The indentation test is a localized testing technique;therefore,the role of the material size-effect and local non-uniformity is of much importance.The influence of the heterogeneity in size-independent materials has ...The indentation test is a localized testing technique;therefore,the role of the material size-effect and local non-uniformity is of much importance.The influence of the heterogeneity in size-independent materials has been studied previously.The present work detailedly investigated the influence of the material size-effect and heterogeneity(inclusions near the indenter tip)on the indentation hardness using a size-dependent strain gradient plastic theory.And it was found that when considering the material size-ffect,shallow hard inclusions in the heterogeneous materials more significantly enhance the material indentation hardness compared with the size-independent materials which are based on the conventional plastic theory.This hardening effect is be-lieved to be related to the elevation of the load and local constraints of large deformation.The effect of material inhomogeneity mainly comes from the non-uniformity of the structure rather than the inclusion modulus itself especially when the size-effect is involved,and the transition range of the inclusion modulus'influence is pretty narrow.The effect of non-uniformity becomes negligible after the initial inclusion depth is larger than its diameter.The horizontal offset of the indenter from the inclusion is also of much sensitivity to the influence of the heterogeneous indentation.This paper focuses on the scaling relationships in micro-and nanoindentation,the influence of non-uniformity in microscopic materials is studied and supplemented as well.展开更多
The relationships between soil total nitrogen(STN)and influencing factors are scale-dependent.The objective of this study was to identify the multi-scale spatial relationships of STN with selected environmental factor...The relationships between soil total nitrogen(STN)and influencing factors are scale-dependent.The objective of this study was to identify the multi-scale spatial relationships of STN with selected environmental factors(elevation,slope and topographic wetness index),intrinsic soil factors(soil bulk density,sand content,silt content,and clay content)and combined environmental factors(including the first two principal components(PC1 and PC2)of the Vis-NIR soil spectra)along three sampling transects located at the upstream,midstream and downstream of Taiyuan Basin on the Chinese Loess Plateau.We separated the multivariate data series of STN and influencing factors at each transect into six intrinsic mode functions(IMFs)and one residue by multivariate empirical mode decomposition(MEMD).Meanwhile,we obtained the predicted equations of STN based on MEMD by stepwise multiple linear regression(SMLR).The results indicated that the dominant scales of explained variance in STN were at scale 995 m for transect 1,at scales 956 and 8852 m for transect 2,and at scales 972,5716 and 12,317 m for transect 3.Multi-scale correlation coefficients between STN and influencing factors were less significant in transect 3 than in transects 1 and 2.The goodness of fit root mean square error(RMSE),normalized root mean square error(NRMSE),and coefficient of determination(R2)indicated that the prediction of STN at the sampling scale by summing all of the predicted IMFs and residue was more accurate than that by SMLR directly.Therefore,the multi-scale method of MEMD has a good potential in characterizing the multi-scale spatial relationships between STN and influencing factors at the basin landscape scale.展开更多
Quantile regression（QR） is proposed to examine the relationships between large-scale atmospheric variables and all parts of the distribution of daily precipitation amount at Beijing Station from 1960 to 2008. QR is ...Quantile regression（QR） is proposed to examine the relationships between large-scale atmospheric variables and all parts of the distribution of daily precipitation amount at Beijing Station from 1960 to 2008. QR is also applied to evaluate the relationship between large-scale predictors and extreme precipitation（90th quantile） at 238 stations in northern China.Finally, QR is used to fit observed daily precipitation amounts for wet days at four sample stations. Results show that meridional wind and specific humidity at both 850 h Pa and 500 h Pa（V850, SH850, V500, and SH500） strongly affect all parts of the Beijing precipitation distribution during the wet season（April–September）. Meridional wind, zonal wind, and specific humidity at only 850 h