In order to evaluate the accumulative of tensile strain in the process of fatigue failure, the digital image correlation(DIC) method was utilized to characterize the tensile strain development of asphalt mixtures in...In order to evaluate the accumulative of tensile strain in the process of fatigue failure, the digital image correlation(DIC) method was utilized to characterize the tensile strain development of asphalt mixtures in the indirect tensile(IDT)fatigue test. Three typical hot mix asphalt(HMA) mixtures with varying nominal maximum aggregate sizes were tested at four stress levels. During the tests, a digital camera was mounted to capture the displacement/strain fields on the surface of the specimen by recording the real-time change of speckle position. The results indicate that the vertical deformation curve can barely evaluate the fatigue performance accurately due to the non-negligible local deflection near the loading point. However, based on the analysis of strain fields,the optimal fatigue cracking zone is determined as a 40mm×40mm rectangle in the middle of the specimens. Also, a reasonable fatigue model based on the tensile strain curves calculated by DIC is proposed to predict the fatigue lives of asphalt mixtures.展开更多
Using a microwave radiative transfer (MWRT) model with microwave brightness temperatures (TBs) observed from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI), an indirect approach evaluate...Using a microwave radiative transfer (MWRT) model with microwave brightness temperatures (TBs) observed from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI), an indirect approach evaluated hydrometeors generated from the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRY) model in the process of CHABA typhoon in August 2004. This study compares the simulated TBs generated from the microwave radioactive transfer model connected to the WRF model with the observed TBs derived from TMI and analyzes the differences between these TBs. The results indicate that the WRF model underestimates the amount and area of liquid and ice hydrometeors inside the typhoon center. The results also indicate relatively better agreement between the simulated and the observed TBs in the vertical polarization than in the horizontal polarization.展开更多
In this paper we analyze connectivity of one-dimensional Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks where vehicle gap distribution can be approximat- ed by an exponential distribution. The probabilities of Vehicular Ad Hoc Network con...In this paper we analyze connectivity of one-dimensional Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks where vehicle gap distribution can be approximat- ed by an exponential distribution. The probabilities of Vehicular Ad Hoc Network connectivity for difference cases are derived. Furthermore we proof that the nodes in a sub-interval [z1, z1 + △z] of interval [0,z],z 〉 0 where all the nodes are independently uniform distributed is a Poisson process and the relationship of Vehicle Ad hoc Networks and one-dimensional Ad Hoc networks where nodes independently uniform distributed in [zl, z1 + △z] is explained. The analysis is validated by computing the probability of network connectivity and comparing it with the Mont Carlo simu- lation results.展开更多
According to scientific evidence in general, the disappearance of the Tatras tarns as a result of external geomorphological processes has been accepted since the long term analyses of lake sediments and peat bogs, geo...According to scientific evidence in general, the disappearance of the Tatras tarns as a result of external geomorphological processes has been accepted since the long term analyses of lake sediments and peat bogs, geomorphological mapping, geophysical measurements(– all indirect methods). It is paradoxical that the direct cartographic evidence of such changes has not existed until now. In this paper, we evaluate shore line changes of the small mountain glacial lake in the High Tatras-Litworowy Staw lake using a multitemporal analysis of a series of historical orthophotomaps and a historical map. Over the last 100 years, the tarn has lost 46.4% of open water level area. Significant visual changes were caused by vegetation growth of Carex species(sedges) on the water's surface. The accumulation of fine sediments and dead plant residues in the tarn basin create suitable conditions for this process, all together causing the tarn to become more shallow.展开更多
Painleve property of the (2+1)-dimensional multi-component Broer-Kaup (BK) system is considered by using the standard Weiss Kruskal approaches. Applying the Clarkson and Kruskal (CK) direct method to the (2+1...Painleve property of the (2+1)-dimensional multi-component Broer-Kaup (BK) system is considered by using the standard Weiss Kruskal approaches. Applying the Clarkson and Kruskal (CK) direct method to the (2+1)- dimensional multi-component BK system, some types of similarity reductions are obtained. By solving the reductions, one can get the solutions of the (2+1)-dimensional multi-component BK system.展开更多
This paper presents a design of boundary controllers implemented at the top end for global stabilization of a marine riser in a three dimensional space under environmental loadings. Based on the energy approach, nonli...This paper presents a design of boundary controllers implemented at the top end for global stabilization of a marine riser in a three dimensional space under environmental loadings. Based on the energy approach, nonlinear partial differential equations of motion, including bending-bending and longitudinal-bending couplings for the risers are derived. The couplings cause mutual effects between the three independent directions in the riser's motions, and make it difficult to minimize its vibrations. The Lyapunov direct method is employed to design the boundary controller. It is shown that the proposed boundary controllers can effectively reduce the riser's vibration. Stability analysis of the closed-loop system is performed using the Lyapunov direct method. Numerical simulations illustrate the results.展开更多
