Potential of a piezoelectric energy harvester from sea waves

A sea wave energy harvester from the longitudinal wave motion of water particles is developed. The harvester consisting of a cantilever substrate attached by piezoelectric patches and a proof mass is used to collect electrical energy owing to the electromechanical coupling effect of the piezoelectric patches from the longitudinal wave motion. To describe the energy harvesting process, a mathematical model is developed to calculate the output charge and voltage from the piezoelectric patches according to the Airy linear wave theory and classical elastic beam model. Results show that the mean value of the generated power increases with the increase in the ratio of the width to the thickness of the cantilever, the wave height, the sea depth (which equals to the cantilever height in this study), the ratio of the proof mass to the cantilever mass, and the ratio of the sea depth to the wave length. A value of the power up to 55 W can be realized for a practical sea wave with the values of the sea depth, wave height and wave length to be 3 m, 2 m, and 15 m, respectively. The collected power harvesting with respect to different categories of the sea waves are provided. Our simulations also show the generated electric power can be further increased by an increase in dimensions of the harvester considering the scale effect. This research develops a new technique for energy harvesting from sea waves by piezoelectric energy harvesters.     

Computational fluid-dynamics-based analysis of a ball valve performance in the presence of cavitation

In this paper, the ball valve performance is numerically simulated using an unstructured CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) code based on the finite volume method. Navier-Stokes equations in addition to a transport equation for the vapor volume fraction were coupled in the RANS solver. Separation is modeled very well with a modification of turbulent viscosity. The results of CFD calculations of flow through a ball valve, based on the concept of experimental data, are described and analyzed. Comparison of the flow pattern at several opening angles is investigated. Pressure drop behind the ball valve and formation of the vortex flow downstream the valve section are also discussed. As the opening of the valve decreases, the vortices grow and cause higher pressure drop. In other words, more energy is lost due to these growing vortices. In general, the valve opening plays very important roles in the performance of a ball valve.     

Controlling the surface buckling wrinkles by patterning the material system of hard-nano-film/soft-matter-substrate

Wrinkling and buckling of nano-films on the compliant substrate are always induced due to thermal deformation mismatch.This paper proposes effective means to control the surface wrinkling of thin film on the compliant substrate,which exploits the curvatures of the curve cracks designed on the stiff film.The procedures of the method are summarized as:1)curve patterns are fabricated on the surface of PDMS(Polydimethylsiloxane)substrate and then the aluminum film with the thickness of several hundred nano-meters is deposited on the substrate;2)the curve patterns are transferred onto the aluminum film and lead to cracking of the film along the curves.The cracking redistributes the stress in the compressed film on the substrate;3)on the concave side of the curve,the wrinkling of the film surface is suppressed to be identified as shielding effect and on the convex side the wrinkling of the film surface is induced to be identified as inductive effect.The shielding and inductive effects make the dis-ordered wrinkling and buckling controllable.This phenomenon provides a potential application in the fabrication of flexible electronic devices.     

Effects of sintering temperature and atmosphere on magnetism in Mn-doped TiO2 bulk samples

Magnetic properties have been investigated on Mn doped TiO₂(Ti_0.98Mn_0.02O₂) bulk samples prepared by solid state reaction, which were sintered at different temperature ranging from 450 ^°C to 900 ^°C in air and argon atmosphere, respectively. The results show that the magnetic properties were strongly dependent on the sintering temperature and atmosphere. For samples sintered in air, the magnetization initially increase with the increase of sintering temperature up to 600 ^°C and thereafter it decrease. While the magnetization of samples sintered in argon atmosphere decreases monotonically with the increase of sintering temperature. Furthermore, for samples sintered at 600 ^°C in air, the magnetic susceptibility exhibits a dominant Curie-Weiss behaviour and no magnetic transition is observed over the temperature range from 10 to 300 K. In contrast, for samples sintered in argon atmosphere, besides the magnetic transition near 45 K perhaps caused by Mn₃O₄, another magnetic transition appears near room temperature.     

