In order to study the dynamic performance of the thermosetting epoxy asphalt mixture(EAM), an experimental program on the dynamic modulus E is conducted. First, E of the EAM under different temperatures and frequenc...In order to study the dynamic performance of the thermosetting epoxy asphalt mixture(EAM), an experimental program on the dynamic modulus E is conducted. First, E of the EAM under different temperatures and frequencies are tested through the simple performance test(SPT), and the effects of temperatures and frequencies on the dynamic modulus of the EAM are analyzed. Secondly, the static modulus of the EAM and the dynamic modulus of other two ordinary mixtures are tested and compared to E of the EAM. Finally the dynamic modulus master curve is constructed using the time-temperature superposition principle. The results show that the E values increase with the increase in the test frequency while on the other hand, the E values decrease with the increase in the test temperature. It also can be seen from the results that the dynamic modulus corresponding to the actual vehicle mode is significantly greater than the static modulus, and the dynamic modulus of the EAM is greater than that of SBS mixtures and the common hot mixed asphalt (HMA). The study results can provide a theoretical basis for the design and mechanical analysis of the steel deck pavement.展开更多
We discuss the unitary operator corresponding to the general two-mode coordinate-momentum mixed transformation(q2,p2)→(Aq1+Bq2,Cq1+Dp2),where A,B,C and Dare arbitrary real numbers,Suitably selecting the parameters A,...We discuss the unitary operator corresponding to the general two-mode coordinate-momentum mixed transformation(q2,p2)→(Aq1+Bq2,Cq1+Dp2),where A,B,C and Dare arbitrary real numbers,Suitably selecting the parameters A,B,Cand D,we obtain a new two-mode bosonic realization of the SU(1,1) Lie algebra.We also study the squeezing effects of the squeezed vacuum associated with the new two-mode bosonic realization of the SU(1,1) Lie algebra.The results show that the new squeezed vacuum does not possess second-order squeezing,but exhibits higher-order squeezing.展开更多
Electronically non-adiabatic processes are essential parts of photochemical process, collisions of excited species, electron transfer processes, and quantum information processing. Various non-adiabatic dynamics metho...Electronically non-adiabatic processes are essential parts of photochemical process, collisions of excited species, electron transfer processes, and quantum information processing. Various non-adiabatic dynamics methods and their numerical implementation have been developed in the last decades. This review summarizes the most significant development of mixed quantum-classical methods and their applications which mainly include the Liouville equa- tion, Ehrenfest mean-field, trajectory surface hopping, and multiple spawning methods. The recently developed quantum trajectory mean-field method that accounts for the decoherence corrections in a parameter-free fashion is discussed in more detail.展开更多
This study aims to introduce a novel hybrid design with a combination of two more common mechanisms for improving the capacity of systems in absorbing the kinetic energy of moving vehicles or devices. This new model c...This study aims to introduce a novel hybrid design with a combination of two more common mechanisms for improving the capacity of systems in absorbing the kinetic energy of moving vehicles or devices. This new model consists of two individual mechanisms, i.e., expansion of a circular tube accompanied by crushing of an inner tube, which dissipate the energy through friction, plastic deformations and failures of inner tube. This study comprises 24 case studies surveyed under two different design controls, constant mass and constant volume, for comparing purposes. Finite element simulations are utilized so as to investigate models’ deformations and to extract some crashworthiness parameters in aid of representing the efficiency of the mechanism as well as conducting a parametric study between three different profiles of inner tube. This study shows that models with inner circular and hexagonal tube profile absorb higher amount of energy due to experiencing three different modes of energy dissipation systems, including folding, shear and ductile damages.展开更多
A series-parallel hydraulic hybrid system applied to public buses is put torwaro, ano parameters of key components are analyzed and determined. Energy management strategy based on logic thresh- old is designed which i...A series-parallel hydraulic hybrid system applied to public buses is put torwaro, ano parameters of key components are analyzed and determined. Energy management strategy based on logic thresh- old is designed which is aimed at efficient operation of the overall system considering the operational characteristic of the components and taking the curves of engine, hydraulic pump/motor and hydrau- lic pump as the main design basis; regenerative control strategy which makes regenerative brake sys- tem and frictional brake system work harmoniously is designed to raise recovery rate of regenerative brake energy. System dynamic modeling and simulation results show that the energy control strategy designed here is able to adapt system to changes of working condition and switch the operating mode reasonably. The regenerative braking control strategy is effective in raising the utilization of energy and improving fuel economy.展开更多
