A novel hybridized metaheuristic technique in enhancing the diagnosis of cross-sectional dent damaged offshore platform members

Offshore jacket platforms are widely used for oil and gas extraction as well as transportation in shallow to moderate water depth. Tubular cross-sectional elements are used to construct offshore platforms. Tubular cross sections impart higher resistance against hydrodynamic forces and have high torsional rigidity. During operation, the members can be partially or fully damaged due to lateral impacts. The lateral impacts can be due to ship collisions or through the impact of falling objects. The impact forces can weaken some members that influence the overall performance of the platform. This demonstrates an urgent need to develop a framework that can accurately forecast dent depth as well as dent angle of the affected members. This study investigates the use of an adaptive metaheuristics algorithm to provide automatic detection of denting damage in an offshore structure. The damage information includes dent depth and the dent angle. A model is developed in combination with the percentage of the dent depth of the damaged member and is used to assess the performance of the method. It demonstrates that small changes in stiffness of individual damaged bracing members are detectable from measurements of global structural motion.     

BHA轴向磁干扰对方位测量误差的影响——基于人工磁场模拟方法

井下钻具组合（BHA）磁化形成的轴向磁场干扰是定向组件磁方位测量的一个重要的误差因素。为了对该误差因素进行独立分析，建立了大型三轴亥姆霍兹线圈人工磁场系统作为研究环境，使用不同磁通量的多个磁化组件作为干扰源研究在理想环境中轴向干扰磁场对定向组件的影响，并在此基础上提出了一种估算磁化组件磁极强度和校正轴向干扰的方法，通过改变空间姿态和三轴亥姆霍兹线圈磁场强度，分析了在不同井斜角、方位角和磁倾角的井眼轨迹中，轴向磁干扰对定向组件方位测量误差的影响，最后证明了校正磁性组件的轴向干扰方法，可以有效地提升BHA定向组件的方位测量精度。     

加工切割精度对研磨的影响

本文主要介绍了在加工基板边部时,需将控制边部质量放在首。对于边部质量控制的重要环节是切割工序,切割的精度将直接影响到研磨边部的质量,从而影响边部良品率。因此,切割精度是作为控制边部质量的第一要素。     

Surface modification of poly(tetrafluoroethylene) and poly(ethylene terephthalate) films via environmental crazing

This work addresses the phenomenon of the development of a patterned surface relief on polymer films via different modes of environmental crazing. Commercial films of semicrystalline poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) and amorphous glassy poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) were subjected to tensile drawing in the presence of physically active liquid environments (carbon tetrachloride or aliphatic alcohols). The structure parameters and wettability of the modified films were studied by AFM, SEM, profilometer measurements and contact angle measurements. Environmental intercrystallite crazing of PTFE is accompanied by the development of an unstable structure with a high free surface, which experiences marked strain recovery upon unloading. As a result of the relief formation, PTFE hydrophobicity is enhanced (the water contact angle increases by 25°). Classical environmental crazing of PET films is accompanied by the formation of an anisotropic surface relief which is an assembly of crazes oriented perpendicular to the direction of tensile drawing, thus leading to the phenomenon of anisotropic wetting. The proposed approach for structural surface modification makes it possible to use the advantages of surface instability and spontaneous self‐organization of the polymer towards the development of a unique surface microrelief. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry     

Robust energy-to-peak sideslip angle estimation with applications to ground vehicles

In this paper, the observer design problem for the sideslip angle of ground vehicles is investigated. The sideslip angle is an important signal for the vehicle lateral stability, which is not measurable by using an affordable physical sensor. Therefore, we aim to estimate the sideslip angle with the yaw rate measurements by employing the vehicle dynamics. The nonlinear lateral dynamics is modeled firstly. As the tyre model is nonlinear and the road adhesive coefficient is subject to a large variation, the nonlinear lateral dynamics is transformed into an uncertain model. Considering the variation of longitudinal velocity, an uncertain linear-parameter-varying (LPV) system is obtained. Based on the LPV model, a gain-scheduling observer is proposed and the observer gain can be determined with off-line computation and on-line computation. The off-line computation includes the calculation of a set of linear matrix inequalities and the on-line computation contains several algebraic operations. The proposed design methodology is applied to a four-wheel-independent-drive electric vehicle in simulation. It infers from different maneuvers that the designed observer has a good performance on estimating the sideslip angle.     

