Mobility and dynamic erosion process of granular flow:insights from numerical investigation using material point method

In order to understand the dynamics of granular flow on an erodible base soil,in this paper,a series of material point method-based granular column collapse tests were conducted to investigate numerically the mobility and dynamic erosion process of granular flow subjected to the complex settings,i.e.,the aspect ratio,granular mass,friction and dilatancy resistance,gravity and presence of water.A set of power scaling laws were proposed to describe the final deposit characteristics of granular flow by the relations of the normalized run-out distance and the normalized final height of granular flow against the aspect ratio,being greatly affected by the complex geological settings,e.g.,granular mass,the friction and dilatancy resistance of granular soil,and presence of water in granular flow.An index of the coefficient of friction of granular soil was defined as a ratio of the target coefficient of friction over the initial coefficient of friction to quantify the scaling extent of friction change(i.e.,friction strengthening or weakening).There is a characteristic aspect ratio of granular column corresponding to the maximum mobility of granular flow with the minimum index of the apparent coefficient of friction.The index of the repose coefficient of friction of granular flow decreased gradually with the increase in aspect ratio because higher potential energy of granular column at a larger aspect ratio causes a larger kinetic energy of granular soil to weaken the friction of granular soil as a kind of velocity-related friction weakening.An increase in granular mass reduces gradually the indexes of the apparent and repose coefficients of friction of granular soil to enhance the mobility of granular flow.The mobility of granular flow increases gradually with the decrease in friction angle or increase in dilatancy angle of granular soil.However,the increase of gravity accelerates granular flow but showing the same final deposit profile without any dependence on gravity.The mobility of granular flow increases gradually by lowering the indexes of the apparent and repose coefficients of friction of granular flow while changing the surroundings,in turn,the dry soil,submerged soil and saturated soil,implying a gradually increased excessive mobility of granular flow with the friction weakening of granular soil.Presence of water in granular flow may be a potential catalyzer to yield a long run-out granular flow,as revealed in comparison of water-absent and water-present granular flows.In addition,the dynamic erosion and entrainment of based soil induced by granular flow subjected to the complex geological settings,i.e.,the aspect ratio,granular mass,gravity,friction and dilatancy resistance,and presence of water,were comprehensively investigated as well.

Sound radiation of a functionally graded material cylindrical shell in water by mobility method

Based on the fundamental dynamic equations of functionally graded material (FGM) cylindrical shell, this paper investigates the sound radiation of vibrational FGM shell in water by mobility method. This model takes into account the exterior fluid loading due to the sound press radiated by the FGM shell. The FGM cylindrical shell was excited by a harmonic line radial force uniformly distributing along the generator. The FGM shell equations of motion, the Helmholtz equation in the exterior fluid medium and the continuity equation at fluid-shell interface are used in this vibroacoustic problem. The expressions of sound radiation efficiency and sound field of the FGM shell have been derived by mobility method. Radiation efficiency, modal mobility and the directivity pattern of the sound field are solved numerically. In particular, radiation efficiency and directivity pattern with various power law index are analyzed.

Doppler shift estimation methods in mobile communication systems

Several Doppler shift estimators, including mean logarithm envelope difference (MLED) method, auto-correlation function (ACF) method, zero crossing rate (ZCR) method and mean square phase difference (MSPD) method were discussed and compared. The estimation principle and theoretical estimation bias of these estimators under Rayleigh fading channels were analyzed; furthermore, the Cramer Rao bound (CRB) of Doppler shift estimation was deduced, and a novel modification method based on two-dimensional polynomial fitting was proposed to reduce the Doppler shift estimation bias. We verified our algorithms with the Monte Carlo computer simulation; simulation results showed better variance performance of modified methods than those of the original methods. In addition, the applicable situations of these estimators were discussed.

Direct measurements of conductivity and mobility in millimeter-sized single-crystalline graphene via van der Pauw geometry

We report the direct measurements of conductivity and mobility in millimeter-sized single-crystalline graphene on SiO2/Si via van der Pauw geometry by using a home-designed four-probe scanning tunneling microscope（4P-STM）. The gate-tunable conductivity and mobility are extracted from standard van der Pauw resistance measurements where the four STM probes contact the four peripheries of hexagonal graphene flakes, respectively. The high homogeneity of transport properties of the single-crystalline graphene flake is confirmed by comparing the extracted conductivities and mobilities from three setups with different geometry factors. Our studies provide a reliable solution for directly evaluating the entire electrical properties of graphene in a non-invasive way and could be extended to characterizing other two-dimensional materials.

