The extended Brinkman Darcy model for momentum equations and an energy equation is used to calculate the unsteady natural convection Couette flow of a viscous incompressible heat generating/absorbing fluid in a vertic...The extended Brinkman Darcy model for momentum equations and an energy equation is used to calculate the unsteady natural convection Couette flow of a viscous incompressible heat generating/absorbing fluid in a vertical channel （formed by two infinite vertical and parallel plates） filled with the fluid-saturated porous medium. The flow is triggered by the asymmetric heating and the accelerated motion of one of the bounding plates. The governing equations are simplified by the reasonable dimensionless parameters and solved analytically by the Laplace transform techniques to obtain the closed form solutions of the velocity and temperature profiles. Then, the skin friction and the rate of heat transfer are consequently derived. It is noticed that, at different sections within the vertical channel, the fluid flow and the temperature profiles increase with time, which are both higher near the moving plate. In particular, increasing the gap between the plates increases the velocity and the temperature of the fluid, however, reduces the skin friction and the rate of heat transfer.展开更多
This study considers a theoretical analysis of natural convection flow of heat generating/absorbing fluid near an infinite vertical plate with ramped temperature. It is assumed that the bounding plate has a ramped tem...This study considers a theoretical analysis of natural convection flow of heat generating/absorbing fluid near an infinite vertical plate with ramped temperature. It is assumed that the bounding plate has a ramped temperature profile. Exact solutions of energy and momentum equations are obtained using the Laplacetransform techniques. Solutions are obtained for different values of the Prandtl number (Pr) and the heat sink parameter (S). Results of the ramped and isothermal temperature and velocity as well as Nusselt number and skin friction have been compared and presented with the help of graphs.展开更多
A methodology for the reduction of radar cross section(RCS)of cambered platforms within the target airspace is presented,which utilizes a dual-polarized ultra-wide-angle artificial electromagnetic absorbing surface.By...A methodology for the reduction of radar cross section(RCS)of cambered platforms within the target airspace is presented,which utilizes a dual-polarized ultra-wide-angle artificial electromagnetic absorbing surface.By applying the theory of generalized Brewster complex wave impedance matching,five distinct unit cell designs are developed to attain more than95%absorption rate for dual-polarized incident waves within five angular ranges:0°-30°,30°-50°,50°-60°,60°-70°,and 70°-80°.To optimally reduce the RCS of a cambered platform,the five types of units can be evenly distributed on the surface based on the local incident angles of plane waves originating from the target airspace.As an illustrative example,the leading edge of an airfoil is taken into account,and experimental measurements validate the efficiency of the proposed structure.Specifically,the absorbing surface achieves more than 10 dB of RCS reduction in the frequency ranges from 5-10 GHz(about66.7%relative bandwidth)for dual polarizations.展开更多
Though the formation of polysulfide is desirable,as it contributes to the capacity build-up,it must not leak into the electrolyte.The loss of polysulfide causes capacity fade,a change in the local chemistry of the ele...Though the formation of polysulfide is desirable,as it contributes to the capacity build-up,it must not leak into the electrolyte.The loss of polysulfide causes capacity fade,a change in the local chemistry of the electrolyte,and anode poisoning.Constant efforts are in progress to find suitable polysulfide-absorbing materials;however,the magical polysulfide absorber is yet to be discovered or developed.Experimental methods alone often fall short in accelerating the investigations may be due to the complex Nature of the testing.This review focuses on the importance of computational methods,particularly density functional theory(DFT),in screening suitable polysulfide absorbers.It highlights the critical role of anchoring materials in improving Na-S battery performance,including pristine and doped graphene,metal–organic frameworks,carbon Nanofibers,vanadium disulfide,MXenes,and metal sulfides.By examining adsorption energies,charge transfer mechanisms,and catalytic properties,this review provides insights into the design of advanced materials that can effectively immobilize polysulfides and enhance battery stability.The review aims to guide future research efforts toward the development of high-performance RT Na-S batteries through a comprehensive understanding of the polysulfide-absorbing materials.展开更多
Since the view that the localized rail third-order bending mode can cause high-order polygonization(mainly 18-23)of high-speed train wheels was put forward in 2017,many scholars have attempted to link a connection bet...Since the view that the localized rail third-order bending mode can cause high-order polygonization(mainly 18-23)of high-speed train wheels was put forward in 2017,many scholars have attempted to link a connection between the localized rail bending modes and wheel polygonization phenomenon and polygonal wheel passing frequency.This paper first establishes a flexible track model considering the structural and parametric characteristics of fasteners,verifies the model by using vehicle tracking test data,then investigates the influence of fastener parameter matching on the localized rail bending modes,and obtains the following conclusions:(1)There is nearly a 1:1 mapping relationship between the localized rail bending modal frequency and polygonal wheel passing(PWP)frequency,which supports that the localized rail bending mode is one of the causes of wheel polygonization.(2)The iron plate of the fastener system plays a role of dynamic vibration absorber in the vehicle-rail coupled system,and the fastener parameters significantly influence the localized rail bending modal vibration.Finally,this paper proposes a design principle of a high-frequency vibration-absorbing fastener,which provides a feasible solution to mitigate the localized rail bending modal vibration and high-order wheel polygonization.Meanwhile,it points out that this measure may induce other high-frequency vibration problems,e.g.,aggravating modal vibration above 800 Hz.Further,this paper proposes a concept of differentiated arrangement of fasteners,suggesting that different high-frequency vibration-absorbing fasteners be installed in different sections of the whole line to make the localized rail bending modal frequency of the whole line disordered,thus disrupting and further mitigating the development of the wheel polygonization.展开更多