This paper presents an experimental study of the physical characteristic effects of large particles on hydraulic transport in a horizontal pipe.The particles are spherical and are large with respect to the diameter of...This paper presents an experimental study of the physical characteristic effects of large particles on hydraulic transport in a horizontal pipe.The particles are spherical and are large with respect to the diameter of the pipe(8%,10%,16% and 25%).Experiments were done to test the important parameters in solid transport(pressure,velocity,etc.).As a result,the relationship between the pressure gradient forces and the mixture velocity was substantially different from the pure liquid flow.However,in a single-phase flow a monotonous behavior of the pressure drop curve is observed,and the curve of the solid particle flow attains its minimum at the critical velocity.The regimes are characterized with differential pressure measurements and visualizations.展开更多
In Web 2.0 era,the content on a web page is increasingly generated by end users,rather than limited number of administrators.Hence,large number of User Generated Content(UGC) has driven the explosion of content in the...In Web 2.0 era,the content on a web page is increasingly generated by end users,rather than limited number of administrators.Hence,large number of User Generated Content(UGC) has driven the explosion of content in the web.Thanks to UGC,the pattern of web usage has evolved from download dominated way to a hybrid one with both information download and upload.Large number of UGC has unveiled great capacity of information that is unavailable for researchers before,such as individual preferences,social connections,and etc.In this paper,we propose a novel model which studies the UGC in micro-blogging web sites,the largest and fastest information diffusion media online,and evaluate the social influence for an arbitrary individual.Experimental results show that our model outperforms state-of-the-art techniques in social influence evaluation in both the running time and accuracy.展开更多
This paper focused on a simplified method for solving the hybrid robot kinematics in CT-guided (computerized tomography, CT) surgery. By position constraint introduced, the hybrid robot can be transformed as a redun...This paper focused on a simplified method for solving the hybrid robot kinematics in CT-guided (computerized tomography, CT) surgery. By position constraint introduced, the hybrid robot can be transformed as a redundant serial 7-DOF robot. The forward displacement calculation was developed based on the product-of-exponential formula (POE). Because of the kinematics complexity of the hybrid and redundant robot, the combination technique of Ulrich two-step iteration method and paul variables detachment method (UTI-PVD) was introduced to fulfill the inverse kinematics of redundant robot, the novelty of which lay in the flexibility of various robots structures and in high calculation efficiency for realtime control. The process of solving the inverse displacement was analyzed. The UTI-PVD method can be applicable to kinematics of many robots, especially for redundant robots with more than 6DOF. The kinematics simulation was provided, and robot dexterity analysis was presented. The results indicated that the hybrid robot could implement the minimally invasive CT-guided surgery.展开更多
This paper studied a supervisory control system for a hybrid off-highway electric vehicle under the chargesustaining(CS)condition.A new predictive double Q-learning with backup models(PDQL)scheme is proposed to optimi...This paper studied a supervisory control system for a hybrid off-highway electric vehicle under the chargesustaining(CS)condition.A new predictive double Q-learning with backup models(PDQL)scheme is proposed to optimize the engine fuel in real-world driving and improve energy efficiency with a faster and more robust learning process.Unlike the existing“model-free”methods,which solely follow on-policy and off-policy to update knowledge bases(Q-tables),the PDQL is developed with the capability to merge both on-policy and off-policy learning by introducing a backup model(Q-table).Experimental evaluations are conducted based on software-in-the-loop(SiL)and hardware-in-the-loop(HiL)test platforms based on real-time modelling of the studied vehicle.Compared to the standard double Q-learning(SDQL),the PDQL only needs half of the learning iterations to achieve better energy efficiency than the SDQL at the end learning process.In the SiL under 35 rounds of learning,the results show that the PDQL can improve the vehicle energy efficiency by 1.75%higher than SDQL.By implementing the PDQL in HiL under four predefined real-world conditions,the PDQL can robustly save more than 5.03%energy than the SDQL scheme.展开更多
