Post-erosion mechanical responses of internally unstable gap-graded soil under drained torsional simple shear and triaxial compression

Internal erosion is a major threat to hydraulic earth structures, such as river levees and dams. This paper focuses on suffusion and suffosion phenomena which are caused by the movement of fine particles in the granular skeleton due to seepage flow. The present study investigates the impact of internal erosion on the dynamic response under cyclic torsional shear and monotonic responses under triaxial compression and torsional simple shear. A series of experiments, using a gap-graded silica mixture with a fines content of 20%, is performed under loose, medium, and dense conditions using a novel erosion hollow cylindrical torsional shear apparatus. The erosion test results indicate that the critical hydraulic gradient and the rate of erosion are density-dependent, where a transition from suffosion to suffusion is observed as the seepage continues. Regardless of the sample density, variations in the radial strain and particle size distribution, along the specimen height after erosion, are no longer uniform. Furthermore, the dynamic shearing results show that the small-strain shear modulus increases, but the initial damping ratio decreases after internal erosion, probably due to the removal of free fines. In addition, the elastic threshold strain and reference shear strain values are found to be higher for the eroded and non-eroded specimens, respectively. Finally, based on drained monotonic loading, the post-erosion peak stress ratio increases remarkably under triaxial compression, while that under torsional simple shear depends on the relative density where the direction of loading is normal to the direction of seepage. These observations indicate that the horizontal bedding plane becomes weaker, while the vertical one becomes stronger after downward erosion.     

Compositional design,structure stability,and microwave dielectric properties in Ca3MgBGe3O12 (B = Zr,Sn) garnet ceramics with tetravalent cations on B-site

Two garnet-structured Ca₃MgBGe₃O₁₂ (B = Zr, Sn) ceramics with tetravalent cations at B-site were prepared by conventional solid state reaction. The crystal structure, microstructure evolution, and microwave dielectric performance were investigated using X-ray powder diffraction, Rietveld refinement, scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and infrared spectroscopy techniques. Dense Ca₃MgZrGe₃O₁₂ and Ca₃MgSnGe₃O₁₂ ceramics were obtained at sintering temperatures of 1420 and 1400 °C, respectively. The dielectric constant, unloaded quality factor, and temperature coefficient of resonance frequency of Ca₃MgZrGe₃O₁₂ were 10.80 ± 0.2; 79,600 ± 1000 GHz (f = 12.61 GHz); and ?66.8 ± 1 ppm/°C, respectively, and the corresponding values for Ca₃MgSnGe₃O₁₂ were 9.68 ± 0.2; 83,400 ± 1000 GHz (f = 14.19 GHz); and ?57.9 ± 1 ppm/°C, respectively. The dielectric performances of the two ceramics were compared by analyzing the ionic polarizability, packing fraction, and bond valence. The intrinsic dielectric properties were predicted by fitting the infrared reflectivity spectra.     

The control of paracetamol particle size and surface morphology through crystallisation in a spray dryer

The parameters governing the crystallisation of paracetamol using various conventional techniques has been extensively studied, however the factors influencing the drug crystallisation using spray drying is not as well understood. The aim of this work was to investigate the crystallisation of an active pharmaceutical ingredient through evaporative crystallisation using a spray dryer to study the physicochemical properties of the drug and to use semi-empirical equations to gain insight into the morphology and particle size of the dried powder. Paracetamol solutions were spray dried at various inlet temperatures ranging from 60 °C to 120 °C and also from a series of inlet feed solvent compositions ranging from 50/50% v/v ethanol/water to 100% ethanol and solid-state characterisation was done. The size and morphology of the dried materials were altered with a change in spray drying parameters, with an increase in inlet temperature leading to an increase in particle Sauter mean diameter (from 3.0 to 4.4 µm) and a decrease in the particle size with an increase in ethanol concentration in the feed (from 4.6 to 4.4 µm) as a result of changes in particle density and atomised droplet size. The morphology of the dried particles consisted of agglomerates of individual crystallites bound together into larger semi-spherical agglomerates with a higher tendency for particles having crystalline ridges to form at higher ethanol concentrations of the feed.     