In this paper, we have demonstrated an Er-doped ultrafast laser with a single mode fiber-gradient index multimode fiber-single mode fiber(SMF-GIMF-SMF, SMS) structure as saturable absorber(SA), which can generate not ...In this paper, we have demonstrated an Er-doped ultrafast laser with a single mode fiber-gradient index multimode fiber-single mode fiber(SMF-GIMF-SMF, SMS) structure as saturable absorber(SA), which can generate not only stable single-pulse state, but also special mode-locked pulses with the characteristics of high energy and noisy behaviors at proper pump power and cavity polarization state. In addition, we have deeply investigated the real-time spectral evolutions of the mode-locked pulses through the dispersive Fourier transformation(DFT) technique. It can be found that the pulse regime can actually consist of a lot of small noise pulses with randomly varying intensities. We believe that these results will further enrich the nonlinear dynamical processes in the ultrafast lasers.展开更多
The Cyclonic-Static Microbubble Flotation Column (FCSMC) is currently a widely used, novel type of flotation device. The self-absorbing microbubble generator is the core component of this device. The structure of the ...The Cyclonic-Static Microbubble Flotation Column (FCSMC) is currently a widely used, novel type of flotation device. The self-absorbing microbubble generator is the core component of this device. The structure of the microbubble generator directly influences flotation column performance by affecting bubble size and distribution as well as gas holdup in the column. However, the complicated flow inside the generator results in high R&D costs and difficulty in testing. Thus, the CFD software, FLUENT, was used to simulate the gas-liquid two-phase flow inside a self-absorbing microbubble generator. The effect of area ratio, a key structural parameter, was studied in detail. Critical flow-field parameters including velocity, turbulent kinetic energy, minimum static pressure and gas holdup were obtained. The simulation results demonstrate that the optimum area ratio is 3.展开更多
The dielectric loss of carbon materials is closely related to the microstructure and the degree of crystallization,and the microstructure modulation of electromagnetic wave absorbing carbon materials is the key to enh...The dielectric loss of carbon materials is closely related to the microstructure and the degree of crystallization,and the microstructure modulation of electromagnetic wave absorbing carbon materials is the key to enhancing absorption properties.In this work,a porous elastic Co@CNF-PDMS composite was prepared by freeze-drying and confined catalysis.The graphitization degree and conductivity loss of carbon nanofibers(CNFs)were regulated by heat treatment temperature and Co catalyst content.The construction of a heterointerface between Co and C enhances the interfacial polarization loss.The Co@CNF-PDMS composite with 4.5 mm achieves the minimum reflection loss(RLmin)of-81.0 dB at 9.9 GHz and RL no higher than-12.1 dB in the whole of the X-band.After applying a load of up to 40% strain and 100 cycles to Co@CNF-PDMS,the dielectric properties of the composite remain stable.With the increase of compression strain,the distribution density of the absorbent increases,and the CNF sheet layer extrusion contact forms a conductive path,which leads to the conductive loss increase,finally,the absorption band moves to a high frequency.The absorption band can be bi-directionally regulated by loading and strain with good stability,which provides a new strategy for the development of intelligent electromagnetic wave absorbing materials.展开更多
Neuroinflammation is associated with Parkinson’s disease:Reactive gliosis and neuroinflammation are hallmarks of Parkinson’s disease(PD),a multisystem neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a progressive loss o...Neuroinflammation is associated with Parkinson’s disease:Reactive gliosis and neuroinflammation are hallmarks of Parkinson’s disease(PD),a multisystem neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons.Neuroinflammation has long been considered a mere consequence of neuronal loss,but whether it promotes PD or is a key player in disease progression remains to be determined.Human leukocyte antigen.展开更多
The Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method is a well-known technique for the analysis of quantum devices. It solves a discretized Schrodinger equation in an iterative process. However, the method provides only a ...The Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method is a well-known technique for the analysis of quantum devices. It solves a discretized Schrodinger equation in an iterative process. However, the method provides only a second-order accurate numerical solution and requires that the spatial grid size and time step should satisfy a very restricted condition in order to prevent the numerical solution from diverging. In this article, we present a generalized FDTD method with absorbing boundary condition for solving the one-dimensional (1D) time-dependent Schr?dinger equation and obtain a more relaxed condition for stability. The generalized FDTD scheme is tested by simulating a particle moving in free space and then hitting an energy potential. Numerical results coincide with those obtained based on the theoretical analysis.展开更多
This study presents a comparative analysis of a complex SQL benchmark, TPC-DS, with two existing text-to-SQL benchmarks, BIRD and Spider. Our findings reveal that TPC-DS queries exhibit a significantly higher level of...This study presents a comparative analysis of a complex SQL benchmark, TPC-DS, with two existing text-to-SQL benchmarks, BIRD and Spider. Our findings reveal that TPC-DS queries exhibit a significantly higher level of structural complexity compared to the other two benchmarks. This underscores the need for more intricate benchmarks to simulate realistic scenarios effectively. To facilitate this comparison, we devised several measures of structural complexity and applied them across all three benchmarks. The results of this study can guide future research in the development of more sophisticated text-to-SQL benchmarks. We utilized 11 distinct Language Models (LLMs) to generate SQL queries based on the query descriptions provided by the TPC-DS benchmark. The prompt engineering process incorporated both the query description as outlined in the TPC-DS specification and the database schema of TPC-DS. Our findings indicate that the current state-of-the-art generative AI models fall short in generating accurate decision-making queries. We conducted a comparison of the generated queries with the TPC-DS gold standard queries using a series of fuzzy structure matching techniques based on query features. The results demonstrated that the accuracy of the generated queries is insufficient for practical real-world application.展开更多
In the last few years,research on advanced ultrafast photonic devices has attracted great interest from laser physicists.As a semiconductor material with excellent nonlinear saturation absorption characteristics,Ga As...In the last few years,research on advanced ultrafast photonic devices has attracted great interest from laser physicists.As a semiconductor material with excellent nonlinear saturation absorption characteristics,Ga As has been used in solidstate and fiber lasers as a mode-locker.However,the pulse widths that have been reported in the searchable published literature are all long and the shortest is tens of picoseconds.Femtosecond pulse widths,desired for a variety of applications,have not yet been reported in Ga As-based pulsed lasers.In this work,we further explore the nonlinear characteristics of Ga As that has been magnetron sputtered onto the surface of a tapered fiber and its application in the generation of femtosecond lasing via effective dispersion optimization and nonlinearity management.With the enhanced interaction between evanescent waves and Ga As nanosheets,mode-locked soliton pulses as short as 830 fs are generated at repetition rates of 4.64 MHz.As far as we know,this is the first time that femtosecond-level pulses have been generated with a Ga As-based saturable absorber.In addition,soliton molecules,including in the dual-pulse state,are also realized under stronger pumping.This work demonstrates that Ga As-based photonic devices have good application prospects in effective polymorphous ultrashort pulsed laser generation.展开更多
