Influence of Turbine Wheelspace Temperature on Measurements of Radial and Axial Displacements of Blade Tips

This paper presents the results of a simplified analysis of a differential measuring circuit with pulsed supply of the single-coil eddy current sensors connected to the circuit, with approximate differentiation of currents, and with an ADC at the output. The circuit is designed as part of automation systems for tests of gas turbine engines. Methods for eliminating the temperature influences on the sensors using the hardware and software of the measurement system are considered. Using a model of the measuring circuit, we determined the families of conversion functions (dependences of the code on the desired radial and axial displacements) for normal and nominal temperatures and then, from their difference, the families of functions of temperature influence on code changes, which characterize possible errors. Quantitative estimates of the maximum values of the influence functions were obtained which confirm the efficiency of the proposed methods.     

Solid-state track detectors in laser plasma investigations

The possibility of application of the solid-state track detectors, developed earlier for experimental nuclear physics, in laser plasmas investigations is considered. A review of the main physical and metrological properties of the solid-state track detectors is given. Special attention to the detector on the basis of the CR- 39 polymer plastic is made. The experimental layouts of the CR-39 applications for investigation of both the properties of the fast heavy particles generated in the femtosecond laser plasma and the properties of the various materials by irradiation by the flows of the fast particles emitted by the laser plasmas are investigated.     

Application of Multiagent Technologies to Multiple Depot Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows

In this paper, a multiagent approach to the Multiple Depot Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (MDVRPTW) is presented. A multiagent system of interacting trucks, depots and orders is considered. For limiting the intensity of negotiations, a Delaunay triangulation-based scene structure is proposed. As demonstrated below, the solutions obtained by the new algorithm vary by 10–30% from the well-known best counterparts; however, the speed of calculations is considerably higher, and hence the new algorithm can be applied in real-time systems.     

Method of coupled interactions for real-time management of resource allocation

A method of coupled interactions for real-time management of resource allocation is proposed. A distinctive feature of the method is the replacement of the enumeration of decision patterns, requiring high computational efforts, by bilateral negotiations aimed at detecting conflicts and reaching compromises between incoming requests and available means in constructing complex schedules. This feature provides significant advantages during solution of complex problems of real-time resource allocation, which can be important for corporate and government management systems.     

A minimization method for boolean functions

Algorithms are proposed for constructing one and all prime implicants covering a given point, a DNF consisting of prime implicants, and a reduced DNF. The complexity of the proposed algorithms is investigated.Translted from Kibernetika, No. 5, pp. 44–48, September–October, 1989.     

Application of extended boundary conditions and the Haar wavelets in the analysis of wave scattering by thin screens

A recent approach to solution of 2D scattering problems for electromagnetic waves scattered by thin screens is analyzed. With the use of examples of scattering by a strip and an unclosed cylindrical surface, it is shown that the proposed approach has no advantages in terms of the efficiency of numerical solution over a well-known approach based on exact integral equations for currents that have singular kernels and that are solved with the Krylov-Bogoliubov method.     

Two types of nonlinear automata over a finite ring

The structure of a class of automata is analyzed. These automata are analogs of symmetric chaotic dynamical systems over a finite ring, namely, the Guckenheimer–Holmes cycle and free-running systems. Problems of parametric identification and identification of initial states are solved, and a set of fixed points of automaton mappings is characterized. Translated from Kibernetika i Sistemnyi Analiz, No. 4, pp. 57–68, July–August 2009.     

Analyzing the structure of a class of linear automata over a ring $$ Z_{p^k } $$

Basic finite-automaton characteristics are established for the class of all linear automata and information-lossless automata over a ring. The complexities of solving problems of parametric identification and initial-state identification are analyzed. The sets of fixed points for mappings realized by initial automata are characterized. Canonical forms are proposed for linear automata over the ring. __________ Translated from Kibernetika i Sistemnyi Analiz, No. 3, pp. 60–74, May–June 2008.