Effect of sliding condition and wear surface state on the tribological behaviour of SiCp/Cu composite

Abstract

The present work was undertaken to investigate the effect of sliding condition and wear surface state on the dry sliding wear behaviour of SiC_p/Cu composite. Three kinds of sliding conditions, namely continuous sliding, interrupted sliding, and interrupted and cleaning sliding were employed. It was observed that a compact mechanically mixed layer (MML) was present on the worn surface of the composite, which effectively decreased the wear loss of the sliding pair. The new running in period of the interrupted tests led to breakage of the MML. Sufficient sliding and entrapment of wear debris in the contact region were two important preconditions for the formation of an MML. Therefore, continuous sliding or long period sliding is favoured to extend the life of this dry tribosystem.     

Effect of grain size on grain boundary strengthening of copper bicrystals under cyclic loading

Abstract

To clarify the strengthening effect of grain boundaries (GB), cyclic deformation behaviour of really grown [4¯79] ∥ [1¯25] copper bicrystals with different widths (4, 6, and 8 mm, denoted RB-4, RB-6, and RB-8) of com-ponent crystals and a combined copper bicrystal (denoted CB-6), obtained by sticking component single crystals G1 [4¯79] and G2 [1¯25] together, was investigated. The results showed that the cyclic saturation stresses increased in the order of bicrystals of CB-6 < RB-8 < RB-6 < RB-4. It is indicated that the GB effect caused different degrees of strengthening, which increased with the decreasing width of the RB bicrystals. By surface observation, it was found that only the primary slip system was activated in the combined bicrystal during cyclic deformation. However, an additional slip system appeared near the GB within the crystal G2 [1¯25] in the RB bicrystals (except in the primary slip system), and formed a GB affected zone (GBAZ). The width of the GBAZ was about 400 and 600 μm at plastic strain amplitudes of 0·1% and 0·2% respectively. Meanwhile, using an electron channelling contrast (ECC) technique in the SEM, the dislocation patterns near the GB and within the component crystals were observed. It was found that a two phase structure of persistent slip bands (PSBs) and matrix (or veins) can form in these bicrystals, similar to that in copper single crystals. But these PSBs cannot transfer through the GB during cyclic deformation. Based on the results above, the effect of grain size on GB strengthening of copper bicrystals was discussed.     

Effect of Si target sputtering power on diffusion barrier properties of Ta–Si–N thin films

Abstract

Ta–Si–N thin films and Cu/Ta–Si–N thin films were deposited on p type Si(111) substrates by magnetron reactive sputtering. Then the films were characterised by four point probe sheet resistance measurement, AFM, SEM and XRD respectively. According to the XRD results, the authors found that the crystallisation of Ta nitrides in Ta–Si–N/Si thin films is suppressed effectively when fabricated by a high Si target sputtering power. As the Si target power varies, the failure temperature of Cu/Ta–Si–N/Si is changed. The sample fabricated by the Si target power of 200 W fails after 800°C rapid thermal annealing and it has the highest failure temperature. The investigation of failure mechanism shows that Cu atoms diffuse through grain boundaries or amorphous structure of the Ta–Si–N barrier, and react with Si to form Cu–Si phase. And it causes the failure of the barrier.     

Fabrication of ultrafine W – Cu powders by mechanical alloying

Abstract

Ultrafine composite powders of W – 15 wt-%Cu, W – 25 wt-%Cu, and W – 35 wt-%Cu have been fabricated by mechanical alloying. The effects of type of mill, process control agent, temperature of milling, and ball/powder ratio on the final products have been evaluated. The results show that the planetary ball mill possesses a higher impact energy intensity than that of the vibratory ball mill. The optimum milling time is confirmed by the formation of a nanocrystalline microstructure in the planetary ball mill after optimisation of the milling parameters. A steady state between cold welding and fracture is attained with a milling time of up to 25 h in the planetary ball mill under optimised conditions. Crystallites with sizes of 7 – 8 nm for W – Cu composite powders have been obtained after 25 h of ball milling. The powders obtained after mechanical alloying have been characterised in terms of their size, shape, phase constitution, and microstructural features using X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy.     