Structural modification of three dimensional(3D)materials for the application of dielectric loss-based microwave absorbing materials(MAMs)usually relies on intricate synthesis process and can pose challenges in terms ...Structural modification of three dimensional(3D)materials for the application of dielectric loss-based microwave absorbing materials(MAMs)usually relies on intricate synthesis process and can pose challenges in terms of scalability and mass production for practical application.In this work,we reported a successful attempt in modifying the 3D structure of mesoporous lanthanum oxide(La_(2)O_(3))for effective broadband MAMs candidate via simple co-precipitation process.The inclusion of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide(CTAB)and hydrothermal aging treatment result in a significant transformation of La_(2)O_(3)particles from their original polygonal form to a 3D coral-like and nano needle-like structure.The utilization of CTAB and hydrothermal aging results in the increase of surface area and a two-fold increase in pore volume of the resulting La_(2)O_(3).Due to its unique 3D structure,the 3D coral-like and nano needle-like La_(2)O_(3)materials possess a broadband electromagnetic(EM)wave absorption characteristic with the effective absorption bandwidth(EAB)covering the C-band frequency range.Specifically,in the La_(2)O_(3)C-H sample(with CTAB-with hydrothermal),it exhibits strong EM wave absorption with a reflection loss(RL)value of-33.07 dB which equals to 99.95%EM wave absorption at a thickness of only 1.50 mm.The detailed analysis of EM wave absorption properties reveals that the improvement of La_(2)O_(3)materials to attenuate EM wave energy arises from the dielectric loss phenomenon,the enhanced interfacial polarization,multiple reflections mechanism,and conduction loss mechanism induced by the 3D structural formation of the La_(2)O_(3)structure.This work proposes a novel and efficient approach in synthesizing and modifying 3D materials for effective broadband EM wave absorption.展开更多
In geotechnical engineering,rock bolts are commonly used for reinforcement,while the surrounding rock mass bears varying degrees of shear loads.The shear rate affects the stability of bolted rock joints,especially in ...In geotechnical engineering,rock bolts are commonly used for reinforcement,while the surrounding rock mass bears varying degrees of shear loads.The shear rate affects the stability of bolted rock joints,especially in projects susceptible to dynamic shear loads.In laboratory experiments,fully-grouted bolts and energy-absorbing bolts were used as research objects,and artificial rock specimens with rough joints were fabricated to analyze the shear characteristics and damage mechanisms of bolted rock joints under cyclic shear conditions and different shear velocities.The results showed that as the shear rate increased,the shear strength of bolted rock joint specimens decreased.Degradation of asperities resulted in no obvious peak shear stress in the specimens.Energy-absorbing bolts exhibited greater deformation capacity,with significant necking phenomena and the ability to withstand larger shear displacements.In contrast,fully-grouted bolts,which have threaded surfaces that provide higher bonding performance,exhibited a reduced capacity for plastic deformation and were prone to breaking under smaller shear displacements.Although the shear stiffness of specimens reinforced by energy-absorbing bolts was slightly lower than that of fully-grouted bolt specimens,they demonstrated greater stability under various shear rates.The absorbed shear energy showed that energy-absorbing bolts had superior coordinated deformation capabilities,thus exhibiting greater absorbed shear energy than fully-grouted bolts.Overall,fully-grouted bolts are more suitable for projects requiring higher rock shear strength and overall stiffness.In contrast,energy-absorbing bolts are more suitable for coping with dynamic or fluctuating load conditions to maintain the relative stability of jointed rock masses.展开更多
Two dimensional(2D) materials based on boron and carbon have attracted wide attention due to their unique properties. BC compounds have rich active sites and diverse chemical coordination, showing great potential in o...Two dimensional(2D) materials based on boron and carbon have attracted wide attention due to their unique properties. BC compounds have rich active sites and diverse chemical coordination, showing great potential in optoelectronic applications. However, due to the limitation of calculation and experimental conditions, it is still a challenging task to predict new 2D BC monolayer materials. Specifically, we utilized Crystal Diffusion Variational Autoencoder(CDVAE) and pre-trained Materials Graph Neural Network with 3-Body Interactions(M3GNet) model to generate novel and stable BCP materials. Each crystal structure was treated as a high-dimensional vector, where the encoder extracted lattice information and element coordinates, mapping the high-dimensional data into a low-dimensional latent space. The decoder then reconstructed the latent representation back into the original data space. Additionally, our designed attribute predictor network combined the advantages of dilated convolutions and residual connections,effectively increasing the model's receptive field and learning capacity while maintaining relatively low parameter count and computational complexity. By progressively increasing the dilation rate, the model can capture features at different scales. We used the DFT data set of about 1600 BCP monolayer materials to train the diffusion model, and combined with the pre-trained M3GNet model to screen the best candidate structure. Finally, we used DFT calculations to confirm the stability of the candidate structure.The results show that the combination of generative deep learning model and attribute prediction model can help accelerate the discovery and research of new 2D materials, and provide effective methods for exploring the inverse design of new two-dimensional materials.展开更多
