Buoyancy engine developed for underwater gliders

A buoyancy engine with a swashplate-type axial piston pump was developed. Its oil extrusion and drawing properties under high hydraulic pressure were evaluated. This buoyancy engine is now installed in an underwater glider that will achieve long-term monitoring of ocean environments up to 2100 m depth in a designated area with lower operational costs. This bidirectionally functioning pump can control the amount of oil in extrusion and draw operations. When drawing oil under high pressure, the hydraulic pump and the electric motor, respectively, act as a hydraulic motor and an electric generator. The generated electric power is absorbed by a damping resistor. The oil-drawing and extrusion properties were measured using a large hyperbaric chamber that is able to produce an almost identical environment to that of actual operations. Results confirmed stable oil extrusion operations up to 21 MPa. Regarding oil-drawing properties, although it was measured only up to 10 MPa in the hyperbaric chamber, it can be inferred that the system can draw the oil and can control the buoyancy precisely up to 21 MPa by replacing the two-way ball valve with an electromagnetic latching solenoid valve.     

Circular polarized dual‐band antenna for WLAN/Wi‐MAX application

A novel square ring printed antenna has been suggested for dual‐band circular polarization (CP). The geometry contains a square patch and a square ring structure for dual‐band operation. Circular polarization is achieved using triangular cut at the boundary and right angle bend with inner perturbation. The suggested antenna is excited from the lower layer through electromagnetic (EM) coupling technique. The antenna shows good impedance bandwidths of 90 MHz (2.43‐2.52 GHz) and 800 MHz (5.7‐6.5 GHz, respectively. The antenna shows 3 dB axial ratio bandwidth of 20 MHz at lower band and 120 MHz at upper band with improved gain > 6 dBi. The simulated and measured results are well agreed with each other. The antenna is promising wideband operation at the upper band. This antenna was implemented on fiberglass reinforcement laminated Arlon substrate with dielectric constant (?_r = 2.55), and the overall physical dimension of 30 × 30 × 3.048 mm³. The designed antenna can be extensibly applicable in WLAN/Wi‐MAX communication. The presented antenna is designed using hyperlynx IE3D and the simulated results are presented.     

A microstrip wideband monopole antenna for multisystem integration by utilizing stepped‐impedance structure and L‐shaped slot

In this article, a coplanar‐waveguide (CPW)‐fed dual‐band antenna for applications of the multisystem integration has been demonstrated. The resonance analysis of the stepped‐impedance (SI) monopole is presented by using the transmission‐line analysis method. The frequency‐response characteristics of the SI‐monopole, such as the resonance condition and harmonic response, are systematically summarized. Furthermore, utilizing several simple techniques, such as bent feeding topology, asymmetric ground plane, and an L‐shaped slot etched in the ground plane, a right‐hand circularly polarized (RHCP) radiating wave at 1.57 GHz and a left‐hand circularly polarized (LHCP) radiating wave at 2.33 GHz are excited for the applications of the global positioning system (GPS) and the satellite digital audio radio (SDAR) service system. After optimization of the geometrical parameters of the proposed antenna, the measured impedance bandwidths of a reflection coefficient less than ?10 dB range from 1.40 to 2.98 GHz and from 4.48 to 6.27 GHz, and thus covers most of the commercial wireless communication systems, such as GPS, digital cellular system (DCS), personal communication system (PCS), international mobile telecommunications (IMT)?2000, wireless local area networks (WLAN), and long‐term evolution (LTE) 2300/2600. The measured 3‐dB axial ratio (AR) bandwidths are about 80 MHz at 1.57 GHz and 100 MHz at 2.33 GHz.     

复杂结构井钻压值的有限元数值计算

通常,钻井过程中钻杆自重生成的钻杆轴向力即钻压的计算是通过解析方法计算的.由于接触条件复杂,钻杆与井壁及套管接触产生的摩擦力一般通过简化的经验系数计入.随着水平井等复杂结构井的普及,解析方法得到的钻杆轴向力的结果误差逐渐明显,不能满足实际需要.因此,采用三维有限元法计算钻杆自重生成的钻杆轴向力即钻压值.模型采用管单元模拟套管和钻柱,并在钻杆与井壁之间设置专门模拟管-管相互作用的ITT摩擦接触单元,判断钻柱与套管和井壁的接触状态,可以准确计算钻杆全长沿井轴方向的轴向力、轴向摩擦力及其引起的钻压变化.在钻杆全长的整体力学行为的有限元计算中,还可以考虑钻杆的屈曲问题.结果表明:有限元法是正确设计钻压的有效理论工具.该数值结果为正确设计钻杆尺寸、得到理想的钻压值提供成功的例子.     

