Compared with traditional aggregates,spherical aggregates with high flowability,easy control of particle size distribution and favor of dense packing and so on,are expected to replace traditional aggregates as importa...Compared with traditional aggregates,spherical aggregates with high flowability,easy control of particle size distribution and favor of dense packing and so on,are expected to replace traditional aggregates as important raw materials for future high performance refractories. Therefore,investigation of effects of spherical aggregates addition on properties of refractories becomes very meaningful. Using A70 mullite traditional aggregates and A70 mullite spherical aggregates, bauxite homogenization powder,microsilica,and calcium aluminate cement as raw materials,different AlO-SiOsystem low cement castables were prepared by replacing conventional aggregates with spherical aggregates. The effect of spherical aggregates addition on workability and mechanical properties of castables after heated at different temperatures was researched,and microstructure of the specimen was analyzed by SEM. Compared with traditional irregularly shaped aggregates,spherical aggregates endow castables with better flowability and easy pump ability. By introduction of spherical aggregates into the castables,flowability and pumpability are significantly improved,and water addition and ball completely sunk time are reduced. The introduction of spherical aggregates is favorable to density and cold crushing strength of castables,but unfavorable to CMOR. The effect of spherical aggregates addition on HMOR at1 400 ℃ can be negligible. Microstructure analysis showsthat the boundary bonding between spherical aggregates and matrix is strong,similar to the traditional aggregates.展开更多
An artificial neural networks(ANNs) based gear material selection hybrid intelligent system is established by analyzing the individual advantages and weakness of expert system (ES) and ANNs and the applications in mat...An artificial neural networks(ANNs) based gear material selection hybrid intelligent system is established by analyzing the individual advantages and weakness of expert system (ES) and ANNs and the applications in material select of them. The system mainly consists of tow parts: ES and ANNs. By being trained with much data samples, the back propagation (BP) ANN gets the knowledge of gear materials selection, and is able to inference according to user input. The system realizes the complementing of ANNs and ES. Using this system, engineers without materials selection experience can conveniently deal with gear materials selection.展开更多
This paper deals with the time evolution of information entropy for a stochastic system with double singularities driven by quasimonochromatic noise. The dimension of the Fokker Planck equation is reduced by the linea...This paper deals with the time evolution of information entropy for a stochastic system with double singularities driven by quasimonochromatic noise. The dimension of the Fokker Planck equation is reduced by the linear transfor- mation. The exact expression of the time dependence of information entropy is obtained based on the definition of Shannon's information entropy. The relationships between the properties of dissipative parameters, system singularity strength parameter, quasimonochromatic noise, and their effects on information entropy are discussed.展开更多
This paper aims to realize the extensive application of Internet of things technology in urban waterlogging prevention management system, and has analyzed the security requirement and security architecture of Internet...This paper aims to realize the extensive application of Internet of things technology in urban waterlogging prevention management system, and has analyzed the security requirement and security architecture of Internet of things technology, and discussed the demand of urban waterlogging prevention management system in combination with the key technology of Internet of things technology, to do the overall design and functional design well during designing of urban waterlogging prevention management system. Finally, the application process of the Internet of things technology in Chongqing waterlogging prevention management system is summarized. The application result shows that the flood control and drainage function of Chongqing is gradually improved with smooth drainage facilities;the inspection and maintenance management is gradually standardized;operation monitoring and early warning management is fully strengthened. There is visual management for emergency command and dispatch, and at the same time, the drainage pipe network assessment management can be conducted correctly.展开更多
The Bayesian approach is considered as the most general formulation of the state estimation for dynamic systems. However, most of the existing Bayesian estimators of stochastic hybrid systems only focus on the Markov ...The Bayesian approach is considered as the most general formulation of the state estimation for dynamic systems. However, most of the existing Bayesian estimators of stochastic hybrid systems only focus on the Markov jump system, few liter- ature is related to the estimation problem of nonlinear stochastic hybrid systems with state dependent transitions. According to this problem, a new methodology which relaxes quite a restrictive as- sumption that the mode transition process must satisfy Markov properties is proposed. In this method, a general approach is presented to model the state dependent transitions, the state and output spaces are discreted into cell space which handles the nonlinearities and computationally intensive problem offline. Then maximum a posterior estimation is obtained by using the Bayesian theory. The efficacy of the estimator is illustrated by a simulated example .展开更多
