Uncorrelated multisymbol signals for MIMO system identification

This paper presents a new approach to the system identification of a two-input two-output multivariable system. In a similar manner to that used for the single-input/single-output system, the multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system response may be obtained directly from measured input output frequency responses. An investigation of compact multifrequency data measurement signals, which have been extensively cataloged by the authors, has provided compact multifrequency ternary and quaternary input signals that have uncorrelated spectra. They are powerful multisymbol, multilevel computer generated measurement signals whose signal power is concentrated in either two or three dominant harmonics. As the signals, which are given in this paper, have six, seven, or eight symbols in their measurement codes, both the computation time for the frequency estimates and the experimental time are minimized. Two multifrequency quaternary signals with uncorrelated spectra are used to identify a simulated distillation column. It is shown that the cross coupling terms between the measurement channels may be removed by these digital measurement signals with the same number of symbols but different measurement codes     

Development and validation of spectroscopic methods for monitoring density changes in pressurized gaseous and supercritical fluid systems

The further development of new processes utilizing liquid or supercritical CO2 as a solvent will benefit from the rational design of new CO2-philes. Understanding solvation structures and mechanisms of these molecules is an important part of this process. In such studies, determining the change in density as a function of the measured thermodynamic conditions (pressure and temperature) provides an excellent means of directly monitoring the solution conditions in the detection volume for a given technique. By integrating spectroscopic peaks, changes in area can be used to determine changes in analyte concentration in the detection volume, and thus, it should be possible to monitor the system density in situ. In the present study, we examine the utility of Raman and NMR spectroscopy as a means of following changes in solution density conditions and validate this approach in pure fluids and gases (N2 and CO2) and supercritical fluid mixtures (acetaldehyde vapor in N2). In addition, we present the design of a simple, inexpensive cell for conducting Raman and NMR measurements under moderate pressure conditions.     

Head positioning servo design for the IBM 3344/3350 disk files

The 3344/3350 disk files have significantly increased both the recording areal density and total storage capacity per spindle in comparison to previous disk file products, such as the 3340. Parameters directly related to the head positioning systems are compared. Three areas of the head positioning servo system that required design changes for increased performance are described: (1) the encoding used on the servo disk to obtain position information, (2) the compensation technique employed in the track following controller to reduce steady state positioning error and (3) implementation of the phase plane trajectory for improved accuracy and settling as well as decreased access time.     

管道结蜡对计量误差的影响

油品计量交接过程中,温度直接影响K值(温度体积修正系数)和流量计检定的准确性,从而直接影响油品交接的计量误差。本文通过对管道结蜡原因和结蜡过程的分析得出结蜡是引起温度计量误差的主要因素,并提出了有效的预防和处理措施,确保了计量交接准确,减少了交接纠纷,维护了各方的经济利益。     

Modeling evaporation using models that are not boundary-layer regulated

Experimentation shows that oil is not strictly air boundary-layer regulated. The fact that oil evaporation is not strictly boundary-layer regulated implies that a simplistic evaporation equation suffices to describe the process. The following processes do not require consideration: wind velocity, turbulence level, area, thickness, and scale size. The factors important to evaporation are time and temperature. The equation parameters found experimentally for the evaporation of oils can be related to commonly available distillation data for the oil. Specifically, it has been found that the distillation percentage at 180 degrees C correlates well with the equation parameters. Relationships have been developed enabling calculation of evaporation equations directly from distillation data: percentage evaporated = 0.165 (%D)ln(t) where %D is the percentage (by weight) distilled at 180 degrees C and t is the time in minutes. These equations were combined with the equations generated to account for the temperature variations: percentage evaporated = [0.165(%D)+0.045(T-15))ln(t) The results have application in oil spill prediction and modeling. The simple equations can be applied using readily available data such as sea temperature and time. Old equations required oil vapour pressure, specialized distillation data, spill area, wind speed, and mass transfer coefficients, all of which are difficult to obtain.     