Pa（V850, U850, SH850） are significantly related to the precipitation distribution in the dry season（October–March）. Impacts of these large-scale predictors on the daily precipitation amount with higher quantile become stronger, whereas their impact on light precipitation is negligible. In addition, SH850 has a strong relationship with wet-season extreme precipitation across the entire region, whereas the impacts of V850, V500, and SH500 are mainly in semi-arid and semi-humid areas. For the dry season, both SH850 and V850 are the major predictors of extreme precipitation in the entire region. Moreover, QR can satisfactorily simulate the daily precipitation amount at each station and for each season, if an optimum distribution family is selected. Therefore, QR is valuable for detecting the relationship between the large-scale predictors and the daily precipitation amount.展开更多
Efficient and stable electrocatalysts are essential for seawater splitting to sustain electrolysis without chloride corrosion,particularly at the anode.Furthermore,the oxygen evolution reaction(OER)requires high overp...Efficient and stable electrocatalysts are essential for seawater splitting to sustain electrolysis without chloride corrosion,particularly at the anode.Furthermore,the oxygen evolution reaction(OER)requires high overpotential due to the universal scaling relationship.Herein,molybdenum doping FeNi_(2)Se_(4)with lattice distortion is proposed to break the scaling relationship.Mo-FeNi_(2)Se_(4)shows high performance in direct seawater electrolysis and achieves current densities of 10 and 100 mA cm^(−2) at overpotentials of 190 and 250 mV,respectively,together with high OER selectivity and long-term stability.It is found that the lattice distortion induced by Mo doping in(3 1 0)plane of FeNi_(2)Se_(4),leads to a decrease in the d-band center and the adsorption energy of ^(*)O,which not only breaks the scaling relationship of OER but also lowers the energy barriers of rate-determining step.Moreover,it enhances the corrosion resistance to Cl^(−),and realizes the high-efficiency seawater electrolysis driven by photovoltaic.展开更多
The catalytic activity and selectivity of CO_(2)reduction reaction(CO_(2)RR)towards C1 and C2 products are fundamentally restricted by the inherent linear scaling relationship among the adsorption-free energies of int...The catalytic activity and selectivity of CO_(2)reduction reaction(CO_(2)RR)towards C1 and C2 products are fundamentally restricted by the inherent linear scaling relationship among the adsorption-free energies of intermediates.To face this challenge,we have proposed a novel multifunctional M1M2@BN electrocatalysts to break the linear scaling relationships in CO_(2)RR and efficiently obtain C1 and C2 products.Our results reveal that the optimal limiting potential is increased from−0.58 V for M@BN to−0.39 V for M1M2@BN,which achieves ultrahigh activity of CO_(2)RR.Further mechanism analysis illuminates that M1M2@BN can selectivity modulate the adsorption strength of OCHO*and OCH_(2)O*/OCHOH*,breaking the linear scaling relationship of adsorption-free energies of key intermediates to achieve the enhanced catalytic activity.Notably,the sufficient active sites on M_(1)M_(2)@BN electrocatalysts can promote the sluggish C–C coupling by capturing two CO intermediates simultaneously,further generating high-value multi-carbon(CH_(2)CH_(2)OH)products.Meanwhile,the thermodynamic stability of M1M2@BN has been demonstrated by ab initio molecular dynamics(AIMD)simulations,which shows the feasibility of commercial application in CO_(2)RR.Our findings provide a novel strategy to modulate the binding strength of intermediates and develop the design of efficient multi-active-site CO_(2)RR electrocatalysts.展开更多
堆煤是输送机常见故障之一,为了保障煤矿工业生产的安全,需要对煤矿井下输送机的堆煤情况进行检测。然而现有的检测方法存在容易误触、检测可靠性较差等缺点,针对这些问题提出一种基于Transformer统一多尺度时序卷积(unified multi-scal...堆煤是输送机常见故障之一,为了保障煤矿工业生产的安全,需要对煤矿井下输送机的堆煤情况进行检测。然而现有的检测方法存在容易误触、检测可靠性较差等缺点,针对这些问题提出一种基于Transformer统一多尺度时序卷积(unified multi-scale temporal ConvTransformer,UnMS-TCT)网络用于输送机堆煤检测。首先融合RGB帧和光流帧提取的特征,使网络更全面地建模时空关系;然后在时序编码器中,将动态位置嵌入(dynamic position embedding,DPE),多头关系聚合器(multi-head relation aggregator,MHRA)以及多层感知机(multilayer perceptron,MLP)组成的全局模块,交叉注意力(cross-attention,CA)组成的局部模块,以交替方式形成全局-局部关系模块,增强多尺度下获取全局和局部时间关系的能力;其次利用残差全局-局部融合(residual global and local fusion,ResGLFus)模块融合多尺度特征,有效地提高融合过程的稳定性,最终实现高精度堆煤预测。实验结果表明:该方法能够实现对输送机堆煤的检测,mAP达到98.17%。展开更多
