Composite flywheels with rim and hub

The possibility of obtaining a flywheel of high energy density by increasing both rotating speed and moment of inertia of the disc is investigated. As the starting point of the search process for such a flywheel, a glass cloth-laminated disc with a hole at the center is considered. The rotating speed of the disc is improved by reinforcing the central hole of the disc with the same material as that of the disc. The large moment of inertia is obtained by attaching a rim around the disc. The rim is moulded by winding carbon fiber around it. This rim also has the usual “hoop” effect which prevents a reduction of the rotating speed of the disc because of the additional moment of inertia of the rim. The shape of the disc having a high energy density is numerically sought by varying the dimensions of the hub and the rim of the disc, and an optimal shape is proposed.     

The steady state response of a Mindlin annular plate of varying thickness

The steady state response of an internally damped Mindlin plate of radially varying thickness to sinusoidally varying force is determined by the transfer matrix approach. The method is applied to free-clamped annular plates of linearly, parabolically and exponentially varying thickness, which are driven around the free outer edge or driven around a concentric circle of any radius; the driving-point impedance, transfer impedance and force transmissibility of the plates are calculated numerically, and the effects of the varying thickness on them are studied.     

CRH2盘形制动系统制动尖叫噪声研究

为了研究高速动车组的制动尖叫噪声,建立CRH2拖车盘形制动系统的摩擦耦合有限元模型,对其进行运动稳定性和制动自激振动的瞬态动力学分析,研究了摩擦因数、闸片以及制动盘弹性模量对制动系统尖叫噪声的影响。结果表明：随着摩擦因数μ的增大,盘形制动系统发生制动尖叫噪声的趋势增加;随着闸片弹性模量的增大,制动系统发生制动尖叫噪声的趋势增加,并且激发的噪声频率也明显变大;随着制动盘弹性模量增大,制动系统发生制动尖叫噪声的趋势先降低后增大。     

Sliding metallic wear test with in-process wear measurement: A new approach to collecting and applying wear data

A wear test is described in which the edge of a hard wedge is loaded against the periphery of a rotating disc of softer specimen material. The applied normal load is kept approximately constant during a test. As the test progresses and the disc diameter is reduced by the wear taking place the wedge moves radially inward. By measuring this inward movement during a test it is shown how the wear can be continually monitored. Results are given and it is shown how these might be applied in practice, taking into account the influence of both surface roughness and lubrication.     

Numerical study of heat duty of oil-cooled friction pair with radially positioned oil grooves in a multidisk brake

Findings from the numerical study of the heat duty of an oil-cooled friction pair in a multidisk brake of a wheel tractor are presented. The boundary problem is formulated to describe the heat processes in an oil-cooled friction pair with radially positioned oil-control grooves under frictional heating. It is solved by the finite-element method for the case of the tractor’s braking on a protracted descent. The features of the temperature field formation in an oil-cooled friction pair are identified and a functional dependence of the maximum temperature on the friction contact surface on the coefficient of overlapping of the disc friction surfaces is obtained.     

Three-Dimensional Thermohydrodynamic Analyses of Rayleigh Step Air Foil Thrust Bearing with Radially Arranged Bump Foils

A three-dimensional (3D) thermohydrodynamic (THD) model for air foil thrust bearings (AFTBs) is presented. The nonisothermal Reynolds equation is solved using pressure boundary conditions at the cooling air plenum considering local temperature-dependent viscosity and density. Air film temperature is calculated using the 3D energy equation with thermal boundary conditions at the top foil, thrust runner, and top foil’s leading edge. The cooling air plenum distributes the cooling air to multiple radially arranged cooling channels. The plenum temperature and pressure are found from mass and energy balance equations applied to the plenum. Temperature fields of the top foil, bump foils, thrust disc runner, bearing plate, and cooling air channels are also solved through appropriate energy balance equations with their surroundings. A robust computational algorithm with multiple iteration loops was developed to find all the temperature fields. THD analyses were performed for AFTB with outer radius of 50 mm up to 100,000 rpm. As the cooling air source pressure is increased, the plenum pressure also increases and its temperature decreases due to more cooling capacity. However, cooling effectiveness is not necessarily proportional to the pressure because the flow residence time inside the cooling channels is inversely proportional to the pressure. The analyses show that the thrust disc temperature is a parabolic function with speed, and thermal expansions of the thrust disc and thrust plates contribute to the most significant driving force of thermal instability. Optimum cooling air pressure was found around 12,500 Pa for the proposed AFTB design at the reference simulation condition.     

