软土场地不规则深基坑旋喷锚护支撑技术

某工程基坑具有周边环境开阔、开挖范围内土质条件差、基坑平面形状不规则、开挖面积大等特点。对比优选对撑和角撑的结合、环形支撑、锚杆拉撑等支撑形式，大部分区域采用对撑和角撑相结合形式，在沉井位置处加设拉梁板支撑，在对撑和角撑难以布置的区段采用斜向旋喷锚桩作为外拉锚撑，在需严格保护的文物建筑区段，采用布置角撑及拉梁钻孔桩的形式。监测数据表明，基坑水平位移及竖直位移均在设计要求变形控制范围内，且取得了较好经济效益。     

On the problem of optimal estimation of balanced and symmetric three-phase signals

This paper revisits the fundamental problem of optimal estimation of the magnitude and phase of balanced and symmetric three-phase voltage or current signals. We analyze and compare various setups for the corresponding optimal Kalman filter, including the direct use of three-phase measurements, as well as measurements subjected to the Clarke transform in real or complex form. One contribution is to show that the standard practice of disregarding the transformed zero-component of the Clarke transformed three-phase signal almost always leads to a sub-optimal performance of the Kalman estimator. Our analysis extends to show that the closely related complex Kalman estimator is also sub-optimal and that optimal performance can be recovered if the zero-component is made available to the filter provided that the noises are properly characterized. These results are illustrated by means of simple numerical examples, which also highlight the importance of correctly modeling the noise characteristics if a real or complex form of the Clarke transformation is to be used. We conclude the paper with a unified set of guidelines or best practices regarding the use of optimal Kalman estimators for balanced and symmetric three-phase signals.     

Modal Decomposition Method for-BWR Stability Analysis

In-phase and out-of-phase instabilities have been observed in BWR reactors. To improve the safety systems of these reactors, it is necessary to be able to detect in a reliable way these oscillations from the neutronic signals. In this paper a methodology to decompose the neutronic signals in its modal amplitudes is proposed. This decomposition is based on the normal and the adjoint dominant Lambda modes of a static configuration of the reactor core. The calculation of these eigenmodes for a realistic problem is reviewed and the oscillation parameters for the modal decompositions of the neutronic signals from Ringhals reactor have been calculated using the proposed methodology.     

Physiological and subjective responses to breathing resistance of N95 filtering facepiece respirators in still-sitting and walking

The objective of this study was to assess the impact of breathing resistance on physiological and subjective responses to N95 filtering facepiece respirators (N95 FFRs) during still-sitting and walking. Fifteen subjects sat for 5 min and walked for 5 min while wearing 2 different models of N95 FFRs, 1 model of which was equipped with exhalation valves (N95 FFR/EV). The subjects were monitored by a modified monitoring garment for respiratory signals (RSP) and surface electromyography (sEMG). Subjects also were asked to complete subjective ratings of overall breathing resistance. The results of the physiological measurements in this study have shown that compared with no respirator, wearing N95 FFR had a direct effect on increasing respiratory amplitude, muscle activity and fatigue of abdominal, and fatigue of scalene; The use of N95 FFR/EV conferred limited physiological benefit over N95 FFR in walking; Compared with sitting still, walking significantly decreased respiratory amplitude, but increased respiratory rate, the muscle activity of sternomastoid, scalene, diaphragm and abdominal, the fatigue of scalene and intercostal. The subjective survey showed that wearing respirators and walking had a direct effect on improving the subjective overall breathing resistance. Significantly low to moderate correlation coefficients were shown between physiological values (respiratory amplitude, the muscle activity of diaphragm, the muscle activity and fatigue of scalene and abdominal), and the subjective breathing resistance. This is the first reported study that combines RSP, sEMG and subjective overall breathing resistance to evaluate breathing resistance on the use of N95 FFR in sitting still and walking. The physiological responses to breathing resistance of wearing a N95 FFR for 5 min in still-sitting and walking are relatively small and should generally be well tolerated by healthy persons.Relevance to industryThis paper's findings can be readily employed by respirator manufactures and administrations for evaluating the respiratory muscle function (activity, fatigue) and breathing parameters of wearing N95 FFRs. Observations of present study are in support of issuing new regulations to raise the limit for breathing resistance over short periods at low-moderate exertion tasks. Thus, the manufacturers could easily fulfill the requirements for collection efficiency by adding more filter media while still meeting the requirements for air resistance.     

