基于摩擦摆支座的地铁车站减震控制参数敏感性分析

为研究摩擦摆支座参数对地铁车站结构地震响应的影响,以大开车站为研究对象,建立了三维精细化摩擦摆支座模型,开展了设置摩擦摆支座地铁车站结构的非线性动力时程分析。基于数值模拟结果,研究了摩擦摆支座滑面摩擦系数与滑面等效半径的不同组合对地铁车站结构地震响应的影响。研究发现,滑面摩擦系数与滑面等效半径的改变会明显改变地铁车站结构的地震响应,相比于滑面等效半径,滑面摩擦系数的改变对车站地震响应的影响更大。摩擦系数越小,车站中柱的地震响应越小。车站中柱的弯矩与变形随着摩擦摆支座等效半径的减小而增大,中柱剪力随等效半径的增大呈现出先减小后增大的趋势。     

Study on self‐adjustable variable pendulum tuned mass damper

Pendulum tuned mass damper (PTMD) is usually used to control the horizontal vibration of a tall building. However, traditional PTMD is highly sensitive to frequency deviation and difficult to adjust its frequency. In order to improve this problem of traditional PTMD and protect a tall building more effectively, a novel PTMD, called self‐adjustable variable pendulum tuned mass damper (SAVP‐TMD), is proposed in this paper. On the basis of the acceleration ratio between TMD and primary structure, the SAVP‐TMD can retune itself by varying the length of the pendulum according to the improved acceleration ratio‐based adjustment algorithm. PTMD and primary structural accelerations are obtained from two accelerometers respectively, and the acceleration ratio is calculated in a microcontroller, then, the stepper motor will adjust the pendulum under the guidance of the microcontroller under a specific harmonic excitation. The improved acceleration ratio‐based adjustment algorithm is proposed and compared to solve the nonconvergent retuning problem. The SAVP‐TMD can be regarded as a passive damper including a frequency adjustment device. A single‐degree‐of‐freedom structure model is used to verify the effectiveness of SAVP‐TMD through both experimental study and numerical simulation. In order to further verify the effect of SAVP‐TMD in the MDOF structure, a five‐storey structure coupled with an SAVP‐TMD is proposed as a case study. The results of experiment, simulation, and case study all show that SAVP‐TMD can retune itself to the primary structural dominant frequency robustly, and the retuned PTMD has a better vibration control effect than the mistuned one.     

A new method to disperse CdS quantum dot-sensitized TiO2 nanotube arrays into P3HT:PCBM layer for the improvement of efficiency of inverted polymer solar cells

We report that the efficiency of ITO/nc-TiO₂/P3HT:PCBM/MoO₃/Ag inverted polymer solar cells (PSCs) can be improved by dispersing CdS quantum dot (QD)-sensitized TiO₂ nanotube arrays (TNTs) in poly (3-hexylthiophene) and [6,6]-phenyl-C₆₁-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT:PCBM) layer. The CdS QDs are deposited on the TNTs by a chemical bath deposition method. The experimental results show that the CdS QD-sensitized TNTs (CdS/TNTs) do not only increase the light absorption of the P3HT:PCBM layer but also reduce the charge recombination in the P3HT:PCBM layer. The dependence of device performances on cycles of CdS deposition on the TNTs was investigated. A high power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 3.52% was achieved for the inverted PSCs with 20 cyclic depositions of CdS on TNTs, which showed a 34% increase compared to the ITO/nc-TiO₂/P3HT:PCBM/MoO₃/Ag device without the CdS/TNTs. The improved efficiency is attributed to the improved light absorbance and the reduced charge recombination in the active layer.     

Phenyl Ethylammonium Iodide introduction into inverted triple cation perovskite solar cells for improved VOC and stability

The efficiency of more than 25% in organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells has made them very attractive in the pursuit of cheaper alternatives to Si-based devices. However, the stability of the perovskite solar cells was challenging, given their high susceptibility to moisture. Very few reports have emerged in this regard that investigated the influence of introducing large cations into a triple cation perovskite (TC-PVS), with several studies limited to single and dual cation perovskites. Further, the crystallization of TC-PVS on a polymer surface such as PEDOT is not straightforward, and their inclusion in inverted solar cell devices was limited. In this work, we investigated the impact of incorporating Phenyl ethyl ammonium cation into FAMACs triple cation composition. We demonstrated improvements in the crystallinity and more uniform coverage with little to no pinholes and smooth morphology for an optimum PEA amount of 1.67% in the precursor solution. The superior morphology, along with a passivation effect from a quasi 2D phase, led to increased photoluminescence and minority carrier lifetimes. Corresponding inverted photovoltaic devices prepared with PEA showed increased open-circuit voltage from 0.89 V for a control sample to 0.95 V for 1.67% PEA and 0.98 V for 5% PEA, doped devices in an inverted configuration. The efficiency, as a result, increased from 11.27% for a control device to 14.85% for a 1.67% PEA doped device. Further, PEA doped devices showed improved operational and thermal stability attributed to the higher moisture tolerance and light-soaking ability of the PEA doped TC-PVS compared to the undoped TC-PVS.     