The oxygen evolution reaction(OER)is the essential module in energy conversion and storage devices such as electrolyzer,rechargeable metal–air batteries and regenerative fuel cells.The adsorption energy scaling relat...The oxygen evolution reaction(OER)is the essential module in energy conversion and storage devices such as electrolyzer,rechargeable metal–air batteries and regenerative fuel cells.The adsorption energy scaling relations between the reaction intermediates,however,impose a large intrinsic overpotential and sluggish reaction kinetics on OER catalysts.Developing advanced electrocatalysts with high activity and stability based on non-noble metal materials is still a grand challenge.Central to the rational design of novel and high-efficiency catalysts is the development and understanding of quantitative structure–activity relationships,which correlate the catalytic activities with structural and electronic descriptors.This paper comprehensively reviews the benchmark descriptors for OER electrolysis,aiming to give an in-depth understanding on the origins of the electrocatalytic activity of the OER and further contribute to building the theory of electrocatalysis.Meanwhile,the cutting-edge research frontiers for proposing new OER paradigms and crucial strategies to circumvent the scaling relationship are also summarized.Challenges,opportunities and perspectives are discussed,intending to shed some light on the rational design concepts and advance the development of more efficient catalysts for enhancing OER performance.展开更多
Landslides produce large quantities of sediment deposits and reduce reservoir life. This study investigated landslides at the Shihmen Reservoir basin in Taiwan that were induced by Typhoon Sinlaku and Typhoon Jangmi i...Landslides produce large quantities of sediment deposits and reduce reservoir life. This study investigated landslides at the Shihmen Reservoir basin in Taiwan that were induced by Typhoon Sinlaku and Typhoon Jangmi in 2008. We formulate scaling relationships between landslide erosion volume and area and conclude that sediment budget can be estimated based on the easier-todetermine landslide erosion area. The methodologies applied for the investigation were geomorphological analysis through 5 m × 5 m digital terrain models(DTMs) of the basin created before and after the landslide events and spatial analysis through a geographic information system. The erosion area and volume of landslides were measured through the subtraction of DTMs produced before and after the events. Statistical analysis revealed that the landslide erosion frequency–magnitude distribution exhibited power-law behaviors with a scaling exponent of 2.15 for the frequency–area distribution and 1.66 for the frequency–volume distribution. This paper proposes different scaling relationships for different moving depths, and landslide erosion volumes were estimated on the basis of depth; thus, landslides of different scales can be distinguished to avoid errors in volume estimation. Two different scaling exponents are proposed: 1.21 for landslide erosions with depths of less than 2 m and 1.01 for landslide erosions with depths of more than 2 m. The proposed scaling relationships are practical for landslide erosion volume estimation by different depths according to the landslide area, and they can provide preliminary results for sediment budget planning in a reservoir basin.展开更多
Though touted as a potential way to realize clean ammonia synthesis,electrochemical ammonia synthesis is currently limited by its catalytic efficiency.Great effort has been made to find catalysts with improved activit...Though touted as a potential way to realize clean ammonia synthesis,electrochemical ammonia synthesis is currently limited by its catalytic efficiency.Great effort has been made to find catalysts with improved activity toward electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction(eNRR).Rational screening of catalysts can be facilitated using the volcano relationship between catalytic activity and adsorption energy of an intermediate,namely,the activity descriptor.In this work,we proposeΔG^(*)_(NH_(2))+ΔG^(*)_(NNH)as a combinatorial descriptor,which shows better predictive power than traditional descriptors using the adsorption free energies of single intermediates.The volcano plots based on the combinatorial descriptor exhibits peak activity fixedly at the descriptor value corresponding to the formation free energy of NH3,regardless of the catalyst types;while the descriptor values correspond to the top activities for eNRR on volcano plots based on single descriptors usually vary with the types of catalysts.展开更多
