基于光学读出的微悬臂梁温度传感器研制

为实现对环境温度的高分辨率、快速、准确测量,设计制作了一种基于光学读出的微悬臂梁温度传感器.由于组成微悬臂梁的两种材料——金和氮化硅热膨胀系数的差异,在温度变化时,梁内部会产生热应力导致其弯曲变形.不同温度下梁的弯曲变形量不同,利用光杠杆方法检测出此变形,经标定后就能实现环境温度的准确测量.实验中设定系统光臂长度为25mm,采用商业化三角形微悬臂梁(长200μm、宽40μm、氮化硅层厚0,6μm,金层厚60nm)对传感器进行了测试,实验结果显示其测量重复性好,温度分辨率达到0.02℃.对于特定尺寸的微悬臂梁,通过优化其双材料厚度比,温度分辨率可达10-4℃,可用于环境温度的精密测量.     

Stiffness and Energy Dissipation of Polymer Matrix Composites Containing Embedded Metallic Negative Stiffness Structures

Background

Conventional composites used in damping applications exhibit an undesirable tradeoff between stiffness and energy dissipation. Recent research demonstrates that it is possible to simultaneously achieve increased stiffness and energy dissipation for a configuration of a viscoelastic polymer matrix placed in parallel with a negative stiffness structure (NSS). This configuration resulted in energy dissipation equal to the sum of its components but is difficult to implement in practice.

Objective

In this paper, an alternative configuration is investigated in which the NSS is embedded simultaneously in series and parallel with the matrix. The main objectives are to examine the tradeoff between the stiffness and energy dissipation of the composite and to identify the mechanisms for enhanced energy dissipation.

Methods

To achieve this, FEA models were used to match the stiffness of a polymer matrix with that of a metallic NSS. Multiple specimens were manufactured and tested under quasi-static compressive loads to determine the force versus displacement curves and calculate the energy dissipation and stiffness.

Results

These tests demonstrate that the total energy dissipation of the composite can be greater than the sum of its components, while maintaining the benefit of increasing the stiffness and damping capacity simultaneously. The results also demonstrate that the applied strain rate plays a critical role in activating the NSS, which is essential to achieve the desired increase in energy dissipation.

Conclusions

The results indicate that localized strain and strain rate at the interface between the NSS and polymer matrix are the main contributors to achieving energy dissipation beyond the sum of its components. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that the strain rate affects the activation of the NSS and therefore composites containing mechanically activated NSS must be designed for the strain rate of interest.

     

粗糙表面的摩擦触觉感知研究

本文中研究了手指触摸粗糙表面的摩擦振动特性、脑电生理反应和主观评价,为产品触感舒适性和抓握可靠性设计以及产品触感量化表征提供理论依据.研究结果显示：随着表面轮廓算术平均偏差和轮廓单元平均宽度的降低,摩擦系数和功率谱重心逐渐增大,垂直偏差逐渐降低;垂直偏差、功率谱重心和摩擦系数特征参数能够反应粗糙表面的形貌特征变化,并且与人的主观感知评价一致,可以用来定量表征人对材料表面粗糙度、细致度和黏着度的感知. ERP曲线的P200成分峰值与接触表面的粗糙特征相关,粗糙度大的表面诱发的P200峰值高;P300成分与人的主观认知判断有关,粗糙感强、细致感差及黏着感低的表面诱发的P300峰值高且潜伏期短.研究表明,材料表面的粗糙特性通过影响皮肤的接触摩擦行为,进而影响人脑的触觉感知和主观评价.表面摩擦振动特性、人脑电生理反应和触感主观评价具有相关性,三者结合是系统研究粗糙表面摩擦触觉感知的有效手段.     

Direct Stiffness Analysis of Lateral Buckling

Abstract

A direct stiffness method of analyzing the elastic ftexural-torsional buckling of rigid-jointed plane frames composed of l-section members and subjected to in-plane loads is presented. The in-plane stiffness matrix and the fixed-end resultants are obtained from the member stiffness matrices derived from the in-plane differential equations. These member stiffness matrices are assembled and solved, and their solutions are used to linearize the flexural-torsional buckling equations. The out-of-plane member stiffness matrices are then obtained numerically from the buckling equations by the method of finite integrals. The out-of-plane frame -stiffness matrix is assembled, and the critical loads are obtained when its determinant is zero. A computer program is developed which carries out either a first- or second-order in-plane analysis, and then determines the flexural-torsional buckling loads. The effects of in-plane deformations prior to buckling can be included. Very good agreement is obtained between the results computed by this program and known solutions, and its ability to analyze large complex frames is demonstrated.     

