复合土工膜与防渗墙连接的大型剪切试验研究

围堰工程中常用复合土工膜连接防渗墙作为防渗体系,其连接部位的土工膜常会出现结构性破坏而造成集中渗漏现象。依据高土石围堰防渗体系中复合土工膜的受力特点,利用自主研制的低摩阻叠环式双向静动剪切试验机,考虑土工膜无伸缩节、普通竖向伸缩节和U型槽伸缩节3种连接型式,构建复合土工膜与防渗墙接头的结构模型,开展复合土工膜与防渗墙连接的大型剪切试验,研究不同连接型式下复合土工膜的受力变形机理。结果表明:①无伸缩节、普通竖向伸缩节和U型槽伸缩节3种连接型式下,复合土工膜的应变均随着剪切位移的增大逐渐增大,随着距防渗墙距离的增大逐渐减小;②3种连接型式下模型土体的应力-应变关系变化趋势基本一致,峰值应力变化不大;③无伸缩节连接时,靠近防渗墙位置土工膜的峰值应变为4×10^-3,普通竖向伸缩节连接时,相同位置处土工膜的峰值应变为3.5×10^-3,设置U型槽伸缩节后峰值应变为6.51×10^-4,与前2种连接型式相比,U型槽伸缩节较大程度地降低了土工膜的峰值应变,可以有效解决复合土工膜在防渗墙接头处的应变集中问题。研究成果可为高土石围堰工程防渗体系的设计和施工提供依据。     

Bicriteria scheduling of a material handling robot in an m-machine cell to minimize the energy consumption of the robot and the cycle time

This study considers a flowshop type production system consisting of m machines. A material handling robot transports the parts between the machines and loads and unloads the machines. We consider the sequencing of the robot moves and determining the speeds of these moves simultaneously. These decisions affect both the robot’s energy consumption and the production speed of the system. In this study, these two objectives are considered simultaneously. We propose a second order cone programming formulation to find Pareto efficient solutions. We also develop a heuristic algorithm that finds a set of approximate Pareto efficient solutions. The conic formulation can find robot schedules for small cells with less number of machines in reasonable computation times. Our heuristic algorithm can generate a large set of approximate Pareto efficient solutions in a very short computational time. Proposed solution approaches help the decision-maker to achieve the best trade-off between the throughput of a cell and the energy efficiency of a material handling robot.     

Hybrid function projective synchronization of chaotic systems with uncertain time-varying parameters via Fourier series expansion

In this paper, the hybrid function projective synchronization (HFPS) of different chaotic systems with uncertain periodically time-varying parameters is carried out by Fourier series expansion and adaptive bounding technique. Fourier series expansion is used to deal with uncertain periodically time-varying parameters. Adaptive bounding technique is used to compensate the bound of truncation errors. Using the Lyapunov stability theory, an adaptive control law and six parameter updating laws are constructed to make the states of two different chaotic systems asymptotically synchronized. The control strategy does not need to know the parameters thoroughly if the time-varying parameters are periodical functions. Finally, in order to verify the effectiveness of the proposed scheme, the HFPS between Lorenz system and Chen system is completed successfully by using this scheme.     

Electrical conductivity,self-diffusion,and volume expansion of alkali halides at the melting point

In an earlier paper, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle was invoked at the melting point T _m of crystalline solids to provide fundamental justification for Lindemann's melting law and to compute diffusion coefficients of several alkali halides. The uncertainty principle defines breakdown of Debye zone boundary (ZB) phonons as valid collective excitations when phonon energies and line widths due to anharmonicity become comparable at T _m. Upon breakdown, random, high-frequency single-particle motion or partial decoupling of crystal ions sets in. Lifetimes of these single-particle ZB motions are determined from the minimum-uncertainty product inequality by assuming that it becomes an equality at T _m for ZB phonons. The present paper addresses improved formulation of that work and extended application to ionic electrical conductivities of 18 molten alkali halides at T _m. It is shown that use of the Debye model produces an approximate lower bound to the mean free time, not the unconstrained direct estimate previouslu implied. This feature is generally reflected in results for ionic conductivities and alkali halide diffusion coefficients for which comparison experimental data were found. However, in spite of this lower-bound formulation and the simple nature of the computation, the results compare favorably with experiment. A model of random single-particle harmonic motion superimposed on the lower-frequency collective motion is proposed to account for volume expansion accompanying the partial decoupling for hard-sphere ions. Experimental comparisons for 15 alkali halides show the decoupling volume change to account largely for the total volume change of melting (in the hard-sphere approximation), yielding a closer agreement with experiment than recent calculations aimed explicitly at the total volume change.Paper presented at the Tenth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 20–23, 1988, Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.A.     

Thermal expansion of molybdenum in the range 1500–2800 K by a transient interferometric technique

The linear thermal expansion of molybdenum has been measured in the temperature range 1500–2800 K by means of a transient (subsecond) interferometric technique. The molybdenum selected for these measurements was the Standard Reference Material SRM 781 (a high-temperature enthalpy and heat capacity standard). The results are expressed by the relation where T is in K and l ₀ is the specimen length at 20°C. The maximum error in the reported values of thermal expansion is estimated to be about 1% at 2000 K and not more than 2% at 2800 K.Paper presented at the Ninth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 24–27, 1985, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.     

