高强度铝及铝—锂合金大型壁板和型材的生产

本文简要介绍了在飞机和其它航空器上采用大型壁板和型材的优点，研究了两种制造铝和铝－锂合金大型壁板和型材的挤压方法，圆形或扁形锭料的挤压和空心锭料的挤压。     

Induced Defensive Response of Myrtle Oak to Foliar Insect Herbivory in Ambient and Elevated Co2

The rising level of atmospheric CO2 has stimulated several recent studies attempting to predict the effects of increased CO2 on ecological communities. However, most of these studies have been conducted in the benign conditions of the laboratory and in the absence of herbivores. In the current study, we utilized large octagonal chambers, which enclosed portions of an intact scrub-oak community to investigate the interactive effects of CO2 and insect herbivory on myrtle oak, Quercus myrtifolia. Specifically, we assessed the effects of ambient and elevated CO2 (2x current concentrations) on percent foliar nitrogen, C:N ratio, total relative foliar tannin content, and the presence of leaf damage caused by leaf mining and leaf chewing insects that feed on myrtle oak. Total foliar N declined and C:N ratios increased significantly in oaks in elevated CO2 chambers. The percentages of leaves damaged by either leafminers or leaf chewers tended to be lower in elevated compared to ambient chambers, but they co-occurred on leaves less than expected, regardless of CO2 treatment. Leaves that had been either mined or chewed exhibited a similar wounding or defensive response; they had an average of 25 and 21% higher protein binding ability, which is correlated with tannin concentration, compared to nondamaged control leaves, respectively. While the protein-binding ability (expressed as total percent tannin) of leaves from elevated CO2 was slightly higher than from leaves grown in ambient chambers, this difference was not significant.     

基于Maxwell的盘式永磁联轴器的数值模拟分析

简述了盘式永磁联轴器的设计开发过程.针对其设计周期长和计算复杂的问题,运用Maxwell仿真软件对盘式永磁联轴器进行数值模拟分析,求解盘式永磁联轴器在不同工作间隙时的最大转矩,以保证结构设计的合理性.为了验证Maxwell仿真模拟分析的准确性,根据相应参数制作了一台盘式永磁联轴器,经过试验测试出运转过程中的功能参数,从准确性和有效性两个方面对模拟分析进行了验证.结果表明运用Maxwell软件仿真模拟分析能够有效缩短器件开发周期,提高设计效率.     

Aerobic biological treatment of thermophilically digested sludge

Aerobic biological treatment of digested sludge was studied in a continuously operated laboratory set-up. An aerated reactor was filled with thermophilically digested sludge from the Moscow wastewater treatment plant and inoculated with special activated sludge. It was then operated at the chemostat mode at different flow rates. Processes of nitrification and denitrification, as well as dephosphatation, occurred simultaneously during biological aerobic treatment of thermophilically digested sludge. Under optimal conditions, organic matter degradation was 9.6%, the concentrations of ammonium nitrogen and phosphate decreased by 89 and 83%, respectively, while COD decreased by 12%. Dewaterability of digested sludge improved significantly. The processes were found to depend on hydraulic retention time, oxygen regime, and temperature. The optimal conditions were as follows: hydraulic retention time 3-4 days, temperature 30-35 degrees C, dissolved oxygen levels 0.2-0.5 mg/L at continuous aeration or 0.7-1 mg/L at intermittent aeration. Based on these findings, we propose a new combined technology of wastewater sludge treatment. The technology combines two stages: anaerobic digestion followed by aerobic biological treatment of digested sludge. The proposed technology makes it possible to degrade the sludge with conversion of approximately 45% volatile suspended solids to biogas, to improve nitrogen and phosphorus removal in reject water from sludge treatment units, and to achieve removal of malodorous substances after 8-9 days of anaerobic-aerobic sludge treatment.     

Fast capacitive probe for electromagnetic pulse diagnostic

In this work, we report the study and the development of a capacitive probe which is suitable for getting fast and high voltage/current measurements. Due to the fact that fast pulses propagate generally in coaxial structures, the probe realized in this work was a capacitive divider with the divider electrode properly designed to assure the same characteristic impedance of the coaxial structure and the recombination time of the split signals during the propagation. It was a folded cylindrical ring of 1.4 cm long and 0.8 cm thick, which introduce a theoretical delay time of about 100 ps. Analyzing the behavior of the probe closed on 520 Omega, the voltage amplification resulted to be of (3.6+/-0.1) x 10(-4) and, as a consequence, the current attenuation factor of 56+/-1 AV. The response rise time was less than 320 ps, which was limited by oscilloscope bandwave. The capacitor probe can operate voltage measurements of the order of 100 kV.     

Temporal intensity noise characteristics and discrete numeric accuracy of analog liquid-crystal-based spatial light modulators

We investigate the temporal intensity noise characteristics of analog liquid-crystal-based spatial light modulators and how they affect the device's achievable discrete numeric accuracies in an optical computing system. First we present an analytical development that defines the concept of precision in analog computing systems, then we define a noise metric and a precision-optimal quantizer for determining the discrete numeric characteristics of the devices. Second we present an experimental discussion in which a low-noise test facility constructed for this investigation is described, and the noise characteristics of three commercially available liquid-crystal-based modulators are measured and analyzed. The accuracy implications of this measured noise are then discussed within the context of the analytical model for each modulator.     

Artificial convolution neural network techniques and applications for lung nodule detection

We have developed a double-matching method and an artificial visual neural network technique for lung nodule detection. This neural network technique is generally applicable to the recognition of medical image pattern in gray scale imaging. The structure of the artificial neural net is a simplified network structure of human vision. The fundamental operation of the artificial neural network is local two-dimensional convolution rather than full connection with weighted multiplication. Weighting coefficients of the convolution kernels are formed by the neural network through backpropagated training. In addition, we modeled radiologists' reading procedures in order to instruct the artificial neural network to recognize the image patterns predefined and those of interest to experts in radiology. We have tested this method for lung nodule detection. The performance studies have shown the potential use of this technique in a clinical setting. This program first performed an initial nodule search with high sensitivity in detecting round objects using a sphere template double-matching technique. The artificial convolution neural network acted as a final classifier to determine whether the suspected image block contains a lung nodule. The total processing time for the automatic detection of lung nodules using both prescan and convolution neural network evaluation was about 15 seconds in a DEC Alpha workstation.     

多效蒸发系统优化设计目标函数的建立与求解

建立了带有冷凝水闪蒸的并流多效蒸发系统优化设计新模型。该模型以整个蒸发系统的年总费用（包括加热蒸汽年费用、真空系统年费用以及蒸发器和各辅助设备的年折旧维修费用等）最小为优化目标,以生蒸汽压力、冷凝器真空度及各效有效传热温度痉为决策变量,提出一种新算法——复合形法嵌套拉格朗日乘子法和矩阵法求最优解。算例表明,生蒸汽压力、冷凝器真空度、价格参数和冷凝水闪蒸对优化结果影响显著,按新模型优化设计比常规设计可节省年费用16％左右。新算法对初值要求不高、收敛稳定性好、收敛速度快。