基于内部流场分析的小型轴流风扇结构优化

采用孤立叶型设计法、CFD技术、遗传算法等理论,运用自编软件对某一轴流风扇轮毂比参数进行结构优化设计,优化目标为风扇流量。对比分析优化前后风扇内部流场,如风扇的静特性、叶片表面静压分布、子午面涡量分布等信息。由此验证优化方法的可行性．,并总结轮毂比参数对此风扇性能的影响。结果表明：优化后风扇叶片和轮毂表面减小了因涡流带来的能量损失,但叶顶间隙处的涡流增大,能量损失略有增大;在不同流量下,优化后风扇静压有不同程度的提高;优化后风扇的出口速度均比优化前大幅提高;风扇在额定工况下性能、静特性及内部流场都得到了很好的改善。     

轴流式止回阀的数值模拟

根据轴流式止回阀的结构特点,利用Solidworks造型软件对其流道进行三维造型,将造型导入到ICEM中进行网格划分,利用FLUENT对止回阀的压力降特性和动态特性进行数值模拟,通过对计算结果的分析,得出轴流止回阀具有节约能源、可以减小水锤作用等优点;应用FLUENT对几种流速工况下的流动进行计算,并与试验结果作对比,结果表明两者比较接近,验证了CFD/CAD的结合在工程应用中的有效性。     

齿形尾缘小型轴流风扇的气动性能研究

小型轴流风扇是计算机散热的主要部件,其通风量和噪声等会直接影响计算机的正常运行和寿命,散热风扇的高性能和低噪声已成为计算机配置的关键问题之一.为此,设计了一种尾缘齿形化小型轴流风扇,该风扇齿形从叶根到叶顶由密到疏分布.并用流体力学软件对尾缘齿形化小型轴流风扇进行静态特性和声学性能模拟,对其进行流场和气动声学分析.结果表明:尾缘齿形化后对小型轴流风扇的静态特性基本没有影响,但在大流量下,效率比原型风扇低;对叶顶间隙和出口区某点的噪声监测发现叶顶间隙处的噪声基本没有变化,而出口区的噪声降低很多;尾缘齿形化后的转子表面的声功率级比原型风扇低,且低声功率级的区域比原型风扇大.     

Experimental study of the mechanical property of barrel processed by cold radial forging

The cold radial forging process usually introduces some changes of the material, such as the increased strength, the decreased plasticity and the introduction of anisotropic mechanical property. To obtain the changes of mechanical property of barrel processed by cold radial forging, the tangential mechanical properties of the barrel blank and the forged barrel are measured with a designed test based on the plastic deformation analysis for a barrel and by applying internal pressure, and their axial mechanical properties are measured by the tensile test. The changes of mechanical property of barrel processed by cold radial forging are obtained by comparing the mechanical properties of the barrel blank and the forged barrel. The tangential and axial flow stresses of the barrel blank and the forged barrel are also presented.     

混杂纤维加固混凝土方柱的轴压性能试验研究

通过对不同加固方式下的钢筋混凝土短柱轴压性能试验,研究了混杂纤维约束混凝土柱的破坏形态及荷载与钢筋、混凝土之间的应变曲线关系,以承载力和延性为指标对比分析了不同混杂方式、混杂体积比的混杂纤维约束混凝土柱的受力性能.试验结果表明:混杂纤维的约束作用可以有效提高柱的承载能力,并使其延性得到显著改善;对于其混杂越均匀和二级拉伸破坏的试件,表现出更好的混杂效果,体现出混杂纤维的优越性.     

Optimization of axial symmetrical FGM under thetransient-state temperate field

A numerical procedure for analyzing the temperature distribution in a hollow axisymmetric cylinder,made of functionally gradient material (FGM),was investigated.Based on the thermal elasticity theory and the arbitrary difference precise integration (ADPI) method,temperature distribution through the FGM cylinder in the ring section under a transient-state temperature field was developed and presented.A genetic algorithm (GA) was applied to the thermal stress optimal design of an FGM hollow cylinder,and as a result,the minimum thermal stress distribution in the FGM cylinder was obtained.A corresponding numerical procedure regarding to a ceramic-metal FGM cylinder was performed,and the computational results were discussed.