三维面心立方网格下的直线生成算法

以菱形十二面体为体素构成的三维面心立方(Face-Centered Cubic,FCC)网格是六角网格在三维的一种推广,直线生成算法在三维图形和图像应用中是一个非常重要和基础的算法.文中首先研究了二维六角网格下基于附属菱形空间的直线生成算法,然后将其推广至三维FCC网格,得到了一种FCC网格下的直线生成算法,该算法在三维方形网格下的Bresenham算法的基础上,利用附属平行六面体空间的平行六面体与FCC网格空间的体素之间的一一对应关系生成直线.该算法应用简单的判断公式,一步最多可生成3个体素,且只涉及到整数运算,因而没有累计误差.     

Ceramic Powder Synthesis by Spray Pyrolysis

A variety of spray pyrolysis (SP) techniques have been developed to directly produce ceramic powders from solutions. This paper reviews the current status of these processes in terms of the process parameters that enable the formation of particles with controlled morphology and composition. A model incorporating solute diffusion in the droplet and solvent evaporation from the droplet surface is presented to establish the critical parameters leading to solid particle formation. The model illustrates that solid particles can be obtained if solutes with high solubility and a large difference between the critical supersaturation and equilibrium concentration are used and if the process is designed to avoid solvent boiling. It is demonstrated that mixed metal oxide, non-oxide, and composite particles that are solid, hollow, porous, or fibrous can be produced by modifying the precursor characteristics, solution properties, and process parameters. The physical and chemical flexibility of SP processes offers numerous opportunities for the controlled synthesis of advanced ceramic powders and films. However, production rates are limited by the need to produce < 5-μm-diameter droplets and to avoid subsequent droplet coagulation. Developments in process controls, atomization, and system design are required for wider commercialization of SP-type processes.     

Predicting shrinkage and warpage of fiber-reinforced composite parts

One major problem that arises in the design of plastic parts, especially those that are fiber reinforced, is the change of shape and dimension as a result of shrinkage and warpage. These material inhomogeneities are caused by flowinduced fiber orientation, curing, poor thermal mold lay-out, and other processing conditions. This paper presents a simulation that predicts shirnkage and warpage of 3-D compression molded fiber reinforced composite parts. The simulation represents the structure with the 3-noded shell elements used in mold filling simulations. The calculated results indicate that fiber orientation strongly affect the final properties, which vary with different chage locations, have a significant effect on warpage. Unsymmetric curing, caused by uneven mold temperatures, could lead to a thermal moment that could possibly help reduce warpage.     

Comparison between Single-mode Treatment and Multi-mode Treatment of a Coaxial Bragg Resonator for a Terahertz Cyclotron Autoresonance Maser Oscillator

As a coaxial Bragg structure has more complex geometry configuration than a cylindrical or a planar Bragg structure, for simplicity of calculation a single-mode treatment is often adopted. However, heterogeneity of a coaxial Bragg structure always gives rise to the multi-mode conversion, which can change the performance of the resonator. Based on the scattering matrix method, detailed comparison between the single-mode treatment and the multi-mode treatment is presented to a coaxial Bragg resonator for a cyclotron autoresonance maser (CARM) oscillator operating in the higher-order mode TE₆₁ at frequency of 0.35 THz. Results indicate that there is a little difference between the results obtained by these two treatments to the upstream reflector due to its shallow ripple amplitude, whereas to the downstream reflector, due to its relatively deep ripple amplitude, an apparent difference occurs at the operating frequency and consequently it gives notable difference to the frequency response and Q-factor of the whole resonator. Optimization shows possible application of a coaxial Bragg resonator with a single higher-order mode operation in constructing a terahertz CARM oscillator.     

