Electromagnetic compatibility analysis of unstructured mains networks for high-speed data transmission: Part 1

Different approaches for the characterisation of relevant parameters of the low-voltage mains network, used for high-speed data transmission (BPL, broadband over power line) are described. Part 1 of the paper depicts the disturbance scenario of these BPL devices and the motivation will be given for the development of a new measurement procedure in CISPR for the estimation of the high-frequency characteristics of AC mains network. The improvements of the measurement method is not restricted to BPL applications, but can also be applied to other wire-based telecommunication systems. Part 2 of the paper shows the definitions and comparisons of different symmetry factors. The transfer of the results on the compliance test for BPL devices will be shown.     

无结构化P2P网络的路由算法

针对无结构化P2P网络的洪泛搜索与随机漫步机制的盲目性,提出了一种利用Hash函数与M-tree技术将文件聚类后,再利用路由表完全分布式存储索引指针的新的路由算法。该算法使每个节点的路由表主要记录拥有各类资源的高能力节点指针,并利用概率统计的方法不断地更新路由表项。当节点收到搜索以后,通过查询路由表,只需一跳就进入能以最大概率回应的节点处查找,并能以较低的网络时延命中多个优质资源副本,达到了高速并行下载的目的。仿真试验和数学分析表明该算法有效地减少了盲目搜索造成的网络流量,提高了查找成功率,并且具有越稀缺的资源越容易找到的特性。     

基于混合拓扑的机械无线传感器网络多信道数据传输方法

针对机械振动无线传感器网络节点因信道带宽窄导致网络传输速率过低,在大量原始数据传输需求下实时性较差的问题,提出一种基于簇树星型混合拓扑的多信道数据传输方法。对各传感器网络节点进行树间通信干扰最小化信道分配,避免邻频干扰影响树间并行通信,在数据同步采集结束后,各节点以分配信道组建簇树星型混合拓扑网络进行数据传输;采用树间通信握手机制和树间通信优先级抢占机制解决簇树星型混合拓扑带来的树间互盲问题;将各采集节点短地址作为调度信息载入信标进行广播,各采集节点根据调度信息决定进行数据传输或者休眠,实现树内通信能耗最小化时序调度。将提出的多信道数据传输方法与载波侦听多路访问/冲突避免机制进行对比,实验结果表明该方法能有效提高机械振动无线传感器网络数据传输速率。     

Structured approach to the design of a production data analysis facility Part 2: Implementation and evaluation

This paper reports research into a novel machining, inspection and analysis facility directed towards a small manufacturing enterprise. A major feature of the facility is the ability to produce rapid manufacturing control through feedback data generated from the seamless integration of machining, inspection and production data analysis activities in order to influence the regeneration of NC part programs. The major contribution of the paper explores the implementation and evaluation of a prototype production data analysis facility that consists of four constituents: machine and inspection planning, production code generation, comparative tolerance analysis, and manufacturing data analysis, the execution of which is supported by the use of order and manufacturing information models. An integrated multifunctional prototype production data analysis software tool has been developed for a limited number of manufacturing features for 2½D prismatic components. This prototype software tool has been tested and is critically reviewed with future work.     

KMg2AlSi4O12 phyllosiloxide as potential interphase material for ceramic matrix composites: Part 1 Chemical compatibility

KMg₂AlSi₄O₁₂ is a phyllosiloxide isostructural with phlogopite mica, but totally free of OH^- ions. It decomposes at ≈ 950 °C at atmospheric pressure but remains stable up to at least 1350 °C under high pressures. Its chemical compatibility with α-alumina, MgAl₂O₄ spinel, forsterite, β-SiC and borosilicate glass selected as representative of fibres and matrices in ceramic matrix composites (CMCs), has been assessed via annealing experiments on multilayers and particulate composites at 900–1200 °C. At T = 900 °C and P = 100 MPa, the phyllosiloxide is chemically stable with respect to all the ceramics. At higher temperatures, interdiffusion occurs with the formation of various reaction products. At T = 1050 °C and P = 2 GPa, the extent of the reaction zone is larger for both α-alumina and forsterite than for spinel and β-SiC, whereas at 1200 °C, the reactivity of the phyllosiloxide with all the ceramics becomes about the same. Borosilicate glass with a softening point lower than the decomposition onset of KMg₂AlSi₄O₁₂ at relatively low pressures seems to be an ideal model matrix material for assessing the potential of the phyllosiloxide as an interphase material in CMCs. This revised version was published online in November 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Microtopography for ductile fracture process characterization Part 2: application for CTOA analysis