The influence of human body on dynamic characteristics of footbridge was analyzed. A re- alistic footbridge was measured during a mass event. A simulation experiment system including a simple beam as object and a shak...The influence of human body on dynamic characteristics of footbridge was analyzed. A re- alistic footbridge was measured during a mass event. A simulation experiment system including a simple beam as object and a shaker as back ground excitation was built. The acceleration responses of beam were measured when person in static and active stated stood on the beam. The dynamic pa- rameters of the structure were identified by the time-domain approach and verified by theoretical and laboratory tests. The results showed that for the human-structure coupled system, nature frequency of the structure decreased and damping increased. Moreover, the increase of damping with passive person was bigger than that with active person.展开更多
Transient coherent oscillations in a closed A system under far-off resonant Raman fields were investigated theoreti- cally. It has been found that the coherent superposition of the ground states can be formed due to t...Transient coherent oscillations in a closed A system under far-off resonant Raman fields were investigated theoreti- cally. It has been found that the coherent superposition of the ground states can be formed due to the absorption even for initial maximal mixed ground states. The absorption oscillates with a period depending on the two-photon detuning when the system is initially in a transparent state and the two-photon Raman detuning is suddenly changed. The amplitude of the absorption decays with the decay rate of the ground states, which is different from the case when the lasers are applied resonantly. These transient coherent oscillations can be used to measure the relaxation rate of the ground states.展开更多
This paper presents Lyapunov-type inequalities for fractional differential systems with more than three monomials by using the Gronwall-Inequality and the Greens function.The results of this paper extend the research ...This paper presents Lyapunov-type inequalities for fractional differential systems with more than three monomials by using the Gronwall-Inequality and the Greens function.The results of this paper extend the research methods of similar problems and generalize some early conclusions on this topic.In addition,with the help of the results,we can analyze the solution of differential systems.展开更多
Rising greenhouse gas emissions are causing climate change, and the world’s focus has shifted to the need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. There has been a rise in the published literature on the utilization o...Rising greenhouse gas emissions are causing climate change, and the world’s focus has shifted to the need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. There has been a rise in the published literature on the utilization of crops for bioenergy production in Louisiana. However, very few scholarly documents have used Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to map the distribution of potential bioenergy crops in Louisiana. This study seeks to fill the void by evaluating the potential of bioenergy crops in Louisiana for energy production using GIS. Given this objective, the agricultural census data for 1999, 2009, 2019, and 2020 obtained from the U.S. Department of Agriculture were used in the analysis. The quantities of various crops produced in the state were loaded into an attribute table and joined to a shapefile using ArcGIS software. The symbology tool’s graduated option was used to create five maps representing each of the bioenergy crops in Louisiana. The findings of the GIS analysis show that some of the parishes, such as Franklin produced the most bushels of corn (13,795,416), Iberia produced the most tons of sugarcane (1,697,980), East Carroll produced the most bushels of soybean (8,237,991), Tensas harvested the most bales of cotton (80,898) and Avoyelles produced the most bushels of sorghum (630,694). The abundance and availability of crops as raw materials for energy production will translate into lower prices in terms of energy use, making bioenergy crops a promising alternative to fossil fuels. In addition, gasoline price data from 1993-2022 was obtained from U.S. Energy Information Administration. A regression model for the average annual gasoline price over the years was constructed. The results show that the average annual gasoline price variation with respect to years is statistically significant (p 0.05). This suggests that gasoline prices will generally rise despite a price drop over the years. The paper concludes by outlining policy recommendations in the form of assessing the availability and viability of other crop types, such as wheat, oats, and rice, for energy production in the state.展开更多
Objective:To determine the knowledge,attitude and practice of rural dwellers to the use of traditional eye medications(TEM).Methods: A cross-sectional,descriptive study using a reseacher administered structured questi...Objective:To determine the knowledge,attitude and practice of rural dwellers to the use of traditional eye medications(TEM).Methods: A cross-sectional,descriptive study using a reseacher administered structured questionnaire was carried out in Iviari community in Etsako-East Local Government Area(LGA) of Edo State,Nigeria.A systematic sampling method was used.Three hundred and thirty six(336) people aged 15years and above(range 15-90years) comprised the participants.The data was analysed using Microsoft excel spreadsheet and the Statistical Package for Social Scientists(SPSS).Results: Fifty one(51,49.5%) out of 103 people with eye disease or a past history of eye disease used TEM.There was no association between the sex,level of education,occupation of participants and the use of TEM.There was a significant association between African traditional religion and the use of TEM(P= 0.0266).Thirty eight(38,36.9%) people were treated by medical doctors and nurses.Fourteen people(13.6%) had used TEM before seeking orthodox medical treatment.The most common source of TEM was self or friends and relations(38.9%).Traditional healers or herbalists were the source in 12 people(11.7%).One hundred and ten(32.7%) respondents knew some form of traditional eye medication and the commonest was herbal extract(66,60%),others were native powder,sugar solution,urine,breast milk,alum and couching.One hundred(29.7%) people said that the use of TEM was beneficial,187(55.7%) said there was no benefit while 49(14.6%) did not know.Conclusion: The knowledge and use of TEM in this community is high.There is a need to make eye care accessible and affordable to the people.Health education and public enlightenment campaigns of people in this community and rural dwellers in Nigeria about the harmful effects of TEM should be done.The establishments of outreach centres in rural areas by ophthalmology departments in secondary and tertiary hospitals will help in providing affordable and accessible eye care services and thus reduce the use of TEM by them.展开更多
