Mechanical analysis of effective pressure relief protection range of upper protective seam mining

This paper analyzes the control mechanism of coal and gas outbursts and proposes the concept of an effective pressure relief protection range, based on the stress relief of the underlying coal-rock mass and the development of a plastic zone. Also this study developed a stress change and fracture development model of the underlying coal-rock mass. In addition, the stress and depth of fracture of any point in the floor were deduced with the application of Maple Calculation Software. The specific engineering parameters of the Pingdingshan No. 12 colliery were applied to determine the relationship between the depth of fracture in the floor and the mining height. The pressure-relief principle of the underlying coal-rock mass was analyzed while varying the mining height of the upper protective seam. The findings indicate that as the depth of fracture in the floor increases, the underlying coal-rock mass experiences a limited amount of pressure relief, and the pressure relief protection range becomes narrower.Additionally, the stress distribution evolves from a ‘‘U" shape into a ‘‘V" shape. A 2.0 m mining height of protective seam situates the outburst-prone seam, Ji_(15), within the effective pressure relief protection range. The fracture development and stress-relief ratio rises to 88%, ensuring the pressure-relief effect as well as economic benefits. The measurement data show that: after mining the upper protective seam, the gas pressure of Ji_(15) dropped from 1.78 to 0.35 MPa, demonstrating agreement between the engineering application and the theoretical calculation.

Discoloration Range and Shroud Image Depth Values Cannot Be Satisfied by the Same Proton Energy

The radiative hypothesis has been revisited showing other characteristics, produced by the protons used as dyes in total disagree with the ones of the Body Image that appears on the Shroud of Turin. Our investigations highlight that for the protons to reach 3.7 cm in air, the distance that measures the range of discoloration effects, must be emitted with an energy of about 1.5 MeV using Wilson and Brobeck’s empirical formula and 1.35 MeV using Bethe’s. This last formula provides a result closer to reality. Bethe shows that the penetration depth is greater than that calculated empirically. Such a value of proton energy (1.35 MeV) makes it possible to satisfy the discoloration effects range for the Shroud but it is incompatible with a depth of penetration in linen that is only 200 nm. Moreover, using the same subatomic particles, we obtained on the colored linen a distribution of energy represented by regression but not linear. Thus, also the possible I(z) correlation, between color intensity and body-sheet distance, which should be due to the oxidizing action of protons, does not agree with that extracted from the Shroud of Turin.

Performance of beacon safety message dissemination in Vehicular Ad hoc NETworks (VANETs)

Currently, there is a growing belief that putting an IEEE 802.11-like radio into road vehicles can help the drivers to travel more safely. Message dissemination protocols are primordial for safety vehicular applications. There are two types of safety messages which may be exchanged between vehicles: alarm and beacon. In this paper we investigate the feasibility of deploying safety applications based on beacon message dissemination through extensive simulation study and pay special attention to the safety requirements. Vehicles are supposed to issue these messages periodically to announce to other vehicles their current situation and use received messages for preventing possible unsafe situations. We evaluate the performance of a single-hop dissemination protocol while taking into account the quality of service (QoS) metrics like delivery rate and delay. We realize that reliability is the main concern in beacon message dissemination. Thus, a new metric named effective range is defined which gives us more accurate facility for evaluating QoS in safety applications specifically. Then, in order to improve the performance, the effects of three parameters including vehicle's transmission range, message transmission's interval time and message payload size are studied. Due to special characteristics of the safety applications, we model the relationship between communication-level QoS and application-level QoS and evaluate them for different classes of safety applications. As a conclusion, the current technology of IEEE 802.11 MAC layer has still some challenges for automatic safety applications but it can provide acceptable QoS to driver assistance safety applications.

Response of erosion reduction effect of typical soil and water conservation measures in cropland to rainfall and slope gradient changes and their applicable range in the Chinese Mollisols Region,Northeast China

Mollisols are rich in organic matter,which makes them suitable for cultivation and for enhancing global food security.Mollisols are experiencing severe soil erosion due to overfarming and a lack of mainte-nance.Thus,suitable soil and water conservation measures(SWCMs)are needed to protect Mollisols.However,how SWCMs respond to changes in slope gradient and rainfall and their effective application area remain ambiguous.Using a long-term field observation dataset,meta-analysis,and statistical test methods,we reveal the typical erosion reduction effect of SWCMs and their responses to changes in slope gradient and rainfall.Next,we calculated a coupling factor,P.S,by slope gradient and rainfall in flood season to determine the effective SWCMs application threshold.Compared with bare land,no-tillage(NT),contour ridge tillage(CT),ridge hedgerows(RH),and terraced fields(TF)had an average erosion reduction coefficient of 91.5%.There was a significant exponential increase in the correlation between P.S and the soil erosion amount in plots with typical measures.According to this correlation and soil loss tolerance(200 t/km^(2)),the upper limits of PS(NT:564 mm;CT:885 mm;RH:1135 mm)were determined and utilized to determine the effective application areas(NT:311.40103 km^(2);CT:320.86103 km^(2);RH:323.72103 km^(2))at the plot scale.In wet years,the applicable area of SWCMs declined toward the low-elevation foothills and flat terrain.All the results are applicable when slope length within 20 m.These results provide a basis for the precise allocation of SWCMs in Mollisols area and promote the scientific utilization of Mollisols resources.

