Exact solutions for piezoelectric materials with an elliptic hole or a crack under uniform internal pressure

The existing investigations on piezoelectric materials containing an elliptic hole or a crack mainly focus on remote uniform tensile loads.In order to have a better understanding for the fracture behavior of piezoelectric materials under different loading conditions,theoretical and numerical solutions are presented for an elliptic hole or a crack in transversely isotropic piezoelectric materials subjected to uniform internal pressure and remote electro-mechanical loads.On the basis of the complex variable approach,analytical solutions of the elastic and electric fields inside and outside the defect are derived by satisfying permeable electric boundary condition at the surface of the elliptical hole.As an example of PZT-4 ceramics,numerical results of electro-elastic fields inside and outside the crack under various electric boundary conditions and electro-mechanical loads are given,and graphs of the electro-elastic fields in the vicinity of the crack tip are presented.The non-singular term is compared to the asymptotic one in the figures.It is shown that the dielectric constant of the air in the crack has no effect on the electric displacement component perpendicular to the crack,and the stresses in the piezoelectric material depend on the material properties and the mechanical loads on the crack surface and at infinity,but not on the electric loads at infinity.The figures obtained are strikingly similar to the available results.Unlike the existing work,the existence of electric fields inside an elliptic hole or a crack is considered,and the piezoelectric solid is subjected to complicated electro-mechanical loads.     

Needle steering for robot-assisted insertion into soft tissue: A survey

Needle insertion is a common surgical procedure used in diagnosis and treatment.The needle steering technologies make continuous developments in theoretical and practical aspects along with the in-depth research on needle insertion.It is necessary to summarize and analyze the existing results to promote the future development of theories and applications of needle insertion.Thus,a survey of the state of the art of research is presented on algorithms of needle steering techniques,the surgical robots and devices.Based on the analysis of the needle insertion procedure,the concept of needle steering is defined as a kinematics problem,which is to place the needle at the target and avoid the obstacles.The needle steering techniques,including the artificial potential field method and the nonholonomic model,are introduced to control the needles for improving the accuracy.Based on the quasi-static thinking,the virtual spring model and the cantilever-beam model are developed to calculate the amount of needle deflection and generate the needle path.The phantoms instead of the real tissue are used to verify the models mentioned in most of the experimentations.For the desired needle trajectories,the image-guided robotic devices and some novel needles are presented to achieve the needle steering.Finally,the challenges are provided involving the controllability of the long flexible needle and the properties of soft tissue.The results and investigations can be used for further study on the precision and accuracy of needle insertion.     

Effect of honeycomb seals on loss characteristics in shroud cavities of an axial turbine

The loss in efficiency due to shroud leakage or tip clearance flow accounts for a substantial part of the overall losses in turbomachinery.It is important to identify the leakage loss characteristics in order to optimize turbomachinery.At present,little information is available in the open literature concerning the effect of honeycomb seals on the loss characteristics in shroud cavities of an axial turbine,despite of the widespread use of the honeycomb seals.Therefore,interaction between rotor labyrinth seal leakage flow with and without honeycomb facings and main flow is investigated to provide the loss characteristics of the mixing process of the re-entering leakage flow into the main flow.The effects of honeycomb seals on the flow in shroud cavities and interaction with the main flow are analyzed.An additional study on the impact of subtle shroud cavity exit geometry is also presented.The investigation results indicate that the honeycomb seal affects the over tip leakage flow and reduces mixing losses when compared to the solid labyrinth seal.The leakage flow interactions with the main flow have considerably changed the flow fields in the endwall regions.The proposed research reveals the effects of honeycomb seals on the loss characteristics in shroud cavities and the impact of subtle shroud cavity exit geometry,and it is helpful for the design optimization of turbomachinery.     