This study proposes an efficient indirect approach for general nonlinear dynamic optimization problems without path constraints. The approach incorporates the virtues both from indirect and direct methods: it solves t...This study proposes an efficient indirect approach for general nonlinear dynamic optimization problems without path constraints. The approach incorporates the virtues both from indirect and direct methods: it solves the optimality conditions like the traditional indirect methods do, but uses a discretization technique inspired from direct methods. Compared with other indirect approaches, the proposed approach has two main advantages: (1) the discretized optimization problem only employs unconstrained nonlinear programming (NLP) algorithms such as BFGS (Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno), rather than constrained NLP algorithms, therefore the computational efficiency is increased; (2) the relationship between the number of the discretized time intervals and the integration error of the four-step Adams predictor-corrector algorithm is established, thus the minimal number of time intervals that under desired integration tolerance can be estimated. The classic batch reactor problem is tested and compared in detail with literature reports, and the results reveal the effectiveness of the proposed approach. Dealing with path constraints requires extra techniques, and will be studied in the second paper.展开更多
The electrochemical behavior of N,N-diethyl-p-nitroso aniline was carried out using SWV (square wave voltammetric) at HMDE. A well defined reduction peak was observed at (-0.214) volt versus the reference electro...The electrochemical behavior of N,N-diethyl-p-nitroso aniline was carried out using SWV (square wave voltammetric) at HMDE. A well defined reduction peak was observed at (-0.214) volt versus the reference electrode (Ag/AgC1/sat. KCI), calibration curve was constructed in phosphate buffer (pH = 7.0), the relationship is linear within the concentration range 1.283 × 10.5 M - 3.66 × 10.5 M with the correlation (R = 0.9923). The serial addition ofCPM (chlorpheniramine maleate) leads to the decrease in the reduction current peak (Ip), quantitatively, the plot of Alp (Ip - Ip) where, Ip: Peak current of N, N-diethyl-p-nitroso aniline alone, lp: peak current of N,N-diethyl-p-nitroso aniline in the presence of CPM, versus concentration is linear within the concentration range 0.984 × 10-6 M - 9.756 × 10-6 M, the correlation coefficient was 0.9954. The method was successfully applied to determine CPM in different types of pharmaceutical formulations, and compared with standard method from British Pharmacopeia [1].展开更多
Coordinated scheduling of multimode plays a pivotal role in the rapid gathering and dissipating of passengers in transport hubs. Based on the survey data, the whole-day reaching time distribution at transfer points of...Coordinated scheduling of multimode plays a pivotal role in the rapid gathering and dissipating of passengers in transport hubs. Based on the survey data, the whole-day reaching time distribution at transfer points of passengers from the dominant mode to the connecting mode was achieved. A GI/M K/1 bulk service queuing system was constituted by putting the passengers' reaching time distribution as the input and the connecting mode as the service institution. Through queuing theory, the relationship between average queuing length under steady-state and headway of the connecting mode was achieved. By putting the minimum total cost of system as optimization objective, the headway as decision variable, a coordinated scheduling model of multimode in intermodal transit hubs was established. At last, a dynamic scheduling strategy was generated to cope with the unexpected changes of the dominant mode. The instance analysis indicates that this model can significantly reduce passengers' queuing time by approximately 17% with no apparently increase in departure frequency, which provides a useful solution for the coordinated scheduling of different transport modes in hubs.展开更多
For the purpose of improving the defects of the conventional friction welding method, the new friction welding technology has been examined. That is, the aim of the study is producing the joint of dissimilar materials...For the purpose of improving the defects of the conventional friction welding method, the new friction welding technology has been examined. That is, the aim of the study is producing the joint of dissimilar materials evaluated to be difficult for friction welding and non-round shape joints. In this process, after the intermediate material generates the independent friction heat on every side of the specimens, it is removed instantaneously and upset process begins to weld the specimens for a joint. In this study, similar joint of A2017 aluminum alloy and one of S45C steel were examined. On the other hand, thermal elastic-plastic stress analysis by the finite element method was carried out using ANSYS mechanical.展开更多
