Erosion wear experiments and simulation analysis on bionic anti-erosion sample

The dorsal surface of a desert lizard has excellent particle erosion resistance.In this paper,a bio-inspired sample was designed and fabricated based on the biological characteristics of the dorsal skin of the desert lizard(Laudakin stoliczkana).The bionic sample consists of two materials with different characteristics,which form a two-layer composite structure.The particle erosion property and erosion wear mechanism of the bionic sample was studied by means of sandblast experiment and numerical simulation,respectively.The experimental results show that,in the stage with steady abrasion rate,the weight loss per unit time of the bionic sample is about 10%lesser than the control sample.The numerical simulation indicated that the two-layer structure of the bionic sample can efficiently absorb the normal stress,and dissipate the stress in the horizontal direction.Thus,the stress concentration on the sample surface is suppressed.The two-layer structure is contributed to the decentralizing of the stress distribution,and thus the occurrence probability of erosion damage can be decreased.     

Tribological properties and failure analysis of PTFE composites used for seals in the transmission unit

The sealing rings are one of the most important components as the sealing devices in the wet clutch unit of a heavy vehicle. The sealing ring, made from PTFE composites, was subjected to serious wear on the sealing surface, but the mating metal surface only had slight abrasion. A specialized test rig was designed for wear research and failure analysis of the sealing ring. The composition analyses of the ring material, working conditions and wear surface characteristics by visual inspection and tribological properties as well as microscopic analysis with scanning electron microscope was performed to determine the wear mechanism and failure causes. Results revealed that the wear of PTFE composites was characterized by abrasion and adhesion after a certain duration testing, and the wear mechanism changed to thermal fatigue and abrasive wear in the stage of intense wear. The thermal deformation and fatigue were primarily responsible for the rapid wear of the PTFE composites for the sealing rings.     

Gas-solid erosion on bionic configuration surface

A three levels orthogonal table-L9(34) was used,namely,impact angle,rotating speed,erodent size,and surface configuration were considered.The three bionic surface configurations are pit,groove,and ring.The experimental results indicate the experiment factors affecting erosive rate are,in their sequence of contribution,erodent size,impact angle,configuration,and rotating speed;the erosive rate increased with increase in rotating speed,erodent size;the erosion resistance of the sample with ring structure is higher than that of the other two samples.Based on this result,regression orthogonal experiment was carried out to select the optimal erosion resistance condition with respect to the ring bionic surface configuration.Regression equations between erosive rate and experimental factors of ring surface configurations were obtained.     

Analysis of Force Characteristic and Friction State on the Sealing Ring Used in Composite Transmission

Based on analysis of flow field of the rotary seal using sealing ring, mechanical models under the condition of full film friction and mixed film friction were established respectively. The influence of friction state of the sealing ring on seal performance was also discussed. The relation between force characteristic and structural parameters of the sealing ring was analyzed. Analytical results indicate that friction state mainly depends on structural parameters of the sealing ring. The expression of calculating friction torque under the condition of mixed film friction was deduced. Experiment verification had been done. Experimental results agree with the deducing theoretical conclusions on the whole. It lays the foundation for design of new type of sealing ring used in composite transmission.     

Bionic surface design of cemented carbide drill bit

The development of a high-performance cemented carbide drill bit is of great significance to the reduction of rock drilling-cost. The non-smooth features of a biological surface provide an insight into how they can obtain low friction and good wear resistance with evolving surface morphology. By analyzing the mechanism of the surface of a dung beetle for reducing soil wear and adherence, we design a cemented carbide drill bit with a bionic surface, which is expected to have superior anti-wearing and anti-sticking properties for drilling the soft coal seam. Inspired from the characteristics of the head and pronotum surface of the dung beetle, optimized non-smooth surface of the drill bit was constructed. The working performance of this innovative drill was experimentally tested. With comparative experiments under the identical drilling conditions, the wear rates, drilling times of conventional drills and bionic drills were measured. Compared with the conventional counterpart, the drill designed exhibits better performance in reducing wear and sticking drilling-breaks, therefore achieving higher levels of efficiency. The diameter of the dome and pit on the bit surface is in the range of 0.8–1.2 mm, and the bionic drill bits could get better performance with preferable drilling speeds and wear rates.     