Recent advances in contrastive language-image pretraining(CLIP)models and generative AI have demonstrated significant capabilities in cross-modal understanding and content generation.Based on these developments,this s...Recent advances in contrastive language-image pretraining(CLIP)models and generative AI have demonstrated significant capabilities in cross-modal understanding and content generation.Based on these developments,this study introduces a novel framework for airfoil design via natural language interfaces.To the authors’knowledge,this study establishes the first end-to-end,bidirectional mapping between textual descriptions(e.g.,“low-drag supercritical wing for transonic conditions”)and parametric airfoil geometries represented by class-shape transformation parameters.The proposed approach integrates a CLIP-inspired architecture that aligns text embeddings with airfoil parameter spaces through contrastive learning,along with a semantically conditioned decoder that produces physically plausible airfoil geometries from latent representations.The experimental results validate the framework’s ability to generate aerodynamically plausible airfoils from natural language specifications and to classify airfoils accurately based on given textual labels.This research reduces the expertise threshold for preliminary airfoil design and highlights the potential for human-AI collaboration in aerospace engineering.展开更多
In this work,a novel microwave absorbing material(MAM)made of a pseudo-binary of Sr_(2)TiMoO_(6)-Al_(2)O_(3)(STM)is proposed first.The MAMs labeled as STM X(X=60,70,80 and 100,respectively),in which X is the initial w...In this work,a novel microwave absorbing material(MAM)made of a pseudo-binary of Sr_(2)TiMoO_(6)-Al_(2)O_(3)(STM)is proposed first.The MAMs labeled as STM X(X=60,70,80 and 100,respectively),in which X is the initial weight percent of Sr_(2)TiMoO_(6),were synthesized using the solid-state reaction method.Compared with STM100,some equilibrium phases,including SrTiO_(3),Mo,Sr_(8)(Al1_(2)O_(24))(MoO_(4))_(2)and a few undefined ones,are presented in the composites as evidenced by X-ray diffraction results and scanning electron microscopy due to the chemical reaction between Sr_(2)TiMoO_(6)and Al_(2)O_(3)component.Besides conductance loss,heterogeneous interfaces between various equilibrium phases introduce interfacial polarization,which causes an enhancement of dissipation for the incident electromagnetic wave.Among the synthesized samples,STM80 presents the best microwave absorbing properties.It has a minimum reflection loss(RLmin)of-26 dB and an effective absorbing bandwidth up to 2.7 GHz when the thickness is only 1 mm.This indicates that STM80 is a new type of microwave absorbing material with strong absorption and ultrathin thickness.展开更多
Concentrated solar thermal power generation has been experimentally tested in advanced countries for a period of time.This paper demonstrates how this technology can be improved by using water molecules as a medium to...Concentrated solar thermal power generation has been experimentally tested in advanced countries for a period of time.This paper demonstrates how this technology can be improved by using water molecules as a medium to drive traditional generator sets for energy conversion,thereby simultaneously improving the energy conversion rate.Additionally,a novel contribution is made by incorporating a magic number 4 to enhance the focusing efficiency of Fresnel lenses,which drives improvements in power generation output and QE(Quantum Efficiency).展开更多
The issues of seepage in calcareous sand foundations and backfillshave a potentially detrimental effect on the stability and safety of superstructures.Simplifying calcareous sand grains as spheres or ellipsoids in num...The issues of seepage in calcareous sand foundations and backfillshave a potentially detrimental effect on the stability and safety of superstructures.Simplifying calcareous sand grains as spheres or ellipsoids in numerical simulations may lead to significantinaccuracies.In this paper,we present a novel intelligence framework based on a deep convolutional generative adversarial network(DCGAN).A DCGAN model was trained using a training dataset comprising 11,625 real particles for the random generation of three-dimensional calcareous sand particles.Subsequently,3800 realistic calcareous sand particles with intra-particle voids were generated.Generative fidelityand validity of the DCGAN model were well verifiedby the consistency of the statistical values of nine morphological parameters of both the training dataset and the generated dataset.Digital calcareous sand columns were obtained through gravitational deposition simulation of the generated particles.Directional seepage simulations were conducted,and the vertical permeability values of the sand columns were found to be in accordance with the objective law.The results demonstrate the potential of the proposed framework for stochastic modeling and multi-scale simulation of the seepage behaviors in calcareous sand foundations and backfills.展开更多
To ensure an uninterrupted power supply,mobile power sources(MPS)are widely deployed in power grids during emergencies.Comprising mobile emergency generators(MEGs)and mobile energy storage systems(MESS),MPS are capabl...To ensure an uninterrupted power supply,mobile power sources(MPS)are widely deployed in power grids during emergencies.Comprising mobile emergency generators(MEGs)and mobile energy storage systems(MESS),MPS are capable of supplying power to critical loads and serving as backup sources during grid contingencies,offering advantages such as flexibility and high resilience through electricity delivery via transportation networks.This paper proposes a design method for a 400 V–10 kV Dual-Winding Induction Generator(DWIG)intended for MEG applications,employing an improved particle swarmoptimization(PSO)algorithmbased on a back-propagation neural network(BPNN).A parameterized finite element(FE)model of the DWIG is established to derive constraints on its dimensional parameters,thereby simplifying the optimization space.Through sensitivity analysis between temperature rise and electromagnetic loss of the DWIG,the main factors influencing the machine’s temperature are identified,and electromagnetic loss is determined as the optimization objective.To obtain an accurate fitting function between electromagnetic loss and dimensional parameters,the BPNN is employed to predict the nonlinear relationship between the optimization objective and the parameters.The Latin hypercube sampling(LHS)method is used for random sampling in the FE model analysis for training,testing,and validation,which is then applied to compute the cost function in the PSO.Based on the relationships obtained by the BPNN,the PSO algorithm evaluates the fitness and cost functions to determine the optimal design point.The proposed optimization method is validated by comparing simulation results between the initial design and the optimized design.展开更多
文摘The extended Brinkman Darcy model for momentum equations and an energy equation is used to calculate the unsteady natural convection Couette flow of a viscous incompressible heat generating/absorbing fluid in a vertical channel （formed by two infinite vertical and parallel plates） filled with the fluid-saturated porous medium. The flow is triggered by the asymmetric heating and the accelerated motion of one of the bounding plates. The governing equations are simplified by the reasonable dimensionless parameters and solved analytically by the Laplace transform techniques to obtain the closed form solutions of the velocity and temperature profiles. Then, the skin friction and the rate of heat transfer are consequently derived. It is noticed that, at different sections within the vertical channel, the fluid flow and the temperature profiles increase with time, which are both higher near the moving plate. In particular, increasing the gap between the plates increases the velocity and the temperature of the fluid, however, reduces the skin friction and the rate of heat transfer.
