Identification of vibration loads on hydro generator by using hybrid genetic algorithm

Vibration dynamic characteristics have been a major issue in the modeling and mechanical analysis of large hydro generators. An algorithm is developed for identifying vibration dynamic characteristics by means of hybrid genetic algorithm. From the measured dynamic responses of a hydro generator, an appropriate estimation algorithm is needed to identify the loading parameters, including the main frequencies and amplitudes of vibrating forces. In order to identify parameters in an efficient and robust manner, an optimization method is proposed that combines genetic algorithm with simulated annealing and elitist strategy. The hybrid genetic algorithm is then used to tackle an ill-posed problem of parameter identification, in which the effectiveness of the proposed optimization method is confirmed by its comparison with actual observation data.The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10472025). The English text was polished by Yunming Chen.     

超声波显像管振动清洗机的研制

本文介绍一种无需任何清洗液且有别于常规超声波清洗机理的超声波显像管振动清洗机。从理论上分析说明超声波干振动清洗的机理和方法，阐明各超声参量的选取标准和超声振动系统中应注意的问题。     

用于汽车压缩机振动噪声控制的声子晶体设计与试验*

针对汽车压缩机低频振动噪声控制难的问题,基于局域共振机理在压缩机外壳设计一种声子晶体结构。借助有限元法,计算声子晶体带隙范围,阐明声子晶体结构参数与在压缩机外壳布置方式选取原因,分析其具备的优势。而后,定制各部分材料组装声子晶体实体并布置于压缩机外壳后端面,搭建压缩机振动噪声台架试验台,选取4个声学场点采集辐射噪声,并记录压缩机本体振动变化情况。进一步,选取某型号汽车搭建压缩机整车振动噪声试验台,在驾驶员座椅右侧靠近人耳处设置声学麦克风采集驾驶室内辐射噪声,并记录压缩机本体振动变化情况。试验结果表明,压缩机外壳安装声子晶体后,在声子晶体带隙频率范围对应转速内,台架与整车试验测得总辐射噪声与压缩机本体各向振动加速度RMS值基本存在改善,且部分转速范围效果显著。本文为汽车压缩机低频振动噪声控制研究提供了新的参考。     

Improved suboptimal Bang–Bang control of aseismic buildings with variable friction dampers

One of the challenges in civil engineering is to find an innovative means of suppressing the structural vibration due to earthquake and wind loadings. This paper presents an approach for effectively suppressing vibrations of a structure with variable friction damper using a new Bang–Bang control input. A continuous function of story velocities is used to represent the improved control to reduce chatter, high frequency switching and avoid instability. With a genetic algorithm, the amplitudes of control and preloading friction forces individually prescribed in the controller and damper are optimized for enhancing the seismic performance of buildings. The control strategy for the friction damper is proposed for a three story building with one variable friction damper installed at the first story for seismic reduction. The numerical results indicate that a better reduction of peak response accelerations of floors can be achieved than those of the unmodified controller, and the adaptability of the control system is also improved greatly by comparison with the reduction ratios of the structural response energy excited by different earthquake intensities. The project supported by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (50025823). The English text was polished by Keren Wang.     

Liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry methods for the selective and sensitive determination of 24S-hydroxycholesterol,its sulfate,and/or glucuronide conjugates in plasma

24S-hydroxycholesterol (i.e., cerebrosterol, 24S-OH-Chol) is the main form of cholesterol elimination from the brain. Liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry methods were developed for the quantification of the total and unesterified/unbound fractions of 24S-OH-Chol, its monosulfate, monoglucuronide, and diconjugate derivatives (24S-OH-Chol-3sulfate [3S], 24S-OH-Chol-24glucuronide [24G] and 24S-OH-Chol-3S, 24G, respectively) in human plasma. Linearity, precision, accuracy, and extraction recovery were validated within the typical physiological and pathological ranges of concentrations for each compound. The lower limit of quantifications was 2.00, 0.33, 0.26, and 0.74 ng/ml for 24S-OH-Chol, 24S-OH-Chol-24G, 24S-OH-Chol-3S, and 24-OH-Chol-3S, 24G, respectively. Extraction recovery values in total and unbound plasma fractions were also analyzed in murine and monkey plasma and varied from 73% in mouse to 113% in cynomolgus monkey. The methods could rapidly (less than 7 min) quantify individual compounds with high sensitivity, accuracy (bias ≤15%), and reproducibility (coefficient of variation [CV] ≤ 17%). Their clinical applications were validated by measuring levels of the 4 compounds in samples from 20 noncholestatic donors, 5 cholestatic patients suffering from primary biliary cirrhosis, and 10 patients suffering from biliary stenosis. Results highlight the abundance of 24S-OH-Chol in the total fraction and the abundance of 24S-OH-Chol-3S and 24G in the unbound ones. While the latter strongly accumulate in plasma fractions of cholestatic patients, levels of 24S-OH-Chol remained similar to those of healthy donors. Our results indicate that this approach is suitable for monitoring cerebrosterol and its conjugates in large-scale clinical studies.     