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(51305079)Natural Science Foundation of Fijian Province(2015J01180)+1 种基金Outstanding Young Talent Support Program of Fijian Provincial Education Department(JA14208,JA14216)the China Scholarship Council
基金financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China ( Grant No.51402089)the Plan of Young-backbone Teachers of Colleges and Universities in Henan Province ( Project No.2015GGJS-045)
文摘Compared with traditional aggregates,spherical aggregates with high flowability,easy control of particle size distribution and favor of dense packing and so on,are expected to replace traditional aggregates as important raw materials for future high performance refractories. Therefore,investigation of effects of spherical aggregates addition on properties of refractories becomes very meaningful. Using A70 mullite traditional aggregates and A70 mullite spherical aggregates, bauxite homogenization powder,microsilica,and calcium aluminate cement as raw materials,different AlO-SiOsystem low cement castables were prepared by replacing conventional aggregates with spherical aggregates. The effect of spherical aggregates addition on workability and mechanical properties of castables after heated at different temperatures was researched,and microstructure of the specimen was analyzed by SEM. Compared with traditional irregularly shaped aggregates,spherical aggregates endow castables with better flowability and easy pump ability. By introduction of spherical aggregates into the castables,flowability and pumpability are significantly improved,and water addition and ball completely sunk time are reduced. The introduction of spherical aggregates is favorable to density and cold crushing strength of castables,but unfavorable to CMOR. The effect of spherical aggregates addition on HMOR at1 400 ℃ can be negligible. Microstructure analysis showsthat the boundary bonding between spherical aggregates and matrix is strong,similar to the traditional aggregates.
文摘An artificial neural networks(ANNs) based gear material selection hybrid intelligent system is established by analyzing the individual advantages and weakness of expert system (ES) and ANNs and the applications in material select of them. The system mainly consists of tow parts: ES and ANNs. By being trained with much data samples, the back propagation (BP) ANN gets the knowledge of gear materials selection, and is able to inference according to user input. The system realizes the complementing of ANNs and ES. Using this system, engineers without materials selection experience can conveniently deal with gear materials selection.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11102132)
文摘This paper deals with the time evolution of information entropy for a stochastic system with double singularities driven by quasimonochromatic noise. The dimension of the Fokker Planck equation is reduced by the linear transfor- mation. The exact expression of the time dependence of information entropy is obtained based on the definition of Shannon's information entropy. The relationships between the properties of dissipative parameters, system singularity strength parameter, quasimonochromatic noise, and their effects on information entropy are discussed.
文摘This paper aims to realize the extensive application of Internet of things technology in urban waterlogging prevention management system, and has analyzed the security requirement and security architecture of Internet of things technology, and discussed the demand of urban waterlogging prevention management system in combination with the key technology of Internet of things technology, to do the overall design and functional design well during designing of urban waterlogging prevention management system. Finally, the application process of the Internet of things technology in Chongqing waterlogging prevention management system is summarized. The application result shows that the flood control and drainage function of Chongqing is gradually improved with smooth drainage facilities;the inspection and maintenance management is gradually standardized;operation monitoring and early warning management is fully strengthened. There is visual management for emergency command and dispatch, and at the same time, the drainage pipe network assessment management can be conducted correctly.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (6097400161104121)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (JUDCF11039)
文摘The Bayesian approach is considered as the most general formulation of the state estimation for dynamic systems. However, most of the existing Bayesian estimators of stochastic hybrid systems only focus on the Markov jump system, few liter- ature is related to the estimation problem of nonlinear stochastic hybrid systems with state dependent transitions. According to this problem, a new methodology which relaxes quite a restrictive as- sumption that the mode transition process must satisfy Markov properties is proposed. In this method, a general approach is presented to model the state dependent transitions, the state and output spaces are discreted into cell space which handles the nonlinearities and computationally intensive problem offline. Then maximum a posterior estimation is obtained by using the Bayesian theory. The efficacy of the estimator is illustrated by a simulated example .
