Effect of Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Extruded PM Ti–6Al–4V Alloy With Deformation Flowlines

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A - Two heat treatments, namely 955°C/2h/AC (AC = air cooling) and 955°C/4h/FC (FC = furnace cooling), were carried out on...     

Ce对440C不锈轴承钢夹杂物演变的影响

为探究稀土Ce对440C不锈轴承钢中夹杂物的改性作用,利用实验室MoSi₂电阻炉对440C不锈轴承钢进行稀土Ce处理,采用OM、SEM等系统分析了Ce的添加对440C不锈轴承钢脱氧及夹杂物演变的影响。结果表明,随着Ce加入量的增加,其收得率逐渐升高。Ce的加入使钢中TO质量分数由0.002 5%降低至0.001 2%。未加入Ce的钢中夹杂物主要为Al₂O₃、MnS以及镁铝尖晶石;加入质量分数为0.011 5%的Ce后,夹杂物被改性为以Ce-Al-O为主的夹杂物;当Ce的添加量达到0.036 4%时,夹杂物被完全改性为Ce-O-S夹杂物。适量的Ce可以降低夹杂物尺寸及面积比例,但过量加入会使夹杂物尺寸变大。在本试验条件下,当Ce质量分数为0.011 5%时,钢中夹杂物细小弥散效果最明显。以上结论可为Ce在高碳铬不锈轴承钢中的应用提供参考。     

Maximum principle for mean-field jump–diffusion stochastic delay differential equations and its application to finance

This paper investigates a stochastic optimal control problem with delay and of mean-field type, where the controlled state process is governed by a mean-field jump–diffusion stochastic delay differential equation. Two sufficient maximum principles and one necessary maximum principle are established for the underlying system. As an application, a bicriteria mean–variance portfolio selection problem with delay is studied to demonstrate the effectiveness and potential of the proposed techniques. Under certain conditions, explicit expressions are provided for the efficient portfolio and the efficient frontier, which are as elegant as those in the classical mean–variance problem without delays.     

Lewis酸存在下的自由基共聚合——Ⅰ.GeCl_4与BCl_3存在下的乙酸乙烯酯与丙烯酸交替共聚

乙酸乙烯酯(VAc)与丙烯酸(AA)在GeCl_4及BCl_3存在下通过自由基聚合可得到交替共聚物。对GeCl_4体系,聚合反应速率正比于[引发剂]~(0.5)。当VAc/AA=1:1(mol比)时有最大反应速率。CCl_4对本聚合反应无链转移作用。通过紫外光谱分析可证实VAc及AA均与GeC\(?)生成络合物;ESR分析表明,络合AA自由基较未络合AA有较强的阳离子特性,交替共聚的原因可能与络合AA自由基及活化单体络合物二者有关。     

某大坝右岸防渗缺陷和新增防渗排水措施效果分析

某大坝是国内已建工程中覆盖层最深的,尤其是其右岸覆盖层最大深度达420 m。工程运行中发现右岸渗漏量较大,且右岸山坡地下水位整体偏高,局部山坡和排水廊道发生渗透破坏。结合工程现场检查情况和现有监测资料,对该大坝右岸渗流性状进行综合分析,分析渗水主要来源和途径、渗流稳定以及防渗系统存在的缺陷。根据现阶段右岸出现的问题,初拟两种防渗系统延长方式及新增排水廊道的处理方案,运用有限元对渗流场进行计算,对比分析两种初拟方案对减少渗漏量和降低地下水位的效果。结果表明在0+610~0+710底部新增封闭式防渗墙与帷幕灌浆,能有效减少渗漏量并能降低防渗系统右端沿线的水头,新增排水廊道排水孔能有效降低排水廊道附近的水头,对右岸边坡渗透稳定有利。所以,截渗与导排相结合是较为有效的防渗处理措施。     

Robots learn to dance through interaction with humans

In this paper, we investigated an approach for robots to learn to adapt dance actions to human’s preferences through interaction and feedback. Human’s preferences were extracted by analysing the common action patterns with positive or negative feedback from the human during robot dancing. By using a buffering technique to store the dance actions before a feedback, each individual’s preferences can be extracted even when a reward is received late. The extracted preferred dance actions from different people were then combined to generate improved dance sequences, i.e. performing more of what was preferred and less of that was not preferred. Together with Softmax action-selection method, the Sarsa reinforcement learning algorithm was used as the underlining learning algorithm and to effectively control the trade-off between exploitation of the learnt dance skills and exploration of new dance actions. The results showed that the robot learnt, using interactive reinforcement learning, the preferences of human partners, and the dance improved with the extracted preferences from more human partners.     

