Calculation of the induction of a constant magnetic field created in a ferromagnet by an attachable electromagnet

On the grounds of the numerical calculation of the induction of a magnetic field excited in a ferromagnet by scanners in the form of Π-shaped and solenoidal electromagnets, it is established that the Π-shaped type provides a deeper penetration of a magnetic field into a ferromagnet and its better localization in a specified volume. The induction of a magnetic field appearing under the action of a Π-shaped scanner in a ferromagnet decreased with an increase in both the thicknesses of the ferromagnet and the gap between the magnetic conductor of a scanner and the surface of a material and also depended slightly on changes in its width; a maximal scanner winding current exists, above which the induction of a magnetic field in a material changes slightly.     

套式钻模的应用研究

在各种长度和直径的圆柱体或空心圆柱体的外圆柱面上沿横截面圆周方向钻削,有较高的位置精度要求且呈多层均匀分布或多层非均匀分布或螺旋均匀分布或螺旋非均匀分布的孔和螺纹孔的方法进行了研究,重点介绍了长度与外径比＆gt;5的圆柱体或空心圆柱体。研究发现,目前常见的固定式钻模、回转分度式钻模、移动式钻模、翻转式钻模和盖板式钻模都不是最佳选择,因为它们的钻模板均为长方体,与圆柱面不能完全配合,导致夹紧元件和定位元件的结构复杂,形式单一且制造周期长,成本高,夹紧钻模的方式单一。套式钻模的钻模板为空心圆柱体,空心圆柱体的独特之处是使套式钻模可与圆柱面完美配合,夹紧元件和定位元件的结构简单,形式灵活且制造周期短,成本低,夹紧钻模的方式灵活,从而使其成为在各种长度和直径的圆柱体或空心圆柱体的外圆柱面上钻削各种排列组合方式的孔和螺纹孔的最佳选择。     

Reconstruction of flaw images by the C-SAFT method from echo signals measured by an antenna array in the triple-scanning mode

The application of antenna matrices (AMs) for obtaining flaw images during automated nondestructive ultrasonic testing is considered. The conventional technique of using an AM as a phased AM (PAM) has a number of drawbacks. One of them is related to the small number of AM elements and consists in a low frontal resolution of the thus-formed images. Scanning with an AM operating in the double scanning mode, viz., the so-called triple-scanning mode, allows coherent summation of partial images for each position and obtaining a resulting image with a frontal resolution that cannot be attained with a PAM. In order to test the serviceability of the proposed algorithm in the CIVA program, echo signals reflected from a crack model with a height of 6 mm and a length of 30 mm in a tested object, which simulated a welded joint of a pipeline with a conventional diameter of 800 mm (дy800), were calculated. The results of the reconstruction of images of model objects in the form of a drilled side hole with a diameter of 6 mm at a depth of 15 mm in a CO-2 specimen and a fatigue crack in a welded joint of a д y800 pipeline are presented. To reduce the influence of reverberation noise, a B-type median template was subtracted from echo signals. The flaw images that were reconstructed in numerical and model experiments demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed algorithm.     

An experimental setup for studying specular reflection of hard γ quanta

An experimental setup is described on which the fact of specular reflection of hard γ quanta (E _γ ≤ 5 MeV) from a smooth amorphous surface has been experimentally established. Specular reflection is observed at sliding incidence of γ quanta onto a reflecting surface at angles of a few thousandths of a degree. The setup is composed of a microtron, a system of electron transportation to a bremsstrahlung target, the bremsstrahlung target generating an intense directed flux of electron bremsstrahlung γ quanta), a guiding system forming a ribbon beam of γ radiation with a width of ～1 cm and a thickness of ≈20 μm, a reflector (a liquid mercury surface or a glass plate), and a detection system containing the counting and spectrometric detectors located at a distance of 120 m from the bremsstrahlung target. Some experimental results are presented.     

A method for measuring and calibrating resistive microtorque of a mechanical microcounter

This paper reports a technique for measuring the calibrating resistive input torque of a micro counter and gearbox assembly. The technique presented uses a hairspring (with a quantifiable output torque) to drive the input shaft to a mechanical counter and gearbox assembly in order to determine its resistive torque. The angular displacement of this spring, a parameter needed to compute the torque, is measured using a combination of a laser diode and a monolithic one-dimensional position sensitive device (PSD). This study includes the steps undertaken to develop it from a concept to functional prototype and interpretation of the results it yields. Tests show that in principle the use of a hairspring and PSD is a viable method of measuring micro-torque.     