Thermal expansion of Pyros from 20 to 1273 K

Pyros, which is a Ni-base alloy (82% Ni, 8% Cr, 4% W, 3% Mn, and 3% Fe), has been used extensively in France since 1926 as a temperature sensor and as a reference material for thermal expansion measurements. In this paper we present recent data on the expansion and expansivity of Pyros from 20 to 1273 K. Expansivity results, obtained by taking the derivative of a cubic-spline polynomial fitting performed to the L/L experimental data, show that Pyros is a stable material in the 20 to 1273 K temperature range. Furthermore, since the expansivity values are similar to those of steels, Pyros should be of special interest to laboratories which are concerned with expansion measurements on steels. Therefore, we suggest that Pyros be considered as a suitable reference material for thermal expansion measurements on steels, and until more accurate results are obtained, we propose our results as reference data between 20 and 1273 K.Paper presented at the Ninth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 24–27, 1985, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.     

逆向工程中带孔洞的曲面对象三角剖分法研究

在分析现有的一些三角剖分方法的基础上，提出一种新的基于边界扩展的3D三角剖分方法，该方法首先采用一种空间栅格装点法来进行初始点云数据精简；再构造种子三角形，通过连接已剖分网格区域的边界边与最优扩展点来形成三角形网格从而向外扩展。该法可以对带有内孔等其他非凸壳的复杂曲面对象点云直接进行三角剖分，无需人工分区。实际应用表明采用该法可以快速、有效地从三维数据点集建立几何模型。     

微型涡喷发动机燃烧室全覆盖气膜冷却

为了延长微型涡喷发动机燃烧室的使用寿命,针对燃烧室壁面高温区进行全覆盖气膜冷却研究. 在KJ-66微型涡喷发动机试车实验的基础上,比较实际燃烧工况下,排布方式和燃烧室外环的扩张孔对气膜冷却效果及燃烧室整体性能的影响. 结果表明,在实际微型涡喷发动机模型中,顺排的平均综合冷却效率低于叉排,但对壁面的综合降温效果优于叉排. 随着扩张孔出口直径的增大,气膜冷却效果逐渐改善,但会影响燃烧室出口温度分布的均匀性. 由于燃烧室后排冷却孔的影响,二次流射入主流会发生偏转,提升了气膜的冷却效果. 整体而言,全覆盖气膜冷却在实际燃烧工况下对燃烧室壁面有着很好的冷却作用,扩张型气膜孔能够有效改善燃烧室外环的气膜冷却效果.     

Pathways to eliminate carbon emissions via renewable energy investments at higher education institutions

Higher education institutions are among the many public and private sector entities that have committed to long-term sustainability goals in response to the threat of climate change. A key challenge for these institutions is establishing a commitment to make targeted investments in renewable energy technologies in support of emissions reduction goals. Such strategies require a vision to simultaneously coordinate strategic investments in renewable energy technologies with tactical operational decisions to achieve the desired benefits. In this paper, we formulate and solve a least-cost renewable energy capacity investment planning model to determine pathways to achieve emissions reduction strategies. Specifically, we apply our model to Rutgers University to evaluate its target of 100 % carbon neutrality. Using these insights, we share recommendations on how these strategies can be executed. This research serves as a springboard for administrators to assess and deploy their emissions reduction strategies, while ensuring system and financial constraints are satisfied.     

考虑需求侧管理和碳交易的电-气互联网络分散式低碳经济调度

在能源互联网和低碳背景下,提出一种考虑需求侧管理(demand side management, DSM)和碳交易的电-气互联网络分散式低碳经济调度模型。首先,根据碳交易市场的实际情况建立阶梯型碳交易机制,并利用电转气(power to gas, P2G)的低碳特性,得到P2G参与碳交易市场的激励机制;其次,由现有DSM的机理与实现方式,在负荷侧考虑不同的DSM来最大化地协调网络的低碳性与经济性;然后,根据所建模型的非凸特性,对气网潮流进行二阶锥松弛且采用连续锥规划算法对松弛间隙进行检验,逐步缩小气潮流的仿真误差,保证松弛的严格性。为了满足不同决策主体的分散自治权与信息私密性,在上述基础上建立分散式优化模型并引入基于嵌套连续锥规划的同步交替方向乘子法(synchronous-alternating direction method of multipliers, S-ADMM)进行求解;最后,通过算例仿真对不同场景下网络的调度结果及不同的调度策略下的运行结果进行比较分析。结果表明,在阶梯型碳交易机制下,虽然总碳交易成本增加了0.02%,但碳排量、运行成本分别减少了4.53%和3.74%;DSM参与到所提模型中使碳排量、弃风量分别降低了9.87%和75.4%,进而有效地提升了电-气互联网络的低碳经济性。