Analysis and proposition of limiting current density measurement protocol

Limiting current density at different temperatures, backpressures, and balance gases can be used to separate molecular diffusion resistance, Knudsen diffusion resistance and local transport resistance of membrane electrode assembly (MEA). However, the measurement of limiting current density has no unified protocol. The diverse choices in the literature, either in the control of current or voltage or in the atmosphere like relative humidity and O₂ concentrations, make it difficult to compare the results and identify the true bottleneck hindering the mass transport. In this work, the current-voltage curves obtained by current scanning/stepping and voltage scanning/stepping methods under dilute O₂ of different concentrations and a wide range of relative humidity were measured and analyzed systematically. It is found that the voltage stepping method is superior to the other three ways of control for the reliable determination of the limiting current density. Aided with simultaneous electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurement, the limiting current density can be determined with pinpoint accuracy. When the limiting current density is just used to qualitatively evaluate different MEA, the voltage scanning method can be used instead for its high time efficiency. The selection of the atmosphere also plays an important role in suppressing the distortion from excessive water and reducing the spurious contribution from proton conduction resistance. It is found that O₂ concentrations at 0.5 vol% and relative humidity at 90% can give the best estimation of O₂ transport resistance in membrane electrode assembly.     

Back-analysis of geotechnical parameters on PVD-improved ground in the Mekong Delta

This study presents a back-analysis of geotechnical parameters on prefabricated vertical drain improved ground at a site in the Mekong Delta. Various time?settlement behaviors that reflected different clay thicknesses and loading patterns were observed. The total surface settlement behavior at several monitoring locations was simulated using an updated exponential method that considered staged construction. The analyzed results were validated by substituting the values into a theoretical solution for radial consolidation. The estimated theoretical behaviors were comparable with the monitored behaviors. The geotechnical parameters were back-analyzed by applying the previously analyzed results to various theoretical and empirical formulas. However, the use of extensometer data that were installed at large intervals produced different values of the geotechnical properties. Furthermore, finite element analysis supported the back-analyzed total settlement behaviors and nearly disregarded the application of the geotechnical properties that were obtained using either surface or subsurface settlement data. However, settlements and excess pore pressures in the sublayers were not successfully predicted even when the geotechnical properties were adjusted. Thus, subsurface instruments that can be installed closely in thick clay deposits are required to reliably reevaluate the variations in geotechnical properties along a certain depth.     

Numerical Study of a Modified Time-Stepping θ-Scheme for Incompressible Flow Simulations

In [Turek (1996). Int. J. Numer. Meth. Fluids 22, 987–1011], we had performed numerical comparisons for different time stepping schemes for the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations. In this paper, we present the numerical analysis in the context of the Navier–Stokes equations for a modified time-stepping θ-scheme which has been recently proposed by Glowinski [Glowinski (2003). In: Ciarlet, P. G., and Lions, J. L. (eds.), Handbook of Numerical Analysis, Vol. IX, North-Holland, Amsterdam, pp. 3–1176]. Like the well-known classical Fractional-Step-θ-scheme which had been introduced by Glowinski [Glowinski (1985). In Murman, E. M. and Abarbanel, S. S. (eds.), Progress and Supercomputing in Computational Fluid Dynamics, Birkh?user, Boston MA; Bristeau et al. (1987). Comput. Phys. Rep. 6, 73–187], too, and which is still one of the most popular time stepping schemes, with or without operator splitting techniques, this new scheme consists of 3 substeps with nonequidistant substepping to build one macro time step. However, in contrast to the Fractional-Step-θ-scheme, the second substep can be formulated as an extrapolation step for previously computed data only, and the two remaining substeps look like a Backward Euler step so that no expensive operator evaluations for the right hand side vector with older solutions, as for instance in the Crank–Nicolson scheme, have to be performed. This modified scheme is implicit, strongly A-stable and second order accurate, too, which promises some advantageous behavior, particularly in implicit CFD simulations for the nonstationary Navier–Stokes equations. Representative numerical results, based on the software package FEATFLOW [Turek (2000). FEATFLOW Finite element software for the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations: User Manual, Release 1.2, University of Dortmund] are obtained for typical flow problems with benchmark character which provide a fair rating of the solution schemes, particularly in long time simulations.Dedicated to David Gottlieb on the occasion of his 60th anniversary     

