Reacting flow coupling with thermal impacts in a single solid oxide fuel cell

Thermal impacts are the major concern for the designs of electrolyte of Solid Oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) due to the high temperature operating conditions. In this study, the coupling dynamics of electrochemical reacting flows with heat transfer and generations of thermal strains and stresses (thermal impact) of solid electrolyte and porous electrodes are investigated in a single SOFC by numerical simulations. Modeling results from a test case show that the coupling is necessary as the electrochemical and thermal properties of the cell strongly depends on temperature, meanwhile, the thermal strains and stresses on temperature gradients. The differences in current density and thermal strain gradients predicted by coupling and decoupling simulations are as larger as 20% because of the strong dependents of ionic conductivity of the electrolyte material on temperature, the maximum thermal strain, thermal stresses, and temperature are all about 5%. It is identified that the high operation voltage benefits to the thermal strain, which decreases 20% when the cell operating from 0.5 V–0.7 V.     

Size-dependent non-linear mechanical properties of graphene nanoribbons

An atomistic, spring-based, non-linear finite element method is implemented in order to predict the non-linear mechanical behavior of graphene nanoribbons. According this method, appropriate non-linear springs are utilized to simulate each interatomic interaction. Their force–displacement curve follows the relation between the first differentiation of the potential energy of the corresponding interaction-bond deformation. The potential which corresponds to the bond angle variation is simulated by a torsional spring, while the bond stretching is simulated by a uniaxial compression/extension spring. The linear approximation, commonly made in the literature for the bond angle bending interaction, is not followed here and thus the overall non-linear response of the specific interaction is accurately introduced into the model. Following the proposed formulation, the tensile uniaxial stress–strain behavior for various graphene nanoribbons, of zigzag as well as armchair orientation, arise. The results demonstrate that the linear and non-linear mechanical properties are strongly dependent on the structure as well as on the size of the graphene strip tested.     

择优蚀坑表征立方晶系冷轧电工硅钢取向性

为确定电工硅钢的晶粒取向性,应用蚀坑技术研究了冷轧无取向硅钢、取向硅钢因择优腐蚀所形成的蚀坑与晶粒取向的关系,分析了{100}面系蚀坑形貌的演变过程,从晶体学角度建立了蚀坑形貌与晶面指数的对应关系.结果发现:无取向硅钢形成不同形貌的蚀坑,其晶面指数为(001)、(011)和(111),或是由它们演变形成的其他晶面指数;取向硅钢形成的蚀坑为同一类型,晶面指数为(011)或由其演变形成的其他晶面指数;晶界也会形成蚀坑,其形貌与相邻晶粒间的取向差有关,取向差大,形成{100}、{110}和{111}面系的蚀坑,取向差小,形成{110}面系的蚀坑.取向硅钢的蚀坑分布具有连续性,晶界的存在并不改变蚀坑的基本特征;取向硅钢蚀坑的底棱相互平行,相差不超过5°,底棱延伸方向与硅钢的轧制方向即[001]方向一致,偏离角度不超过5°.     

基于激光加工和自组装技术改性处理铝镁合金的表面润湿性

为制备具有更高机械强度和更长使用寿命的超疏水金属表面,利用激光加工技术在铝镁合金表面构建出圆台凸起、圆台凹坑和正四棱台3种微结构。利用自组装技术在具有以上3种微结构的铝镁合金表面沉积自组装分子膜(SAMs),采用扫描电镜、形貌分析仪和接触角测量仪对成膜后的铝镁合金表面进行形貌和接触角的表征与测量。结果表明:沉积疏水的FDTS和OTS自组装分子膜时,接触角随微结构间距的增大而减小,随微结构高度的增大而增大,最大接触角达156°,形成超疏水铝镁合金表面;沉积亲水的APS自组装分子膜时,接触角随微结构间距的增大而增大,随微结构高度的增大而减小,最小接触角接近0°,形成超亲水铝镁合金表面;激光加工和自组装技术可以大幅度改变铝镁合金的表面润湿性。     

A two-step optimization scheme for maximum stiffness design of laminated plates based on lamination parameters

The purpose of this paper is to propose an effective solution scheme of simultaneous optimization design of layup configuration and fiber distribution for maximum stiffness design of laminated plates. Firstly, a numerical analysis of the lamination parameters feasible region for a laminated plate consisting of various given number of ply groups (each ply group may have different thickness and all the fibers in one ply group are orientated in an identical direction) is carried out, and it is found that the feasible region based on only a few ply groups is very close to the overall one determined by infinite plies. Therefore, it is suggested that the feasible region of lamination parameters of a laminated plate could be approximately determined by the layup configuration of least ply groups. Secondly, a two-step simultaneous optimization scheme of layup configuration and fiber distribution for maximum stiffness design of laminated plates is proposed. Accordingly, by using ply thickness, fiber orientation angle and fiber volume fraction in a laminated plate of least ply groups as design variables, the optimal lamination parameters for maximum stiffness is obtained. Then, taking the optimal lamination parameters as the design objective, a detailed layup design optimization is implemented by considering some limitations on manufacturing, such as preset ply thickness, and specific fiber orientation angle and a limited maximum number of consecutive plies in the same fiber orientation. Numerical examples are also presented to validate the proposed two-step optimization scheme.     

