Assessing the predictive capability of two‐phase models for the mechanical behavior of alumina/epoxy nanocomposites

A review of analytical modeling of particulate reinforcement is made as a prelude to the problem of microstructural inhomogeneity in nanocomposite materials. Noting the inevitability of dispersion nonuniformity, and variations in agglomerate morphology and filler‐matrix interaction, the need to question the application of such models to novel materials arises. Employing the mechanical properties of alumina/epoxy nanocomposites, with known dispersion characteristics, an evaluation of the predictive capability of various models for Young's modulus, strength, and failure strain is made. Comparison between models is accompanied by a discussion of the parameters used in the fitting of macroscopic behavior to microstructural features. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 98: 869–879, 2005     

层次约束结构的虚拟装配建模技术

为了解决虚拟环境下装配建模在信息完备性和模型复杂性等方面的问题,提出了一种基于层次约束结构的虚拟装配模型.该模型分为产品层、部件层、零件层、特征层、几何面层和面片层来表达,不同层元素之间存在层次映射关系,同一层元素之间存在约束关系.通过CAD系统和虚拟装配系统之间的数据转换,实现了虚拟装配模型的生成算法,并给出了根据虚拟装配模型生成的虚拟装配场景图的结构.基于层次约束结构的虚拟装配模型具有信息表达完备,信息集成度高,满足实时性要求等优点,同时还能与CAD系统和虚拟装配场景图实现集成.实例验证了虚拟装配建模的有效性.     

HP nonlinear guidance law design based on smooth sliding mode control

To eliminate the perturbation of interceptor detection induced by aerodynamic heating,the head pursuit (HP) guidance law for three-dimensional interception was presented. The guidance law positioned the interceptor ahead of the target on its flight trajectory,and the speed of interceptor was required to be lower than that of the target. On the basis of a novel head pursuit three-dimensional guidance model,a nonlinear guidance law was developed based on smooth sliding mode control theory. At the same time,a special observer was designed to estimate the target acceleration,and a numerical example on maneuvering ballistic target interception verified the effectiveness of the presented guidance law.     

虚拟样机技术在门座起重机设计中的应用

分析门座起重机设计的现状,结合虚拟样机技术、参数化建模技术实现门座起重机的三维参数化建模,并应用虚拟装配技术生成整机系统的虚拟样机模型;通过对门座起重机虚拟样机的建模分析,为起重机有限元动力学分析提供精确的模型,减少设计开发成本.     

数控加工三维场景几何建模技术研究

讨论了基于构件技术的数控加工三维场景建模技术,并以OpenGL和Visual C++6.0为开发平台,开发出一个基于STL文件格式的建模系统.     

顶部定常吸气对高层建筑模型气动力的影响

为减少高层建筑受到的风荷载,提高高层建筑抗风性能,提出一种顶部吸气的主动控制方法。在一高宽比为H/d=5的正方形截面柱体的高层建筑模型上,通过在其顶部前边缘开设狭缝进行吸气来实现流动控制。通过风洞试验研究了顶部吸气对气动力与顶部分离流的影响.利用流动可视化与流场测试结果揭示了顶部狭缝吸气的控制机理.实验对比了不同吸气系数Q(=U/U_∞,U为狭缝吸气速度)对气动力控制效果的影响,并对Q=0,1和3的三种工况下风压分布与顶部剪切流进行了详细对比.研究发现狭缝吸气改变了顶部分离流特性,并对模型所有高度上的气动力均有显著影响.Q=1时控制效果最佳,脉动阻力与脉动升力分别减小17.8%和45.5%.此时顶面分离流被削弱并伴随有再附现象且湍流强度较大,最有利于顶部剪切流与尾流间的动量交换,从而削弱柱体展向涡脱落与脉动气动力.     

Image-based extended finite element modeling of thermal barrier coatings

Further advances in Thermal Barrier Coating (TBC) design are linked with the evolution of numerical models for TBCs. The present paper, therefore, enhances the idea of a currently available FEM package (OOF) that has been designed for microstructural level simulations. The approach of Extended FEM (XFEM) is incorporated in an in-house developed program to account for the existence of cracks in TBCs; both for stress-strain analysis and for heat transfer analysis. The new XFEM program is then employed to carry out the analyses of a YSZ deposit and a multilayered TBC to predict the effective Young's moduli, the overall thermal conductivities, and to assess the fracture behavior of the coating.     

A computational fluid dynamic analysis of gas and particle flow in flame spraying

The flame spraying process, which is a common industrial thermal spraying application, has been analyzed by means of three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. The process used at the Volvo Aero Corporation for the coating of fan and compressor housings has been modeled. The process uses the Metco 6P torch (Metco, Westbury, NY), which ejects a mixture of acetylene and oxygen at high speed through a ring of 16 orifices to form the flame. A stream of argon gas flowing through an orifice in the center of the ring carries a powder of nickel-covered bentonite through the flame to the spray substrate. The torch is cooled by a flow of air through an outer ring of 9 orifices. The simulation emulated reality closely by including the individual inlets for fuel, cooling air, and injected particles. The gas combustion was simulated as a turbulent, multicomponent chemically reacting flow. The standard, two-equation k-ε turbulence model was used. The chemical reaction rates appeared as source terms in the species transport equations. They were computed from the contributions of the Arrhenius rate expressions and the Magnussen and Hjertager eddy dissipation model. The first simulations included several intermediate chemical substances whose predicted concentration agreed favorably with measurements. Later, more simplified simulations incorporated only the global chemical reaction involving the initial and the final products, with corrections to the thermal properties being made to account for the missing intermediaries. The gas velocity and temperature fields predicted by the later simulations compared satisfactorily to those predicted by the earlier, more elaborate, ones. Therefore, the final simulations, which incorporated injected particles, were conducted employing the simplified model with only the global reaction. An in-house finite difference code was developed to calculate particle properties. Allowance was made for elliptical shapes, phase changes, and internal heat transfer with regard to the composite material. The particle velocities and temperatures predicted by the final simulations compared fairly well with experimental results obtained with the optical DPV2000 system.