Testing a mobile app for child abuse treatment: A mixed methods study

Objective:This study provides a preliminary evaluation of the usability and acceptability of a mobile application(sexual assault care algorithm,SACA).Methods:An explanatory sequential mixed methods research was used.A quantitative survey was followed up by a qualitative study.A convenience sample of participants(n=4)was recruited.The research was conducted on a one-on-one basis.In the quantitative phase,a random assignment technique was used to divide four participants into two groups of two participants each.Post-Study System Usability Questionnaire(PSSUQ)and Acceptability e-Scale were used to collect quantitative data.In the qualitative phase,interview,observation,and documentation were used to collect qualitative data.Data were analyzed both quantitative and qualitatively.The qualitative data were linked with the initial quantitative data to determine how the follow-up qualitative data helped explain the initial quantitative results.Results:The quantitative results suggested that SACA has high usability(5.05±1.83)and acceptability(3.81±1.22).The qualitative results further indicate that the participants thought SACA was easy to use and useful,and most of them would recommend it to others.Areas of improvement include adding features that would calculate and validate the elapsed time since the sexual assault,adding explanations to some buttons,and providing training.Conclusions:Our findings highlight the value of using a mixed methods research design to conduct a usability and acceptability test.Nurses are more likely to adopt a new technology for their evidencebased practice when the technology is easy to use and useful and requires less time to find the right piece of guideline evidence.Individualized training needs to be designed based on users'characteristics.

Mobile Equilibrium Method for Determining Composition and Stability Constant of Coordination Compounds of the Form M_mR_n

A new method is proposed for determining the composition and stability constant of coordination compounds of the form M m R n ; it can be used to differentiate mono and poly nuclear coordination compounds. The equation derived is lg( A i/(A max - A i) m)=n lg c′ R+lg( m·β(c M/A max ) ( m -1) ). The method is based on Bent French limited logarithm method. The demonstration of the proposed method has yielded correct results for Sc 3+ chlorophosphonazo Ⅲ system and Fe 3+ Chromazurol S system.

Performance Evaluation of Mobility Anchor Point with Guard Load Reservation in Hierarchical Mobile IPv6

Hierarchical mobile IPv6 （HMIPv6） introduces a mobility anchor point to reduce the signaling overhead and handoff latency. In this paper, we apply the matrix-analytical approach to explore the performance measures of the ongoing mobile nodes （MNs） drop and new MNs block probabilities of mobility anchor point with a guard bandwidth reservation scheme. We apply the Markovian arrival process （MAP） to model ongoing MNs and new MNs. Five related performance measures are derived, including the long-term new MN block and ongoing MN drop probabilities, and the three short-term measures of average length of a block period and a non-block period, as well as the conditional ongoing MN drop probability during a block period. These performance measures greatly assist the guard bandwidth reservation mechanism in determining a proper threshold guard bandwidth. The results presented in this paper can provide guidelines for designing adaptive algorithms to adjust the threshold in the guard bandwidth reservation scheme.

Mobility of large clusters on a semiconductor surface:Kinetic Monte Carlo simulation results

The mobility of clusters on a semiconductor surface for various values of cluster size is studied as a function of temperature by kinetic Monte Carlo method. The cluster resides on the surface of a square grid. Kinetic processes such as the diffusion of single particles on the surface, their attachment and detachment to/from clusters, diffusion of particles along cluster edges are considered. The clusters considered in this study consist of 150-6000 atoms per cluster on average. A statistical probability of motion to each direction is assigned to each particle where a particle with four nearest neighbors is assumed to be immobile. The mobility of a cluster is found from the root mean square displacement of the center of mass of the cluster as a function of time. It is found that the diffusion coefficient of clusters goes as D = A（T）Na where N is the average number of particles in the cluster, A（T） is a temperature-dependent constant and a is a parameter with a value of about -0.64 〈 a 〈 -0.75. The value of a is found to be independent of cluster sizes and temperature values （170-220 K） considered in this study. As the diffusion along the perimeter of the cluster becomes prohibitive, the exponent approaches a value of -0.5. The diffusion coefficient is found to change by one order of magnitude as a function of cluster size.