New empirical correlation for estimation of vaporization enthalpy of algerian saharan blend petroleum fractions

A Real-coded Genetic Algorithm has been used to develop a new correlation to estimate the enthalpy of vaporization for pure compounds and petroleum fractions as a function of the normal boiling point and specific gravity. In developing the correlation 80% of the data was used and the remaining are used for validation. The results of the proposed correlations are compared to others in literature. The comparison indicates that the proposed model is simple to use and more accurate than the most common correlations for predicting the enthalpy of vaporization of pure compounds and petroleum fractions.     

不同油相比例对黑豆分离蛋白乳液凝胶特性的影响

对黑豆分离蛋白添加不同油相比例(大豆油10%~60%)后制备的乳液表观黏度及由葡萄糖酸内酯(GDL)、CaCl_2、谷氨酰胺转氨酶诱导的黑豆分离蛋白乳液凝胶特性的变化进行了研究。结果表明:随着油相比例的增加,油脂与蛋白质之间作用,使蛋白质分子之间连接更加紧密,表观黏度增大;随着油相比例的增加,由GDL、CaCl_2和谷氨酰胺转氨酶诱导的黑豆分离蛋白乳液形成完整的三维结构时间缩短,凝胶强度增大,持水性增大。     

Void region restriction for additive manufacturing via a diffusion physics approach

A longstanding challenge in additive manufacturing (AM), the presence of void regions in additively manufactured components, causes two main issues: the enclosing of build material powder in powder bed fusion techniques and limiting tool access in critical post-processing operations to remove sacrificial support structures. As topology optimization has embraced and overcome many of the obstacles of incorporating AM constraints into the underlying numerical optimization statement, there exist few solutions that directly address this fundamental void region issue. By developing computationally efficient and effective solutions to this problem, the integration of these two advanced technologies can be fully realized. Drawing on inspiration from the principles of diffusion physics, a particle diffusion void restriction (PDVR) method is presented in this work that is capable of encouraging the optimization scheme to generate final designs that are fully accessible. Additionally, this method empowers the user to choose the type of post-processing method to clear support material (eg, three-axis or five-axis milling operations, number and orientation of part set-ups) and, therefore, quantify the level of costs associated with the post-processing operation. The PDVR optimization framework is demonstrated on multiple two- and three-dimensional test problems, with physically manufactured examples depicting the real-world benefits this method admits.     

图版修正法水露点测量技术在海上气田的应用

天然气水露点是衡量天然气质量的重要指标,鉴于传统水露点测量的不足,针对三甘醇脱水工艺,以接触塔出口平衡水露点、贫三甘醇质量分数及入口气温度的关系图为基础,提出了一种图版修正法水露点测量技术。测量前通过试验测试获得气田平衡水露点与实际水露点之间的偏差量。测量中通过采集三甘醇脱水系统中接触塔入口天然气温度以及贫三甘醇质量分数,代入已知的图版,获得平衡水露点,在平衡水露点基础上增加偏差量修正,获得测量水露点。为便于精确读图,开发出了测量软件。图版修正法水露点测量方法操作简便,测量精度高,在海上气田取得了良好的应用效果,可广泛推广使用。     

催化裂化柴油加氢转化馏分利用方案研究

中国石化大连(抚顺)石油化工研究院开发了以催化裂化柴油为原料生产高辛烷值汽油调合组分新工艺技术（FD2G技术）。针对催化裂化柴油加氢改质产品，通过分析其组分的烃类组成，分别加工利用，对于改善产品结构和提高市场竞争力十分有益。研究结果表明：加工高芳烃催化裂化柴油时，汽油产品芳烃含量高，辛烷值高，其中C6~C8芳烃富集的窄馏分可以作为芳烃抽提装置原料生产化工产品；加工低芳烃含量的催化裂化柴油时，汽油产品中芳烃含量低，辛烷值偏低，可将富集大量环烷烃的窄馏分作为重整装置原料，富含芳烃的窄馏分作为高辛烷值汽油调合组分。