c/ccomposites with Siccolumnar pins were fabricated by a recently developed space-holder method. Effects of Siccolumnar pins with pins-row spacing of 5 mm and 4 mm on mechanical properties and toughening of c/ccom...
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c/ccomposites with Siccolumnar pins were fabricated by a recently developed space-holder method. Effects of Siccolumnar pins with pins-row spacing of 5 mm and 4 mm on mechanical properties and toughening of c/ccomposites were characterized and discussed. corresponding porous c/ccomposite matrices were also characterized. The results show that introduction of Siccolumnar pins not only improves the compressive and shear properties of c/ccomposites, but significantly affects the Pyc texture of the c/ccomposite matrix. Under identical TG-cVI deposition conditions, the pristine c/ccomposites (S0), the unidirectional porous c/ccomposites (S1 and S2), and the c/ccomposites with Siccolumnar pins (S3 and S4) show typical low-textured Pyc, high-textured Pyc, and medium-textured Pyc, respectively. The mechanical properties of unidirectional porous c/ccomposites with channels-row spacing of 5 mm (S1) are higher than those of unidirectional porous c/ccomposites with channels-row spacing of 4 mm (S2). conversely, for the c/ccomposites with Siccolumnar pins, the mechanical properties of samples with columns-row spacing of 5 mm (S3) are lower than those with columnsrow spacing of 4 mm (S4). Moreover, the compressive strength P//(load direction parallel to the channel), P perpendicular to (load direction vertical to the channel), and shear strength of S3 and S4 is respectively higher than that of S1. Therefore, introduction of Siccolumnar pins can effectively improve the mechanical properties of composites without significantly changing the density.
Isothermal oxidation treatments were carried out on Fe-cr-c steels. The steels containing 0.08, 0.15, 0.17, 0.88, 1.51, and 12.77wt.% cr and 0.10, 0.49, 1.19, 0.18, 1.05, and 1.63 wt.% c were oxidized in ambient air a...
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Isothermal oxidation treatments were carried out on Fe-cr-c steels. The steels containing 0.08, 0.15, 0.17, 0.88, 1.51, and 12.77wt.% cr and 0.10, 0.49, 1.19, 0.18, 1.05, and 1.63 wt.% c were oxidized in ambient air at temperatures of 900, 1000, and 1200°c. Steels containing 13.22, 12.90, 12.52, and 12.77wt.% cr and 0.15, 0.30, 0.50, and 1.63 wt.% c were heated (1100°c/3hr) in a flowing atmosphere of Oclass="a-plus-plus">2-Nclass="a-plus-plus">2-He in a SETARAM thermobalance. Evidence of decarburization of the steels is given by metallographic observations, by direct measurements of carbon diffusivities from the decarburization profiles in the oxidized samples, and by the results of kinetics measurements.class="a-plus-plus">3carbon diffusion coefficients were measured by the standard sectioning method in the samples oxidized in air. A. generalized equation for carbon diffusivity in Fe-cr-c alloys is developed in terms of Nclass="a-plus-plus">cr[wt.%], Nclass="a-plus-plus">c[wt.%], and T[K].
This article considers an inverse problem for a cosserat rod where we are given only the position of the centreline of the rod and must solve for external forces and torques as well as the orientation of the cross sec...
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This article considers an inverse problem for a cosserat rod where we are given only the position of the centreline of the rod and must solve for external forces and torques as well as the orientation of the cross sections of the centreline. We formulate the inverse problem as an optimal control problem using the position of the centreline as an objective function with the external force and torque as control variables, with meaningful regularisation of the orientations. A monolithic, implicit numerical scheme is proposed in the sense that primal and adjoint equations are solved in a fully-coupled manner and all the nonlinear coefficients of the governing partial differential equations are updated to the current state variables. The forward formulation, determining rod configuration from external forces and torques, is first validated by a numerical benchmark;the solvability and stability of the inverse problem are then tested using data from forward simulations. The proposed optimal control method is motivated by reconstruction of the orientations of a rod's cross sections, with its centreline being captured through imaging protocols. As a case study, we take the locomotion of the nematode, caenorhabditis elegans. In this study we take laboratory data for its centreline and infer its cross-section orientation (muscle locations) with the control force and torque being interpreted as the reaction force, activated by c. elegans' muscles, from the surrounding fluids. This method thus combines the mathematical modelling and laboratory data to study the locomotion of c. elegans, which gives us insights into the potential anatomical orientation of the worm beyond what can be observed through the laboratory data. The paper is completed with several additional remarks explaining the theoretical and technical details of the model.
Due to the high speed and high pressure operating conditions, wear between the finger seal and the rotor is inevitable, and this leads to an increase of leakage clearance and becomes an important factor affecting the ...
