An up to date review of continuously variable speed wind turbines with mechatronic variable transmissions

As a promising and potential alternative to conventional fixed or variable speed wind turbines, continuously variable speed wind turbines (CVSWTs) with variable transmissions offer improved power efficiency and enhanced power control capabilities. The CVSWTs can be generally achieved by adapting mechatronic variable transmissions in the turbine drive train for continuously variable speed operations for wind turbines. Therefore, this paper serves to provide an up to date and exhaustive review of the CVSWTs with mechatronic variable transmissions such as mechanical variable transmission, electrical variable transmission, and power splitting transmission. In this paper, the analysis of CVSWTs with different mechatronic transmission topologies is performed regarding basic configurations, dynamic characteristics, control principles, and experimental or simulation results. Review results indicate the feasibility of applying CVSWTs with such mechatronic transmissions and highlight superiorities of the CVSWTs with power splitting transmission. The CVSWT with power splitting transmission will be particularly suitable for megawatt‐scale turbine systems and will hence increase the economic competitiveness of these turbines due to its large power capacity and high reliability. The directions or challenges for future investigations of CVSWTs with such mechatronic transmissions are also presented to foster in‐depth understanding of such CVSWTs and their control strategies.     

Design of Feedback Shift Register of Against Power Analysis Attack

Stream ciphers based on linear feedback shift register (LFSR) are suitable for constrained environments, such as satellite communications, radio frequency identification devices tag, sensor networks and Internet of Things, due to its simple hardware structures, high speed encryption and lower power consumption. LFSR, as a cryptographic primitive, has been used to generate a maximum period sequence. Because the switching of the status bits is regular, the power consumption of the LFSR is correlated in a linear way. As a result, the power consumption characteristics of stream cipher based on LFSR are vulnerable to leaking initialization vectors under the power attacks. In this paper, a new design of LFSR against power attacks is proposed. The power consumption characteristics of LFSR can be masked by using an additional LFSR and confused by adding a new filter Boolean function and a flip-flop. The design method has been implemented easily by circuits in this new design in comparison with the others.     

Comparing the expressiveness of downward fragments of the relation algebra with transitive closure on trees

Motivated by the continuing interest in the tree data model, we study the expressive power of downward navigational query languages on trees and chains. Basic navigational queries are built from the identity relation and edge relations using composition and union. We study the effects on relative expressiveness when we add transitive closure, projections, coprojections, intersection, and difference; this for Boolean queries and path queries on labeled and unlabeled structures. In all cases, we present the complete Hasse diagram. In particular, we establish, for each query language fragment that we study on trees, whether it is closed under difference and intersection.     

Project scheduling under partially renewable resources and resource consumption during setup operations

There has been an increasing pressure on manufacturing industries to reduce energy consumption. In this study, we propose a new variant of RCPSP called RCPSP/πRC, which can deal with realistic energy constraints such as power restriction during peak hours, contract demand, and energy consumption during setup operations. First, we present an integer programming (IP) model and a constraint programming (CP) model of the RCPSP/πRC. Next, we present a heuristic mode restriction method called a mask calculation algorithm to achieve efficient searching by restricting selectable modes. Finally, through computational experiments, we evaluate the proposed methods and show their effectiveness.     

基于Nef的组网雷达包络三维可视化研究

提出了采用基于CGAL库定义的Nef多面体数据结构,并结合Nef多面体之间的三维布尔操作来解决组网雷达探测范围相互重叠的雷达包络可视化问题。试验测试结果表明,每组试验样本求交后的三角网格正常,可视化效果好,满足项目应用需求。     

双机器人系统运动协调仿真与实验研究

针对具有重量大、形状不规则特征的物品,采用双机器人协同作业是该技术领域的研究热点问题之一。运用ADAMS软件对双机器人虚拟样机进行运动学仿真分析,模拟空间搬运轨迹,对DREE末端点的运动轨迹曲线进行同步误差分析。搭建了实验平台,对双机器人同步搬运箱体进行实验验证。实验结果表明:双机器人协作搬运箱体时,在水平方向和垂直方向的轨迹误差均小于±2.8mm,较好地满足同步搬运作业工艺要求。     

Construction of a polynomial invariant annihilation attack of degree 7 for T-310

Abstract

Cryptographic attacks are typically constructed by black-box methods and combinations of simpler properties, for example in [Generalised] Linear Cryptanalysis. In this article, we work with a more recent white-box algebraic-constructive methodology. Polynomial invariant attacks on a block cipher are constructed explicitly through the study of the space of Boolean polynomials which does not have a unique factorisation and solving the so-called Fundamental Equation (FE). Some recent invariant attacks are quite symmetric and exhibit some sort of clear structure, or work only when the Boolean function is degenerate. As a proof of concept, we construct an attack where a highly irregular product of seven polynomials is an invariant for any number of rounds for T-310 under certain conditions on the long term key and for any key and any IV. A key feature of our attack is that it works for any Boolean function which satisfies a specific annihilation property. We evaluate very precisely the probability that our attack works when the Boolean function is chosen uniformly at random.     

Multi-objective particle swarm optimisation based integrated production inventory routing planning for efficient perishable food logistics operations

Sustainable and efficient food supply chain has become an essential component of one’s life. The model proposed in this paper is deeply linked to people's quality of life as a result of which there is a large incentive to fulfil customer demands through it. This proposed model can enhance food quality by making the best possible food quality accessible to customers, construct a sustainable logistics system considering its environmental impact and ensure the customer demand to be fulfilled as fast as possible. In this paper, an extended model is examined that builds a unified planning problem for efficient food logistics operations where four important objectives are viewed: minimising the total expense of the system, maximising the average food quality along with the minimisation of the amount of CO₂ emissions in transportation along with production and total weighted delivery lead time minimisation. A four objective mixed integer linear programming model for intelligent food logistics system is developed in the paper. The optimisation of the formulated mathematical model is proposed using a modified multi-objective particle swarm optimisation algorithm with multiple social structures: MO-GLNPSO (Multi-Objective Global Local Near-Neighbour Particle Swarm Optimisation). Computational results of a case study on a given dataset as well as on multiple small, medium and large-scale datasets followed by sensitivity analysis show the potency and effectiveness of the introduced method. Lastly, there has been a scope for future study displayed which would lead to the further progress of these types of models.     

Correlation of Radon Concentration Level with Mining and Geological Conditions in Upper Silesia Region

It is established that radon concentration in dwellings is connected with the geological structure of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, as well as the intensity and the depth of carrying out mining operations. The measurements revealed that radon level is higher in buildings located on outcropped Triassic layers than in those ones on Tertiary and Quaternary sediments. It is shown that the syncline regions are the zones of increased radiation hazard.     

Influence Exerted by Construction of Vertical Cylindrical Explosive Charges Increased in Diameter on the Degree of Ore Shattering

The results are presented for the laboratory and in-situ investigations into influence exerted by construction of the vertical cylindrical explosive charges on the degree of rock-mass shattering. The necessity is shown for creating the ascending workings with a cross-section up to 1m ². For the vertical concentrated charges with inert gaps, the drilling-and-blasting parameters ensuring a decrease in specific consumption of explosive for the secondary shattering are given.