Effects of β‐nucleating agent and crystallization conditions on the crystallization behavior and polymorphic composition of isotactic polypropylene/multi‐walled carbon nanotubes composites

In this study, the effects of crystallization conditions (cooling rate and end temperature of cooling) on crystallization behavior and polymorphic composition of isotactic polypropylene/multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (iPP/MWCNTs) composites nucleated with different concentrations of β‐nucleating agent (tradename TMB‐5) were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction (WAXD) and scanning electronic microscopy (SEM). The results of DSC, WAXD and SEM revealed that the addition of MWCNTs and TMB‐5 evidently elevates crystallization temperatures and significantly decreases the crystal sizes of iPP. Because of the competition between α‐nucleation (provided by MWCNTs) and β‐nucleation (induced by TMB‐5), the β‐phase crystallization takes place only when 0.15 wt% and higher concentration of TMB‐5 is added. Non‐isothermal crystallization kinetics study showed that the crystallization activation energy ΔE of β‐nucleated iPP/MWCNTs composites is obviously higher than that of pure iPP, which slightly increases with the increase of TMB‐5 concentration, accompanying with the transition of its polymorphic crystallization behavior. The results of non‐isothermal crystallization and melting behavior suggested that the cooling rate and end temperature of cooling (T_end) are important factors in determining the proportion and thermal stability of β‐phase: Lower cooling rate favors the formation of less amount of β‐phase with higher thermal stability, while higher cooling rate encourages the formation of higher proportion of β‐phase with lower thermal stability. The T_end = 100°C can eliminate the β–α recrystallization during the subsequent heating and therefore enhance the thermal stability of the β‐phase. By properly selecting TMB‐5 concentration, cooling rate and T_end, high β‐phase proportion of 88.9% of the sample was obtained. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

侧向多喷口干扰复杂流动数值模拟研究

采用具有高分辨率的NND格式,通过数值求解N-S方程对典型外形多喷口侧向喷流复杂干扰流动进行了数值模拟. 为了提高计算效率,采用了LU-SGS隐式算法. 采用分块对接网格技术,生成高质量的贴体计算网格,精确模拟喷口截面. 对比分析了不同计算格式、限制器形式、网格拓扑及流动形态(层流与湍流)对喷流干扰流场结构和压力分布特性的影响,研究和分析了喷口附近流场的涡系结构、波系结构和喷流干扰引起的气动力特性. 在上述研究的基础上,针对典型飞行器外形的侧向喷流干扰特性进行了详细的数值模拟,得到了喷口参数(喷口位置、数目等)及来流条件对喷流干扰流场结构、气动力特性的影响规律,并对其流动机理进行了相应的分析. 研究表明,发展的针对多喷口侧喷干扰的数值计算方法是成功的,可以应用于飞行器侧向喷流干扰的流场结构分析及气动力特性数值预测.      

JAVA多线程技术在图像处理中的应用

使用JAVA多线程技术对复杂图像下载并进行处理和控制,从而达到图像显示的动态性和交互性效果,并给出了一个具体的应用实例。     

Recasting wave functions into valence bond structures: A simple projection method to describe excited states

A method is proposed to obtain coefficients and weights of valence bond (VB) determinants from multi configurational wave functions. This reading of the wave functions can apply to ground states as well as excited states. The method is based on projection operators. Both energetic and overlap‐based criteria are used to assess the quality of the resulting VB wave function. The approach gives a simple access to a VB rewriting for low‐lying states, and it is applied to the allyl cation, to the allyl radical and to the ethene (notably to the V‐state). For these states, large overlap between VB and multi reference wave functions are easily obtained. The approach proves to be useful to propose an interpretation of the nature of the V‐state of ethene. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Fabrication of Bismuth/Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube Composite Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode for Determination of Cobalt

