Volume Compatibility of Interlayer Treatment Materials with Roller-Compacted Concrete

Xiaoliang Zhu,Yuxin Gao,Wenjing Song,Jingjing Xu,Chengyang Li,Zhaoheng Guo,Fang Chen,Rui Zhang 대한토목학회 2022 KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering Vol.26 No.3

Interlayer is the weakest plane of the entire roller-compacted concrete (RCC) structure and is easily deteriorated under the pressure of water and other environmental factors. Shearing force induced by the different shrinkage in interlayer part is the main reason for that poor performance of the RCC. In this paper, the deformation of RCC concrete and interlayer treatment mortar with supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs, including fly ash and silica fume) and double expansive resources admixtures (HME, containing calcium sulphoaluminate (CSA) and CaO) were studied. Deformation of concrete (produced RCC) and interlayer treatment materials was modeled and compared. Porosity characters of interlayer treatment materials and water absorption of interlayer-treated RCC samples were tested. Results showed that the HME significantly reduced the shrinkage of mortar and the deformation difference degree between layers was shortened. Modified interlayer treatment materials with HME could modify the macroscopic properties of RCC, the low porosity of interlayer and water absorption of interlayer-treated RCC was resulted. The suitable HME content is necessary in interlayer treatment materials and which could improve the performance of RCC.

Trajectory-prediction based relay scheme for time-sensitive data communication in VANETs

( Zilong Jin ),( Yuxin Xu ),( Xiaorui Zhang ),( Jin Wang ),( Lejun Zhang ) 한국인터넷정보학회 2020 KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Syst Vol.14 No.8

In the Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET), the data transmission of time-sensitive applications requires low latency, such as accident warnings, driving guidance, etc. However, frequent changes of topology in VANET will result in data transmission failures. In order to improve the efficiency of VANETs data transmission and increase the timeliness of data, this paper proposes a relay scheme based on Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) trajectory prediction, which can be used to select the optimal relay vehicle to transmit data. The proposed scheme learns vehicle trajectory in a distributed manner and calculates the predicted trajectory, and then the optimal vehicle can be selected to complete the data transmission, which ensures the timeliness of the data. Finally, we carry out a set of simulations to demonstrate the performance of the algorithm. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme enhances the timeliness of the data and the accuracy of the predicted driving trajectory.

Fabrication and Soft Magnetic Properties of Fe–B–Si–Zr/Hf–Cu Nanocrystalline Alloys with High Glass-Forming Ability

Yaoxiang Geng,Yingmin Wang,Yuxin Wang,Zhijie Zhang,Hongbo Ju,Lihua Yu,Junhua Xu 대한금속·재료학회 2021 METALS AND MATERIALS International Vol.27 No.11

The effects of minor alloying addition of Cu on the glass-forming ability and crystallization process of Fe71.7−xB16.7Si8.3Zr3.3Cuxand Fe72.5−xB16.7Si8.3Hf2.5Cux (x = 0, 0.3, 0.7, 1.0 and 1.3; at%) alloys were investigated. It was found that the critical glassformation size of rod samples gradually decreased from 2.5 to 1 mm with increasing Cu content in these alloys. Single α-Fe phase nanocrystalline alloys were obtained after isothermal annealing the Fe–B–Si–Zr/Hf–Cu glassy alloys containing0.7–1.0 at% Cu. The Fe71B16.7Si8.3Zr3.3Cu0.7alloy exhibited good soft magnetic properties with a high saturation magnetization(~ 1.22 T) and a low coercive force (~ 0.6 A/m) after annealing at 853 K for 10 min due to the precipitation of α-Fenanoparticles of 8 nm size in the glassy matrix. The structural evolution on annealing and the variation tendencies against Cucontent of the glass transition temperature, thermal stability and glass-forming ability of the Fe–B–Si–Zr/Hf–Cu amorphousalloys were discussed using a dual-cluster local structure model.