The influence of pedestrian countdown signals on children’s crossing behavior at school intersections

Previous studies have shown that pedestrian countdown signals had different influences on pedestrian crossing behavior. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the installation of countdown signals at school intersections on children’s crossing behavior. A comparison analysis was carried out on the basis of observations at two different school intersections with or without pedestrian countdown signals in the city of Jinan, China. Four types of children’s crossing behavior and child pedestrian-vehicle conflicts were analyzed in detail. The analysis results showed that using pedestrian countdown timers during the Red Man phase led to more children’s violation and running behavior. Theses violators created more conflicts with vehicles. However, pedestrian countdown signals were effective at helping child pedestrian to complete crossing before the red light onset, avoid getting caught in the middle of crosswalk. No significant difference was found in children who started crossing during Flashing Green Man phase between the two types of pedestrian signals. Moreover, analysis results indicated that children who crossed the road alone had more violation and adventure crossing behavior than those had companions. Boys were found more likely to run crossing than girls, but there was no significant gender difference in other crossing behavior. Finally, it’s recommended to remove countdown at the end of the Red Man phase to improve children’s crossing behavior and reduce the conflicts with vehicles. Meanwhile other measures are proposed to improve children safety at school intersections.     

基于变步长差分迭代方法的河道水面线计算

在计算天然河道水面线时，由于河道的不规则性，导致计算断面间距往往是不相等的。为此，依据水力学能量方程，建立了变步长差分迭代的水面曲线模型。该数学模型简单易行，适应性强，便于程序化实现。通过对河南省南部某河道治理工程水面线的推求验证，证明该方法可有效解决非等间距断面的水面线推求问题，且计算效率和精度较高，可为计算类似工程问题提供参考。     

Phonetic segmentation of speech signal using local singularity analysis

This paper presents the application of a radically novel approach, called the Microcanonical Multiscale Formalism (MMF) to speech analysis. MMF is based on precise estimation of local scaling parameters that describe the inter-scale correlations at each point in the signal domain and provides efficient means for studying local non-linear dynamics of complex signals. In this paper we introduce an efficient way for estimation of these parameters and then, we show that they convey relevant information about local dynamics of the speech signal that can be used for the task of phonetic segmentation. We thus develop a two-stage segmentation algorithm: for the first step, we introduce a new dynamic programming technique to efficiently generate an initial list of phoneme-boundary candidates and in the second step, we use hypothesis testing to refine the initial list of candidates. We present extensive experiments on the full TIMIT database. The results show that our algorithm is significantly more accurate than state-of-the-art ones.     

A fuzzy irregular cellular automata-based method for the vertex colouring problem

ABSTRACT

Vertex colouring is among the most important problems in graph theory which has been widely applied across different real-world problems. In vertex colouring problem (VCP), the goal is to assign a distinct colour to each vertex of the graph in such a way that no two adjacent vertices have the same colour. This paper presents a fuzzy irregular cellular automaton (FICA) for finding a near-optimal solution for the VCP. FICA is an extension fuzzy cellular automaton (FCA) in which the cells of the automaton can be arranged in an irregular structure. The aim of the proposed method is to reap the benefits of both FCA and irregular cellular automata while minimising their drawbacks. To evaluate the proposed method, various computer simulations have been conducted on a variety of graphs. The results suggest that the proposed method is able to achieve better results in terms of the minimum number of required colours and the execution time of the algorithm, compared to other peer algorithms.     

基于卷积神经网络的刀具磨损在线监测

为了提高刀具磨损在线监测的精度和泛化性能,提出一种基于卷积神经网络的刀具磨损量在线监测模型。利用时域传感器信号对刀具磨损量进行定量分析,避免数据预处理带来的信息丢失;采用深度网络自适应地提取特征,取代传统的人工特征提取过程,并通过加深网络进一步挖掘信号中隐藏的微小特征。实验结果表明,该模型对刀具后刀面磨损量监测效果较好,可以有效避免人为特征提取的局限,精度和泛化性都有一定程度的提高。与相关研究的对比也证实了其可行性和有效性。