High intensity power ultrasound was respectively introduced into three different solidification stages of Al–8%Si hypoeutectic alloy, including the fully liquid state before nucleation, the nucleation and growth proc...High intensity power ultrasound was respectively introduced into three different solidification stages of Al–8%Si hypoeutectic alloy, including the fully liquid state before nucleation, the nucleation and growth process of primary α（Al） phase and L →（Al） ＋（Si） eutectic transformation period. It is found that both the primary α（Al） phase and（Al ＋ Si） eutectic structure were refined by different degrees with various growth morphologies depending on the ultrasonic treatment stage. Based on the experimental results,the cavitation-induced nucleation due to the high undercooling caused by the collapse of tiny cavities was proposed as the major reason for refining the primary α（Al） phase. Meanwhile, obvious eutectic morphological change was observed only when ultrasound was directly introduced in the eutectic transformation stage, in which typical divorced eutectics and（Al ＋ Si） eutectic cells with symmetrical flower shape were formed at the top of the alloy sample. The introduction of ultrasound in each solidification stage also improves the yield strength of Al–8% Si alloy to a diverse extent.展开更多
By using the first-principles calculation, we studied the mechanisms of point defects in Y4AI209 （YAM）, a promising ternary oxide with excellent optical and thermal properties. It is found that the predominant nativ...By using the first-principles calculation, we studied the mechanisms of point defects in Y4AI209 （YAM）, a promising ternary oxide with excellent optical and thermal properties. It is found that the predominant native defect species is closely dependent on the chemical potentials of each constituent. In the case of O-rich condition, the oxygen interstitial has the very low defect formation energy, followed by the anti-site defects and AI vacancy; in the case of AI-rich condition, the oxygen vacancy yields the lowest defect formation energy, followed by the anti-site defects and AI interstitial. The present result shows that in all the possible chemical potential ranges, anti-site defects have relatively low defect formation energy and might exist in high concentration in YAM. Furthermore, AIy anti-site has relatively lower defect formation energy than the YAt anti- site throughout. The behaviors of defect complexes under non-stoichiometric condition, such as the AI203 or Y203 excess, are also investigated. The results provide helpful guide to optimize the experimental synthesizing of YAM.展开更多
The impact problem of a flexible multibody system is a non-smooth, high-transient, and strong-nonlinear dynamic process with variable boundary. How to model the contact/impact process accurately and efficiently is one...The impact problem of a flexible multibody system is a non-smooth, high-transient, and strong-nonlinear dynamic process with variable boundary. How to model the contact/impact process accurately and efficiently is one of the main difficulties in many engineering applications. The numerical approaches being used widely in impact analysis are mainly from two fields： multibody system dynamics （MBS） and computational solid mechanics （CSM）. Approaches based on MBS provide a more efficient yet less accurate analysis of the contact/impact problems, while approaches based on CSM are well suited for particularly high accuracy needs, yet require very high computational effort. To bridge the gap between accuracy and efficiency in the dynamic simulation of a flexible multibody system with contacts/impacts, a partition method is presented considering that the contact body is divided into two parts, an impact region and a non-impact region. The impact region is modeled using the finite element method to guarantee the local accuracy, while the non-impact region is modeled using the modal reduction approach to raise the global efficiency. A three-dimensional rod-plate impact experiment is designed and performed to validate the numerical results. The principle for how to partition the contact bodies is proposed： the maximum radius of the impact region can be estimated by an analytical method, and the modal truncation orders of the non-impact region can be estimated by the highest frequency of the signal measured. The simulation results using the presented method are in good agreement with the experimental results. It shows that this method is an effec-rive formulation considering both accuracy and efficiency. Moreover, a more complicated multibody impact problem of a crank slider mechanism is investigated to strengthen this conclusion.展开更多
One dimensional(1D) and three dimensional(3D) ultrasound sources were applied to the solidification process of Mg_(71.5)Zn_(26.1)Y_(2.4) alloy.The acoustic spectra were in-situ measured, based on which the cavitation ...One dimensional(1D) and three dimensional(3D) ultrasound sources were applied to the solidification process of Mg_(71.5)Zn_(26.1)Y_(2.4) alloy.The acoustic spectra were in-situ measured, based on which the cavitation intensities and dynamic solidification mechanism were further investigated. With the increase of ultrasonic dimension and amplitude, the primary Mg_(3)Zn_(6)Y phase was significantly refined from petals to nearly pentagonal shape. The sound field measurements showed that the transient cavitation played a decisive role in generating a high local undercooling, which facilitated the formation of icosahedral clusters and promoted the nucleation of primary Mg_(3)Zn_(6)Y phase. The morphological transition of(α-Mg+Mg_(3)Zn_(6)Y) eutectic from lamellar to anomalous structure occurred under 3D ultrasonic condition. The stable cavitation took the main responsibility because the high pressure excited by nonlinearly oscillating bubbles induced the preferential nucleation of α-Mg phase rather than Mg_(3)Zn_(6)Y phase. As compared with its static values, the tensile strength and compression plasticity of this alloy were increased by the factors of 1.9 and 2.1, and its corrosion resistance was also improved with the corrosion current density decreased by one order of magnitude.展开更多
