简介:Optimizationofcompositionandmicrostructureisimportanttoenhanceperformanceofsolidoxidefuelcells(SOFC)andlithium-ionbatteries(LIB).Forthis,theporouselectrodestructuresofbothSOFCandLIBaremodeledasabinarymixtureofelectronicandionicconductingparticlestoestimateefectivetransportproperties.Particlepackingsof10000spherical,binarysizedandrandomlypositionedparticlesarecreatednumericallyanddensifiedconsideringthediferentmanufacturingprocessesinSOFCandLIB:thesinteringofSOFCelectrodesisapproximatedgeometrically,whereasthecalenderingprocessandvolumechangeduetointercalationinLIBaremodeledphysicallybyadiscreteelementapproach.Acombinationofatrackingalgorithmandaresistornetworkapproachisdevelopedtopredicttheconnectivityandefectiveconductivityforthevariousdensifiedstructures.ForSOFC,asystematicstudyoftheinfluenceofmorphologyonconnectivityandconductivityisperformedonalargenumberofassemblieswithdiferentcompositionsandparticlesizeratiosbetween1and10.Incomparisontopercolationtheory,anenlargedpercolationareaisfound,especiallyforlargesizeratios.Itisshownthatincontrasttoformerstudiesthepercolationthresholdcorrelatestovaryingcoordinationnumbers.Theefectiveconductivityshowsnotonlyanincreasewithvolumefractionasexpectedbutalsowithsizeratio.ForLIB,ageneralincreaseofconductivityduringtheintercalationprocesswasobservedincorrelationwithincreasingcontactforces.Thepositiveinfluenceofcalenderingonthepercolationthresholdandtheefectiveconductivityofcarbonblackisshown.Theanisotropycausedbythecalenderingprocessdoesnotinfluencethecarbonblackphase.
简介:Consideringtheefectsofosmoticpressure,elasticbending,Maxwellpressure,surfacetension,aswellasfexo-electricanddielectricpropertiesofphospholipidmembrane,theshapeequationforspherevesicleinalternation(AC)electricfeldisderivedbasedontheliquidcrystalmodelbyminimizingthefreeenergyduetocoupledmechanicalandACelectricalfelds.Besidestheefectofelasticbending,theinfuenceofosmoticpressureandsurfacetensiononthefrequencydependentbehaviorofvesiclemembraneinACelectricfeldisalsodiscussed.Ourtheoreticalresultsformembranedeformationareconsistentwithcorrespondingexperiments.Thepresentmodelprovidesthepossibilitytofurtherdisclosethefrequency-dependedbehaviorofbiologicalcellsinthecoupledACelectricanddiferentmechanicalfelds.
简介:Cementationisproducedbymixingacertainamountofcementwiththesaturatedclay.Thepurposeofthispaperistomodelthecementationeffectonthemechanicalbehaviorofcement-treatedclay.Amicromechanicalstress-strainmodelisdevelopedconsideringexplicitlythecementationatinter-clustercontacts.Theinter-clusterbondinganddebondingduringmechanicalloadingareintroducedintwoways:anadditionalcohesionintheshearslidingandahigheryieldstressinnormalcompression.Themodelisusedtosimulateisotropiccompressionandundrainedtriaxialtestsundervariousconfiningstressesoncement-treatedSingaporeclaywithvariouscementcontents.Theapplicabilityofthepresentmodelisevaluatedthroughcomparisonsbetweennumericalandexperimentalresults.Theevolutionoflocalstressesandlocalstrainsininter-clusterplanesisdiscussedinordertoexplaintheinducedanisotropyduetodebondingatcontactlevelundertheappliedloads.
简介:Stent-graftimplantationisanimportantmeansofclinicaltreatmentforaorticdissectinganeurysm(ADA).However,researchesonfluiddynamicseffectsofstentwererare.ComputersimulationwasusedtoinvestigatetheinteractionsbetweenbloodstreamandvascularstructureinastentedADA,whichendurestheperiodicpulsevelocityandpressure.Weobtainedandanalyzedtheflowvelocitydistribution,thewalldisplacementandwallstressintheADA.Bycomparingthedifferentresultsbetweenanon-stentedandastentedADA,wefoundthattheinsertionofavasculargraftcanmakethelocationofmaximumstressanddisplacementmovefromtheaneurysmlumenwalltothearterywall,accompaniedwithagreatlydecreaseinvalue.Theseresultsimplythattheplacementofastent-graftofanykindtooc-cludeADAwillresultinadecreasedchanceofrupture.
简介:Analternateyetgeneralformoftheclassicaleffectivethermalconductivitymodel(Maxwellmodel)fortwo-phaseporousmaterialsispresented,servinganexplicitthermo-physicalbasis.Itisdemonstratedthatthereducedeffectivethermalconductivityoftheporousmediaduetonon-conductingporeinclusionsiscausedbythemechanismofthermalstretching,whichisacombinationofreducedeffectiveheatflowareaandelongatedheattransferdistance(thermaltortuosity).