The crack tip opening angle (CTOA) is seeing increased use to characterize fracture in so-called “low constraint” geometries, such as thin sheet aerospace structures and thin-walled pipes. With this increase in application comes a need to more fully understand and measure actual CTOA behavior. CTOA is a measure of the material response during ductile fracture, a “crack tip response function”. In some range of crack extension following growth initiation, a constant value of CTOA is often assumed. However, many questions concerning the use of CTOA as a material response-characterizing parameter remain. For example, when is CTOA truly constant? What three-dimensional effects may be involved (even in thin sheet material)? What are the effects of crack tunneling on general CTOA behavior? How do laboratory specimen measurements of CTOA compare to actual structural behavior?Measurements of CTOA on the outer surface of test specimens reveal little about three-dimensional effects in the specimen interior, and the actual measurements themselves are frequently difficult. The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) use their microtopography system to collect data from the actual fracture surfaces following a test. Analyses of these data provide full three-dimensional CTOA distributions, at any amount of crack extension. The analysis is accomplished using only a single specimen and is performed entirely after the completion of a test. The resultant CTOA distributions allow development of full and effective understanding of CTOA behaviors. This paper presents underlying principles, various sources of measurement error and their corrections, and experimental and analytical verification of CTOA analysis with the microtopography method.     

Weibull analysis, extrapolations and implications for condition assessment of cast iron water mains

The applicability of Weibull statistics to the condition assessment of cast iron water distribution pipes has been considered. The effect of Weibull modulus, characteristic strength, sample size and mode of loading (tension or flexure) on the strength of cast iron water distribution pipes is investigated. The strength distribution of cast iron samples cut from sections of five different water distribution pipes recovered from the ground have been characterized. Strengths have been measured in flexure, at two different temperatures (ambient and 0 °C), and in tension at ambient temperature using two different sample sizes. It is shown that characteristic strength values in flexure decrease with increasing size of graphite flake and that there is no significant difference between the results at the two temperatures investigated. For samples of the same volume tested in tension and flexure, the reduced strength measured in tension is consistent with Weibull predictions. However, the strength of large samples tested in tension was not significantly different from the small samples, perhaps because the samples were of the same thickness and conventional Weibull scaling is not applicable. Finally, using a method which treats a large pipe as an assembly of small samples, the strength distributions from the small samples tested in tension are used to make a prediction of the strengths of 1 m span sections of pipe loaded in three‐point bending, which were reported in previous work. The predicted pipe strengths are close to the lower end of the measured pipe strength distribution. Overall, this work suggests that Weibull analysis is a useful tool to examine the strength distribution of removed from cast iron water pipes and so has the potential to contribute in the assessment of asset condition.     

Performance analysis of multipath transmission over 802.11-based multihop ad hoc networks: a cross-layer perspective

Data transmission in ad hoc networks involves interactions between medium access control (MAC)-layer protocols and data forwarding along network-layer paths. These interactions have been shown to have a significant impact on the performance of a system. This impact on multipath data transmission over multihop IEEE 802.11 MAC-based ad hoc networks is assessed; analysis is from a cross-layer perspective. Both MAC layer protocols and network-layer data forwarding are taken into account in the system models. The frame service time at source in a 802.11 MAC-based multipath data transmission system under unsaturated conditions is studied. Analytical models are developed for two packet generation schemes (round robin and batch) with a Poisson frame arrival process. Moreover, an analytical model is developed to investigate the throughput of a multipath transmission system in 802.11-based multihop wireless networks. Two methods are proposed to estimate the impact of cross-layer interactions on the frame service time in such a system. Two bounds of the system throughput are obtained based on these estimation methods. These models are validated by means of simulation under various scenarios.     

