Multiphysics simulation method of Lamb wavepropagation with piezoelectric transducers under load condition

Lamb Wave(LW) simulation under time-varying conditions is an effective and low cost way to study the problem of the low reliability of the structural health monitoring methods based on the LW and Piezoelectric Transducer(PT). In this paper, a multiphysics simulation method of the LW propagation with the PTs under load condition is proposed. With this method, two key mechanisms of the load influence on the LW propagation are considered and coupled with each other. The first mechanism is the acoustoelastic effect which is the main reason of the LW velocity change. The second key mechanism is the load influence on piezoelectric materials, which results in a change of the amplitude. Based on the computational platform of the COMSOL Multiphysics, a multiphysics simulation model of the LW propagation with the PTs under load condition is established. The simulation model includes two physical phenomena. The first one is called solid mechanics, which is used to simulate the acoustoelastic effect being combined with the hyperelastic material properties of the structure in which the LW propagates. The second one is called electromechanical coupling, which considers the simulation of the piezoelectric effect of the PTs for the LW excitation and sensing. To simulate the load influence on piezoelectric materials, a non-linear numerical model of the relationship between the load and the piezoelectric coefficient d31 is established based on an experiment of the load influence on the LW. The simulation results under uniaxial tensile load condition are obtained and are compared with the data obtained from the experiment. It shows that the variations of the phase velocity and amplitude of the LW obtained from the simulation model match the experimental results well.     

永磁同步电机永磁体分块对涡流损耗的影响分析

逆变器供电的永磁同步电机(PMSM)中电子器件的高频开关会产生高频的电流时间谐波,进而引起永磁体涡流损耗的显著增加。给出了一种考虑电流时间谐波的永磁体涡流损耗计算的解析式,详细分析了永磁体尺寸和透入深度与涡流损耗之间的关系,并通过一个理想的3D模型进行验证。以1台逆变器供电的48槽8极PMSM为例进行涡流损耗仿真计算,结果表明:永磁体合理的分块数可以有效减少涡流损耗。     

NiTiHf高温形状记忆合金研究进展

介绍了NiTiHf高温形状记忆合金的研究状况 ,重点评述了NiTiHf合金的设计以及Hf的添加和热处理对合金的相变、力学行为和形状记忆效应的影响 ,并对它们所对应的微观机制作了一定的分析     

Aeroelastic effect on aerothermoacoustic response of metallic panels in supersonic flow

A finite element formulation is presented for the analysis of the aeroelastic effect on the aerothermoacoustic response of metallic panels in supersonic flow. The first-order shear deforma-tion theory (FSDT) and the von Karman nonlinear strain-displacement relationships are employed to consider the geometric nonlinearity induced by large deflections. The piston theory and the Gaus-sian white noise are used to simulate the mean flow aerodynamics and the turbulence from the boundary layer. The thermal loading is assumed to be steady and uniformly distributed, and the material properties are assumed to be temperature independent. The governing equations of motion are firstly formulated in structural node degrees of freedom by using the principle of virtual work, and then transformed and reduced to a set of coupled nonlinear Duffing oscillators in modal coor-dinates. The dynamic response of a panel is obtained by the Runge-Kutta integration method. The results indicate that the increasing aeroelastic effect can lead the panel vibration from a random motion to a highly ordered motion in the fashion of diffused limit cycle oscillations (LCOs), and remarkably alter the stochastic bifurcation and the spectrum of the aerothermoacoustic response. On the other hand there exists a counterbalance mechanism between the external random loading and the aeroelastic effect, which mainly functions through the nonlinear frequency-amplitude response. It is surmised that the aeroelastic effect must be considered in sonic fatigue analysis for panel structures in supersonic flow.     

脉冲爆震发动机点火过程离子催化效应数值模拟

利用气体电离理论推导出氢气-空气混合气体电离后组成成分,理论分析活性基团对燃烧速率及剧烈程度的催化效应,以及不同点火能量、活性基团浓度对缓燃转爆震(DDT)过程的影响.结合氢气-空气燃烧23步化学反应动力学机制,采用FLUENT软件对不同工况下的DDT过程进行模拟,与理论分析结果对比.结果表明:点火温度为2000~2500K时,活性基团的加入,可提高燃烧速率,DDT时间可缩短9.91%~21.08%,DDT距离可缩短3.32%~8.08%,DDT时间和DDT距离的改变幅度随点火温度的升高而增大.点火能量较高时应该考虑气体电离效应.      

