Application of General Fractal Dimension to Coupling Fault Diagnosis

This paper presents the coucept of general and sensitive dimension,and also proposes the calculation formula of the general dimension least squares method.By calculating and analyzing the power spectrum and general dimension grom the fault sample,the relationship is achieved between sample status and the general simension from vibration signals of the equipment so as to provide reference to fault diagnosis.Furthermore,a correlation function of general dimension is proposed,and calculations are carried out for a monitor signal and samples signal.The diagnosis method based on fractal theory is effective through the concrete examples of the steam-electric generating set fault diagnosis,and the correlation coefficient of general dimension between a monitor signal and samples signal can improve the accuracy for fault diagnosis.     

Electron–Phonon Coupling and Properties of Doped BaBiO3

Density functional calculations based on local density approximation (LDA) of the properties of doped barium bismuthates are reported. Using a linear-response approach within the linear-muffin-tin-orbital method the phonon spectrum of Ba_0.6K_0.4BiO₃ is calculated. The electron–phonon coupling constant is then evaluated for a grid of phonon wavevectors using the self-consistent change in the potential due to phonon distortion. Anharmonic contributions to from the tilting of oxygen octahedra are also evaluated on the basis of the frozen-phonon approach.     

Evaluation of Constants of Electron–Phonon Coupling between Gas Molecules and Graphene

The adsorption of CO, NO, NO₂, Н₂О, and NH₃ molecules on ideal graphene and graphene doped with aluminum is analyzed using simple models. The constants of electron–phonon coupling are evaluated with the Lennard-Jones 6–12 potential for ideal graphene and the 2–4 potential for doped graphene. It is demonstrated that the dimensionless electron–phonon-coupling constant for ideal graphene is ζ ? 1, while ζ ~ 1 corresponds to graphene doped with aluminum. Ways to use both types of graphene as a resistive gas sensor are discussed.     

Properties of high-T C Copper Oxides from Band Models of Spin–Phonon Coupling

The mechanism of spin–phonon coupling (SPC) and possible consequences for the properties of high-T _C copper oxides are presented. The results are based on ab initio LMTO band calculations and a nearly free-electron (NFE) model of the band near E _F . Many observed properties are compatible with SPC, as for the relation between doping and for spin excitations and their energy dependence. The main pseudogap is caused by SPC and waves along [1,0,0], but it is suggested that secondary waves, generated along [1,1,0], contribute to a ‘waterfall’ structure. Conditions for optimal T _C , and the possibilities for spin enhancement at the surface are discussed.      

Electronic Spectra of Iron Pnictide Superconductors: Influence of Multi-orbitals Hopping and Hund’s Coupling

We present a theoretical study of the electronic spectral function of iron-pnictide superconductors like LaFeAs(O, F) material. We have attempted two-band tight-binding model Hamiltonian containing various orbitals hopping energies, intra- and inter-band electronic correlations and Hund’s coupling energy in Fe 3d orbitals. The expression of a single particle spectral function within BCS-mean-field Green’s function approach for superconducting state of iron pnictides is obtained. The spectral function at different points of the Brillouin zone is numerically calculated for extended s-wave pairing symmetry as a function of various model parameters applicable for these systems. It is pointed out through numerical analysis that on increasing nearest-neighbor hopping (t ₁) between (d _xz /d _yz ) σ-orbitals, the spectral function A(k,ω) shifts towards the Fermi level and provides favorable conditions for band splitting effects in the form of two well separated peaks in the electronic spectral as observed in iron pnictides angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopic (ARPES) measurements. On increasing t ₂ (nearest-neighbor hopping between d _xz /d _yz π-orbitals), the spectral function shows prominent peak with increase in spectral weight close to the Fermi level at the (π,0) and (0,0) points of the Brillouin zone, while the quasi-particle peak shifts away from the Fermi level at the (π,π) point with decreased spectral weight. The bonding peak of spectral function get suppressed while the antibonding spectral peak becomes prominent with increasing t ₃ (next nearest-neighbor hopping between same orbitals of d _xz /d _yz ) at (π,π) of the Brillouin zone. Further, intra-band Coulomb correlations shift the spectral peak downward with respect to Fermi level along with suppression of the spectral weight. The Hund’s coupling term try to pile up spectral weight close to Fermi level and support to stabilize superconducting state in these systems. The variation of the spectral function within the two-band model is in qualitative accordance with existing ARPES measurements and theoretical investigations in iron-pnictide superconductors.     