Automatic image annotation(AIA)has become an important and challenging problem in computer vision due to the existence of semantic gap.In this paper,a novel support vector machine with mixture of kernels(SVM-MK)for au...Automatic image annotation(AIA)has become an important and challenging problem in computer vision due to the existence of semantic gap.In this paper,a novel support vector machine with mixture of kernels(SVM-MK)for automatic image annotation is proposed.On one hand,the combined global and local block-based image features are extracted in order to reflect the intrinsic content of images as complete as possible.On the other hand,SVM-MK is constructed to shoot for better annotating performance.Experimental results on Corel dataset show that the proposed image feature representation method as well as automatic image annotation classifier,SVM-MK,can achieve higher annotating accuracy than SVM with any single kernel and mi-SVM for semantic image annotation.展开更多
This paper presents a new strategy of embedded energy management between battery and supercapacitors (SC) for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) applications. This proposal is due to the present trend in the field, kn...This paper presents a new strategy of embedded energy management between battery and supercapacitors (SC) for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) applications. This proposal is due to the present trend in the field, knowing that the major drawback of the HEV is the autonomy problem. Thus, using supercapacitors and battery with a good energy management improves the HEV performances. The main contribution of this paper is focused on DC-bus voltage and currents control strategies based on polynomial controller. These strategies are implemented in PICI8F4431 microcontroller for DC/DC converters control. Due to reasons of cost and available components (no optimized), such as the battery and power semiconductors (IGBT), the experimental tests are carried out in reduced scale (2.7 kW). Through some simulations and experimental results obtained in reduced scale, the authors present an improved energy management strategy for HEV.展开更多
Research was undertaken to define the concept of a coach-based braking energy recoupment, storage and regeneration system to augment the acceleration of regional commuter trains hauled by diesel locomotives. Functiona...Research was undertaken to define the concept of a coach-based braking energy recoupment, storage and regeneration system to augment the acceleration of regional commuter trains hauled by diesel locomotives. Functional specifications were developed having the goal of increasing by 25% the acceleration rate of a train consisting of 10 bi-level coaches hauled by a 3,000 hp diesel locomotive, typical of the rolling stock now in commuter services in Canada and the USA. Examining three alternate hybrid system technologies for train retardation based, respectively, on hydrostatic, battery and ultracapacitor energy storage. The ultracapacitor hybrid system appeared the most promising due to the capability ofultracapacitors to repeatedly and rapidly accept large energy charges without degradation, temperature insensitive and flexible in the placement of modules in the limited space available. Analyses of train operation simulations showed that in addition to augmenting acceleration and reducing trip time, braking energy recoupment reduced fuel consumption and concomitant diesel emissions.展开更多
The main requirement of a vector controller is knowing the magnitude and position of the rotating flow in the rotor. This feature permits to use either flow sensors or flow estimators. The solution chosen was the esti...The main requirement of a vector controller is knowing the magnitude and position of the rotating flow in the rotor. This feature permits to use either flow sensors or flow estimators. The solution chosen was the estimation of rotor flux with the hybrid neuro-fuzzy system. The motor characteristics are: 3.75 kW (5 HP), two pole-pair, operate at 60 Hz and air-gap length 0.2 mm. The ANFIS (adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system) was used to tune the membership functions in fuzzy system. The hybrid estimator aims at compensating possible parametric variations of the machine caused by agents, such as temperature or nucleus saturation. The simulated results have shown good performance.展开更多
基金Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (No.NCET-08-0118)Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(No.20090092110049)
文摘In order to study the dynamic performance of the thermosetting epoxy asphalt mixture(EAM), an experimental program on the dynamic modulus E is conducted. First, E of the EAM under different temperatures and frequencies are tested through the simple performance test(SPT), and the effects of temperatures and frequencies on the dynamic modulus of the EAM are analyzed. Secondly, the static modulus of the EAM and the dynamic modulus of other two ordinary mixtures are tested and compared to E of the EAM. Finally the dynamic modulus master curve is constructed using the time-temperature superposition principle. The results show that the E values increase with the increase in the test frequency while on the other hand, the E values decrease with the increase in the test temperature. It also can be seen from the results that the dynamic modulus corresponding to the actual vehicle mode is significantly greater than the static modulus, and the dynamic modulus of the EAM is greater than that of SBS mixtures and the common hot mixed asphalt (HMA). The study results can provide a theoretical basis for the design and mechanical analysis of the steel deck pavement.