A bismuth/multi‐walled carbon nanotube (Bi/MWNT) composite modified electrode for determination of cobalt by differential pulse adsorptive cathodic stripping voltammetry is described. The electrode is fabricated by potentiostatic pre‐plating bismuth film on an MWNT modified glassy carbon (GC) electrode. The Bi/MWNT composite modified electrode exhibits enhanced sensitivity for cobalt detection as compared with the bare GC, MWNT modified and bismuth film electrodes. Numerous key experimental parameters have been examined for optimum analytical performance of the proposed electrode. With an adsorptive accumulation of the Co(II)‐dimethylglyoxime complex at ?0.8 V for 200 s, the reduction peak current is proportional to the concentration of cobalt in the range of 4.0×10^?10?1.0×10^?7 mol/L with a lower detection limit of 8.1×10^?11 mol/L. The proposed method has been applied successfully to cobalt determination in seawater and lake water samples.     

Convergence of MPFA on triangulations and for Richards' equation

Spatial discretization of transport and transformation processes in porous media requires techniques that handle general geometry, discontinuous coefficients and are locally mass conservative. Multi‐point flux approximation (MPFA) methods are such techniques, and we will here discuss some formulations on triangular grids with further application to the nonlinear Richards equation. The MPFA methods will be rewritten to mixed form to derive stability conditions and error estimates. Several MPFA versions will be shown, and the versions will be discussed with respect to convergence, symmetry and robustness when the grids are rough. It will be shown that the behavior may be quite different for challenging cases of skewness and roughness of the simulation grids. Further, we apply the MPFA discretization approach for the Richards equation and derive new error estimates without extra regularity requirements. The analysis will be accompanied by numerical results for grids that are relevant for practical simulation. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

一类动态规划的解法及其在Turbo码解码中的应用

研究一类多阶段动态规划问题,给出了求最优解的方法.将这种多阶段动态规划应用于Turbo译码中,不仅可以减少运算量,还可以避免传统的Turbo译码算法需要进行指数运算以及其随着迭代次数的增加容易出现的数据溢出问题,因此是一种十分有效的方法,是对系统工程理论应用领域的拓宽.     

RCM‐TVD hybrid scheme for hyperbolic conservation laws

We describe a hybrid method for the solution of hyperbolic conservation laws. A third‐order total variation diminishing (TVD) finite difference scheme is conjugated with a random choice method (RCM) in a grid‐based adaptive way. An efficient multi‐resolution technique is used to detect the high gradient regions of the numerical solution in order to capture the shock with RCM while the smooth regions are computed with the more efficient TVD scheme. The hybrid scheme captures correctly the discontinuities of the solution and saves CPU time. Numerical experiments with one‐ and two‐dimensional problems are presented. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Comments on ‘Simplex space–time meshes in finite element simulations’

Some comments are provided on the citations offered in a recent paper (M. Behr, Int. J. Numer. Meth. Fluids 2008; 57 :1421–1434) that describes space–time finite element computations of advection of ‘Gaussian hills’, including computations with mesh refinement in the time direction. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Surface functionalization of multi‐walled carbon nanotubes through surface‐initiated atom transfer radical polymerization of glycidyl methacrylate

Herein, we report the fabrication of glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) polymeric conjugates of shortened multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (sMWCNT). The synthesis method involves the attachment of initiator on the surface of nanotubes followed by surface initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI‐ATRP) of GMA from the initiator‐bound sMWCNT surface. This is achieved by the procedure consisting of three important steps: introduction of amino groups onto the sMWCNT and attachment of polymerization initiator, 2‐bromo‐2‐methylpropinonyl bromide, and polymerization of GMA. The structure and properties of the resultant polymeric conjugates were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT‐IR) spectroscopy, Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X‐ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and SEM. The FT‐IR analysis of polymeric conjugates shows infrared (IR) peaks characteristic of GMA. AFM, TEM and SEM images clearly show the formation of poly(glycidyl methacrylate)(PGMA) polymer on sMWCNT surface. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.