A practical reliability assessment approach and its application for pile-stabilized slopes using FORM and support vector machine

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment - Many uncertainties exist in pile-stabilized slopes which make their design substantially complicated. In this paper, a first-order reliability...     

Mechanical properties of graphene films enhanced by homo-telechelic functionalized polymer fillers via π–π stacking interactions

Most researches on graphene/polymer composites are focusing on improving the mechanical and electrical properties of polymers at low graphene content instead of paying attention to constructing graphene’s macroscopic structures. In current study the homo-telechelic functionalized polyethylene glycols (FPEGs) were tailored with π-orbital-rich groups (namely phenyl, pyrene and di-pyrene) via esterification reactions, which enhanced the interaction between polyethylene glycol (PEG) molecules and chemical reduced graphene oxide (RGO) sheets. The π–π stacking interactions between graphene sheets and π-orbital-rich groups endowed the composite films with enhanced tensile strength and tunable electrical conductivity. The formation of graphene network structure mediated by the FPEGs fillers via π–π stacking non-covalent interactions should account for the experimental results. The experimental investigations were also complemented with theoretical calculation using a density functional theory. Atomic force microscope (AFM), scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), UV–vis and fluorescence spectroscopy were used to monitor the step-wise preparation of graphene composite films.     

An interpretative structural modeling based network reconfiguration strategy for power systems

The network reconfiguration is an important stage of restoring a power system after a complete blackout or a local outage. Reasonable planning of the network reconfiguration procedure is essential for rapidly restoring the power system concerned. An approach for evaluating the importance of a line is first proposed based on the line contraction concept. Then, the interpretative structural modeling (ISM) is employed to analyze the relationship among the factors having impacts on the network reconfiguration. The security and speediness of restoring generating units are considered with priority, and a method is next proposed to select the generating unit to be restored by maximizing the restoration benefit with both the generation capacity of the restored generating unit and the importance of the line in the restoration path considered. Both the start-up sequence of generating units and the related restoration paths are optimized together in the proposed method, and in this way the shortcomings of separately solving these two issues in the existing methods are avoided. Finally, the New England 10-unit 39-bus power system and the Guangdong power system in South China are employed to demonstrate the basic features of the proposed method.     

应用型机械本科专业教学体系改革研究与实践

根据当前高等教育改革与发展的指导思想，紧紧围绕国家实施制造业信息化建设工程为背景，积极配合打造浙江先进制造业基地建设，结合现代机械专业结构调整，本着交叉、复合、应用型人才的培养目标，塑造具有宽口径、厚基础和强创新意识的人才培养理念，以数字化设计制造为核心，以机械技术、电子技术、信息技术和管理学科结合为主线，突出知识综合与创新能力，强调专业实践与专业知识的有效结合，有的放矢实施机械专业教学改革与实践。     

Optimal determination of warranty region for 2D policy: A customers' perspective

Warranty is treated by the manufacturer as a marketing strategy that creates better customer satisfaction, which finally helps to get hold of a bigger market share. The cost incurred towards this service is termed as warranty cost, which is a function of warranty policy and region, product quality and reliability, and the customers' usage pattern. Under the 2D warranty policy, there exists numerous iso-cost regions for any specified value of warranty cost. In this article, we propose a methodology to determine the optimal region when customers' utility is measured by the length of warranty coverage time. It is believed that the results will help the manufacturer to provide improved customer service.     

基于水质指数法的城市河流水质综合评价研究

依据江门市泥海水水质2020年9月的5个断面的监测数据,以溶解氧（ＤＯ）、高锰酸盐指数（ＣＯＤＭｎ）、化学需氧量（ＣＯＤ）、氨氮（ＮＨ3－Ｎ）、总磷（ＴＰ）作为ＣＷＱＩ模型的5个主要变量对河道水质进行综合评价。分析结果表明:各监测点的ＣＯＤＭｎ和ＣＯＤ均满足Ⅳ类水质要求,ＴＰ基本满足Ⅳ类水质要求,ＤＯ污染较为严重,ＮＨ3－Ｎ污染最为严重。通过对泥海水的监测断面的水质时间空间分布趋势分析可知,5个水质参数变化规律在不同监测时间表现趋势差异较大,每个水质参数在不同监测断面中变化规律相差也较大。采用ＣＷＱＩ方法能够从定性和定量两个方面对监测结果进行综合分析,监测结果可为下一步实施改善型措施提供依据。     

