Compact cantilever force probe for plasma pressure measurements

A simple, compact cantilever force probe (CFP) has been developed for plasma pressure measurements. It is based on the pull-in phenomenon well known in microelectromechanical-system electrostatic actuators. The probe consists of a thin (25 mum) titanium foil cantilever (38 mm of length and 14 mm of width) and a fixed electrode separated by a 0.75 mm gap. The probe is shielded by brass box and enclosed into boron nitride housing with a 9 mm diameter window for exposing part of cantilever surface to the plasma. When the voltage is applied between the cantilever and the electrode, an attractive electrostatic force is counterbalanced by cantilever restoring spring force. At some threshold (pull-in) voltage the system becomes unstable and the cantilever abruptly pulls toward the fixed electrode until breakdown occurs between them. The threshold voltage is sensitive to an additional externally applied force, while a simple detection of breakdown occurrence can be used to measure that threshold voltage value. The sensitivity to externally applied forces obtained during calibration is 0.28 V/microN (17.8 VPa for pressure). However, the resolution of the measurements is +/-0.014 mN (+/-0.22 Pa) due to the statistical scattering in measured pull-in voltages. The diagnostic temporal resolution is approximately 10 ms, being determined by the dynamics of pull-in process. The probe has been tested in the tokamak ISTTOK edge plasma, and a plasma force of approximately 0.07 mN (plasma pressure approximately 1.1 Pa) has been obtained near the leading edge of the limiter. This value is in a reasonable agreement with the estimations using local plasma parameters measured by electrical probes. The use of the described CFP is limited by a heat flux of Q approximately 10(6) W/m(2) due to uncontrollable rise of the cantilever temperature (DeltaT approximately 20 degrees C) during CFP response time.     

水压摩擦副中的压力与流量特性

水的低粘度使得水压润滑间隙中的惯性力与粘性力几乎处于同一数量级,因此研究摩擦副的润滑特性时,不能忽略惯性力的影响。惯性力的作用可能改变间隙流场的局部甚至全局流态,从层流变为紊流,因此应用经典润滑理论所得的计算结果将产生太大的误差。采用CFD方法从N-S方程出发对水压摩擦副中压力与流量特性的惯性影响和表面粗糙度效应进行了研究,并与经典润滑理论结果进行了对比,发现表面粗糙度和惯性力对润滑间隙中的压力和流量特性均有一定的影响。其中,惯性力对端面摩擦副中的压力分布具有一定的影响,对端面副和径向副的泄漏流量均有影响,并且惯性力使得表面粗糙度对流场流态的影响得以体现,因此以N-S方程而不是雷诺方程为模型所得的计算结果更加准确。     

Numerical techniques for computing nonlinear dynamic characteristic of rotor-seal system

A transient CFD procedure to compute the nonlinear dynamic characteristic of the coupled rotor-seal system was presented in this study. In each time step, the displacement diffusion model was implemented to govern the mesh deformation, and the URANS (Unsteady Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes) equations were solved to obtain the transient fluid force on the rotor surface for the free vibrations. With the obtained fluid force from the CFD solver, the nonlinear equations of motion for a simplified rotor-seal system were numerically solved on the basis of external user defined routines. During each transient time step, the computed fluid force from the CFD solver and the rotor motion from the user defined routines were transferred to each other timely. The rotor center trajectories, frequency spectrum and projection of Poincaré section were calculated to investigate the nonlinear dynamic performance of the single disk rotor-seal system. The effects of the rotational speed and pressure ratio on the vibration characteristic of the rotor-seal system were analyzed by the bifurcation theorem. The results show that the coupled rotor-seal system experiences a period-one motion, resonance, periodic-doubling motion, quasi-periodic motion, and finally possible chaotic motion as the rotor speed increases. The pressure ratio has pronounced effect on the frequency response of the first-order critical speed; however, it has little influence on the motion state as well as the frequency response of the rotating speed. Although a constant-clearance annular smooth stator seal was selected as the research object in the current paper, the presented transient CFD method is still available for other complex annular seals, such as labyrinth seal, honeycomb seal, pocket damper seal, etc.     

