Effect of micro-powder suspension and ultrasonic vibration of dielectric fluid in micro-EDM processes—Taguchi approach

Solutions are needed for increasing the material removal rate without degrading surface quality in micro-electrical discharge machining (μ-EDM). This paper presents a new method that consists of suspending micro-MoS₂ powder in dielectric fluid and using ultrasonic vibration during μ-EDM processes. The Taguchi method is adopted to ascertain the optimal process parameters to increase the material removal rate of dielectric fluid containing micro-powder in μ-EDM using a L₁₈ orthogonal array. Pareto analysis of variance is employed to analyze the four machining process parameters: ultrasonic vibration of the dielectric fluid, concentration of micro-powder, tool electrode materials, and workpiece materials. The results show that the introduction of MoS₂ micro-powder in dielectric fluid and using ultrasonic vibration significantly increase the material removal rate and improves surface quality by providing a flat surface free of black carbon spots.     

聚1-萘胺纳米颗粒的合成及表征

采用界面聚合法合成了聚(1-萘胺)纳米颗粒.利用红外光谱(FT-IR),紫外可见吸收光谱(UV-vis),电子扫描显微镜(SEM),投射电镜(TEM),X射线衍射(XRD),循环伏安(cyclic voltammogram)等测试方法,对聚合物进行了表征并对聚合物形貌、结构及性能进行了初步探讨.结果表明,界面聚合法合成的聚(1-萘胺)呈现直径在100nm内的颗粒状分布;XRD结果显示,聚(1-萘胺)为半结晶态聚合物;界面聚合法合成的聚(1-萘胺)具有一定的电化学活性.     

A new approach on the determination of ease of machining by EDM processes

Recently, the ease of machining a workpiece by electrical discharge machining (EDM) processes has been determined by λ·θ theory, which is the product of the thermal conductivity (λ) and melting point (θ) of the workpiece in relation to the machining time. This paper presents a fundamental study of the total energy of discharge pulses required to machine different workpiece materials, and a new theory, referred to as λ·θ·ρ theory, is proposed, where ρ is the electrical resistivity of the workpiece. Unlike the λ·θ theory, the λ·θ·ρ theory includes the electrical resistivity of the workpiece material, because it involves the electric current transfer to create the discharge pulse. Using discharge pulse count monitoring, it was also revealed that the machining time cannot be used as a parameter to measure the ease of machining, since it is affected by many complications such as adhesion, cavitations, and short-circuiting. Parameters that are independent of machining complications are introduced in order to measure the ease of machining; the total energy of discharge pulses, discharge pulse number, average discharge pulse energy, discharge pulse density, and tool electrode wear. The results show that the coefficient of correlation for each parameter from the λ·θ·ρ theory is much higher than the λ·θ theory. Thus, the λ·θ·ρ theory is better than the λ·θ theory in determining the ease of EDM processes.     

Robust reliable control of uncertain nonlinear stochastic systems subject to actuator fault

This paper addresses the issue of robust reliable stabilization for a class of uncertain nonlinear stochastic systems with both discrete and distributed time-varying delays and possible occurrence of actuator faults. By constructing a new Lyapunov functional and using linear matrix inequality technique, a new set of sufficient conditions is established for the stochastic stability of the uncertain nonlinear stochastic systems. Then, sufficient conditions are obtained for the solvability of the robust stabilization problem via robust reliable controller. More precisely, the derived control law guarantees the robust stabilization of nonlinear stochastic systems in the presence of known actuator failure matrix and uncertainties. Further, the results are extended to study the stabilization of stochastic systems with unknown actuator failure matrix. Moreover, the obtained criteria are formulated in terms of LMIs and also the reliable controller can be designed in terms of the solutions to certain linear matrix inequalities. Finally, numerical examples with simulation result are presented to demonstrate the validity and less conservatism of the obtained results.     

