Effect of Cr on the wetting in Cu/graphite system

The isotherm wetting and spreading behaviors of the molten Cu-Cr alloys with 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 at.% Cr on porous graphite substrates were investigated at 1373 K in a flowing Ar atmosphere using a modified sessile drop method. The wettability improves with increasing Cr content in the alloy as a result of phase transition from Cr₃C₂ to more wettable and metallic-like Cr₇C₃ developed at the interface. The spreading kinetics are controlled by the interfacial reaction in the early stage and the diffusion of Cr from the drop bulk to the triple junction in the later stage together with a transition in the intermediate stage.     

Differential transfer matrix method for photonic band structure of one dimensional non-uniform distribution plasma photonic crystal

An approach of analytical calculation for photonic band gap structure (PBGS) of one-dimensional periodic media, such as non-uniform distribution plasma photonic crystal (PPC), is given on the basis of the recently reported differential transfer matrix method. The dispersion equation of electromagnetic wave propagating in one dimensional non-uniform distribution PPC is derived and the PBGSs for several numerical cases, such as linear distribution, exponential distribution and Epstein distribution, are calculated and discussed.     

Infrared imaging as a means of visually characterizing the thermoacoustic onset process influenced by a Helmholtz resonator

A Helmholtz resonator can be used as a transmission part to connect the thermoacoustic engine (TE) with its load. However, the resonator can significantly influence the performance of the TE. In order to investigate the impact of a Helmholtz resonator on the onset process of a TE, infrared (IR) imaging is firstly used as a visualization method to characterize the onset mechanism. The influence of dimensions of the Helmholtz resonator on the onset process are analyzed experimentally and theoretically. Results show that the Helmholtz resonator reduces the pressure amplitude at the onset moment and increases the onset temperature of the TE, both of which depend on the acoustic power absorbed from the TE. Onset without a sudden increase of pressure amplitude is observed with the Helmholtz resonator at resonance length. This paper shows that IR imaging is an effective way to characterize the temperature distribution in a TE study.     

Effect of Vacancy Defects on the Young's Modulus and Fracture Strength of Graphene: A Molecular Dynamics Study

The Young's modulus of graphene with various rectangular and circular vacancy defects is investigated by molecular dynamics simulation. By comparing with the results calculated from an effective spring model, it is demonstrated that the Young's modulus of graphene is largely correlated to the size of vacancy defects perpendicular to the stretching direction. And a linear reduction of Young's modulus with the increasing concentration of mono‐atomic‐vacancy defects (i.e., the slope of ?0.03) is also observed. The fracture behavior of graphene, including the fracture strength, crack initiation and propagation are then studied by the molecular dynamics simulation, the effective spring model, and the quantized fracture mechanics. The blunting effect of vacancy edges is demonstrated, and the characterized crack tip radius of 4.44 Å is observed.     

随机扰动的同宿分岔系统研究

利用一维扩展过程的奇点理论并结合能量包络的随机平均法，考查“隐藏在余维２分岔点之后”的同宿分岔系统受参激白噪声影响的分岔行为。