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Due to the high speed and high pressure operating conditions, wear between the finger seal and the rotor is inevitable, and this leads to an increase of leakage clearance and becomes an important factor affecting the seal life. The theory of anisotropic elasticity was employed to describe the mechanical characteristics of the seal material. An improved Archard wear model was proposed to calculate the nodal wear rate, and the local wear direction was also determined. The wear simulation model and procedure were established based on the Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian adaptive mesh strategy. The effects of material density, fabric orientation, pressure differential and rotor speed on the wear characteristics of finger seal and the change of leakage clearance caused by wear loss were studied. The results show that the wear first occurs at the heel area of the finger foot bottom and gradually extends to the toe area. c/c (carbon fibre reinforced carbon matrix) composite finger seal with higher material density has smaller leakage clearance and wear depth. With the increase of fabric orientation angle, the wear depth in the heel area of finger foot is smaller, and the circumferential wear area is narrower. The average wear depth of finger seal decreases with the orientation angle. When the orientation angle is 0, the seal leakage clearance is smaller. The increase of pressure differential not only aggravates the seal wear, but also expands the wear area, and also increases the average contact pressure and leakage clearance. Increasing the rotor speed make the wear depth of the heel area of finger foot gradually increase, but the wear area becomes narrower. The average contact pressure decreases and the average leakage clearance increases. This study provides a theoretical method and basis for the prediction and evaluation of the wear life and performance of c/ccomposite finger seal.
The application of low-friction coatings on the surfaces of gear teeth is primarily motivated by the increasing demands for load-carrying capacity or the rolling-contact fatigue life. Despite the costs of manufacturin...
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The application of low-friction coatings on the surfaces of gear teeth is primarily motivated by the increasing demands for load-carrying capacity or the rolling-contact fatigue life. Despite the costs of manufacturing being higher, better performance is an important consideration for many demanding applications. In the present study, we have investigated the load-carrying capacity of Wc/c-coated gears that were lubricated with an oil blend that was formulated in-house. A significantly higher load-carrying capacity was found for the Wc/c-coated gears lubricated with a tailored, low-viscosity oil in comparison with the case-carburised gears lubricated with a conventional gear oil of a similar viscosity. The carburised gears failed due to scuffing on the pinion tip, while coating thinning on the pinion face and coating fracture in the wheel-root area are the dominant failure mechanisms for Wc/c-coated gears. An approximately 40% lower roughness was found on the coated gear flanks. copyright (c) 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Recently, a polymorphism in the complement regulator factor H (FH) gene has been associated with age-related macular degeneration. When histidine instead of tyrosine is present at position 384 in the seventh complemen...
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Recently, a polymorphism in the complement regulator factor H (FH) gene has been associated with age-related macular degeneration. When histidine instead of tyrosine is present at position 384 in the seventh complement control protein (ccP) domain of FH, the risk for age-related macular degeneration is increased. It was recently shown that these allotypic variants of FH, in the context of a recombinant construct corresponding to ccPs 6 - 8, recognize polyanionic structures differently, which may lead to altered regulation of the alternative pathway of complement. We show now that His-384, corresponding to the risk allele, binds c-reactive protein (cRP) poorly compared with the Tyr-384 form. We also found that c1q and phosphorylcholine do not compete with FH for binding to c-reactive protein. The interaction with extracellular matrix protein fibromodulin, which we now show to be mediated, at least in part, by ccP6 - 8 of FH, occurs via the polypeptide of fibromodulin and not through its glycosaminoglycan modifications. The Tyr-384 variant of FH bound fibromodulin better than the His-384 form. Furthermore, we find that ccP6 - 8 is able to interact with DNA and necroticcells, but in contrast the His-384 allotype binds these ligands more strongly than the Tyr-384 variant. The variations in binding affinity of the two alleles indicate that complement activation and local inflammation in response to different targets will differ between His/His and Tyr/Tyr homozygotes.
This work continues our systematic study of Li- and Mn- rich cathodes for lithium-ion batteries. We chose Li2MnO3 as a model electrode material with the aim of correlating the improved electrochemical characteristics ...
