The interpretation of the English landscape garden between 1815 and 1840 through Xavier Kurten’s work in Piedmont (north-west Italy)

Xavier Kurten (?–1840) was a Prussian landscape gardener who worked for the Savoy family in the Piedmont region of Italy in the first half of the nineteenth century. He designed or redesigned all royal parks, creating a specific style based on the English naturalistic garden approach. This research was performed with the aim of investigating the development of the English landscape garden in Italy. Historical documents relating to Kurten’s biography and his work in Piedmont, including plans, were collected and analysed. We analyse and discuss the features that characterised his work: the relationship between the landscape—garden—house, the path system, the use of water, the vegetation, and the garden as a productive landscape. Kurten’s style is compared with the projects of William Kent and Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown.     

过滤铸造对高硅铝合金中初晶硅尺寸的控制

初晶硅颗粒的细化是过共晶高硅铝合金制备过程中的一个主要问题。本研究提出了一种通过过滤的方式来获得含有细化初晶硅颗粒的高硅铝合金的方法。在过滤铸造的过程中,过共晶硅铝合金熔体保持在Al-Si二元相图共晶线偏上一点的温度。大颗粒初晶硅被筛网阻拦下来,细小的初晶硅颗粒连同共晶熔体穿过筛网进入下部坩埚冷却结晶。在本研究中通过以上方法所制备的高硅铝合金中硅的质量分数约为27%,初晶硅颗粒的平均直径在45 μm以下,圆度为1.43,布氏硬度为70 HB。通过该方法有望制备出初晶硅颗粒球形度更高、硅含量更高的高硅铝合金产品。     

Comparative studies of grain refinement of commercial purity Mg by CaO and Ca addition

ABSTRACT

The comparative studies of grain refinement of commercial purity Mg by CaO/Ca addition have been investigated by using TP-1 tests, optical microscope, XRD characterisation and TEM (STEM) observation along with EDX analysis. Experimental results showed that Ca/CaO addition significantly refines the grain structure of commercial purity Mg. Compared with Ca addition, CaO exhibits finer grain size and the average grain size remains invariable with further CaO addition. CaO addition is readily reduced to Ca by Mg melt and forms Mg₂Ca on the surface of MgO particles. First-principle calculations were used to understand the nucleation of Mg₂Ca layer by a coherent interface model calculating the work of adhesion and the interface energy between Mg₂Ca and α-Mg. The combination of experiments and calculations showed that the formation of Mg₂Ca layer on MgO facilitates the nucleation of α-Mg and then refines the grain structure by Ca or CaO addition.     

论项目检查在实际监理工作中的意义

基于工程建设监理对提高工程质量和投资效益的重要性,分析了项目检查在实际监理工作中的作用及意义,指出通过项目检查可以拉近公司领导与员工的距离、了解各工作人员的情况,为公司的发展方向和改革做出合理的判断。     

超高强度马氏体时效钢的研究与应用

介绍马氏体时效钢的种类,分析其强韧化机理,论述了典型的18Ni马氏体时效钢和无钴马氏体时效钢的化学成分和力学特性。系统阐述了循环相变热处理、形变热处理及等径弯曲通道变形(ECAP)这3种目前常用的细晶强化方法,并提出了马氏体时效钢的发展趋势及进一步深入研究强韧性和细晶强化的途径。     

Mechanical properties and microstructural evolution of Al 6061 alloy processed by multidirectional forging at liquid nitrogen temperature

Al–Mg–Si alloy was subjected to multidirectional forging (MDF) at liquid nitrogen temperature (LNT), to cumulative strains of 1.8, 3.6 and 5.4. The deformed microstructures were examined by optical microscopy under polarized light and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The deformed samples showed the formation of dislocation cells structure with high dislocation density at lower strains. Composite structure consisting of lamellar morphology at deformation bands and equiaxed grain morphology was observed. Significant differences in microstructure of the deformed samples were observed with increasing strain at LNT. At cumulative strain of 5.4, the microstructure shows nearly equiaxed subgrain structure with an average size of 250 nm with high angle grain boundaries. The mechanical properties were studied through Vickers hardness testing machine and tensile tester. The hardness value of MDFed alloy at LNT has increased from 50 Hv to 115 Hv for cumulative strain of 5.4. Tensile strength has increased from 180 MPa to 388 MPa with 4.5% percentage of elongation to failure. The improvement in hardness and tensile strength of forged alloy is attributed to the formation of equiaxed sub-grain structures and the presence of high dislocation density.     

Suspension high velocity oxy-fuel spraying of TiO2: A quantitative approach to phase composition

A range of coatings from a water based suspension of anatase has been prepared by suspension high velocity oxy-fuel spraying with the aim to study effects of heat power of the flame on phase composition, microstructure and surface topography. Three most commonly used approaches of quantitative phase analysis have been scrutinized with respect to their applicability and as some of the coatings showed presence of preferred orientation and it was argued that quantitative Rietveld refinement is the most accurate method for phase composition determination. Coatings had a layered duplex anatase/rutile microstructure with fraction of rutile increasing exponentially with heat power. Spraying at the lower heat power led to a lower surface roughness and higher power resulted in surfaces with pronounced humps, which were distributed homogeneously on the surface. The emergence of humps is related to an increase in macroscopic surface area of up to 30% with respect to the flat coating.     

Effects of vertical electromagnetic stirring on grain refinement and macrosegregation control of bearing steel billet in continuous casting

The grain refinement and macrosegregation control of GCr15 bearing steel were investigated under a type of rarely-used electromagnetic stirring, vertical electromagnetic stirring (V-EMS), in continuous casting. V-EMS can create an upward electromagnetic force and generate longitudinal loop convection, which ena-bles the better mixing of the upper part with the lower part of the liquid steel.The results showed that ap-plying V-EMS can enlarge the region of the equiaxed grain, decrease the secondary dendrite arm spacing (SDAS) and reduce the segregation of both carbon and sulfur.After applying V-EMS, liquid steel with a high solute concentration is brought to the dendrite tips, making the dendrite arms partially melt.The length of the dendrite fragment is approximately 1.8 mm, 10 to 12 times the SDAS.Upon increasing the amount of cooling water from 2.0 to 3.5 m3/h, the dendrite fragments exhibit an obvious aggregation fol-lowing V-EMS.Finally, a criterion for dendrite fragmentation under V-EMS was derived based on the dendrite fragmentation theory of Campanella et al.     

基于桥连接的词典学习方法的语义解析

现阶段的语义解析方法大部分都基于组合语义,这类方法的核心就是词典。词典是词汇的集合,词汇定义了自然语言句子中词语到知识库本体中谓词的映射。语义解析一直面临着词典中词汇覆盖度不够的问题。针对此问题,该文在现有工作的基础上,提出了基于桥连接的词典学习方法,该方法能够在训练中自动引入新的词汇并加以学习,为了进一步提高新学习到的词汇的准确度,该文设计了新的词语—二元谓词的特征模板,并使用基于投票机制的核心词典获取方法。该文在两个公开数据集(WebQuestions和Free917)上进行了对比实验,实验结果表明,该文方法能够学习到新的词汇,提高词汇的覆盖度,进而提升语义解析系统的性能,特别是召回率。