超声振动和切削液联合作用下的刀刃非物理锐化

超声辅助切削和切削液的联合使用能减小切削力和降低表面粗糙度,试图说明其机理,目的是为开发精密和超精加工技术打下基础。超声辅助切削和切削液的联合使用,从性质上改变了刀刃施加给工件表面的作用力,包括摩擦力和压力：在无切削液情况下,刀刃切入时,前刀面和后刀面施加给被切削面的摩擦力方向是指向刀刃;在有切削液情况下,刀刃切入时,前刀面和后刀面施加给被切削面的摩擦力方向是背向刀刃。背向刀刃的摩擦力,相对于指向刀刃的摩擦力而言,会导致剪切角增大,等效于更锋利的刀刃所产生的剪切角;切削液的存在使得刀刃施加给工件的力更加集中,等效于圆角半径更小的刀刃所能达到的效果;切削液在刀尖部位的压力分布不利于工件表面产生微裂纹。也就是说,超声辅助切削和切削液的联合使用起到了更锋利即更小圆角半径刀刃所起的效果,称之为非物理锐化。     

Performance measurement analysis of various cone flow meters with various beta edge types and flow field parameters

The beta edge, as one part of the cone element in cone flow meters, has several types. Cone flow meters with different beta edges have different applications and measurement performance. The sharp angle, corner cut and arc are the most common forms of beta edges used in cone flow meters. Their structures are analyzed without changing other parameters. Through theoretical analysis of their hydromechanics, a conclusion can be drawn that the discharge coefficient linearity error and permanent pressure loss in cone flow meters can be predicted based on the consistency in the recirculation quantity and the dissipation function value. The research objects are cone flow meters with different beta edge forms whose inner tube diameter is 100 mm and whose β values are 0.45, 0.55 and 0.65. The cone wake flow field characteristics were obtained and analyzed using the CFD method. Different beta edges cause different changes to the recirculation quantity and the dissipation in the cone wake flow region. Based on the theoretical prediction, the corner cut beta edge has the best discharge coefficient linearity error and relatively small permanent pressure loss. The accuracy of this prediction was experimentally verified. The experimental results demonstrate that the sharp-angle beta edge achieves the best performance in mechanical processing consistency, while the arc beta edge is the worst.     

Counter-current air-water flow in narrow rectangular channels with offset strip fins

Counter-current two-phase flows of air-water in narrow rectangular channels with offset-strip fins have been experimentally investigated in a 760 mm long and 100 mm wide test section with 3.0 and 5.0 mm gap widths. The two-phase flow regime, channel-average void fractions and two-phase pressure gradients were studied. Flow regime transition occurred at lower superficial velocities of air than in the channels without fins. In the bubbly and slug flow regimes, elongated bubbles rose along the subchannel formed by fins without lateral movement. The critical void fraction for the bubbly-to-slug transition was about 0.14 for the 3 mm gap channel and 0.2 for the 5 mm gap channel, respectively. Channel-average void fractions in the channels with fins were almost the same as those in the channels without fins. Void fractions increased as the gap width increased, especially at high superficial velocity of air. The presence of fins enhanced the two-phase distribution parameter significantly in the slug How, where the effect of gap width was almost negligible. Superficial velocity of air dominated the two-phase pressure gradients. Liquid superficial velocity and channel gap width has only a minor effect on the pressure gradients.     

2D电液比例换向阀阀芯卡紧力分析

针对2D电液比例换向阀阀芯卡滞现象,应用缝隙流动原理,对2D阀芯有无偏心情况下的径向卡紧力进行系统理论分析,得到2D阀芯液压卡紧力计算方法;运用MATLAB软件进行数值计算,得出2D阀芯径向卡紧力与偏心量和高低压孔夹角间的关系;根据2D阀特性,提出2D电液比例换向阀阀芯改进措施,应用Fluent 软件对阀芯表面的流场进行CFD仿真分析,比较了改进前后的流速矢量和压力分布情况,验证了改进措施的正确性。改进后的2D电液比例换向阀在中高压实验中无“卡滞”现象出现,实现了高压大流量的比例控制。     

基于微力传感的扫描近场声显微镜

描述了一种用于检测超精表面形貌的扫描近场声显微镜 (SNAM )。以谐振频率为 1MHz的未封装伸长型晶振作为微力传感器逼近样品表面 ,在此过程中晶振受到流体阻尼 ,其振动特性发生变化 ,通过检测振动幅值的变化即可获得样品表面形貌信息。在分析SNAM检测机理的基础上设计了SNAM系统 ,测量时的垂直分辨率可达到纳米级     