Fog simulation and prediction are becoming increasingly important in China because of the great impact of fog on traffic and other human activities. More studies are needed to have a better understanding of the format...Fog simulation and prediction are becoming increasingly important in China because of the great impact of fog on traffic and other human activities. More studies are needed to have a better understanding of the formation mechanisms and life cycles of fogs. This work uses data from two fog cases observed in Wuqing, Tianjin, in 2009. The data include aerosol size distribution, fog droplet size distribution, fog liquid water content, and meteorological properties. The results show that increasing aerosols can increase the number concentration of fog droplets and decrease fog droplet size, which is consistent with the first aerosol indirect effect found in clouds. It is also shown that increased aerosols can lead to lower visibility in fogs. This work demonstrates that the first aerosol indirect effect plays an important role in fogs.展开更多
This paper addresses a unified approach of the PID controller design for low as well as high order unstable processes with time delay.The design method is based on the direct synthesis(DS)approach to achieve the enhan...This paper addresses a unified approach of the PID controller design for low as well as high order unstable processes with time delay.The design method is based on the direct synthesis(DS)approach to achieve the enhanced load disturbance rejection.To improve the servo response,a two-degree of freedom control scheme has been considered.A suitable guideline has been provided to select the desired reference model in the DS scheme.The direct synthesis controller has been approximated to the PID controller using the frequency response matching method.A consistently better performance has been obtained in comparison with the recently reported methods.展开更多
In this paper the method of combining the Bursa model to integrate several regional time series to derive a unified global time series is introduced in detail. Then,an example taken from CMONOC( Crustal Movement Obser...In this paper the method of combining the Bursa model to integrate several regional time series to derive a unified global time series is introduced in detail. Then,an example taken from CMONOC( Crustal Movement Observation Network of China) is used to test if the combination method is feasible. The precision of the integrated time series with the combination method is below 2mm( North),3mm( East),that is same as the results from the direct integration of the time series and the precision of the baseline is below 6mm,which proves that the combination method can be used to integrate several regional time series to derive a unified global time series.展开更多
Measurement of soil bulk density is important for understanding the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soil. Accurate and rapid soil bulk density measurement techniques play a significant role in agricul...Measurement of soil bulk density is important for understanding the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soil. Accurate and rapid soil bulk density measurement techniques play a significant role in agricultural experimental research. This review is a comprehensive summary of existing measurement methods and evaluates their advantages, disadvantages, potential sources of error,and directions for future development. These techniques can be broadly categorised as direct and indirect methods. Direct methods include core, clod, and excavation sampling, whereas indirect methods include the radiation and regression approaches. The core method is most widely used, but it is time consuming and difficult to use for sampling multiple soil depths. The size of the coring cylinder used, operator experience, sampling depth, and in-situ soil moisture content significantly affect its accuracy. The clod method is suitable for use with heavy clay soils, and its accuracy is dependent on equipment calibration, drying time, and operator experience, but the process is complicated and time consuming. Excavation techniques are most commonly used to evaluate the bulk density of forest soils, but have major limitations as they cannot be used in soils with large pores and their measurement accuracy is strongly influenced by soil texture and the type of analysis selected. The indirect methods appear to have greater accuracy than direct approaches, but have higher costs, are more complex, and require greater operator experience. One such approach uses gamma radiation, and its accuracy is strongly influenced by soil depth. Regression methods are economical as they can make indirect measurements, but these depend on good, quality data of soil texture and organic matter content and geographical and climatic properties. Also, like most of the other approaches, its accuracy decreases with sampling depth.展开更多
