Azoalkanes—novel flame retardants and their structure–property relationship

A number of symmetrical and unsymmetrical azoalkanes of the general formula R′?N = N?R and related azoxy, hydrazone as well as azine derivatives have been synthesized in order to assess their potential as novel flame retardants for polypropylene alone or in combination with commercially available flame retardants such as alumina trihydrate (ATH), decabromodiphenyl ether (DecaBDE) and tris(3‐bromo‐2,2‐bis(bromomethyl)‐propyl)phosphate (TBBPP). The experimental results show that in the series of different sized azocycloalkanes the flame retardant efficacy decreased in the following order: R = cyclohexyl > cyclopentyl > cyclobutyl > cyclooctanyl >> cyclododecanyl. Whereas in the series of aliphatic azoalkanes compounds the efficacy decreased in the following order: R = n‐alkyl > tert‐butyl > tert‐octyl. In addition, also some of the prepared azoxy, azine, and hydrazone derivatives provide flame retardancy to polypropylene films at already very low concentrations (0.25–1 wt%). Noteworthy is that in contrast to other halogen‐free radical generators, the azoalkanes are also very effective as flame retardants in polypropylene thick moldings. Interestingly, it was found that 4,4′‐bis(cyclohexylazocyclohexyl)‐methane) shows a strong synergistic effect with ATH. Thus, in the presence of 0.5 wt% of azoalkane the ATH loading could be reduced from 60 to 25 wt% and still UL94 V‐2 rating could be reached. Furthermore, the fire testing data reveal that azoalkanes show a synergistic effect with DecaBDE and when used in conjunction with very low loadings of TBBPP. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

次声波武器及其物理基础

分析了两次声波武器的工作原理，并在此基础上对其主要特征加以简要分析。概述了次声波武器的发展现状。     

A periodically poled LiNbO3 optical parametric generator in wavelength conversion from 2 to 3.88-4.34 μm

A periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) optical parametric generator (OPG) pumped by a laser diode (LD)-pumped Q-switched Tm,Ho:GdVO4 laser operated at 2.048 μm with pump pulse of 25 ns and repetition rate of 10 kHz is reported.     

“强光一号”等离子体断路开关及负载的数值计算

 等离子体断路开关（POS）是“强光一号”加速器产生短脉冲γ射线的关键器件之一。应用POS融蚀模型分析了“强光一号”加速器POS与二极管系统的基本工作过程，通过该模型计算获得了POS与二极管系统的总电流以及电子束电流，计算结果与实验结果吻合较好。计算结果表明，“强光一号”POS在工作时并未达到完全磁绝缘状态，其阻抗最终为21.5 Ω，约有60％总电流在二极管负载导通时流过POS，且融蚀模型对POS阻抗增长预测偏高，但由于电流变化较大，二极管负载电压仍能达到4.5 MV左右。     

QPECgen, a MATLAB Generator for Mathematical Programs with Quadratic Objectives and Affine Variational Inequality Constraints

We describe a technique for generating a special class, called QPEC, of mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints, MPEC. A QPEC is a quadratic MPEC, that is an optimization problem whose objective function is quadratic, first-level constraints are linear, and second-level (equilibrium) constraints are given by a parametric affine variational inequality or one of its specialisations. The generator, written in MATLAB, allows the user to control different properties of the QPEC and its solution. Options include the proportion of degenerate constraints in both the first and second level, ill-conditioning, convexity of the objective, monotonicity and symmetry of the second-level problem, and so on. We believe these properties may substantially effect efficiency of existing methods for MPEC, and illustrate this numerically by applying several methods to generator test problems. Documentation and relevant codes can be found by visiting http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/danny/qpecgendoc.html.     

Mathematical modeling of a steam generator for sensor fault detection

A dynamic model for a nuclear power plant steam generator (vertical, preheated, U-tube recirculation-type) is formulated as a sixth-order nonlinear system. The model integrates nodal mass and energy balances for the primary water, the U-tube metal and the secondary water and steam. The downcomer flow is determined by a static balance of momentum. The mathematical system is solved using transient input data from the Philippsburg 2 (FRG) nuclear power plant. The results of the calculation are compared with actual measured values. The proposed model provides a low-cost tool for the automatic control and simulation of the steam generating process. The “parity-space” algorithm is used to demonstrate the applicability of the mathematical model for sensor fault detection and identification purposes. This technique provides a powerful means of generating temporal analytic redundancy between sensor signals. It demonstrates good detection rates of sensor errors using relatively few steps of scanning time and allows the reconfiguration of faulty signals.     

Cyclic codes of length 2 m

In this paper explicit expressions ofm + 1 idempotents in the ring are given. Cyclic codes of length 2 ^m over the finite fieldF _q, of odd characteristic, are defined in terms of their generator polynomials. The exact minimum distance and the dimension of the codes are obtained.     

CHARACTERISTIC CONDITIONS FOR THECOMPLETE INFINITESIMAL GENERATORS OFANALYTIC SEMIGROUPS OF GROWTH ORDER α

1IntroductionandMainResultLetXbeacomPlexBanachspaceandletB(X)bethesetofaJlboundedlinearoperatorsfromXintoitselLAccordingtoDaPratol1],Sobole.skii[4]andZafievskii[6],aoneparameter~ly{T(t);t>o}CB(X)iscalledasemigroupofgrowtl1ordercr>Oif(Al)T(t s)=T(t)T(s)fort,s>oandT(t)xiscolltinuousillt>oforeachxEX;(Az)IfT(t)z=oforallt>O,thenx=o;(As)Ilt"T(t)IIisboundedast-O ;(A4)Xo=U,>.T(t)XisdenseinX.TheinfinitesimalgeneratorAoof{T(t);t>o}isdefinedbyItisknown[2]thatAoisclosable.LetA=Ao,thenA…     

原始数据中束流相关本底的分离

束流相关本底处理的不确定性是在BES/BEPC上进行R值测量的主要误差来源之一,提出从原始数据中分离出束流相关样本的新方法, 并把此样本用于调节强子产生器LUARLW的参数,以减小强子探测效率的系统误差, 提高R值的测量精度.     

R值测量中强子事例选择的改进

强子事例的选择和强子探测效率是在BEPC/BES上进行R值测量的两项主要误差来源. 过去实验只选取等于或者大于2叉的强子事例, 因而0叉和1叉事例的丢失将导致强子事例数和强子探测效率的较大误差. 试图提出在R值测量中选取包含1叉强子事例在内的样本, 这将有助于更合理地调节强子事例产生器LUARLW的参数, 减小强子探测效率和R值测量的系统误差.