Discrete element modelling of pebble beds: With application to uniaxial compression tests of ceramic breeder pebble beds

In this paper, a discrete element simulation scheme for pebble beds in fusion blankets is presented. Each individual pebble is considered as one element obeying equilibrium conditions under contact forces. We study not only the rearrangement of particles but also the overall behaviour of an assembly under the action of macroscopic compressive stresses. Using random close packing as initial configurations, the discrete element simulation of the uniaxial compression test has been quantitatively compared to experiments. This method yields the distribution of the inter-particle contact forces. Moreover, the micro-macro relations have been investigated to relate the microscopic information, such as the maximum contact force and the coordination number inside the assembly, to the macroscopic stress variables.     

Space-Air-Ground Integrated Mobile Crowdsensing for Partially Observable Data Collection by Multi-Scale Convolutional Graph Reinforcement Learning

Mobile crowdsensing (MCS) is attracting considerable attention in the past few years as a new paradigm for large-scale information sensing. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have played a significant role in MCS tasks and served as crucial nodes in the newly-proposed space-air-ground integrated network (SAGIN). In this paper, we incorporate SAGIN into MCS task and present a Space-Air-Ground integrated Mobile CrowdSensing (SAG-MCS) problem. Based on multi-source observations from embedded sensors and satellites, an aerial UAV swarm is required to carry out energy-efficient data collection and recharging tasks. Up to date, few studies have explored such multi-task MCS problem with the cooperation of UAV swarm and satellites. To address this multi-agent problem, we propose a novel deep reinforcement learning (DRL) based method called Multi-Scale Soft Deep Recurrent Graph Network (ms-SDRGN). Our ms-SDRGN approach incorporates a multi-scale convolutional encoder to process multi-source raw observations for better feature exploitation. We also use a graph attention mechanism to model inter-UAV communications and aggregate extra neighboring information, and utilize a gated recurrent unit for long-term performance. In addition, a stochastic policy can be learned through a maximum-entropy method with an adjustable temperature parameter. Specifically, we design a heuristic reward function to encourage the agents to achieve global cooperation under partial observability. We train the model to convergence and conduct a series of case studies. Evaluation results show statistical significance and that ms-SDRGN outperforms three state-of-the-art DRL baselines in SAG-MCS. Compared with the best-performing baseline, ms-SDRGN improves 29.0% reward and 3.8% CFE score. We also investigate the scalability and robustness of ms-SDRGN towards DRL environments with diverse observation scales or demanding communication conditions.     

Syntheses and Bioactivity of o- or p-Trifluoromethylphenyl Phosphates

o- and p-Trifluoromethylphenyl phosphates designed as mechanism-based phosphotyrosine phosphatase inactivators have been prepared. Some of them show herbicidal activities.     

The Nucleophile-Catalyzed Atherton-Todd Reaction

Two examples of nucleophile catalyzed Atherton-Todd reaction was reported. In the presence of triethylamine α-sulfonyl group stabilized carbanions gave directly carbon-phosphorus compounds, e.g. 1-halo-1-arylsulfonylmethylphosphonate. The reaction of carbohydrates with thiophosphite was catalyzed by KI to give carbohydrate thiophosphates in good yield.     

Bifurcations of traveling wave solutions for the magma equation

The traveling wave solutions of the magma equation are studied by using the approach of dynamical systems and the theory of bifurcations. With the aid of Maple, all bifurcations and phase portraits in the parametric space are obtained. Under different regions of parametric space, various sufficient conditions to guarantee the existence of solitary wave, periodic wave and breaking wave solutions are given. Moreover, the reason for appearance of breaking waves is explained.     

Direct substitution of propargylic alcohol with oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon nucleophiles catalyzed by molybdenum(VI)

Efficient and direct substitution of propargylic alcohol with a variety of oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon nucleophiles catalyzed by MoO₂(acac)₂/NH₄PF₆ system was developed. The functional alkynes were obtained in modest to good yields with this versatile and practical protocol.     

樱桃虎象甲(Rhynchites auratus Scop.)卵期空间分布型及其抽样技术的研究

通过扩散系数（Ｃ）、聚集指数（Ｉ）、聚集度指标（Ｌ）、Ｋ值、ＣＡ值五种聚集度指标对樱桃虎象甲（Ｒｈｙｎｃｈｉｔｅｓ　ａｕｒａｔｕｓＳｃｏｐ）卵期的空间格局和抽样技术进行了研究．结果表明，樱桃虎象甲卵在林间的分布呈聚集分布．在空间分布型的基础上提出了理论抽样数．     

超声雾化进样法MPT－AFS的研究

本文对超声雾化进样微波等离子体炬（ＭＰＴ）原子荧光光谱法（ＡＦＳ）的分析性能进行了研究，在实验中详细地考察了各种实验条件和仪器参数对分析性能的影响，并利用此方法对Ｚｎ、Ｃｄ等元素进行了分析测定研究，并对这种等离子体的荧光发射区域作了探讨。     

Studies towards understanding the mechanism of organic reagent enhancement in flame and plasma atomic absorption spectrometry

A series of organic reagents have been tested in atomic absorption measurement for signal enhancement of metal elements. Organic reagents like tetrabutylammonium bromide are demonstrated to enhance the absorption sensitivity to some specific elements such as calcium and chromium. A group of amines were found to have significant enhancement for chromium and calcium measurements. The function of organic reagents in flame and plasma atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) was investigated in this work with emphases on mechanism of signal enhancement and interference suppression. An alternative mechanism of organic reagent enhancement in flame and plasma AAS has been suggested based on the experimental results obtained in this work. The reduction environments in flame and plasma produced by the organic reagents are considered as major reason for the signal enhancement.     

4MV/80kA IVA型脉冲X射线照相装置研制进展

介绍了西北核技术研究院研制的4 MV脉冲X射线闪光照相装置("剑光二号")系统组成和实验结果。装置基于感应电压叠加器(IVA)驱动阳极杆箍缩二极管(RPD)技术,主要由前级脉冲功率源、感应电压叠加器和RPD等组成。前级脉冲功率源由两台3.2 MV低电感Marx发生器和四路同轴水介质线组成。每台Marx同时给两路脉冲形成线(特征阻抗6Ω、电气长度30 ns)充电,充电峰值时间约370 ns。每路水介质线采用两级脉冲压缩,为感应腔馈入约1 MV/160 kA/60 ns电脉冲。电触发SF6气体开关、自击穿水开关分别用作主同步开关和脉冲陡化开关。感应电压叠加器采用四级1.5 MV感应腔串联,每级感应腔采用单点馈入结构。次级采用真空绝缘传输线实现电压叠加和功率传输,特征阻抗由30Ω线性增大至120Ω。采用4 MV电压下综合性能较优的RPD来产生强脉冲X射线。装置目前达到技术指标:输出电压4.3 MV、脉冲前沿(10%~90%)21 ns、半高宽约70 ns、二极管电流85 kA,X射线半高宽约55 ns,整机延时(从Marx触发器输出到X射线产生)约749 ns,标准偏差约7 ns。当RPD阳极采用直径2 mm钨针时,正前方1 m处剂量约15.5 rad(LiF),正向焦斑约1.4 mm。