Coupling FEM and symmetric BEM for dynamic interaction of dam–reservoir systems

A numerical model coupling boundary and finite elements suitable for dynamic dam–reservoir interaction is presented herein. This model involves standard finite element idealization of the dam structure displacements and a new symmetric boundary element formulation of the unbounded reservoir domain leading to an equivalent symmetric stiffness matrix for the discretized pressure field. These two basic parts of the computation are directly coupled by imposing an equilibrium condition at the fluid–structure interface, then the resulting algebraic system is reduced by localizing the coupled terms in the global mass matrix such as usually achieved in the added-mass formulation. Finally, the performance and the accuracy of this model are examined by comparing its results to those obtained from three other numerical models.     

A Description of MgB2 Superconductivity Including σ–π Bands Coupling

A two-band scheme of the MgB₂ superconductivity has been developed. The pairing channels incorporate -intraband electron–phonon attraction besides the Coulombic repulsion, together with pair transfer between effective - and -bands. Various MgB₂ superconducting characteristics calculated using a plausible parameter set (which is narrower than the amount of considered properties) agree on a quantitative level with the observations.     

Mobile Bipolaron—Strong Coupling Approach

We explore the properties of the bipolaron in a 1D Holstein–Hubbard model with dynamical quantum phonons. We apply strong coupling theory to investigate the intersite bipolaron. We investigate the influence of the Hubbard interaction on the bipolaron binding energy, effective mass, and phase diagram. We compare our analytic results to recent numerical calculations [1]. In the intermediate and strong coupling regimes, a bipolaron is stable beyond the naive stability limit U ₀ = 2g ². The intersite bipolaron has a significantly reduced mass compared to the single site bipolaron, and is stable in the strong coupling regime up toU _c 4g ².     

Coupling of fully Eulerian and arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian methods for fluid-structure interaction computations

We present a specific application of the fluid-solid interface-tracking/interface-capturing technique (FSITICT) for solving fluid-structure interaction. Specifically, in the FSITICT, we choose as interface-tracking technique the arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian method and as interface-capturing technique the fully Eulerian approach, leading to the Eulerian-arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian (EALE) technique. Using this approach, the domain is partitioned into two sub-domains in which the different methods are used for the numerical solution. The discretization is based on a monolithic solver in which finite differences are used for temporal integration and a Galerkin finite element method for spatial discretization. The nonlinear problem is treated with Newton’s method. The method combines advantages of both sub-frameworks, which is demonstrated with the help of some benchmarks.     

Coupling of membrane element with material point method for fluid–membrane interaction problems

This paper proposes a coupled particle–finite element method for fluid–membrane structure interaction problems. The material point method (MPM) is employed to model the fluid flow and the membrane element is used to model the membrane structure. The interaction between the fluid and the membrane structure is handled by a contact method, which is implemented on an Eulerian background grid. Several numerical examples, including membrane sphere interaction, water sphere impact and gas expansion problems, are studied to validate the proposed method. The numerical results show that the proposed method offers advantages of both MPM and finite element method, and it can be used to simulate fluid–membrane interaction problems.     

Improved Photoresponse of UV Photodetectors by the Incorporation of Plasmonic Nanoparticles on Ga N Through the Resonant Coupling of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance

Very small metallic nanostructures,i.e.,plasmonic nanoparticles(NPs),can demonstrate the localized surface plasmon resonance(LSPR)e ect,a characteristic of the strong light absorption,scattering and localized electromagnetic field via the collective oscillation of surface electrons upon on the excitation by the incident photons.The LSPR of plasmonic NPs can significantly improve the photoresponse of the photodetectors.In this work,significantly enhanced photoresponse of UV photodetectors is demonstrated by the incorporation of various plasmonic NPs in the detector architecture.Various size and elemental composition of monometallic Ag and Au NPs,as well as bimetallic alloy Ag Au NPs,are fabricated on Ga N(0001)by the solid-state dewetting approach.The photoresponse of various NPs are tailored based on the geometric and elemental evolution of NPs,resulting in the highly enhanced photoresponsivity of 112 A W-1,detectivity of 2.4×1012 Jones and external quantum e ciency of 3.6×104%with the high Ag percentage of Ag Au alloy NPs at a low bias of 0.1 V.The Ag Au alloy NP detector also demonstrates a fast photoresponse with the relatively short rise and fall time of less than 160 and 630 ms,respectively.The improved photoresponse with the Ag Au alloy NPs is correlated with the simultaneous e ect of strong plasmon absorption and scattering,increased injection of hot electrons into the Ga N conduction band and reduced barrier height at the alloy NPs/Ga N interface.     