文摘We discuss the unitary operator corresponding to the general two-mode coordinate-momentum mixed transformation(q2,p2)→(Aq1+Bq2,Cq1+Dp2),where A,B,C and Dare arbitrary real numbers,Suitably selecting the parameters A,B,Cand D,we obtain a new two-mode bosonic realization of the SU(1,1) Lie algebra.We also study the squeezing effects of the squeezed vacuum associated with the new two-mode bosonic realization of the SU(1,1) Lie algebra.The results show that the new squeezed vacuum does not possess second-order squeezing,but exhibits higher-order squeezing.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2017YFB0203405)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21421003)
文摘Electronically non-adiabatic processes are essential parts of photochemical process, collisions of excited species, electron transfer processes, and quantum information processing. Various non-adiabatic dynamics methods and their numerical implementation have been developed in the last decades. This review summarizes the most significant development of mixed quantum-classical methods and their applications which mainly include the Liouville equa- tion, Ehrenfest mean-field, trajectory surface hopping, and multiple spawning methods. The recently developed quantum trajectory mean-field method that accounts for the decoherence corrections in a parameter-free fashion is discussed in more detail.
文摘This study aims to introduce a novel hybrid design with a combination of two more common mechanisms for improving the capacity of systems in absorbing the kinetic energy of moving vehicles or devices. This new model consists of two individual mechanisms, i.e., expansion of a circular tube accompanied by crushing of an inner tube, which dissipate the energy through friction, plastic deformations and failures of inner tube. This study comprises 24 case studies surveyed under two different design controls, constant mass and constant volume, for comparing purposes. Finite element simulations are utilized so as to investigate models’ deformations and to extract some crashworthiness parameters in aid of representing the efficiency of the mechanism as well as conducting a parametric study between three different profiles of inner tube. This study shows that models with inner circular and hexagonal tube profile absorb higher amount of energy due to experiencing three different modes of energy dissipation systems, including folding, shear and ductile damages.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.50875054)Weihai Science and Technology Development Plan Project(No.2012DXGJ13)
文摘A series-parallel hydraulic hybrid system applied to public buses is put torwaro, ano parameters of key components are analyzed and determined. Energy management strategy based on logic thresh- old is designed which is aimed at efficient operation of the overall system considering the operational characteristic of the components and taking the curves of engine, hydraulic pump/motor and hydrau- lic pump as the main design basis; regenerative control strategy which makes regenerative brake sys- tem and frictional brake system work harmoniously is designed to raise recovery rate of regenerative brake energy. System dynamic modeling and simulation results show that the energy control strategy designed here is able to adapt system to changes of working condition and switch the operating mode reasonably. The regenerative braking control strategy is effective in raising the utilization of energy and improving fuel economy.
基金the Dyn Fluid Laboratory at Arts et Métiers Paris Tech
文摘This paper presents an experimental study of the physical characteristic effects of large particles on hydraulic transport in a horizontal pipe.The particles are spherical and are large with respect to the diameter of the pipe(8%,10%,16% and 25%).Experiments were done to test the important parameters in solid transport(pressure,velocity,etc.).As a result,the relationship between the pressure gradient forces and the mixture velocity was substantially different from the pure liquid flow.However,in a single-phase flow a monotonous behavior of the pressure drop curve is observed,and the curve of the solid particle flow attains its minimum at the critical velocity.The regimes are characterized with differential pressure measurements and visualizations.
基金ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants No. 61202179, No. 61173089 SRF for ROCS, SEM and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
文摘In Web 2.0 era,the content on a web page is increasingly generated by end users,rather than limited number of administrators.Hence,large number of User Generated Content(UGC) has driven the explosion of content in the web.Thanks to UGC,the pattern of web usage has evolved from download dominated way to a hybrid one with both information download and upload.Large number of UGC has unveiled great capacity of information that is unavailable for researchers before,such as individual preferences,social connections,and etc.In this paper,we propose a novel model which studies the UGC in micro-blogging web sites,the largest and fastest information diffusion media online,and evaluate the social influence for an arbitrary individual.Experimental results show that our model outperforms state-of-the-art techniques in social influence evaluation in both the running time and accuracy.
基金Sponsored by the International Cooperation Project from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China ( No. 2006DFA12290)Project of Natural Science Fund of China (No. 60705033)Studying abroad and Homecoming Fund from the Ministry of Education
文摘This paper focused on a simplified method for solving the hybrid robot kinematics in CT-guided (computerized tomography, CT) surgery. By position constraint introduced, the hybrid robot can be transformed as a redundant serial 7-DOF robot. The forward displacement calculation was developed based on the product-of-exponential formula (POE). Because of the kinematics complexity of the hybrid and redundant robot, the combination technique of Ulrich two-step iteration method and paul variables detachment method (UTI-PVD) was introduced to fulfill the inverse kinematics of redundant robot, the novelty of which lay in the flexibility of various robots structures and in high calculation efficiency for realtime control. The process of solving the inverse displacement was analyzed. The UTI-PVD method can be applicable to kinematics of many robots, especially for redundant robots with more than 6DOF. The kinematics simulation was provided, and robot dexterity analysis was presented. The results indicated that the hybrid robot could implement the minimally invasive CT-guided surgery.