基于多场耦合的先导式电磁开关阀特性研究

电子稳定控制系统(ESC)是提高汽车行驶稳定性和主动安全性的关键装置，旨在提高ESC液压系统的控制精度，对其核心部件先导式电磁开关阀的相关特性进行深入研究。建立了先导式电磁开关阀多场耦合的数学模型，包括机械模型、电磁场模型、液动力模型和热力场模型；分析了气隙、电流、温度等因素对电磁力的影响，并通过试验验证了理论模型的正确性。结果表明：电磁力随气隙和温度分别呈非线性变化，一定范围内，随电流呈线性关系；当气隙超过0.8 mm时，电磁力几乎不随气隙变化，呈现比例电磁铁的特性。另外，在试验中得到了先导阀两端压差对电流、压力、流量响应的影响。     

Non-contact experimental modal analysis using air excitation and a microphone array

Experimental modal analysis (EMA) is the empirical study of the dynamic properties of structures under vibrational excitation. Non-contact EMA is advantageous when the target is susceptible to damage or contamination. In this study, we investigated non-contact EMA as we excite a cantilever beam using a collimated air impulse controlled by a solenoid valve. The reflected airwave from the beam surface was measured by a microphone array. The air actuation is calibrated by utilizing a separate pressure sensor that simultaneously measures the air impulse. The effect of changing the pressure and the opening time interval of the solenoid valve are investigated and found to be adequate for the frequency range of interest. The force transferred from the air impulse to the target depends on the upstream pressure, as well as the gap between the target and the nozzle. The effect of changing both the pressure and the gap distance between the target and the nozzle on the magnitude of force is investigated with a series of tests. Pre-processing is performed on the reflected signals to minimize the noise level, and the optimal gap distance between the sensor array and the target is found. The experimental tests demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology to both accurately and cost-effectively measure structural dynamics in translational and rotational degrees using a non-contact excitation and sensor mechanism.     

Study on low frequency energy harvesting system in laminated aluminum beam structures with delamination

Piezoelectric material based energy harvesting system (EHS) has been designed and developed to study the influence of delamination on EHS in low frequency vibrating beam structures. The stiffness reduction due to the presence of delamination of specified size and its location is evaluated using the harvested energy in different vibrating elastic modes. Four aluminium beam specimens were fabricated, each having two layers of 1 mm thickness and a specified dimension of delamination was introduced by using a thin Teflon film. The beam without delamination is considered to be healthy and served as the reference structure. The PZT-5H patches were surface bonded on the beams to work as energy harvesting transducers. A suitable electronic circuit is developed to receive the energy from the vibrating beam. The experimental results in terms of energy generated by the four laminated beams have been compared with analytical results at resonant conditions and correlated to assess the effect of delamination on energy produced by low frequency vibration modes. The location of delamination has made a significant change in the harvested energy of second and third bendings; in particular, the delaminations at edge and root have displayed a clear trend. Resonant and off-resonant excitations have revealed that the edge delaminated beam produces lower energy output. The current work has demonstrated that energy harvesting from different elastic modes and with a variable frequency at constant force excitation can be a useful health monitoring technique, employing low frequency vibration, besides utilising the harvested energy itself.     

CFD investigation on the flatback airfoil effect of 10 MW wind turbine blade

The flatback airfoil effect on the inboard region of a large wind turbine blade was investigated by numerical analysis. Complicated flow phenomena in wind turbine blade with flatback and non-flatback airfoil were captured by Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes flow simulation with shear stress transport turbulence model. Although both airfoil blades were designed using blade element momentum theory to produce identical shaft power, results of three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) flow analysis indicated that at a specific location of the root area, the flatback airfoil improved the inboard force by approximately 6 % compared with the non-flatback airfoil. We were also able to confirm that by using the flatback airfoil, the overall shaft power throughout the blade increased by 1 %, thereby restraining the bending moment exerted by the thrust force on the hub by 0.5 %. Moreover, numerical analysis results indicated that the flatback airfoil blade reduced the size of the secondary vortex around the blade root area and its progress in the secondary direction in comparison with the non-flatback airfoil blade. The shape of the flatback airfoil on the trailing edge weakened the adverse pressure gradient migrating from the lower to the upper surface. Regardless of the flatback airfoils, the tip vortex core of the outboard region formed on the suction surface leading edge and strongly rolled up by the pressure surface boundary layers due to the large pressure difference between the suction and pressure surfaces in the blade tip region. This remarkable strong tip vortex developed downstream and raked up the boundary layer of the blade trailing edge with low energy.     

