Effect of heat transfer on a third grade fluid in a flat channel

The heat transfer analysis on the laminar flow of an incompressible third grade fluid through a porous flat channel is examined. The lower plate is assumed to be at a higher temperature than the upper plate. Analytical solution for temperature distribution is obtained for various values of the controlling parameters and discussed. The obtained analytical solution is also compared with the numerical solution. The comparison shows the fact that the accuracy is remarkable. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Thermal oxidation of clay-nanoreinforced polypropylene

The thermo-oxidation process at low temperatures for a montmorillonite-nanoreinforced polypropylene (PP) was studied. Experimental aging kinetic data at 100, 80 and 60 °C have been obtained and compared with a computational simulation in which a kinetic model based on the closed loop approach was used. As a result, it has been found that the montmorillonite role is not limited to a role of inert filler in the polymer matrix but induces a slight catalytic effect leading to induction period reduction. This effect has been well simulated by increasing initial hydroperoxyde concentration. The consequences of kinetic control by oxygen diffusion have also been investigated by using micro ATR-FTIR mapping to assess concentration profiles of the oxidation products across the sample thickness. It has been found that the oxidized layer thickness is close to 17 μm for the pure polypropylene whereas it is around 10 μm for the nanocomposite at 100 °C. These profile variations have been attributed to differences in oxygen diffusion coefficient values. Simulations based on the kinetic model including diffusion-reaction coupling describe these profiles well.     

超薄反射镜支撑技术

运用有限元方法对一种超薄反射镜的多个支撑方案进行分析计算,其中包括支撑点数量及排布方式的合理选择、支撑组件的优化设计。分析结果表明:该超薄反射镜在自重下的面形精度通过多点调节能够满足要求,预示了将该支撑技术应用于超薄反射镜具有可行性,并为超薄反射镜结构在面形控制实验中实施主动调节提供了数值依据。     

二维抛物型方程的高精度多重网格解法

提出了数值求解二维抛物型方程的一种新的高精度加权平均紧隐格式，利用Fourier分析方法证明了该格式是无条件稳定的，为了克服传统迭代法在求解隐格式是收敛速度慢的缺陷，利用了多重网格加速技术，大大加快了迭代收敛速度，提高了求解效率，数值实验结果验证了方法的精确性和可靠性。     

矩形校正公式的误差分析

This paper presents truncation errors among Corrector Formula for left Rectangular rule and Corrector Formula for middle Rectangular rule respectively.It also displays an analysis on convergence order of compound corrector formulas for rectangular rule.Examples of numerical calculation have validated theoretical analysis.     

Thermogravimetric analysis and kinetics modeling of isothermal carbonization of olive wood in inert atmosphere

The kinetics of olive wood carbonization is investigated by means of isothermal thermogravimetric analysis method. Measurements were carried out in a thermobalance for different fixed temperatures between 498 and 648 K. A two-stage semi-global kinetic model consisting of four sequential steps was proposed to derive kinetic parameters. The olive wood is classified in three pseudo-components. For the first two, similar thermal degradation mechanisms take place in a single reaction step. For the third, the thermal degradation takes place in two consecutive steps. The isothermal conditions allow the kinetic constants (activation energy and pre-exponential factors) to be estimated by means of the analytical solution of the mass conservation equations. An overall good agreement was obtained with activation energy values available in the literature.     

Microscopic model of CO oxidation on Pt(1 1 1)

A new microscopic model, based on DFT/LDA modeling, is suggested for the Langmuir-Hinshelwood reaction of catalytic CO oxidation in coadsorbed O-CO layers on Pt(1 1 1). It has been found that only the oxygen atoms occupying threefold hollow sites of hcp type are chemically active. The potential barrier for the oxidation reaction significantly decreases due to changes in the adlayer oxygen states in the proximity to CO. The oxygen electronic density distribution is affected by approaching CO molecule which alters the oxygen position. Height of the barrier is estimated as 1.15 eV, which may be attributed to the upper limit of activation energy for the net reaction process.     

一种实用化实时测温系统的优化设计

基于基尔霍夫定律，利用半导体激光器及钽酸锂热释电探测器设计了一种实用化的实时测温系统。依照测温系统各主要技术指标(温度分辨力、温度的标准偏差及测温范围)与各主要技术参量(激光光源的能量、波长、放大器的带宽及光学系统的相对孔径等)之间的关系，对实时测温系统的各主要参量(激光光源的能量、光学系统的相对孔径及放大器的带宽)进行了优化设计。实验表明，在测温范围673～1473K内，温度测量的不确定度优于0．3％，分辨力优于0．4K，均符合设计要求。     

Symptomatology of adductor spasmodic dysphonia: A physiologic model

Vocal symptomatology of adductor spasmodic dysphonia (SD) is reviewed critically from historical, epidemiologic, and clinical perspectives. A model of symptomatology of this disorder based on a large patient population, and clinical and physiologic observations is advanced. The model incorporates crucial symptomatic and asymptomatic phonatory and nonphonatory physiologic parameters of laryngeal behavior in these patients. These parameters include vocal fold contact area, vocal fold collision force, glottic compression, and subglottic air pressure. Inappropriate efferent discharges from brain-stem basal ganglia are hypothesized as causing overadduction of the vocal folds in phonation, generating the basic and fundamental vocal symptom of adductor SD—strained, strangled, overpressured voice quality. Cortical loops are implicated as accountable for compensatory vocal behavior, not as the primary site of the disorder. Symptom occurrence, variability, magnitude, effects, and failure of treatment approaches, as well as recurrence of symptoms after ablative or invasive procedures, are explained by this model. The model also predicts that symptomatology of adductor spasmodic dysphonia is unique to this disorder and that symptoms are phonotopically organized. The minimal diagnostic battery based on the model is presented, and it is shown how this battery aids in the differential diagnosis of adductor SD and other phonatory disorders that closely mimic the vocal symptoms of adductor spasmodic dysphonia, including tremor.