肺功能仪用定标筒容量校准方法

提出一种以静力称重法为基础并结合负压原理的肺功能仪用定标筒(以下称为定标筒)容量校准方法,设计了定标筒容量校准装置。校准时,定标筒活塞杆拉出,定标筒内形成负压,在压力作用下介质(纯水)进入称量筒;采集环境大气压力、介质质量和温度等数据;计算出20℃时定标筒的容量。根据定标筒容量测量原理,建立其容量测量模型。实测某个定标筒,其容量为3.001 96 L的定标筒,测量结果的不确定度为9.6×10^-4(k=2)。分析表明,该装置具有可靠性,可实现快速校准并满足定标筒容量校准要求。     

Real-time monitoring of distillations by near-infrared spectroscopy

A simple device is described to couple a fast-scanning acoustooptic tunable filter-based NIR spectrophotometer to a distillation apparatus for monitoring the condensed vapor in real time. The device consists of a small funnel whose glass neck (2-mm diameter) is bent into an "U" format to produce a flow cell of approximately 150-microL inner volume. A pair of optical fibers is used to deliver the monochromatic light and to collect the fraction passing through the glass tube. The end of the condenser of the distillation head touches the wall of the small funnel. The condensed liquid flows uncoupled from pressure changes in the interior of the distillation head. Absorbance spectra were obtained, during the distillation, as averages of 50 scans (4 s) every 5 s in the spectral range 950-1800 nm with nominal resolution of 2.0 nm. In the first experiments, the distillations were performed at constant power supplied to the sample (25 mL) in a microdistillation apparatus working without any type of reflux column. The usefulness of the real-time monitoring of distillation is demonstrated using some prepared binary mixtures and by comparing the distillation behavior of adulterated and regular gasoline samples. Data analysis and interpretation are facilitated by employing principal component analysis. The system accesses the composition of the condensate, which can separate and concentrate one or more compounds present in the original sample.     

Thermal Conductivity Enhancement in Aqueous Suspensions of Carbon Multi-Walled and Double-Walled Nanotubes in the Presence of Two Different Dispersants

Carbon multi-walled nanotubes (C-MWNTs) and alternatively carbon double-walled nanotubes (C-DWNTs) were added in water, following our previous work, in order to enhance the thermal conductivity of this traditional heat transfer fluid. Hexadecyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) and Nanosperse AQ were employed as dispersants. The transient hot-wire technique was used for the measurement of the thermal conductivity with an instrument built for this purpose. The absolute uncertainty is better than 2%. The maximum thermal conductivity enhancement obtained was 34% for a 0.6% volume C-MWNT suspension in water with CTAB. All measurements were made at ambient temperature. In an attempt to evaluate and explain the experimental results, information about the microstructure of the suspensions is needed. The findings of these investigations are presented here along with the analysis.     

Molecular Simulation of Joule–Thomson Inversion Curves

A method to determine Joule–Thomson inversion curves, using isobaric-isothermal Monte Carlo molecular simulations, is presented. The usual experimental practice to obtain the locus of points in which the isenthalpic derivative of temperature with respect to pressure vanishes is to process volumetric data by means of thermodynamic relations. This experimental procedure requires the very precise measurement of volumetric properties at conditions up to five times the fluid's critical temperature and twelve times its critical pressure. These harsh experimental conditions have hindered the publication of data for even simple fluids and mixtures. By using molecular simulation, these problems may be circumvented, since the computational effort is roughly independent of the actual value of the pressure or the temperature. In general, Joule–Thomson inversion curves obtained by molecular simulation may be used either as an unambiguous test for equations of state in the supercritical and high-pressure regions or for the prediction of real fluid behavior, should the potential be well known. Both applications are exemplified for a Lennard-Jones fluid for which the complete inversion curve is obtained.     