Inverted index maintenance strategy for flashSSDs: Revitalization of in-place index update strategy

An inverted index is a core data structure of Information Retrieval systems, especially in search engines. Since the search environments have become more dynamic, many on-line index maintenance strategies have been proposed. Previous strategies were designed for HDDs. Consequently, in order to avoid expensive random access cost, Merge-based strategies have been preferred to In-place index update strategies on HDDs. However, flashSSDs have become solid alternatives to HDDs. FlashSSDs currently are adopted in a wide range of areas due to their superior features such as the short access latency, energy efficiency, and high bandwidth. In this article, we first reexamined potentials of In-place index update strategies on flashSSDs. Thanks to the insignificant access latency of flashSSDs, we discovered that In-place index update strategies outperform Merge-based strategies, since In-place index update strategies generate much less amount of I/O than Merge-based strategies despite inducing frequent random accesses. Based on this discovery, we suggest a new inverted index maintenance strategy based on an In-place index update strategy for flashSSDs, called Multipath Flash In-place Strategy (MFIS). To enhance the index maintenance performance, MFIS stores the posting list of each term non-contiguously and exploits the internal parallelism of flashSSDs. Thus, MFIS not only induces the minimum amount of I/O but also utilizes the maximum bandwidth of flashSSDs. Furthermore, MFIS is designed to show high query processing performance by utilizing the internal parallelism of flashSSDs even though the posting list of each term is stored non-contiguously. In our experiments, the index maintenance performance of MFIS was considerably better than other previous maintenance strategies. The index maintenance performance was up to 14.93, 4.04, 5.12, and 2.33 times higher than Merge-based strategies such as Immediate Merge, Geometric Partitioning, Hybrid, and SSD-aware Hybrid, respectively. The query processing performance of MFIS was up to 1.62 times higher than non-contiguous In-place. In addition, MFIS showed almost the best query processing performance as Merge-based strategies did. In conclusion, MFIS is the best on-line inverted index maintenance strategy on flashSSDs in terms of both index maintenance and query processing performance.     

Mechatronic design of a self-balancing three-dimensional inertia wheel pendulum

In this paper a three-dimensional self-balancing cube is introduced. For stabilization and swing-up, reaction wheels are placed within the cube along with the actuation, electronics and sensors. This allows the cube to swing up from a rest position and to balance around the unstable steady-state positions. We conducted a design assessment to review different design approaches. For the most promising design, we formulated a parameter optimization to calculate the most suitable dimensions for the cube and the inertia elements. These results were used in the mechanical design stage to obtain the optimal design parameters for the cube in an iterative process. To show the effectiveness of the test bench we considered a proportional control law for swing-up and stabilization at the various steady state positions.     

Inverted pendulum stabilization: Characterization of codimension-three triple zero bifurcation via multiple delayed proportional gains

The paper considers the problem of stabilization of systems possessing a multiple zero eigenvalue at the origin. The controller that we propose, uses multiple delayed measurements instead of derivative terms. Doing so, we increase the performances of the closed loop in presence of system uncertainties and/or noisy measurements. The problem formulation and the analysis is presented through a classical engineering problem which is the stabilization of an inverted pendulum on a cart moving horizontally. On one hand, we perform a nonlinear analysis of the center dynamics described by a three dimensional system of ordinary differential equations with a codimension-three triple zero bifurcation. On the other hand, we present the complementary stability analysis of the corresponding linear time invariant system with two delays describing the behavior around the equilibrium. The aim of this analysis is to characterize the possible local bifurcations. Finally, the proposed control scheme is numerically illustrated and discussed.     

Improved performance of inverted polymer solar cells by utilizing alcohol-soluble oligofluorenes as efficient cathode interlayers

Two star-shaped oligofluorenes with hexakis(fluoren-2-yl)benzene as core are designed and synthesized, namely Tn0 and Tn1. Diethylamino groups are attached to the side chain of fluorene units of Tn0 and Tn1 and enable them alcohol solubility, additional hydrophobic nhexyl chains are grafted on the π-extended fluorene arms of Tn1. Power conversion efficiency (PCE) as high as 8.62% and 8.80% are achieved when utilizing Tn0 and Tn1 as cathode interlayers in inverted polymer solar cells, respectively. The work function of ITO effectively decreased by introducing interlayer, resulting in high Voc of the device, besides, the wetting properties of the interlayers can be tuned by modifying the oligofluorenes with π-extended structure, and the more hydrophobic interlayer will benefit the device performance with enhanced Jsc and FF.     

Stochastic rotational response of a parametric pendulum coupled with an SDOF system

In this paper, parametric excitation of a lumped mass pendulum is investigated when having its pivot point vertically excited. Such a system is described by a sinus type nonlinear Mathieu equation and attention is drawn to the rotational motion of the mass. A single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) system is used as a base for the pendulum, floating on ocean waves and being externally excited by them thus falling into the subclass of autoparametric systems. Due to the random nature of waves, a narrow-band stochastic process is used to model the environmental excitation. The effect of dry friction is considered and the interaction between the pendulum's rotational response and the base is studied.     

块系覆岩中摆型波传播对巷道支护动力响应影响

为研究支护体自身的动力响应规律,通过理论和计算分析岩体中的非线性摆型波传播对巷道支护动力响应的影响,根据摆型波在非连续自应力块系上覆岩体中传播时的支护动力响应模型,研究上覆岩块间的黏弹性性质及岩块破坏对支护动力响应的影响。通过计算分析得出,上覆岩块间弹性下降时,支护的动态受拉和受压幅值随之下降且周期变大;上覆岩块间阻尼增大时,支护的受拉和受压周期不变,但周期内的微扰动逐渐消失且幅值略有下降;上覆岩块沿垂直冲击方向破裂成两个子块时,支护的受拉和受压次数增加。