文摘This study considers a theoretical analysis of natural convection flow of heat generating/absorbing fluid near an infinite vertical plate with ramped temperature. It is assumed that the bounding plate has a ramped temperature profile. Exact solutions of energy and momentum equations are obtained using the Laplacetransform techniques. Solutions are obtained for different values of the Prandtl number (Pr) and the heat sink parameter (S). Results of the ramped and isothermal temperature and velocity as well as Nusselt number and skin friction have been compared and presented with the help of graphs.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2023YFB3907304-3)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(62271050)。
文摘A methodology for the reduction of radar cross section(RCS)of cambered platforms within the target airspace is presented,which utilizes a dual-polarized ultra-wide-angle artificial electromagnetic absorbing surface.By applying the theory of generalized Brewster complex wave impedance matching,five distinct unit cell designs are developed to attain more than95%absorption rate for dual-polarized incident waves within five angular ranges:0°-30°,30°-50°,50°-60°,60°-70°,and 70°-80°.To optimally reduce the RCS of a cambered platform,the five types of units can be evenly distributed on the surface based on the local incident angles of plane waves originating from the target airspace.As an illustrative example,the leading edge of an airfoil is taken into account,and experimental measurements validate the efficiency of the proposed structure.Specifically,the absorbing surface achieves more than 10 dB of RCS reduction in the frequency ranges from 5-10 GHz(about66.7%relative bandwidth)for dual polarizations.
基金supported by the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi)
文摘Though the formation of polysulfide is desirable,as it contributes to the capacity build-up,it must not leak into the electrolyte.The loss of polysulfide causes capacity fade,a change in the local chemistry of the electrolyte,and anode poisoning.Constant efforts are in progress to find suitable polysulfide-absorbing materials;however,the magical polysulfide absorber is yet to be discovered or developed.Experimental methods alone often fall short in accelerating the investigations may be due to the complex Nature of the testing.This review focuses on the importance of computational methods,particularly density functional theory(DFT),in screening suitable polysulfide absorbers.It highlights the critical role of anchoring materials in improving Na-S battery performance,including pristine and doped graphene,metal–organic frameworks,carbon Nanofibers,vanadium disulfide,MXenes,and metal sulfides.By examining adsorption energies,charge transfer mechanisms,and catalytic properties,this review provides insights into the design of advanced materials that can effectively immobilize polysulfides and enhance battery stability.The review aims to guide future research efforts toward the development of high-performance RT Na-S batteries through a comprehensive understanding of the polysulfide-absorbing materials.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.:52202423,U2268211,and 52475136)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant Nos.:2022M712636 and 2023T160546)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province(Grant No.:2025ZNSFSC0398)the Independent R&D Project of the State Key Laboratory of Traction Power(Grant No.:2023TPL-T14).
文摘Since the view that the localized rail third-order bending mode can cause high-order polygonization(mainly 18-23)of high-speed train wheels was put forward in 2017,many scholars have attempted to link a connection between the localized rail bending modes and wheel polygonization phenomenon and polygonal wheel passing frequency.This paper first establishes a flexible track model considering the structural and parametric characteristics of fasteners,verifies the model by using vehicle tracking test data,then investigates the influence of fastener parameter matching on the localized rail bending modes,and obtains the following conclusions:(1)There is nearly a 1:1 mapping relationship between the localized rail bending modal frequency and polygonal wheel passing(PWP)frequency,which supports that the localized rail bending mode is one of the causes of wheel polygonization.(2)The iron plate of the fastener system plays a role of dynamic vibration absorber in the vehicle-rail coupled system,and the fastener parameters significantly influence the localized rail bending modal vibration.Finally,this paper proposes a design principle of a high-frequency vibration-absorbing fastener,which provides a feasible solution to mitigate the localized rail bending modal vibration and high-order wheel polygonization.Meanwhile,it points out that this measure may induce other high-frequency vibration problems,e.g.,aggravating modal vibration above 800 Hz.Further,this paper proposes a concept of differentiated arrangement of fasteners,suggesting that different high-frequency vibration-absorbing fasteners be installed in different sections of the whole line to make the localized rail bending modal frequency of the whole line disordered,thus disrupting and further mitigating the development of the wheel polygonization.
