Study on the measureto improve the arcstabilization in smaller current welding for the variable polarity GTAW powersource

The variable polarity power source which incorporates a constant current power and a secondary inverter does not need special apparatus for stabilizing arc. The pulse for stabilizing arc is created by the circuit structure itself. The paper analyzes the principle of acquiring the pulse, provides the better method to improve the arc stabilization under smaller welding current. Test shows the arc is highly stable , and the process has no high frequency electromagnetic interference, which is suitable for automatic welding case.

Performance Analysis of a Solar Continuous Adsorption Refrigeration System

A study is conducted on the performances of a solar powered continuous-adsorption refrigerator considering two particular days as references cases,namely,the summer solstice(June 21st)and the autumn equinox(September 21st).The cooling capacity,system performance coefficient and the daily rate of available cooling energy are assessed.The main goal is to compare the performances of a solar adsorption chiller equipped with a hot water tank(HWT)with an equivalent system relying on solar collectors with no heat storage module.The daily cooling rates for the solar refrigerator are found to be 102.4 kWh and 74.3 kWh,respectively,on June 21st and on September 21st,using a total collector’s area of 43.47 m2.The corresponding values for the adsorption chiller equipped with a hot water tank of 2 m3(and using a total collector’s area of 72.45 m2),are 127.1 kWh and 106.13 kWh,respectively.

Structure function analysis of RISS and model-fitting to J1128+5925

There has been great progress recently in the study of radio variability, including the phenomenon of intraday variability（IDV） which occurs on short timescales of 50 h or less. There are two common explanations for IDV： an intrinsic mechanism or the effect of radio propagation through the interstellar medium. We consider the case of refractive interstellar scintillation（RISS）, an extrinsic cause of radio variability. We theoretically derive the structure function of the ‘thick screen’RISS model by using an approximation method, and discuss its application to the IDV phenomenon with some simulated results. Finally, the IDV source J1128＋5925 is fitted with the ‘thin screen’ RISS model. Some possible combinations of parameters, namely source size, distance and relative velocity of the scattering screen, are presented.

Blow-up of p-Laplacian evolution equations with variable source power

We study the blow-up and/or global existence of the following p-Laplacian evolution equation with variable source power where Ω is either a bounded domain or the whole space RN and q（x） is a positive and continuous function defined in with 0 〈 q- infq（x） = q（x） 〈 ∞supq（x） = q＋ 〈 ∞. It is demonstrated that the equation with variable source power has much richer dynamics with interesting phenomena which depends on the interplay of q（x） and the structure of spatial domain Ω, compared with the case of constant source power. For the case that is a bounded domain, the exponent p - 1 plays a crucial role. If q＋ 〉 p - 1, there exist blow-up solutions, while if q＋ p - 1, all the solutions are global. If q-〉 p - 1, there exist global solutions, while for given q- 〈 p - 1 〈 q＋, there exist some function q（x） and such that all nontrivial solutions will blow up, which is called the Fujita phenomenon. For the case Ω = RN the Fujita phenomenon occurs if 1 q＋ q＋ ≤p--1＋p/N, while if q_ 〉 p -- 1 ＋p/N there exist global solutions.

Fujita Type Conditions to Heat Equation with Variable Source

This paper studies heat equation with variable exponent ut = △u ＋ Up（x） 4- Uq in RN × （0, T）, where p（x） is a nonnegative continuous, bounded function, 0 〈 p- = infp（x） ≤ p（x） ≤ supp（x） = p＋. It is easy to understand for the problem that all nontrivial nonnegative solutions must be global if and only if max{p＋,q} ≤1. Based on the interaction between the two sources with fixed and variable exponents in the model, some Fujita type conditions are determined that that all nontrivial nonnegative solutions blow up in finite time if 0 〈 q ≤ 1 with p＋ 〉 1, or 1 〈 q 〈 1 ＋2/N. In addition, if q 〉 1 ＋2/N, then （i） all solutions blow up in finite time with 0 〈 p- ≤ p＋ ≤ 1 ＋2/N; （ii） there are both global and nonglobal solutions for p- ≤ 1 ＋ 2/N; and （iii） there are functions p（x） such that all solutions blow up in finite time, and also functions p（x） such that the problem possesses global solutions when p＋〈 1＋2/N 〈 p＋.

Seasonal effects of impervious surface estimation in subtropical monsoon regions

Accurate impervious surface estimation(ISE)is challenging due to the diversity of land covers and the vegetation phenology and climate.This study investigates the variation of impervious surfaces estimated from different seasons of satellite images and the seasonal sensitivity of different methods.Four Landsat ETM?images of four different seasons and two popular methods(i.e.artificial neural network(ANN)and support vector machine(SVM))are employed to estimate the impervious surface on the pixel level.Results indicate that winter(dry season)is the best season to estimate impervious surface even though plants are not in their growing season.Less cloud and less variable source areas(VSA)(seasonal water body)become the major advantages of winter for the ISE,as cloud is easily confusedwith bright impervious surfaces,andwater in VSA is confusedwith dark impervious surfaces due to their similar spectral reflectance.For the seasonal sensitivity of methods,ANN appears more stable as its accuracy varied less than that obtained with SVM.However,both the methods showed a general consistency of the seasonal changes of the accuracy,indicating that winter time is the best season for impervious surfaces estimation with optical satellite images in subtropical monsoon regions.

Understanding the spatial distribution of hydrologic sensitive areas in the landscape using soil topographic index approach

Maintaining healthy watershed is pivotal to ensure sustainability in water resources thereby improving the carrying capacity of the earth.Understanding and identifying the spatial variability of hydrologically sensitive areas(HSAs)in a watershed is an important step to prioritizing the landscape to maintain water sustainability with limited resources.A spatial technique known as Soil Topographic Index(STI)was used to identify HSAs in the landscape.This study was conducted in Clinton and Tewksbury Townships in New Jersey,United States.Three different scenarios(STI>=9,STI>=10,and STI>=11)were conducted to understand the spatial distribution of HSAs in the watershed.The following conclusions were derived from this study.Firstly,a more detail representation of HSAs in the watershed was observed when applying the STI technique with a fine scale light detection and ranging(LiDAR)digitial elevation model.Secondly,all three scenarios consistently identified perennial stream corridors as HSAs;therefore,it is important to protect perennial stream corridors through implementation of various land use controls.Thirdly,this study analyzes the land use pattern of HSAs under the three scenarios and identifies the HSAs for high intensity land uses such as agriculture and urban to be the high priority locations for implementing best management practices for water quality improvements.The procedures developed in this study can be applied to watersheds in other parts of the world with similar physiographic characteristics.