A bioinspired flexible organic artificial afferent nerve

Kim, Yeongin,Chortos, Alex,Xu, Wentao,Liu, Yuxin,Oh, Jin Young,Son, Donghee,Kang, Jiheong,Foudeh, Amir M.,Zhu, Chenxin,Lee, Yeongjun,Niu, Simiao,Liu, Jia,Pfattner, Raphael,Bao, Zhenan,Lee, Tae-Woo American Association for the Advancement of Scienc 2018 Science Vol.360 No.6392

<P>The distributed network of receptors, neurons, and synapses in the somatosensory system efficiently processes complex tactile information. We used flexible organic electronics to mimic the functions of a sensory nerve. Our artificial afferent nerve collects pressure information (1 to 80 kilopascals) from clusters of pressure sensors, converts the pressure information into action potentials (0 to 100 hertz) by using ring oscillators, and integrates the action potentials from multiple ring oscillators with a synaptic transistor. Biomimetic hierarchical structures can detect movement of an object, combine simultaneous pressure inputs, and distinguish braille characters. Furthermore, we connected our artificial afferent nerve to motor nerves to construct a hybrid bioelectronic reflex arc to actuate muscles. Our system has potential applications in neurorobotics and neuroprosthetics.</P>

Impedance modeling and stability analysis of modular multilevel converter considering frequency coupling characteristics

Kai Shi,Peng Lu,Yuxin Sun,Peifeng Xu 전력전자학회 2022 JOURNAL OF POWER ELECTRONICS Vol.22 No.8

In recent years, a series of studies concerning the oscillation of interconnected systems has shown that frequency coupling has important effects on the stability of the system. In this paper, a more accurate theoretical model considering the frequency coupling effects is adopted to derive the transmission process in vector control, phase lock loop, and proportional–resonant controller of the harmonic perturbation in the frequency domain. This model is used to further deepen the application of harmonic linearization modeling to impedance modeling. An integrated three-phase modular multilevel converter simulation model based on the PSCAD platform is built to verify the accuracy of the theoretical modeling through the frequency sweep method. The influence of related system parameters on sequence and coupling impedance is analyzed in detail. The generalized Nyquist criterion is used to study the importance of coupling impedance to the stability analysis of the system.

Enhanced ionic conductivity of composite solid electrolyte by directionally ordered structures of linear Li1.3Al0.3Ti1.7(PO4)3

You Li,Mulan Tang,Shuxin Xu,Shuchao Zhang,Yuxin Zhai,Jiarong Yin,Zhengguang Zou 한국공업화학회 2022 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.114 No.-

The NASICON-type solid electrolyte structure of Li1.3Al0.3Ti1.7(PO4)3 (LATP) exhibits good electrochemicalperformance and thermal stability, and has been promising as a solid electrolyte. Here, a stable goodstabilityLATP precursor spinning solution was prepared using the sol–gel method for the first time. A linearLATP solid electrolyte with an oriented ordered structure was obtained using improved electrostaticspinning equipment. The sintering process regime of the LATP-ordered construction was determined. Theionic conductivity of the prepared LATP-PEO/LiClO4-PEG composite solid-state electrolyte with anordered structure was as high as 2.05 10-4 Scm1 at room temperature (25 C), one order of magnitudehigher than the ionic conductivity of the LATP composite solid-state electrolyte reported so far. Organicsolid-state electrolytes to protect LATP-ordered structured solid-state electrolytes yield excellent electrochemicalstability in lithium-metal batteries.

Polarization Error Analysis of an All-Optical Fibre Small Current Sensor for Partial Discharge

Gaifang Xin,Jun Zhu,Chengming Luo,Jing Tang,Wei Li,Yuxin Cao,Haiyan Xu 대한전기학회 2020 Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology Vol.15 No.5

In view of the characteristics of the small amplitude of a current signal, an all-optical fi bre small-current sensor for partial discharge is devised. A novel type of sensor head with electric winding light is proposed. A complete optical model of the optical fi bre current sensor is developed under the eff ect of polarization error factors. In addition, the eff ect of polarization error factors on the optical fi bre sensing system is simulated. The simulation results show that as the extinction ratio increases, the output relative error of the optical fi bre small-current sensor decreases. The eff ect of the fast and slow axis misalignment errors of a polarizing beam splitter is similar to the eff ect of the alignment angle error of an optical fi bre polarizer. It is observed that the relative error curve follows a sine function. Meanwhile, the output relative error increases fi rst and then oscillates with an increase in the linear birefringence. We conclude that the linear birefringence of the sensing optical fi bre is the main error source for the measurement accuracy of the sensing system. Finally, an experimental system for the optical fi bre small-current sensor is implemented. The experimental results show that the eff ect of linear birefringence on the fi bre current sensing system can be suppressed by introducing a large amount of circular birefringence into the sensing optical fi bre. The theoretical mechanism of these errors is analysed, which can be applied to implement corresponding measures to reduce the eff ect of error factors on the sensing system and further improve the measurement accuracy of the optical fi bre small-current sensor.