scholarly journals Effect of Hydrophobic Silica Nanochannel Structure on the Running Speed of a Colloidal Damper

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 6808
Author(s):  
Gengbiao Chen ◽  
Zhiwen Liu

A colloidal damper (CD) can dissipate a significant amount of vibrations and impact energy owing to the interface power that is generated when it is used. It is of great practical significance to study the influence of the nanochannel structure of hydrophobic silica gel in the CD damping medium on the running speed of the CD. The fractal theory was applied to observe the characteristics of the micropore structure of the hydrophobic silica gel by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), the primary particles were selected to carry out fractal analysis, and the two-dimensional fractal dimension of the pore area and the tortuous fractal dimension of the hydrophobic silica gel pore structure were calculated. The fractal percolation model of water in hydrophobic silica nanochannels based on the slip theory could thus be obtained. This model revealed the relationship between the micropore structure parameters of the silica gel and the running speed of the CD. The CD running speed increases with the addition of grafted molecules and the reduction in pore size of the silica gel particles. Continuous loading velocity testing of the CD loaded with hydrophobic silica gels with different pore structures was conducted. By comparing the experimental results with the calculation results of the fractal percolation model, it was determined that the fractal percolation model can better characterize the change trend of the CD running velocity for the first loading, but the fractal dimension was changed from the second loading, caused by the small amount of water retained in the nanochannel, leading to the failure of fractal characterization.

Author(s):  
Debin Xia ◽  
Zhengming Yang ◽  
Tiening Gao ◽  
Haibo Li ◽  
Wei Lin

Abstract Porosity is the most common form of reservoirs, and its size, shape, and connectivity directly affect the capacity of oil and gas storage and production. To study the micro–nano-pore structure characteristics of shale oil reservoirs and quantitatively characterize its heterogeneity, this work uses high-precision high-pressure mercury intrusion (HPMI) experimental techniques to study the micro–nano-pore structure characteristics of shale oil, and based on the experimental data, fractal theory is used to quantitatively characterize its heterogeneity. The results of the study show that the micro–nano-pores in the shale oil reservoir are concentrated and continuous, and the pore radius is mainly distributed among the range of 30–500 nm, nanoscale pores are an important part of the pores of the shale oil reservoir. The fractal dimension of the shale oil reservoir is larger than the fractal dimension of typical tight oil reservoirs, indicating that the heterogeneity of shale oil reservoir is stronger. The research results have some theoretical and practical significance for the production of inter-salt shale oil reservoirs.


2012 ◽  
Vol 510 ◽  
pp. 694-697
Author(s):  
Chang Ying Zhou

Sinter as an intermediate product of the iron making, is a multiphase medium, and the microstructure of finished sinter directly affects the quality of sinter. But because the sinter micro structure of the extreme irregularities, it is difficult to use the traditional quantitative methods on the accurate description, the introduction of the fractal theory provides us with new ideas. According to the characteristics of sinter SEM photos, and used the VC++ computer programming language, it is researched and designed that the fractal dimension of calculation program (FWJS) based on the sinter SEM microscopic photos, through which got the fractal dimension value and describe the microscopic structure of the sample quantificationally, which has very important practical significance for the fractal research of sinter .


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bing Sun ◽  
Shun Liu ◽  
Sheng Zeng ◽  
Shanyong Wang ◽  
Shaoping Wang

AbstractTo investigate the influence of the fissure morphology on the dynamic mechanical properties of the rock and the crack propagation, a drop hammer impact test device was used to conduct impact failure tests on sandstones with different fissure numbers and fissure dips, simultaneously recorded the crack growth after each impact. The box fractal dimension is used to quantitatively analyze the dynamic change in the sandstone cracks and a fractal model of crack growth over time is established based on fractal theory. The results demonstrate that under impact test conditions of the same mass and different heights, the energy absorbed by sandstone accounts for about 26.7% of the gravitational potential energy. But at the same height and different mass, the energy absorbed by the sandstone accounts for about 68.6% of the total energy. As the fissure dip increases and the number of fissures increases, the dynamic peak stress and dynamic elastic modulus of the fractured sandstone gradually decrease. The fractal dimensions of crack evolution tend to increase with time as a whole and assume as a parabolic. Except for one fissure, 60° and 90° specimens, with the extension of time, the increase rate of fractal dimension is decreasing correspondingly.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8554
Author(s):  
Zhen Li ◽  
Wanmin Zhao ◽  
Miaoyao Nie

This paper applies fractal theory to research of green space in megacity parks due to the lack of a sufficient qualitative description of the scale structure of park green space, a quantifiable evaluation system, and operable planning methods in traditional studies. Taking Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen as examples, GIS spatial analysis technology and the Zipf model are used to calculate the fractal dimension (q), the goodness of fit (R2), and the degree of difference (C) to deeply interpret the connotation of indicators and conduct a comparative analysis between cities to reveal fractal characteristics and laws. The research results show that (1) the fractal dimension is related to the complexity of the park green space system; (2) the fractal dimension characterizes the hierarchical iteration of the park green space to a certain extent and reflects the internal order of the scale distribution; (3) the scale distribution of green space in megacity parks deviates from the ideal pyramid configuration; and (4) there are various factors affecting the scale structure of park green space, such as natural base conditions, urban spatial structure, and the continuation of historical genes working together. On this basis, a series of targeted optimization strategies are proposed.