全球电离层对2000年4月6-7日磁暴事件的响应

利用分布于全球的电离层台站的测高仪观测数据,对扰动期间,foF2值与其宁静期间参考值进行比较,研究了2000年4月6—7日磁暴期间全球不同区域电离层的响应形态,并通过对比磁扰期间NmF2的变化与由MSISR90经验模式估算的中性大气浓度比(no／nN2)的变化,探讨了本次事件期间的电离层暴扰动机制．结果表明,在磁暴主相和恢复相早期,出现了全球性的电离层F2层负相暴效应．最大负相暴效应出现在磁暴恢复相早期,即电离层暴恢复相开始时间滞后于磁暴恢复相开始时间．在磁暴恢复相后期,一些台站出现正相扰动．研究结果表明,本次事件期间的电离层暴主要是由磁暴活动而诱发的热层暴环流引起的．     

Measurements of the radiation quality factor Q at aviation altitudes during solar minimum (2006–2008)

In radiation protection, the Q-factor has been defined to describe the biological effectiveness of the energy deposition or absorbed dose to humans in the mixed radiation fields at aviation altitudes. This particular radiation field is generated by the interactions of primary cosmic particles with the atoms of the constituents of the Earth’s atmosphere. Thus the intensity, characterized by the ambient dose equivalent rate H∗(10), depends on the flight altitude and the energy spectra of the particles, mainly protons and alpha particles, impinging on the atmosphere. These charged cosmic projectiles are deflected both by the interplanetary and the Earth’s magnetic field such that the corresponding energy spectra are modulated by these fields. The solar minimum is a time period of particular interest since the interplanetary magnetic field is weakest within the 11-year solar cycle and the dose rates at aviation altitudes reach their maximum due to the reduced shielding of galactic cosmic radiation. For this reason, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) performed repeated dosimetric on-board measurements in cooperation with several German airlines during the past solar minimum from March 2006 to August 2008. The Q-factors measured with a TEPC range from 1.98 at the equator to 2.60 in the polar region.     

Comparison of organ dose and dose equivalent for human phantoms of CAM vs. MAX

For the evaluation of organ dose and dose equivalent of astronauts on space shuttle and the International Space Station (ISS) missions, the CAMERA models of CAM (Computerized Anatomical Male) and CAF (Computerized Anatomical Female) of human tissue shielding have been implemented and used in radiation transport model calculations at NASA. One of new human geometry models to meet the “reference person” of International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) is based on detailed Voxel (volumetric and pixel) phantom models denoted for male and female as MAX (Male Adult voXel) and FAX (Female Adult voXel), respectively. We compared the CAM model predictions of organ doses to those of MAX model, since the MAX model represents the male adult body with much higher fidelity than the CAM model currently used at NASA. Directional body-shielding mass was evaluated for over 1500 target points of MAX for specified organs considered to be sensitive to the induction of stochastic effects. Radiation exposures to solar particle event (SPE), trapped protons, and galactic cosmic ray (GCR) were assessed at the specific sites in the MAX phantom by coupling space radiation transport models with the relevant body-shielding mass. The development of multiple-point body-shielding distributions at each organ made it possible to estimate the mean and variance of organ doses at the specific organ. For the estimate of doses to the blood forming organs (BFOs), data on active marrow distributions in adult were used to weight the bone marrow sites over the human body. The discrete number of target points of MAX organs resulted in a reduced organ dose and dose equivalent compared to the results of CAM organs especially for SPE, and should be further investigated. Differences of effective doses between the two approaches were found to be small (<5%) for GCR.     

Multifunctional Martian habitat composite material synthesized from in situ resources

The two primary requirements for a Martian habitat structure include effective radiation shielding against the Galactic Cosmic Ray (GCR) environment and sufficient structural and thermal integrity. To significantly reduce the cost associated with transportation of such materials and structures from earth, it is imperative that such building materials should be synthesized primarily from Martian in situ resources. This paper illustrates the feasibility of such an approach. Experimental results are discussed to demonstrate the synthesis of polyethylene (PE) from a simulated Martian atmosphere and the fabrication of a composite material using simulated Martian regolith with PE as the binding material. The radiation shielding effectiveness of the proposed composites is analyzed using results from radiation transport codes and exposure of the samples to high-energy beams that serve as a terrestrial proxy for the GCR environment. Mechanical and ballistic impact resistance properties of the proposed composite as a function of composition, processing parameters, and thermal variations are also discussed to evaluate the multifunctionality of such in situ synthesized composite materials.     

IMF effect on ionospheric trough occurrence at equinoxes

Previous observations have shown that there is a relationship between the F region trough and both B_z and B_y components of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF). Since IMF governs the polar cap convection, we investigate here if this relationship can be explained by means of polar cap convection. The study is limited to equinox seasons. The poleward and equatorward edges of the trough are determined from satellite tomographic observations and their locations are plotted in magnetic coordinates together with the convection pattern given by Papitashvili and Rich [Papitashvili, V.O., Rich, F.J. High-latitude ionospheric convection models derived from DMSP ion drift observations and parameterized by the IMF strength and direction. J. Geophys. Res. 107, 2002, doi:10.1029/2001JA000264] using IMF measurements coincident with trough observations. The results indicate a close relationship between the troughs and convection. Most of the troughs are seen within the dusk cell and the pattern of trough observations rotates with the convection pattern, when B_y changes its sign. More dayside troughs are observed when B_z is negative than in the opposite case, i.e. fast convective flow favours the dayside trough occurrence. Nightside troughs are observed more frequently when B_y is negative. In both evening and morning sectors the trough is situated close to the edges of convection cells, which partly contradicts previous results showing that the troughs are associated with the convection reversal. It is concluded that plasma convection has an important role in trough generation, although the effect of a strong electric field and other mechanisms like precipitation certainly have a role of their own.