Nonlinear Stiffness of a Magneto-Rheological Damper

The last decade has witnessed an important role of magneto-rheological dampers in the semi-active vibration control on the basis of empirical models. Those models established by fitting experimental data, however, do not offer any explicit expressions for the stiffness and the damping of magneto-rheological dampers. Hence, it is not easy for engineers to get any intuitive information about the effects of stiffness and damping of a magneto-rheological damper on the dynamic performance of a controlled system. To manifest the nonlinear properties of a magneto-rheological damper, this paper presents the hysteretic phenomena and the additional nonlinear stiffness of a typical magneto-rheological damper in terms of equivalent linear stiffness and equivalent linear damping. Then, it gives a brief discussion about the effect of nonlinear stiffness on the vibration control through the numerical simulations and an experiment for the semi-active suspension of a quarter car model with a magneto-rheological damper installed. Both numerical simulations and experimental results show that the additional nonlinear stiffness in the magneto-rheological damper is remarkable, and should be taken into consideration in the design of vibration control.     

Stiffness of planar tensegrity truss topologies

This paper proposes and demonstrates a symbolic procedure to compute the stiffness of truss structures built up from simple basic units. Geometrical design parameters enter in this computation. A set of equations linear in the degrees-of-freedom, but nonlinear in the design parameters, is solved symbolically in its entirety. The resulting expressions reveal the values of the design parameters which yield desirable properties for the stiffness or stiffness-to-mass ratio. By enumerating a set of topologies, including the number of basic units, and a set of material distribution models, stiffness properties are optimized over these sets. This procedure is applied to a planar tensegrity truss. The results make it possible to optimize the structure with respect to stiffness properties, not only by appropriately selecting (continuous) design parameters like geometric dimensions, but also by selecting an appropriate topology for the structure, e.g., the number of basic units, and a material distribution model, all of which are discrete design decisions.     

Stiffness and damping coefficients of rubber

Summary An analytical-experimental study has been carried out for the estimation of the stiffness and damping coefficients of rubber. A given specimen of a rubber pad (Neoprene GN) in the shape of a solid circular cylinder is subjected to a vibrating force created by an electrodynamic shaker together with a vibration exciter.In the analytical investigation, a mathematical model is developed from which the stiffness and damping coefficients for rubber as well as the damped energy can be evaluated. From the stimulated mathematical model together with the experimental data, the stiffness and damping coefficients could be estimated. Subsequently, the solution for the heat conduction equation describing the temperature field in the rubber speciemen can be formulated. The analytical behaviour of the temperature is found to agree fairly well with the measured temperatures at various locations inside the rubber specimen. This renders the simulating model to be significant with potential for further extension.

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Steiügkeits- und Dämpfungskoeffizienten von Gummi

Übersicht In einer analytisch-experimentellen Arbeit wird das Verhalten einer zylindrischen Probe aus Gummi unter pulsierender Belastung untersucht. Mit Hilfe eines mathematischen Modells und experimenteller Daten können die Steifigkeits- und Dämpfungsparameter von Gummi bestimmt werden. Anschließend wird die Lösung der Wärmeleitungsgleichung für das Temperaturfeld in der Probe angegeben. Die analytische Lösung stimmt mit den Meßwerten gut überein.

     

集成光学角速度传感器及其关键器件的研制

本文介绍了清华大学研制的集成光学角速度传感器 ( IORS)系统方案及其关键器件 ,包括 :( 1 )窄线宽单模光纤 Bragg光栅外腔式二极管激光器 ( FBG- LD) ;( 2 )声体波的声光移频器 ( AOFS)及其直接数字合成 ( DDS)的控制电路 ;( 3)谐振型 IORS( R- IORS)的实验装置 ,采用光纤仿真的光波导 Sagnac敏感环 ( SSR) ;( 4 )干涉型 IORS( I- IORS)的实验装置 ,采用光纤仿真的再入式 SSR。采用上述 AOFS研制了一种全光纤延迟的自外差测量系统 ,用于测量上述 FBG- L D。初步的实验结果表明 ,所提出的上述 R- IORS和 I- IORS都可开发为新型光学陀螺的产品     

Stiffness of spherical bonded rubber bush mountings

Exact closed-form expressions are derived for the torsional stiffnesses of spherical rubber bush mountings in the two principal modes of angular deformation, based upon the classical theory of elasticity. Agreement is found, as limiting cases, with the known results for the torsional stiffness and shear stiffness of an elastomer pad of circular cross-section.     