单汽泡沸腾过程数值模拟的研究

利用Comsol Multiphysics软件中的Level Set方法对单汽泡沸腾过程进行了模拟,建立了微细结构网格,给出了边界条件,求解了质量、动量、能量和Level Set方程,得到了正确的模拟结果。分析了单汽泡沸腾过程中相含率、压力场、速度场和温度场随时间的变化规律;考察了接触角和壁面效应对汽泡脱离直径和汽泡生长周期的影响。模拟结果表明,当接触角小于12°时,汽泡脱离直径维持不变;当接触角大于12°时,接触角越大,汽泡脱离直径越大。汽泡生长周期随接触角的增大而延长。当加热装置的直径小于汽泡脱离直径时,汽泡受壁面效应的影响不易脱离;当加热装置的直径大于汽泡脱离直径时,汽泡脱离直径不随加热装置直径的增大而变化;汽泡生长周期随加热装置直径的增大而缩短。     

Design and performance study of phase‐locked loop using fractional‐order loop filter

The present work reports the realization of an analog fractional‐order phase‐locked loop (FPLL) using a fractional capacitor. The expressions for bandwidth, capture range, and lock range of the FPLL have been derived analytically and then compared with the experimental observations using LM565 IC. It has been observed that bandwidth and capture range can be extended by using FPLL. It has also been found that FPLL can provide faster response and lower phase error at the time of switching compared to its integer‐order counterpart. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

AHRS 的老人跌倒检测算法

独居老人如在室内或室外发生意外摔倒时,没有得到及时医疗救助治疗,将给老年人造成巨大的心理与身体的伤害。 将航姿参考系统(attitude and heading reference system,AHRS)应用在跌倒检测中,将跌倒的过程转变成姿态的变化,从而来判断 跌倒的程度。 AHRS 航姿系统比过去原有实验方案 3 种姿态角度均有所提升,俯仰角( pitch)提升 2. 371%,滚转角( roll)提升 9. 238%,偏航角(yaw)提升 4. 682%,加速度计最大值精确了 0. 171g,AHRS 航姿系统融合扩展卡尔曼滤波器在检测老年人跌倒 姿态中比过去原有实验方案在检测时间计算上提升了 1 s。 综上实验验证 AHRS 航姿融合在检测老年人跌倒上可以数据更精 确,计算时间更少,在研究人体真实跌倒姿态中更贴近了一步。     

基于火箭遥测的地面站接收信号情况预估方法

火箭尾焰造成的信号衰减是地面测量点位选择重点考虑的问题,通常采用传统β角确定火箭尾焰对遥测地面站接收信号的影响程度。针对新型固体火箭发射中β角分析法对遥测地面站接收信号情况预测不准确的问题,文中在分析影响遥测地面站信号接收因素的基础上,提出了一种采用信号衰减方向性预估遥测地面站接收信号情况的模型。通过分析火箭遥测实测飞行姿态、位置以及地面遥测设备实际跟踪信号情况确定了模型参数,并通过实例计算证明了该方法优的优越性。     

环氧树脂涂层表面亲水性对微藻黏附性能的影响

在固体材料表面黏附成膜是微藻细胞的一种生理特性。近些年基于微藻生物膜的生物过程，如生物膜贴壁培养和防附着技术受到了很多关注。微藻在固体材料表面的黏附受藻细胞与材料表面之间的相互作用的影响，建立黏附强度与材料表面性质参数间的关系对于通过材料选择来强化或控制微藻生物膜具有非常重要的意义。本工作的目的是揭示和明确材料亲疏水性对微藻黏附的影响，提出了一种双酚A环氧(EP)树脂表面亲疏水改性的方法。通过将亲水性的二乙醇胺(DEA)或疏水性的聚甲基聚硅氧烷(PMHS)加入到EP树脂中反应，EP树脂表面水接触角在36.80?~98.34?范围内可通过加入不同量的DEA或PMHS实现任意可调，材料的表面水接触角与DEA或PMHS加入量之间有线性关系。重要的是这种改性方法获得的材料，其形貌、结构、表面粗糙度等表面性质几乎没有变化，从而在研究和关联微藻黏附量与材料表面亲疏水性(表面水接触角)之间的关系时可以排除亲疏水性之外的其他表面性质的影响；其次，考察了小球藻和栅藻在不同亲疏水性材料表面的黏附行为，结果表明小球藻和栅藻在亲水性和疏水性材料表面均能黏附成膜，但在亲水性材料表面黏附更多更快；建立了微藻最大黏附容量与材料表面接触角之间关联关系，表明微藻最大黏附容量随材料表面水接触角的增大而线性降低，栅藻的表面黏附容量比小球藻大。