阀芯微造型动压承载力的交互试验分析

以水压三用阀阀芯为研究对象,通过在阀芯表面加工微造型以改善其润滑和抗磨性能。采用CFD方法建立阀芯微造型的动压润滑模型,研究阀芯表面的压力分布和承载力特性,然后选择L27(35)交互试验表,开展动压承载力的交互试验分析,研究分析液膜厚度、微造型深度、半径、形貌、阀芯移动速度以及液膜厚度与微造型深度、半径之间的交互作用对阀芯承载力的影响,并确定最优模型。结果表明:在阀芯表面设置微造型能够在阀芯与阀套之间产生承载力,各因素中对液膜承载力的影响由强至弱依次是液膜厚度、阀芯移动速度、微造型半径、形貌以及深度,最终分析得到的最优模型A3B3C3D1E3,比方案中的最大承载力提高了14.5%。     

BUEVA: a bi-directional ultrasonic elliptical vibration actuator for micromachining

This paper presents a novel actuator design for vibration-induced micromachining. The bi-directional ultrasonic elliptical vibration actuator (BUEVA) possesses a combination of features that renders it suitable for the machining a wide range of materials over a variety of cutting parameters. The cutting motion is an elliptical tool motion that resembles “spoon feeding”. This cutting action is in contrast to in-plane, horizontal motion utilized by most existing setups. The motion is arrived at through a combination of motions along the tool's axial and transverse directions and by vibrating out of phase and is generated by two stacked ceramic multilayer actuator ring piezo elements. Another distinguishing feature of BUEVA is the use of piezo stacks which ensure high blocking force compared to low force of piezo benders as used in many existing actuators. Furthermore, the amplitude and frequency of vibration of the tool are controlled on-line in order to vary the cutting depth and cutting speed according to the desired cutting parameters. This is a desirable characteristic which allows one to “dial-in” a desirable cutting speed for different workpiece materials. Another attractive BUEVA feature is that the design is very compact and can fit easily into the working space of most milling machining centers without the need for custom motion setups. An off the shelf TiALN-coated carbide turning tool is utilized as the cutting tool. Furthermore, refined versions of previously reported models by other workers in the micromachining field have been developed. Experimental force and surface roughness measurements are compared versus these ideal calculations from the improved models. Compared with these reference models, our refined calculations show improvements in describing chip geometry based on corrected tool motion and which, consequently, resulted in improved estimates of both surface roughness and cutting forces. Verification cutting tests in two different materials (Al2024 and Plexiglas) show good surface integrity and dimensional definition with roughness measurements in reasonable correlation to the refined model calculations.     

体外磁控内置式尿道阀仿真与实验研究

为克服人工尿道括约肌长时间压闭尿道引起组织坏死等问题,设计了一种体外磁控内置式尿道阀.建立了流量-压差特性及磁驱动力数学模型,应用有限元法计算分析了流场分布、液阻和磁驱动力的影响因素.搭建了下尿路模拟实验平台,研究了尿流率-膀胱压特性、磁驱动力特性.结果表明:增大阀口开度和阀芯半锥角均能增加尿流率;增大外磁体厚度、减小...     

A novel method of determination of wire lag for enhanced profile accuracy in WEDM

Wire bending due to gap force is a major cause of imprecision in WEDM applications. To achieve higher precision and accuracy the knowledge of gap force and wire lag is extremely essential. In the present research, an in depth study on wire lag phenomenon has been carried out. A novel method to measure gap force intensity and wire lag under any given machining condition has been proposed by developing an analytical model. Experiments were carried out to verify the proposed model. Beside this, the impact of wire deflection on profile accuracy during cutting cylindrical job has been investigated. Based upon the developed analytical model an effective method has been proposed to eliminate this inaccuracy using wire lag compensation technique. The research finding will lead to better understanding of the gap force phenomena and will promote significant development in the domain of high precision WEDM.     