基金supported by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (No.2023A1515010093)the Shenzhen Fundamental Research Program (Stable Support Plan Program)(Nos.JCYJ20220809170611004, 20231121110828001 and 20231121113641002)the National Taipei University of Technology-Shenzhen University Joint Research Program (No.2024001)。
文摘In this paper, we have demonstrated an Er-doped ultrafast laser with a single mode fiber-gradient index multimode fiber-single mode fiber(SMF-GIMF-SMF, SMS) structure as saturable absorber(SA), which can generate not only stable single-pulse state, but also special mode-locked pulses with the characteristics of high energy and noisy behaviors at proper pump power and cavity polarization state. In addition, we have deeply investigated the real-time spectral evolutions of the mode-locked pulses through the dispersive Fourier transformation(DFT) technique. It can be found that the pulse regime can actually consist of a lot of small noise pulses with randomly varying intensities. We believe that these results will further enrich the nonlinear dynamical processes in the ultrafast lasers.
基金Financial supports for this work provided by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (No.2008BAB31B02) is gratefully acknowledged
文摘The Cyclonic-Static Microbubble Flotation Column (FCSMC) is currently a widely used, novel type of flotation device. The self-absorbing microbubble generator is the core component of this device. The structure of the microbubble generator directly influences flotation column performance by affecting bubble size and distribution as well as gas holdup in the column. However, the complicated flow inside the generator results in high R&D costs and difficulty in testing. Thus, the CFD software, FLUENT, was used to simulate the gas-liquid two-phase flow inside a self-absorbing microbubble generator. The effect of area ratio, a key structural parameter, was studied in detail. Critical flow-field parameters including velocity, turbulent kinetic energy, minimum static pressure and gas holdup were obtained. The simulation results demonstrate that the optimum area ratio is 3.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52231007)the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province(No.2022JM-248)+1 种基金the Creative Research Foundation of the Science and Technology on Thermostructural Composite Materials Laboratorythe Doctoral Scientific Research Foundation of Shaanxi University of Science&Technology(No.BJ16-06).
文摘The dielectric loss of carbon materials is closely related to the microstructure and the degree of crystallization,and the microstructure modulation of electromagnetic wave absorbing carbon materials is the key to enhancing absorption properties.In this work,a porous elastic Co@CNF-PDMS composite was prepared by freeze-drying and confined catalysis.The graphitization degree and conductivity loss of carbon nanofibers(CNFs)were regulated by heat treatment temperature and Co catalyst content.The construction of a heterointerface between Co and C enhances the interfacial polarization loss.The Co@CNF-PDMS composite with 4.5 mm achieves the minimum reflection loss(RLmin)of-81.0 dB at 9.9 GHz and RL no higher than-12.1 dB in the whole of the X-band.After applying a load of up to 40% strain and 100 cycles to Co@CNF-PDMS,the dielectric properties of the composite remain stable.With the increase of compression strain,the distribution density of the absorbent increases,and the CNF sheet layer extrusion contact forms a conductive path,which leads to the conductive loss increase,finally,the absorption band moves to a high frequency.The absorption band can be bi-directionally regulated by loading and strain with good stability,which provides a new strategy for the development of intelligent electromagnetic wave absorbing materials.
基金supported by the Spanish Government(ISCIII-FEDER)PI20/01063by Navarra Government(PC 060-061 and PC 192-193)Fundación Gangoiti(to MSA).LA was funded by FPU19/03255.
文摘Neuroinflammation is associated with Parkinson’s disease:Reactive gliosis and neuroinflammation are hallmarks of Parkinson’s disease(PD),a multisystem neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons.Neuroinflammation has long been considered a mere consequence of neuronal loss,but whether it promotes PD or is a key player in disease progression remains to be determined.Human leukocyte antigen.
文摘The Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method is a well-known technique for the analysis of quantum devices. It solves a discretized Schrodinger equation in an iterative process. However, the method provides only a second-order accurate numerical solution and requires that the spatial grid size and time step should satisfy a very restricted condition in order to prevent the numerical solution from diverging. In this article, we present a generalized FDTD method with absorbing boundary condition for solving the one-dimensional (1D) time-dependent Schr?dinger equation and obtain a more relaxed condition for stability. The generalized FDTD scheme is tested by simulating a particle moving in free space and then hitting an energy potential. Numerical results coincide with those obtained based on the theoretical analysis.
文摘This study presents a comparative analysis of a complex SQL benchmark, TPC-DS, with two existing text-to-SQL benchmarks, BIRD and Spider. Our findings reveal that TPC-DS queries exhibit a significantly higher level of structural complexity compared to the other two benchmarks. This underscores the need for more intricate benchmarks to simulate realistic scenarios effectively. To facilitate this comparison, we devised several measures of structural complexity and applied them across all three benchmarks. The results of this study can guide future research in the development of more sophisticated text-to-SQL benchmarks. We utilized 11 distinct Language Models (LLMs) to generate SQL queries based on the query descriptions provided by the TPC-DS benchmark. The prompt engineering process incorporated both the query description as outlined in the TPC-DS specification and the database schema of TPC-DS. Our findings indicate that the current state-of-the-art generative AI models fall short in generating accurate decision-making queries. We conducted a comparison of the generated queries with the TPC-DS gold standard queries using a series of fuzzy structure matching techniques based on query features. The results demonstrated that the accuracy of the generated queries is insufficient for practical real-world application.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12164030)Young Science and Technology Talents of Inner Mongolia,China(Grant No.NJYT22101)+1 种基金the Central Government Guides Local Science,the Technology Development Fund Projects(Grant No.2023ZY0005)the Science and Technology Plan Projects of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China(Grant No.2023KYPT0012)。
文摘In the last few years,research on advanced ultrafast photonic devices has attracted great interest from laser physicists.As a semiconductor material with excellent nonlinear saturation absorption characteristics,Ga As has been used in solidstate and fiber lasers as a mode-locker.However,the pulse widths that have been reported in the searchable published literature are all long and the shortest is tens of picoseconds.Femtosecond pulse widths,desired for a variety of applications,have not yet been reported in Ga As-based pulsed lasers.In this work,we further explore the nonlinear characteristics of Ga As that has been magnetron sputtered onto the surface of a tapered fiber and its application in the generation of femtosecond lasing via effective dispersion optimization and nonlinearity management.With the enhanced interaction between evanescent waves and Ga As nanosheets,mode-locked soliton pulses as short as 830 fs are generated at repetition rates of 4.64 MHz.As far as we know,this is the first time that femtosecond-level pulses have been generated with a Ga As-based saturable absorber.In addition,soliton molecules,including in the dual-pulse state,are also realized under stronger pumping.This work demonstrates that Ga As-based photonic devices have good application prospects in effective polymorphous ultrashort pulsed laser generation.