Numerical Simulation Study on the Surface Deflection of Cylindrical Shallow Shell

The increasing applications of new materials such as high strength low alloy (HSAL) steels and aluminum alloy sheets have lead to greater focus on the surface deflections of auto body panels in the automobile industry in recent years.The finite element models of cylindrical shallow shell that can represent auto body panels are established.Numerical simulations of forming and unloading of cylindrical shallow shell are carried out.And a measurement and evaluation method of the surface deflection is introduced.The simulations of surface deflections with various blank homing forces (BHF) show great agreement with the experi- mental results.The influence laws of sheet thickness and material properties such as yield strengthσs,strain-hardening exponent n,anisotropy parameter r and strength coefficient k on the surface deflection are achieved by simulations,which give a basic refer- ence for controlling surface deflections.     

Effect of cutting speed on residual stress of special coating during remanufacturing

To study the residual stress of the special coating at different cutting speeds, the cutting of FeAlCrBSiNb coating is analyzed with the finite element method (FEM) and experiment according to the coating characteristics. The CNC machine tool is used to cut the coating and the X-ray stress equipment is used to measure the residual stress of coating. The experimental and FEM results agree with each other. Also, the residual-stress coating depth is deeper and the residual stress of the coating surface is larger with increasing cutting speed. In addition, the residual stress of the coating surface is in the suppression state affected by axial residual stress and circumferential residual stress, and the residual stress of the deeper coating is in the tensile state based on the original state of arc spraying and cutting process.     

Micro Extrusion of Ultrafine Grained Titanium Prepared by ECAP

Micro compression and micro extrusion experiments of ultrafine grained titanium cylindrical specimens in diameters of 4, 2, and 1 mm prepared by equal channel angular pressing(ECAP) were conducted on the micro plastic forming test machine. The effects of specimen size, grain size, deformation temperature and extrusion speed on the flow stress and forming properties of the ultrafine grained pure titanium were investigated. The flow stress of ultrafine grained pure titanium specimen decreases with decreasing specimen size. The yield limit of pure titanium with refined grain prepared by ECAP is significantly greater than that of coarse grained specimen. Also the research results show that the flow stress of specimen increases with decreasing deformation temperature and with the increase of the strain rate, and the ultrafine grained pure titanium possesses good micro forming properties at deformation temperature of 300 ℃.     

Strengthening steel joint of architectural structure under loading condition

Through the comparative analysis of steel plate reinforced,ceramics reinforced and non-reinforced joints under loading condition,the feasibility of strengthening steel joint of architectural structure was studied.By using element birth and death technology simulation of the fi nite element software ANSYS,it is found that when the reinforced structure is 10 mm in thickness and using steel structure to reinforce the concerned areas,the equivalent stress in concerned regionals reduces by 31.1% compared with that when the structure is not reinforced.When reinforced with ceramics,the equivalent stress in concerned regionals reduces by 24.1% compared with that reinforced with steels;when the reinforced structure is 20 mm in thickness using steels to reinforce the concerned area,the equivalent stress in concerned regionals reduces by 39.4% compared with that when the structure is not reinforced.When using ceramics to reinforce the concerned areas,the equivalent stress only decreases by 3.7% compared with that reinforced with steels.     

Condensation heat transfer characteristics of vapor flow in vertical small-diameter tube with variable wall temperature

To explore the condensation characteristics of vapor flow inside vertical small-diameter tubes, the classical Nusselt theory is revised and an analytical model with variable tube wall temperature is established by considering the effect of surface tension exerted by condensate film bending as well as the effect of shear stress on vapor-liquid interface. The effects of various factors including tube wall temperature and gravity on flow condensation in small-diameter tubes are analyzed theoretically to show the heat transfer characteristics. Comparison with the experimental data indicates that the proposed analytical model is fit to reveal the fundamental characteristics of flow condensation heat transfer in vertical small-diameter tube.     