In-situ white-beam synchrotron radiation topographic observations under an electric field have been made on KTiOPO4 family crystals.The investigation shows a strong enhancement of diffracted intensity of hkl reflectio...In-situ white-beam synchrotron radiation topographic observations under an electric field have been made on KTiOPO4 family crystals.The investigation shows a strong enhancement of diffracted intensity of hkl reflections(l≠0) and the topographic extinction contrast,when the field is applied along the polar axis.Doped and undoped samples with grown-in defects are studied in detail.It is believed that the movement of K^+ ions driven by the field leads to a local accumulation of charges and the lattice distortion.All the field-related phenomena appear to be related to the one-dimensional ionic conductance.展开更多
The inhomogeneity in a congrunet LiTaO3 crystal has been observed by transmission synchrotron topography.Many extraordinary regions exist in congruent LiTaO3 crystal and they often show diffraction intensity different...The inhomogeneity in a congrunet LiTaO3 crystal has been observed by transmission synchrotron topography.Many extraordinary regions exist in congruent LiTaO3 crystal and they often show diffraction intensity different from that of ordinary regions in synchrotron topographs.Differential thermal analysis indiates that the Curie temperature of the extraordinary region is lower than that of ordinary region,and the extraordinary region is really a high defect density region.The diffraction contrast of the extraordinary region in synchrotron topographs is explained qualitatively by a calculation at the selected wavelength.2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.展开更多
The recent research work on domain structures and their dynamics in fenoelastic and ferroelectric crystals by white-beam synchrotron radiation topography is summarized.The real-time imaging,fine-beam Laue diffraction,...The recent research work on domain structures and their dynamics in fenoelastic and ferroelectric crystals by white-beam synchrotron radiation topography is summarized.The real-time imaging,fine-beam Laue diffraction,and anomalous-scattering topography were carried out to the study of the domain structures and phase transition in the ferroelastic NdP5O14 and LaP5O14,and ferroelectric KTa1-xNbxO3,(Ba0.25Sr0.75)0.9(K0.5Na0.5)0.2Nb2O6,and KTiOPO4 crystals.Some preliminary results are presented and discussed.展开更多
Thermalfatiguebehaviorsof Nibased alloychromium carbidecompositecoating madeby a vacu um fusionsintering method are discussed. Resultsshowedthatthermalfatiguebehaviorisassoci ated with cyclic uppertemperature and ...Thermalfatiguebehaviorsof Nibased alloychromium carbidecompositecoating madeby a vacu um fusionsintering method are discussed. Resultsshowedthatthermalfatiguebehaviorisassoci ated with cyclic uppertemperature and coating thickness. Asthe thickness of coating decreases,thethermalfatigueresistanceincreases. Thethermalfatigueresistancecuts down with thether malcyclic uppertemperature rising. Thecrack growth rate decreases with theincreasein cyclicnumber untilcrackarrests. Thetractofthermalfatiguecrackcracksalongtheinterfacesof phas es. Thecompositecoating possesseshigheroxidation resistance.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51471134 and 51402240)the Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing in NWPU (No. SKLSP201735)Ao Xiang Xin Xing Foundation of NWPU
文摘High intensity power ultrasound was respectively introduced into three different solidification stages of Al–8%Si hypoeutectic alloy, including the fully liquid state before nucleation, the nucleation and growth process of primary α（Al） phase and L →（Al） ＋（Si） eutectic transformation period. It is found that both the primary α（Al） phase and（Al ＋ Si） eutectic structure were refined by different degrees with various growth morphologies depending on the ultrasonic treatment stage. Based on the experimental results,the cavitation-induced nucleation due to the high undercooling caused by the collapse of tiny cavities was proposed as the major reason for refining the primary α（Al） phase. Meanwhile, obvious eutectic morphological change was observed only when ultrasound was directly introduced in the eutectic transformation stage, in which typical divorced eutectics and（Al ＋ Si） eutectic cells with symmetrical flower shape were formed at the top of the alloy sample. The introduction of ultrasound in each solidification stage also improves the yield strength of Al–8% Si alloy to a diverse extent.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.50672102,50832008 and 51032006
文摘By using the first-principles calculation, we studied the mechanisms of point defects in Y4AI209 （YAM）, a promising ternary oxide with excellent optical and thermal properties. It is found that the predominant native defect species is closely dependent on the chemical potentials of each constituent. In the case of O-rich condition, the oxygen interstitial has the very low defect formation energy, followed by the anti-site defects and AI vacancy; in the case of AI-rich condition, the oxygen vacancy yields the lowest defect formation energy, followed by the anti-site defects and AI interstitial. The present result shows that in all the possible chemical potential ranges, anti-site defects have relatively low defect formation energy and might exist in high concentration in YAM. Furthermore, AIy anti-site has relatively lower defect formation energy than the YAt anti- site throughout. The behaviors of defect complexes under non-stoichiometric condition, such as the AI203 or Y203 excess, are also investigated. The results provide helpful guide to optimize the experimental synthesizing of YAM.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 11772188, 11132007)
