Block copolymer micelles with enzyme molecules at the interfaces

This research provides an efficient method for the fabrication of hybrid micelles with enzyme molecules at the interfaces. Amphiphilic block copolymer is synthesized by reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization, and thiol‐modified porcine pancreatic lipase (PPL‐SH) is obtained by treatment of native PPL with Traut's reagent. PPL‐SH is conjugated to the block copolymer chains by thiol‐disulfide exchange reaction. In phosphate buffered saline, the bioconjugate self‐assembles into micelles with enzyme molecules at the interfaces between hydrophobic cores and hydrophilic coronae. The bioactivity of the enzyme molecules on the micelles are compared with the native enzyme. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2017 , 55, 2047–2052     

Nanofibers prepared by electrospinning from solutions of biobased polyamide 4

A successful preparation of polyamide 4 nanofibers via electrostatic spinning with diameters close to 100 nm is described. Polyamide 4 was prepared by the anionic ring‐opening polymerization of 2‐pyrrolidone and characterized. The effect of the system parameters (i.e., molar mass of the polymer, the solvent system) and the process parameters (i.e., the electrode‐to‐collector distance) during the electrostatic spinning have been studied. The morphology of the polyamide 4 fiber layers is given except molar mass of the polymer and the concentration of its solution primarily by the conformation of polyamide chains due to polyelectrolyte effect which was confirmed by viscosity measurements. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2017 , 55, 2203–2210     

3D stress local nondestructive analysis in the middle plane of a plate

The Isodyne technique based on the scattered light scanning from a thin laser beam can be used to obtain the information inside the loaded object in the room temperature nondestructively, so it is a very powerful technique in 3D stress analysis. The problems are how to interpret the information and how to get sufficient information from the few interference fringe. Birefringence phase shift technique can distinguish the fringe orders automatically and enrich the information in 256 gray levels between maxim and minim light intensity. In the paper the Isodyne birefringence phase shift method with an oblique incidence and equilibrium equation is presented, by which the 3D stresses in the middle plane of a plate with U shape notch are separated successfully. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under the Grant No. 1380345     

SIF-based fracture criterion for interface cracks

The complex stress intensity factor K governing the stress field of an interface crack tip may be split into two parts, i.e.,■ and s~(-iε), so that K = ■ s~(-iε), s is a characteristic length and ε is the oscillatory index. ■ has the same dimension as the classical stress intensity factor and characterizes the interface crack tip field. That means a criterion for interface cracks may be formulated directly with■, as Irwin(ASME J. Appl. Mech. 24:361–364, 1957) did in 1957 for the classical fracture mechanics. Then, for an interface crack,it is demonstrated that the quasi Mode I and Mode II tip fields can be defined and distinguished from the coupled mode tip fields. Built upon SIF-based fracture criteria for quasi Mode I and Mode II, the stress intensity factor(SIF)-based fracture criterion for mixed mode interface cracks is proposed and validated against existing experimental results.     

Nonlinear thickness-shear vibration of an infinite piezoelectric plate with flexoelectricity based on the method of multiple scales

This paper presents a nonlinear thickness-shear vibration model for onedimensional infinite piezoelectric plate with flexoelectricity and geometric nonlinearity. The constitutive equations with flexoelectricity and governing equations are derived from the Gibbs energy density function and variational principle. The displacement adopted here is assumed to be antisymmetric through the thickness due to the thickness-shear vibration mode. Only the shear strain gradient through the thickness is considered in the present model. With geometric nonlinearity, the governing equations are converted into differential equations as the function of time by the Galerkin method. The method of multiple scales is employed to obtain the solution to the nonlinear governing equation with first order approximation. Numerical results show that the nonlinear thickness-shear vibration of piezoelectric plate is size dependent, and the flexoelectric effect has significant influence on the nonlinear thickness-shear vibration frequencies of micro-size thin plates. The geometric nonlinearity also affects the thickness-shear vibration frequencies greatly. The results show that flexoelectricity and geometric nonlinearity cannot be ignored in design of accurate high-frequency piezoelectric devices.     