Flame heat transfer blockage occurs as fuel vapors, soot and products of combustion near a burning fuel surface block much of the heat feedbacks (including external radiative heat flux) to the fuel surface of a burn...Flame heat transfer blockage occurs as fuel vapors, soot and products of combustion near a burning fuel surface block much of the heat feedbacks (including external radiative heat flux) to the fuel surface of a burning object. Blockage clearly affects burning rates and heat release rates of fires. This needs to be included when calculating flame heat transfer in fire growth models. An understanding of bttrning of materials in small scale fires is of broad and vital importance for predicting their burning performance in large scale fires. The blockage phenomenon was clearly observed and quantitatively measured in experiments that took advantage of the unique capability of the Fire Propagation Apparatus (FPA) of being able to vary the ambient oxygen concentrations. An indirect measurement approach was established which provides an experimental understanding of the concept of the blockage. The measurements were further explained by a one-dimensional steady-state model of a diffusion flame, which focuses on the radiant absorption and emission by the gas-soot mixture of flames. The theoretical model provides a greater understanding of the fundamental knowledge of the blockage. The overall heat transfer blockage factor can be up to 0.3 -0.4 for PMMA and POM. The factor and its components are nearly independent of the external radiation, but increase as the ambient oxygen concentration rises. A comparison between experimental data and model prediction shows a good agreement.展开更多
The theoretical model of docking impact dynamics based on flexible cone is presented according to Foppl-von Karman's non-linear differential equations and Hertz contact theory. Finite diflerence technique is used to ...The theoretical model of docking impact dynamics based on flexible cone is presented according to Foppl-von Karman's non-linear differential equations and Hertz contact theory. Finite diflerence technique is used to solve this theoretical model. Results of the theoretical model show good agreement with the experimental and ANSYS/LS-DYNA simulation results. In ad- dition, the influence of flexible cone parameters on impact process is discussed based on theoretical model systemically.展开更多
Contact detection between interacting blocks is of great importance to discontinuity-based numerical methods, such as DDA, DEM, and NMM. A rigorous contact theory is a prerequisite to describing the interactions of mu...Contact detection between interacting blocks is of great importance to discontinuity-based numerical methods, such as DDA, DEM, and NMM. A rigorous contact theory is a prerequisite to describing the interactions of multiple blocks. Currently, the penalty method, in which mathematical springs with high stiffness values are employed, is always used to calculate the contact forces. High stiffness values may cause numerical oscillations and limit the time step. Furthermore, their values are difficult to identify. The intention of this study is to present a two-scale contact model for the calculation of forces between colliding blocks. In this new model, a calculation step taken from the moment of contact will be divided into two time stages: the free motion time stage and the contact time stage. Actually, these two time stages correspond to two real physical processes. Based on this, we present a new numerical model that is intended to be more precise and useful in calculating the contact forces without mathematical springs. The propagation of the elastic wave during collision is of a characteristic length, which determines the volume of material involved in the contact force calculation. In conventional contact models, this range is always regarded as the length of one element, which may lead to an inaccurate calculation of contact forces. In fact, the real scale of this range is smaller than the length of a single element, and subdivided elements, which are refined according to the characteristic length and are presented in the new contact model.展开更多
文摘In order to evaluate the accumulative of tensile strain in the process of fatigue failure, the digital image correlation(DIC) method was utilized to characterize the tensile strain development of asphalt mixtures in the indirect tensile(IDT)fatigue test. Three typical hot mix asphalt(HMA) mixtures with varying nominal maximum aggregate sizes were tested at four stress levels. During the tests, a digital camera was mounted to capture the displacement/strain fields on the surface of the specimen by recording the real-time change of speckle position. The results indicate that the vertical deformation curve can barely evaluate the fatigue performance accurately due to the non-negligible local deflection near the loading point. However, based on the analysis of strain fields,the optimal fatigue cracking zone is determined as a 40mm×40mm rectangle in the middle of the specimens. Also, a reasonable fatigue model based on the tensile strain curves calculated by DIC is proposed to predict the fatigue lives of asphalt mixtures.
基金supported by the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant Nos. KZCX2-YW-Q11-04 and KZCX2-EW-QN507)the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program,Grant No. 2010CB428601)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40730950 and 41075041)
文摘Using a microwave radiative transfer (MWRT) model with microwave brightness temperatures (TBs) observed from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI), an indirect approach evaluated hydrometeors generated from the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRY) model in the process of CHABA typhoon in August 2004. This study compares the simulated TBs generated from the microwave radioactive transfer model connected to the WRF model with the observed TBs derived from TMI and analyzes the differences between these TBs. The results indicate that the WRF model underestimates the amount and area of liquid and ice hydrometeors inside the typhoon center. The results also indicate relatively better agreement between the simulated and the observed TBs in the vertical polarization than in the horizontal polarization.