Influences of the initial parameters on the performance of a coaxial-waveguide cyclotron autoresonance maser (CARM) amplifier

Nonlinear simulations demonstrate the possibility for a coaxial-waveguide cyclotron autoresonance maser (CARM) amplifier to operate at a frequency of 140?GHz emitting hundreds of watts with an ultrahigh gain of 68?dB. Careful design of the operating magnetic field is of importance to the power of the device, although the other initial parameters such as electron-beam radius and voltage also affect the power. Like a cylindrical-waveguide CARM, a coaxial-waveguide CARM amplifier is sensitive to the velocity spread of the electron beam.     

Eigenvalue equations and numerical analysis of a coaxial cavitywith misaligned inner rod

Based on the Helmholtz equation, the superposition of cylindrical wave functions, and coordinates transformation, the eigenvalue equation is derived rigorously for a coaxial gyrotron cavity with a misaligned inner rod. It is shown that, due to the existence of the structural misalignment, any single normal mode of a perfect coaxial structure (i.e., without misalignment) no longer simultaneously satisfies both the outer and inner boundary conditions; consequently, the superposition of cylindrical wave functions must be taken into account. A numerical approach of solving the eigenvalue equation is proposed in this paper. As a practical application, analysis is given to the higher mode coaxial cavity employed in a 140-GHz/1.5-MW gyrotron device at the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany. Result shows that the eigenvalue of the operating mode in a misaligned coaxial cavity is affected noticeably by the structural misalignment     

Field Distribution of a Planar Electrostatic Wiggler and Modulation Effect on the Motion of Relativistic Electrons

A planar electrostatic wiggler is formed by two parallel metallic plates, where the upper-plate is corrugated with sinusoidal ripples and connected to a negative voltage and the lower-plate is smooth and grounded. The field distribution is mathematically derived in detail. It is demonstrated that this planar electrostatic wiggler can efficiently modulate the motion of relativistic electrons just as a magneto-static wiggler does in a free-electron laser. Results obtained here will provide basis to analyze the amplification mechanism of a fast wave by a relativistic electron beam in a planar electrostatic wiggler.     

Nonlinear Simulation of a Cyclotron Autoresonance Maser (CARM) Operating in a Transverse Magnetic Mode

In the gyrotron operation, the transverse-magnetic (TM) mode is excluded because the TM mode instability vanishes when the vacuum waveguide mode and the beam mode are at grazing incidence. However, situation changes in a cyclotron autoresonance maser (CARM) interaction. In this paper nonlinear formulation of a TM-mode CARM is derived, and detailed simulations are presented for the TM_1,1-mode CARM. Simulation results show that a TM_1,1-mode CARM can reach high power of megawatts and ultrahigh gain of more than 70 dB, as a TE_1,1-mode gyrotron traveling wave tube (gyro-TWT) and TE_1,1-mode CARM did in the reported experiments.     

Nonlinear Investigation of a Coaxial-Waveguide Cyclotron Autoresonance Maser Amplifier

A nonlinear approach is presented to simulate the coaxial-waveguide cyclotron autoresonance maser (CARM) amplifier. Simulation shows an interesting result that the efficiency of a coaxial-waveguide CARM amplifier may be increased from 7.5% to 33.9% by tapering the magnetic field.     

Corner-fed microstrip antenna element and arrays for dual-polarization operation

A systematic study on the dual-polarized corner-fed microstrip antenna element and arrays with thin single-layer structure is presented. The impedance matrices and S-parameters of the element and arrays are investigated by the proposed extended multiport network method (EMNM). The co- and cross-polarization patterns are also analyzed. It is shown that this kind of antenna element has an isolation about 10 dB higher than that of a conventional edge-fed square patch. A series of new dual-polarized arrays of corner-fed patches have been designed and analyzed based on the EMNM. The experimental results of five arrays indicate that these arrays achieve an isolation of 27/spl sim/38 dB with a maximum of higher than 28/spl sim/58 dB and cross-polarization level of lower than -23/spl sim/ -30 at boresight, which are substantially better than those of similar dual-polarized arrays of edge-fed patches. All theoretical results are in good agreement with experimental ones.