Micromechanical and thermal behaviour of gel grown pure- and sodium-modified copper tartrate crystals

Results regarding micromechanical characteristics of gel grown pure- and sodium-modified copper tartrate crystals, bearing composition CuC₄H₄O₆·3H₂O, (Cu)_0.77(Na)_0.23C₄H₄O₆·3H₂O and (Cu)_0.65(Na)_0.35C₄H₄O₆·H₂O, as obtained on using indentation induced hardness testing technique are reported. Thermal behaviour of these crystals in the temperature ranging from room temperature (∼25 °C) to about 600 °C is also reported. Pure copper tartrate crystals are found to be thermally more stable than the sodium-modified ones. Dependence of Vickers’ hardness number H_v on load ranging from 0.049 to 2.94 N on two different planes for all the three compositions is analyzed. It is shown that after initial rise in the value of H_v, the same achieves saturation at a load of 0.49 N. Modification of copper tartrate crystal by introducing sodium in its lattice brings about a change in the micromechanical characteristics. The saturation value of H_v decreases with increase in the concentration of sodium ions. The results on (0 0 1) and (1 1 1) planes for both pure and modified copper tartrate crystals suggest hardness anisotropy. Relative difference of hardness between the two planes and yield strength for both pure and modified copper tartrate crystals is worked out. The experimental results are analyzed for applicability of Meyer’s law and Proportional Specimen Resistance Model. It is suggested that the experimental results indicating reverse ISE phenomenon may be explained in terms of the existence of a distorted zone near the crystal-medium interface. The integral method of Coats and Redfern approximation applied to the thermoanalytical data suggests “Random Nucleation Model” for the reaction kinetics of these crystals. Non-isothermal kinetic parameters such as activation energy, frequency factor and order of reaction are calculated.     

The shape gradient of the least-squares objective functional in optimal shape design problems of radiative heat transfer

Optimal shape design problems of steady-state radiative heat transfer are considered. The optimal shape design problem (in the three-dimensional space) is formulated as an inverse one, i.e., in the form of an operator equation of the first kind with respect to a surface to be optimized. The operator equation is reduced to a minimization problem via a least-squares objective functional. The minimization problem has to be solved numerically. Gradient minimization methods need the gradient of a functional to be minimized. In this paper the shape gradient of the least-squares objective functional is derived with the help of the shape sensitivity analysis and adjoint problem method. In practice a surface to be optimized may be (or, most likely, is to be) given in a parametric form by a finite number of parameters. In this case the objective functional is, in fact, a function in a finite-dimensional space and the shape gradient becomes an ordinary gradient. The gradient of the objective functional, in the case that the surface to be optimized is given in a finite-parametric form, is derived from the shape gradient. A particular case, that a surface to be optimized is a “two-dimensional” polyhedral one, is considered. The technique, developed in the paper, is applied to a synthetic problem of designing a “two-dimensional” radiant enclosure.     

Cross-phase modulation induced phase fluctuations in optical RZ pulse propagating in dispersion compensated WDM transmission systems

The basic mechanism of cross-phase modulation induced phase fluctuations in optical RZ pulse propagating in a periodically dispersion compensated transmission line has been investigated. Ordinary differential equations have been derived using variational analysis to estimate the phase fluctuation and the analytical result is verified by numerical simulations based on split-step Fourier method. We therefore explore the impact of different dispersion compensation maps on phase fluctuation for 10 Gb/s and 40 Gb/s WDM transmission systems. The effects of initial pulse spacing between channels, channel spacing and residual dispersion on phase shift have been studied. We find that cross-phase modulation induced phase fluctuation can be mitigated by proper adjustment of channel spacing and/or residual dispersion.     

Modification of three dimensional topography of the machined KDP crystal surface using wavelet analysis method

The wavelet analysis method has been extensively employed to analyze the surface structures and evaluate the surface roughness. In this work, however, the wavelet analysis method was introduced to decompose and reconstruct the sampled surface profile signals in the cutting direction that achieved by SPDT (single point diamond turning) operation, and the surface profile signals in tool feeding direction were reconstructed with the approximate harmonic functions directly. And moreover, the orthogonal design method, i.e. the combination design of general rotary method, was resorted to model the variations of the independent frequency and amplitude of different simulated harmonic signals in the cutting and tool feeding directions. As expected resultantly, a novel 3D surface topography modeling solution was established, which aims to predict and modify the finished KDP (potassium dihydrogen phosphate or KH₂PO₄) crystal surfaces. The validation tests were carried out finally under different cutting conditions, and the collected average surface roughness in any case was compared with the corresponding value as predicted. The results indicated the experimental data were well consistent with the predictions, and only an average relative error of 11.4% occurred in predicting the average surface roughness.     

Correlation between adsorption and thermal properties of lanthanide(III) dinicotinates

Structural and thermal properties of the two isostructural lanthanide metal-organic frameworks: [Er₂(pdc)₃(dmf)₂]·dmf (1) and [Tm₂(pdc)₃(dmf)₂]·dmf (2) where pdc = C₅H₃N(COO)₂²⁻ and dmf = N,N′-dimethylformamide, have been investigated. They are characterized by the BET surface area of 302 and 101 m²/g for 1 and 2, respectively. This paper deals with the influence of activation conditions on sorption properties of the investigated complexes. Thermal investigations of as-made and activated complexes point to their entirely different thermal decompositions.     