基金Project supported by National Research and Innovation Agency through Rumah Program Organisasi Riset Nanoteknologi dan Material Maj u(ORNM)2024Indonesia Ministry of Finance through the competitive research program of RISPRO Kompetisi(PRJ-68/LPDP/2023)。
文摘Structural modification of three dimensional(3D)materials for the application of dielectric loss-based microwave absorbing materials(MAMs)usually relies on intricate synthesis process and can pose challenges in terms of scalability and mass production for practical application.In this work,we reported a successful attempt in modifying the 3D structure of mesoporous lanthanum oxide(La_(2)O_(3))for effective broadband MAMs candidate via simple co-precipitation process.The inclusion of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide(CTAB)and hydrothermal aging treatment result in a significant transformation of La_(2)O_(3)particles from their original polygonal form to a 3D coral-like and nano needle-like structure.The utilization of CTAB and hydrothermal aging results in the increase of surface area and a two-fold increase in pore volume of the resulting La_(2)O_(3).Due to its unique 3D structure,the 3D coral-like and nano needle-like La_(2)O_(3)materials possess a broadband electromagnetic(EM)wave absorption characteristic with the effective absorption bandwidth(EAB)covering the C-band frequency range.Specifically,in the La_(2)O_(3)C-H sample(with CTAB-with hydrothermal),it exhibits strong EM wave absorption with a reflection loss(RL)value of-33.07 dB which equals to 99.95%EM wave absorption at a thickness of only 1.50 mm.The detailed analysis of EM wave absorption properties reveals that the improvement of La_(2)O_(3)materials to attenuate EM wave energy arises from the dielectric loss phenomenon,the enhanced interfacial polarization,multiple reflections mechanism,and conduction loss mechanism induced by the 3D structural formation of the La_(2)O_(3)structure.This work proposes a novel and efficient approach in synthesizing and modifying 3D materials for effective broadband EM wave absorption.
基金partially funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52179098 and 41907251)the State Scholarship Fund of China(Grant No.202306650001).
文摘In geotechnical engineering,rock bolts are commonly used for reinforcement,while the surrounding rock mass bears varying degrees of shear loads.The shear rate affects the stability of bolted rock joints,especially in projects susceptible to dynamic shear loads.In laboratory experiments,fully-grouted bolts and energy-absorbing bolts were used as research objects,and artificial rock specimens with rough joints were fabricated to analyze the shear characteristics and damage mechanisms of bolted rock joints under cyclic shear conditions and different shear velocities.The results showed that as the shear rate increased,the shear strength of bolted rock joint specimens decreased.Degradation of asperities resulted in no obvious peak shear stress in the specimens.Energy-absorbing bolts exhibited greater deformation capacity,with significant necking phenomena and the ability to withstand larger shear displacements.In contrast,fully-grouted bolts,which have threaded surfaces that provide higher bonding performance,exhibited a reduced capacity for plastic deformation and were prone to breaking under smaller shear displacements.Although the shear stiffness of specimens reinforced by energy-absorbing bolts was slightly lower than that of fully-grouted bolt specimens,they demonstrated greater stability under various shear rates.The absorbed shear energy showed that energy-absorbing bolts had superior coordinated deformation capabilities,thus exhibiting greater absorbed shear energy than fully-grouted bolts.Overall,fully-grouted bolts are more suitable for projects requiring higher rock shear strength and overall stiffness.In contrast,energy-absorbing bolts are more suitable for coping with dynamic or fluctuating load conditions to maintain the relative stability of jointed rock masses.