Masked illumination scheme for a galvanometer scanning high-speed confocal fluorescence microscope

High-speed beam scanning and data acquisition in a laser scanning confocal microscope system are normally implemented with a resonant galvanometer scanner and a frame grabber. However, the nonlinear scanning speed of a resonant galvanometer can generate nonuniform photobleaching in a fluorescence sample as well as image distortion near the edges of a galvanometer scanned fluorescence image. Besides, incompatibility of signal format between a frame grabber and a point detector can lead to digitization error during data acquisition. In this article, we introduce a masked illumination scheme which can effectively decrease drawbacks in fluorescence images taken by a laser scanning confocal microscope with a resonant galvanometer and a frame grabber. We have demonstrated that the difference of photobleaching between the center and the edge of a fluorescence image can be reduced from 26 to 5% in our confocal laser scanning microscope with a square illumination mask. Another advantage of our masked illumination scheme is that the zero level or the lowest input level of an analog signal in a frame grabber can be accurately set by the dark area of a mask in our masked illumination scheme. We have experimentally demonstrated the advantages of our masked illumination method in detail.     

Lensless electron reflection microscopy using a coaxial point-source structure

A lensless image of the surface of a crystal is obtained by the reflection on this surface of a low-energy electron beam originated from a point source integrated in a coaxial structure. The point source is a sharp field emission tip and a free propagation of reflected electrons results from the shielding of the tip voltage provided by the coaxial structure. Images are obtained for an incidence angle between 3 and 45 degrees and for nA incident currents with a kinetic energy down to 40 V. On silicon surfaces a magnification up to a few thousands and a spatial resolution of 100 nm are demonstrated.     

Assessment of the tool post reliability of a high-stiffness turning machine

Reliability refers to the ability of a part, device or system to conduct an intended function in a given condition for a certain period of time. A mechanical system or structure such as a machine tool exercises the capacity of the entire system with regard to the various constituent parts that are connected to each other; as such, the reliability of the parts constituting the system determines the reliability of the entire system. A tool post is a device designed to efficiently provide the tools necessary for the processing of a turning machine: the parts used in a hard turning machine which requires higher stiffness must provide greater reliability. For the purposes of this study, the reliability of a tool post, which has the highest failure rate of a turning machine system, was assessed. In order to conduct a reliability assessment of a given tool post, reliability prediction using a failure rate database, weak point analysis, the manufacture of a reliability tester and the calculation of reliability testing and quantitative reliability criteria were also carried out. By so doing, the failure rate, the MTBF (Mean time between failures) and other factors could be calculated. Furthermore, the results can also be applied to other parts of the turning machine or to a reliability assessment of a subsystem by using the suggested assessment method.     

The effect of the structural features of polytetrafluoroethylene-based composites on the reduction of matrix loading

It has been shown analytically that a decrease in the matrix loading due to a finely dispersed filler in a material that has a distribution like a segregated network is one of the reasons for an increase in the tribological properties of polytetrafluoroethylene-based composites. The relationship between the matrix loading of the composite and the concentration and size of the filler particles is revealed. An example of how to calculate the matrix loading of a polytetrafluoroethylene-based composite with a diamond powder filler with a mean particle size of 50 nm is given.     

CMM Probing Accessibility in a Single Slot

This study presents a novel mathematical method for resolving the accessibility of a through slot when using coordinate measuring machines. The proposed method considers the actual shape of a probe consisting of a motor column, a stylus, and a probe tip. Also derived herein is a mathematical method to derive the feasible probe orientation of the measurement point in the bottom of a slot using a geometrical relationship between the probe and the slot.     

Identifying time of a monotonic change in the fraction nonconforming of a high-quality process

When a signal is detected by control charts, a search begins to identify and eliminate the sources of this signal. Knowing when a process has changed is very helpful for this purpose. The unknown special point that the process changed for the first time is referred to as change point. In this paper, we propose a maximum-likelihood estimator for the behavior model of the process fraction nonconforming in a high-quality process monitored with a cumulative count of conforming (CCC) control chart. We estimate the time of change without requiring the prior knowledge of the change type rather than we assume the type of change present belongs to a family of monotonic changes. Then, we compare the performance of the proposed change point estimator relative to estimators for the process fraction nonconforming change point derived under a single step and a linear trend change assumption. We do this for a number of monotonic change types following a signal from a CCC control chart. Finally, the application of the proposed change point estimator is shown through a real case.     

PdPtAu alloys for low-temperature precision resistors

Palladium-rich PdPt and PdAu alloys exhibit a resistance-temperature behavior characterized by flat minima even after eliminating the Kondo effect by oxidation of the impurities. The opposite signs of their thermoelectric potentials against a superconductor permit the preparation of ternary PdPtAu alloys free of a thermoelectric power. The measurements resulted in a nomogram suitable for determining the composition of the alloy necessary for a resistivity minimum at a given temperature between 1.5 and 4.2 K. Alloys manufactured in this way have a temperature coefficient of resistivity of less than 10(-6)/K within a temperature interval of 0.5 K and a thermoelectric power against a superconductor of less than 1 nV/K.     

Experimental studies of the static rigidity of a five-coordinate milling machine with parallel kinematics

Results of experimental studies of the rigidity of the carrying system of a machine with a mechanism of parallel kinematics that has a hexapod structure are considered. A table of the rigidity values of milling machines and a device with a similar structure is presented. Possibilities are found for increasing the static rigidity of the carrying system of a Hexamech-1 model machine, developed on the basis of a Gough-Stewart platform.     

