Development and testing of an innovative two-arm focal-plane thermal strap (TAFTS)

Temperature control of optical focal planes comes with the intrinsic challenge of creating a pathway that is both extremely flexible mechanically and highly conductive thermally. The task is further complicated because science-caliber optical focal planes are extremely delicate, yet time, cost, and their unique nature means that their mechanical resiliency is rarely tested and documented. The mechanical engineer tasked with the thermo-mechanical design must then create a highly conductive thermal link that minimizes the tensile and shear stresses transmitted to the focal plane without design parameters on an acceptable stiffness and without data on the stiffness of previously implemented thermal links.This paper describes the development and testing of the thermal link developed for the Portable Remote Imaging Spectrometer (PRISM) instrument. It will provide experimentally determined mechanical stiffness plots in the three axes of interest. Analytical and experimental thermal conductance results for the two-arm focal-plane thermal strap (TAFTS), from cryogenic to room temperatures, are also presented. The paper also briefly describes some elements of the fabrication process followed in developing a novel design solution, which provides high conductance and symmetrical mechanical loading, while providing enhanced flexibility in all three dimensions.     

Improving energy efficiency using a link adaptation algorithm dedicated for 100 Gbps wireless communication

This paper presents a link adaptation algorithm dedicated for 100 Gbps wireless transmission. Interleaved Reed-Solomon codes are selected as forward error correction (FEC) algorithms. The redundancy of the codes is selected according to the channel bit error rate (BER). The uncomplicated FEC scheme allows implementing a complete data link layer processor in an FPGA (field programmable gate array). In our case, we use the Virtex7 FPGA to validate the functionality of our implementation. The proposed FPGA-processor achieves 169 Gbps throughput. Moreover, the implementation is synthesized into 40 nm CMOS technology and the described link adaptation algorithm allows reducing consumed energy per bit to values below 1 pJ/bit at BER <1e−4. With higher BER, the energy increases up to ∼13 pJ/bit.     

Inverse Reconstruction of Fracture Splitting Connecting Rod and its Strength and Fatigue Life

Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention - To investigate the strength and fatigue life of a fracture-split connecting rod, this study combines experiments on connecting rod fracture splitting,...     

A fatigue life prediction method for coke drum base,weld, and HAZ materials from tensile properties

The importance of material fatigue information in design has been well recognized. There are a few existing fatigue life prediction methods based on materials tensile properties. Some of these fatigue life prediction methods can be successfully applied for non-heat affected materials. However, industrial components, such as pressure vessel and pipelines are commonly constructed by welding parts together. The fatigue lives of welded section and its surrounding material could be greatly affected by the welding process. Therefore, it is beneficial to develop a fatigue life prediction model for the weld and surrounding heat affected zone (HAZ) materials based on their tensile testing data. In this paper, fatigue lives of base material and its weld and HAZ materials for constructing coke drums are studied. Mechanical properties are first obtained from the tensile tests. Then, fully-reversed strain-controlled fatigue tests were performed. It is found that the fatigue life of pure base material is roughly twice of the weld and four time of the HAZ at the same strain amplitude. Four-point correlation (FPC) method by Manson can reasonably predict the life of base material. However, it over-predicts the lives of weld and HAZ. By introducing two reduction factors R_plastic and R_elastic for the weld and HAZ material respectively into the FPC method, the over-prediction can be rectified. Therefore, the proposed modified FPC method could be applied in predicting fatigue lives of weld and HAZ materials.     

Thermal Explosion Reaction in the Ti-C System under Air Atmosphere

The ignition temperature of the thermal explosion reaction from the Ti-C system under air is much lower than that under Ar atmosphere. The ignition mechanism for the Ti-C system under air is determined to be a mechanism of chemical oven, and the reaction mechanism is dissolution, reaction, and precipitation. Namely, the heat generated from the oxidation and nitrification of Ti and C can promote the melting of Ti inside the compact; subsequently, the carbon atoms dissolve into the Ti melt and TiC precipitate.     

一种新型压电振动输送器的设计

为了能实现对轻、薄、小物料的稳定输送,提出了一种压电双晶片为驱动源配重式直线振动输送器。设计了压电振动输送器的结构并分析了其工作原理,建立了系统的动力学模型,推导出了双自由度系统的振动位移表达式以及近似得到系统的固有频率,制作了振动输送器的样机,并进行了试验测试。试验结果表明:在系统共振频率为120.5Hz,料道振动位移达到最大,3个测试点分别为39μm,34μm,37μm,但不影响物料输送,工作频率范围为117~124Hz,处于共振频率最大输送速度达到52mm/s。与同型号的电磁式振动输送器相比,在共振条件下研制的样机的电流仅为电磁式的16.58%,速度是其1.36倍,振幅为电磁式的32.38%,噪音降低了33dB。设计的输送器具有送速度稳定、节能、噪音小等优点。     

Superhydrophilic Cu-doped TiO2 thin film for solar-driven photocatalysis

Nanosized Cu-doped TiO₂ film was prepared by the sol–gel spin coating technique. XPS analysis showed that Cu atoms had been successfully doped into TiO₂ lattice, which hence modified the surface chemical composition. As a result, the Cu-doped TiO₂ thin film possessed a superhydrophilic surface with a water contact angle (WCA) only 5.1° and exhibited excellent anti-fogging behavior. The Cu-doped TiO₂ thin film also exhibited a much better photocatalytic activity than the reference TiO₂ thin film, as evaluated by the degradation of 10 mg/L methylene blue (MB) solution under simulated solar-driven irradiation.     

金属铝粉/无机多孔粉末改性PP基复合材料的性能研究

本文以聚丙烯(PP)为基础材料,通过添加一定量的金属铝粉和多孔粉体对其进行共混改性,并研究了复合材料的拉伸强度、冲击强度、球压痕硬度和耐热性.结果表明:当金属铝粉含量为2wt％,多孔粉体含量为7wt％时,复合材料的耐热性最好;当金属铝粉含量为2wt％,多孔粉体含量为9wt％时,复合材料的拉伸强度达到21.14MPa,冲...     

The role of magnesium segregation in the intergranular stress corrosion cracking of aluminium alloys

Stress corrosion susceptibility of aluminium alloys has been related to the grain boundary segregation of magnesium. In this paper segregation mechanisms are reviewed and examined with reference to both direct and indirect experimental evidence for magnesium segregation. Important parameters considered are the solution heat treatment temperature and the effect of grain boundary precipitation. Evidence to support both equilibrium and non-equilibrium segregation of magnesium is presented. Significantly magnesium segregation promotes hydrogen entry into aluminium but in isolation is not responsible for cracking susceptibility which depends on a critical grain boundary precipitate/hydrogen interaction.