The scaling relationship between leaf area and total mass of plant has important implications for understanding resource allocations in the plant.The model of West,Brown and Enquist(WBE model)considers that a 3/4 scal...The scaling relationship between leaf area and total mass of plant has important implications for understanding resource allocations in the plant.The model of West,Brown and Enquist(WBE model)considers that a 3/4 scaling exponent of metabolic rate versus total mass to be optimal for each plant and has been confirmed numerous times.Although leaf area is a better proxy of the metabolic rate than leaf mass,few studies have focused on the scaling exponent of leaf area versus total mass and even fewer have discussed the diversification of this scaling exponent across different conditions.Here,I analyzed the scaling exponent of leaf area versus total mass of sample plots across world plants.I found that as the plant grows,it allocates fewer resources to photosynthetic tissues than expected by the WBE model.The results also empirically show that this scaling exponent varies significantly for different plant leaf habit,taxonomic class and geographic region.Therefore,leaf strategy in response to environmental pressure and constraint clearly plays a significant role.展开更多
In Electromagnetic Welding (EMW) process, the capacitive energy is the source of input energy. The tool that is used for welding comprises of an electromagnetic coil. The job piece to be welded is placed in close prox...In Electromagnetic Welding (EMW) process, the capacitive energy is the source of input energy. The tool that is used for welding comprises of an electromagnetic coil. The job piece to be welded is placed in close proximity with the coil. The welding is achieved by impact, when the colliding job pieces are accelerated towards each other by the Lorentz force. The electromagnetic and mechanical properties/ parameters of the equipment, tool and the job govern the overall welding process. We have described a procedure to calculate the capacitive input energies for jobs of different sizes. Data is given for welding of strips of aluminium, copper and S.S. in similar and dissimilar combinations. Since the EMW technique is used in limited applications, this type of data is not available. We have validated our model with some data available in the literature. It is hoped that, this information will help the designer, to select and standardize the system and process parameters.展开更多
A new method of multi-scale modeling and display of geologic data is introduced to provide information with appropriate detail levels for different types of research. The multi-scale display mode employs a model exten...A new method of multi-scale modeling and display of geologic data is introduced to provide information with appropriate detail levels for different types of research. The multi-scale display mode employs a model extending existing 2D methods into 3D space. Geologic models with different scales are organized by segmenting data into orthogonal blocks. A flow diagram illustrates an octree method for upscaling between blocks with different scales. Upscaling data from the smallest unit cells takes into account their average size and the Burgers vector when there are mismatches. A geocellular model of the Chengdao Reservoir of the Shengli Oilfield, China is taken as an illustrative case, showing that the methods proposed can construct a multi-scale geologic model correctly and display data from the multi-scale model effectively in 3D.展开更多
A set of new parameterizations for the friction velocity and temperature scale over gently sloped terrain and in calm synoptic conditions are theoretically derived. The friction velocity is found to be proportional to...A set of new parameterizations for the friction velocity and temperature scale over gently sloped terrain and in calm synoptic conditions are theoretically derived. The friction velocity is found to be proportional to the product of the square root of the total accumulated heating in the boundary layer and the sinusoidal function of the slope angle, while the temperature scale is proportional to the product of the boundary layer depth, the sinusoidal function of the slope angle and the potential temperature gradient in the free atmosphere. Using the new friction velocity parameterization, together with a parameterization of eddy diffusivity and an initial potential temperature profile around sunrise, an improved parameterization for the thermally induced upslope flow profile is derived by solving the Prandtl equations. The upslope flow profile is found to be simply proportional to the friction velocity.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11890681,12032001,and 11521202).