Lightweight Design of Automobile Drive Shaft Based on the Characteristics of Low Amplitude Load Strengthening

There are two kinds of internationally recognized approaches in terms of lightweight design.One is based on fatigue accumulated damage theory to achieve better reliability by optimal structural design;another is to use high performance lightweight materials.The former method takes very few considerations on the structural strengthening effects caused by the massive small loads in service.In order to ensure safety,the design is usually conservative,but the strength potential of the component is not fully exerted.In the latter method,cost is the biggest obstacle to lightweight materials in automotive applications.For the purpose of light weighting design on a fuel cell vehicle,the new design method is applied on drive shafts.The method is based on the low amplitude load strengthening characteristics of the material,and allows the stress,corresponding to test load,to enter into the strengthened range of the material.Under this condition,the light weighting design should assure that the reliability of the shaft is not impaired,even maximizes the strength potential of machine part in order to achieve the weight reduction and eventually to reduce the cost.At last,the feasibility of the design is verified by means of strength analysis and modal analysis based on the CAD model of light weighted shaft.The design applies to the load case of half shaft in independent axle,also provides technological reference for the structural lightweight design of vehicles and other machineries.     

Leakage Prediction Method for Contacting Mechanical Seals with Parallel Faces

Since the beginning of the 20th century, many researches on the sealing characteristic of mechanical seals were carried out broadly and in depth by various methods and some leakage models were built. But due to the lack of the way to characterize the main factors of influence on the leakage, most of the early researches were based on the assumptions that the seal faces topography and the frictional conditions were invariant. In the early built models, the effect of the surface topography change of the seal face on the leakage rate was neglected. Based on the fractal theory, the contact of end faces of the rotary and stationary rings was simplified to be the contact of a rough surface and an ideal rigid smooth surface, and the contact interface’s cavity size-distribution function as well as the fractal characteristic of the cavity profile curve was discussed. By analyzing the influence of abrasion on the seal face topography and the leakage channel, the time-correlation leakage prediction model of mechanical seals based on the fractal theory was established and the method for predicting the leakage rate of mechanical seals with parallel plane was proposed. The values of the leakage rate predicted theoretically are similar to the measured values of the leakage rate in the model test and in situ test. The experimental results indicate that the leakage rate of mechanical seals is a transient value. The surface topography of the end faces of the seal rings and its change during the frictional wear of mechanical seals can be accurately characterized by the fractal parameters. Under the work conditions of changeless frictional mechanism, the fractal parameters measured or calculated based on the accelerated testing equation can be used to predict the leakage rate of mechanical seal in service. The proposed research provides the basis for determining the leakage state and predicting working life of mechanical seal.     

FUZZY ECCENTRICITY AND GROSS ERROR IDENTIFICATION

The dominant and recessive effect made by exceptional interferer is analyzed in measurement system based on responsive character, and the gross error model of fuzzy clustering based on fuzzy relation and fazzy equipollence relation is built. The concept and calculate formula of fuzzy eccentricity are defined to deduce the evaluation rule and function of gross error, on the base of them, a fuzzy clustering method of separating and discriminating the gross error is found. Utilized in the dynamic circular division measurement system, the method can identify and eliminate gross error in measured data, and reduce measured data dispersity. Experimental results indicate that the use of the method and model enables repetitive precision of the system to improve 80% higher than the foregoing system, to reach 3.5s, and angle measurement error is less than 7 s.     

INVESTIGATION OF SIMULATION EXPERIMENT ON ACTIVE CONTROL OF TORSIONAL VIBRATION IN A TURBOGENERATOR SHAFT SYSTEM

According to the theoretical analysis and calculation on the base of continuous mass system, the simulation experimental investigation on active control of torsional vibration in a turbogenerator shaft system is conducted. A test installation with the excitation of generator motor and multi-stepped shaft system is established to simulate the torsional vibration of a turbogenerator rotor shaft system, and to examine the active control strategy presented. Some useful results are reached in the experimental study.     

