An improved algorithm for numerical calculation of seismic response spectra

The information of seismic response spectra is key to many problems concerned with aseismic structure and is also helpful for earthquake disaster relief if it is generated in time when earthquake happens. While current numerical calculation methods suffer from poor precision, especially in frequency band near Nyquist frequency, we present a set of improved parameters for precision improvement. It is shown that precision of displacement and velocity response spectra are both further improved compared to current numerical algorithms. A uniform fitting formula is given for computing these parameters for damping ratio range of 0.01-0.9, quite convenient for practical application.

Polysurfacic Tori or Kideas Inspired by the Möbius Strip Topology

Polysurfacic tori or kideas are three-dimensional objects formed by rotating a regular polygon around a central axis. These toric shapes are referred to as “polysurfacic” because their characteristics, such as the number of sides or surfaces separated by edges, can vary in a non-trivial manner depending on the degree of twisting during the revolution. We use the term “Kideas” to specifically denote these polysurfacic tori, and we represent the number of sides (referred to as “facets”) of the original polygon followed by a point, while the number of facets from which the torus is twisted during its revolution is indicated. We then explore the use of concave regular polygons to generate Kideas. We finally give acceleration for the algorithm for calculating the set of prime numbers.

Planning issues on linac-based stereotactic radiotherapy

This work aims to summarize and evaluate the current planning progress based on the linear accelerator in stereotactic radiotherapy(SRT).The specific techniques include 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy,dynamic conformal arc therapy,intensity-modulated radiotherapy,and volumetric-modulated arc therapy(VMAT).They are all designed to deliver higher doses to the target volume while reducing damage to normal tissues;among them,VMAT shows better prospects for application.This paper reviews and summarizes several issues on the planning of SRT to provide a reference for clinical application.

Cooling of Granules in Vibrating, Suspended Bed: Engineering Simulation

Here we suggest an algorithm for calculation of the process parameters and design of a vertical cooler with inclined, gas-permeable blades and with a vibrating, suspended layer of granules on them (Vibrating Fluidized Bed—VFB). The algorithm is based on the use of the equations of heat and material balance, taking into account the influx of moisture into the layer with cold air and dust—as a carryover. Mode entrainment of dust particles and moisture from the VFB is described by using empirical formulas and Π-theorem. To calculate the cooling time of granules a model of the dynamics of a variable mass VFB was built, which linked the geometrical and physical process parameters to a single dependency. An example showed that mass flow of granules of 248 kg/h and a volume flow of air of 646 m3/h with temperature of 30℃ to cool the zeolite granules from 110℃ to 42℃ for 49 s required a vertical apparatus of rectangular shape with four chambers and with volume of 0.2 m3. A comparative analysis of technological parameters of the projected cooler with the parameters of typical industrial apparatuses showed that for all indicators: the cooling time of granules, the flow rate of gas (air) and the heat flow, a 4-chambered, vertical apparatus of rectangular shape with VFB was the most effective.

A recursive calculating algorithm for higher-order cumulants over sliding window and its application in speech endpoint detection

Regarding the performance of traditional endpoint detection algorithms degrades as the environment noise level increases, a recursive calculating algorithm for higher-order cu- mulants over a sliding window is proposed. Then it is applied to the speech endpoint detection. Furthermore, endpoint detection is carried out with the feature of energy. Experimental results show that both the computational efficiency and the robustness against noise of the proposed algorithm are improved remarkably compared with traditional algorithm. The average prob- ability of correct point detection （Pc-point） of the proposed voice activity detection （VAD） is 6.07% higher than that of G.729b VAD in different noisy at different signal-noise ratios （SNRs） environments.

A QUASI-NEWTON ALGORITHM WITHOUT CALCULATING DERIVATIVES FOR UNCONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION

A new algorithm for unconstrained optimization is developed, by using the product form of the OCSSR1 update. The implementation is especially useful when gradient information is estimated by difference formulae. Preliminary tests show that new algorithm can perform well.

Development of real-time laser-scanning system to detect tree canopy characteristics for variable-rate pesticide application

Improving pesticide application efficiency is increasingly important in orchard spraying.In this study,a laser-scanning system was designed to acquire gridding volumes of a tree to quantify the geometry characteristics of the tree canopy in real-time.A laser-scanning sensor mounted on a linear guide was utilized to measure the structure of a target tree canopy.A computer was used to receive measurement data from the laser scanner and obtain the movement distance of the laser-scanning sensor from a controller.An algorithm written with VC#program was designed to calculate gridding volumes of trees by recognizing valid measurement data from the laser scanner.Laboratory evaluations were conducted on three kinds of regular objects,and the maximum relative errors of section volumes of the cuboid,triangular prism and cylinder objects were 3.3%,7.9%and 9.4%,respectively,which illustrated that the algorithm could calculate the section volumes in different parts of the objects with high accuracy.A conifer tree and an apple tree were chosen to verify detecting accuracy of the laser-scanning system at variable speeds and grid sizes.The variation coefficients of total volumes for each kind of the tree were 0.078 and 0.041,respectively,which indicated that the laser-scanning system could be applied to provide the gridding volumes of different canopy densities in real-time with good reliability for guiding a variable-rate sprayer.

Chaotic block iterating method for pseudo-random sequence generator

A pseudo-random sequence generator is a basic tool for cryptography. To realize a pseudo-random sequence generator, a new block iterating method using shifter, multiplier, and adder operations has been introduced. By increasing the iteration of the counter and by performing calculations based on the initial value, an approximate pseudo-random sequence was obtained after exchanging bits. The algorithm and the complexity of the generator were introduced. The result obtained from the calculation shows that the self-correlation of the ＂m＂ block sequence is two-valued; the block field value is [0, 2^m - 1 ], and the block period is 2^m＋8 - 1.

Deconstructing Vibrational Motions on the Potential Energy Surfaces of Hydrogen-Bonded Complexes

Internal vibrations underlie transient structure formation,spectroscopy,and dynamics.However,at least two challenges exist when aiming to elucidate the contributions of vibrational motions on the potential energy surfaces.One is the acquisition of well-resolved experimental infrared spectra,and the other is the development of efficient theoretical methodologies that reliably predict band positions,relative intensities,and substructures.Here,we report size-specific infrared spectra of ammonia clusters to address these two challenges.Unprecedented agreement between experiment and state-of-the-art quantum simulations reveals that the vibrational spectra are mainly contributed by proton-donor ammonia.A striking Fermi resonance observed at approximately 3210 and 3250 cm^(−1)originates from the coupling of NH symmetric stretch fundamentals with overtones of free and hydrogen-bonded NH bending,respectively.These novel,intriguing findings contribute to a better understanding of vibrational motions in a large variety of hydrogen-bonded complexes with orders of magnitude improvements in spectral resolution,efficiency,and specificity.