基金Supported by the International S&T Cooperation Program of China(2010DFB74280)
文摘The influence of human body on dynamic characteristics of footbridge was analyzed. A re- alistic footbridge was measured during a mass event. A simulation experiment system including a simple beam as object and a shaker as back ground excitation was built. The acceleration responses of beam were measured when person in static and active stated stood on the beam. The dynamic pa- rameters of the structure were identified by the time-domain approach and verified by theoretical and laboratory tests. The results showed that for the human-structure coupled system, nature frequency of the structure decreased and damping increased. Moreover, the increase of damping with passive person was bigger than that with active person.
基金Project supported by the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the National Basic Research Program of China
文摘Transient coherent oscillations in a closed A system under far-off resonant Raman fields were investigated theoreti- cally. It has been found that the coherent superposition of the ground states can be formed due to the absorption even for initial maximal mixed ground states. The absorption oscillates with a period depending on the two-photon detuning when the system is initially in a transparent state and the two-photon Raman detuning is suddenly changed. The amplitude of the absorption decays with the decay rate of the ground states, which is different from the case when the lasers are applied resonantly. These transient coherent oscillations can be used to measure the relaxation rate of the ground states.
基金Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(11661065) the Scientific Research Foundation of Jiangxi Provincial Education Department(GJJ161265)
文摘This paper presents Lyapunov-type inequalities for fractional differential systems with more than three monomials by using the Gronwall-Inequality and the Greens function.The results of this paper extend the research methods of similar problems and generalize some early conclusions on this topic.In addition,with the help of the results,we can analyze the solution of differential systems.
文摘Rising greenhouse gas emissions are causing climate change, and the world’s focus has shifted to the need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. There has been a rise in the published literature on the utilization of crops for bioenergy production in Louisiana. However, very few scholarly documents have used Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to map the distribution of potential bioenergy crops in Louisiana. This study seeks to fill the void by evaluating the potential of bioenergy crops in Louisiana for energy production using GIS. Given this objective, the agricultural census data for 1999, 2009, 2019, and 2020 obtained from the U.S. Department of Agriculture were used in the analysis. The quantities of various crops produced in the state were loaded into an attribute table and joined to a shapefile using ArcGIS software. The symbology tool’s graduated option was used to create five maps representing each of the bioenergy crops in Louisiana. The findings of the GIS analysis show that some of the parishes, such as Franklin produced the most bushels of corn (13,795,416), Iberia produced the most tons of sugarcane (1,697,980), East Carroll produced the most bushels of soybean (8,237,991), Tensas harvested the most bales of cotton (80,898) and Avoyelles produced the most bushels of sorghum (630,694). The abundance and availability of crops as raw materials for energy production will translate into lower prices in terms of energy use, making bioenergy crops a promising alternative to fossil fuels. In addition, gasoline price data from 1993-2022 was obtained from U.S. Energy Information Administration. A regression model for the average annual gasoline price over the years was constructed. The results show that the average annual gasoline price variation with respect to years is statistically significant (p 0.05). This suggests that gasoline prices will generally rise despite a price drop over the years. The paper concludes by outlining policy recommendations in the form of assessing the availability and viability of other crop types, such as wheat, oats, and rice, for energy production in the state.
文摘Objective:To determine the knowledge,attitude and practice of rural dwellers to the use of traditional eye medications(TEM).Methods: A cross-sectional,descriptive study using a reseacher administered structured questionnaire was carried out in Iviari community in Etsako-East Local Government Area(LGA) of Edo State,Nigeria.A systematic sampling method was used.Three hundred and thirty six(336) people aged 15years and above(range 15-90years) comprised the participants.The data was analysed using Microsoft excel spreadsheet and the Statistical Package for Social Scientists(SPSS).Results: Fifty one(51,49.5%) out of 103 people with eye disease or a past history of eye disease used TEM.There was no association between the sex,level of education,occupation of participants and the use of TEM.There was a significant association between African traditional religion and the use of TEM(P= 0.0266).Thirty eight(38,36.9%) people were treated by medical doctors and nurses.Fourteen people(13.6%) had used TEM before seeking orthodox medical treatment.The most common source of TEM was self or friends and relations(38.9%).Traditional healers or herbalists were the source in 12 people(11.7%).One hundred and ten(32.7%) respondents knew some form of traditional eye medication and the commonest was herbal extract(66,60%),others were native powder,sugar solution,urine,breast milk,alum and couching.One hundred(29.7%) people said that the use of TEM was beneficial,187(55.7%) said there was no benefit while 49(14.6%) did not know.Conclusion: The knowledge and use of TEM in this community is high.There is a need to make eye care accessible and affordable to the people.Health education and public enlightenment campaigns of people in this community and rural dwellers in Nigeria about the harmful effects of TEM should be done.The establishments of outreach centres in rural areas by ophthalmology departments in secondary and tertiary hospitals will help in providing affordable and accessible eye care services and thus reduce the use of TEM by them.