Researches on Fuzzy Creep Compensation of Load Cell

Creep is a critical specification of load cell. Based on the analysis of creep, a new compensation technique, fuzzy creep compensation, is presented in this paper. It firstly introduces the fuzzy recognition to determine loading situations. Compared to the other compensation methods, fuzzy creep compensation can avoid the complicated modeling of creep performance, and it is also proved to be an efficient and simple approach to improve the accuracy of load cell by experiments.

Web Tension Regulation of Multispan Roll-to-Roll System using Integrated Active Dancer and Load Cells for Printed Electronics Applications

The mass production of primed electronics can be achieved by roll-to-roll（R2R） printing system, so highly accurate web tension is required that can minimize the register error and keep the thickness and roughness of printed devices in limits. The web tension of a R2R system is regulated by the use of integrated load cells and active dancer system for printed electronics applications using decentralized multi-input-single-output（MISO） regularized variable learning rate backpropagation artificial neural networks. The active dancer system is used before printing system to reduce disturbances in the web tension of process span. The classical PID control result in tension spikes with the change in roll diameter of winder and unwinder rolls. The presence of dancer in R2R system shows that improved web tension control in printing span and the web tension can be enhanced from 3.75 N to 4.75 N. The overshoot of system is less than ±2.5 N and steady state error is within ± 1 N where load cells have a signal noise of ±0.7 N. The integration of load cells and active dancer with self-adapting neural network control provide a solution to the web tension control of multispan roll-to-roll system.

Characteristics of Dynamic Load Response of a Fuel Cell with a Dead-ended Anode

The dynamic load characteristics of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell（PEMFC） with a dead-ended anode were studied. In a 70 h experiment, the effects of anode pressure, operating temperature, and relative humidity of the cathode on the performances of the fuel cell were investigated. The obtained results show that, with different relative humidity of the cathode at 65 ℃, dynamic loading has little effect on the performances of fuel cell and the electrochemically active surface area（ECSA）. However, the fuel cell operating under dynamic load is unstable when the relative humidity is 50%, and at 50 ℃ with 100% relative humidity, applying a dynamic load has a significant influence on the fuel cell performances. Scanning electron microscopy（SEM） showed that both the upstream and middle catalyst layers of the cell were unchanged, whereas the downstream cathode catalyst layer thinned as a response to dynamic load.

Development and installation of bedload monitoring systems with submerged load cells

Bedload governs riverbed channel variations and morphology, it is necessary to determine bedload discharge through an arbitrary cross section in a mountain fiver. A new system with submerged load cells has been developed to directly measure bedload discharge. The system consists of： （1） an iron box which is 1 m long, 0.5 m wide and 0.1 m in depth, （2） two submerged load cells 0.7 m apart, （3） a pressure sensor and, （4） an electromagnetic velocity meter. This system has been designed to exclude the effect of the hydraulic pressure of water on direct measurements of bedload particle weight. Initial tests in a laboratory were conducted to examine the accuracy of measurements with the system under aerial conditions. The system has been installed in the supercritical flume in Ashi-arai-dani River of the Hodaka Sedimentation Observatory of the Disaster Prevention Research Institute （DPRI） of Kyoto University to obtain bedload discharge under natural conditions. Flume tests were conducted in this channel by artificial supply of uniform sediment particles of several grain sizes. The average velocity of the sediment particles near the bed was estimated using cross-correlation functions for weight waves obtained by the two load cells, Bedload discharge calculations were based on time integration of the product of sediment velocity and sediment weight obtained by the two load cells. This study clarifies the reasons why bedload measurements are difficult, and provides some solutions using the monitoring systems with submerged load cells through the field measurements. Additionally, the applicability of bedload measurement with the submerged load cells is explained based on experimental artificial sediment supply data.

The precursor frequency of alloreactive CTLs is proportional to the number of T cell epitope specificities

The aim of this study is to find the experimental evidence that the precursor frequency of alloreactive CTLs is proportional to the number of the T-cell epitope specificities. The number of T-cell epitope specificities was manipulated by pulsing different humor of HLA-A2 restricted peptide（s） onto the T2 cells, which acted as stimulating cells to elicit allo-reaction by co-culturing with peripheral blood lymphocytes （PBLs） of HLA-A2 negative individual. Ten HLA-A2 restricted peptides （all were normal cell components ） were synthesized, and cell peptide extract was prepared by frozen and thawed. T2 cells loaded with different number of peptide（s） were co-cultured with PBLs of an HLA-A2 negative individual; the latter were stained with PKH67 in advance. Then the proliferation was monitored with flow cytometry, and the precursor frequency of the effector cells was ＇analyzed by the ModFit Software. After 6 d of culture, no proliferation was observed in the bulk culture of PBL alone, and obvious proliferation took place when PBLs of the HLA-A2 negative were co-cultured with T2 cells loaded with or without loading peptide（ s）. The precursor frequency of the alloreactive CTLs was 0.052 819 for co-culture with T2 cells loaded without peptide; however it was 0. 030 429 for T2 cells with EBV/LMP2A and 0. 030 528 for T2 cells loaded with a single autogeneic peptide, and increased up to 0. 144 942 for T2 cells loaded with 10 autogeneic peptides; the precursor frequency was 0. 203 649 when co-cultured with T2 cells loaded with miscellaneous peptides extracted from the cytoplasm of T2 cells. This study reveals that the precursor frequency of alloreactive CTLs is proportional to the number of T-cell epitope specificities, and independent of the density of the allogeneic HLA Class Ⅰ molecule. Our findings support the hypothesis that the alloreactive T cell populations comprise miscellaneous T cell clones; each is specific to corresponding pMHC. The novel constellation of peptides presented by allogeneic MHC molecules makes thousands of different epitopes, which account for the exceptional high precursor frequency of alloreactive T cells.

Research on dynamic characteristics of high speed milling force based on discontinuous functions

This paper begins with a consideration of the influence of feed per revolution upon the depth of a cut and the impact of the machining method on the direction of tool pressure average and subsequent description of efficient cutting directions and the methods for load cell orientation. The paper goes further into the key conclusions concerning the dependences of the cutting depth at high-speed milling as in the case of discontinuous functions. It ends with recommendations offered for positioning of load cells for cut-up milling and cut-down milling.

Effect of the same mechanical loading on osteogenesis and osteoclastogenesis in vitro

Purpose： To investigate the influence of the same mechanical loading on osteogenesis and osteoclastogenesis in vitro. Methods： Primary osteoblasts, bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells （BMSCs, cultured in osteoinductive medium） and RAW264.7 cells cultured in osteoclast inductive medium were all subjected to a 1000μstrain （μs） at 1 Hz cyclic mechanical stretch for 30 min （twice a day）. Results： After mechanical stimulation, the alkaline phosphatase （ALP） activity, osteocalcin protein level of the osteoblasts and BMSCs were all enhanced, and the mRNA levels of ALP and collagen type I increased. Additionally, extracellular-deposited calcium of both osteoblasts and BMSCs increased. At the same time, the activity of secreted tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, the number of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase-positive multinucleated cells, matrix metalloproteinase-9 protein levels of RAW264.7 cells and the extracellular calcium solvency all decreased. Conclusion： The results demonstrated that 1000 μs cyclic mechanical loading enhanced osteoblasts activity, promoted osteoblastic differentiation of BMSCs and restrained osteoclastogenesis of RAW264.7 cells in vitro.