Tailored microstructure of zirconia and hafnia-based thermal barrier coatings with low thermal conductivity and high hemispherical reflectance by EB-PVD

Zirconia and hafnia based thermal barrier coating materials were produced by industrial prototype electron beam-physical vapor deposition (EB-PVD). Columnar microstructure of the thermal barrier coatings were modified with controlled microporosity and diffuse sub-interfaces resulting in lower thermal conductivity (20–30% depending up on microporosity volume fraction), higher thermal reflectance (15–20%) and more strain tolerance as compared with standard thermal barrier coatings (TBC). The novel processed coating systems were examined by various techniques including scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction, thermal conductivity by laser technique, and hemispherical reflectance.     

The effects of gravity on the features of the interfacial waves in annular two-phase flow

A physical model of interfacial waves in annular two-phase flow was studied in both microgravity and normal gravity. The wave structure was obtained for local film thickness and velocity measurements using a conductance probe technique. It was found that the wave height, and not its width, is strongly affected by changing the gravity level. In fact, the wave height in normal gravity is more than twice that in microgravity. Using an analogous approach to a turbulent, single-phase flow in a rough tube, a preliminary mathematical model was proposed to calculate the wave amplitude. The model fits well with the experimental data and shows that the wave height in normal gravity is approximately 1.7 times the combined thickness of the viscous sublayer and transition zones in the turbulent gas stream. The wave height in microgravity was estimated to be approximately 80% of the total thickness.     

板坯连铸中间包钢液洁净度的水力学模拟和应用

为改善太钢 10 4 0mm× 16 0mm连铸不锈钢板坯质量 ,通过水力学模拟研究了中间包内钢液的流动 ,并用直径 0 .5～ 1.0mm ,密度 0 .99mg/mm3 的聚苯乙烯塑料粒子模拟钢中直径 5 0～ 10 0 μm夹杂物的排除情况 ,确定了在中间包内设置挡渣墙和坝流控制方案 ,并进行 4 0 9不锈钢 10 4 0mm× 16 0mm连铸板的工业试验 ,结果表明 :中间包设置挡渣墙和坝后 ,铸坯夹杂物总量比中间包无控流装置生产的铸坯降低 6 6 %。     

Preparation and High-Temperature Water-Gas Shift Catalytic Features of La1-xCexFeO3 Perovskite

Based on water-gas shift reaction mechanism and perovskite compounds characteristics, La1-xCexFeO3(.K) perovskite were designed and prepared as shift catalysts. DTA and XRD results reveal that La1-xCexFeO3 can be formed at 730-760℃ by mechanic-mix thermal decomposition method. Activity and heat-resisting tests show that La1-xCexFeO3 (.K) possess high thermal stability if x is less than or equals to 0.5. But when x is greater than 0.5, La1-xCexFeO3 (.K) will be converted into ceria and magnetite partially or completely under shift reaction conditions. In the case of x=0.5, the conversion of CO is about 68% at 530℃. Potassium can greatly improve the low temperature activity, but slightly reduces the high temperature activity, and has little impact on the thermal stability. La0.5Ce0.5FeO3(.K) is a promising chromium-free high temperature shift catalyst.     

Construction Effect on Load Transfer along Bored Piles

The load transfer behavior along bored piles is affected by details of pile construction particularly those imposing stress and moisture changes to the surrounding soils. An investigation involving moisture migration tests, in situ horizontal stress measurements, and borehole shear and pressuremeter tests shows clear effects of construction that lead to subsequent changes in soil properties. The construction of bored piles in Singapore and the region often involves casting of concrete either in unsupported “dry” boreholes or in “wet” boreholes filled with water. It is necessary to differentiate these two extreme construction conditions in bored pile design. Based on triaxial compression and pressuremeter tests on the residual soil of the Jurong Formation in Singapore, the variation of soil modulus with shear strain can be described by a hyperbolic function. A procedure is recommended for assessing the combined effect of stress relief and soaking on soil modulus by introducing a modulus reduction factor. Modulus degradation curves from pressuremeter tests with the borehole conditions properly simulated are found capable of producing load transfer curves that are comparable to those deduced in the field.     

用scanf()函数输入浮点数出现问题的解决办法

本文讨论了用scanf()函数输入浮点数出现的问题,并分析了该问题产生的原因,最后文章重点给出了针对这类问题的4种解决方案。     

Morphologies and Properties of Micro-Arc Oxidation on Plate and Cylinder 2024 Al Alloy

Samples with two different shapes of 2024 aluminum alloy were treated with micro-arc oxidation (MAO), and the formation process and mechanism of oxidation film was analyzed. The results show that different geometrical curvature of the material has an influence upon the uniformity of films and the corrosion-resistance.     

Lanthanum Distribution and Oxygen Vacancy Concentration in SrBi4-x Lax Ti4O15

The Raman and X-ray photoemission spectroscopy of lanthanum-doped SrBi4Ti4O15 (SBLT -x, x =0.00, 0. 05, 0. 10, 0. 25, 0.50, 0. 75 and 1.00) ferroelectric ceramics were investigated to explore the La substitution site and the influence of La-doping on the oxygen vacancy concentration. The results suggest that La3 ions behave pronounced site selectivity for the A site in the case of x ≤ 0.10, and they are incorporated into Bi2O2 layers at higher content. The oxygen vacancy concentration declines with La-doping, and the decrease seems saturated as La content is higher than 0.10.     

Connectivity oriented fast Hough transform for tool wear monitoring

Tool wear monitoring can be achieved by analyzing the texture of machined surfaces. In this paper, we present the new connectivity oriented fast Hough transform, which easily detects all line segments in binary edge images of textures of machined surfaces. The features extracted from line segments are found to be highly correlated to the level of tool wear. A multilayer perceptron neural network is applied to estimate the flank wear in various machining processes. Our experiments show that this Hough transform based approach is effective in analyzing the quality of machined surfaces and could be used to monitor tool wear. A performance analysis of our Hough transform is also provided.