Mass Coupling and Q ?1 of Impurity-Limited Normal 3He in?a?Torsion Pendulum

We present results of the Q ^?1 and period shift, ??P, for ³He confined in a 98% nominal open aerogel on a torsion pendulum. The aerogel is compressed uniaxially by 10% along a direction aligned to the torsion pendulum axis and was grown within a 400???m tall pancake (after compression) similar to an Andronikashvili geometry. The result is a high Q pendulum able to resolve Q ^?1 and mass coupling of the impurity-limited ³He over the whole temperature range. After measuring the empty cell background, we filled the cell above the critical point and observe a temperature dependent period shift, ??P, between 100?mK and 3?mK that is 2.9% of the period shift (after filling) at 100?mK. The Q ^?1 due to the ³He decreases by an order of magnitude between 100?mK and 3?mK at a pressure of 0.14??0.03?bar. We compare the observable quantities to the corresponding calculated Q ^?1 and period shift for bulk ³He.     

Emergence of Pairing Interaction in the Hubbard Model in the Strong Coupling Limit

We implement the rotationally-invariant formulation of the two-dimensional Hubbard model, with nearest-neighbors hopping t, which allows for the analytic study of the system in the low-energy limit. Both U(1) and SU(2) gauge transformations are used to factorize the charge and spin contribution to the original electron operator in terms of the corresponding gauge fields. The Hubbard Coulomb energy U-term is then expressed in terms of quantum phase variables conjugate to the local charge and variable spin quantization axis, providing a useful representation of strongly correlated systems. It is shown that these gauge fields play a similar role as phonons in the BCS theory: they act as the “glue” for fermion pairing. By tracing out gauge degrees of freedom the form of paired states is established and the strength of the pairing potential is determined. It is found that the attractive pairing potential in the effective low-energy fermionic action is non-zero in a rather narrow range of U/t.     

Resonant Raman Study of Superconducting Gap and Electron-Phonon Coupling in YbBa2Cu3O7−δ

We investigate the electronic background as well as the 02-03 mode at 330 cm ^–1 of highly doped YbBa ₂ Cu ₃ O _7– in B _1g symmetry. Above the critical temperature T._c the spectra consist of an almost constant electronic background and superimposed phononic excitations. Below T _c the superconducting gap opens and the electronic background redistributes exhibiting a 2 peak at 320 cm ^–1 . We use a model that allows us to separate the background from the phonon. In this model the phonon intensity is assigned to the coupling of the phonon to inter- and intraband electronic excitations. For excitation energies between 1.96 eV and 2.71 eV the electronic background exhibits hardly any resonance. Accordingly, the intraband contribution to the phonon intensity is not affected. In contrast, the interband contribution vanishes below T _c at 1.96 eV while it remains almost unaffected at 2.71 eV.     

Exchange Coupling in MnAlC/α-Fe Nanocomposite Magnets

Nanostructured composite materials consisting of exchange-coupled hard and soft magnetic phases are proposed as alternative for the development of high-energy product permanent magnets. In this work, we have examined the effects of soft magnetic α-Fe addition on the structure and magnetic properties of powders composed of hard magnetic Mn_54.3Al₄₄C_1.7 compound. The optimum melt-spun ribbon precursor (with τ-phase structure, with magnetization of 88 emu/g and coercive field of 1.6 kOe) was obtained after annealing the ribbons at 500 ^°C for 20 min. After the combination between the soft and the optimized hard phase, the intensity of τ-phase peaks measured by X-ray diffraction decreases. These changes can also be seen in the magnetic properties. The coercivity (～ 500 Oe) tends to decrease with the annealing temperature, while the magnetization tends to increase up to 141 emu/g. Evidence of good exchange coupling between particles of Mn_54.3Al₄₄C_1.7 and α-Fe, in the produced composite, was proved by the hysteresis loop and its corresponding Thamm-Hesse analysis.     

Giant Coupling Effects in Confined 4He Near T ??

Superfluid ⁴He shares with superconductors a transition into a low temperature state where the order parameter is a wave function. For the low temperature superconductors, which have a large zero temperature correlation length, this results in well known Josephson effects reflecting the overlap of the wave function across barriers and weak links. Similar phenomena are harder to realize for ⁴He because the zero temperature correlation length is of the order of interatomic dimensions. The fact that for ⁴He the critical region, where the correlation length diverges, is accessible experimentally leads to a possible new kind of coupling. This differs from that of a superconductor in the sense that critical fluctuations are important. We have seen such coupling whereby two regions of confined ⁴He interact and influence their respective thermodynamic behavior (Perron et al. in Nat. Phys. 6:499?C502, 2010). This interaction extends over length scales which are much larger than the correlation length. We describe measurements of heat capacity and superfluid density which illustrate this behavior.     

