An approximate analytical model for calculating the pull-in voltage of a stepped cantilever-type radio frequency （RF） micro electro-mechanical system （MEMS） switch is developed based on the Euler-Bernoulli beam an...An approximate analytical model for calculating the pull-in voltage of a stepped cantilever-type radio frequency （RF） micro electro-mechanical system （MEMS） switch is developed based on the Euler-Bernoulli beam and a modified couple stress theory, and is validated by comparison with the finite element results. The sensitivity functions of the pull-in voltage to the designed parameters are derived based on the proposed model. The sensitivity investigation shows that the pull-in voltage sensitivities increase/decrease nonlinearly with the increases in the designed parameters. For the stepped cantilever beam, there exists a nonzero optimal dimensionless length ratio, where the pull-in voltage is insensitive. The optimal value of the dimensionless length ratio only depends on the dimensionless width ratio, and can be obtained by solving a nonlinear equation. The determination of the designed parameters is discussed, and some recommendations are made for the RF MEMS switch optimization.展开更多
We study here effects of nozzle layout on the droplet ejection of a micro atomizer, which was fabricated with the arrayed nozzles by the MEMS technology and actuated by a piezoelectric disc. A theoretical model was fi...We study here effects of nozzle layout on the droplet ejection of a micro atomizer, which was fabricated with the arrayed nozzles by the MEMS technology and actuated by a piezoelectric disc. A theoretical model was first built for this piezoelectric-liquid-structure coupling system to characterize the acoustic wave propagation in the liquid chamber, which determined the droplet formation out of nozzles. The modal analysis was carried out numerically to predict resonant frequencies and simulate the corresponding pressure wave field. By comparing the amplitude contours of pressure wave on the liquid-solid interface at nozzle inlets with the designed nozzle layout, behaviors of the device under different vibration modes can be predicted. Experimentally, an impedance analyzer was used to measure the resonant frequencies of the system. Three types of atomizers with different nozzle layouts were fabricated for measuring the effect of nozzle distribution on the ejection performance. The visualization experiment of droplet generation was carried out and volume flow rates of these devices were measured. The good agreement between the experiment and the prediction proved that only the increase of nozzles may not enhance the droplet generation and a design of nozzle distribution from a view-point of frequency is necessary for a resonant related atomizer.展开更多
Horseshoe crabs,the most well-known example of“living fossils”,are iconic and ecologically important macroinvertebrates in coastal and estuarine ecosystems.Their blood is a crucial resource for manufacturing Limulus...Horseshoe crabs,the most well-known example of“living fossils”,are iconic and ecologically important macroinvertebrates in coastal and estuarine ecosystems.Their blood is a crucial resource for manufacturing Limulus or Tachypleus amebocyte lysate to detect bacterial endotoxins or fungal contamination in drug and medical devices.An enhanced understanding of their ecological roles and trophic interactions in the food webs is fundamental to facilitate resource management for the declining populations in Asia.Foraging information of the Asian species,however,is mainly derived from preliminary,scattered reports from a limited number of study locations.In this study,resource utilization,trophic niche dynamics,and trophic interaction of the juvenile tri-spine horseshoe crab,Tachypleus tridentatus(instars 1–12,approximately 0.5–8 years old)across ontogeny was assessed in diversified nursery habitats along the northern Beibu Gulf,China,using carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes.Our results suggest that:(i)T.tridentatus are ecological generalists given the vast range of carbon isotopic values and trophic niche width estimates exhibited between multiple instar groups;(ii)juvenile T.tridentatus across most habitat types predominantly assimilated energy from a variety of basal production sources in the food web,but primarily depended on sedimentary organic matter and seagrass resource pools;(iii)ontogenetic shifts in juvenile dietary proportions were evident,with decreased reliance on sedimentary organic matter,coupled with increased reliance on benthic macroinvertebrate grazers,detritivores,and omnivores with age;and(iv)nearly all juvenile instars occupied similar trophic positions in the food web with slight shifts in trophic position present with increasing size.Our findings indicate that resource availability and ontogenetic diet shifts strongly influence horseshoe crab trophic dynamics,and age should be accounted when formulating habitat conservation measures based on resource use for Asian horseshoe crabs.展开更多
