中沙粒带电的机理、风沙电场分布规律、沙粒带电对风沙运动的微宏观物理量以及沙尘暴中沙粒带电对电磁波散射的影响等方面的实验和理论研究的基本概况和进展以及作者等人在此方面的研究工作.主要包含内容有:沙粒带电及其电场的基本实验测量,粒带电对风沙运动的影响,沙尘暴对电磁波衰减的影响研究以及有关风沙起电的机理研究等.同时,对这一研究领域中目前关注与存在的主要问题给予评述.图6参81      

环境温度对熔铸炸药圆柱体装药热安全性的影响

根据热爆炸理论的热平衡方程,在Thomas边界条件下,数值计算了热爆炸临界体系温度、临界环境温度和临界装药尺寸的关系。在不同的温度范围,环境温度对临界尺寸的影响不同:在80℃以上,温度的影响比较显著;而在70℃以下,温度的影响不太显著;环境温度为105℃时,环境温度对临界尺寸的影响结果也就是FrankKamenetskii热量平衡方程在稳态条件下的处理结果,且是最保守的估计。作为示例列出了一种EAK(Ethylenediaminedinitrate Ammomiumnitrate Totassiumnitrate)基的分子间炸药的热爆炸临界条件的计算结果。     

Numerical investigation of Dufour and Soret effects on unsteady MHD natural convection flow past vertical plate embedded in non-Darcy porous medium

The Dufour and Soret effects on the unsteady two-dimensional magnetohydro-dynamics(MHD) double-diffusive free convective flow of an electrically conducting fluidpast a vertical plate embedded in a non-Darcy porous medium are investigated numeri-cally.The governing non-linear dimensionless equations are solved by an implicit finitedifference scheme of the Crank-Nicolson type with a tridiagonal matrix manipulation.The effects of various parameters entering into the problem on the unsteady dimension-less velocity,temperature,and concentration profiles are studied in detail.Furthermore,the time variation of the skin friction coefficient,the Nusselt number,and the Sherwoodnumber is presented and analyzed.The results show that the unsteady velocity,tem-perature,and concentration profiles are substantially influenced by the Dufour and Soreteffects.When the Dufour number increases or the Soret number decreases,both the skinfriction and the Sherwood number decrease,while the Nusselt number increases.It isfound that,when the magnetic parameter increases,the velocity and the temperaturedecrease in the boundary layer.     

Study on a straight dislocation in an icosahedral quasicrystal with piezoelectric effects

An electro-elastic analysis is performed on an icosahedral quasicrystal with piezoelectric effects containing a straight dislocation. The closed-form expressions for the elastic and electric fields are obtained using the extended Stroh formalism. The effects of piezoelectric constant on the phonon displacement, phason displacement, and electric potential are discussed in detail.     

Particle size and boundary geometry effects on the bulk friction coefficient of sheared granular materials in the inertial regime

Glass beads of varying diameters (d=2,3,4$d=2,3,4$, and 5 mm) are used to measure the ratio of shear-to-normal stress, or bulk friction coefficient, generated inside an annular shear cell at high shearing rates. The effects of the particle size, the solids concentration, and the shear rate are explored. It is found that (1) for a given particle size, the magnitude of the bulk friction coefficient decreases with increasing solids concentration, (2) for a given solids concentration, the bulk friction coefficient decreases with increasing particle size, and (3) the bulk friction coefficient is independent of the shear rate except for cases with low solids concentration, where it decreases with increasing shear rate. The boundary geometry is found to affect bulk friction only for dilute (low solids concentration) flows involving small particles.