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This work continues our systematic study of Li- and Mn- rich cathodes for lithium-ion batteries. We chose Li2MnO3 as a model electrode material with the aim of correlating the improved electrochemical characteristics of these cathodes initially activated at 0 degrees c with the structural evolution of Li2MnO3, oxygen loss, formation of per-oxo like species (O-2(2-)) and the surface chemistry. It was established that performing a few initial charge/discharge (activation) cycles of Li2MnO3 at 0 degrees c resulted in increased discharge capacity and higher capacity retention, and decreased and substantially stabilized the voltage hysteresis upon subsequent cycling at 30 degrees c or at 45 degrees c. In contrast to the activation of Li2MnO3 at these higher temperatures, Li2MnO3 underwent step-by-step activation at 0 degrees c, providing a stepwise traversing of the voltage plateau at >4.5 V during initial cycling. Importantly, these findings agree well with our previous studies on the activation at 0 degrees c of 0.35Li(2)MnO(3)center dot 0.65Li[Mn0.45Ni0.35co0.20]O-2 materials. The stability of the interface developed at 0 degrees ccan be ascribed to the reduced interactions of the per-oxo-like species formed and the oxygen released from Li2MnO3 with solvents in ethylene carbonate-methyl-ethyl carbonate/LiPF6 solutions. Our TEM studies revealed that typically, upon initial cycling both at 0 degrees c and 30 degrees c, Li2MnO3 underwent partial structural layered-to-spinel (Li2Mn2O4) transition.
A simple set of subroutines in ANSI-c are presented for multiple taper spectrum estimation. The multitaper approach provides an optimal spectrum estimate by minimizing spectral leakage while reducing the variance of t...
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A simple set of subroutines in ANSI-c are presented for multiple taper spectrum estimation. The multitaper approach provides an optimal spectrum estimate by minimizing spectral leakage while reducing the variance of the estimate by averaging orthogonal eigenspectrum estimates. The orthogonal tapers are Slepian n pi prolate functions used as tapers on the windowed time series. Because the taper functions are orthogonal, combining them to achieve an average spectrum does not introduce spurious correlations as standard smoothed single-taper estimates do. Furthermore, estimates of the degrees of freedom and F-test values at each frequency provide diagnostics for determining levels of confidence in narrow band (single frequency) periodicities. The program provided is portable and has been tested on both Unix and Macintosh systems.
c for all is a polymorphic, nonobject-oriented, concurrent, backwards compatible extension of the c programming language. This paper discusses the design philosophy and implementation of its advanced control-flow and ...
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c for all is a polymorphic, nonobject-oriented, concurrent, backwards compatible extension of the c programming language. This paper discusses the design philosophy and implementation of its advanced control-flow and concurrent/parallel features, along with the supporting runtime written in c for all. These features are created from scratch as ISO c has only low-level and/or unimplemented concurrency, so c programmers continue to rely on library approaches like pthreads. c for all introduces modern language-level control-flow mechanisms, like generators, coroutines, user-level threading, and monitors for mutual exclusion and synchronization. The runtime provides significant programmer simplification and safety by eliminating spurious wakeup and monitor barging. The runtime also ensures multiple monitors can be safely acquired in a deadlock-free way, and this feature is fully integrated with all monitor synchronization mechanisms. All control-flow features integrate with the c for all polymorphic type-system and exception handling, while respecting the expectations and style of c programmers. Experimental results show comparable performance of the new features with similar mechanisms in other concurrent programming languages.
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Huang, WenkaiXu, FuhuaLiu, XiangChina Three Gorges Univ
Engn Res Ctr Ecoenvironm Three Gorges Reservoir R Key Lab Inorgan Nonmetall Crystalline & Energy Co Coll Mat & Chem EngnMinist Educ Yichang 443002 Hubei Peoples R China
Sodium borohydride has been widely regarded as a promising hydrogen carrier owing to its greatly hydrogen storing capability (10.8 wt%), high weight density and excellent stability in alkaline solutions. Herein, we fi...
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Sodium borohydride has been widely regarded as a promising hydrogen carrier owing to its greatly hydrogen storing capability (10.8 wt%), high weight density and excellent stability in alkaline solutions. Herein, we first design and synthesize a series of bimetallic M-Ru/c nanocomposites (including Fe-Ru/c, co-Ru/c, Ni-Ru/c and cu-Ru/c), via simply alloying of commercial Ru/c with nonprecious metal, for superior H2 evolution from the NaBH4 hydrolysis. The result exhibits that H2 generation is synergetically improved by alloying Ru/ c with co or Ni, while it is hindered by alloying Ru/c with Fe or cu. Indeed, co-Ru/c presents the highest efficient catalytic activity for H2 generation, with the TOF of 117.69 mol(H2)center dot molRu-1 center dot min-1, whereas Ru/c is only 57.08 mol(H2)center dot molRu-1 center dot min-1. In addition, the TOF of co-Ru/c reaches to 436.51 mol(H2)center dot molRu-1 center dot min-1 (96.7 L(H2)center dot gRu-1 center dot min-1) in the presence of NaOH. (c) 2021 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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