部分机电产品进口非关税措施取消(英文)

The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation(MOFTEC) of the People's Republic of China on January 15,2001, once again reduced the non-tariff barriers on the impor-tation of 22 different kinds of machinery and electronic prod-ucts. This was the eighth time MOFTEC has reduced non-tariffmeasures on electronic and machine imports. It is an importantstep on the path towards further opening up the countrys e-conomy. The products include special vehicle for snowy landscape,golf vehicles and 5 duty paragraphs in 4 categories, which usedto be subject to quota and license management, and bucket el-evators and 16 products in 17 duty paragraphs that used to besubject to case-to-case management.     

Gait Analysis of a Radial Symmetrical Hexapod Robot Based on Parallel Mechanisms

Most gait studies of multi-legged robots in past neglected the dexterity of robot body and the relationship between stride length and body height.This paper investigates the performance of a radial symmetrical hexapod robot based on the dexterity of parallel mechanism.Assuming the constraints between the supporting feet and the ground with hinges,the supporting legs and the hexapod body are taken as a parallel mechanism,and each swing leg is regarded as a serial manipulator.The hexapod robot can be considered as a series of hybrid serial-parallel mechanisms while walking on the ground.Locomotion performance can be got by analyzing these equivalent mechanisms.The kinematics of the whole robotic system is established,and the influence of foothold position on the workspace of robot body is analyzed.A new method to calculate the stride length of multi-legged robots is proposed by analyzing the relationship between the workspaces of two adjacent equivalent parallel mechanisms in one gait cycle.Referring to service region and service sphere,weight service sphere and weight service region are put forward to evaluate the dexterity of robot body.The dexterity of single point in workspace and the dexterity distribution in vertical and horizontal projection plane are demonstrated.Simulation shows when the foothold offset goes up to 174 mm,the dexterity of robot body achieves its maximum value 0.164 4 in mixed gait.The proposed methods based on parallel mechanisms can be used to calculate the stride length and the dexterity of multi-legged robot,and provide new approach to determine the stride length,body height,footholds in gait planning of multi-legged robot.     

Effects of Target and Distractor Saturations on the Cognitive Performance of an Integrated Display Interface

Color coding is often used to enhance decision quality in complex man-machine interfaces of integrated display systems. However, people are easily distracted by irrelevant colors and by the numerous data points and complex structures in the interface. Although an increasing number of studies are seriously focusing on the problem of achieving efficient color coding, few are able to determine the effects of target and distractor saturations on cognitive performance. To study the performances of target colors among distractors, a systematic experiment is conducted to assess the influence of high and low saturated targets on cognitive performance, and the affecting extent of different saturated distractors of homogeneous colors on targets. According to the analysis of the reaction time through the non-parametric statistical method, a calculation method of the cognitive performance of each color is proposed. Based on the calculation of the color differences and the accumulation of the reaction times, it is shown that with the different saturated distractors of homogeneous colors, the high saturated yellow targets perform better than the low saturated ones, and the green and blue targets have moderate performances. When searching for a singleton target placed on a black background, the color difference between the target and the distractor should be more than 20ΔE*ab units in the yellow saturation coding, whereas the color difference should be more than 40ΔE*ab units in the blue and green saturation coding. In addition, as regards saturation coding, the influence of the color difference between the target and the background on cognitive performance is greater than that of the color difference between the target and the distractor. Seemingly, the hue attribute determines whether the saturation difference between the target and the distractor affects the cognitive performance. Based on the experimental results, the simulation design of the instrument dials in a flight situation awareness interface is completed and tested. Simulation results show the feasibility of the method of choosing the target and distractor colors, and the proposed research provides the instruction for the color saturation design of the interface.     