利用合金低温生长晶体硅的研究进展

基于光伏行业对低成本晶体硅材料的巨大需求,晶体硅低温生长技术逐渐受到人们的青睐。该技术是在低温下将硅与低熔点金属进行共熔化处理,结合液相外延、合金定向凝固等技术生长、制备晶体硅。首先阐述了晶体硅低温制备原理,并对其生长行为、受控因素和应用现状进行综述,指出了目前各自存在的问题与难点,最后对下一阶段晶体硅生长技术的研究重点和发展前景进行了展望。     

Impact behaviour of GFRP and Kevlar/epoxy sandwich composite plate: Experimental and FE analyses

In this paper, dynamic response of GFRP composite plate under ballistic impact has been studied by experimental tests and also by an efficient FE model. Material characterization of GFRP composite is performed as required for progressive damage analysis of laminate due to impact. Shock effect of impact is considered in the material modeling of composite plate. The influence of the target thickness on the ballistic performance of the composite plate is also studied by considering 3.12, 6.24 and 9.36 mm thick targets. Moreover, sandwich composite plate consisting of GFRP and Kevlar/epoxy in three different combinations of laminate layers is considered to obtain suitable combination for structural application that offer better penetration resistance. Damage pattern, contact force histories and stresses in composite plate are studied in addition to residual velocity and acceleration of projectile. Numerical results from present FE model in terms of residual velocities and damage patterns in composite plate show good agreement with the experimental results.

     

Precision machining by discharge pulse counting methods in micro EDM processes

Due to the occurrences of debris, the ability of micro-EDM to produce precise dimension is degraded, hence positioning display indicator of micro-EDM machine is not accurately measure the real dimension. Therefore, imprecise workpiece dimension is happen. In order to overcome this problem, in this paper, the use of discharge pulse counting methods to correct this error is introduced. The dimension error from micro-EDM processes by using discharge pulse counting method is much smaller than when using the positioning display indicator of micro-EDM machine. Hence, by using discharge pulse counting method, high precision machining can be achieved.     

锂离子电池正极材料LiMnBO3的研究现状

简要概括了硼酸盐类正极材料LiMBO3的国内外研究现状。对LiMnBO3的结构、性能、改性及合成方法以及LiMnBO3在上述各方面存在的不足进行了归纳总结。     

Flower Pollination Heuristics for Nonlinear Active Noise Control Systems

Abstract In this paper, a novel design of the flower pollination algorithm is presented for model identification problems in nonlinear active noise control systems. The recently introduced flower pollination based heuristics is implemented to minimize the mean squared error based merit/cost function representing the scenarios of active noise control system with linear/nonlinear and primary/secondary paths based on the sinusoidal signal, random and complex random signals as noise interferences. The flower pollination heuristics based active noise controllers are formulated through exploitation of nonlinear filtering with Volterra series. The comparative study on statistical observations in terms of accuracy, convergence and complexity measures demonstrates that the proposed meta-heuristic of flower pollination algorithm is reliable, accurate, stable as well as robust for active noise control system. The accuracy of the proposed nature inspired computing of flower pollination is in good agreement with the state of the art counterpart solvers based on variants of genetic algorithms, particle swarm optimization, backtracking search optimization algorithm, fireworks optimization algorithm along with their memetic combination with local search methodologies. Moreover, the central tendency and variation based statistical indices further validate the consistency and reliability of the proposed scheme mimic the mathematical model for the process of flower pollination systems.     

A new variable control chart under failure‐censored reliability tests for Weibull distribution

In this paper, we propose a new variable control chart under type II or failure‐censored reliability tests by assuming that the lifetime of a part follows the Weibull distribution with fixed and stable shape parameter. The purpose is to monitor the mean and the variance of a Weibull process. In fact, the mean and the variance are related to the scale parameter. The necessary measures are given to calculate the average run length (ARL) for in‐control and shifted processes. The tables of ARLs are presented for various shift constants and specified parameters. A simulation study is given to show the performance of the proposed control chart. The efficiency of the proposed control chart is compared with a control chart based on the conditional expected value under type II censoring. An example is also given for the illustration purpose.