A subcarrier modulation based optical wireless communication system employing transmission diversity

In this paper, we propose an optical wireless communication service for indoor environment. To seamlessly cover the target area and keep the received signal power strength at an acceptable level, we send the signal from multiple diffused optical emitters and achieve possible transmit diversity. With the proposed diversity scheme, the effective coverage range of the proposed system can be significantly enlarged with a guaranteed BER performance. Simulation results show a 13.4 m² area can be effectively covered by two optical emitters with optical emitter spacing of 3 m and average transmit optical power of 28 dBm.     

Toughness recovery of modified 9Cr–1Mo steel weld metals after long-term thermal ageing and its evaluation by electrochemical measurement

Recently, thermal power plants have tended to operate under higher temperature and pressure steam conditions for CO₂ reduction. Modified 9Cr–1Mo steels are used in the ultra-super critical power plant because of their excellent creep properties. However, the toughness of base metal decreases after long-term thermal ageing at operation temperature. Moreover, toughness of weld metal is lowest in the MIG weldment. In this study, metallurgical factors of toughness of the modified 9Cr–1Mo steel weld metals by thermal ageing at operation temperature were investigated. And the evaluation method of toughness by the electrochemical measurement used with 5% sulphuric acid aqueous solution was investigated.

The weld metal that received post-welding heat treatment (PWHT: 1023 K and 5.4 ks) decreased toughness by thermal ageing in 873 K and 31.5 Ms. However, toughness of the welds after thermal ageing was recovered to the same level as PWHT welds when the thermal aged welds received the same thermal history as PWHT. A lot of the large Laves phase was observed in the weld metal after the thermal ageing. However, almost all of the Laves phase dissolved in parent phase by the same thermal history as PWHT. Therefore, it seemed that the decrease and the recovery of toughness were mainly determined by the behaviour of precipitation of the Laves phase. The peak of the current density (Ip) in the electrochemical measurement appeared in the weld metals that precipitated a lot of large Laves phase. It seemed that appearance of Ip was caused by the dissolution of the Laves phase. A good correlation between toughness and Ip was observed. Therefore, it can be said that toughness of the weld metals is supposed to be predicted using an Ip of the electrochemical measurement.     

Nanoscale to Macroscale Investigation of the Frictional Properties of Physisorbed Layers of Self-Organized Phthalocyanine Derivatives

The frictional properties of molecules physisorbed on a graphite surface were investigated on the macroscale using a pin-on-plate tribometer and on the nanoscale using atomic force microscopy (AFM). Hydrodynamic lubrication was observed even at a contact pressure of about 1 GPa under the AFM tip. Selection of the Stribeck parameter of η _eff V/(W/R), which accounts for the change in effective viscosity, is proved effective for comparing the frictional properties of the physisorbed layers of self-organized molecules on nanoscale with the properties on macroscale.     

Characterization of Epoxytrienes Derived from (3Z,6Z,9Z)-1,3,6,9-Tetraenes, Sex Pheromone Components of Arctiid Moths and Related Compounds

Cis-9,10-epoxy-(3Z,6Z)-1,3,6-henicosatriene has been identified from a pheromone gland of arctiid species, such as Hyphantria cunea. Since the diversity of lepidopteran species suggests that structurally related compounds of the 9,10-epoxide are also utilized as a sex pheromone components, epoxytrienes derived from (3Z,6Z,9Z)-1,3,6,9-tetraenes with a C₁₉–C₂₁ chain were systematically synthesized and characterized. While 1,2-epoxy-3,6,9-triene was not obtained, peracid oxidation of each tetraene produced a mixture of three cis-epoxides (3,4-epoxy-1,6,9-triene, 6,7-epoxy-1,3,9-triene, and 9,10-epoxy-1,3,6-triene), which were separable by LC as well as GC. Detailed inspection of the mass spectra of the C₁₉–C₂₁ epoxides indicated the following diagnostic ions for determining the chemical structures: m/z 79, M-70, and M-41 for the 3,4-epoxytrienes; m/z 79, 95, 109, and 149 for the 6,7-epoxytrienes; and m/z 79, 106, 120, M-121, and M-107 for the 9,10-epoxytrienes. Resolution of two enantiomers of each C₂₁ epoxytriene was accomplished by HPLC equipped with a chiral column, and analysis of the pheromone extracted from virgin females of H. cunea revealed the 9S,10R configuration of the natural epoxytriene as the same configuration of C₂₁ 9,10-epoxydiene, a main pheromone component of this species. GC-EAD analysis of the optically pure epoxides showed that the antennae of male H. cunea were stimulated more strongly (>100 times) by the (9S,10R)-isomers than the antipodes.     

