Soil–water retention curve (SRWC), also called soil moisture characteristic, is used for simulation models of soil water storage or soil aggregate stability. The present study addresses the modeling of SRWC with particular attention paid to hysteresis effects of water filling and draining the pores attributed to ink-bottle effects. For that purpose, an idealized pore size distribution previously developed for predicting water sorption isotherms on cementitious materials, and which can consider the double porosity structure of soils, is used. The input data of the model are assessed only from mercury intrusion porosimetry tests (MIP) and from grain size distribution (GSD). The hysteretic behavior of SRWC is reproduced in a satisfactory way. The model can also predict the specific surface area.
In the last decade, catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CVD) has been intensively explored for the growth of single-layer graphene (SLG). Despite the scattering of guidelines and procedures, variables such as the surface texture/chemistry of catalyst metal foils, carbon feedstock, and growth process parameters have been well-scrutinized. Still, questions remain on how best to standardize the growth procedure. The possible correlation of procedures between different CVD setups is an example. Here, two thermal CVD reactors were explored to grow graphene on Cu foil. The design of these setups was entirely distinct, one being a “showerhead” cold-wall type, whereas the other represented the popular “tubular” hot-wall type. Upon standardizing the Cu foil surface, it was possible to develop a procedure for cm2-scale SLG growth that differed only by the carrier gas flow rate used in the two reactors. 相似文献
A new scheme for controlling photodissociation through preparation of a variationally optimized linear superposition of field free vibrational eigenstates is applied for selective control of IBr and HI dissociation. The dependence of photodissociation on various field parameters and initial conditions is examined to investigate the mechanistic basis of selective control. The parametric equations of motion approach for determining vibrational dynamics as a function of field parameters without having to solve the time dependent Schrödinger equation explicitly for each field parameter separately is outlined and its use to identify field characteristics which will provide the requisite population mix represented by the optimal linear superposition of vibrational states is advocated. 相似文献
We have presented an investigation of the induced focusing in Kerr media of two laser beams, the pump beam and the probe beam,
which could be either Gaussian or elliptic Gaussian or a combination of the two. We have used variational formalism to derive
relevant beam-width equations. Among several important findings, the finding that a very week probe beam can be guided and
focused when power of both beams are well below their individual threshold for self-focusing, is a noteworthy one. It has
been found that induced focusing is not possible for laser beams of any wavelength and beam radius. In case both beams are
elliptic Gaussian, we have shown that when power of both beams is above a certain threshold value then the effective radius
of both beams collapses and collapse distance depends on power. Moreover, it has been found that induced focusing can be employed
to convert a circular Gaussian beam into an elliptic Gaussian beam. 相似文献
A method for the construction of the second constant of motion in fourth order is carried out. Correspondingly the fourth order potential equation is obtained whose solutions directly provide the classical integrable systems. Second constant of motion is obtained for a large class of potentials. Quantum invariants are also obtained with second order quantum corrections of the order O(?2) to the corresponding classical invariants. The phase space diagrams for these cases are drawn using a mathematical computer software package in two dimensions. 相似文献
Swift heavy ions (SHI) with electronic energy loss exceeding a value of 14.4 keVnm−1 create amorphized latent tracks in YBCO type superconductors. In the low fluence regime of an ion beam where tracks do not overlap, a decrease of the superconducting transition temperature as probed through resistivity studies, is not expected due to availability of percolating current paths. The present study however shows Tc decrease by about 1–3 K in thin films of YBCO when irradiated by 250 MeVAg ions at 79 K at a fluence of 5×1010–1×1012 ionscm−2. The highest fluence used in the present study is three times less than the fluence where track overlapping becomes significant. The Tc tends to increase towards the preirradiation value on annealing the films at room temperature. To explain this unusual result, we consider the effect of ion irradiation in inducing materials modification not only through creation of amorphized latent tracks along the ion path, but also through creation of atomic disorder in the oxygen sublattice in the Cu–O chains of YBCO by the secondary electrons. These electrons are emitted radially from the tracks during the passage of the SHI. Considering the correlation between the charge state of copper and its oxygen coordination, we show in particular that the latter process is a consequence of the inelastic interaction of the SHI induced low-energy secondary electrons with the YBCO lattice, which result in chain oxygen disorder and Tc decrease. 相似文献
This paper presents an investigation of laser rapid manufacturing (LRM) for Inconel-625 components. LRM is an upcoming rapid manufacturing technology, it is similar to laser cladding at process level with different end applications. In general, laser-cladding technique is used to deposit materials on the substrate either to improve the surface properties or to refurbish the worn out parts, while LRM is capable of near-net shaping the components by layer-by-layer deposition of the material directly from CAD model. In the present study, a high-power continuous wave (CW) CO2 laser system, integrated with a co-axial powder-feeding system and a three-axis workstation were used. The effect of processing parameters during LRM of Inconel-625 was studied and the optimum set of parameters for the maximum deposition rate was established employing Orthogonal L9 array of Taguchi technique. Results indicated that the powder feed rate and the scan speed contributed about 56% and 26%, respectively to the deposition rate, while the influence of laser power was limited to 10% only. Fabricated components were subjected to non-destructive testing (like—ultrasonic testing, dye-penetrant testing), tensile testing, impact testing, metallographic examinations and micro-hardness measurement. The test results revealed defect-free material deposition with improved mechanical strength without sacrificing the ductility. 相似文献
Electric fields of the anions, cations and neutral forms of 2-aminopurine and 6-thioguanine have been mapped. Certain important
features of the maps are similar to those found earlier in the neutral and ionic forms of adenine and guanine. The computed
electric field patterns satisfactorily explain reactive sites and biological activity of the molecules. 相似文献
The occurrence of charge on recoil56Mn produced by the (n,γ) reaction in polycrystalline potassium permanganate has been examined using the ‘charge plate technique’.
From considerations of capture gamma ray decay schemes and internal conversion it appears that, in a condensed medium, the
recoil atom develops charge after losing much of its initial kinetic energy which allows collection on charged electrodes.
Preliminary findings were presented at the International Symposium on Radiochemistry and Radiation Chemistry, RC-41 BARC,
Bombay, Feb. 4–6 (1991). 相似文献