超声波处理对高碳钢凝固组织的影响

主要研究超声处理对高碳钢凝固组织的作用,分析了超声波功率水平、实验温度对凝固组织的影响。结果表明,超声处理可以明显细化高碳钢的凝固组织;随着超声功率的增加,组织细化程度提高,功率提高到一定程度,细化作用不再明显增强;超声处理效果与实验温度密切相关,温度较低时,树枝晶组织发达,温度为1570℃时,几乎完全转变为等轴晶组织。对高碳钢凝固过程进行超声处理时,起主要作用的是声空化、声流以及超声空化产生的局部高温。     

小波包-AR谱在钛合金材料声发射监测技术中的应用

鉴于钛合金材料的声各向异性和高声波衰减系数使疲劳试验过程中的声发射监测十分困难。提出了小波包与AR谱相结合对钛合金材料声发射信号进行分析的方法。即对输出信号进行小波包分解,然后分频段对信号进行重构得到包含不同频率成分的时域信号,再进行AR谱分析,从而提取出频谱特征。分析表明,该方法对利用声发射信号分析钛合金材料部件的损伤和裂纹扩展是有效的。可为钛合金部件损伤和裂纹扩展的识别提供可靠的依据。     

声发射源特征识别的最新方法

介绍多传感器数据融合、时频能量模式分析及分析理论识别声发射源特征的方法，说明基于波形分析的现代信号处理技术是揭示声发射源及信号传播规律的重要手段。     

轴承球的声发射检测技术

相同条件下运动的轴承球下落到装有换能器的反弹块上，换能器将接收的信号转换成电信号，经过放大和滤波等形成可记录的声发射信号。实验表明，根据单位时间的振铃计数可将缺陷球识别出来。此方法具有速度快、可靠性高、易于实现自动化等优点。     

Semi-physical mean-value NOx model for diesel engine control

A semi-physical model has been developed to predict nitrogen oxide (NO_x) emissions produced by diesel engines. This model is suitable for online NO_x estimation and for model-based engine control. It is derived from a zero-dimensional thermodynamic model which was simplified by only retaining main phenomena contributing to NO_x formation. The crank angle evolution of the burned gas temperature, which has a strong impact on NO_x formation rate, is described by a semi-empirical model whose key variable is the maximum burned gas temperature. This variable presents a good correlation with the molar fraction of NO_x at the end of combustion and can be expressed as a function of the intake burned gas ratio and the start of combustion. The maximum burned gas temperature sub-model is then coupled to an averaged NO_x formation kinetic model (based on the Zeldovich mechanism) to form a mean-value model for NO_x computation. This latter model was validated using data sets recorded in two diesel engines for steady-state operating conditions as well as for several driving cycles including parametric variations of the engine calibration.     

Joint underwater target detection and tracking with the Bernoulli filter using an acoustic vector sensor

In this paper, we study the problem of joint underwater target detection and tracking using an acoustic vector sensor (AVS). For this challenging problem, first a realistic frequency domain simulation is set up. The outputs of this simulation generate the two dimensional FRequency–AZimuth (FRAZ) image. On this image, the random finite set (RFS) framework is employed to characterize the target state and sensor measurements. We propose to use the Bernoulli filter, which is the optimal Bayes filter emerged from the RFS framework for randomly on/off switching single dynamic systems. Moreover, to increase the performance of detection and azimuth tracking in low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) scenarios, a track-before-detect (TBD) measurement model for AVS is proposed to be used with the Bernoulli filter. Sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) implementation is preferred for the Bernoulli filter recursions. Extensive simulation results prove the performance gain obtained by the proposed approach both in estimation accuracy and detection range of the system.     