Structural and electronic properties of bilayer and trilayer graphdiyne

Stimulated by the recent experimental synthesis of a new layered carbon allotrope-graphdiyne film, we provide the first systematic ab initio investigation of the structural and electronic properties of bilayer and trilayer graphdiyne and explore the possibility of tuning the energy gap via a homogeneous perpendicular electric field. Our results show that the most stable bilayer and trilayer graphdiyne both have their hexagonal carbon rings stacked in a Bernal way (AB and ABA style configuration, respectively). Bilayer graphdiyne with the most and the second most stable stacking arrangements have direct bandgaps of 0.35 eV and 0.14 eV, respectively; trilayer graphdiyne with stable stacking styles have bandgaps of 0.18-0.33 eV. The bandgaps of the semiconducting bilayer and trilayer graphdiyne generally decrease with increasing external vertical electric field, irrespective of the stacking style. Therefore, the possibility of tuning the electronic structure and optical absorption of bilayer and trilayer graphdiyne with an external electric field is suggested.     

High-Temperature Fatigue Strength of Crack-Healed Al2O3 Toughened by SiC Whiskers

Al₂O₃ reinforced by SiC whiskers (Al₂O₃/SiC-W) was hot-pressed to investigate the fatigue strength of crack-healed specimens at high temperature. Semielliptical surface cracks of 100 μm surface length were introduced on each specimen surface. These specimens were crack-healed at 1300°C for 1 h in air, and static and cyclic fatigue strengths were systematically investigated at room temperature, 900° and 1100°C by three-point bending. The static and cyclic fatigue limits of the crack-healed specimens were more than 70% of the average bending strength at each testing temperature. Crack-healed specimens of Al₂O₃/SiC-W were not sensitive to static and cyclic fatigue at room temperature and high temperatures. Therefore, the combination of crack-healing and whisker reinforcement can play an important role in increasing static and cyclic fatigue strengths at high temperature.     

Depth sizing of partial-contact stress corrosion cracks from ECT signals

A partial-contact stress corrosion crack (SCC) is electrically modeled as a crack region with non-zero conductivity in eddy current testing (ECT). This partial-contact effect is excluded by an optimally designed crack-conductivity-insensitive depth characterization signal function (DCSF), and consequently the master curves obtained from electric-discharge machining (EDM) notches can be utilized directly in the depth sizing of SCCs. Furthermore, a crack conductivity independent artificial neural network (ANN) is constructed so that the entire depth profile can be reconstructed regardless of the crack conductivity. These two approaches are numerically validated and applied to the characterization of SCCs in SUS304 from measurement ECT signals. The average depth of each SCC is fast estimated from the DCSF, and the detailed depth profile is reconstructed from ANN. The ECT depth-sizing results show reasonable agreement with UT-TOFD measurement.     

高速三丝熔化极气保护焊接工艺

针对造船企业平面分段生产流水线纵骨双丝角焊接最大焊接速度小于1.0m/min的问题,研究开发了高速三丝熔化极气保护焊接新工艺,即三根焊丝分别为引导焊丝、中间焊丝和跟随焊丝纵向排列。每根焊丝各接一套送丝系统、焊接电源和保护气,构成独立的电弧-电源系统,其焊接工艺参数分别可调,以满足各种焊接要求。结果表明,当采取引导焊丝(DCEP)/中间焊丝(DCEN)/跟随焊丝(DCEP)或引导焊丝(DCEN)/中间焊丝(DCEP)/跟随焊丝(DCEN)的极性组合时,焊接过程稳定,焊缝外观表面光洁、左右对称、起渣容易、飞溅小、无气孔,满足船舶焊接的要求。通过选用合适的焊接电流、电压组合,可以使焊接速度达到1.8m/min,焊脚长度达5～8mm。此焊接新工艺可广泛用于角焊缝的高速焊接应用场合。     

富氧燃烧系统中NO的还原及其排放

富氧燃烧方式具有排烟中的CO2浓度高、CO2捕捉回收处理容易等优点,是很有前途的新型清洁煤燃烧方式.通过实验得出了富氧燃烧过程中燃料氮生成NO的转化率随CO2浓度的变化、循环NO在挥发分燃烧火焰中的还原率、循环NO对燃料氮生成NO的转化率的影响,并得出了相应的定量关系式.结合实验结果和系统物质平衡理论分析,得出了整个系...     

Controlled growth and shape formation of platinum nanoparticles and their electrochemical properties

Cubic Pt nanoparticles were prepared from a solution of K₂PtCl₄ containing sodium polyacrylate as a capping reagent. The effects of the Pt/polymer molar ratio, the average molecular weight (M_w) of the polymer, and reaction temperature on the shape and size were investigated. When the polymer of M_w = 5100 was added at a molar ratio of Pt/polymer = 1/12, cubic platinum nanoparticles of an average size of 10.3 nm were predominantly formed (ca. 50% in number) at 25 °C. The electron diffraction pattern of the cubic nanoparticles revealed that they are single crystals with Pt {1 0 0} faces on the surface.The cubic nanoparticles were electrochemically active, and showed strong features of Pt {1 0 0} faces on cyclic voltammogram under argon atmosphere. After repeated potential cycling in the range 0.05-1.4 V, the features of Pt {1 0 0} were gradually lost, and changed to those of polycrystalline Pt. Rotating ring disk electrode measurements in O₂-saturated H₂SO₄ solution revealed that the cubic nanoparticles had a high catalytic activity for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). After polycrystallization by repeated potential cycling, the activity for ORR and hydrogen peroxide formation decreased slightly, which were attributed to the surface structural change from Pt {1 0 0} to polycrystalline.