文摘The indentation test is a localized testing technique;therefore,the role of the material size-effect and local non-uniformity is of much importance.The influence of the heterogeneity in size-independent materials has been studied previously.The present work detailedly investigated the influence of the material size-effect and heterogeneity(inclusions near the indenter tip)on the indentation hardness using a size-dependent strain gradient plastic theory.And it was found that when considering the material size-ffect,shallow hard inclusions in the heterogeneous materials more significantly enhance the material indentation hardness compared with the size-independent materials which are based on the conventional plastic theory.This hardening effect is be-lieved to be related to the elevation of the load and local constraints of large deformation.The effect of material inhomogeneity mainly comes from the non-uniformity of the structure rather than the inclusion modulus itself especially when the size-effect is involved,and the transition range of the inclusion modulus'influence is pretty narrow.The effect of non-uniformity becomes negligible after the initial inclusion depth is larger than its diameter.The horizontal offset of the indenter from the inclusion is also of much sensitivity to the influence of the heterogeneous indentation.This paper focuses on the scaling relationships in micro-and nanoindentation,the influence of non-uniformity in microscopic materials is studied and supplemented as well.
基金financially supported by the Research Project of Shanxi Scholarship Council of China (2017– 075)the Natural Science foundation for Young Scientists of Shanxi Province (201801D221103)the Innovation Grant of Shanxi Agricultural University (2017ZZ07)
文摘The relationships between soil total nitrogen(STN)and influencing factors are scale-dependent.The objective of this study was to identify the multi-scale spatial relationships of STN with selected environmental factors(elevation,slope and topographic wetness index),intrinsic soil factors(soil bulk density,sand content,silt content,and clay content)and combined environmental factors(including the first two principal components(PC1 and PC2)of the Vis-NIR soil spectra)along three sampling transects located at the upstream,midstream and downstream of Taiyuan Basin on the Chinese Loess Plateau.We separated the multivariate data series of STN and influencing factors at each transect into six intrinsic mode functions(IMFs)and one residue by multivariate empirical mode decomposition(MEMD).Meanwhile,we obtained the predicted equations of STN based on MEMD by stepwise multiple linear regression(SMLR).The results indicated that the dominant scales of explained variance in STN were at scale 995 m for transect 1,at scales 956 and 8852 m for transect 2,and at scales 972,5716 and 12,317 m for transect 3.Multi-scale correlation coefficients between STN and influencing factors were less significant in transect 3 than in transects 1 and 2.The goodness of fit root mean square error(RMSE),normalized root mean square error(NRMSE),and coefficient of determination(R2)indicated that the prediction of STN at the sampling scale by summing all of the predicted IMFs and residue was more accurate than that by SMLR directly.Therefore,the multi-scale method of MEMD has a good potential in characterizing the multi-scale spatial relationships between STN and influencing factors at the basin landscape scale.