2012 ◽  
Vol 550-553 ◽  
pp. 2537-2540
Author(s):  
Hai Yan Gu ◽  
Yong Wang ◽  
Lei Yu

The wavelet analysis and fractal theory into the analysis of hydrological time series, fluctuations in hydrological runoff sequence given the complexity of the measurement methods--- fractal dimension. The real monthly runoffs of 28 years from Songhua River basin in Harbin station are selected as research target. Wavelet transform combined with spectrum method is used to calculate the fractal dimension of runoff. Moreover, the result demonstrates that the runoff in Songhua River basin has the characteristic of self-similarity, and the complexity of runoff in the Songhua River basin in Harbin station is described quantificationally.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kan Ankang ◽  
Han Houde

Based on the fractal theory, the geometric structure inside an open cell polyurethane foam, which is widely used as adiabatic material, is illustrated. A simplified cell fractal model is created. In the model, the method of calculating the equivalent thermal conductivity of the porous foam is described and the fractal dimension is calculated. The mathematical formulas for the fractal equivalent thermal conductivity combined with gas and solid phase, for heat radiation equivalent thermal conductivity and for the total thermal conductivity, are deduced. However, the total effective heat flux is the summation of the heat conduction by the solid phase and the gas in pores, the radiation, and the convection between gas and solid phase. Fractal mathematical equation of effective thermal conductivity is derived with fractal dimension and vacancy porosity in the cell body. The calculated results have good agreement with the experimental data, and the difference is less than 5%. The main influencing factors are summarized. The research work is useful for the enhancement of adiabatic performance of foam materials and development of new materials.


2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 155892501801300
Author(s):  
Yunlong Shi ◽  
Liang Wang ◽  
Wenhuan Zhang ◽  
Xiaoming Qian

In this paper, thermal and wet comforts of silicone coated windbreaker shell jacket fabrics were studied. Both thermal insulation and evaporative resistance of fabric increased with an increase in coating area due to the barrier effect of the silicone coating layer. Moreover, the coated fabrics with self-similar structures showed different thermal insulation and evaporative resistance under the same total coating area. Fractal theory was used to explain this phenomenon. Optimal thermal-wet comfort properties were obtained when the fractal dimension (D=1.599) was close to the Golden Mean (1.618). When the fractal dimension of coating was lower than 1.599, fabric warmth retention was not high enough. In contrast, fabric evaporative resistance was beyond the value at which people would feel comfortable when the fractal dimension was greater than 1.599.


2018 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
pp. 03035
Author(s):  
Wei Jiang ◽  
Cuicui Ji ◽  
Yuntian Dai

The data transfer rate is the traditional criterion for evaluating the overall performance of a hard disk. In this paper, the data transmission performance of hard disk was characterized based on fractal theory. The traditional mechanical hard disks and solid state disks with different capacities and specifications were tested and the corresponding signal graph of data transfer was analysed for the calculation of fractal dimension D. The results indicate that the process of hard disk data transfer has fractal characteristics; the fractal dimension D increases with the increase of the average transfer rate and the rotating speed of mechanical hard disk. However, there seems no direct correspondence between the fractal dimension D and the capacity of the hard disk; the larger the floating range of data transmission, the greater value of fractal dimension D.


2014 ◽  
Vol 670-671 ◽  
pp. 258-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Li ◽  
Xin Wu

Coal is a natural porous media, its porosity and structural integrity influenced the gas adsorption and desorption characteristics greatly, as well as physical and mechanical properties of coal. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is applied to acquire SEM image of four kinds of coal samples at different zoom levels, and the box dimension can be worked out based on the pore preprocessing of SEM images. Then, the numerical value of box dimension is used to describe the development degree of the four kinds of coal sample and four development degrees’ sequence. At last, the intrinsic relevance between fractal dimension and other parameters is analyzed through mathematic method. The results show as follows: coal sample has self-similarity characteristic; the fractal dimension is related to both the total number of pores and porosity degree; the data of the coal pore, analyzed through fractal dimension, are consistent with that through traditional method; what’s more, fractal dimension has more advantages in describing accuracy and simplicity.


Fractals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (06) ◽  
pp. 1850089 ◽  
Author(s):  
HAMIDREZA NAMAZI ◽  
ALI AKHAVAN FARID ◽  
TECK SENG CHANG

Analysis of cutting forces in machining operation is an important issue. The cutting force changes randomly in milling operation where it makes a signal by plotting over time span. An important type of analysis belongs to the study of how cutting forces change along different axes. Since cutting force has fractal characteristics, in this paper for the first time we analyze the variations of complexity of cutting force signal along different axes using fractal theory. For this purpose, we consider two cutting depths and do milling operation in dry and wet machining conditions. The obtained cutting force time series was analyzed by computing the fractal dimension. The result showed that in both wet and dry machining conditions, the feed force (along [Formula: see text]-axis) has greater fractal dimension than radial force (along [Formula: see text]-axis). In addition, the radial force (along [Formula: see text]-axis) has greater fractal dimension than thrust force (along [Formula: see text]-axis). The method of analysis that was used in this research can be applied to other machining operations to study the variations of fractal structure of cutting force signal along different axes.


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