Application of near infrared spectroscopy and multivariate data analysis for the evaluation of glue lines of untreated and copper azole treated laminated timber before and after ageing

The necessity for inspection and assessment of glued laminated timber structures in service has raised interest in the evaluation of the glue lines. Glue line spectra were analysed and are discussed in detail with respect to spectral contributions from the adhesive, the hardener, the wood lamella below the adhesive, the curing temperature as well as ageing-related spectral changes. The combination of near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and principal component analysis (PCA) allowed distinguishing between aged and non-aged samples and different copper azole preservative treatment levels of phenol-resorcinol-formaldehyde (PRF) glue lines. NIR-based partial least squares (PLS) regression modelling was performed for the glue line shear strength and for the curing temperature. These findings show that NIR spectroscopy is a fast and useful technique to evaluate the degradation on the PRF glue lines of untreated and copper azole treated laminated timber.     

逆合成孔径成像激光雷达实包络成像算法

逆合成孔径激光成像雷达受激光调制技术以及回波相位信息易受大气湍流破坏的限制,采用常规的相位相干积累类方法得到目标二维高分辨图像很困难.针对这一情况,提出了一种基于逆Radon变换的实包络成像算法.利用回波距离脉冲压缩后的实包络信息,实现方位向的非相干积累,最终得到二维高分辨图像.通过该算法,成像系统可以使用非相干激光信号,在脉冲重复频率较低且存在大气湍流的情况下,也可以获得高质量的成像结果.仿真实验验证了此算法的有效性和优越性.     

三维直接数值模拟部分预混发动机内的燃烧过程

采用三维直接数值模拟方法研究了一个类似于部分预混燃烧(PPC)发动机条件下高辛烷值燃料PRF70的着火过程。文章采用了简化的PRF化学动力学机理,包含33个组分和38步基元反应。计算中根据发动机的几何尺寸和真实运行工况加入了气缸内压缩/膨胀的效果,并考虑了燃料的两次喷射,其中第一次喷射形成了较均匀的混合气,第二次燃料喷射增加了混合物分层。研究发现,PPC的燃烧过程非常复杂,是均质压燃、预混燃烧和扩散燃烧三种主要燃烧模式的结合。在两次燃料喷射之间的区域为近化学计量比燃烧,是氮氧化物的生成区;而在化学计量比(φ)大于2的区域,混合不充分聚集了大量未燃碳氢和CO。文章使用Marching cube算法捕捉了三维火焰锋面随时间的变化。最后,使用反应锋面上高斯曲率(k_g)与平均曲率(k_m)的联合概率密度函数(PDF)以及平均曲率随时间变化的概率密度函数,揭示了球形火焰锋面和马鞍形火焰锋面的存在,前者占主要地位,并且随着燃烧的进行,负曲率增加,主要是因为中心的燃料浓区在逐渐消耗。     

A kinetic modeling study on the oxidation of primary reference fuel-toluene mixtures including cross reactions between aromatics and aliphatics

A detailed chemical kinetic model for the mixtures of primary reference fuel (PRF: n-heptane and iso-octane) and toluene has been proposed. This model is divided into three parts; a PRF mechanism [T. Ogura, Y. Sakai, A. Miyoshi, M. Koshi, P. Dagaut, Energy Fuels 21 (2007) 3233-3239], toluene sub-mechanism and cross reactions between PRF and toluene. Toluene sub-mechanism includes the low temperature kinetics relevant to engine conditions. A chemical kinetic mechanism proposed by Pitz et al. [W.J. Pitz, R. Seiser, J.W. Bozzelli, et al., in: Chemical Kinetic Characterization of the Combustion of Toluene, Proceedings of the Second Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, 2001] was used as a starting model and modified by updating rate coefficients. Theoretical estimations of rate coefficients were performed for toluene and benzyl radical reactions important at low temperatures. Cross reactions between alkane, alkene, and aromatics were also included in order to account for the acceleration by the addition of toluene into iso-octane recently found in the shock tube study of the ignition delay [Y. Sakai, H. Ozawa, T. Ogura, A. Miyoshi, M. Koshi, W.J. Pitz, Effects of Toluene Addition to Primary Reference Fuel at High Temperature, SAE 2007-01-4104, 2007]. Validations of the model were performed with existing shock tube and flow tube data. The model well predicts the ignition characteristics of PRF/toluene mixtures under the wide range of temperatures (500-1700 K) and pressures (2-50 atm). It is found that reactions of benzyl radical with oxygen molecule determine the reactivity of toluene at low temperature. Although the effect of toluene addition to iso-octane is not fully resolved, the reactions of alkene with benzyl radical have the possibility to account for the kinetic interactions between PRF and toluene.