Upon oxidation, a silica scale forms on MoSi2, a potential high-temperature coating material for metals. This silica scale protects MoSi2 against high-temperature corrosive gases or liquids. We use periodic density fu...
Upon oxidation, a silica scale forms on MoSi2, a potential high-temperature coating material for metals. This silica scale protects MoSi2 against high-temperature corrosive gases or liquids. We use periodic density functional theory to examine the interface between SiO2 and MoSi2. The interfacial bonding is localized, as evidenced by an adhesion energy that changes only slightly with the thickness of the SiO2 layer. Moreover, the adhesion energy displays a relatively large (0.40J∕m2) variation with the relative lateral position of the SiO2 and MoSi2 lattices due to changes in Si−O bonding across the interface. The most stable interfacial structure yields an ideal work of adhesion of 5.75J∕m2 within the local density approximation (5.02J∕m2 within the generalized-gradient approximation) to electron exchange and correlation, indicating extremely strong adhesion. Local densities of states and electron density difference plots demonstrate that the interfacial Si−O bonds are covalent in character. Mo−O interactions are not found in the SiO2∕MoSi2 interface investigated here. Our work predicts that the SiO2 scale strongly adheres to MoSi2, and further supports the potential of MoSi2 as a high-temperature structural material and coating.
Recent simulations indicate that ellipsoids can pack randomly more densely than spheres and, remarkably, for axes ratios near 1.25∶1∶0.8 can approach the densest crystal packing (fcc) of spheres, with a packing frac...
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Recent simulations indicate that ellipsoids can pack randomly more densely than spheres and, remarkably, for axes ratios near 1.25∶1∶0.8 can approach the densest crystal packing (fcc) of spheres, with a packing fraction of 74%. We demonstrate that such dense packings are realizable. We introduce a novel way of determining packing density for a finite sample that minimizes surface effects. We have fabricated ellipsoids and show that, in a sphere, the radial packing fraction ϕ(r) can be obtained from V(h), the volume of added fluid to fill the sphere to height h. We also obtain ϕ(r) from a magnetic resonance imaging scan. The measurements of the overall density ϕavr, ϕ(r) and the core density ϕ0=0.74±0.005 agree with simulations.
A general technique for the generation of canonical channel models and demonstrate the application of the technique to time-frequency and time-scale integral kernel operators is developed. As an example, the derivatio...
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It is shown that sigma-delta (/spl Sigma//spl Delta/) algorithms can be used effectively to quantize finite frame expansions for R/sup d/. Error estimates for various quantized frame expansions are derived, and, in pa...
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It is shown that sigma-delta (/spl Sigma//spl Delta/) algorithms can be used effectively to quantize finite frame expansions for R/sup d/. Error estimates for various quantized frame expansions are derived, and, in particular, it is shown that /spl Sigma//spl Delta/ quantizers outperform the standard PCM schemes.
We provide methods of computing multivalued solutions to the Euler-Poisson system and test them in the context of a klystron amplifier. An Eulerian formulation capable of computing multivalued solutions is derived fro...
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We provide methods of computing multivalued solutions to the Euler-Poisson system and test them in the context of a klystron amplifier. An Eulerian formulation capable of computing multivalued solutions is derived from a kinetic description of the Euler-Poisson system and a moment closure. The system of the moment equations may be closed due to the special structure of the solution in phase space. The Eulerian moment equations are computed for a velocity modulated electron beam, which has been shown by prior Lagrangian theories to break in a finite time and form multivalued solutions. The results of the Eulerian moment equations are compared to direct computation of the kinetic equations and a Lagrangian method also developed in the paper. We use the Lagrangian formulation for the explicit computation of wave breaking time and location for typical velocity modulation boundary conditions.
A simplified set of equations is derived systematically below for the interaction of large scale flow fields and precipitation in the tropical atmosphere. These equations, the Tropical Climate Model, have the form of ...
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In this paper, the effect of spatial diversity on the throughput and reliability of wireless networks is examined. Spatial diversity is realized through multiple independently fading transmit/receive antenna paths in ...
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O’Hern, Silbert, Liu, and Nagel [Phys. Rev. E. 68, 011306 (2003)] claim that a special point J of a “jamming phase diagram” (in density, temperature, stress space) is related to random close packing of hard spheres...
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O’Hern, Silbert, Liu, and Nagel [Phys. Rev. E. 68, 011306 (2003)] claim that a special point J of a “jamming phase diagram” (in density, temperature, stress space) is related to random close packing of hard spheres and that it represents, for their suggested definitions of jammed and random, the recently introduced maximally random jammed state. We point out several difficulties with their definitions and question some of their claims. Furthermore, we discuss the connections between their algorithm and other hard-sphere packing algorithms in the literature.
A general technique for the generation of canonical channel models and demonstrate the application of the technique to time-frequency and time-scale integral kernel operators is developed. As an example, the derivatio...
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A general technique for the generation of canonical channel models and demonstrate the application of the technique to time-frequency and time-scale integral kernel operators is developed. As an example, the derivation of Sayeed/Aazhang's time-frequency canonical channel characterization that forms the basis for the time-frequency RAKE receiver is shown. Then, a canonical time-scale channel model for wideband communication is developed.
In this Letter, we report on the densest-known packings of congruent ellipsoids. The family of new packings consists of crystal arrangements of spheroids with a wide range of aspect ratios, and with density φ always ...
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In this Letter, we report on the densest-known packings of congruent ellipsoids. The family of new packings consists of crystal arrangements of spheroids with a wide range of aspect ratios, and with density φ always surpassing that of the densest Bravais lattice packing φ≈0.7405. A remarkable maximum density of ϕ≈0.7707 is achieved for maximal aspect ratios larger than 3, when each ellipsoid has 14 touching neighbors. Our results are directly relevant to understanding the equilibrium behavior of systems of hard ellipsoids, and, in particular, the solid and glassy phases.
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