Liangjia Village earth fissure,one of the 79 earth fissures along the Kouzhen-Guanshan fault located in the northern Weihe Basin,causes severe damage to buildings and farmlands.Since the late 1950s,40 earth fissures h...Liangjia Village earth fissure,one of the 79 earth fissures along the Kouzhen-Guanshan fault located in the northern Weihe Basin,causes severe damage to buildings and farmlands.Since the late 1950s,40 earth fissures have occurred in a similar east-west(EW)direction parallel to the Kouzhen-Guanshan fault,and a further 39 earth fissures have occurred with north-west,east-north,or north-east orientations intersecting the fault.In this study,a case study of Liangjia Village earth fissure was conducted to investigate the mechanisms of fissure generation in detail.Geotechnical and geophysical methods including measurements,trenching,drilling,and seismic exploration were used to reveal the basic characteristics,geological background,and origin model of the Liangjia Village earth fissure.This earth fissure,with a total length of 800 m in 2014,runs EW parallel to the Kouzhen-Guanshan fault,and it has damaged buildings and farmlands by forming sinkholes,gullies,subsidence,and a scarp.The trenching results indicated that this fissure underwent multi-phase activity.Analysis of geological drilling and shallow seismic profiling results showed that the fissure also possessed characteristics of a synsedimentary fault.Regarding its genesis,the fissure was formed through the combined actions of three factors:an earthquake created the fissure,the Kouzhen-Guanshan fault controlled its development,and loess erosion and groundwater runoff subsequently enlarged the fissure.Regional extension first generated many buried faults along the hanging wall of the Kouzhen-Guanshan fault before seismic activity caused the buried faults to propagate to the surface,where loess erosion and ground-water runoff promoted the formation of the current earth fissure.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51505089 and61204116)the Opening Project of the Science and Technology on Reliability Physics and Application Technology of Electronic Component Laboratory(Nos.ZHD201207 and 9140C030605140C03015)the Pearl River S&T Nova Program of Guangzhou(No.2014J2200086)
文摘An approximate analytical model for calculating the pull-in voltage of a stepped cantilever-type radio frequency （RF） micro electro-mechanical system （MEMS） switch is developed based on the Euler-Bernoulli beam and a modified couple stress theory, and is validated by comparison with the finite element results. The sensitivity functions of the pull-in voltage to the designed parameters are derived based on the proposed model. The sensitivity investigation shows that the pull-in voltage sensitivities increase/decrease nonlinearly with the increases in the designed parameters. For the stepped cantilever beam, there exists a nonzero optimal dimensionless length ratio, where the pull-in voltage is insensitive. The optimal value of the dimensionless length ratio only depends on the dimensionless width ratio, and can be obtained by solving a nonlinear equation. The determination of the designed parameters is discussed, and some recommendations are made for the RF MEMS switch optimization.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(50405001).
文摘We study here effects of nozzle layout on the droplet ejection of a micro atomizer, which was fabricated with the arrayed nozzles by the MEMS technology and actuated by a piezoelectric disc. A theoretical model was first built for this piezoelectric-liquid-structure coupling system to characterize the acoustic wave propagation in the liquid chamber, which determined the droplet formation out of nozzles. The modal analysis was carried out numerically to predict resonant frequencies and simulate the corresponding pressure wave field. By comparing the amplitude contours of pressure wave on the liquid-solid interface at nozzle inlets with the designed nozzle layout, behaviors of the device under different vibration modes can be predicted. Experimentally, an impedance analyzer was used to measure the resonant frequencies of the system. Three types of atomizers with different nozzle layouts were fabricated for measuring the effect of nozzle distribution on the ejection performance. The visualization experiment of droplet generation was carried out and volume flow rates of these devices were measured. The good agreement between the experiment and the prediction proved that only the increase of nozzles may not enhance the droplet generation and a design of nozzle distribution from a view-point of frequency is necessary for a resonant related atomizer.