利用铝＋氮或钛＋氮离子束辅助沉积改善纯铁摩擦学性能的研究

离子束辅助沉积是近几年发展起来的一种将离子注入与薄膜沉积融为一体的材料表面改性新技术。利用Ａｌ＋Ｎ＋或Ｔｉ＋Ｎ＋离子束辅助沉积对工业纯铁进行了表面改性处理，并且就其摩擦学性能与未经表面改性处理之纯铁试样的作了对比试验研究，同时还利用俄歇电子能谱仪、掠角Ｘ射线衍射仪和扫描电子显微镜等分析测试手段对离子束改性层的成分深度分布和微观组织结构，以及磨痕的表面形貌和元素面分布进行了分析。结果表明，Ａｌ＋Ｎ＋或Ｔｉ＋Ｎ＋离子束辅助沉积可以在纯铁表面形成Ｆｅ４Ｎ、Ｆｅ３Ａｌ或Ｆｅ２Ｎ、Ｆｅ２Ｔｉ等强化相，因而使材料的表层显微硬度分别提高了２１．５％和５８．４％，稳态摩擦下的摩擦系数分别降低约８０％和８３％，平均磨损量分别降低约７１％和８６％；磨损形式主要由纯铁严重的粘着磨损转化为轻微的氧化磨损。     

含孔洞粘塑性材料剪切带的正交性条件

本文通过对粘塑性材料剪切带中含孔洞的代表体元的细观力学分析，得到了剪切带的宏观本构热和本构关系。采用上限方法，给出了多孔粘塑性材料正交流动法则存在的条件。     

基于改进遗传算法主动柔性结构压电元件位置优化

基于改进的遗传算法提出了一种解决多压电片布置在柔性结构上以实现振动主动控制的有效方法.本文采用D优化设计准则,即把Fisher信息矩阵行列式最大值作为目标函数的一种优化方法.通过对结构模态振型和动力特性的研究,使用一种简单的方法将所选择的低阶模态振型转化为归一化形式,最后通过结构模态振型可确定压电片最优位置.为了达到更好的振动控制效果,压电片布置在结构模态应变最大位置处.当在结构不同位置上布置压电片时,结构各阶模态振型也将随之发生不同程度的变化.本文建立了ANSYS软件和遗传算法的接口来实现对结构的模态重分析,从而提取各阶模态振型.     

Experimental analysis of the influence of damping on the resonance behavior of a spherical pendulum

This study describes the experimental and numerical dynamic analysis of a kinematically excited spherical pendulum. The stability of the response in the vertical plane was analyzed in the theoretically predicted auto-parametric resonance domain. Three different types of the resonance domain were investigated the properties of which depended significantly on the dynamic parameters of the pendulum and the excitation amplitude. A mathematical model was used to represent the nonlinear characteristics of the pendulum, which includes the asymmetrical damping. A special frame was developed to carry out the experiments, which contained the pendulum supported by the Cardan joint and two magnetic units attached to the supporting axes of rotation, and this was able to reproduce linear viscous damping for both of the principal response components. The stability analysis of the system was compared with the numerical solution of the governing equations and experimental observation. The most significant practical outcomes for designers are also summarized.     

基于离散元模型的土石混合体直剪试验分析

土石混合体是由高强度块石和低强度土体组成的一类特殊工程地质材料,其力学性质可通过直剪试验进行确定.论文针对土石混合体的细观材料特性,分别采用球形颗粒单元和非规则组合颗粒单元模拟土体和块石材料,对其在不同含石量和颗粒粘结强度下的直剪试验过程进行离散元分析.计算结果表明,土石混合体的抗剪强度随着含石量和粘结强度的增加而增加;通过不同法向应力下直剪试验的离散元分析,确定了不同含石量下土石混合体材料的内摩擦角和粘聚力.论文研究结果有助于进一步揭示土石混合体的抗剪强度特性.