Pseudomagnetic fields and Landau levels for out-of-plane elastic waves in gradient snowflake-shaped crystals

The study of pseudomagnetic fields (PMF) in classical waves draws a growing attention due to the strength of PMF far higher than real magnetic fields. Here, we show that a giant PMF for out-of-plane elastic waves can be created in the snowflake-shaped crystals by introducing a gradient angle modulation along one direction. In particular, we demonstrate that the Landau energy levels for out-of-plane elastic waves can be formed near the Dirac cone region, as a hallmark of high-field physics induced by PMF. Moreover, the sublattice polarized bulk states similar to the behavior of graphene electron in magnetic fields are achieved in our elastic systems. Furthermore, the magnetic-induced edge state propagation along bend pathway is also demonstrated. Our study provides a new paradigm for manipulating the elastic waves in aspects of information processing and energy transport.     

Perylene Diimide-Based Conjugated Polymers for All-Polymer Solar Cells

In recent decades, non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) are undergoing rapid development and emerging as a hot area in the field of organic solar cells. Among the high-performance non-fullerene acceptors, aromatic diimide-based electron acceptors remain to be highly promising systems. This review discusses the important progress of perylene diimide (PDI)-based polymers as non-fullerene acceptors in all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs) since 2014. The relationship between structure and property, matching aspects between donors and acceptors, and device fabrications are unveiled from a synthetic chemist perspective.     

Investigation of the effect of filling level on the wear and vibration of a SAG mill by DEM

Semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill is widely used in the grinding process of coal and ores because of its strong applicability, large capacity and low consumption of grinding media. Therefore, the research of SAG mill is still of great important practical significance. Among those parameters of the SAG mill, the filling level is very important for it is not only directly related to the processing capacity of the mill, but also affects the operation cost and stability of mill. In this paper, combined with shear impact energy model (SIEM) and discrete element method (DEM), the particle collision energy spectrum was applied to analyze the influence of ore filling level and media filling level on the power draw of the mill, the impact energy on ore, and the wear of liner and media in a slice of an industrial SAG mill. It was found that increasing the ore filling level would increase energy consumption and reduce the energy efficiency and the wear of liner and grinding media. Furthermore, the vibration of mill was explored from the collision energy on liner. The results showed that the low frequency but high energy collision between grinding media and liner was the main reason for liner wear and mill vibration.     

Elastic wave and vibration bandgaps in two-dimensional acoustic metamaterials with resonators and disorders

The vibration properties of two-dimensional (2D) finite acoustic metamaterials (AMs) consisting of discrete masses and springs are investigated in this paper. In order to clarify the mechanisms of the bandgaps in AMs, the infinite symmetrical systems are also studied, especially the impact of the physical asymmetry caused by the discrepant stiffness coefficients of the springs connecting the unit-cells. Although the asymmetry cannot change the bandgap width, the change of the phase velocity and the generation of the shear mode have been proven analytically. To study the vibration properties of the finite AM model, the effective mass of each unit-cell is used. The effective mass properties of the unit-cell with single resonator and multi-resonators in 2D AMs subjected to a time-harmonic excitation are discussed. The effects of the number of the unit-cells, multi-resonators in each unit-cell, graded resonators in the finite AM model on the vibration suppression are thoroughly examined by the frequency response analysis. Numerical results show that the degree of the vibration attenuation is related to the size of the model and the number of the bandgaps changes corresponding to the disorders of the local resonators. Furthermore, imperfections or defects are introduced into the finite AM system. Wave propagation and guiding in a finite model for straight waveguide are investigated and discussed. The defect states induced by changing the central resonator of a supercell are demonstrated. Defect bands are obtained and their location is illustrated.     

Stochastic utilities with subsistence and satiation: Optimal life insurance purchase,consumption and investment

We introduce stochastic utilities such that utility of any fixed amount of interest is a stochastic process or random variable. Also, there exist stochastic (or random) subsistence and satiation levels associated with stochastic utilities. Then, we consider optimal consumption, life insurance purchase and investment strategies to maximize the expected utility of consumption, bequest and pension with respect to stochastic utilities. We use the martingale approach to solve the optimization problem in two steps. First, we solve the optimization problem with an equality constraint which requires that the present value of consumption, bequest and pension is equal to the present value of initial wealth and income stream. Second, if the optimization problem is feasible, we obtain the explicit representations of the replicating life insurance purchase and portfolio strategies. As an application of our general results, we consider a family of stochastic utilities which have hyperbolic absolute risk aversion (HARA).