Design structure matrix (DSM) method application to issue of modeling and analyzing the fault tree of a wind energy asset

The perpetual energy production of a wind farm could be accomplished (under proper weather conditions) if no failures occurred. But even the best possible design, manufacturing, and maintenance of a system cannot eliminate the failure possibility. In order to understand and minimize the system failures, the most crucial components of the wind turbines, which are prone to failures, should be identified. Moreover, it is essential to determine and classify the criticality of the system failures according to the impact of these failure events on wind turbine safety. The present study is processing the failure data from a wind farm and uses the Fault Tree Analysis as a baseline for applying the Design Structure Matrix technique to reveal the failure and risk interactions between wind turbine subsystems. Based on the analysis performed and by introducing new importance measures, the “readiness to fail” of a subsystem in conjunction with the “failure riskiness” can determine the “failure criticality.” The value of the failure criticality can define the frame within which interventions could be done. The arising interventions could be applied either to the whole system or could be focused in specified pairs of wind turbine subsystems. In conclusion, the method analyzed in the present research can be effectively applied by the wind turbine manufacturers and the wind farm operators as an operation framework, which can lead to a limited (as possible) design‐out maintenance cost, failures' minimization, and safety maximization for the whole wind turbine system.     

Ballistic behavior of plain and reinforced concrete slabs under high velocity impact

This work presents a numerical simulation of ballistic penetration and high velocity impact behavior of plain and reinforced concrete slabs. In this paper, we focus on the comparison of the performance of the plain and reinforced concrete slabs of unconfined compressive strength 41 MPa under ballistic impact. The concrete slab has dimensions of 675 mm × 675 mm × 200 mm, and is meshed with 8-node hexahedron solid elements in the impact and outer zones. The ogive-nosed projectile is considered as rigid element that has a mass of 0.386 kg and a length of 152 mm. The applied velocities vary between 540 and 731 m/s. 6 mm of steel reinforcement bars were used in the reinforced concrete slabs. The constitutive material modeling of the concrete and steel reinforcement bars was performed using the Johnson-Holmquist-2 damage and the Johnson-Cook plasticity material models, respectively. The analysis was conducted using the commercial finite element package Abaqus/Explicit. Damage diameters and residual velocities obtained by the numerical model were compared with the experimental results and effect of steel reinforcement and projectile diameter were studies. The validation showed good agreement between the numerical and experimental results. The added steel reinforcements to the concrete samples were found efficient in terms of ballistic resistance comparing to the plain concrete sample.     

Effects of ethylene-octene copolymer (POE) on the brittle to ductile transition of high-density polyethylene/POE blends

Three kinds of ethylene-octene copolymers (POE) were melt-blended with high-density polyethylene (PE-HD) in different proportions. Detailed characterizations were conducted to analyze their structural differences of POE and its effects in toughening PE-HD. The higher molecular weight POE can improve the toughness of PE-HD. 60:40 PE-HD/POE is elongated to break up to 700% while impact strength is 84.7 kJ/m² at −30°C, which is 21-fold of PE-HD. In the brittle to ductile transition (BDT) during impact, the fracture mechanism changes from the crazing mode to the shear yield-plastic deformation mode. The BDT temperature decreases as the POE molecular weight and its content increase. The interface strength in tension is estimated to access their effects. The Boltzmann-type models were successfully extended to describe the typical S-shaped curves in BDT of notched impact strength vs POE content or temperature. The supplementary decay model is suggested for the attenuation in toughening. Transition map in impact is proposed to select the use range of composition (c ) and temperature (T ) for high toughness. The curves are converted into 3D graph of T -c -impact strength for illustrating their coupling-separate effects, and further into the contour map of impact strength in T -c space for finding their partial equivalence.     

轧制始极片

本文介绍了轧制法生产始极片的工艺，比较了轧制法和传统的钛种板生产始极片的优缺点，讨论了采用轧制始极片的经济效益和应用前景。     

横泉水库大坝土料碾压试验

在取得土料场土料物理力学性质参数的情况下，遵循碾压试验基本原理、方法及参数组合，进行了现场碾压试验，通过试验成果的分析，得出了大坝碾压试验结论，为大坝土方填筑提供了技术依据。     

滚动式冷床在高钢级油管生产线中的应用

根据石油开采业对石油机械产品的需求 ,利用机械理论基础知识 ,通过实践设计 ,提出了对几何尺寸长的金属管类进行调质处理后的均匀冷却方法 ,以满足其性能要求。     

冷轧形变量对钛板材再结晶织构形成的影响

采用三维晶体学取向分布函数（ＣＯＤＦ）分析法研究了工业纯钛板材不同冷轧形变量对织构形成的影响。结果表明，冷轧形变量为５０－７０％时，再结晶退火后形成了（２１１８）（０１１０）和（１０１８）（１２１０）的部分纤维织构，而在３０％较低或８６％较高的形变量冷轧时，形成典型的轧制织构（２１１５）（０１１０）和再结晶织构（１０１３）（１２１０）型式。     

广东省伴生放射性矿资源利用过程辐射水平调查

为加强伴生放射性矿物资源开发利过程中放射性环境管理 ,防治放射性污染 ,对广东省几个大型伴生矿(包括稀土矿、钽铌矿和铅锌矿 )资源利用 (开采、冶炼、加工 )过程中天然放射性核素的污染现状进行了调查。调查结果表明 :稀土矿中独居石 ,天然放射性核素含量最高 ,2 3 8U、2 3 2 Th、2 2 6Ra的含量分别为 3.5 1× 1 0 4、1 .74× 1 0 5、4 .8×1 0 4Bq/kg,其冶炼废渣中核素的含量分别为 5 .1 0× 1 0 5、6 .38× 1 0 6、1 .5 2× 1 0 6Bq/kg。稀土选冶厂周围陆地环境 γ射线的空气吸收剂量率比一般地区的高。     

聚苯乙烯生产工艺及其产品性能的改善

介绍了苯乙烯单体热引发本体聚合的特点及美国FINA石油化学公司聚苯乙烯生产工艺的特点，探讨了影响HIPS产品质量的多种因素，并对HIPS产品质量的改善提供提出建议和看法。