基金supported by National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (No.60525110)National 973 Program (No. 2007CB307100, 2007CB307103)+2 种基金National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60902051)Chinese Universities Scientific Fund (BUP-T2009RC0505)Development Fund Project for Electronic and Information Industry (Mobile Service and Application System Based on 3G)
文摘In this paper we analyze connectivity of one-dimensional Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks where vehicle gap distribution can be approximat- ed by an exponential distribution. The probabilities of Vehicular Ad Hoc Network connectivity for difference cases are derived. Furthermore we proof that the nodes in a sub-interval [z1, z1 + △z] of interval [0,z],z 〉 0 where all the nodes are independently uniform distributed is a Poisson process and the relationship of Vehicle Ad hoc Networks and one-dimensional Ad Hoc networks where nodes independently uniform distributed in [zl, z1 + △z] is explained. The analysis is validated by computing the probability of network connectivity and comparing it with the Mont Carlo simu- lation results.
基金produced under the scientific project VEGA 1/0207/17–Development and changes of mountain landscape of the Tatrasthe tarn,and to what extent the anthropogenic factors and climate change make them conditional
文摘According to scientific evidence in general, the disappearance of the Tatras tarns as a result of external geomorphological processes has been accepted since the long term analyses of lake sediments and peat bogs, geomorphological mapping, geophysical measurements(– all indirect methods). It is paradoxical that the direct cartographic evidence of such changes has not existed until now. In this paper, we evaluate shore line changes of the small mountain glacial lake in the High Tatras-Litworowy Staw lake using a multitemporal analysis of a series of historical orthophotomaps and a historical map. Over the last 100 years, the tarn has lost 46.4% of open water level area. Significant visual changes were caused by vegetation growth of Carex species(sedges) on the water's surface. The accumulation of fine sediments and dead plant residues in the tarn basin create suitable conditions for this process, all together causing the tarn to become more shallow.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.10735030Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project under Grant No.B412+1 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province of China under Grant No.Y604056the Doctoral Foundation of Ningbo City under Grant No.2005A61030
文摘Painleve property of the (2+1)-dimensional multi-component Broer-Kaup (BK) system is considered by using the standard Weiss Kruskal approaches. Applying the Clarkson and Kruskal (CK) direct method to the (2+1)- dimensional multi-component BK system, some types of similarity reductions are obtained. By solving the reductions, one can get the solutions of the (2+1)-dimensional multi-component BK system.
文摘This paper presents a design of boundary controllers implemented at the top end for global stabilization of a marine riser in a three dimensional space under environmental loadings. Based on the energy approach, nonlinear partial differential equations of motion, including bending-bending and longitudinal-bending couplings for the risers are derived. The couplings cause mutual effects between the three independent directions in the riser's motions, and make it difficult to minimize its vibrations. The Lyapunov direct method is employed to design the boundary controller. It is shown that the proposed boundary controllers can effectively reduce the riser's vibration. Stability analysis of the closed-loop system is performed using the Lyapunov direct method. Numerical simulations illustrate the results.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1162130)the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2006AA05Z226)the Outstanding Youth Science Foundation,Zhejiang Province (R4100133)
文摘This study proposes an efficient indirect approach for general nonlinear dynamic optimization problems without path constraints. The approach incorporates the virtues both from indirect and direct methods: it solves the optimality conditions like the traditional indirect methods do, but uses a discretization technique inspired from direct methods. Compared with other indirect approaches, the proposed approach has two main advantages: (1) the discretized optimization problem only employs unconstrained nonlinear programming (NLP) algorithms such as BFGS (Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno), rather than constrained NLP algorithms, therefore the computational efficiency is increased; (2) the relationship between the number of the discretized time intervals and the integration error of the four-step Adams predictor-corrector algorithm is established, thus the minimal number of time intervals that under desired integration tolerance can be estimated. The classic batch reactor problem is tested and compared in detail with literature reports, and the results reveal the effectiveness of the proposed approach. Dealing with path constraints requires extra techniques, and will be studied in the second paper.