基金Project(KF2029)supported by the State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy(Tsinghua University),ChinaProject(102253)supported partially by the Innovate UK。
文摘This paper studied a supervisory control system for a hybrid off-highway electric vehicle under the chargesustaining(CS)condition.A new predictive double Q-learning with backup models(PDQL)scheme is proposed to optimize the engine fuel in real-world driving and improve energy efficiency with a faster and more robust learning process.Unlike the existing“model-free”methods,which solely follow on-policy and off-policy to update knowledge bases(Q-tables),the PDQL is developed with the capability to merge both on-policy and off-policy learning by introducing a backup model(Q-table).Experimental evaluations are conducted based on software-in-the-loop(SiL)and hardware-in-the-loop(HiL)test platforms based on real-time modelling of the studied vehicle.Compared to the standard double Q-learning(SDQL),the PDQL only needs half of the learning iterations to achieve better energy efficiency than the SDQL at the end learning process.In the SiL under 35 rounds of learning,the results show that the PDQL can improve the vehicle energy efficiency by 1.75%higher than SDQL.By implementing the PDQL in HiL under four predefined real-world conditions,the PDQL can robustly save more than 5.03%energy than the SDQL scheme.
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Priorities Programme(No.2007CB311004)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61035003,60933004,60903141,60970088,61072085)
文摘Automatic image annotation(AIA)has become an important and challenging problem in computer vision due to the existence of semantic gap.In this paper,a novel support vector machine with mixture of kernels(SVM-MK)for automatic image annotation is proposed.On one hand,the combined global and local block-based image features are extracted in order to reflect the intrinsic content of images as complete as possible.On the other hand,SVM-MK is constructed to shoot for better annotating performance.Experimental results on Corel dataset show that the proposed image feature representation method as well as automatic image annotation classifier,SVM-MK,can achieve higher annotating accuracy than SVM with any single kernel and mi-SVM for semantic image annotation.
文摘This paper presents a new strategy of embedded energy management between battery and supercapacitors (SC) for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) applications. This proposal is due to the present trend in the field, knowing that the major drawback of the HEV is the autonomy problem. Thus, using supercapacitors and battery with a good energy management improves the HEV performances. The main contribution of this paper is focused on DC-bus voltage and currents control strategies based on polynomial controller. These strategies are implemented in PICI8F4431 microcontroller for DC/DC converters control. Due to reasons of cost and available components (no optimized), such as the battery and power semiconductors (IGBT), the experimental tests are carried out in reduced scale (2.7 kW). Through some simulations and experimental results obtained in reduced scale, the authors present an improved energy management strategy for HEV.
文摘Research was undertaken to define the concept of a coach-based braking energy recoupment, storage and regeneration system to augment the acceleration of regional commuter trains hauled by diesel locomotives. Functional specifications were developed having the goal of increasing by 25% the acceleration rate of a train consisting of 10 bi-level coaches hauled by a 3,000 hp diesel locomotive, typical of the rolling stock now in commuter services in Canada and the USA. Examining three alternate hybrid system technologies for train retardation based, respectively, on hydrostatic, battery and ultracapacitor energy storage. The ultracapacitor hybrid system appeared the most promising due to the capability ofultracapacitors to repeatedly and rapidly accept large energy charges without degradation, temperature insensitive and flexible in the placement of modules in the limited space available. Analyses of train operation simulations showed that in addition to augmenting acceleration and reducing trip time, braking energy recoupment reduced fuel consumption and concomitant diesel emissions.
文摘The main requirement of a vector controller is knowing the magnitude and position of the rotating flow in the rotor. This feature permits to use either flow sensors or flow estimators. The solution chosen was the estimation of rotor flux with the hybrid neuro-fuzzy system. The motor characteristics are: 3.75 kW (5 HP), two pole-pair, operate at 60 Hz and air-gap length 0.2 mm. The ANFIS (adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system) was used to tune the membership functions in fuzzy system. The hybrid estimator aims at compensating possible parametric variations of the machine caused by agents, such as temperature or nucleus saturation. The simulated results have shown good performance.