Time stepping schemes for coupled displacement and pore pressurē analysis

 The paper investigates the performance of various time stepping schemes for coupled displacement and pore pressure analysis. A number of alternative forms of the automatic time stepping method proposed by Sloan and Abbo (1999a) are also presented. These alternative schemes use different updates for the displacements and pore pressures and also adopt different starting conditions for the iterations. The automatic schemes are compared with an implicit θ-method, as well as an explicit method, through analysis of a variety of problems involving undrained loading, drained loading, and consolidation for Mohr-Coulomb and critical state models. As expected, the numerical results confirm that the explicit scheme is neither accurate nor robust. Although the implicit θ-method is accurate and fast, it fails to give a solution in a number of cases where the time step is large. The automatic schemes are shown to be accurate, fast and generally robust. Two of the automatic schemes proposed never fail to furnish a solution for the cases considered. In addition, all the automatic schemes are able to constrain the time-stepping (temporal integration) error in the displacements and pore pressures to lie near a prescribed tolerance, provided the iteration error tolerance is properly chosen. For complex soil models, it is important that the latter is set sufficiently small in order for the schemes to be able to constrain the time-stepping error to lie within a prescribed tolerance. Dedicated to the memory of Prof. Mike Crisfield, for his cheerfulness and cooperation as a colleague and friend over many years.     

磁偏转电子枪研制核靶

文章叙述了磁偏转电子枪的原理和结构以及用ＥＱＤ－３型电子枪研制各种核靶的工艺过程。     

基于MCGS的步进电机控制系统设计

设计了一种分层式的步进电机控制系统,现场控制层以AT89C52单片机为主控芯片,通过软件编程实现对步进电机的启停、正反转及调速控制,上位机监控层在工控组态软件MCGS平台下开发,操作界面直观友好,可以方便地对现场步进电机控制系统发布控制命令和参数;为解决现场控制层与监控层间数据交互问题,开发了基于MCGS的51单片机驱动构件;实际运行结果表明,整个系统实时性、稳定性良好,完全达到设计要求。     

遗传优化的GNNM在瓦斯涌出量预测中的应用

研究矿井瓦斯涌出量准确预测一直是煤矿安全生产中重点关注的问题。煤层瓦斯爆炸因受开发环境、矿层深度、天气等因素的影响,造成与瓦斯涌出量增大而引起的。针对传统预测模型在矿井瓦斯涌出量预测中存在建模困难、收敛速度慢、要求历史数据量大的问题,提出了一种遗传优化的灰色神经网络预测模型。模型利用灰色系统对数据量要求低的特点,将灰色系统理论与神经网络有机结合起来,建立灰色神经网络模型。并采用遗传算法对所建立模型的权值和阈值进行优化。采用模型对矿井瓦斯涌出量进行预测,实验表明,遗传优化的灰色神经网络模型,可以简化系统建模,并能提高瓦斯涌出量预测精度,有一定的实用价值。     

步进电机S曲线精确控制的研究与验证

针对生产中对步进电机运行时间和距离有精确要求的常见工况,设计一套步进电机S曲线控制算法,根据不同的运行要求灵活设定运动过程,设定较少参数即能规划整个运动路径,达到理想的运动效果。设计新型余弦S曲线,搭建MATLAB/Simulink仿真控制模型和硬件测试系统进行仿真和试验验证。结果显示电机实际加减速过程运行平滑,起步稳定振动小,设定参数下可以精确运行,与直接起停相比,运行效果有很大改善。新型余弦S曲线已在全自动号码机项目中得到实际应用。     

BackTrack5在网络渗透取证技术中的应用

本文对目前针对Linux平台下的BackTrack5进行阐述,内容涵盖敏感信息收集,漏洞信息收集,漏洞工具测试,账户特权升级等,笔者对在虚拟机环境下运行,下载BackTrack5,加载运行BackTrack5后需要进行网络配置加以说明,同时针对各种工具的常用命令及基本应用,实践后对其优缺点加以说明。     

基于双CPU的太阳能跟踪系统的研究

从提高太阳能电池板的输出功率出发,提出了基于双CPU控制方式的太阳能跟踪系统。系统采用俯仰-水平双轴控制,以单片机STC12C2052AD为光电控制单元的核心处理器,以混合式步进电机为执行机构,以TMS320F2812为核心控制器件的三相正弦波细分驱动器实现了混合式步进电机的精确定位。实验表明系统运行稳定,具有很高的实用价值。