文摘The electrochemical behavior of N,N-diethyl-p-nitroso aniline was carried out using SWV (square wave voltammetric) at HMDE. A well defined reduction peak was observed at (-0.214) volt versus the reference electrode (Ag/AgC1/sat. KCI), calibration curve was constructed in phosphate buffer (pH = 7.0), the relationship is linear within the concentration range 1.283 × 10.5 M - 3.66 × 10.5 M with the correlation (R = 0.9923). The serial addition ofCPM (chlorpheniramine maleate) leads to the decrease in the reduction current peak (Ip), quantitatively, the plot of Alp (Ip - Ip) where, Ip: Peak current of N, N-diethyl-p-nitroso aniline alone, lp: peak current of N,N-diethyl-p-nitroso aniline in the presence of CPM, versus concentration is linear within the concentration range 0.984 × 10-6 M - 9.756 × 10-6 M, the correlation coefficient was 0.9954. The method was successfully applied to determine CPM in different types of pharmaceutical formulations, and compared with standard method from British Pharmacopeia [1].
基金Projects(51278221,51378076)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘Coordinated scheduling of multimode plays a pivotal role in the rapid gathering and dissipating of passengers in transport hubs. Based on the survey data, the whole-day reaching time distribution at transfer points of passengers from the dominant mode to the connecting mode was achieved. A GI/M K/1 bulk service queuing system was constituted by putting the passengers' reaching time distribution as the input and the connecting mode as the service institution. Through queuing theory, the relationship between average queuing length under steady-state and headway of the connecting mode was achieved. By putting the minimum total cost of system as optimization objective, the headway as decision variable, a coordinated scheduling model of multimode in intermodal transit hubs was established. At last, a dynamic scheduling strategy was generated to cope with the unexpected changes of the dominant mode. The instance analysis indicates that this model can significantly reduce passengers' queuing time by approximately 17% with no apparently increase in departure frequency, which provides a useful solution for the coordinated scheduling of different transport modes in hubs.
文摘For the purpose of improving the defects of the conventional friction welding method, the new friction welding technology has been examined. That is, the aim of the study is producing the joint of dissimilar materials evaluated to be difficult for friction welding and non-round shape joints. In this process, after the intermediate material generates the independent friction heat on every side of the specimens, it is removed instantaneously and upset process begins to weld the specimens for a joint. In this study, similar joint of A2017 aluminum alloy and one of S45C steel were examined. On the other hand, thermal elastic-plastic stress analysis by the finite element method was carried out using ANSYS mechanical.
基金supported by the Chinese National Public Benefit Research Foundation of Meteorology(Grants Nos. GYHY200906025 and GYHY201006011)
文摘Fog simulation and prediction are becoming increasingly important in China because of the great impact of fog on traffic and other human activities. More studies are needed to have a better understanding of the formation mechanisms and life cycles of fogs. This work uses data from two fog cases observed in Wuqing, Tianjin, in 2009. The data include aerosol size distribution, fog droplet size distribution, fog liquid water content, and meteorological properties. The results show that increasing aerosols can increase the number concentration of fog droplets and decrease fog droplet size, which is consistent with the first aerosol indirect effect found in clouds. It is also shown that increased aerosols can lead to lower visibility in fogs. This work demonstrates that the first aerosol indirect effect plays an important role in fogs.
文摘This paper addresses a unified approach of the PID controller design for low as well as high order unstable processes with time delay.The design method is based on the direct synthesis(DS)approach to achieve the enhanced load disturbance rejection.To improve the servo response,a two-degree of freedom control scheme has been considered.A suitable guideline has been provided to select the desired reference model in the DS scheme.The direct synthesis controller has been approximated to the PID controller using the frequency response matching method.A consistently better performance has been obtained in comparison with the recently reported methods.
基金sponsored by the Earthquake Tracing Task Contract of the Year 2012,China Earthquake Administration(2012020205)
文摘In this paper the method of combining the Bursa model to integrate several regional time series to derive a unified global time series is introduced in detail. Then,an example taken from CMONOC( Crustal Movement Observation Network of China) is used to test if the combination method is feasible. The precision of the integrated time series with the combination method is below 2mm( North),3mm( East),that is same as the results from the direct integration of the time series and the precision of the baseline is below 6mm,which proves that the combination method can be used to integrate several regional time series to derive a unified global time series.