数字化挤压梯度砂型性能及补压距离研究

作为一种新的无模铸造成形工艺,挤压切削一体化成形技术突破常规铸型制造方法,给梯度砂型的制备提供了新思路。在梯度砂型成形过程中,对砂型型面层的补压会引起其强度、透气性能及型面层厚度的变化,进而影响铸件性能。针对该问题,从强度、透气性和切削力等方面对不同型腔深度的梯度砂型型面层进行了研究。结果发现,对于相同型腔深度砂型,补压位移对砂型型面层性能影响很大,当补压位移在2～12 mm范围内时,补压位移越大,则砂型型面层强度越高,透气性越小,切削力越大。综合考虑砂型型面层透气性、强度和切削力,得到了不同型腔深度砂型的最优补压距离,并通过ZL114A铝合金浇注试验验证了梯度砂型的优越性。     

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS RESEARCH ON PRESSURE LOSS OF CROSS-FLOW PERFORATED MUFFLER

The pressure loss of cross-flow perforated muffler has been computed with the procedure of physical modeling,simulation and data processing. Three-dimensional computational fluid dynam-ics (CFD) has been used to investigate the relations of porosities,flow velocity and diameter of the holes with the pressure loss. Accordingly,some preliminary results have been obtained that pressure loss increases with porosity descent as nearly a hyperbolic trend,rising flow velocity of the input makes the pressure loss increasing with parabola trend,diameter of holes affects little about pressure loss of the muffler. Otherwise,the holes on the perforated pipes make the air flow gently and meanly,which decreases the air impact to the wall and pipes in the muffler. A practical perforated muffler is used to illustrate the available of this method for pressure loss computation,and the comparison shows that the computation results with the method of CFD has reference value for muffler design.     

可变磁路式永磁悬浮系统的防跌落防吸附控制

永磁悬浮系统是一种典型的非线性系统,随着导磁体与悬浮物之间的气隙变化,控制特性发生变化,影响系统的稳定性。为防止外界干扰引起系统偏离平衡点时,悬浮物跌落或吸附到导磁体上,提出一种基于气隙变化的防跌落防吸附控制方法。在整个悬浮气隙内选取多点预设悬浮力,基于各设计点预设的悬浮力计算控制参数,并依据插值原理得到完整的防跌落防吸附控制律,有效补偿悬浮物运动时不均匀变化的悬浮力,提高系统的可控性,稳定性和鲁棒性。仿真和实验表明,防跌落防吸附控制方法能缓和冲击,提高防跌落性能,当外扰使气隙变大时悬浮力迅速变大,防止悬浮物跌落,当外扰使气隙变小时悬浮力迅速变小,防止悬浮物吸附于导磁体上。     

Plastic Deformation Mechanism in Double-Roller Clamping Spinning of Flanged Thin-Walled Cylinder

Double?roller clamping spinning(DRCS) is a new process for forming a thin?walled cylinder with a complex surface flange. The process requires a small spinning force,and can visibly improve forming quality and production e ciency. However,the deformation mechanism of the process has not been completely understood. Therefore,both a finite element numerical simulation and experimental research on the DRCS process are carried out. The results show that both radial force and axial force dominate the forming process of DRCS. The deformation area elongates along the radial direction and bends along the axial direction under the action of the two forces. Both the outer edge and round corner of the flange show the tangential tensile stress and radial compressive stress. The middle region shows tensile tangential stress and radial stress,while the inner edge shows compressive tangential stress and radial stress. Tan?gential tensile strain causes a wall thickness reduction in the outer edge and middle regions of the flange. The large compressive thickness strain causes material accumulation and thus,an increase in the wall thickness of the round corner. Because of bending deformation,the round corner shows a large radial tensile strain in addition. The inner edge of the flange shows small radial compressive strain and tensile strain in thickness. Thus,the wall thickness on the inner edge of the flange continues to increase,although the increment is small. Furthermore,microstructure analysis and tensile test results show that the flanged thin?walled cylinder formed by DRCS has good mechanical properties. The results provide instructions for the application of the DRCS process.