Easy Determination of Radiation Absorption in Brain Tissue from Mobile Phones Using Finite Element Method

Brain tissue plays a significant role in both cognitive and psychomotor behavior of humans. However, their interaction with radiation emanating from hand held mobile devices is still not fully understood. This research was aimed at investigating radiation absorption in brain tissue. Bovine brain tissues ranging from lesser than 1 year to greater than 10 years of age were bought from a specialty store (Sigma-Aldrich). The tissues were used within 72 h of extraction for ex vivo brain experiments. The brain tissue was stored at 6°C and then 16°C for 24 h in the MRI room to reach thermal equilibrium before any experiments were undertaken. The averages for the dielectric constant were measured from 1 - 4 GHz using open ended coaxial probe (OECP) (85,070E;Agilent Technologies). The results obtained for the dielectric properties were then used as raw data in the numerical computation and simulation of the radiation absorption by the brain tissues for both adolescent and adults bovine brain tissue using finite element method (FEM). The measured dielectric constants varied for the different brain tissue from 54.39 to 39.29. Analysis showed that adolescents tissue absorbed more radiation than adults from mobile phoneradiation which is due to the higher dielectric property of adolescent brain tissue. The results obtained can be applied to human brain tissue since bovine shares the same compositional properties with humans.

Mobility and constant-orientation workspace analysis of 4UPS-UPU parallel mechanism

One of the key issues for parallel mechanism is the kinematic characteristics,especially the workspace which varies with configuration parameters.A kind of 4UPS-UPU parallel mechanism is designed and its workspace is studied in this paper.First,the mobility of the 4UPS-UPU parallel mechanism is analyzed based on the reciprocal screw theory,and the motion and constraint screw systems of the parallel mechanism are obtained.Then the inverse kinematics is derived by the closed-form kinematics chain.The boundary search method in the polar coordinate system is presented to analyze the constant-orientation workspace of the parallel mechanism.Finally,the influence factors relevant to the workspace,such as the structural parameters and kinematics parameters are analyzed in detail.The relationship between the workspace volume and different parameters are obtained.The conclusions can be used for parameters optimization and path planning of the parallel mechanism.

Real- Time Color Enhancement Method Used for Intelligent Mobile Terminals

In certain environments and under some conditions, the video images taken by the intelligent mobile video phones seem dark, and the colors are not bright or saturated enough.This paper presents an adaptive method to enhance the video image brightness visualization and the color performance depending on the certain hardware property and function parameters. The experimental results prove that this method can enhance the colors and the contrast of the video images, based on the estimated quality feature values of each frame, without using the extra Digital Signal Processor (DSP).

Mobility and equilibrium stability analysis of pin-jointed mechanisms with equilibrium matrix SVD

Under certain load pattern, the geometrically indeterminate pin-jointed mechanisms will present certain shapes to keep static equalization. This paper proposes a matrix-based method to determine the mobility and equilibrium stability of mechanisms according to the effects of the external loads. The first and second variations of the potential energy function of mechanisms under conservative force field are analyzed. Based on the singular value decomposition (SVD) method, a new crite- rion for the mobility and equilibrium stability of mechanisms can be concluded by analyzing the equilibrium matrix. The mobility and stability of mechanisms can be classified by unified matrix formulae. A number of examples are given to demonstrate the proposed criterion. In the end, criteria are summarized in a table.

局域网中利用MobileAgent技术实现信息的检索

提出了一个应用于局域网中的基于MobileAgent技术的信息检索系统的模型 ,并给出了实现该系统的关键技术。整个模型是建立在已有网络协议的基础上 ,并且采用了概念分层结构。关键技术涉及Agent的基本结构、Agent的管理和通信。

基于改进两步移动搜索法的南京市养老机构空间可达性研究

空间可达性是评价一个城市养老服务设施配置科学性的关键指标之一,精准衡量城市养老机构的空间异质性、合理规划养老公共空间,是实现城市稳定健康发展的重要保障。以南京市为例,基于多源数据构建随机森林模型将南京市2022年常住人口格网化,结合改进的两步移动搜索法进行养老服务设施的可达性分级测算,通过构建养老机构空间自相关探究其空间分异特征。结果表明:南京市养老机构空间可达性整体较好,但区域配置差异明显;主城区和副中心城区的可达性高,城乡结合部和边缘农村区域可达性较差。

Windows Mobile Standard中文输入法设计实现

Windows Mobile Standard是主流的手机操作系统之一,但其中的汉字输入法少,用户选择余地小。首先比较了Windows Mobile Standard中文输入法与桌面Windows中文输入法的异同,分析了Windows Mobile Standard的输入接口,然后讲解了设计并实现一个Windows Mobile Standard纵横码中文输入法的过程,描述了其中的一些关键问题。纵横码汉字输入法的开发对于各种输入法向手持设备上移植具有借鉴意义。