FEM-analysis of nonclassical transmission conditions between elastic structures. Part 2: Stiff imperfect interface

Nonclassical transmission conditions for dissimilar elastic structures with imperfect interfaces are investigated. The thin interface zone is assumed to be soft or stiff in comparison with the bonded materials and the transmission conditions for stiff interfaces are evaluated based on asymptotic analysis. The accuracy of the transmission conditions is clarified not only in terms of asymptotic estimate, but, which is especially important for users, also in values by accurate FEM calculations. The ranges of applicability of the conditions are discussed.     

试验数据的统计处理和误差分析 第六讲 误差分析

1　误差的定义和分类1.1　误差分析的重要性误差分析与工程技术、计量科学、精密测量和科学实验的关系是非常密切的。人们在进行实验与测量过程中 ,常常会由于误差的存在而影响对客观现象的正确评价 ,因此 ,掌握误差理论和误差分析方法 ,就能够排除误差的干扰 ,提炼出真实的、客观过程的规律。而在计量科学中 ,如何保证量值的统一和传递 ,提供物理量单位的计量基准、标准的研究成果 ,也需要正确的误差分析。另外 ,误差分析还可以帮助我们正确的组织实验和测量 ,以最经济的方式获得试验结果并对结果进行有效处理。正因为如此 ,所以搞理化检验…     

Scatter correction of transmission near-infrared spectra by photon migration data: quantitative analysis of solids

The scope of this work is a new methodology to correct conventional near-infrared (NIR) data for scattering effects. The technique aims at measuring the absorption coefficient of the samples rather than the total attenuation measured in conventional NIR spectroscopy. The main advantage of this is that the absorption coefficient is independent of the path length of the light inside the sample and therefore independent of the scattering effects. The method is based on time-resolved spectroscopy and modeling of light transport by diffusion theory. This provides an independent measure of the scattering properties of the samples and therefore of the path length of light. This yields a clear advantage over other preprocessing techniques, where scattering effects are estimated and corrected for by using the shape of the measured spectrum only. Partial least squares (PLS) calibration models show that, by using the proposed evaluation scheme, the predictive ability is improved by 50% as compared to a model based on conventional NIR data alone. The method also makes it possible to predict the concentration of active substance in samples with other physical properties than the samples included in the calibration model.     

某高轨星载数传天线的振动分析

为了确保天线系统在发射阶段和入轨工作阶段的安全，对研制的某月球轨道小型星载数传天线进行了振动分析。通过有限元建模仿真方法对该高轨星载天线在发射阶段和入轨工作阶段的振动性能进行了分析和计算，并以此为根据对天线系统结构进行优化设计。进而，通过振动试验对天线系统进行了真实振动环境条件下的测试，结果表明天线系统结构安全。振动试验后对天线电气性能进行了复测，测试结果表明其电气性能稳定，由此验证了天线系统的可靠性和有限元分析的可信性。目前，该数传天线已随星发射并入轨运行，其各项性能指标稳定，工作状态良好。研究结果对提高相关星载天线的振动安全性具有一定的参考作用。     

Inversion of transmission ellipsometric data for transparent films

Transmission ellipsometry measures the real and imaginary parts of the ratio τ = t(p)/t(s), where t(s), and t(s) are the transmission amplitudes for thep and s polarizations. For a homogeneous layer, the unknowns to be determined are the layer dielectric constant ε = n(2) and the layer thickness Δz. For nonabsorbing films the thickness can be eliminated, and an algebraic equation for e results. This equation is reduced to a quadratic equation. The thickness is then analytically determined also. The effect of measurement errors on the deduced dielectric constant and layer thickness is discussed. Inversion of thin-film data is also considered.     

Modelling the time-dependent transmission rate for porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) in pigs using data from serial transmission experiments

Six successive transmission trials were carried out from 4 to 39 days post inoculation (DPI) to determine the features of the infectious period for PCV2-infected pigs. The infectiousness of inoculated pigs, assessed from the frequency of occurrence of infected pigs in susceptible groups in each contact trial, increased from 4 to 18 DPI (0, 7 and 8 infected pigs at 4, 11 and 18 DPI, respectively) and then decreased slowly until 39 days post infection (4, 2 and 1 pigs infected at 25, 32 and 39 DPI, respectively). The estimated time-dependent infectiousness was fitted to three unimodal function shapes (gamma, Weibull and lognormal) for comparison. The absence of infected pigs at 4 DPI revealed a latency period between 4 and 10 DPI. A sensitivity analysis was performed to test whether the parametric shape of the transmission function influenced the estimations. The estimated time-dependent transmission rate was implemented in a deterministic SEIR model and validated by comparing the model prediction with external data. The lognormal-like function shape evidenced the best quality of fit, leading to a latency period of 8 days, an estimated basic reproduction ratio of 5.9 [1.8,10.1] and a mean disease generation time of 18.4 days [18.2, 18.5].     