基金jointly sponsored by the National Basic Research Program of China "973" Program (Grant No. 2012CB956203)the Knowledge Innovation Project (Grant No. KZCX2-EW-202)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 91325108 and 51339004)
文摘Quantile regression（QR） is proposed to examine the relationships between large-scale atmospheric variables and all parts of the distribution of daily precipitation amount at Beijing Station from 1960 to 2008. QR is also applied to evaluate the relationship between large-scale predictors and extreme precipitation（90th quantile） at 238 stations in northern China.Finally, QR is used to fit observed daily precipitation amounts for wet days at four sample stations. Results show that meridional wind and specific humidity at both 850 h Pa and 500 h Pa（V850, SH850, V500, and SH500） strongly affect all parts of the Beijing precipitation distribution during the wet season（April–September）. Meridional wind, zonal wind, and specific humidity at only 850 h Pa（V850, U850, SH850） are significantly related to the precipitation distribution in the dry season（October–March）. Impacts of these large-scale predictors on the daily precipitation amount with higher quantile become stronger, whereas their impact on light precipitation is negligible. In addition, SH850 has a strong relationship with wet-season extreme precipitation across the entire region, whereas the impacts of V850, V500, and SH500 are mainly in semi-arid and semi-humid areas. For the dry season, both SH850 and V850 are the major predictors of extreme precipitation in the entire region. Moreover, QR can satisfactorily simulate the daily precipitation amount at each station and for each season, if an optimum distribution family is selected. Therefore, QR is valuable for detecting the relationship between the large-scale predictors and the daily precipitation amount.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.22471289,22478430,22101300,and 22275210)Shandong Natural Science Foundation(Nos.ZR2022ME105 and ZR2023ME004)+1 种基金Qingdao Natural Science Foundation(No.23-2-1-232-zyyd-jch)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Nos.22CX03010A,and 22CX01002A-1).
文摘Efficient and stable electrocatalysts are essential for seawater splitting to sustain electrolysis without chloride corrosion,particularly at the anode.Furthermore,the oxygen evolution reaction(OER)requires high overpotential due to the universal scaling relationship.Herein,molybdenum doping FeNi_(2)Se_(4)with lattice distortion is proposed to break the scaling relationship.Mo-FeNi_(2)Se_(4)shows high performance in direct seawater electrolysis and achieves current densities of 10 and 100 mA cm^(−2) at overpotentials of 190 and 250 mV,respectively,together with high OER selectivity and long-term stability.It is found that the lattice distortion induced by Mo doping in(3 1 0)plane of FeNi_(2)Se_(4),leads to a decrease in the d-band center and the adsorption energy of ^(*)O,which not only breaks the scaling relationship of OER but also lowers the energy barriers of rate-determining step.Moreover,it enhances the corrosion resistance to Cl^(−),and realizes the high-efficiency seawater electrolysis driven by photovoltaic.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52403306 and 51902084)the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province(Nos.B2024202047 and B2020202089)+1 种基金the Hebei Province Higher Education Science and Technology Research Foundation(No.QN2019030)the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University(No.PCSIRT:IRT17R33).
文摘The catalytic activity and selectivity of CO_(2)reduction reaction(CO_(2)RR)towards C1 and C2 products are fundamentally restricted by the inherent linear scaling relationship among the adsorption-free energies of intermediates.To face this challenge,we have proposed a novel multifunctional M1M2@BN electrocatalysts to break the linear scaling relationships in CO_(2)RR and efficiently obtain C1 and C2 products.Our results reveal that the optimal limiting potential is increased from−0.58 V for M@BN to−0.39 V for M1M2@BN,which achieves ultrahigh activity of CO_(2)RR.Further mechanism analysis illuminates that M1M2@BN can selectivity modulate the adsorption strength of OCHO*and OCH_(2)O*/OCHOH*,breaking the linear scaling relationship of adsorption-free energies of key intermediates to achieve the enhanced catalytic activity.Notably,the sufficient active sites on M_(1)M_(2)@BN electrocatalysts can promote the sluggish C–C coupling by capturing two CO intermediates simultaneously,further generating high-value multi-carbon(CH_(2)CH_(2)OH)products.Meanwhile,the thermodynamic stability of M1M2@BN has been demonstrated by ab initio molecular dynamics(AIMD)simulations,which shows the feasibility of commercial application in CO_(2)RR.Our findings provide a novel strategy to modulate the binding strength of intermediates and develop the design of efficient multi-active-site CO_(2)RR electrocatalysts.
