过筛煤粉在铸铁件湿型砂铸造生产中的作用

正确选择煤粉,其性能要求同时具有低灰分、高挥发分和高膨胀指数,以及具有合适的筛分粒度这一关键因素,以确保所生产的铸件没有机械粘砂缺陷和表面质量问题.通过仔细选择、安全操作和加工处理,煤粉仍然是一个优良的、简易的、经济的有效解决方案.煤粉在储存、加工和运输过程中易于调节,然后经过进一步的安全处理,最终被铸造厂使用.尽管煤粉有诸多不足之处,对于最终用户来说,它仍然是经济合算的.而且现代加工和筛分方法确保它在最佳条件下使用.     

Slip behaviour at cyclic pullout tests under transverse tension

In case of a reinforced concrete structure being exposed to bond stresses that transfer great forces, a relative displacement between reinforcing bar and concrete occurs. The slip is an important parameter in order to evaluate the quality of the bond concerning repeated pullout loads. A rapid slip increase is caused by bond weakening due to longitudinal cracks resulting from transverse tension. Within the bond area the slip is not uniformly distributed along the reinforcing bar. It is still unexplained how far fatigue and transverse tension affect the distribution. This paper focuses on the development of the slip curve under repeated loading and transverse tension. Results from cyclic pullout tests were applied and particularly the slip difference between the loaded and unloaded end of the pullout bar was investigated. It could be observed that both an increase in load cycles and transverse tension did not cause an appreciable change in slip difference.     

Studies on Helium Liquids by Vibrating Wires and Quartz Tuning Forks

We present results of low-temperature experiments on dilute mixtures of ³He in ⁴He and on pure ³He, obtained by means of two kinds of mechanical oscillators immersed in the liquid sample: vibrating wires and quartz tuning forks. The helium sample was cooled either by adiabatic demagnetization of an immersed copper nuclear stage or by adiabatic melting of ⁴He in superfluid ³He. The measured effect of the surrounding fluid on the mechanical resonance of the oscillators is compared with existing theories. We also discuss resonances of second sound and the state of supersaturation, both observed by a tuning fork in helium mixtures.     

Stability and performance analysis of randomly deployed wireless networks

A growing demand for mobile services is taking the deployment of wireless local area networks away from the notion of carefully planned and carefully managed settings into randomly deployed and independently managed (if at all) network settings. This results in contentious networks that serve highly mobile nodes. In fact, research reveals that in most metropolitan cities in Europe and the US the size of closely located and contentious access points is overwhelmingly high (in the order of thousands). Subsequently, the performance of these networks is often unstable and unpredictable. This paper aims to investigate the extent of performance fluctuations in randomly deployed networks. It also aims to investigate the contribution of various adaptation strategies at different abstraction layers to deal with these fluctuations. We present the outcome of an exhaustive simulation for different applications, including VoIP, HTTP, and FTP. We will demonstrate that collision due to hidden-terminals is a minor influence on the performance and stability of these networks, whereas dynamic channel allocation greatly affects them. Moreover, HTTP applications are less affected by both inter- and intra-channel interferences compared with FTP and VoIP applications.     

Manufacturer-independent mechatronic information model for control systems

Modular system-based engineering is the key to a quick, customized machine and plant configuration. This approach is seen as the best method to implement different functional requirements with a minimum amount of resources. The interdisciplinary configuration of control systems to automate machines has previously not been supported by engineering tools. This is partially due to the lack of standardized mechatronic information models. The machine manufacturer is required to create the necessary mechatronic information models uniquely for each control system independently. Thus, he does not comply with any modeling specifications. As a result, the mechatronic information models are not applicable for other control system architectures. The conventionally used mechatronic information models as well as the manufacturer-specific engineering tools define the control hardware components and their configurations. An abstraction of the logical and functional layers does not take place. Consequently, a mechatronic control architecture model is required. This architecture can serve as a modeling basis in modular system-based interdisciplinary engineering tools. Therefore, an approach to a manufacturer independent, mechatronic information model for control systems is the subject of this article.     

UV‐Triggered Polymerization,Deposition, and Patterning of Plant Phenolic Compounds

Plant‐derived phenolic compounds, rich in catechol and pyrogallol moieties, can form multifunctional coatings on various substrates following polymerization under mildly alkaline conditions. Despite many appealing features of such coatings, the difficulty to control polymerization of phenolic compounds spatially and temporally limits their number of potential applications. In this study, it is demonstrated that UV irradiation can trigger oxidative polymerization and deposition of plant‐derived phenolic compounds, which opens the possibility to create 2D gradients and patterns of polyphenol coatings and control this polymerization temporally. UV–vis spectroscopy, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, and cyclic voltammetry analyses are used to investigate the UV‐induced polymerization of several plant‐derived phenolic compounds including pyrogallol, tannic acid, caffeic acid, and gallic acid. Formation of polyphenol coatings on polar and nonpolar substrates after UV irradiation has been studied using water contact angle measurements, atomic force microscopy, time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry, and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The possibility to use UV‐light to accelerate polymerization of phenolic compounds and perform micropatterning can extend the scope of potential applications of the large class of structurally diverse plant‐derived phenolic compounds.