A Comparative Study of Move Analysis in Chinese and International Research Article Abstracts

To raise the authors’ awareness of using the moves and move models in abstract writing, this study compares the frequency, type, and significant difference of moves and move models in 100 abstracts written in English by Chinese scholars and 100 abstracts written by international scholars in 10 prestigious international journals in the field of linguistics. The adapted Hyland’s five-move model was used as research framework, Corpus and statistic software SPSS were used as research instruments. The comparisons report that Chinese scholars tend to use introduction, result, and conclusion moves. International scholars are inclined to use purpose, method, result, and conclusion moves. The results also indicate that the four-move model is the most prevalent in the two groups. Chinese scholars used the two-move model more than the English authors whereas used the five-move model less than the international authors. The findings are intended to provide referential value for the writing and teaching of English for academic purposes

Study on the Creep Characteristics of Sandstone under Coupled Stress-water Pressure

Long-term interaction between stress and water pressure leads to creep damage of reservoir bank slope. As a result there will be instability of the bank slopes in many water conservancy projects. The rock mass creeping effect of coupled stress-water pressure was studied by using a typical sandstone rock from the Three Gorges reservoir area. The experiment was conducted by using the rock immersion-air-drying cyclic load rheometer device (designed and manufactured by our research team). Based on the experimental results, the following key points were observed: 1) the creep strain and the steady-state creep rate was increasing when the water pressure increased (at the same stress level). Under the same water pressure, the increase in the axial pressure resulted in the increase in the creep strain and steady creep rate of the sandstone specimens. 2) the increase in the axial pressure increased the creep strain and steady-state creep rate of the sandstone specimens while the water pressure increased. The mechanical properties of the sandstone specimens were affected by the water pressure. 3) the water infiltrates through the pore surfaces. As a result, the rate of deformation will increase while the bearing capacity and long-term strength of the rock decrease. This paper provides a solid theoretical foundation for the evaluation and prediction of reservoir geological hazards

Constitutive equation for the hot deformation behavior of Csf/AZ91D composites and its validity for numerical simulation

The flow stress behavior of 10 vol. % short carbon fibers reinforced AZ91D composites (C-sf/AZ91D) were investigated by hot compression test. The results show the flow stress reach the peak value at small strain and then decrease monotonically until the end of the large strain, which exhibits an obvious dynamic strain softening. The decrease of stress level with deformation temperature increasing or strain rate decreasing can be represented by Zener-Hollomon parameter in a hyperbolic sine equation. By considering the effect of strain on material constants, a modified viscoplastic constitutive equation was established to characterize the dependence of flow stress on the deformation temperature, strain, and strain rate. The stress-strain values calculated by the constitutive equation are in consistent with the experimental results. Applying the constitutive equation, the plastic deformation of C-sf/AZ91D) composites during the hot compression process were analyzed by finite element simulation. The calculated punch force-stroke curves agree well with the measured ones. The results confirmed that the established constitutive equation can accurately describe the hot plastic deformation behavior of C-sf/AZ91D composites, and can be used for the finite element analysis on the hot forming process. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

A new insight into high-strength Ti62Nb12.2Fe13.6Co6.4Al5.8 alloys with bimodal microstructure fabricated by semi-solid sintering

It is well known that semi-solid forming could only obtain coarse-grained microstructure in a few alloy systems with a low melting point, such as aluminum and magnesium alloys. This work presents that semi-solid forming could also produce novel bimodal microstructure composed of nanostructured matrix and micro-sized (CoFe)Ti2 twins in a titanium alloy, Ti62Nb12.2Fe13.6Co6.4Al5.8. The semi-solid sintering induced by eutectic transformation to form a bimodal microstructure in Ti62Nb12.2Fe13.6Co6.4Al5.8 alloy is a fundamentally different approach from other known methods. The fabricated alloy exhibits high yield strength of 1790 MPa and plastic strain of 15.5%. The novel idea provides a new insight into obtaining nano-grain or bimodal microstructure in alloy systems with high melting point by semi-solid forming and into fabricating high-performance metallic alloys in structural applications

Determination of forming ability of high pressure die casting for Zr-based metallic glass

Large-sized industrial grade Zr55Cu30Ni5Al10 bulk metallic glass (BMG) was fabricated by a two-step arc-melting process and adding a trace of rare earth yttrium elements. A model to calculate critical cooling rate for forming BMG was established by considering the effect of pressure. Based on the model, the most important indicator, namely the critical size of forming BMG, for design and fabrication of BMG components by high pressure die casting (HPDC) is determined in consideration of different processing parameters, including the pressure and casting temperature. Theoretical calculation and numerical simulation indicated that increasing applied pressure during casting suppresses the nucleation of crystal nuclei but has little effect on the growth of nuclei at a deep supercooled temperature, thereby decreasing critical cooling rate and thus increase critical size. An increasing casting temperature would reduce critical size caused by more heat to dissipate. The critical size of the optimized Zr55Cu30Ni5Al10 BMG cast by using steel mold is determined to be about 4–7 mm under different HPDC parameters. Our study reveals that the forming ability of HPDC is large enough for fabricating low cost Zr-based BMGs with suitable size for applications

Equiaxed Ti-based Composites With High Strength And Large Plasticity Prepared By Sintering And Crystallizing Amorphous Powder