基金This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41706183,41901226)the Guangxi Natural Science Foundation(2017GXNSFBA198181)the Guangxi BaGui Youth Scholars Program,the Guangxi Recruitment Program of 100 Global Experts,and the Guangxi Postdoctoral Innovation Program.
文摘Horseshoe crabs,the most well-known example of“living fossils”,are iconic and ecologically important macroinvertebrates in coastal and estuarine ecosystems.Their blood is a crucial resource for manufacturing Limulus or Tachypleus amebocyte lysate to detect bacterial endotoxins or fungal contamination in drug and medical devices.An enhanced understanding of their ecological roles and trophic interactions in the food webs is fundamental to facilitate resource management for the declining populations in Asia.Foraging information of the Asian species,however,is mainly derived from preliminary,scattered reports from a limited number of study locations.In this study,resource utilization,trophic niche dynamics,and trophic interaction of the juvenile tri-spine horseshoe crab,Tachypleus tridentatus(instars 1–12,approximately 0.5–8 years old)across ontogeny was assessed in diversified nursery habitats along the northern Beibu Gulf,China,using carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes.Our results suggest that:(i)T.tridentatus are ecological generalists given the vast range of carbon isotopic values and trophic niche width estimates exhibited between multiple instar groups;(ii)juvenile T.tridentatus across most habitat types predominantly assimilated energy from a variety of basal production sources in the food web,but primarily depended on sedimentary organic matter and seagrass resource pools;(iii)ontogenetic shifts in juvenile dietary proportions were evident,with decreased reliance on sedimentary organic matter,coupled with increased reliance on benthic macroinvertebrate grazers,detritivores,and omnivores with age;and(iv)nearly all juvenile instars occupied similar trophic positions in the food web with slight shifts in trophic position present with increasing size.Our findings indicate that resource availability and ontogenetic diet shifts strongly influence horseshoe crab trophic dynamics,and age should be accounted when formulating habitat conservation measures based on resource use for Asian horseshoe crabs.
基金This study was funded by the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2014CB744700)the High Speed Railway Joint Fund of NSFC(No.U1934208)+4 种基金the Key R&D Program of Jiangxi Province,China(No.20202BBGL73079)the CMEC Technology Incubation Project(CMEC-KJFH-2018-02)the National Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.41702298)Supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,CHD(Nos.300102260402 and 300102269203)the National Geological Survey of China(Nos.121201001000150122 and DD20160235).
文摘Liangjia Village earth fissure,one of the 79 earth fissures along the Kouzhen-Guanshan fault located in the northern Weihe Basin,causes severe damage to buildings and farmlands.Since the late 1950s,40 earth fissures have occurred in a similar east-west(EW)direction parallel to the Kouzhen-Guanshan fault,and a further 39 earth fissures have occurred with north-west,east-north,or north-east orientations intersecting the fault.In this study,a case study of Liangjia Village earth fissure was conducted to investigate the mechanisms of fissure generation in detail.Geotechnical and geophysical methods including measurements,trenching,drilling,and seismic exploration were used to reveal the basic characteristics,geological background,and origin model of the Liangjia Village earth fissure.This earth fissure,with a total length of 800 m in 2014,runs EW parallel to the Kouzhen-Guanshan fault,and it has damaged buildings and farmlands by forming sinkholes,gullies,subsidence,and a scarp.The trenching results indicated that this fissure underwent multi-phase activity.Analysis of geological drilling and shallow seismic profiling results showed that the fissure also possessed characteristics of a synsedimentary fault.Regarding its genesis,the fissure was formed through the combined actions of three factors:an earthquake created the fissure,the Kouzhen-Guanshan fault controlled its development,and loess erosion and groundwater runoff subsequently enlarged the fissure.Regional extension first generated many buried faults along the hanging wall of the Kouzhen-Guanshan fault before seismic activity caused the buried faults to propagate to the surface,where loess erosion and ground-water runoff promoted the formation of the current earth fissure.