Windows Mobile平台下智能手机输入法研究

笔画输入相比拼音输入在重码率方面具有强大的优势。主要对传统笔画输入法在编码方案、字词库构造等方面进行优化,使得用户能够运用笔画方式在手机上实现快速的文字输入。对于笔画输入法的编码方案,主要结合传统方案给出了一种新的编码方式,在字词库构造方面,采用空格分隔符方式实现笔画的词组、语句输入。最后结合输入法设计流程,给出Windows Mobile平台下输入法的实现流程,使得用户能够连续地输入笔画字符串,实现单字、词组以及语句的输入,提高汉字的输入效率。

Mobile IPv6协议一致性测试研究

针对Mobile IPv6协议实现的产品可能存在与协议说明不一致的问题,对Mobile IPv6展开协议一致性测试。首先根据RFC 3775提取了Mobile IPv6的一致性测试需求,并针对协议特点设计一种主被动测试相结合的新测试方法,然后运用有限状态机模型为移动节点、家乡代理和通信节点创建形式化模型,在该模型基础上使用U方法自动生成了14条测试例。最后,对Red Hat Linux 9.0环境下的mipv6-1.1-v2.4.26协议实现进行一致性测试实践。对测试结果进行分析后表明,被测实现与协议说明之间存在不一致之处。

Optimisation-based Verification Process of Obstacle Avoidance Systems for Unicycle-like Mobile Robots

This paper presents an optimisatiombased verification process for obstacle avoidance systems of a unicycle-like mobile robot. It is a novel approach for the collision avoidance verification process. Local and global optimisation based verification processes are developed to find the worst-case parameters and the worst-case distance between the robot and an obstacle. The kinematic and dynamic model of the unicycle-like mobile robot is first introduced with force and torque as the inputs. The design of the control system is split into two parts. One is velocity and rotation using the robot dynamics, and the other is the incremental motion planning for robot kinematics. The artificial potential field method is chosen as a path planning and obstacle avoidance candidate technique for verification study as it is simple and widely used. Different optimisation algorithms are applied and compared for the purpose of verification. It is shown that even for a simple case study where only mass and inertia variations are considered, a local optimization based verification method may fail to identify the worst case. Two global optimisation methods have been investigated： genetic algorithms （GAs） and GLOBAL algorithms. Both of these methods successfully find the worst case. The verification process confirms that the obstacle avoidance algorithm functions correctly in the presence of all the possible parameter variations.

基于Mobile Learning的高职院校旅游管理专业微课教学模式研究——以绵阳职业技术学院为例

当前,随着微时代的到来,微课教学模式正不断深入,各层次学校教师均在不同学科和课程内试点微课教学模式,但难以找到可供参考和借鉴的标准化教学设计模式。为此,本文通过对比分析Mobile Learning和微课教学的特点,系统阐述了微课"三段法"教学模式的实施过程,提出了基于Mobile Learning的微课教学模式,旨在为高职院校微课教学模式提供参考。

A multidimensional and hierarchical model of library mobile service quality

Purpose:Based on the understanding of the characteristics of mobile services(m-services)provided by libraries,we attempt to develop a multidimensional and hierarchical model and a specifically designed measurement scale for the assessment of libraries' m-service quality.Design/methodology/approach:The research has been conducted sequentially in two stages.At the first stage,a multidimensional and hierarchical model of library m-service quality and a measurement scale are developed through literature review and focus group interviews.At the second stage the model is tested using partial disaggregation technique for an analysis of the data collected from over 400 library users in 3 Chinese universities.Findings:The proposed model is shown to fit the data well.The empirical analysis provides strong support for the model,which includes 4 dimensions(service environment,service interaction,information control and service effect) and 12 corresponding sub-dimensions.Research limitations:The sample size needs to be enlarged and the user types need to be expanded to make the sample more representative.Practical implications:The study provides a conceptual framework and measurement tool that can help library managers understand the users' needs in the context of mobile network environment,and boost their libraries' competitiveness by carrying out better services to meet the user demands.Originality/value:The proposed model and measurement scale specifically designed for the assessment of libraries' m-service quality fully reflect the hierarchical structure of libraries' m-service quality.In addition,by using partial disaggregation technique for model testing,we believe our research can serve as a practical reference to those engaged in the development and examination of a multidimensional and hierarchical model.