Initiation and propagation of complex 3D networks of cracks in heterogeneous quasi-brittle materials: Direct comparison between in situ testing-microCT experiments and phase field simulations

We provide the first direct comparisons, to our knowledge, of complex 3D micro cracking initiation and propagation in heterogeneous quasi-brittle materials modelled by the phase field numerical method and observed in X-ray microtomography images recorded during in situ mechanical testing. Some material parameters of the damage model, including the process zone (internal) length, are identified by an inverse approach combining experimental data and 3D simulations. A new technique is developed to study the micro cracking at a finer scale by prescribing the local displacements measured by digital volume correlation over the boundary of a small sub-volume inside the sample during the numerical simulations. The comparisons, performed on several samples of lightweight plaster and concrete, show a remarkable quantitative agreement between the 3D crack morphology obtained by the model and by the experiments, without any a priori knowledge about the location of the initiation of the cracks in the numerical model. The results indicate that the crack paths can be predicted in a fully deterministic way in spite of the highly random geometry of the microstructure and the brittle nature of its constituents.     

H_2S环境中UNS J91540不锈钢的电化学行为对SCC的影响

应用慢应变速率拉伸试验和电化学方法研究了湿硫化氢溶液中UNS J91450不锈钢的电化学行为对应力腐蚀开裂的影响.结果表明,本实验条件下UNS J91540不锈钢具有较高的SCC敏感性,并随着溶液pH的降低而明显增大.该不锈钢的电化学行为对它的腐蚀开裂(SCC)敏感性具有重要影响.开路电位下该不锈钢的SCC行为同时受氢脆作用和裂纹尖端阳极溶解作用的影响.在pH较低的介质中析氢电流较高而裂纹尖端阳极溶解作用略低,而在pH较高的介质中析氢电流较低而裂纹尖端的阳极溶解作用相对增强.氢脆作用对UNS J91540不锈钢SCC敏感性影响更显著.     

φ200mm蓝宝石晶体生长工艺研究

采用单晶提拉炉成功生长出φ200mm ×180mm大尺寸Al2O3晶体.探讨了晶体生长工艺参数和晶体开裂之间的关系,并讨论了晶体中的热应力、热应变、温度梯度、提拉速度之间的关系,分析了影响晶体质量主要是晶体开裂的原因,设计出生长大尺寸Al2O3晶体的最佳工艺条件.     

植被护坡中植物根系的阻裂增强机理研究

本文从复合材料的角度对植物根系的加固机理进行了分析,将含根系的岩土体看成一特殊的复合材料,其中岩土体为基体相材料,根系为增强相材料,根系犹如纤维,将对根土复合体起到阻裂增强作用.并运用能量原理对根系的阻裂增强作用进行了分析研究,得出根土复合体中某点的抗剪强度增量的计算公式及该点处根系的抗拔力和最大拔出长度的计算公式,得出某点抗剪强度增量主要与该点处根的面积比、面密度、长径比、抗拉强度、根士间的黏聚力及摩擦系数有关,及如果根系深入某点以下锚同段长度大于该点处的最大拔出长度,根系将被拉断的结论.     

催化裂化过程中含硫化合物转化规律的研究

选择丁硫醚、叔丁硫醚、四氢噻吩和乙基苯基硫醚作为模化合物,在模拟固定床催化裂化微反装置上考察含硫化合物转化和分布规律,在催化裂化过程中,烷基硫醚可以完全转化,转化产物为硫化氢,反应条件对转化程度没有明显影响;环状含硫化合物的转化程度与反应条件、溶剂性质有关,转化产物主要为硫化氢和汪量噻吩,生产的噻吩可进一步发生烷基化反应,反应温度升高,溶剂供氢能力增强,硫化氢的收率增加;乙基苯基硫醚也可以完全转化,转化产物主要为硫化氢和苯硫酚,生成的苯硫酚可进一步发生烷基化反应,反应温度升高,溶剂供氢能力增强,硫化氢的收率增加。     

