Toughening mechanism for a rubber-toughened epoxy resin with rubber/matrix interfacial modification

For a rubber-toughened piperidine-DGEBA epoxy resin, the interface between the rubber particle and the epoxy resin matrix was modified by an epoxide end-capped carboxyl terminated butadiene and acrylonitrile random copolymer (CTBN). The end-capping epoxides used were a rigid diglycidyl ether of bisphenol-A (Epon 828), a short-chain flexible diglycidyl ether of propylene glycol (DER 736), and a long-chain flexible diglycidyl ether of propylene glycol (DER 732). The microstructures and the fracture behaviour of these rubber-modified epoxy resins were studied by transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Their thermal and mechanical properties were also investigated. In the rubber-modified epoxy resins, if the added CTBNs were end-capped by a flexible diglycidyl ether of propylene glycol (DER 732 or DER 736) before curing, the interfacial zone of the undeformed rubber particle, the degree of cavitation of the cavitated rubber particle on the fracture surface and the fracture energy of the toughened epoxy resin were all significantly increased. The toughening mechanism based on cavitation and localized shear yielding was considered and a mechanism for the interaction between cavitation and localized shear yielding that accounts for all the observed characteristics is proposed.     

Netted radar sensitivity and ambiguity

The performance of netted radar is evaluated in terms of a netted version of the radar equation and the ambiguity function. A software simulation has been developed to allow assessment of netted radar sensitivity and ambiguity properties in both two-and three-dimensional space. Simulation results demonstrate that coherent netted radar sensitivity depends not only on the radar parameters, but also on the numbers, locations and specification of transmit and receive nodes. The netted radar ambiguity function is affected by a combination of many factors. In addition to those that determine the form of the monostatic ambiguity function, the locations of transmit and receive nodes as well as the position and velocity of the target all are shown to play an important role in evaluating system performance. As a result of these dependencies, it is shown that there is severe degradation of range and Doppler resolution when a target crosses sufficiently close to a transmit-receive baseline.     

A Pervasive Computing Curriculum for Engineering and Science Students

Today, there's an urgent need for well-trained pervasive computing engineers and scientists. Pervasive computing has evolved into a critical field, influencing a broad range of industries from healthcare to manufacturing to defense. However, most computer engineering and computer science programs pay marginal attention, at best, to the field. In this issue, the authors of the Rochester Institute of Technology describes a set of courses on pervasive computing topics and a supporting laboratory designed for both computer engineering and computer science students     

Statistical estimation of average power dissipation usingnonparametric techniques

In this paper, we present a new statistical technique for estimation of average power dissipation in digital circuits. The present parametric statistical technique estimates the average power based on the assumption that the power distribution can be characterized by a preassumed function. Large error can incur when the assumption is not met. On the other hand, the existing nonparametric technique, although accurate, is too conservative and requires a large sample size in order to achieve convergence. For a good tradeoff between simulation accuracy and computational efficiency, we propose a new nonparametric technique using the properties of the order statistics. It is generally applicable to any type of circuit irrespective of its power distribution function. Compared to the existing nonparametric technique, it is much more computationally efficient since it requires a much smaller sample size to achieve the same accuracy specification. This new technique is implemented in the distribution-independent power estimation tool (DIPE). DIPE is empirically demonstrated to be more robust and accurate than the parametric technique     

An empirical study of information technology enabled business process redesign and corporate competitive strategy

Business process redesign (BPR) has been widely touted as a means for leveraging the power of information technology to change business processes radically, resulting in substantial improvements in organizational effectiveness and efficiency. This study represents an early attempt at examining the strategic nature of the phenomenon. Because BPR is radical change and has the ability to alter both the competitive and operational nature of the corporation, it is critical that BPR be coordinated with corporate strategy. Through a survey of information system executives, the relationships between corporate competitive strategy and three types of BPR – intrafunctional, interfunctional and interorganizational – were examined. It was found that organizations following a cost strategy tended to do more BPR projects on interfunctional processes. Furthermore, the positive effect of a cost strategy on interfunctional BPR was found to be strengthened by the degree of integration of IS and business planning. It was also found that while interorganizational BPR was not related to a specific strategy, it was strongly related directly with IS–business planning integration.     

关于决策支持系统的结构与进化

本文在总结作者开发决策支持系统的实践经验的基础上，从ＤＳＳ的结构分析入手，探讨了ＤＳＳ的进化问题，首先通过软件开发方式，程序设计风范，人工智能道路和系统科学发展等方面的深入剖析，指出了进化能力的强弱是ＤＳＳ成败的关键。其次展开了关于ＤＳＳ结构的研究，提出了ＤＳＳ的外延结构和内涵结构的新概念并进行了比较。随后讨论了ＤＳＳ的进化问题，分析了传统的第一代决策支持系统存在的缺陷，阐述了第二代和第三代决策支     

Polyspectral Analysis of Two-dimensional Mixed Processes and Coupled Harmonics

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利用梯度方向信息的随机Hough变换

针对随机Ｈｏｕｇｈ变换（ＲＨＴ）在处理复杂图像随机采样造成的大量无效积累提出一种改进的用于直线检测的ＲＨＴ，较发地解决了无效果累积问题，并使改进后的算法具有计算速度更快，占用内存更少以及检测性能更好等优点。     

混合型表面活性剂液膜法处理含酚废水研究

研究了兰－１１３Ｂ＝Ｓｐａｎ－８０－－煤油ＮａＯＨ液膜体系处理苯酚废水的最佳操作工用于对高浓度含酚废水进行处理，实验结果表明，混合型表面活性剂各项指标均较好，除酚效率可达９９％以上，对内相ＮａＯＨ的最佳浓度的确定给出了估算方法。     

填料萃取塔液泛速度的计算

介绍了三种有代表性的填料萃取塔的液泛速度计算公式，并通过它们用于三种典型的液-液实验体系和两种不同填料的计算结果的比较，对这些公式的适用范围进行了讨论。