Bed morphology, flow structure, and sediment transport at the outlet of Lake Huron and in the upper St. Clair River

An integrated multibeam echo sounder and acoustic Doppler current profiler field survey was conducted in July 2008 to investigate the morphodynamics of the St. Clair River at the outlet of Lake Huron. The principal morphological features of the upper St. Clair River included flow-transverse bedforms that appear weakly mobile, erosive bedforms in cohesive muds, thin non-cohesive veneers of weakly mobile sediment that cover an underlying cohesive (till or glacio-lacustrine) surface, and vegetation that covers the bed. The flow was characterized by acceleration as the banks constrict from Lake Huron into the St. Clair River, an approximately 1500-m long region of flow separation downstream from the Blue Water Bridge, and secondary flow connected to: i) channel curvature; ii) forcing of the flow by local bed topography, and iii) flow wakes in the lee side of ship wrecks. Nearshore, sand-sized, sediment from Lake Huron was capable of being transported into, and principally along, the banks of the upper St. Clair River by the measured flow. A comparison of bathymetric surveys conducted in 2007 and 2008 identifies that the gravel bed does undergo slow downstream movement, but that this movement does not appear to be generated by the mean flow, and could possibly be caused by ship-propeller-induced turbulence. The study results suggest that the measured mean flow and dredging within the channel have not produced major scour of the upper St. Clair River and that the recent fall in the level of Lake Huron is unlikely to have been caused by these mechanisms.     

The Golden Touch by Light: A Finely Engineered Luminogen Empowering High Photoactivatable and Photodynamic Efficiency for Cancer Phototheranostics

Photoactivatable agent is a powerful tool in biomedicine studies due to high-precision spatiotemporal control of light. However, those previously reported agents generally suffer from short wavelength, fluorescence self-quenching effect, and the lack of photosensitizing property, which severely restrict their practical applications. To address these issues, molecular engineering of 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives is conducted to obtain an optimized agent, namely TPA-DHPy-Py, which exhibits low oxidation potential, high photoactivation efficiency, and excellent type I/II combined photodynamic activity. Concurrently, its photoactivated counterpart is featured by aggregation-induced near-infrared emission and remarkable reactive oxygen species (ROS) production efficiency. Upon photoactivation, TPA-DHPy-Py is capable of precisely identifying cancer cells from co-culturing cancer cells and normal cells without the assistance of any extra targeting units, and in situ monitoring lipid droplets and endoplasmic reticulum alteration under ROS stress, as well as achieving fluorescent visualization of tumor in vivo with supremely high imaging contrast. Furthermore, the unprecedented performance on photodynamic cancer therapy is demonstrated by the significant inhibition of tumor growth. Therefore, the photoactivatable TPA-DHPy-Py with dual-organelle-targeted and excellent photodynamic activity associated with self-monitoring ability is highly promising for cancer theranostics in clinical trials.     

Vapor Phase Growth of Centimeter-Sized Band Gap Engineered Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Single-Crystal Thin Films with Color-tunable Stimulated Emission

Single crystal metal halide perovskites thin films are considered to be a promising optical, optoelectronic materials with extraordinary performance due to their low defect densities. However, it is still difficult to achieve large-scale perovskite single-crystal thin films (SCTFs) with tunable bandgap by vapor-phase deposition method. Herein, the synthesis of CsPbCl_3(1–x)Br_3x SCTFs with centimeter size (1 cm × 1 cm) via vapor-phase deposition is reported. The Br composition of CsPbCl_3(1–x)Br_3x SCTFs can be gradually tuned from x = 0 to x = 1, leading the corresponding bandgap to change from 2.29 to 2.91 eV. Additionally, an low-threshold (≈23.9 µJ cm⁻²) amplified spontaneous emission is achieved based on CsPbCl_3(1–x)Br_3x SCTFs at room temperature, and the wavelength is tuned from 432 to 547 nm by varying the Cl/Br ratio. Importantly, the high-quality CsPbCl_3(1–x)Br_3x SCTFs are ideal optical gain medium with high gain up to 1369.8 ± 101.2 cm⁻¹. This study not only provides a versatile method to fabricate high quality CsPbCl_3(1–x)Br_3x SCTFs with different Cl/Br ratio, but also paves the way for further research of color-tunable perovskite lasing.