煤中吡啶型氮热解机理的量子化学研究

用密度泛函 ( DFT)方法 ,在 UB3LYP/6- 31 G( d)水平上研究了煤中吡啶型氮的热解机理 ,对热解过程中由于官能团周围环境的不同而形成的三类吡啶自由基进行了量子化学计算 ,通过对键的 Mulliken布居数等计算结果的分析 ,分别得到了这三类自由基的热解途径 .并优化得到了反应物、中间体和产物的几何构型 .计算结果表明 ,吡啶型氮主要是以 HCN的形式释放出来的 .NH3 是 HCN二次反应的产物 .     

Detecting changes of the Yellow River Estuary via SAR images based on a local fit-search model and kernel-induced graph cuts

The Yellow River Estuary area of China is under great pressure from both human intervention and natural processes. For analysis of the changes in this area, this article presents a novel change-detection method based on a local fit-search model and kernel-induced graph cuts in multitemporal synthetic aperture radar images. Change detection involves assigning a label to every pixel. This task is naturally formulated in terms of energy minimization, which can be effectively solved by graph cuts. The difference image is transformed implicitly by a kernel function so that an alternative to complex modelling of the original data makes the piecewise constant model become applicable for graph cuts formulation. An issue is that graph cuts are sensitive to the initial estimate. The local fit-search model is proposed to approximate to the local histogram while selecting an optimal threshold for the initial labelling, which leads to an effective constraint for graph cuts and computational benefits as well. Visual and quantitative analyses obtained on the Yellow River Estuary data set confirm the effectiveness of the proposed method and that it outperforms the other state-of-the-art methods of change detection.     

Dynamic response of Ti3SiC2 under shock compression up to 112 GPa

Ti₃SiC₂ is of interest due to its unique dual nature reminiscent of both brittle ceramics and ductile metals at ambient conditions. In this work, plate-impact experiments have been performed to study the dynamic behavior of Ti₃SiC₂ under shock compression up to 112 GPa by using laser velocity interferometer and electric pin techniques. Hugoniot elastic limits (HEL), spall strength, and Hugoniot equations of state have been obtained based on measured particle velocity profiles and shock wave velocities. The ratio of spall strength to HEL for Ti₃SiC₂ is larger than brittle ceramics but smaller than metals. This result indicates that the dual nature of Ti₃SiC₂ remains at least up to 10 GPa. On the other hand, the linearity of the Hugoniot equation of state, $D=6.9\text{0}1(22)+1.153(53)u_{\text{p}}$, suggests that the initial structure of Ti₃SiC₂ should be stable up to 112 GPa, in contrast to the result reported by Jordan et al. [J. Appl. Phys., 93 (2003) 9639].     

Dynamics modeling and analysis of a flexible-base space robot for capturing large flexible spacecraft

Space robots are in huge demand due to the rapid growth of their service targets, i.e., spacecraft. There are generally large flexible components on spacecraft, such as antenna reflectors and solar paddles. Due to the vibratility of their structure, it is challenging for a space robot with flexible appendages (the base is then called flexible-base) to capture and repair the large flexible spacecraft. After capturing, the two spacecraft with flexible appendages are connected by a space manipulator, and a compounded system is formed. In this paper, we developed a dynamic model and a closed-loop simulation system, to provide a means to verify path planning and control algorithms. Initially, the dynamic characteristics of different capturing stages (preimpact and post-impact) were analyzed. The topologies of a flexible-base space robot and the compounded system were described based on incidence and channel matrices. Secondly, the recursive dynamics was formulated and resolved by an effective numerical method. The modeling was verified by Adams’ model. Thirdly, we implemented a dynamics calculation block in Matlab/Simulink environment using the S-function package for the C program, and developed a closed-loop simulation system, which was composed of the Planning and Controller, the Multibody Dynamic, and the 3D Display modules. Finally, based on the simulation system, two typical missions—target berthing and on-orbital manipulation of the target along a circle, were simulated and evaluated. Dynamics analysis results presented some useful rules for the path planning and control to suppress the vibration of the flexible structure.