Lightweight structures for gears enable a reduction in material usage while maintaining the technical function of the gear.Previous approaches have pursued the strategy of lightweight structures in the gear wheel body...Lightweight structures for gears enable a reduction in material usage while maintaining the technical function of the gear.Previous approaches have pursued the strategy of lightweight structures in the gear wheel body.By taking inspiration from biological models and utilizing material savings in the gear rim,new design approaches for the lightweight design of gears can be realized.For this reason,a holistic biological design approach for spur gears is presented.In addition to the method of topology optimization,a biologically inspired approach based on diatoms is introduced,which achieves a weight reduction of over 50%compared to conventional solid gears.Diatom structures are extracted from the oceans,digitally modelled,and adapted to the load conditions of a reference gear by parametric design and simulation optimization.For the experimental validation of the design,a manufactured gear is statically loaded in the nominal load range and analyzed using a tactile geometry gear measurement.The measurement results of selected standard gear parameters show that the gear does not exhibit any plastic deformation for the nominal load capacity of 383 Nm,validating the presented design approach.展开更多
The HTR-10 is a small modular high-temperature reactor located in Tsinghua University,in China.After the reactor ran continuously for 72 h at full power in the commissioning stage,a full load rejection test was conduc...The HTR-10 is a small modular high-temperature reactor located in Tsinghua University,in China.After the reactor ran continuously for 72 h at full power in the commissioning stage,a full load rejection test was conducted by manually disconnecting the generator from the grid.In this study,reactor transients were analyzed using the THERMIX model.Some of the important thermal–fluid phenomena that occurred after the test initiation are discussed here,including the natural convection of helium in the core and the temperature redistribution in the reactor.Temperatures reproduced for the measuring points arranged in the internals were in agreement with the test data.This demonstrated that the code and calculation model are suitable for posttest analysis applications.Regarding the safety features of the reactor,there was a large margin between the predicted maximum fuel temperature of 997℃and the safety limit of 1620℃.展开更多
To gain insight into the inelastic behavior of piles, the response of a vertical pile embedded in dry sand and subjected to cyclic lateral loading was studied experimentally in centrifuge tests conducted in Laboratoir...To gain insight into the inelastic behavior of piles, the response of a vertical pile embedded in dry sand and subjected to cyclic lateral loading was studied experimentally in centrifuge tests conducted in Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussees. Three types of cyclic loading were applied, two asymmetric and one symmetric with respect to the unloaded pile. An approximately square-root variation of soil stiffness with depth was obtained from indirect in-flight density measurements, laboratory tests on reconstituted samples, and well-established empirical correlations. The tests were simulated using a cyclic nonlinear Winkler spring model, which describes the full range of inelastic phenomena, including separation and re-attachment of the pile from and to the soil. The model consists of three mathematical expressions capable of reproducing a wide variety of monotonic and cyclic experimentalp-y curves. The physical meaning of key model parameters is graphically explained and related to soil behavior. Comparisons with the centrifuge test results demonstrate the general validity of the model and its ability to capture several features of pile-soil interaction, including： soil plastification at an early stage of loading, ＂pinching＂ behavior due to the formation of a relaxation zone around the upper part of the pile, and stiffness and strength changes due to cyclic loading. A comparison of the p-y curves derived from the test results and the proposed model, as well as those from the classical curves of Reese et al. （1974） for sand, is also presented.展开更多
基金funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action as part of the Technology Transfer Program Lightweight Construction(Grant no.03LB1000A).
文摘Lightweight structures for gears enable a reduction in material usage while maintaining the technical function of the gear.Previous approaches have pursued the strategy of lightweight structures in the gear wheel body.By taking inspiration from biological models and utilizing material savings in the gear rim,new design approaches for the lightweight design of gears can be realized.For this reason,a holistic biological design approach for spur gears is presented.In addition to the method of topology optimization,a biologically inspired approach based on diatoms is introduced,which achieves a weight reduction of over 50%compared to conventional solid gears.Diatom structures are extracted from the oceans,digitally modelled,and adapted to the load conditions of a reference gear by parametric design and simulation optimization.For the experimental validation of the design,a manufactured gear is statically loaded in the nominal load range and analyzed using a tactile geometry gear measurement.The measurement results of selected standard gear parameters show that the gear does not exhibit any plastic deformation for the nominal load capacity of 383 Nm,validating the presented design approach.
基金supported by the Chinese National S&T Major Project(No.ZX069)
文摘The HTR-10 is a small modular high-temperature reactor located in Tsinghua University,in China.After the reactor ran continuously for 72 h at full power in the commissioning stage,a full load rejection test was conducted by manually disconnecting the generator from the grid.In this study,reactor transients were analyzed using the THERMIX model.Some of the important thermal–fluid phenomena that occurred after the test initiation are discussed here,including the natural convection of helium in the core and the temperature redistribution in the reactor.Temperatures reproduced for the measuring points arranged in the internals were in agreement with the test data.This demonstrated that the code and calculation model are suitable for posttest analysis applications.Regarding the safety features of the reactor,there was a large margin between the predicted maximum fuel temperature of 997℃and the safety limit of 1620℃.
基金EU Fifth Framework Program: Environment, Energy and Sustainable Development Research and Technological Development Activity of Generic Nature: The Fight Against Natural and Technological Hazards, Research Project QUAKER Under Contract No. EVG1–CT–2002–00064
文摘To gain insight into the inelastic behavior of piles, the response of a vertical pile embedded in dry sand and subjected to cyclic lateral loading was studied experimentally in centrifuge tests conducted in Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussees. Three types of cyclic loading were applied, two asymmetric and one symmetric with respect to the unloaded pile. An approximately square-root variation of soil stiffness with depth was obtained from indirect in-flight density measurements, laboratory tests on reconstituted samples, and well-established empirical correlations. The tests were simulated using a cyclic nonlinear Winkler spring model, which describes the full range of inelastic phenomena, including separation and re-attachment of the pile from and to the soil. The model consists of three mathematical expressions capable of reproducing a wide variety of monotonic and cyclic experimentalp-y curves. The physical meaning of key model parameters is graphically explained and related to soil behavior. Comparisons with the centrifuge test results demonstrate the general validity of the model and its ability to capture several features of pile-soil interaction, including： soil plastification at an early stage of loading, ＂pinching＂ behavior due to the formation of a relaxation zone around the upper part of the pile, and stiffness and strength changes due to cyclic loading. A comparison of the p-y curves derived from the test results and the proposed model, as well as those from the classical curves of Reese et al. （1974） for sand, is also presented.