基于提升方法的整数小波在DSP上的实现

在理论上探讨了基于提升框架的整数小波变换(IWT)及其硬件实现问题,并在TI公司的TMS320C6000DSP上实现了图像处理中两种常用滤波器LEGall(5,3),Sweldens(13,7)提升结构的整数小波变换,同时在DSP上对上述滤波器实现了滤波器组(FBS)方法的离散小波变换(DWT).将提升方法的IWT同FBS方法的DWT在硬件上的运行时间作了比较.结果表明,IWT的运行速度比DWT的运行速度快.本结果可用于评价DSP在图像编码中的运行情况,也可估计出采用此种算法每秒能处理的图像数目.理论和实验均表明,基于提升方法的整数小波变换是一种运行速度快,易于硬件实现,并能实现图像无损压缩的算法.     

基于Ansys对提升机卷筒集中应力的分析

针对提升机卷筒在人孔周边及筋板处因应力集中而容易产生裂纹的情况,以降低卷筒上人孔的应力集中为目的,重点运用ANSYS软件对直径2．0mJK型提升机卷筒的人孔的不同形状进行有限元分析,对不同人孔形状做出对比,并对腰形孔的不同位置进行了分析。     

Study on development of polyamide gears for improvement of load-carrying capacity

In polyamide based gears, thermal damage of the gear tooth surfaces occurs during gear meshing due to accumulated heat in the tooth body. In the experimental study reported in this paper, polyamide gear teeth have been modified in order to distribute the generated heat on the tooth surface by means of drilled cooling holes at different locations on the gear tooth body. The main aims of this paper were to study the effect of cooling holes on the accumulated heat on the tooth surface and on the measured wear. It was shown that the drilled cooling holes on the tooth body decreased the tooth surface temperature and led to an increase in the load carry capacity and improved wear resistance. Geometrically modified gears have showed an improved service life and a decreased surface temperature.     

Latex on Glass: an Appropriate Model for Cartilage-Lubrication Studies?

Latex versus glass has frequently been used as a model system for the investigation of natural lubrication mechanisms, despite its significant differences from articular cartilage pairings. The differences in surface chemistry account for its different behavior in terms of protein adsorption and lubrication. While cartilage is well known for its protein resistance, most proteins present in synovial fluid can non-specifically adsorb onto latex or glass. We have investigated latex-versus-glass lubrication by means of pin-on-disk tribometry in the presence of synovial-fluid proteins and glycoproteins, focusing on the influence of the glass-cleaning procedure on friction. In order to simulate the effects of possible contamination of glass in previous studies, both hydrophilic and hydrophobic glass substrates were tested. Albumin was shown to impair lubrication (in comparison to PBS) when latex was slid against both types of glass surface, whereas bovine synovial fluid (BSF) and alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) impaired the lubrication of latex versus hydrophilic glass and improved the lubrication of latex versus hydrophobic glass. Protein adsorption on the surfaces was monitored by means of fluorescence imaging and optical waveguide lightmode spectroscopy (OWLS), which revealed a faster and greater amount of adsorption of AGP on hydrophobic surfaces than on hydrophilic ones. The influence of surface chemistry on the friction behavior of BSF and on the adsorption of AGP suggests that it plays a role in determining the relative amounts of adsorbed synovial fluid proteins. When BSF is used as a lubricant in the latex-versus-hydrophobic-glass system, more of the AGP, relative to albumin, appears to adsorb on both surfaces, counteracting the negative effect of albumin on friction. It therefore seems that latex on glass, while displaying nominal similarities to cartilage on cartilage under certain conditions, is not a useful model system. Moreover, surface contamination of the glass can play a major role in determining the results.     

