简介:Cold-stretchedpressurevesselsfromausteniticstainlesssteels(ASS)arewidelyusedforstorageandtransportationofliquefiedgases,andhavesuchadvantagesasthinwallandlightweight.Fatigueisanimportantconcerninthesepressurevessels,whicharesubjectedtoalternativeloads.Eventhoughseveralcodesandstandardshaveguidelinesonthesepressurevessels,therearenorelevantdesignmethodsonfatiguefailure.TounderstandthefatiguepropertiesofASS1.4301(equivalentsincludeUNSS30400andAISI304)insolution-annealed(SA)andcold-stretchedconditions(9%strainlevel)andtheresponseoffatiguepropertiestocoldstretching(CS),low-cyclefatigue(LCF)testswereperformedatroomtemperature,withtotalstrainamplitudesrangingfrom-.4%to-.8%.Martensitetransformationsweremeasuredduringthetests.Comparisonsoncyclicstressresponse,cyclicstress-strainbehavior,andfatiguelifewerecarriedoutbetweenSAandCSmaterials.ResultsshowthatCSreducestheinitialhardeningstage,butprolongsthesofteningperiodinthecyclicstressresponse.Martensitetransformationhelpsformastableregimeandsubsequentsecondaryhardening.Thestressesofmonotonicandcyclicstress-straincurvesareimprovedbyCS,whichleadstoalowerplasticstrainandamuchhigherelasticstrain.ThefatigueresistanceoftheCSmaterialisbetterthanthatoftheSAmaterial,whichisapproximately1?03to2?04cycles.TheS-NcurveoftheASMEstandardforASSiscomparedwiththefatiguedataandisjustifiedtobesuitableforthefatiguedesignofcold-stretchedpressurevessels.However,consideringtheCSmaterialhasabetterfatigueresistance,theS-Ncurvewillbemoreconservative.ThepresentstudywouldbehelpfulinmakingfulluseoftheadvantagesofCStodevelopanewS-Ncurveforfatiguedesignofcold-stretchedpressurevessels.
简介:Wedemonstratetheefficientgenerationofcoherentlightinafour-leveldouble-cascadeatomicmediumbycontinuous-wavelow-intensitylaserradiation.Wederivethecorrespondingexplicitanalyticalexpressionsforthegeneratedfour-wavemixing(FWM)field.DependenciesoftheintensityofthegenerateFWMfieldonthepropagationdistance,ontheinput-waveintensity,andonthephotondetuningareinvestigated.Toconclude,wealsogiveabriefdiscussionontheexperimentalrealizationoftheproposedscheme.
简介:Thispaperhasdevelopedandcharacterizedamethodtoproduceavelocity-tunable87Rbcoldatomicsourceforatomicinterferometryapplication.Usingahighspeedfluorescenceimagingtechnology,itreportsthatthedynamicprocessoftheatomicsourceformationisobservedandthesourceperformancesincludingthefluxandtheinitialvelocityarecharacterized.Atunableatomicsourcewiththeinitialvelocityof1.4~2.6m/sandtheatomicsourcefluxof2×108~6×109atoms/shasbeenobtainedwiththebuiltexperimentalsetup.
简介:Pd-containingionicliquid(IL)1-hexyl-3-methylimidazoliumtetrafluoroborate(C6MIMBF4)immobilizedon7-Al2O3(Pd-IL/γ-Al2O3)waspreparedandcharacterizedbyFouriertransforminfraredspectroscopy(FTIR),scanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM)andBrunauer-Emmett-Teller(BET)analysis.TheinfluencesofC6MIMBF4loadingandPdonmethaneconversiontoC2hydrocarbonsundercoldplasmawereinvestigated.FTIRandSEManalysesindicatedthatC6MIMBF4hadbeensuccessfullyimmobilizedon7-Al2O3andtheC6MIMBF4showedexcellentstabilityundercoldplasma.TheresultsofBETandmethaneconversionshowedthatwiththeincreaseinimmobilizationamountofC6MIMBF4ontoγ-Al2O3,thespecificsurfaceareaandporevolumeofIL/γ-Al2O3decreased,whiletheselectivityandyieldofC2hydrocarbonsincreased.TheselectivityofC2hydrocarbonswas94.6%whentheloadingofC6MIMBF4was40%,andthepercentageofC2H4inC2hydrocarbonswasashighas64%whenusingPd-IL/γ-Al2O3asacatalystwithnoconventionalthermalreductiontreatment.Opticalemissionspectra(OES)fromthecoldplasmareactorduringmethaneconversionwerealsostudied.TheresultsindicatedthattheintensityoftheC2,CH,H,andCactivespeciesfrommethaneandhydrogendecompositionincreasedwhenIL/γ-Al2O3orPd-IL/γ-Al2O3wasintroducedintotheplasmasystem.BasedontheanalysesofthegasproductandOESspectra,itcanbeconcludedthatthesurfacecatalyzedreactionsbetweenplasmaandionicliquidwereveryimportantforthereductionofPd2+andtheformationofC2H4.
简介:Inthepresentpapertheproblemofnonlinearinteractionoftwomildly-relativisticcircularlypolarizedlasersinacoldplasmaisstudiedinordertoinvestigateelectromagneticallyinducedtransparency(EIT).Basedonarelativistickineticmodel,byexpansionofrelativisticLorentzfactorintermsoflasersamplitude,weobtainthecouplednonlineardispersionrelations.Itisobservedthatduetoresonanceinthesecondharmonicofplasmabeat-wave,thenewEITpass-bandiscreatedinthehighintensitiesoflasers.Theeffectofamplitudeandfrequencyvariationonthedispersionisnumericallyinvestigated.