An insert for a helium cryostat for experiments with a tip near the surface of a sample in superfluid helium

The design of an insert for an optical helium cryostat intended for experiments with a tip near the surface of a sample in superfluid helium is described. A piezoelectric drive used in the design is based on a bimorphous piezoceramic plate for precisely bringing a standard probe of a tunneling microscope to a sample and “softly” touching its surface with the probe tip. The insert was used in an experiment with a GaAs-AlGaAs semiconductor heterostructure with a pair of tunneling-coupled quantum wells. The possibility is demonstrated of creating a lateral potential trap in the plane of quantum wells for quasi-two-dimensional indirect excitons owing to a nonuniform distribution of the electric field in the sample near the tip.     

计算机辅助设计凸轮及其数控加工

介绍了如何利用计算机对于形状复杂和高精度的凸轮进行辅助设计,以及将设计结果直接在数控机床上加工的方法,分析了图解法设计的局限性和计算机辅助设计的优越性,指出了利用计算机辅助解析法设计是实现数控加工的基础,也是未来机械设计的发展方向。     

Fabrication of microgrooves on a curved surface by the confocal measurement system using pulse laser and continuous laser

In order to fabricate microgrooves on a curved surface, the curved surface was measured with a confocal system and then it was used for laser microprocessing. This paper proposes a new method of using a pulse laser for the confocal system to measure the curved surface. It also compares the conventional way of using a continuous laser and a new way of using the pulse laser with the confocal system. Using the data measured with the pulse laser for fabrication, microgrooves were fabricated on a curved surface. The width of the fabricated microgroove was 10 μm and the depth was 27 μm. The microgroove fabricated on a curved surface as a part of this study can be used in injection molding to manufacture a micropatterned plastic surface at a low cost. This plastic surface can be applied for a superhydrophobic surface, a self-cleaning surface, or a biochip.     

A CO2 tracer-gas method for local air leakage detection and characterization

A method for local measurement of air leakage rate is presented that can be used to accurately and quickly assess leakage rates across a surface, such as around a valve or hatch in a pressurized gas tank or a window in a building. The method uses a small local enclosure with constant volume placed about a region on the structure under investigation (e.g., a window), which is depressurized and injected with a small concentration of carbon dioxide as a tracer gas. The time variation of the pressure and carbon dioxide concentration inside the enclosure are monitored and used to quantify the leakage flow rate as a function of pressure difference. This method uses a small enclosure with internal mixing so that a quasi-steady-state condition is quickly achieved. Because of the small size of the enclosure, advanced data processing techniques are necessary to reduce uncertainty in determination of the rate of change of the carbon dioxide concentration that arises from sensor variability. Results of a laboratory demonstration of the proposed leakage detection and characterization device are reported for the problem of leakage through a circular hole in a plate with prescribed pressure differences. Experimental results from the laboratory tests are found to be in excellent agreement with results of a numerical simulation of leakage flow through a hole, as well as predictions from a number of empirical equations for this problem found in the literature.     

Decrease in the operating gas pressure in an ion source

The results of use of a cold hollow cathode with a multipole magnetic field in a duoplasmatron-type ion source are described. The operating parameters of a duoplasmatron with the developed cathode and a duoplasmatron with a cold hollow two-cylinder cathode are compared. It is shown that the use of a cathode with a multipole magnetic field offers additional possibilities of reducing the operating gas pressure in an ion source and contributes to an increase in both the current and the phase density of the ion-beam current at the output of a charged-particle source and to a decrease in the phase volume of this beam.     

Determination of the velocity and size of bubbles in two-phase flows by using a laser doppler anemometer

Natural oscillations of a spherical interface between a gas and a liquid in a bubble are registered. A possibility of measuring the geometric parameters of stationary and moving particles of the disperse phase by a laser Doppler anemometer is demonstrated. A method for simultaneous determination of the size and velocity of a bubble or a droplet in a two-phase flow is developed. The mean sizes of a group of bubbles settled on a ruler are compared: the results are obtained by two independent methods, i.e., by analyzing the image and by processing the Doppler signal containing information about the natural oscillations of the spherical interface between the media. A possibility of using a laser Doppler anemometer for simultaneous measurements of the velocity and size of bubbles or droplets in a two-phase flow is confirmed.     

一种新的非线性振动物理模型

为建立合理反映损伤的混凝土结构振动控制方程,考虑损伤结构引起的拍振现象,引入弹簧线圈和阻尼线圈,分别串联组成复刚度弹簧和复阻尼器,建立一种新的非线性振动物理模型,通过构建等效刚度和等效阻尼,给出一般化振动方程的数学模型和关键参数的物理意义解释。最后通过对单自由度自由振动的能量分析,建立结构损伤与控制方程关键参数的单调变化关系,为寻找反映结构非线性损伤变化的识别指标提供了另一种思路。