有机硅橡胶裂解产物气相色谱-质谱联用分析

以室温硅橡胶和高温硅橡胶产品的边角废料及次品作为实验原料,进行到催化和碱催化裂解,将裂解产物进行气相色谱－质谱（ＧＣ－ＭＳ）联用分析,经过质谱数据检索,确定了两种酸催化产物的组成,高温橡胶的酸催化裂解产物主要是环状化物合;室温橡胶的酸催化一妥产物中有太和链状两类化合物,该实验为硅像胶废料利用提供了依据。碱催化产物太复杂,产物利用存在困难。     

Aging kinetics of porous media due to freezing-thawing cycles

The two-dimensional Ausloos et al. model of fluid invasion, freezing and thawing in a porous medium is elaborated upon and investigated in order to take into account the pore volume redistribution and conservation during freezing. The results are qualitatively different from previous work, since the damaged pore sizes are found to be much less than the possible maximum value and is reached after a large number of invasion-freezing-thawing cycles, e.g. the material is “slowly damaged”. The pore size distribution is thus found in better agreement with expected practical findings. The successive invasion percolation clusters are still found to be self-avoiding with aging. The cluster size decreases with a power law as a function of invasion-frost-thaw iterations. The aging kinetics is also discussed through the normalized totally invaded pore volume. Received 24 September 1999 and Received in final form 5 January 2000     

Numerical comparison of two modes of gas-solid riser operation: Fluid catalytic cracking vs CFB combustor

Two modes of gas-solid riser operation, i.e., fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) and circulating fluidized bed combustor (CFBC), have been recognized in literature; particularly in the understanding of choking phenomena. This work compares these two modes of operation through computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation. In CFD simulations, the different operations are represented by fixing appropriate boundary conditions: solids flux or solids inventory. It is found that the FCC and CFBC modes generally have the same dependence of solids flux on the mean solids volume fraction or solids inventory. However, during the choking transition, the FCC mode of operation needs more time to reach a steady state; thus the FCC system may have insufficient time to respond to valve adjustments or flow state change, leading to the choking. The difference between FCC and CFBC systems is more pronounced for the systems with longer risers. A more detailed investigation of these two modes of riser operation may require a three-dimensional full loop simulation with dynamic valve adjustment.     

CFD study: Effect of pulsating flow on gas–solid hydrodynamics in FCC riser

Gas–solid flow in a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) riser exhibits poor mixing in the form of a core–annulus flow pattern and a dense bottom/dilute top distribution of solids. To enhance gas–solid mixing, studies on dense fluidized beds have suggested using a pulsating flow of gas. The present study investigates the effect of pulsating flow on gas–solid hydrodynamics inside the FCC riser employing computational fluid dynamics. Two flow conditions are investigated: a cold flow of air-FCC catalyst in a pilot-scale riser and a reactive flow in an industrial-scale FCC riser. In the cold-flow riser, pulsating flows cause the slug flow of solids and thus increase the average solid accumulation in the flow domain and solid segregation towards the wall. In the industrial FCC riser, pulsating flows produce radial profiles that are more homogeneous. Pulsating flows further improve the conversion and yield in the initial few metres of height. At 7 m, the conversion from pulsating flow is 59%, compared with 44% in without pulsating flow. The results and analysis presented here will help optimize flow conditions in the circulating fluidized bed riser, in not only FCC but also applications such as fast pyrolysis and combustion.     

多酸基深度加氢脱硫催化剂的原位表征和反应性能

采用浸渍法合成了镍盐复合的磷钨酸(HPW)/纳米晶HZSM-5固体酸催化剂,其在催化裂化(FCC)汽油加氢改质反应中显示出了良好地深度加氢脱硫活性。 原位电子自旋共振和原位吡啶吸附红外光谱表征手段的研究结果表明,纳米晶HZSM-5沸石上Ni(Ⅱ)结合3电子还原态的HPW(Ⅲ)是FCC汽油深度加氢脱硫反应的活性中心。 探讨了多酸基催化剂在FCC汽油深度加氢脱硫反应中活性改善的原因。