Couples undergoing Assisted Reproductive Techniques: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Model of dyadic adjustment, attachment, and body-image avoidance

The aim is to assess the commonalities and interdependence referred to body-image avoidance among 118 couples newly introduced to first-level assisted reproductive techniques. Results showed non-clinical functioning levels, and partners showed a correlated, yet low, dyadic adjustment. The couple-effect was modeled through an Actor Partner Interdependence Model. For both partners, dyadic adjustment’s actor-effect associates with body-image avoidance. Moreover, psychological symptoms’ actor-effect associate to body-image avoidance, resulting significantly more influential than the partner-effect. Only for males, alexithymia’s actor-effect was significant. To conclude, partners’ functioning is quite specular yet not interdependent, as they do not show a couple-as-a-unit modality of functioning. Clinical implications are discussed.

Strain-gradient effect on the crack tip dislocations density

In this study, the influence of a material’s plastic properties on the crack tip fields and dislocation density behavior is analytically and numerically analyzed using the conventional mechanism-based strain-gradient plasticity (CMSGP) theory established using the Taylor model. The material constitutive equation is implemented in a commercial finite element code by a user subroutine, and the crack tip fields are evaluated with novel parameters in the form of the intrinsic material length, characterizing the scale over which gradient effects become significant. As a consequence of the strain-gradient contribution, FE results show a significant increase in the magnitude of the stress fields of CMSGP when the material length parameter is considered. It is found that the density of geometrically necessary dislocations (GND) is large around the crack tip, but it rapidly decreases away from the crack tip. On the contrary, the density of statistically stored dislocations (SSD) is not as large as geometrically necessary dislocations around the crack tip, but it decreases much slower than GND away from the crack tip. A couple effect of material work hardening and the crack tip distance is identified.

Relative Motion Dynamics Modeling and Control of DFP Vibration Isolation Spacecraft

In order to better meet the future high precision task requirements, the DFP(Disturbance-Free Payload) spacecraft composed of non-contact PM(Payload Module)and SM(Support Module)is taken as the object to study the relative motion dynamics modeling and control between the two modules and verify the system vibration isolation performance. Firstly, the force and torque expressions of the two modules are derived by simplifying the configuration and analyzing the stress. In view of that couple effect, the relative motion dynamics equations between two modules of DFP spacecraft with high model accuracy, and simple and uniform format are established with the dual quaternions. Based on this, the PD control law is designed, and the relative motion of PM and SM could meet DFP spacecraft working requirements when the measurability of control quantity and the measurement error of sensors were taken into account. Simulation results verify the advantage of vibration isolation and attitude maneuverability of DFP spacecraft.

The Unsteady Pre-Stall Behavior of the Spike-Type Rotating Stall Within an Airfoil Vaned-Diffuser

The spike-type rotating stall (RS) inception inside the vaned-diffuser, which seriously restricts the performance range and brings the problems of blade fatigue, still seems to be a ‘mystery’ since its randomness. The paper intends to explain the mechanisms of this stall inception. To quantitatively assess the critical unsteady behavior to the initiation of RS inception, the transient measurement characterizes the process falling into the RS through the parameter of ‘blade passing irregularity’. The underlying vortex disturbance, related to the growing of the flow complexity and the final spike-type precursor, is further revealed by the full-annulus simulation. The results show the propagation principle of the vortexes from the design to the stall inception point, reflected by the distribution of ‘blade passing irregularity’. The performance change of different sub-components due to the vortex behavior is presented. At the RS limit, the sudden ramp-up of the ‘blade passing irregularity’ near the leading edge (LE), accompanied with the drop of the static pressure rise in the sub-component between the semi-vaneless and throat, corresponds to the spike-type inception in the form of a clockwise vortex connecting the suction side of the diffuser vane and the pressure side of the adjacent vane. Besides, when approaching the spike-type inception point, the couple effect of the growing potential of the diffuser vane and the enhanced vortex disturbance at the impeller outlet degrades the diffuser inlet flow.

Performance Analysis of Double Nozzle Flapper Servo Valve Based on Liquid-Solid Couple Effect and Moving Grid Approach

When designing the servo valve with different structure parameters, the influence of the interaction between the liquid and the solid on the performance of servo valve can only be obtain by the method of experiment, and then it can increase the time and cost of designing the servo valve. The liquid-solid couple method can obtain the influence of structure parameters on the performance of servo valve under the circumstance of reducing the experimental cost and time. The paper chooses the servo valve of A and B as models for study, The text adopts FSI method to analyze the flow field of double nozzle baffle electro-hydraulic servo valve prestage through the software of ANSYS, research the change of the prestage flow field by deflection of loaded armature baffle components, contrast and analyze the change of velocity, pressure, power loss and flow coefficient of fixed choke, nozzle, return port, and the displacement of the valve core of slide valve, stress of armature baffle components, pressure at both ends of spool. Summarize the advantages and disadvantages of A and B servo valve, and find different parameters of servo valve have different performance, it is difficult to find a common structure and size. It can help us to select the requirement structure by using fluid-structure interaction, reduce experiments and save cost.