Calculation of the elastic scattering properties for cold and ultracold 39K atoms in a triplet state

The elastic scattering properties for collisions between cold and ultracold 39K atoms in a triplet state are investigated. Based on the recent theoretical and experimental results, the improved hybrid potential is presented for a triplet α3∑u^＋ ground state of K2. Our calculated value of the s-wave scattering length a by using the Numerov method for the triplet state is 79.578α0 and found to be in good agreement with the previous ones. The numbers of bound states are supported by the molecular potential. Pronounced shape resonances appear for the l = 3 partial waves for the α3∑u^＋ state. Furthermore, the s-wave scattering cross section, the total cross section and energy positions of shape resonances for the α3∑u^＋ state are calculated.

Scattering properties of the ultracold ^(133)Cs_2 triplet state

The elastic scattering properties of ultracold ^133Cs2 triplet state are investigated in detail. We construct a potential curve of the ^133Cs2 triplet state, based on the latest ab initio molecular potential data and show how the scattering parameters are obtained by using three methods： the Numerov method, the semiclassical method and the variable phase method, where the scattering lengths of the ^133Cs2 triplet state, i.e. 301.79a0, 300.67a0 and 310.81a0 are obtained respectively, with a0 being the Bohr radius. We also calculate the effective range and the number of bound states for the ^133Cs2 triplet state. Our results are in agreement with the recent experimental data and the theoretical calculations. This confirms that the results of the scattering properties of the ultracold ^133Cs2 triplet state, calculated by using these three methods, are reliable.

Simulation of Electrical Discharge Initiated by a Nanometer-Sized Probe in Atmospheric Conditions

In this paper, a two-dimensional nanometer scale tip-plate discharge model has been employed to study nanoscale electrical discharge in atmospheric conditions. The field strength dis- tributions in a nanometer scale tip-to-plate electrode arrangement were calculated using the finite element analysis （FEA） method, and the influences of applied voltage amplitude and frequency as well as gas gap distance on the variation of effective discharge range （EDR） on the plate were also investigated and discussed. The simulation results show that the probe with a wide tip will cause a larger effective discharge range on the plate; the field strength in the gap is notably higher than that induced by the sharp tip probe; the effective discharge range will increase linearly with the rise of excitation voltage, and decrease nonlinearly with the rise of gap length. In addition, probe dimension, especially the width/height ratio, affects the effective discharge range in different manners. With the width/height ratio rising from 1 ： 1 to 1 ： 10, the effective discharge range will maintain stable when the excitation voltage is around 50 V. This will increase when the excitation voltage gets higher and decrease as the excitation voltage gets lower. Fhrthermore, when the gap length is 5 nm and the excitation voltage is below 20 V, the diameter of EDR in our simulation is about 150 nm, which is consistent with the experiment results reported by other research groups. Our work provides a preliminary understanding of nanometer scale discharges and establishes a predictive structure-behavior relationship.

STATISTIC PROPERTIES OF NOISE FIELD OF MOVING SOURCE IN SHALLOW WATER AND ITS EFFECTS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR THE NOISE RANGING SONAR

In this paper the properties of space- time correlation function of the noise field of moving source in layered statistic inhomogeneous medium are studied and the effects of random fluctuating boundary are considered as well.It has been shown, theoretically and experimentally, multi-path propergating effects cause the dispersion of the correlation function and fluctuations of the medium refraction index and the boundary cause the fluctuation of it.The effect of the movement of the noise source on the output of real- time correlator is equivalent to a low- pass filter added the drift of space- time correlation function.These properties of the correlation function cause grave degradation of the signal processing gain of noise ranging sonar system.The fluctuating and the distortion of conrrelation function made it difficult to realize the noise ranging.So in this paper, a method of space correlation ranging by a linear array of four points with short separation and long span and a technigue of dual- correlation signal processing are presented. By this, the influences of previously mentioned factors are greatly overcomed.Futhermore, for the long period and great delay fluctuation of the dual- correlation function output caused by internal wave, a method of limited memory Quasi- Kalman filtering is developed and the effective accurate ranging and tracing of noise ranging sonar are able to be tralized finally.

Influence of the GEO satellite orbit error fluctuation correction on the BDS WADS zone correction

Decimeter-level service is provided by the BeiDou satellite navigation system wide area differential service(BDS WADS)for users who collect carrier phase measurements.However,the fluctuations in Geostationary Earth Orbit(GEO)satellite orbit errors reduce the spatial correlation of orbit errors.These fluctuations not only decrease the accuracy and stability of zone correction service provided by BDS WADS,but also shorten its effective range.In this paper,we proposed an algorithm to weaken the influence of GEO satellite orbit error fluctuations and verified the method using data from eight sparsely distributed zones.The results show that orbit errors can be stabilized using orbit fluctuation corrections,and the positioning precision and stability of the BDS WADS can be improved simultaneously.Under normal circumstances,the horizontal and vertical positioning accuracy of users within 1000 km from the center of the zone can reach 0.19 m and 0.34 m.Furthermore,the effective range is increased.The positioning performance within 1800 km could reach 0.24 m and 0.38 m for the horizontal and vertical components,respectively.