基金the Government and Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Iraq, for providing funding for this study as a scholarship for Ph.D. student for the first author Ahmed Abed Gatea Al-Shammary
文摘Measurement of soil bulk density is important for understanding the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soil. Accurate and rapid soil bulk density measurement techniques play a significant role in agricultural experimental research. This review is a comprehensive summary of existing measurement methods and evaluates their advantages, disadvantages, potential sources of error,and directions for future development. These techniques can be broadly categorised as direct and indirect methods. Direct methods include core, clod, and excavation sampling, whereas indirect methods include the radiation and regression approaches. The core method is most widely used, but it is time consuming and difficult to use for sampling multiple soil depths. The size of the coring cylinder used, operator experience, sampling depth, and in-situ soil moisture content significantly affect its accuracy. The clod method is suitable for use with heavy clay soils, and its accuracy is dependent on equipment calibration, drying time, and operator experience, but the process is complicated and time consuming. Excavation techniques are most commonly used to evaluate the bulk density of forest soils, but have major limitations as they cannot be used in soils with large pores and their measurement accuracy is strongly influenced by soil texture and the type of analysis selected. The indirect methods appear to have greater accuracy than direct approaches, but have higher costs, are more complex, and require greater operator experience. One such approach uses gamma radiation, and its accuracy is strongly influenced by soil depth. Regression methods are economical as they can make indirect measurements, but these depend on good, quality data of soil texture and organic matter content and geographical and climatic properties. Also, like most of the other approaches, its accuracy decreases with sampling depth.
文摘Flame heat transfer blockage occurs as fuel vapors, soot and products of combustion near a burning fuel surface block much of the heat feedbacks (including external radiative heat flux) to the fuel surface of a burning object. Blockage clearly affects burning rates and heat release rates of fires. This needs to be included when calculating flame heat transfer in fire growth models. An understanding of bttrning of materials in small scale fires is of broad and vital importance for predicting their burning performance in large scale fires. The blockage phenomenon was clearly observed and quantitatively measured in experiments that took advantage of the unique capability of the Fire Propagation Apparatus (FPA) of being able to vary the ambient oxygen concentrations. An indirect measurement approach was established which provides an experimental understanding of the concept of the blockage. The measurements were further explained by a one-dimensional steady-state model of a diffusion flame, which focuses on the radiant absorption and emission by the gas-soot mixture of flames. The theoretical model provides a greater understanding of the fundamental knowledge of the blockage. The overall heat transfer blockage factor can be up to 0.3 -0.4 for PMMA and POM. The factor and its components are nearly independent of the external radiation, but increase as the ambient oxygen concentration rises. A comparison between experimental data and model prediction shows a good agreement.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.91216201 and 51205403)
文摘The theoretical model of docking impact dynamics based on flexible cone is presented according to Foppl-von Karman's non-linear differential equations and Hertz contact theory. Finite diflerence technique is used to solve this theoretical model. Results of the theoretical model show good agreement with the experimental and ANSYS/LS-DYNA simulation results. In ad- dition, the influence of flexible cone parameters on impact process is discussed based on theoretical model systemically.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China("973"Project)(Grant No.2015CB250903)the CAS Strategic Priority Research Program(B)(Grant No.XDB10030303)+1 种基金the National Key Technology Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Grant No.2012BAK10B01)the Youth Science Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11302230)
文摘Contact detection between interacting blocks is of great importance to discontinuity-based numerical methods, such as DDA, DEM, and NMM. A rigorous contact theory is a prerequisite to describing the interactions of multiple blocks. Currently, the penalty method, in which mathematical springs with high stiffness values are employed, is always used to calculate the contact forces. High stiffness values may cause numerical oscillations and limit the time step. Furthermore, their values are difficult to identify. The intention of this study is to present a two-scale contact model for the calculation of forces between colliding blocks. In this new model, a calculation step taken from the moment of contact will be divided into two time stages: the free motion time stage and the contact time stage. Actually, these two time stages correspond to two real physical processes. Based on this, we present a new numerical model that is intended to be more precise and useful in calculating the contact forces without mathematical springs. The propagation of the elastic wave during collision is of a characteristic length, which determines the volume of material involved in the contact force calculation. In conventional contact models, this range is always regarded as the length of one element, which may lead to an inaccurate calculation of contact forces. In fact, the real scale of this range is smaller than the length of a single element, and subdivided elements, which are refined according to the characteristic length and are presented in the new contact model.