Experimental research on an arbitrary pulse generation system for imaging VISAR

Imaging VISAR is an important diagnostic tool for a variety of shock-related phenomena in laser-driven experiments. To adapt to various types of shaped driven pulse, the imaging VISAR needs an illuminating light with good shaping capability. Here, a flexible laser probe system was experimentally studied. Being generated from a 1064-nm DFB laser, the continuous wave was modulated by a waveguide amplitude modulator driven by 10 GS/s arbitrary waveform generator. After being amplified by fiber amplifiers and Nd:YAG rod amplifiers, the signal pulse was frequency-converted to 532-nm green light by a thermally controlled LBO crystal with a final output energy larger than 10 mJ. Finally, the green light was coupled into a 1-mm core diameter, multimode fused silica optical fiber and propagated to the imaging VISAR. The probe laser could realize accurate pulse shaping with time resolution below 100 ps. Uniformity in intensity and capability of arbitrary pulse shaping provides great convenience for the analysis of experimental data.     

Optical fabrication of three-dimensional photonic lattices in LiNbO3:Fe crystals with a single amplitude mask

We fabricate three-dimensional nonlinear photonic lattices in iron-doped lithium niobate photorefractive crystal for the first time by a single amplitude mask. The experimental setup of this method is very simple and flexible. The period of the lattices can be dominated easily. We analyze the three-dimensional photonic lattices by plane wave guiding and far field diffraction pattern imaging. The induced photonic lattices can exist stably for a long time in the photorefractive crystal.     

氢在钢管壁内的扩散及氢腐蚀实验研究

运输含氢气氛的钢管会发生氢腐蚀而性能受损。本研究通过分析原子氢渗透扩散机理,选取常用的三种钢管（20#,16Mn,X52）进行Devanathane–Stachurski渗氢实验。采用扫描电子显微镜分析渗氢后钢材形貌,并以动电位极化曲线比较渗氢前后自腐蚀电位和电流的变化。结果表明：20#钢的氢扩散系数最大,X52最小。随着充氢电流密度增大与充氢时间增长,钢材腐蚀程度也加剧。动电位极化曲线测试表明,16Mn自腐蚀电流上升两个数量级,性能下降明显;X52钢的抗腐蚀性较好,性能下降最少。

     

Topological structure bifurcation of temperature field of deformable drop in Marangoni migration

The unsteady processes of the Marangoni migration of deformable liquid drops are simulated numerically in a wider range of Marangoni number (up to Ma = 500) in the present work. A steady terminal state can always be reached, and the scaled terminal velocity is a monotonic function decreasing with increasing Marangoni number, which is generally in agreement with corresponding experimental data. The topological structure of flow field in the steady terminal state does not change as the Marangoni number increases, while bifurcation of the topological structure of temperature field occurs twice at two corresponding critical Marangoni numbers. A third critical value of Marangoni number also exists, beyond which the coldest point jumps from the rear stagnation to inside the drop though the topological structure of the temperature field does not change. It is found that the inner and outer thermal boundary layers may exist along the interface both inside and outside the drop if Ma > 70. But the thickness decreases with increasing Marangoni number more slowly than the prediction of potential flow at large Marangoni and Reynolds numbers.     

Stress analysis of a functional graded material plate with a circular hole

This paper is to study the two-dimensional stress distribution of a functional graded material plate (FGMP) with a circular hole under arbitrary constant loads. With using the method of piece-wise homogeneous layers, the stress distribution of the functional graded material plate having radial arbitrary elastic properties is derived based on the theory of the complex variable functions. As examples, numerical results are presented for the FGMPs having given radial Young’s modulus or Poisson’s ratio. It is shown that the stress is greatly reduced as the radial Young’s modulus increased, but it is less influenced by the variation of the Poisson’s ratio. Moreover, it is also found that the stress level varies when the radial Young’s modulus increased in different ways. Thus, it can be concluded that the stress around the circular hole in the FGMP can be effectively reduced by choosing the proper change ways of the radial elastic properties.     

Travelling wave solutions for a class of generalized KdV equation

In this work, the K^∗(l,p) equation is investigated. The sine-cosine method, the tanh method and the extended tanh method are efficiently used for analytic study of this equation. New solitary patterns solutions and compactons solutions are formally derived. The proposed schemes are reliable and manageable.     

Colorimetric and visual determination of total nereistoxin-related insecticides by exploiting a nereistoxin-driven aggregation of gold nanoparticles

Microchimica Acta - We describe a method for the visual and colorimetric determination of total nereistoxin-related insecticide residues. It is based on the nereistoxin-induced aggregation of gold...     

Exponential convergence for high-order recurrent neural networks with a class of general activation functions

In this paper, we consider high-order recurrent neural networks with a class of general activation functions. By using some mathematical analysis techniques, we establish new results to ensure that all solutions of the networks converge exponentially to zero point.     

Highly enantioselective yttrium(III)-catalyzed Friedel-Crafts alkylation of β-trichloro(trifluoro)methyl aryl enones with indoles

An efficient yttrium(III)-catalyzed highly enantioselective Friedel-Crafts alkylation of β-trichloro(trifluoro)methyl aryl enones is described. The reaction delivered a series of functionalized indoles with a chiral tertiary carbon center bearing a trichloro(trifluoro)methyl group in excellent results (up to 96% ee and 99% yield) under mild conditions.