High-performance titanium alloys with an equiaxed composite microstructure were achieved by sintering and crystallizing amorphous powder. By introducing a second phase in a β-Ti matrix, series of optimized Ti-Nb-Fe-Co-Al and Ti-Nb-Cu-Ni-Al composites, which have a microstructure composed of ultrafine-grained and equiaxed CoTi2 or (Cu,Ni)Ti2 precipitated phases surrounded by a ductile β-Ti matrix, were fabricated by sintering and crystallizing mechanically alloyed amorphous powder. The as-fabricated composites exhibit ultra-high ultimate compressive strength of 2585MPa and extremely large compressive plastic strain of around 40%, which are greater than the corresponding ones for most titanium alloys. In contrast, the alloy fabricated by sintering and crystallizing Ti-Zr-Cu-Ni-Al amorphous powder, which possesses significantly higher glass forming ability in comparison with the Ti-Nb-Fe-Co-Al and Ti-Nb-Cu-Ni-Al alloy systems, exhibits a complex microstructure with several intermetallic compounds and a typical brittle fracture feature. The deformation behavior and fracture mechanism indicate that the ultrahigh compressive strength and large plasticity of the as-fabricated equiaxed composites is induced by dislocations pinning effect of the CoTi2 or (Cu,Ni)Ti2 second phases and the interaction and multiplication of generated shear bands in the ductile β-Ti matrix, respectively. The results obtained provide basis guidelines for designing and fabricating titanium alloys with excellent mechanical properties by powder metallurgy

Numerical investigation of a joint approach to thermal energy storage and compressed air energy storage in aquifers

Different from conventional compressed air energy storage (CAES) systems, the advanced adiabatic compressed air energy storage (AA-CAES) system can store the compression heat which can be used to reheat air during the electricity generation stage. Thus, AA-CAES system can achieve a higher energy storage efficiency. Similar to the AA-CAES system, a compressed air energy storage in aquifers (CAESA) system, which is integrated with an aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) could possibly achieve the same objective. In order to investigate the impact of ATES on the performance of CAESA, different injection air temperature schemes are designed and analyzed by using numerical simulations. Key parameters relative to energy recovery efficiencies of the different injection schemes, such as pressure distribution and temperature variation within the aquifers as well as energy flow rate in the injection well, are also investigated in this study. The simulations show that, although different injection schemes have a similar overall energy recovery efficiency (~97%) as well as a thermal energy recovery efficiency (~ 79.2%), the higher injection air temperature has a higher energy storage capability. Our results show the total energy storage for the injection air temperature at 80 ̊C is about 10% greater than the base model scheme at 40 °C. Sensitivity analysis reveal that permeability of the reservoir boundary could have significant impact on the system performance. However, other hydrodynamic and thermodynamic properties, such as the storage reservoir permeability, thermal conductivity, rock grain specific heat and rock grain density, have little impact on storage capability and the energy flow rate. Overall, our study suggests that the combination of ATES and CAESA can help keep the high efficiency of energy storage so as to make CAESA system more efficiency

Near-net forming complex shaped Zr-based bulk metallic glasses by high pressure die casting

Forming complex geometries using the casting process is a big challenge for bulk metallic glasses (BMGs), because of a lack of time of the window for shaping under the required high cooling rate. In this work, we open an approach named the “entire process vacuum high pressure die casting” (EPV-HPDC), which delivers the ability to fill die with molten metal in milliseconds, and create solidification under high pressure. Based on this process, various Zr-based BMGs were prepared by using industrial grade raw material. The results indicate that the EPV-HPDC process is feasible to produce a glassy structure for most Zr-based BMGs, with a size of 3 mm × 10 mm and with a high strength. In addition, it has been found that EPV-HPDC process allows complex industrial BMG parts, some of which are hard to be formed by any other metal processes, to be net shaped precisely. The BMG components prepared by the EVP-HPDC process possess the advantages of dimensional accuracy, efficiency, and cost compared with the ones formed by other methods. The EVP-HPDC process paves the way for the large-scale application of BMGs

Osteoporosis Associated with Antipsychotic Treatment in Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is one of the most common global mental diseases, with prevalence of 1%. Patients with schizophrenia are predisposed to diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypertension, and osteoporosis, than the normal. In comparison with the metabolic syndrome, for instance, there are little reports about osteoporosis which occurs secondary to antipsychoticinduced hyperprolactinaemia. There are extensive recent works of literature indicating that osteoporosis is associated with schizophrenia particularly in patients under psychotropic medication therapy. As osteoporotic fractures cause significantly increased morbidity and mortality, it is quite necessary to raise the awareness and understanding of the impact of antipsychoticinduced hyperprolactinaemia on physical health in schizophrenia. In this paper, we will review the relationship between schizophrenia, antipsychotic medication, hyperprolactinaemia, and osteoporosis

Effect of the surface morphology of solidified droplet on remelting between neighboring aluminum droplets

Good metallurgical bonding between neighboring droplets is essential in droplet-based 3D printing. However, although the mechanism of remelting has clearly been mastered, cold laps are still common internal defects of formed parts in uniform aluminum droplets deposition manufacturing, which is due to the overlook of the surface morphologies of solidified droplets. Here, for the first time, the blocking effect of ripples and solidification angles on the fusion between droplets is revealed. To investigate the detailed process of remelting, a 3D numerical model was developed, basing on the volume of fluid (VOF) method. Experiments and simulations show that the remelting process between neighboring droplets can be divided into two stages according to the transient contact between the second droplet and the substrate. In the first stage, a non-intuitive result is observed that cold laps can also be formed even if the remelting conditions are satisfied in theory. Ripples on the surface of previously-deposited droplet block its direct contact with the new-coming droplet. In the second stage, cold laps on bottom surface are formed due to incomplete filling of liquid metal when the solidification angle is greater than 90°. Furthermore, these cold laps are difficult to be completely avoided by improving the temperature parameters. To address this problem, a novel strategy of decreasing the thermal conductivity coefficient of the substrate is proposed. This method effectively promotes remelting between droplets by eliminating ripples and decreasing solidification angles