关于结构刚度方程病态问题的疑难分析

本文围绕矩阵位移法求解结构位移的误差,讨论了结构刚度矩阵的病态问题,指出了计算上的病态常常是结构刚度分布和结构拓扑的不合理,而不一定是计算本身的问题。首先,文章依据误差界的概念和范数的性质推导了衡量结构刚度矩阵病态程度的条件数的公式。然后,阐明了基于不同范数的条件数在衡量矩阵病态程度上的等价性。最后,通过两个具有代表性的算例,分别从结构构件的刚度差异和结构几何拓扑两方面,计算和分析了结构刚度矩阵的病态程度随结构本身性质的改变而改变的规律。在特定的算例中,还有使结构刚度矩阵的病态程度降到最低的最佳刚度分布。     

粗糙薄层弹性体接触刚度分析

薄层弹性体功能结构表面在工程领域有着广泛的应用前景,薄层弹性体的接触特性分析对功能结构表面设计与应用非常重要.采用随机粗糙表面模拟生成技术和有限元分析技术建立了粗糙薄层弹性体表面的接触刚度确定性分析模型,研究了薄层弹性体的接触特性,对基于半数值确定性分析方法的粗糙层-基体层串联模型用于粗糙薄层弹性体接触刚度计算的适用性进行了讨论,进一步分析了粗糙薄层弹性体串联模型接触刚度的误差来源.研究结果表明:当薄层弹性体的基体层厚度小于10倍表面均方根粗糙度时,由传统粗糙层-基体层串联模型分析获得的粗糙薄层弹性体刚度误差将超过15%,误差主要来源于粗糙峰的大变形和基体层的局部变形不均匀的共同作用.     

双渐开线齿轮传动的油膜刚度研究

在齿轮传动系统中,齿轮啮合刚度对振动、冲击、齿轮动力学特性分析以及接触应力计算有重要影响. 根据双渐开线齿轮齿廓啮合特点,基于弹流润滑理论,建立了双渐开线齿轮传动油膜刚度计算模型,研究双渐开线齿轮传动油膜刚度变化规律. 采用对比法分析了双渐开线齿轮与同参数普通渐开线齿轮传动油膜刚度差异,并研究双渐开线齿轮齿廓参数和工况条件对油膜刚度的影响. 分析表明:双渐开线齿轮由于轮齿分阶的影响,与同参数渐开线齿轮传动油膜刚度相比有较大差异;双渐开线齿轮传动油膜刚度随齿腰高度系数的增大而减小,齿腰切向变位系数变化时,油膜刚度基本不变;工况条件变化时,双渐开线齿轮传动油膜刚度随转速的增大而减小,随载荷增量因子的增大而增大.      

抗扭刚度自动测定仪的研究

本文详细介绍了基于电磁涡流比拟理论运用微电脑和辅助机构，研究制造的抗扭刚度自动测定仪的基本原理，系统的误差分析等。对工程轴类以及几种特殊面杆件的抗扭刚度进行了测试研究。     

Stiffness threshold of randomly distributed carbon nanotube networks

For carbon nanotube (CNT) networks, with increasing network density, there may be sudden changes in the properties, such as the sudden change in electrical conductivity at the electrical percolation threshold. In this paper, the change in stiffness of the CNT networks is studied and especially the existence of stiffness threshold is revealed. Two critical network densities are found to divide the stiffness behavior into three stages: zero stiffness, bending dominated and stretching dominated stages. The first critical network density is a criterion to judge whether or not the network is capable of carrying load, defined as the stiffness threshold. The second critical network density is a criterion to measure whether or not most of the CNTs in network are utilized effectively to carry load, defined as bending–stretching transitional threshold. Based on the geometric probability analysis, a theoretical methodology is set up to predict the two thresholds and explain their underlying mechanisms. The stiffness threshold is revealed to be determined by the statical determinacy of CNTs in the network, and can be estimated quantitatively by the stabilization fraction of network, a newly proposed parameter in this paper. The other threshold, bending–stretching transitional threshold, which signs the conversion of dominant deformation mode, is verified to be well evaluated by the proposed defect fraction of network. According to the theoretical analysis as well as the numerical simulation, the average intersection number on each CNT is revealed as the only dominant factor for the electrical percolation and the stiffness thresholds, it is approximately 3.7 for electrical percolation threshold, and 5.2 for the stiffness threshold of 2D networks. For 3D networks, they are 1.4 and 4.4. And it also affects the bending–stretching transitional threshold, together with the CNT aspect ratio. The average intersection number divided by the fourth root of CNT aspect ratio is found to be an invariant at the bending–stretching transitional threshold, which is 6.7 and 6.3 for 2D and 3D networks, respectively. Based on this study, a simple piecewise expression is summarized to describe the relative stiffness of CNT networks, in which the relative stiffness of networks depends on the relative network density as well as the CNT aspect ratio. This formula provides a solid theoretical foundation for the design optimization and property prediction of CNT networks.     