Plasma focus based flash hard X-ray source in the 100 keV region with reproducible spectrum

A pulsed hard X-ray source with shot to shot reproducible spectrum, based on a 4.7 kJ small-chamber Mather-type plasma focus device, is presented. The hard X-ray output spectrum was measured in a single shot basis by differential absorption on metallic plates. The measured spectra have a single dominant peak around 75 keV and a spectral bandwidth covering the 40-150 keV range. A hard X-ray dose of (53±3) μGy per shot was measured on axis at 53 cm from the source, and found to be uniform within a half aperture angle of 6°.     

Corrosion behavior and composition analysis of chromate passive film on electroless Ni-P coating

A passive film was formed on electroless Ni-P coating (ENPC) in a bath of K₂Cr₂O₇ 30 g/l. XPS and electrochemical methods were employed to analyze its chemical compositions and corrosion behaviors. The potentiodynamic polarization tests indicated the corrosion current of the passivated sample was 1/30 that of as-plated ENPC. The XPS analysis illustrated the film comprised Cr, Ni and O. The film thickness was evaluated to be a few nanometers according to the sputtering rate of Ar⁺ ion. High-resolution XPS spectra suggested that the detected Cr in film was in the form of trivalent compounds, Cr₂O₃ and Cr(OH)₃.     

Roller bearing acoustic signature extraction by wavelet packet transform,applications in fault detection and size estimation

Continuous online monitoring of rotating machines is necessary to assess real-time health conditions so as to enable early detection of operation problems and thus reduce the possibility of downtime. Rolling element bearings are crucial parts of many machines and there has been an increasing demand to find effective and reliable health monitoring technique and advanced signal processing to detect and diagnose the size and location of incipient defects. Condition monitoring of rolling element bearings, comprises four main stages which are, statistical analysis, fault diagnostics, defect size calculation, and prognostics. In this paper the effect of defect size, operating speed, and loading conditions on statistical parameters of acoustic emission (AE) signals, using design of experiment method (DOE), have been investigated to select the most sensitive parameters for diagnosing incipient faults and defect growth on rolling element bearings. A modified and effective signal processing algorithm is designed to diagnose localized defects on rolling element bearings components under different operating speeds, loadings, and defect sizes. The algorithm is based on optimizing the ratio of Kurtosis and Shannon entropy to obtain the optimal band pass filter utilizing wavelet packet transform (WPT) and envelope detection. Results show the superiority of the developed algorithm and its effectiveness in extracting bearing characteristic frequencies from the raw acoustic emission signals masked by background noise under different operating conditions. To experimentally measure the defect size on rolling element bearings using acoustic emission technique, the proposed method along with spectrum of squared Hilbert transform are performed under different rotating speeds, loading conditions, and defect sizes to measure the time difference between the double AE impulses. Measurement results show the power of the proposed method for experimentally measuring size of different fault shapes using acoustic emission signals.     

不同采收期滇龙胆的红外光谱鉴别研究

采收是中药生产的重要环节,采收时间直接影响中药质量和产量,是中医临床安全有效用药的前提,开展中药适时采收期的研究具有重要意义和应用价值。采用傅里叶变换红外光谱法对72份不同采收期的滇龙胆进行鉴别研究,用TQ8.0软件对原始光谱进行一阶导数(first derivative,FD)、二阶导数(second derivative,SD)、标准正态变量(standard normal variate,SNV)、多元散射校正(multiplicative scatter correction,MSC)和平滑(savitaky-golay filter,SG)预处理,样品按3∶1分为校正集和预测集,同时建立主成分分析(principal component analysis,PCA)和偏最小二乘判别分析(partial least square discriminant analysis,PLS-DA)模型。结果显示,选取1 800~600cm~(-1)波段范围的光谱,去除光谱噪音;SNV结合二阶导数光谱和SG(15,3)平滑,预处理结果满意。主成分分析表明,前三个主成分方差贡献率为92.47%,5月、9月和10月份采收的样品差异较小。偏最小二乘判别分析建立判别模型,决定系数R2和校正均方根误差(RMSEE)分别为0.967 8和0.086 0,可对18个预测集样品进行准确分类。红外光谱法结合主成分分析、偏最小二乘判别分析对不同采收期滇龙胆的分类和判别效果较好,为不同采收期的中药鉴别提供理论依据。     

军用飞机任务保障规划方案效率分析

针对军用飞机再次出动保障任务规划方案的效率分析缺乏有效的解决方法的问题,构建了基于灰色聚类算法与熵权法相结合的任务保障规划方案效率分析模型。该模型首先利用灰色聚类对保障方案的人员利用率的有效参数进行计算并确定。其后利用熵权法对保障方案的人员数量时间分布进行计算。在此基础上根据任务规划工期、人员利用率、人员数量时间分布三个参数的权重得到任务保障规划方案效率。文中通过实例对构建的效率分析模型进行了验证。结果表明：所构建的效率分析模型能够有效的对军用飞机任务保障规划方案效率分析,且具有较高的可靠性和很好的工程应用价值。