某型多路遥测数据高速采集系统的研发

针对某新型遥测试飞参数测试需求的迫切性以及目前测试方法和设备不能满足试飞测试需求的问题,以两个高速DSP芯片构成的主辅处理器为核心处理单元,采用模块化设计技术,设计一种新型嵌入式多路遥测数据高速采集系统,由双端静态TMS320C20X模块,将功能模块采集到的数据写入帧格式并发送到发射系统,实现对多路遥测数据的高速采集、存储、帧编辑和处理功能,实测误码率在0.06%内,满足飞行试验中某遥测试飞的需求。     

Problems of quantitative analysis of scientific activities: The non-additivity of data. Part I

A viewpoint is given, according to which, addivitity may be defined only at the intuition level and quantitative latent variables are origin additive. The proposed solution to the non-additivity problem consists in restricting quantitative indicator scales by the so-called natural, in particular, open scales.     

Beyond contact-based transmission networks: the role of spatial coincidence

Animal societies rely on interactions between group members to effectively communicate and coordinate their actions. To date, the transmission properties of interaction networks formed by direct physical contacts have been extensively studied for many animal societies and in all cases found to inhibit spreading. Such direct interactions do not, however, represent the only viable pathways. When spreading agents can persist in the environment, indirect transmission via ‘same-place, different-time’ spatial coincidences becomes possible. Previous studies have neglected these indirect pathways and their role in transmission. Here, we use rock ant colonies, a model social species whose flat nest geometry, coupled with individually tagged workers, allowed us to build temporally and spatially explicit interaction networks in which edges represent either direct physical contacts or indirect spatial coincidences. We show how the addition of indirect pathways allows the network to enhance or inhibit the spreading of different types of agent. This dual-functionality arises from an interplay between the interaction-strength distribution generated by the ants'' movement and environmental decay characteristics of the spreading agent. These findings offer a general mechanism for understanding how interaction patterns might be tuned in animal societies to control the simultaneous transmission of harmful and beneficial agents.     

Fiber-optic systems for transmission of digital data: Construction and usage issues

The principles of fabrication, operation, and problems associated with the construction of a fast-response,fiber-optic transmission system (FOTS) of digital information for various information systems and networks are examined.Translated from Izmeritel'naya Tekhnika, No. 11, pp. 30–35, November, 1994.     

On-chip high-speed sorting of micron-sized particles for high-throughput analysis

A new design of particle sorting chip is presented. The device employs a dielectrophoretic gate that deflects particles into one of two microfluidic channels at high speed. The device operates by focussing particles into the central streamline of the main flow channel using dielectrophoretic focussing. At the sorting junction (T- or Y-junction) two sets of electrodes produce a small dielectrophoretic force that pushes the particle into one or other of the outlet channels, where they are carried under the pressure-driven fluid flow to the outlet. For a 40 microm wide and high channel, it is shown that 6 microm diameter particles can be deflected at a rate of 300/s. The principle of a fully automated sorting device is demonstrated by separating fluorescent from non-fluorescent latex beads.     

On the need for compatibility of thermal and mechanical data in flow problems

In this short paper, we discuss an important compatibility condition which usually goes unmentioned when discussing classical flow problems in fluid mechanics. While results are presented from a supposedly purely mechanical perspective, in reality the problems need to be cast within a fully thermodynamic framework for them to make sense. This subtle issue warrants discussion and forms the subject matter of this short paper. It is shown that many classical solutions would not be possible if the problem is not cast within a thermodynamic framework with critical boundary conditions being specified for appropriate thermal quantities. While that this is so from a physical standpoint is quite obvious, we show here for the first time, that there has to be a certain compatibility between the rate at which work is done and the heat flux at the boundary.