Analysis of dislocation nucleation from a crystal surface based on the Peierls-Nabarro dislocation model

Dislocation nucleation from a stressed crystal surface is analyzed based on the Peierls-Nabarro dislocation model. The variational boundary integral approach is used to obtain the profiles of the embryonic dislocations in various three-dimensional nucleation configurations. The stress-dependent activation energies required to activate dislocations from their stable to unstable saddle point configurations are determined. Compared to previous analyses of this type of problem based on continuum elastic dislocation theory, the present analysis eliminates the uncertain core cutoff parameter by allowing for the existence of an extended dislocation core as the embryonic dislocation evolves. Moreover, atomic information can be incorporated to reveal the dependence of the nucleation process on the profile of the atomic interlayer potential as compared to continuum elastic dislocation theory in which only elastic constants and Burgers vector are relevant. Finally, the presented methodology can also be readily used to study dislocation nucleation from the surface heterogeneities such as cracks, steps, and quantum structures of electronic devices.     

Pulsatile flow between permeable beds

Pulsatile flow of a viscous fluid between two permeable beds is analyzed. The flow between and through the permeable beds are governed by the Navier-Stokes equations and Darcy's law, respectively. The velocity field and the volume flux are obtained for several cases and discussed. Further, when the permeability parameter k→0, the results agree with those of Wang (J. Appl. Mech. 38 (1971) 553).     

基于载流子平衡的效率及亮度提高的有机蓝光器件

研究了在两空穴传输层之间插入Bphen中间层对有机蓝光器件(BOLEDs)效率的影响。结果表明,其对空穴的阻挡作用使得电子与空穴在发光区内达到相对平衡,减少了激子-极化子猝灭几率,从而提高了有机蓝光器件的效率和亮度。器件的最大电流效率从16.12 cd/A增加到20.52 cd/A,相对提高了27.30%;最大功率效率从14.23 lm/W增加到17.64 lm/W,相对提高了23.96%。文中对提高效率的物理机制进行了详细的阐述。     

Convective heat transfer in a conducting fluid over a permeable stretching surface with suction and internal heat generation/absorption

We consider a convective flow in a porous medium of an incompressible viscous conducting fluid impinging on a permeable stretching surface with suction, and internal heat generation/absorption. Using a similarity transformation the governing equations of the problem are reduced to a coupled third-order nonlinear ordinary differential equations. We first examine a number of special cases for which we may obtain exact solutions. We then obtain analytical solutions (by the Homotopy Analysis Method) and numerical solutions (by a boundary value problem solver), in order to further study the behavior of the nonlinear differential equations, for various values of the physical parameters. Our numerical solutions are shown to agree with the available results in the literature. We then employ the numerical results to bring out the effects of the suction parameter, heat source/sink parameter, stretching parameter, porosity parameter, the Prandtl number and the free convection parameter on the flow and heat transfer characteristics. In the absence of suction and free convection, our findings are in agreement with the corresponding numerical results of Attia [H.A. Attia, On the effectiveness of porosity on stagnation point flow towards a stretching surface with heat generation, Comput. Mater. Sci. 38 (2007) 741-745].     

Dynamic mechanical characterization of PMR polyimide/carbon fiber composites modified by fiber coating with silicones

Viscous and elastomeric silicones have been applied as interlayers to carbon fibers in order to develop a tougher, micro-crack resistant, thermally stable polyimide (PMR-15) composite. Carbon fiber is continuously coated with very high molecular weight polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and polyvinyl-methylsiloxane (PVMS). Dynamic mechanical properties of the composites have been determined and compared with uncoated carbon fiber reinforced PMR-15 polyimide composites. The presence of the interlayer is shown by the appearance of a new relaxation peak. The peak temperature is found to be a good indication of the degree of the cure of the silicone elastomer. Comparison of the storage moduli of uncoated and coated carbon fiber composites at the service temperature range of the composites indicates that the presence of the silicone interlayer affects the shear moduli of the composites. Apparent activation energy of the α transition of the matrix in the modified composites varies with the amount of interlayer and composition in concert with the impact strength.     

Similarity solutions for flow and heat transfer over a permeable surface with convective boundary condition

The steady laminar boundary layer flow over a permeable flat plate in a uniform free stream, with the bottom surface of the plate is heated by convection from a hot fluid is considered. Similarity solutions for the flow and thermal fields are possible if the mass transpiration rate at the surface and the convective heat transfer from the hot fluid on the lower surface of the plate vary like x^−1/2, where x is the distance from the leading edge of the solid surface. The governing partial differential equations are first transformed into ordinary differential equations, before being solved numerically. The effects of the governing parameters on the flow and thermal fields are thoroughly examined and discussed.     

Determining NMR flow propagator moments in porous rocks without the influence of relaxation

Flow propagators, used for the study of advective motion of brine solution in porous carbonate and sandstone rocks, have been obtained without the influence of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) relaxation times, T₁ and T₂. These spin relaxation mechanisms normally result in a loss of signal that varies depending on the displacement ζ of the flowing spins, thereby preventing the acquisition of quantitative propagator data. The full relaxation behaviour of the system under flow needs to be characterised to enable the implementation of a true quantitative measurement. Two-dimensional NMR correlations of ζ − T₂ and T₁ − T₂ are used in combination to provide the flow propagators without relaxation weighting. T₁ − ζ correlations cannot be used due to the loss of T₁ information during the displacement observation time Δ. Here the moments of the propagators are extracted by statistical analysis of the full propagator shape. The measured displacements (first moments) are seen to correlate with the expected mean displacements for long observation times Δ. The higher order moments of the propagators determined by this method indicate those obtained previously using a correction were overestimated.     

A rapid measurement of flow propagators in porous rocks

NMR flow propagators have been obtained for brine flowing through Bentheimer sandstone using the rapid DiffTrain pulse sequence. In this way, 8 flow propagators at different observation times Delta were acquired in 67 mins, compared to 7 h for the same measurements implemented with conventional pulsed field gradient (PFG) sequences. DiffTrain allows this time saving to be achieved through the acquisition of multiple displacement probability distributions over a range of Delta in a single measurement. If only the propagator moments are required, this experiment time can be further reduced to 9 mins through appropriate sparse sampling at low q values. The propagator moments obtained from DiffTrain measurements with dense and sparse q-space sampling are shown to be equivalent to those obtained from conventional PFG measurements.     

双向弹簧夹层假定的弹性地基上双层板的解

建立了轴对称条件下,层间有双向弹簧夹层的弹性地基上双层板力学模型,应用Hankel(汉克尔)变换法推演得到了任意轴对称荷载作用下的Winkler(文克勒)地基、双参数地基和弹性半空间体地基上无限大双层板的一般解析解,给出了双层板的挠度、弯矩、剪力,以及层间反力和位移的计算公式.进而,利用该力学模型的解,分析了层间条件对双层板挠度、弯矩的影响规律,计算了上、下层板的中性轴位置,讨论了层间双向弹簧系数的取值方法.结果表明:1)随着层间竖向弹簧参数增大,上层板挠度和弯曲应力减小,下层板挠度和弯曲应力增大;随着层间水平摩阻参数增大,上、下层板的挠度和弯矩均减小;2)当双层板的剪切和压缩效应系数分别取2/3,3/5时,双层板的剪切和压缩效应可较好地被考虑;3)上、下层板的中性轴位置是变化的,它随着距荷载圆中心点的距离增大而向上、下层板各自中面趋近.