基金supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61671362 and 62071366)。
文摘Two dimensional(2D) materials based on boron and carbon have attracted wide attention due to their unique properties. BC compounds have rich active sites and diverse chemical coordination, showing great potential in optoelectronic applications. However, due to the limitation of calculation and experimental conditions, it is still a challenging task to predict new 2D BC monolayer materials. Specifically, we utilized Crystal Diffusion Variational Autoencoder(CDVAE) and pre-trained Materials Graph Neural Network with 3-Body Interactions(M3GNet) model to generate novel and stable BCP materials. Each crystal structure was treated as a high-dimensional vector, where the encoder extracted lattice information and element coordinates, mapping the high-dimensional data into a low-dimensional latent space. The decoder then reconstructed the latent representation back into the original data space. Additionally, our designed attribute predictor network combined the advantages of dilated convolutions and residual connections,effectively increasing the model's receptive field and learning capacity while maintaining relatively low parameter count and computational complexity. By progressively increasing the dilation rate, the model can capture features at different scales. We used the DFT data set of about 1600 BCP monolayer materials to train the diffusion model, and combined with the pre-trained M3GNet model to screen the best candidate structure. Finally, we used DFT calculations to confirm the stability of the candidate structure.The results show that the combination of generative deep learning model and attribute prediction model can help accelerate the discovery and research of new 2D materials, and provide effective methods for exploring the inverse design of new two-dimensional materials.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.U23A2069,12372288,12388101,and 92152301)Jilin Province Science and Technology Development Program,China(Grant No.20220301013GX)Aeronautical Science Foundation of China(Grant No.2020Z006058002)。
文摘Recent advances in contrastive language-image pretraining(CLIP)models and generative AI have demonstrated significant capabilities in cross-modal understanding and content generation.Based on these developments,this study introduces a novel framework for airfoil design via natural language interfaces.To the authors’knowledge,this study establishes the first end-to-end,bidirectional mapping between textual descriptions(e.g.,“low-drag supercritical wing for transonic conditions”)and parametric airfoil geometries represented by class-shape transformation parameters.The proposed approach integrates a CLIP-inspired architecture that aligns text embeddings with airfoil parameter spaces through contrastive learning,along with a semantically conditioned decoder that produces physically plausible airfoil geometries from latent representations.The experimental results validate the framework’s ability to generate aerodynamically plausible airfoils from natural language specifications and to classify airfoils accurately based on given textual labels.This research reduces the expertise threshold for preliminary airfoil design and highlights the potential for human-AI collaboration in aerospace engineering.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52402078)Yunnan Major Scientific and Technological Projects(No.202302AG050010)+1 种基金Yunnan Fundamental Research Projects(No.202201BE070001-008)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2022YFB3708600)。
文摘In this work,a novel microwave absorbing material(MAM)made of a pseudo-binary of Sr_(2)TiMoO_(6)-Al_(2)O_(3)(STM)is proposed first.The MAMs labeled as STM X(X=60,70,80 and 100,respectively),in which X is the initial weight percent of Sr_(2)TiMoO_(6),were synthesized using the solid-state reaction method.Compared with STM100,some equilibrium phases,including SrTiO_(3),Mo,Sr_(8)(Al1_(2)O_(24))(MoO_(4))_(2)and a few undefined ones,are presented in the composites as evidenced by X-ray diffraction results and scanning electron microscopy due to the chemical reaction between Sr_(2)TiMoO_(6)and Al_(2)O_(3)component.Besides conductance loss,heterogeneous interfaces between various equilibrium phases introduce interfacial polarization,which causes an enhancement of dissipation for the incident electromagnetic wave.Among the synthesized samples,STM80 presents the best microwave absorbing properties.It has a minimum reflection loss(RLmin)of-26 dB and an effective absorbing bandwidth up to 2.7 GHz when the thickness is only 1 mm.This indicates that STM80 is a new type of microwave absorbing material with strong absorption and ultrathin thickness.
文摘Concentrated solar thermal power generation has been experimentally tested in advanced countries for a period of time.This paper demonstrates how this technology can be improved by using water molecules as a medium to drive traditional generator sets for energy conversion,thereby simultaneously improving the energy conversion rate.Additionally,a novel contribution is made by incorporating a magic number 4 to enhance the focusing efficiency of Fresnel lenses,which drives improvements in power generation output and QE(Quantum Efficiency).
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42077232)the National Natural Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scholars of China(Grant No.52222110)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.14380229).
文摘The issues of seepage in calcareous sand foundations and backfillshave a potentially detrimental effect on the stability and safety of superstructures.Simplifying calcareous sand grains as spheres or ellipsoids in numerical simulations may lead to significantinaccuracies.In this paper,we present a novel intelligence framework based on a deep convolutional generative adversarial network(DCGAN).A DCGAN model was trained using a training dataset comprising 11,625 real particles for the random generation of three-dimensional calcareous sand particles.Subsequently,3800 realistic calcareous sand particles with intra-particle voids were generated.Generative fidelityand validity of the DCGAN model were well verifiedby the consistency of the statistical values of nine morphological parameters of both the training dataset and the generated dataset.Digital calcareous sand columns were obtained through gravitational deposition simulation of the generated particles.Directional seepage simulations were conducted,and the vertical permeability values of the sand columns were found to be in accordance with the objective law.The results demonstrate the potential of the proposed framework for stochastic modeling and multi-scale simulation of the seepage behaviors in calcareous sand foundations and backfills.
基金funded by the Science and Technology Projects of State Grid Corporation of China(Project No.J2024136).
文摘To ensure an uninterrupted power supply,mobile power sources(MPS)are widely deployed in power grids during emergencies.Comprising mobile emergency generators(MEGs)and mobile energy storage systems(MESS),MPS are capable of supplying power to critical loads and serving as backup sources during grid contingencies,offering advantages such as flexibility and high resilience through electricity delivery via transportation networks.This paper proposes a design method for a 400 V–10 kV Dual-Winding Induction Generator(DWIG)intended for MEG applications,employing an improved particle swarmoptimization(PSO)algorithmbased on a back-propagation neural network(BPNN).A parameterized finite element(FE)model of the DWIG is established to derive constraints on its dimensional parameters,thereby simplifying the optimization space.Through sensitivity analysis between temperature rise and electromagnetic loss of the DWIG,the main factors influencing the machine’s temperature are identified,and electromagnetic loss is determined as the optimization objective.To obtain an accurate fitting function between electromagnetic loss and dimensional parameters,the BPNN is employed to predict the nonlinear relationship between the optimization objective and the parameters.The Latin hypercube sampling(LHS)method is used for random sampling in the FE model analysis for training,testing,and validation,which is then applied to compute the cost function in the PSO.Based on the relationships obtained by the BPNN,the PSO algorithm evaluates the fitness and cost functions to determine the optimal design point.The proposed optimization method is validated by comparing simulation results between the initial design and the optimized design.