Effect of overload on fatigue crack retardation of aerospace Al-alloy laser welds using crack-tip plasticity analysis

Investigations on fatigue crack growth retardation due to single tensile and periodic multiple over load in strength undermatched laser beam welded 3.2 mm thick aerospace grade aluminium alloy 2139-T8 sheets are conducted. The effect of overload on the fatigue crack propagation behaviours of the homogenous base metal and welded panels (200 mm wide, centre cracked) was compared using experimental and FE analysis methods. The effective crack tip plasticity has been determined in homogeneous M(T) specimens using Irwin’s method and in both homogeneous and laser welded specimen by calculating crack tip plastic strain using FE analysis for single tensile overload. The crack retardation due to the overload in welded specimens is described by the Wheeler Model. The crack tip plastic zone size in the welded specimen was determined by FE analysis using maximum plastic zone extension at the mid sheet thickness. The results show that the Wheeler Model can be implemented to the highly heterogeneous undermatched weld to describe the crack retardation in fatigue following single tensile overload. Fatigue crack growth retardation due to single overload is found to be larger than the base metal. However, after periodic multiple overload, shorter crack retardation has occurred for undermatched welds than the base metal.     

位移法浅水波方程的解及其特性

不同于传统流体力学,在Lagrange坐标下推导浅水波方程.若将水平位移作为基本变量,则推导出的浅水波数学模型可描述为固体力学的非线性大位移问题.运用不可压缩条件,通过变分原理推导出位移法浅水波方程,给出椭圆函数形式的行波解,并分析孤波解产生的条件.该基础研究建立了在分析结构力学中分析浅水波问题的理论基础,有利于进一步开展水动力学的研究.     

Thermal conductivity and tensile response of defective graphene: A molecular dynamics study

In this study, effects of point vacancy, Stone–Wales and bivacancy defects on thermal conductivity and tensile response of single-layer graphene sheets are studied using classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) method, we found that thermal conductivity of graphene is considerably sensitive to existence of defects. It was observed that only 0.25% concentration of defects in graphene lead to significant reduction of graphene thermal conductivity by around 50%. By applying uniaxial tensile loading, we studied the deformation process of graphene. We found that elastic modulus, tensile strength and strain at failure of graphene decrease by increase of defects concentrations. Obtained results suggest that thermal conduction in graphene is much more vulnerable to defects in comparison with mechanical properties. Reported results by this work provide an overall viewpoint concerning the intensity of defects’ effects on the graphene thermal and mechanical response.     

Design and numerical analysis of a planar anode-supported SOFC stack

In the present study, numerical simulations are conducted to examine the flow characteristics and attributes of electrochemical reactions in the stack through three-dimensional analysis using finite volume approach prior to the fabrication of the SOFC stack. The stack flow uniformity index is employed to investigate the flow uniformity whereas in the case of electrochemical modeling, different mathematical models are adopted to predict the characteristics of activation and ohmic overpotentials that occur during electrochemical reactions in the cell. The normalized mass flow rate is found almost same in each cell with flow uniformity index of 0.999. The calculated voltage and power curves under different average current densities are compared with experimental results for the model validation. The changes in the voltage and power of the SOFC stack, current density, temperature, over potential and reactants distributions in relation to varying amounts of reactants flow are also examined. The current density distribution in each cell is observed to vary along the anode flow direction. The temperature difference in each cell is almost same along the flow direction of reactants, and the irreversible resistance showed an opposite trend with a temperature distribution in each cell.     

大气下热喷涂等离子体电子密度的光谱诊断

利用直流电弧放电装置产生了大气压下热喷涂等离子体,采用原子发射光谱法测量热喷涂等离子体射流中的辐射强度.通过Stark展宽法,使用ArΙ谱线在430 nm处的Δλ_1/2(谱线的半宽高)对大气压力下热喷涂等离子体射流中电子密度进行计算,研究了不同氩气流量及不同输入功率对等离子体电子密度的影响;同时使用Saha方程计算氩等离子体的电离程度,研究气体流量和电流与氩等离子体电离程度的关系.结果表明,电子密度和电离程度随着等离子体喷枪输入功率的增加而增加,而随着气体流量增加时,电子密度略有增加而电离程度会减少.