Stiffness contribution of cellulose nanofibrils to composite materials

Nanocomposites, reinforced by different types of cellulose fibrils, have gained increased interest the last years due to the promising mechanical properties. There is a lack of knowledge about the mechanical properties of the cellulose fibrils, and their contribution to the often claimed potential of the impressive mechanical performance of the nanocomposites. This paper investigates the contribution from different types of cellulose nanofibril to the overall elastic properties of composites. A multiscale model is proposed, that allows back-calculation of the elastic properties of the fibril from the macroscopic elastic properties of the composites. The different types of fibrils used were nanofibrillated cellulose from wood, bacterial cellulose nano-whiskers and microcrystalline cellulose. Based on the overall properties of the composite with an unaged polylactide matrix, the effective longitudinal Young’s modulus of the fibrils was estimated to 65 GPa for the nanofibrillated cellulose, 61 GPa for the nano whiskers and only 38 GPa for the microcrystalline cellulose. The ranking and absolute values are in accordance with other studies on nanoscale morphology and stiffness estimates. Electron microscopy revealed that in the melt-processed cellulose nanofibril reinforced thermoplastics, the fibrils tended to agglomerate and form micrometer scale platelets, effectively forming a microcomposite and not a nanocomposite. This dispersion effect has to be addressed when developing models describing the structure–property relations for cellulose nanofibril composites.     

Stiffness properties of particulate composites containing debonded particles

This paper considers the problem of determining the nonlinear bimodular stiffness properties, i.e., the tensile and compressive Young’s moduli and Poisson’s ratios, and the shear modulus, of particulate composite materials with particle–matrix interfacial debonding. It treats the general case in which some of the particles are debonded while the others remain intact. The Mori–Tanaka approach is extended to formulate the method of solution for the present problem. The resulting auxiliary problem of a single debonded particle in an infinite matrix subjected to a remote stress equal to the average matrix stress, for which Eshelby’s solution does not exist, is solved by the finite element method accounting for the particle–matrix separation and contact at the debonded particle–matrix interface. Because of the nonlinear nature of the problem, an iterative process is employed in calculating the stiffness properties. The predicted stiffness properties are compared to the exact solutions of the stiffness properties of particulate composites with body-centered cubic packing arrangement.     

蒙脱土/尼龙6纳米复合材料刚度预测

本文采用交错模型对蒙脱土／尼龙6纳米复合材料的弹性模量进行预测。模型划分为四个区域：以拉伸变形为主的A（蒙脱土片）、B和D区,和同时承受拉伸和剪切两种变形的C区。通过对各区之间合力平衡和变形协调的简单分析,本文得到了封闭形式的蒙脱土／尼龙6纳米复合材料模量预测公式。引用文献[1]中的蒙脱土材料的几何参数和弹性常数,以及纯尼龙6的弹性常数,对纳米复合材料的模量进行预测,预测结果与实验结果基本吻合。有限元法对交错模型的分析证实了理论模型中变形区划分的合理性,同时也发现FEM的预测结果与实验更为接近。     

Joint Stiffness Control of a Two-Link Flexible Arm

In this study, results are presented for the control of impactinduced transient oscillations on a two-link flexible arm by varying thestiffness of an elbow actuator. Case studies were conducted to determinethe effectiveness of the control method as various arm parameters suchas payload, length, elbow angle, and elbow stiffness changed. Theresults of selected cases were then verified experimentally anddemonstrated that the suggested controller was effective, robust, andquite insensitive to parameter variations.     

Multi-scale Modeling of Vision-Guided Remodeling and Age-Dependent Growth of the Tree Shrew Sclera During Eye Development and Lens-Induced Myopia

The sclera uses unknown mechanisms to match the eye’s axial length to its optics during development, producing eyes with good focus (emmetropia). A myopic eye is too long for its own optics. We propose a multi-scale computational model to simulate eye development based on the assumption that scleral growth is controlled by genetic factors while scleral remodeling is driven by genetic factors and the eye’s refractive error. We define growth as a mechanism that changes the tissue volume and mass while remodeling involves internal micro-deformations that are volume-preserving at the macro-scale. The model was fitted against longitudinal refractive measurements in tree shrews of different ages and exposed to three different visual conditions: (i) normal development; (ii) negative lens wear to induce myopia; and (iii) recovery from myopia by removing the negative lens. The model was able to replicate the age- and vision-dependent response of the tree shrew experiments. Scleral growth ceased at younger age than scleral remodeling. The remodeling rate decreased as the eye emmetropized but increased at any age when a negative lens was put on. The predictive power of the model was investigated by calculating the susceptibility to scleral remodeling and the response to form deprivation myopia in tree shrews. Both predictions were in good agreement with experimental data that were not used to fit the model. We propose the first model that distinguishes scleral growth from remodeling. The good agreement of our results with experimental data supports the notion that scleral growth and scleral remodeling are two independently controlled mechanisms during eye development.