Non-complete relief method for measuring surface stresses in surrounding rocks

The measurement of surface stresses in surrounding rocks with the use of a relief method of annular hole-drilling was studied by numerical analysis. The stress relief process by hole-drilling was then simulated with the use of finite element method. The influences of the borehole diameter（d）, the initial stresses and the ratio of the initial principle stresses on the variations of the remained stress and the released stress in function of the relief depth（h） were discussed. The relation between the non-dimensional ratio of the released principle strains and that of the initial principle stresses, and the effect of the elastic modulus and the Poisson ratio of the rock mass on the stress relief curves were studied. The results show that the stress relief behavior formulated with the non-dimensional ratio of the released stress and the ratio of h/d is only sensitive to the ratio of the initial principle stresses and the Poisson ratio. The stresses are completely released when h equals 1.6d, and the tensile stresses take place on the bore core surface in the relief measurement process. Finally, a non-complete relief method of annular hole-drilling for measuring surface stress in surrounding rocks is proposed and the procedure is presented.     

Stress analysis of clamped-free grid composite cylindrical shell under various end loadings

Stress analysis of cylindrical grid-stiffened composite shells was conducted under transverse loading,pure bending,torsion and axial compression under clamped-free boundary condition.Electrical strain gauges were employed to measure the strains in transverse loading case to validate the finite element analysis which was conducted using ANSYS software.Good agreement was obtained between the two methods.It was observed that stiffening the composite shell with helical ribs decreased the average equivalent Von Mises stress on the shell.The reduction of the stress seemed to be higher in the intersection of two ribs.It was also seen that the stress reduction ratio was higher when the structure was under bending compared to torsion and axial compression.The reduction ratio was approximately 75% in pure bending in the intersection point of the ribs,while it was approximately 25% in torsion.Therefore,it is concluded that the presence of the ribs is more effective under bending.Failure analysis was done using Tsai-Wu criterion.The ribs were observed to result in maximum and minimum increase in the failure load of the structure under transverse bending and torsional loading,respectively.     

Research on Drag Torque Prediction Model for the Wet Clutches

Considering the surface tension effect and centrifugal effect,a mathematical model based on Reynolds equation for predicting the drag torque of disengage wet clutches is presented. The model indicates that the equivalent radius is a function of clutch speed and flow rate. The drag torque achieves its peak at a critical speed. Above this speed,drag torque drops due to the shrinking of the oil film. The model also points out that viscosity and flow rate effects on drag torque. Experimental results indicate that the model is reasonable and it performs well for predicting the drag torque peak.     

Characterization of shear stresses in nickel-based superalloy Mar-M247 when orthogonal machining with coatedcarbide tools简

Mar-M247 is a nickel-based alloy which is well known as difficult-to-machine material due to its characteristics of high strength, poor thermal diffusion and work hardening. Calculation of shear stress by an analytical force model to indicate the effect of coating material, cutting speed, feed rate on tool life and surface roughness was conducted experimentally. Cutting tests were performed using round inserts, with cutting speeds ranging from 50 to 300 rn/min, and feed rates from 0.1 to 0.4 mm/tooth, without using cooling liquids. The behavior of the TiN and TiCN layers using various cutting conditions was analyzed with orthogonal machining force model. Cutting results indicate that different coated tools, together with cutting variables, play a significant role in determining the machinability when milling Mar-M247.     

Compressive and Sealing Characteristics of PTFE under Cyclic Loading-unloading

Compressive and sealing characteristics of PTFE under cyclic loading-unloading at room temperature are studied in order to evaluate the cyclic sealing performance of control valve comprehensively. The unloading characteristics are different from the loading ones, therefore there is hysteresis between the unloading and loading curves. Compressive hysteresis is the main factor that causes sealing hysteresis. The leakage rate of PTFE complies with the power law before it enters the relatively stable region. Lastly, the effect of working pressure on the compressive and sealing characteristics is discussed. The experimental results show that the working pressure has little effect on compressive deformation but has a great influence on leakage rate.     

