Investigation of fusion reactions in palladium and titanium tritide using galvanostatic,coulometric, and hydrogen permeation techniques

We describe several electrochemical methods used to investigate the possibility of cold fusion phenomena in palladium and titanium tritide cathodes. We performed long-term (up to 77 days) electrolysis experiments with electrochemical cells of the University of Utah type at current densities as high as 1 A/cm², while monitoring neutron and tritium levels. With some cells, we pulsed the current to determine if neutron bursts would result. In another cell, we used titanium tritide as the cathode to determine if D-T reactions yielding neutrons would occur. In no instance were levels of neutrons or tritium significantly above background except in the titanium tritide cell where isotopic exchange, occcurring between the electrode and the electrolyte, resulted in significant tritium levels. We also combined x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and electrochemical hydrogen permeation experiments to determine the effectiveness of various Pd surface treatment procedures on the resultant electrochemical hydrogen absorption efficiency. Electroanalytical and thermal desorption/gas analysis techniques indicated the maximum loading of H in Pd was to a ratio of HPd=0.8.     

Fault diagnosis in reconfigurable VLSI and WSI processor arrays

A systematic efficient fault diagnosis method for reconfigurable VLSI/WSI array architectures is presented. The basic idea is to utilize the output data path independence among a subset of processing elements (PEs) based on the topology of the array under test. The divide and conquer technique is applied to reduce the complexity of test application and enhance the controllability and observability of a processor array. The array under test is divided into nonoverlapping diagnosis blocks. Those PEs in the same diagnosis block can be diagnosed concurrently. The problem of finding diagnosis blocks is shown equivalent to a generalizedEight Queens problem. Three types of PEs and one type of switches, which are designed to be easily testable and reconfigurable, are used to show how to apply this approach. The main contribution of this paper is an efficient switch and link testing procedure, and a novel PE fault diagnosis approach which can speed up the testing by at leastO(V^1/2) for the processor arrays considered in this paper, where V is the number of PEs. The significance of our approach is the ability to detect as well as to locate multiple PE, switch, and link faults with little or no hardware overhead.     

Elimination of dislocations in heteroepitaxial MBE and RTCVD Ge x Si1-x grown on patterned Si substrates

We have grown Ge _x Si_1-x (0 <x < 0.20,1000–3000Å thick) on small growth areas etched in the Si substrate. Layers were grown using both molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) at 550° C and rapid thermal chemical vapor deposition (RTCVD) at 900° C. Electron beam induced current images (EBIC) (as well as defect etches and transmission electron microscopy) show that 2800Å-thick, MBE Ge_0.19Si_0.81 on 70-μm-wide mesas have zerothreading and nearly zero misfit dislocations. The Ge_0.19Si{0.81} grown on unpatterned, large areas is heavily dislocated. It is also evident from the images that heterogeneous nucleation of misfit dislocations is dominant in this composition range. 1000Å-thick, RTCVD Ge_0.14Si_0.86 films deposited on 70 μm-wide mesas are also nearly dislocation-free as shown by EBIC, whereas unpatterned areas are more heavily dislocated. Thus, despite the high growth temperatures, only heterogeneous nucleation of misfit dislocations occurs and patterning is still effective. Photoluminescence spectra from arrays of GeSi on Si mesas show that even when the interface dislocation density on the mesas is high, growth on small areas results in a lower dislocation density than growth on large areas.     

Consequences of the formation of Cooper-pairs near oxygen-deficient sites

In this investigation we consider the formation of Cooper pairs near the oxygen-deficient sites in Y-Ba-Cu-O ceramic superconductors which would give rise to an energy-dependent potential as seen by conduction charge carriers. It is shown that Cooper pairs could be formed under such conditions, resulting in a supercurrent. We use the Bogoliubov transformation technique to calculate the energy gap, the energy difference, and the transition temperature of the model superconductor using certain data obtained from previous experiments. Numerical analysis shows that the superconducting current can be explained by the presence of such oscillating Cooper pairs.     

The effects of long-term VDT usage on the nature and incidence of asthenopic symptoms

An opportunity arose in 1985 to become involved in a transition of working practice from hard copy to VDT. Over a two-year period, 161 VDT users and 65 control subjects in the same office environment were regularly and routinely examined for symptoms of asthenopia. The analysis of data shows that there are no significant differences in type, number and frequency of the work-related symptoms between VDT users and non-VDT users. It appears that reporting of symptoms within the group may be random, although certain symptoms do appear more frequently than others. Additionally, it appears that there is a significant difference between male and female users in the frequency of symptom reporting.     

关于工控系统信息安全的思考与建议

文章在介绍工控系统的发展历程后,分析了工控信息网络安全隐患的本质与根源,在建议借鉴国外相关规范和经验的同时强调国内重要工程产品引入的约束性,提出了大力支持国内自主核心工控产品的必要洼。     

SSL协议应用中安全技术问题探究

随着信息化浪潮的发展,SSL协议的应用非常普遍,但是在SSL协议应用的工程实践中也发现了一些应用模式所导致的问题,文章首先介绍了SSL协议的安全技术应用,重点分析了其中安全技术问题的表现,并通过国产密码算法与SSL协议之间应用兼容性的问题分析,提出了一些SSL协议应用模式的建议。     

隐极无刷双馈电动机的研究

针对无刷双馈电动机的转子磁场转换效率决定了其工作效率的问题,提出了一种隐极无刷双馈电动机隐极转子结构的优化设计方案。对作用较小的隐极转子进行优化设计,即将它们的槽型更改为半开口槽,不断改变它们的长宽比;利用有限元软件ANSYS分析不同长宽比转子结构的隐极无刷双馈电动机,获得其功率绕组励磁与控制绕组励磁分布;利用Matlab软件分解转子磁动势,获得转子磁动势的谐波含量,从而确定最有效谐波含量。实验结果表明,在设定隐极转子的长宽比分别为10、13、15、17、20的情况下,隐极无刷电动机在15倍长宽比转子结构时的能量转换效果最好。     

基于嵌入式技术的带式输送机控制系统

针对基于PLC的带式输送机控制系统存在体积大、PLC程序更改不方便、成本高等问题,提出了一种基于嵌入式技术的带式输送机控制系统的设计方案;详细介绍了该系统中嵌入式本质安全控制机、控制驱动器、远程I/O模块的硬件及软件设计。实际应用表明,该系统解决了基于PLC的带式输送机控制系统存在的问题,具有较好的稳定性、灵活性和友好性。     

嵌入式三轴运动控制系统的以太网通信实现

研究了嵌入式三轴运动控制系统的以太网通信问题;采用LM3S9B92微控制器设计主控制器和各轴电动机控制器,通过移植实时操作系统μC/OS-Ⅱ和TCP/IP协议栈LwIP,实现主控制器与各轴电机控制器之间的信息交互;按电动机控制数据传输紧急程度要求不同,在以太网MAC层之上建立调度表,优先传输紧急数据,提高三轴运动控制系统实时性;实验结果表明嵌入式三轴运动控制系统实现了以太网数据的无差错传输,并且在重载情况下时间延迟大约为系统改进前的72%,改进了系统的实时性。