Charge–Spin Coupling at a Ferromagnet–Nonmagnet Interface

The topic of electrical spin injection from a ferromagnetic to a nonmagnetic material is presently attracting great interest and attention. A thermodynamic study of spin injection across a ferromagnetic–nonmagnetic material interface is presented. Using an entropy production calculation, the linear dynamic equations for interfacial transport of charge, heat, and spin magnetic moment are derived. A general equation for the fractional polarization of injected current is developed by matching boundary conditions at the interface. Polarization efficiency is sensitive to the intrinsic interface resistance, and to the resisivities and spin diffusion lengths of both materials. The physics of nonequilibrium spin diffusion across the interface is discussed, and the limiting case where resistance mismatch is important is identified. Example systems of interest are spin injection from a ferromagnetic metal to a nonmagnetic metal and from a ferromagnetic metal to a semiconductor. Charge–spin coupling and spin diffusion in one dimension, compared with higher dimension, are also discussed.     

Vibrational Coupling and Kapitza Resistance at a Solid–Liquid Interface

The rapid development and application of nanotechnologies have promoted an increasing interest in research on heat transfer across the solid/liquid interface. In this study, molecular dynamics simulations are carried out to elucidate the effect of vibrational coupling between the solid and the liquid phases on the Kapitza thermal resistance. This is accomplished by altering the atomic mass and interatomic interaction strength in the solid phase (thus, the vibrational properties), while keeping the solid–liquid interfacial interaction unchanged. In this way, the Kapitza resistance can be altered with a constant work of adhesion between the solid and the liquid phases. The simulation results show that the overlap degree between the vibrational density of states profiles of the interfacial liquid layer and the outermost solid layer, which measures the degree of interfacial vibrational coupling, increases with larger atomic mass and weaker inter-atomic interaction in the solid phase. An inverse relation exists between the Kapitza resistance and the overlap degree of the vibrational density of states profiles. It means that the Kapitza resistance decreases with better interfacial vibrational coupling. The simulations show that the Kapitza resistance is not only affected by the interfacial bonding strength but also the vibrational coupling between the solid and the liquid atoms. The interfaces with better thermal transport efficiency should be the ones with stronger interfacial interaction and preferable vibrational coupling between solid and liquid phases.     

Electron–Phonon Coupling in Ti/TiN MKIDs Multilayer Microresonator

Over the last few years, there has been a growing interest toward the use of superconducting microwave microresonators operated in quasi-thermal equilibrium mode, especially applied to single particle detection. Indeed, previous devices designed and tested by our group with X-ray sources in the keV range evidenced that several issues arise from the attempt of detection through athermal quasiparticles produced within direct strikes of X-rays in the superconductor material of the resonator. In order to prevent issues related to quasiparticles self-recombination and to avoid exchange of athermal phonons with the substrate, our group focused on the development of thermal superconducting microresonators. In this configuration, resonators composed of multilayer films of Ti/TiN sense the temperature of an absorbing material. To maximize the thermal response, low-critical-temperature films are preferable. By lowering the critical temperature, though, the maximum probing power bearable by the resonators decreases abruptly because of the weakening of the electron–phonon coupling. A proper compromise between the value of critical temperature (and hence sensitivity to energy deposition) and readout power bearable by the device has to be found in order to avoid signal-to-noise ratio degradation. In this contribution, we report the latest measurement of the electron–phonon coupling.     

Numerical Simulation of Temperature Distribution and ThermalStress Field in a Turbine Blade with Multilayer-Structure TBCs by a Fluid–Solid Coupling Method

To study the temperature distribution and thermal-stress?eld in different service stages,a twodimensional model of a turbine blade with thermal barrier coatings is developed,in which the conjugate heat transfer analysis and the decoupled thermal-stress calculation method are adopted.Based on the simulation results,it is found that a non-uniform distribution of temperature appears in different positions of the blade surface,which has directly impacted on stress?eld.The maximum temperature with a value of 1030°C occurs at the leading edge.During the steady stage,the maximum stress of thermally grown oxide(TGO)appears in the middle of the suction side,reaching 3.75 GPa.At the end stage of cooling,the maximum compressive stress of TGO with a value of -3.5 GPa occurs at the leading edge.Thus,it can be predicted that during the steady stage the dangerous regions may locate at the suction side,while the leading edge may be more prone to failure on cooling.