A Distributed Error Recovery Technique and Its Implementation and Application on UNIX

This paper presents a checkpoint setting technique to eliminate domino effect in backward recovery in distributed systems,which is very efficient,powerful,widely applicable and easy to be implememted.Besides theoretical analysis,an implementation on UNIX system and a package for software fault-tolerance are in- troduced.Then the problems of checkpoint management and process termination are discussed.

RECOVERY EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES OF TENSILE IMPACT

Based on loading-unloading test, tensile impact recovery experimental techniques have been developed to obtain the isothermal stress-strain curves of materials under high strain rates. The thermal softening effect can be decoupled by comparing the isothermal stress-strain curves with the adiabatic stress-strain curves at the same strain rate. In the present paper, recovery experiments of brass have been carried out on a self-designed rotating disk tensile impact apparatus. According to the parabolic strain hardening power-law thermo-viscoplastic constitutive model, strain hardening parameter, strain rates strengthening parameter and thermal softening synthetical parameter have been decoupled from experimental results. Furthermore, from these parameters, one can determine the theoretical isothermal curves and adiabatic curves at high strain rates well-coinciding the experimental results respectively. It indicates that the recovery experimental techniques of tensile impact are effective and reliable and are important means for the study of thermo-mechanical coupling. The experimental results also reveals that brass is a typical thermo-viscoplastic material.

A Study on Internal Service Recovery Strategy Using CIT from the First Line Staff's Perspective

Service is a special product. It is intangible and unstored, so service er-rors are not avoided. Once service errors appear, the first line staffs who keep di-rect touch with customers wil play an important role in service recovery. The staffs＇ negative emotions during the recovery service should be recovered by internal ser-vice recovery. In this paper, critical incident technique is applied to analyse the re-covery strategies expected by the first line staff and the internal service recovery strategies such as inspiring, authorization, training and psychology service are put forward. the strategy most expected by the staff is reward.

Pore-scale study of the effects of DTPA chelating agent flooding on oil recovery utilizing a clay-coated micromodel

The use of diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid(DTPA)chelating agent has shown promising results for enhanced oil recovery(EOR)in prior research.Several mechanisms,mainly resulting from rock-fluid interaction,have been proposed for chelating agent flooding;however,little attention has been paid to fluid-fluid interaction thus far.The assessment of these mechanisms has primarily relied on macroscopic techniques such as core flooding.This paper aims to investigate the injection of DTPA brine and its dominant mechanisms at the pore scale using a clay-coated micromodel.The micromodel tests were performed under oil-wet and water-wet states.For a more precise examination of fluid/fluid interactions,the dynamic interfacial tension(IFT)and Zeta potential were measured.It was observed that the injection of DTPA brine in water-wet state changed the saturation distribution and increased oil recovery.Based on visual inspections,this change in saturation distribution could potentially be linked to the formation of micro-dispersions and viscoelastic interfacial phenomena.Micro-dispersions facilitate flow to unswept areas,and viscoelastic interface formation reshapes the interface between oil and brine,causing disconnected oil droplets to coalesce and thus increase recovery.Under the oil-wet state,the micro-dispersion formation and wettability alteration can be the dominant mechanisms,and the amount of recovered oil was higher than that observed in the water-wet state.Furthermore,Zeta potential measurements at the interface between brine and oil showed a more negative value for DTPA brine,which is effective in wettability alteration and micro-dispersions stability.The results indicate that IFT reduction was not significant enough to be considered the dominant mechanism,although it assists in DTPA brine penetration into the crude oil and subsequent micro-dispersion formation.

Performance of Weibull function as a diameter distribution model for Pinus thunbergii stands in the eastern coast of South Korea

This study was carried out to determine the performance of percentile-based Weibull diameter distribution model for Pinus thunbergii stands thriving along the eastern coast of South Korea. The parameter recovery technique was used to estimate the three parameters of the Weibull model. The analysis demonstrated satisfactory results based on the following test statistics for the principal percentile models： fit index （FI） range from 0.501（minimum diameter） to 0.932 （50th diameter percentiles） and root mean square error （RMSE） range from 0.112 （quadratic mean diameter） to 3.572 （minimum diameter）. The developed model was further evaluated by determining the mean bias （E） in trees per ha （TPH） for each diameter class, and the results showed highest over-prediction in the 20 cm, and under-prediction in the x6 cm and 24 cm diameter classes. The goodness of fit tested by Kolmogorov- Smirnov （KS） test showed no significant differences （P〉0.05） between the observed and predicted diameter distributions for almost all plots. Using site index and aboveground biomass （AGB） models developed for P. thunbergii in South Korea, a model to predict the AGB per ha for each diameter class and subsequently the total AGB of the stand was created. An application guide was also created, which will serve as a decision-support tool for forest managers in quantifying the future total AGB in P. thunbergii stands located in the eastern coast of South Korea and, subsequently, the quantification of potential carbon stocks aside from being a vital input in designing efficient management and protection strategies for these stands.