Fundamentals of Design and Technology of Rolling Element Bearings

This article presents an overview of fundamentals of rolling element bearing designs and technologies. The aim is to outline the complex interrelation of all fundamentals with the rolling contact fatigue and the attainable bearing life. Such fundamentals include, amongst others, bearing stressing and life capability. The article shows the different types of rolling bearing stressing and the analysis of the stress distribution (principal stresses and equivalent stresses) in the material under the rolling contact area. It becomes obvious that the contamination of the bearing with foreign particles leads to a drastic reduction in bearing life. Furthermore, it demonstrates the impact of the bearing lubrication and coating as well as the effect of additives on the attainable life and wear. Further fundamentals of rolling element bearing design are the materials, the material cleanliness and the heat treatment. The article reveals the importance of the cleanliness of bearing steels as well as different types of inclusions and their effect on rolling contact fatigue. Additionally the article describes how to optimize the material properties (strength, toughness and residual stress) by the heat treatment processes. The outcome of these investigations is that endurance life of a rolling element bearing can be achieved if specific operating conditions, an adequate lubrication, good system cleanliness and specific bearing stressing are met. The article provides a guideline for bearing engineers on how designs and technologies can be applied to optimizing a bearing for a particular industry or aerospace application.     

HP40奥氏体耐热钢炉管长期高温时效的安全性分析

为判别炉管的损伤程度和运行安全性,本文对运行了约46 000 h的苯乙烯生产加热炉炉管,在大修期间进行了宏观检查、氧化物的XRD(X-ray d iffraction)分析、管径测量、超声波测厚、硬度试验、金相组织分析及炉管的危险点计算分析等。实验结果表明:炉管表面发生了高温氧化以及碳化腐蚀,炉管壁厚明显减薄。与新管相比硬度也明显下降,显微组织明显退化,骨架状共晶碳化物形态消失,一次碳化物和从奥氏体晶内析出的二次碳化物明显粗化,且析出少量块状σ相。并在此基础上对炉管的剩余使用寿命作了估算。     

对搞好天津高校健康教育的初探

通过不同侧面说明在高校开展健康教育的意义，简要介绍了我市高校开展健康教育的现状，提出了促进我市高校开展健康教育的看法。     

THE SPACE APPLICATION ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE CHINESE UNMANNED SPACECRAFT "SZ-3"

During the 3rd mission of Chinese Unmanned Spacecraft the application sys tem of "SZ-3" (Shenzhou, a divine ship) gets a great success, all its goals are achieved. Many areas of science and breakthrough technology, including earth observation, earth environment monitoring, space material, space life science etc., are carried out in the mission. There are 44 payload instruments totally.All the instruments are working well during the orbit flight and a lot of good results are obtained. Many areas, for example the moderate resolution imag ing spectroradiometer, the solar ultraviolet spectral irradiance monitor and the space protein crystallization facility perform better than required and expected.A brief introduction of the experiments and the achievements of the mission is given in this paper.     

螺栓室温应力松驰试验研究

提出了一种改进的应力松弛试验方法，并用改进的装置测量了法兰接头紧固螺栓的室温应力松弛值，拟合了松弛方程曲线。根据螺栓应力松弛模型无温度变量的特点，利用Ｌ－Ｍ方法把温度引入了松弛模型，据此可推算在一定范围内革本温度和时间下的应务松弛指标。     

航空直流发电机用轴承的受力分析

对航空直流发电机所选用的轴承进行了受力分析、寿命计算和强度审核。此方法同样适合于航空直流起动发电机和交流发电机轴承的受力分析。     

某型行波管寿命评估与试验

根据MIL-HDBK-217F和GJB/Z 299C-2006电子设备可靠性预计手册所提供的失效率数学模型及其使用数据对某型行波管的寿命进行了评估,并按照GJB3312A-2011《微波电子管通用规范》对该型行波管进行了寿命试验。结果显示,该型行波管的实际使用寿命可由1000小时延长至2000小时。     

最大熵准则识别材料疲劳寿命分布

疲劳寿命具有很大的分散性,是工程结构设计中必须考虑的因素。为了降低主观不确定性的引入,得到更合理的疲劳寿命分布类型,提出一种用于识别疲劳寿命概率分布类型的一般计算方法。该方法首先根据疲劳试验样本信息确定疲劳寿命的前四阶统计矩;基于统计矩信息,利用最大熵准则确定疲劳寿命的概率分布类型。在基于最大熵准则识别疲劳寿命分布时,利用Lagrange乘子法求解最大熵分布。采用已有的航空铝合金2024-T351板件疲劳裂纹扩展试验数据验证所提计算方法的合理性和有效性。结果表明:所提方法能够高效地识别材料疲劳寿命分布类型,并且不局限于单峰标准分布类型。     

Developing strategies for automated remote plant production systems: Environmental control and monitoring of the Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse in the Canadian High Arctic

The Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse is a unique research facility dedicated to the study of greenhouse engineering and autonomous functionality under extreme operational conditions, in preparation for extraterrestrial biologically-based life support systems. The Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse is located at the Haughton Mars Project Research Station on Devon Island in the Canadian High Arctic. The greenhouse has been operational since 2002. Over recent years the greenhouse has served as a controlled environment facility for conducting scientific and operationally relevant plant growth investigations in an extreme environment. Since 2005 the greenhouse has seen the deployment of a refined nutrient control system, an improved imaging system capable of remote assessment of basic plant health parameters, more robust communication and power systems as well as the implementation of a distributed data acquisition system. Though several other Arctic greenhouses exist, the Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse is distinct in that the focus is on autonomous operation as opposed to strictly plant production. Remote control and autonomous operational experience has applications both terrestrially in production greenhouses and extraterrestrially where future long duration Moon/Mars missions will utilize biological life support systems to close the air, food and water loops. Minimizing crew time is an important goal for any space-based system. The experience gained through the remote operation of the Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse is providing the experience necessary to optimize future plant production systems and minimize crew time requirements. Internal greenhouse environmental data shows that the fall growth season (July–September) provides an average photosynthetic photon flux of 161.09 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹ (August) and 76.76 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹ (September) with approximately a 24 h photoperiod. The spring growth season provides an average of 327.51 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹ (May) and 339.32 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹ (June) demonstrating that even at high latitudes adequate light is available for crop growth during 4–5 months of the year. The Canadian Space Agency Development Greenhouse [now operational] serves as a test-bed for evaluating new systems prior to deployment in the Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse. This greenhouse is also used as a venue for public outreach relating to biological life support research and its corresponding terrestrial spin-offs.