Micro shape of coal particle and crushing energy

A large amount of energy is consumed in a coal and gas outburst since a mass of coal is pulverized and ejected, accompanying a great quantity of gas emitted, resulting in a major mining hazard in underground coal mining around the world. Understanding how potential energy stored in gassy coal seams dissipates in the process of outbursting may possibly be a key to clarify the mechanisms responsible for coal and gas outburst. The present study was aimed to evaluate energy for crushing coal to various size fractions in coal and gas outbursts through theoretical and experimental investigation into the shape of fine coal particles and their equivalent diameter. Theoretical analysis indicates that the shape of a particle has a significant impact both on its equivalent diameter and hence on its outer surface area.Microscopic observations demonstrate the particle fraction with diameters less than 0.075 mm, produced from crushing coal samples, mostly takes on a spherical or ellipsoidal shape, and experimental data also show this part of particles consists of 30%–50% surface area newly generated from crushing operation,though these fine coal accounts for only less than ten percentages by weight. Further, analysis of experimental data indicates that the total surface area of this particle size fraction varies exponentially with input crushing energy, and the specific area energy is not a constant but probably in association with physical properties and textures of material.     

Microscopic and dynamic rheological characteristics of crumb rubber modified asphalt

A test for crumb rubber modified asphalt containing 20% crumb rubber particles(30 mesh) was performed using a scanning electron microscope(SEM).The experimental results indicate that the crumb rubber particles are evenly distributed in the asphalt.Shear rate sweep and shear-temperature sweep tests on the crumb rubber modified asphalt at-20-80 ℃ using a dynamic shear rheology(DSR) instrument,were carried out.The tests show that the complex modulus decreases with increasing temperature;at equivalent temperature,higher load frequencies lead to a larger complex modulus,and this value increasingly decreases as the temperature increases;the phase angle increases with temperature and decreases as the load frequency increases.It can be concluded that the rutting resistance limiting temperature of crumb rubber modified asphalt is 78 ℃,and the anti-fatigue limiting temperature is 16 ℃,which shows that the asphalt has preferable rutting resistance characteristics at high temperature,as well as anti-fatigue characteristics.In addition,the complex modulus master curve at different temperatures was plotted according to the time temperature equivalence principle,which allows the study of the dynamic state behavior of crumb rubber modified asphalt at a wide range of load frequency.     

Dynamic Characteristics of Supercavitating Flow Around a Hydrofoil

Supercavitation dynamic characteristics around a hydrofoil are studied with both high-speed visualization and drag and lift measurements. In the supercavitation condition, the cavitation area covers the entire surface of the foil. There is a distinct interface between the main flow and the supercavitating flow regions. The cavitatin gregion is filled with cavitation bubble and water mixture. Small fluctuations of the interface are observed, which indicates that even a relative smooth surface is formed in this state, the interface is unsteady. The minimum drag is to be obtained in the supercavitation condition.     

Sheet metal hardening curve determined by laminated sample and its adaptability to sheet forming processes

The hardening curve for sheet metal can be determined from the load-displacement curve of tensile specimen with rectangular cross-section. Therefore,uniaxial compression test on cylinder specimen made from laminated sample is put forward. Considering the influence of anisotropy on hardening properties and the stress state in popular forming process,plane strain compression test on cubic specimen made from laminated sample was advanced. Results show that the deformation range of hardening curves obtained from the presented methods is wide,which meets the need for the application in sheet metal forming processes. In view of the characteristics of methods presented in the paper and the stress strain state of various forming processes,the adaptability of the two methods presented in this paper is given.     

Deformation Behavior of 6063 Aluminum Alloy During High-Speed Compression

The deformation behavior characteristics of 6063 aluminum alloy were studied experimentally by isothermal compression tests on a Gleeble- 1500 thermal-mechanical simulator. Cylindrical specimens of 14mm in height and 10mm in diameter were compressed dynamically at temperatures ranging from 473 to 723K and at higher strain rntes from 5 to 30s^-1. It is fouud that the flow curves not only depend on the strain rate and temperature but nlso on the dynamic recovery aud recrystallization behavior. The results show that the flow stress decreased with the increase of temperature, while increased with the increase of strain rate. The discontinuous dynamic recrystallization （DDRX） may take place at a high strain rate of 20s^-1 under the tested conditions. At 30s^-1 , the flow curve can exhibit,flow softening due to the effect of temperature rise that raised the temperature by aboat 32K in less than 0.05s.