文摘堆煤是输送机常见故障之一,为了保障煤矿工业生产的安全,需要对煤矿井下输送机的堆煤情况进行检测。然而现有的检测方法存在容易误触、检测可靠性较差等缺点,针对这些问题提出一种基于Transformer统一多尺度时序卷积(unified multi-scale temporal ConvTransformer,UnMS-TCT)网络用于输送机堆煤检测。首先融合RGB帧和光流帧提取的特征,使网络更全面地建模时空关系;然后在时序编码器中,将动态位置嵌入(dynamic position embedding,DPE),多头关系聚合器(multi-head relation aggregator,MHRA)以及多层感知机(multilayer perceptron,MLP)组成的全局模块,交叉注意力(cross-attention,CA)组成的局部模块,以交替方式形成全局-局部关系模块,增强多尺度下获取全局和局部时间关系的能力;其次利用残差全局-局部融合(residual global and local fusion,ResGLFus)模块融合多尺度特征,有效地提高融合过程的稳定性,最终实现高精度堆煤预测。实验结果表明:该方法能够实现对输送机堆煤的检测,mAP达到98.17%。
基金support from the U.S.Department of the Army and U.S.Army Future Commandsupport from the U.S.Army Research Laboratory Senior Research Fellowship Program。
文摘The oxygen evolution reaction(OER)is the essential module in energy conversion and storage devices such as electrolyzer,rechargeable metal–air batteries and regenerative fuel cells.The adsorption energy scaling relations between the reaction intermediates,however,impose a large intrinsic overpotential and sluggish reaction kinetics on OER catalysts.Developing advanced electrocatalysts with high activity and stability based on non-noble metal materials is still a grand challenge.Central to the rational design of novel and high-efficiency catalysts is the development and understanding of quantitative structure–activity relationships,which correlate the catalytic activities with structural and electronic descriptors.This paper comprehensively reviews the benchmark descriptors for OER electrolysis,aiming to give an in-depth understanding on the origins of the electrocatalytic activity of the OER and further contribute to building the theory of electrocatalysis.Meanwhile,the cutting-edge research frontiers for proposing new OER paradigms and crucial strategies to circumvent the scaling relationship are also summarized.Challenges,opportunities and perspectives are discussed,intending to shed some light on the rational design concepts and advance the development of more efficient catalysts for enhancing OER performance.
文摘Landslides produce large quantities of sediment deposits and reduce reservoir life. This study investigated landslides at the Shihmen Reservoir basin in Taiwan that were induced by Typhoon Sinlaku and Typhoon Jangmi in 2008. We formulate scaling relationships between landslide erosion volume and area and conclude that sediment budget can be estimated based on the easier-todetermine landslide erosion area. The methodologies applied for the investigation were geomorphological analysis through 5 m × 5 m digital terrain models(DTMs) of the basin created before and after the landslide events and spatial analysis through a geographic information system. The erosion area and volume of landslides were measured through the subtraction of DTMs produced before and after the events. Statistical analysis revealed that the landslide erosion frequency–magnitude distribution exhibited power-law behaviors with a scaling exponent of 2.15 for the frequency–area distribution and 1.66 for the frequency–volume distribution. This paper proposes different scaling relationships for different moving depths, and landslide erosion volumes were estimated on the basis of depth; thus, landslides of different scales can be distinguished to avoid errors in volume estimation. Two different scaling exponents are proposed: 1.21 for landslide erosions with depths of less than 2 m and 1.01 for landslide erosions with depths of more than 2 m. The proposed scaling relationships are practical for landslide erosion volume estimation by different depths according to the landslide area, and they can provide preliminary results for sediment budget planning in a reservoir basin.