砂轮修整器的设计

本文主要阐述了砂轮修整器的设计结构原理,为了满足生产的需要,设计制作了砂轮修整器,安装在手摇磨床上进行修整砂轮,完成工件加工。砂轮修整器具有结构简单,轻巧,使用方便等特点,可对普通和超硬型砂轮进行整修。本砂轮修整器可安装在普通砂轮机、手摇磨床、平面磨床、内外圆磨床上,通过调节外径千分尺和转动各手柄,对砂轮凹凸圆弧,角度、轮廓面进行修整。     

Measurement of potential distribution function on object surface by using an electron microscope in the mirror operation mode

The quantitative theory of image contrast in an electron microscope in the mirror operation mode is given in this paper. This theory permits us to calculate the potential distribution on the object surface from the current density distribution on the microscope screen. The potential distribution results in image formation on the screen. Local electric fields existing on the object surface lead to a perturbation of electron trajectories above the object and to a redistribution of the current density on the screen, causing image contrast. Using the quantitative correlation between these fields and the function of current density distribution on the screen, it is possible to calculate the magnitude of these microfields as well. As illustration, a measured potential distribution on an object surface with spiral structures of adsorbates was analysed. These structures are formed during reaction of CO oxidation on Pt(110). The value of the measured contact potential difference comprised a few hundredths of volt.     

大尺寸硅片的高效超精密加工技术

本文根据下一代IC对大尺寸硅片（≥300mm)面型精度和表面完整性的要求，分析了大尺寸硅片超精密加工的关键问题，介绍了工业发达国家在硅片超精密加工技术和设备方面的研究现状和最新进展，指出了大尺寸硅片高效超精密加工技术的发展趋势,通过对国内技术现状的分析，强调了针对大尺寸硅片超精密加工理论和关键技术开展基础研究的必要性。     

Experimental studies on the effects of reduction in gear tooth stiffness and lubricant film thickness in a spur geared system

Gears are one of the most common mechanisms for transmitting power and motion and their usage can be found in numerous applications. Studies on gear teeth contacts have been considered as one of the most complicated applications in tribology. Depending on the application, the speed and load conditions of teeth may change triggering several types of failures on teeth surface such as wear, scuffing, micro-pitting and pitting. The above-mentioned faults influence changes in vibration and acoustic signals, due to changes in operating conditions such as increase in temperature and decrease in lubricant film thickness and specific film thickness. These abnormal changes result in cumulative effects on localised or distributed faults on load bearing surfaces of gears. Such damages cause reduction in tooth stiffness and severity of damage can be assessed by evaluating the same using vibration-based signals.This paper presents the results of experimental investigations carried out to assess wear in spur gears of back-to-back gearbox under accelerated test conditions. The studies considered the estimation of operating conditions such as film thickness and their effects on the fault growth on teeth surface. Modal testing experiments have been carried out on the same gear starting from healthy to worn out conditions to quantify wear damage. The results provide a good understanding of dependent roles of gearbox operating conditions and vibration parameters as measures for effective assessment of wear in spur gears.     

In situ observation and interferometric characterization of solid–liquid interface morphology in directionally growing transparent model systems

The performance of a new directional solidification device dedicated to the characterization of solid–liquid interface morphology by means of optical methods is presented in this paper. In contradiction to usual solidification studies on transparent materials carried out on thin films, which eliminates the complex coupling between solidification and convection, this device enables in situ and real time studies on bulk transparent materials. The alloy is contained in a cylindrical crucible and observation is performed in two perpendicular directions: the growth one and the transverse one. In addition to direct observation by light transmission in those directions, an interferometer is also set up in the growth direction to provide information on the shape and the motion of the interface through an analysis of the interferometer fringes. The combined determination of solidification front characteristics by these three observation modes has already given critical information on interface dynamics: front recoil measurements during initial transient, formation of microstructure patterns, and influence of convection on the triggering of instabilities.     

定向凝固合金叶片的裂纹与再结晶研究

对定向凝固合金叶片的裂纹进行分析，在断口观察与金相组织分析的基础上，对叶片的失效模式与失效原因进行研究，并提出预防该类故障发生的措施。研究结果表明，定向凝固合金叶片的裂纹是由于叶片表面的再结晶而导致的。叶片表面的再结晶在叶片使用之前就已存在，是由于固溶热处理前叶片的表面存在塑性变形，在固溶热处理过程中形成的。