金属离子对喷墨打印纸涂层显色性能的影响

介绍了在涂料中添加不同用量的Cu2＋、Fe2＋和PDADMAC固色剂对喷墨打印纸涂层的白度、抗水性、吸油墨性（K＆N值）,打印图像色密度、色差、耐水性、耐光性等性能的影响。研究表明,金属离子对喷墨打印纸打印性能具有改善作用,并得出其最佳的用量。     

南京砂的稳态特征研究

以南京砂的固结不排水试验为基础,对其稳态特征进行了研究。结果表明：在低围压下稳态线的曲线表达更符合实际情况,松散南京砂在低围压下广义剪应力终值接近于 0 而表现出不稳定;稳态是土体固有属性,稳态内摩擦角不仅可以通过稳定状态下的关系得到,也可通过同一围压下不同密实度南京砂的有效应力路径末端拟合得到,本研究得到南京砂稳态内摩擦角为 35.2 °;峰值强度高估了流滑中土体的强度,土体实际发挥的是残余强度,研究中建立了南京砂峰值强度和残余强度的关系;脆性指数能较好地反映南京砂应变软化程度和流滑的可能性;孔隙比的微小变化可导致南京砂软化程度的较大变化。     

面向VVC帧内编码的快速CU划分和角度模式决策

多功能视频编码(versatile video coding,VVC)是最新的视频编码标准,与高效视频编码(high efficiency video coding,HEVC)相比进一步提高了压缩效率,但由于引入了包括二叉树和三叉树在内的多类树结构,同时帧内角度模式从35种增加到67种,导致编码复杂度剧增.为了降低计算...     

Low calculation cost of HEVC coding unit size based on spatial homogeneity detection

For the same video quality, HEVC gives 25% to 50% bitrate savings, compared to its predecessor the Advanced Video Coding H.264 and thus supports resolutions up to 8 K UHD. However, the reduction in bitrates provided by the HEVC leads to an increase in the computational cost of the encoding operation. This complexity can become a true handicap especially for real-time video streaming and also for VANET (Vehicular Ad-Hoc Network) applications such as traffic safety and Video surveillance. The improvement in the bitrates and also the increase in the calculation cost are due to the use of large and multi-sized coding, prediction and transform blocks. Indeed, the H264 coder is based on structure macroblocks with sizes 4 × 4, 8 × 8 and 16 × 16, while H.265 depends on Coding Tree Units (CTUs), CTUs select sizes 4 × 4, 8 × 8, 16 × 16, 32 × 32 and 64 × 64 blocks. This paper proposes a fast CU (Coding Unit) size decision method to reduce the HEVC calculation cost based on spatial homogeneity. Compared with the HM16.13 benchmark test model, the average coding time is reduced by around 40% for CIF / QCIF video sequences, 35% to 43% for class A, B and C test sequences. These important reductions in coding time are obtained with negligible loss of quality and an average increase in bitrates which does not exceed 0.89% for the three configuration modes (All intra, Random Access and Low Delay).     

Accelerating QTMT-based CU partition and intra mode decision for versatile video coding

The H.266/VVC achieves about 50% bitrate saving compared to its predecessor H.265/HEVC at the expense of exponentially increased computational complexity. The most efficient but complex technique for H.266/VVC intra frame coding is the QuadTree with a nested Multi-type Tree encoding structure (QTMT), which usually requires traversing the Rate-Distortion (R-D) cost of each partition and each mode for the best option. To alleviate such computational burden while preserving the coding efficiency as much as possible, this paper develops a multi-feature guided Fast CU Partition (FCP) and Laplacian guided Fast Mode Selection (FMS) to accelerate the intra QTMT decision together. For FCP, we regard the CU partition as a classification problem and adopt the Support Vector Machine (SVM) for its low-complexity implementation; after evaluating the contribution of a set of features, three representative features of video textures are selected and used to train the SVM model. Additionally, an advanced technique is applied by adopting a soft decision in SVM for a more flexible trade-off between the complexity and R-D performance. For FMS, we utilize the Laplace operator to determine the most probable directions of the current CU and skip half of the candidate modes for runtime saving. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed FCP reduces the encoding time of H.266/VVC by 51.03% with 1.65% Bjøntegaard Delta Bit-Rate (BDBR) increase; the proposed FMS reduces the encoding time by 12.68% with 0.09% BDBR loss. Their direct combination and advanced combination finally lead to 54.84% encoding time reduction with 1.74% BDBR increase and 40.39% encoding time reduction with 1.33% BDBR increase, respectively, outperforming state-of-the-art approaches significantly.