Thermal and hydrodynamic analysis of gaseous flow in trapezoidal silicon microchannels

Thermal and hydrodynamic character of a hydrodynamically developed and thermally developing flow in trapezoidal silicon microchannels is analyzed. The continuum momentum and energy equations, with the velocity slip and temperature jump condition at the solid walls, are solved numerically in a square computational domain obtained by transformation of the trapezoidal geometry. The effects of rarefaction, aspect ratio and a parameter representing the fluid/wall interaction on thermal and hydrodynamic character of flow in trapezoidal microchannels are explored. It is found that the friction factor decreases if rarefaction and/or aspect ratio increase. It is also found that at low rarefactions the very high heat transfer rate at the entrance diminishes rapidly as the thermally developing flow approaches fully developed flow. At high rarefactions, heat transfer rate does not exhibit considerable changes along the microchannel, no matter the flow is developing or not.     

Electron beam surface treatment. Part I: surface hardening of AISI D3 tool steel

The effects of electron beam surface hardening treatment on the microstructure and hardness of AISI D3 tool steel have been investigated in this paper. The results showed that the microstructure of the hardened layer consisted of martensite, a dispersion of fine carbides and retained austensite while the transition area mainly consisted of tempered sorbite. Also, the microhardness of the hardened layer on the surface increased dramatically compared to that of base material. Finally, the hardening response of AISI D3 tool steel to electron beam surface treatment is closely related to the scanning speed of the electron beam.     

水平动载作用下桶基周围砂层液化特性的数值模拟

针对水平动载作用下桶基周围饱和砂层中液化度的变化和液化后的残余强度进行了数值模拟,分析了动栽特性和土性参数对砂层中液化度的影响,以及动载作用下砂层中孔压的累积和轴向应变的变化特性。获得了砂层在不同轴向应变破坏标准下的液化强度曲线,以及桶基周围砂层不出现液化的临界动载振幅值、液化出现的应变门槛值等数据。通过与饱和砂层动三轴试验结果的比较,文中计算结果与试验结果接近。