文摘Though touted as a potential way to realize clean ammonia synthesis,electrochemical ammonia synthesis is currently limited by its catalytic efficiency.Great effort has been made to find catalysts with improved activity toward electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction(eNRR).Rational screening of catalysts can be facilitated using the volcano relationship between catalytic activity and adsorption energy of an intermediate,namely,the activity descriptor.In this work,we proposeΔG^(*)_(NH_(2))+ΔG^(*)_(NNH)as a combinatorial descriptor,which shows better predictive power than traditional descriptors using the adsorption free energies of single intermediates.The volcano plots based on the combinatorial descriptor exhibits peak activity fixedly at the descriptor value corresponding to the formation free energy of NH3,regardless of the catalyst types;while the descriptor values correspond to the top activities for eNRR on volcano plots based on single descriptors usually vary with the types of catalysts.
文摘The scaling relationship between leaf area and total mass of plant has important implications for understanding resource allocations in the plant.The model of West,Brown and Enquist(WBE model)considers that a 3/4 scaling exponent of metabolic rate versus total mass to be optimal for each plant and has been confirmed numerous times.Although leaf area is a better proxy of the metabolic rate than leaf mass,few studies have focused on the scaling exponent of leaf area versus total mass and even fewer have discussed the diversification of this scaling exponent across different conditions.Here,I analyzed the scaling exponent of leaf area versus total mass of sample plots across world plants.I found that as the plant grows,it allocates fewer resources to photosynthetic tissues than expected by the WBE model.The results also empirically show that this scaling exponent varies significantly for different plant leaf habit,taxonomic class and geographic region.Therefore,leaf strategy in response to environmental pressure and constraint clearly plays a significant role.
文摘In Electromagnetic Welding (EMW) process, the capacitive energy is the source of input energy. The tool that is used for welding comprises of an electromagnetic coil. The job piece to be welded is placed in close proximity with the coil. The welding is achieved by impact, when the colliding job pieces are accelerated towards each other by the Lorentz force. The electromagnetic and mechanical properties/ parameters of the equipment, tool and the job govern the overall welding process. We have described a procedure to calculate the capacitive input energies for jobs of different sizes. Data is given for welding of strips of aluminium, copper and S.S. in similar and dissimilar combinations. Since the EMW technique is used in limited applications, this type of data is not available. We have validated our model with some data available in the literature. It is hoped that, this information will help the designer, to select and standardize the system and process parameters.
基金supported by the National High-Tech Research & Development Program of China (No. 2009AA062802) the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (No. 12CX06001A)Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation, China (No. ZR2011DQ011)
文摘A new method of multi-scale modeling and display of geologic data is introduced to provide information with appropriate detail levels for different types of research. The multi-scale display mode employs a model extending existing 2D methods into 3D space. Geologic models with different scales are organized by segmenting data into orthogonal blocks. A flow diagram illustrates an octree method for upscaling between blocks with different scales. Upscaling data from the smallest unit cells takes into account their average size and the Burgers vector when there are mismatches. A geocellular model of the Chengdao Reservoir of the Shengli Oilfield, China is taken as an illustrative case, showing that the methods proposed can construct a multi-scale geologic model correctly and display data from the multi-scale model effectively in 3D.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No. 40233032)Ministry of Science and Tech-nology (Grant No. 2006BAB18B03 and Grant No.2006BAB18B05)Office of Naval Research (Grant No.N0001409WR20177)
文摘A set of new parameterizations for the friction velocity and temperature scale over gently sloped terrain and in calm synoptic conditions are theoretically derived. The friction velocity is found to be proportional to the product of the square root of the total accumulated heating in the boundary layer and the sinusoidal function of the slope angle, while the temperature scale is proportional to the product of the boundary layer depth, the sinusoidal function of the slope angle and the potential temperature gradient in the free atmosphere. Using the new friction velocity parameterization, together with a parameterization of eddy diffusivity and an initial potential temperature profile around sunrise, an improved parameterization for the thermally induced upslope flow profile is derived by solving the Prandtl equations. The upslope flow profile is found to be simply proportional to the friction velocity.