Effects of ascorbic acid concentration on the tissue engineering of the temporomandibular joint disc

The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disc is a specialized fibrocartilaginous tissue. When the disc becomes an obstacle and becomes damaged, surgeons have no choice but to perform a discectomy. Tissue engineering may provide a novel treatment modality for TMJ disorder patients who undergo discectomy. No studies have been conducted on the most favourable media for TMJ disc cells. The objective of the current study was to examine the effects on biochemical and biomechanical properties of varying ascorbic acid concentrations (0, 25, or 50 microg/ml) on TMJ disc cells seeded on non-woven PGA scaffolds. The ascorbic acid concentration of the 25 microg/ml group resulted in more effective cell seeding of the scaffolds, with 1.53 million cells per construct, by comparison with the 0 and 50 microg/ml groups which had 1.20 million and 1.32 million cells per scaffold respectively. At week 4, the 25 microg/ml group had a higher collagen content than the 0 microg/ml group, with 30.4 +/- 2.7 and 24.9 +/- 3.3 microg of collagen per construct respectively. The 25 microg/ml group had a higher aggregate modulus than the 50 microg/ml group, with values of 6.1 +/- 1.3 and 4.0 +/- 0.9 kPa respectively at week 4. The results of this study indicate that the use of 25 microg/ml of ascorbic acid in culture media is effective for the tissue engineering of the TMJ disc, significantly outperforming media without or with 50 microg/ml of ascorbic acid.     

Low friction wear resistant electroconductive gold and silver nanoperiod multilayer solid lubricant films

Abstract

To develop new solid lubricant films based on low friction multilayer model, nanoperiod Au and Ag multilayer films are deposited. The results of nanoindentation tests reveal that multilayer films exhibit a higher elastic modulus, a higher hardness and a lower modulus of dissipation energy than single layer films. From the ball on disc tribological test, the friction coefficient of multilayer film μ is as low as ～0·05. The friction life cycle of the nanoperiod multilayer films is longer than those of single layer films. The electrical resistivity of nanoperiod multilayer films induced by sliding is a little higher, and the change in that is less than that of single layer films.     

NON-LINEAR DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF THERMOELASTIC CIRCULAR PLATE WITH VARYING THICKNESS SUBJECTED TO NONCONSERVATIVE LOADING

The non-linear dynamic behaviors of thermoelastic circular plate with varying thickness subjected to radially uniformly distributed follower forces are considered. Two coupled non-linear differential equations of motion for this problem are derived in terms of the transverse deflection and radial displacement component of the mid-plane of the plate. Using the Kantorovich averaging method, the differential equation of mode shape of the plate is derived, and the eigenvalue problem is solved by using shooting method. The eigencurves for frequencies and critical loads of the circular plate with unmovable simply supported edge and clamped edge are obtained. The effects of the variation of thickness and temperature on the frequencies and critical loads of the thermoelastic circular plate subjected to radially uniformly distributed follower forces are then discussed.     

Lateral Contact Stiffness and the Elastic Foundation

A model for the lateral contact stiffness for an elastic foundation was developed. The model was evaluated using a low force and low contact pressure microtribometer capable of performing indentation and reciprocated sliding experiments. The slope of lateral force versus the lateral displacement was used to fit the shear modulus. When complementary elastic indentation measurements are made to determine the composite modulus of the elastic foundation, there is sufficient data to fit elastic modulus, shear modulus, and Poisson ratio for these thin films. Using these models, the elastic properties for a thin (~65 μm) vertically aligned multiwall carbon nanotube film were evaluated. The experiments were performed with a silicon nitride indenter (radius = 1.6 mm) over a range in loads from 100 to 800 μN. The resulting values of the elastic modulus, shear modulus, and Poisson ratio were E = 429 kPa, G = 156 kPa, and ν = 0.37, respectively.