海底电缆智能防锚损监视系统设计

根据系统的需求分析,设计了一种用于海底电缆智能防锚损监视系统;首先给出设计方案并叙述系统工作原理;然后通过DM73021通信套件实现射频信号的接收、解调及解码,得到NMEA-0183HS格式的ASCⅡ信息数据;最后采用LabVIEW完成ASCⅡ信息数据的采集、解码、监视及显示;实际测试表明,该系统响应时间＜1s,对有抛锚趋势的船舶能及时向海缆管理部门提出预警,满足系统功能要求.     

振荡翼改进运动模型的能量捕获性能分析

为了提高振荡水翼的水动力性能和能量捕获效率,基于传统简谐运动模型提出改进运动模型,通过引入俯仰运动系数k,推导改进后俯仰运动规律的一般形式,利用Fluent软件建立水翼的二维模型,综合分析半主动振荡模型下不同俯仰运动系数、折算频率和俯仰振幅等运动参数对水翼能量捕获性能的影响。结果表明:与传统简谐运动模型相比,改进运动模型能够使水翼升力系数在较长时间段内维持较大数值,提高水翼的升力系数和捕能效率;在相同的折算频率和俯仰振幅下,减小俯仰运动系数会增大俯仰角转动的角速度,进而增大俯仰运动所消耗的能量;不同俯仰振幅下对应不同的最优折算频率,折算频率越低水翼的捕能性能越不稳定,俯仰振幅越大,转动俯仰角所消耗的能量越多。在给定参数条件下,水翼的能量转化效率可超过40%。     

Supplementation with Docosahexaenoic Acid and Vitamin E Improves Hepatic Triglyceride Accumulation Induced by High-Fat Diet in Mice

The study aims to investigate the effect of combined supplementation with docosahexaenoic acid (C22:6 n-3, DHA) and vitamin E (VE) on the oxidative stress and liver triglycerides (TG) accumulation induced by high-fat diet (HFD) in mice. C57BL/6J mice are fed either a control diet or an HFD for 8 weeks. Animals are supplemented with DHA, VE, or DHA + VE, respectively. Supplementation with DHA alone shows significant improvement in oxidative stress and hepatic steatosis in mice. Supplementation with DHA significantly reduces the liver TG and total cholesterol contents, and the alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) levels, compared with the HFD. Supplementation with DHA also significantly decreases the mRNA expression level of sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1C. However, supplementation with VE alone does not show improvement in oxidative stress and hepatic steatosis. DHA + VE supply obtains a superior effect in alleviation of hepatic steatosis than DHA supplementation alone in mice fed by HFD. The efficacy of DHA potentiated by VE can be due to that VE enhances the effect of DHA in decrease of ALT and AST levels and increase of antioxidant enzyme activity and glutathione level in mice fed by HFD. Practical Applications: Supplementation with DHA significantly improves the oxidative stress and hepatic steatosis induced by HFD in mice. The efficacy of DHA in the alleviation of hepatic steatosis induced by HFD is potentiated by VE. These findings may provide a rational basis for the use of DHA and VE co-supplementation in patients with liver steatosis.     

数据驱动的冷却水塔建模与节能优化操作

针对冷却水塔的节能操作给出了一种数据驱动的建模与优化方法。首先,基于冷却水塔实际运行数据,应用非负绞杀变量选择方法给出一个自适应模型用于描述冷却水塔过程,该模型对于冷却水塔出口水温具有良好的预测精度。根据变量选择结果,分析了外界空气温度与湿度对冷却能力的影响。然后,提出了基于模型的冷却水塔风机的优化操作策略,并进行实验将之应用于冷却水塔的操作。研究结果显示,基于模型的优化操作具有较大的节能空间。