文摘The impact problem of a flexible multibody system is a non-smooth, high-transient, and strong-nonlinear dynamic process with variable boundary. How to model the contact/impact process accurately and efficiently is one of the main difficulties in many engineering applications. The numerical approaches being used widely in impact analysis are mainly from two fields： multibody system dynamics （MBS） and computational solid mechanics （CSM）. Approaches based on MBS provide a more efficient yet less accurate analysis of the contact/impact problems, while approaches based on CSM are well suited for particularly high accuracy needs, yet require very high computational effort. To bridge the gap between accuracy and efficiency in the dynamic simulation of a flexible multibody system with contacts/impacts, a partition method is presented considering that the contact body is divided into two parts, an impact region and a non-impact region. The impact region is modeled using the finite element method to guarantee the local accuracy, while the non-impact region is modeled using the modal reduction approach to raise the global efficiency. A three-dimensional rod-plate impact experiment is designed and performed to validate the numerical results. The principle for how to partition the contact bodies is proposed： the maximum radius of the impact region can be estimated by an analytical method, and the modal truncation orders of the non-impact region can be estimated by the highest frequency of the signal measured. The simulation results using the presented method are in good agreement with the experimental results. It shows that this method is an effec-rive formulation considering both accuracy and efficiency. Moreover, a more complicated multibody impact problem of a crank slider mechanism is investigated to strengthen this conclusion.
基金financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (nos.52088101 and 52130405)Basic Research Project of Shaanxi Natural Science Foundation (no: 2021JCW-09 and 2023-JC-JQ-28)Key R&D Plan of Shaanxi Province-Key Industrial Innovation Chain Project (no: 2020ZDLGY13-03)。
文摘One dimensional(1D) and three dimensional(3D) ultrasound sources were applied to the solidification process of Mg_(71.5)Zn_(26.1)Y_(2.4) alloy.The acoustic spectra were in-situ measured, based on which the cavitation intensities and dynamic solidification mechanism were further investigated. With the increase of ultrasonic dimension and amplitude, the primary Mg_(3)Zn_(6)Y phase was significantly refined from petals to nearly pentagonal shape. The sound field measurements showed that the transient cavitation played a decisive role in generating a high local undercooling, which facilitated the formation of icosahedral clusters and promoted the nucleation of primary Mg_(3)Zn_(6)Y phase. The morphological transition of(α-Mg+Mg_(3)Zn_(6)Y) eutectic from lamellar to anomalous structure occurred under 3D ultrasonic condition. The stable cavitation took the main responsibility because the high pressure excited by nonlinearly oscillating bubbles induced the preferential nucleation of α-Mg phase rather than Mg_(3)Zn_(6)Y phase. As compared with its static values, the tensile strength and compression plasticity of this alloy were increased by the factors of 1.9 and 2.1, and its corrosion resistance was also improved with the corrosion current density decreased by one order of magnitude.
文摘In-situ white-beam synchrotron radiation topographic observations under an electric field have been made on KTiOPO4 family crystals.The investigation shows a strong enhancement of diffracted intensity of hkl reflections(l≠0) and the topographic extinction contrast,when the field is applied along the polar axis.Doped and undoped samples with grown-in defects are studied in detail.It is believed that the movement of K^+ ions driven by the field leads to a local accumulation of charges and the lattice distortion.All the field-related phenomena appear to be related to the one-dimensional ionic conductance.
文摘The inhomogeneity in a congrunet LiTaO3 crystal has been observed by transmission synchrotron topography.Many extraordinary regions exist in congruent LiTaO3 crystal and they often show diffraction intensity different from that of ordinary regions in synchrotron topographs.Differential thermal analysis indiates that the Curie temperature of the extraordinary region is lower than that of ordinary region,and the extraordinary region is really a high defect density region.The diffraction contrast of the extraordinary region in synchrotron topographs is explained qualitatively by a calculation at the selected wavelength.2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
文摘The recent research work on domain structures and their dynamics in fenoelastic and ferroelectric crystals by white-beam synchrotron radiation topography is summarized.The real-time imaging,fine-beam Laue diffraction,and anomalous-scattering topography were carried out to the study of the domain structures and phase transition in the ferroelastic NdP5O14 and LaP5O14,and ferroelectric KTa1-xNbxO3,(Ba0.25Sr0.75)0.9(K0.5Na0.5)0.2Nb2O6,and KTiOPO4 crystals.Some preliminary results are presented and discussed.