“现代谱分析图形软件系统”的一些应用

“现代谱分析图形软件系统”是一个以谱分析为主体的大型软件，它包括了３２种当前典型的现代谱分析方法、经典谱分析方法和其它常用信号分析方法，并具有丰富的图形处理功能。本文介绍了该软件系统的基本功能和主要特点，研究了它在现代谱分析、水声、医疗、语音分析等领域的应用，并分析了有关结果。     

可接入射频半实物的试验数据转换系统设计与实现

试验环节是产品研制生命周期中的重要环节,但是一直以来都缺乏有效的管理手段,在整个测试阶段都存在大量的人为的、重复性的工作,导致试验效率低下,为改善这一现状,提高试验效率,提出了一种基于PXIe数据采集系统,借助LabVIEW和DIAdem软件的测试系统解决方案：以LabVIEW控制数据高速同步采集,DIAdem调用LabVIEW模块执行算法分析,通过软件集成,实现对测试系统的全面管理,包括数据采集、数据检索、数据分析、报表生成及整个流程的自动化控制。本文以C919飞机电源测试系统为介绍对象,对该套测试系统解决方案进行阐述,实际测试情况表明,在数据吞吐率大于200M/S的情况下,相对传统测试方法,该测试方案在保证测试精度的基础上,极大的提高了试验效率,极大的提高了系统的可扩展性和可维护性。     

故障树模块化在装甲车辆灭火系统故障诊断中的应用

为了实现装甲装备灭火系统故障的快速诊断,提出了一种故障树模块化分析方法;对灭火系统故障树进行深度优先最左遍历,并记录遍历过程,按照遍历顺序对故障树中的每个事件进行标定,并将灭火系统故障树划分为相互独立的模块,依据划分的模块可以通过故障现象对模块内的故障进行排查及修复;实验结果分析表明,该方法可以快速修复模块故障,恢复系统功能,简化了以往对灭火系统所有子事件遍历查错的繁琐过程。该方法同样可以计算故障模块的失效概率,并可以实现故障模块的整体更换,恢复系统性能;证明了故障树模块化方法在灭火系统故障诊断中具有较高的效率,简化了灭火系统诊断流程,在装甲车辆其他系统故障诊断中具有借鉴作用,符合现代作战对于装备保障的需求。     

双折射调谐器设计的等色图原理

提出双折射调谐器设计的等色图方法，给出原理。分析表明当晶片光轴处在以折射光线为轴线、顶角为４５°的圆锥面上时，双折射调谐器具有最快的波长调谐速率；当光轴位于过折射光线并与入射面成４５°或１３５°的平面内时，调谐器抑制非所需波长的能力最强。由此给出光轴相对晶片表面的两个优化取向，对石英晶片它们分别为１８．７１２°和５９．９２２°。文中还给出了三块晶片组合的调谐器的设计例子，对其调谐特性进行了简要的讨论。     

Construction and cosmic-ray test of the new inner drift chamber for BESIII

A new inner drift chamber has been built which can replace the aged part of the BESIII drift chamber when needed. The design of the new inner drift chamber can minimize the ineffective area in the very forward and backward region and hence reduce the background event rate. With this design, the new inner drift chamber is expected to have a longer lifetime and improved performance due to the lower occupancy. The endplates and the cylinder were machined with high precision. Wire stringing was performed after the mechanical structure was assembled, and good quality of wire stringing was ensured by measurement of the tension and leakage current of the wires. After completion of the physical construction of the new chamber, a cosmic-ray test was carried out to test its performance. The results of the cosmic-ray test show that the new inner chamber achieves a spatial resolution of127 μm and a d E/dx resolution of 6.4%, which satisfies the design specifications.     

New side-pump scheme for large mode area fiber lasers by wrapping polished fibers conjugate caustic removed

With the purpose of uniform gain coefficient along the axial direction in the core of gain guided and index anti-guided fiber, a new kind of side-pump scheme by wrapping particularly treated fibers around the central GGIAG fiber is reported in this paper. According to leakage mode analysis on wrapped fiber and numerical simulation on this pumping structure having ytterbium doped central fiber and conventional wrapped side fiber, we find this kind of pump scheme can improve the uniformity of gain coefficient along the fiber direction, and also, it can support multi channels of pumping sources by adding more side fibers to improve the total effective incident pumping power.