Sound Absorption Performance and Mechanism of Aluminum Foams with Double Main Pore-Porous Cell Wall Structure

To enhance the sound absorption performance of open-cell aluminum foam, the double main pores-porous cell walls (DMP-PCW) aluminum foams via infiltration casting of preforms mixed with two sizes of NaCl particles are prepared. The pore structure, sound absorption performance, and mechanism of DMP-PCW aluminum foam are investigated. The pore structure consists of double-sized main pores similar to the NaCl particles and the cell wall pores formed by the connections between NaCl particles. It is found that the static flow resistivity of DMP-PCW aluminum foam reaches an optimum value of 28105 Pa.s m⁻² when the volume proportion of small main pores increases, the size of cell wall pores decreases, and the number of cell wall pores per unit main pore surface area (NPPA) increases. At 800–6300 Hz, the average absorption coefficient is 0.89. In addition, the Wilson model predicts the sound absorption properties of DMP-PCW aluminum foam. The predicted values agree well with the measured values. The finite-element acoustic simulations and dynamic viscous-thermal permeability calculations reveal that the improved sound absorption performance of DMP-PCW aluminum foam is correlated to the enhanced sound transmission caused by increased NPPA and increased viscous-thermal loss due to the double main pore structure.     

Controlling electroosmotic flow by polymer coating: a dissipative particle dynamics study

We have performed dissipative particle dynamics (DPDs) simulations of electroosmotic flow (EOF) through a polymer-grafted nanopore. In this model, charged particles including salt ions and counterions are not included explicitly, and EOF is created using an effective boundary condition. The screening effect of polymer layer on EOF is investigated in detail under different solvent qualities and boundary electroosmotic velocities. Results show that the solvent quality has a significant effect on the conformational properties of polymer chains and the flow characteristics of the solvent. The polymer layer undergoes a collapsed transition when decreasing the solvent quality from good to poor. Under different solvent qualities, enhancing the EOF leads to a different variation tendency of the layer thickness. The solvent-induced permeability change is inconsistent with the steady velocity away from the surface. The minimum value of the solvent permeability occurs at an intermediate solvent quality. However, the layer thickness drops gradually to a smallest value (corresponding to the largest effective pore radius) in the poor solvent condition. It is also found that the polymer inclination and stretching length exhibit a complex behavior under the combined effect of solvent quality and electroosmosis-induced shear.     

Fast structural optimization with frequency constraints by genetic algorithm using adaptive eigenvalue reanalysis methods

Structural optimization with frequency constraints is highly nonlinear dynamic optimization problems. Genetic algorithm (GA) has greater advantage in global optimization for nonlinear problem than optimality criteria and mathematical programming methods, but it needs more computational time and numerous eigenvalue reanalysis. To speed up the design process, an adaptive eigenvalue reanalysis method for GA-based structural optimization is presented. This reanalysis technique is derived primarily on the Kirsch’s combined approximations method, which is also highly accurate for case of repeated eigenvalues problem. The required number of basis vectors at every generation is adaptively determined and the rules for selecting initial number of basis vectors are given. Numerical examples of truss design are presented to validate the reanalysis-based frequency optimization. The results demonstrate that the adaptive eigenvalue reanalysis affects very slightly the accuracy of the optimal solutions and significantly reduces the computational time involved in the design process of large-scale structures.     

基于NiosⅡ和HDMI的高清雷达显示系统

针对高分辨率雷达图像显示的应用,利用Altera公司提供的片上系统开发工具设计了一个基于Nios Ⅱ软核处理器和高清多媒体接口(HDMI)芯片的图像显示系统;可将并行输入的灰度图像信号转换成CEA-861-D建议规定的多种视频格式,在HDMI(DVI)显示器上滚动输出图像,分辨率最高可达1920x1080p@60Hz;通过软硬件协同设计的方法提高系统的灵活性和可扩展性。