LBM investigation of a Cu-water nanofluid over various configurations of pipes in the mixed convection flow

Increasing the heat capacity of heat exchangers is a crucial need for modern devices. The thermal conductivity of the usual fluids and the Nusselt (Nu) number of flows containing such fluids are two bottlenecks in the way of increasing heat delivery in the heat exchangers. For this reason, nanofluids have been introduced. The effect of utilizing a Cu-water nanofluid as a coolant of two hot pipes in a square cavity is investigated numerically with a two-component lattice Boltzmann method. The volume fraction of nanoparticles is assumed to be constant (0.03) while the Richardson (Ri) number varies from 0.02 to 20. Results show that the effectiveness of nanoparticles is better observed in the natural convection mode. However, sedimentation is also very probable at high Ri numbers, which significantly reduces the effectiveness of the nanoparticles. Configurations which produce a natural convection stream similar to the forced convection one as well as the configurations with high spacing and hence, low heat stream interactions, are the best choices for a uniform heat rate from the pipes.     

采用八叉树和OSG分页结点的海量点云三维可视化

针对现有海量点云可视化方法存在索引构建时间长、内存占用大等问题，研究一种八叉树索引结合OSG分页结点的快速可视化方法，可在占用较小内存的基础上快速建立点云索引并实时调度。采用八叉树索引结构对海量点云进行数据组织，建立各层级的八叉树结点并以文件映射的方式分块保存，对结点文件重组织转换为支持OSG渲染引擎的多分辨率点云数据。采用基于OSG分页结点的实时调度技术，对海量点云进行高质量可视化。与目前两款主流的点云数据处理商业软件进行实验对比分析，结果表明所提方法具有索引建立速度快、内存占用小等优点，同时可视化交互更加流畅，适用于各种配置计算机下海量点云数据的调度管理与实时可视化。     

双相区加速冷却处理对X80管线钢组织与性能的影响

采用双相区加速冷却法(加速冷却始冷温度为700 ℃)对X80管线钢进行热处理,获得了贝氏体和铁素体(B+F)双相组织。然后通过组织表征、力学性能测试以及在3.5wt%NaCl溶液中的耐蚀性进行研究。结果表明:热处理后获得的管线钢组织由板条状贝氏体、多边形铁素体及少量马氏体/奥氏体岛组成。与热处理前相比,(B+F)双相管线钢屈强比较低,为0.65,初始加工硬化指数为0.31,均匀伸长率达8.3%,塑性显著提升;双相组织中含有52.4%的铁素体,因而耐腐蚀性明显提高。通过双相区加速冷却法获得的(B+F)两相组织在塑变过程中发生协调变形,可以适应大变形的需求,同时耐蚀性优异,为大变形管线钢实际生产提供一定的借鉴。     

基于近场均匀照明的纸病检测系统光源优化方案

针对纸病检测系统中采集到的图像存在横向灰度不均匀现象,基于几何光学辐射照度理论,围绕纸病检测系统光源模块照射到被检测纸张上的照度均匀分布问题开展了应用技术研究。依据斯派罗法则,确定了光源模块中LED灯珠间的最优距离函数;从机器视觉的角度出发,利用实验法确定了光源阵列中不同位置灯珠的功率优化函数;采用图像灰度均匀度指标,对光源的改进效果进行了验证。结果表明,本优化方案可以将获取到的图像灰度均匀度由优化前的57. 8%提高到98. 6%,有效地提高了纸张的成像质量,可降低后期的图像处理难度,有望提高应用程序的执行效率。     

Seismic life-cycle cost analysis of ageing highway bridges under chloride exposure conditions: modelling and recommendations

Chloride-induced corrosion of highway bridges constitutes a critical form of environmental deterioration and may result in significant escalation of seismic life-cycle costs due to increased fragility during earthquake events. Most of existing literature tends to adopt simplistic uniform area loss assumptions in lieu of potentially complex, yet realistic and more detrimental, pitting corrosion models for seismic vulnerability analysis. Since the degree of deterioration depends on the severity and duration of exposure, there exists a need to investigate the influence of uniform vs. pitting corrosion assumption on seismic life-cycle costs for varied chloride exposure conditions. A case-study example of a highway bridge in Central and Southeastern US reveals consideration of pitting corrosion as critical for extreme exposures compared to relatively minor settings. Subsequently this study provides recommendations to aid bridge engineers and stakeholders to balance between computational cost and accuracy of results to aid prompt decisions on rehabilitation of ageing bridges in different exposure conditions. A framework is also included to compute seismic life-cycle costs from generic measures of corrosion, independent of assumed exposure scenario. This framework is particularly helpful for seismic loss assessment of highway bridges in chloride exposure zones with periodic field measurements to estimate the extent of structural deterioration.     

Off‐grid DoA estimation method of wideband signals

In this paper, an off‐grid direction of arrival (DoA) estimation method is proposed for wideband signals. This method is based on the sparse representation (SR) of the array covariance matrix. Similar to the time domain DoA estimation methods, the correlation function of the sources was assumed to be the same and known. A new measurement vector is obtained using the lower‐left triangular elements of the covariance matrix. The DoAs are estimated by quantizing the entire range of continuous angle space into discrete grid points. However, the exact DoAs may be located between two grid points; therefore, this estimation has errors. The accuracy of DoA estimation is improved by the minimization of the difference between the new measurement vector and its estimated values. Simulation results revealed that the proposed method can enhance the DoA estimation accuracy of wideband signals.     

时频非平稳地震动模型及结构随机振动应用

地震动具有显著的时域和频域非平稳性,传统的均匀调制地震动模型不能充分表征时频两域的非平稳性,并影响结构随机振动分析的精准度。为了克服上述不足,建立由多峰平滑包络和非平稳噪声信号点乘而成的非均匀调制地震动模型,该模型能够在时域上充分反映地震动的波动和衰减特性,同时其频谱特征也与真实信号相接近。在此基础上,建立同时以时间和频率为变量的非平稳地震动演变谱随机模型。分析结果表明,以上两种模型在时域和频域的合成精度上均优于均匀调制模型。针对以上地震动随机模型的形式和特点,对传统结构随机振动响应求解方法进行改进。通过算例证明,按照均匀调制模型计算结构随机响应不能充分获得结构时频域的非平稳特性且结果偏于不安全,而利用两种改进模型可以获得更精确的结构响应概率特征和更细致的非平稳性演变过程。