Spectral renormalization for multi-component fourier transform infrared absorbance data: importance to multivariate calibration and quantitative exploratory chemometrics studies

Although infrared spectroscopy is a very common analytical tool in the chemical sciences, quantitative infrared spectroscopic studies of multi-component solutions (particularly on-line or in-line studies) have been hampered by the lack of a concise and robust numerical approach. Using an inert chemical species as internal standard, the usual absorbance ratio analysis is generalized into a mathematical form that converts typical absorbance measurement A into its renormalized absorbance A(renorm), with the latter directly relating to the absolute moles rather than the concentration of the constituents. The renormalized absorbance has a number of very important properties, including (1) insensitivity to path length changes due to variations in temperature or pressure of the Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) cell and (2) insensitivity to solution volume changes arising from reaction, chemical transport, or thermodynamic conditions. The methodology is first applied to a simple model test system to demonstrate its utility for multivariate calibration, and then re-applied to a real problem: the calibration of the rhodium carbonyl hydride HRh(CO)4, a long-sought species in organometallic chemistry and homogeneous catalysis (Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., vol. 41, 3786 (2002)). The utility of the developed methodology for multivariate calibration and exploratory chemometric studies is demonstrated. Emphasis is placed on providing a numerical recipe for the practicing analytical chemist.     

Identification of eigenmodes of volume piezoelectric resonators in resonant ultrasound spectroscopy

Eigenmodes of volume piezoelectric resonators used in resonant ultrasound spectroscopy (RUS) are considered. A novel method for the identification of these modes is proposed, which is based on the measurement of a temperature shift of the resonance frequency. A good coincidence of the measured and calculated eigenmode spectra is demonstrated for a quartz crystal. In comparison to the other methods of identification, the proposed approach is simple to implement and provides reliable results in solving RUS problems.     

膜蒸馏技术在溶液蓄能中的应用

本文以太阳能热利用和蓄能技术为研究背景,提出了一种基于膜蒸馏的太阳能溶液蓄能模式。采用疏水性聚偏氟乙烯中空纤维膜为膜蒸馏材料,基于膜蒸馏常温操作、小温差大传热面积的特点,利用膜材料微观上的高比表面积和单位体积的高接触面积为载体,选取50%溴化锂溶液为工质,以减压膜蒸馏的方式进行溶液浓缩和潜能存储,浓缩后的溶液可作为吸收式热力系统的工质。为此,针对50%的溴化锂溶液进行了减压膜蒸馏实验,对不同溶液温度、溶液流量在不同真空度下进行减压膜蒸馏实验,得到了3组实验数据。根据实验结果,对膜蒸馏式溶液蓄能系统进行分析,结果表明:蓄能密度可以达到245 kJ/kg,单位面积的膜组件可以产生0.27~0.40 kW的蓄能量,膜蒸馏式溶液蓄能为太阳能利用、吸收式热力系统和蓄能技术提供了一种新的应用方法和途径。     

高速线材吐丝机吐丝管空间曲线研究和改进

针对唐钢高线吐丝机存在的吐丝质量问题，采用三次样条拟合现场实测数据得到吐丝管曲线方程；根据吐丝管中线材的速度和受力模型，分析线材在吐丝管中的运动状态，研究吐丝管空间曲线对吐丝质量的影响，得到吐丝管空间曲率波动过大和出口速度变化过快是导致吐丝质量不好的主要原因；通过改善吐丝管空间曲线和规范煨管工艺制度，显著改善了甩尾、吐圈摆动等吐丝质量，吐丝管寿命提高了1倍。     

An efficient approach to converting three-dimensional image data into highly accurate computational models

Image-based meshing is opening up exciting new possibilities for the application of computational continuum mechanics methods (finite-element and computational fluid dynamics) to a wide range of biomechanical and biomedical problems that were previously intractable owing to the difficulty in obtaining suitably realistic models. Innovative surface and volume mesh generation techniques have recently been developed, which convert three-dimensional imaging data, as obtained from magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, micro-CT and ultrasound, for example, directly into meshes suitable for use in physics-based simulations. These techniques have several key advantages, including the ability to robustly generate meshes for topologies of arbitrary complexity (such as bioscaffolds or composite micro-architectures) and with any number of constituent materials (multi-part modelling), providing meshes in which the geometric accuracy of mesh domains is only dependent on the image accuracy (image-based accuracy) and the ability for certain problems to model material inhomogeneity by assigning the properties based on image signal strength. Commonly used mesh generation techniques will be compared with the proposed enhanced volumetric marching cubes (EVoMaCs) approach and some issues specific to simulations based on three-dimensional image data will be discussed. A number of case studies will be presented to illustrate how these techniques can be used effectively across a wide range of problems from characterization of micro-scaffolds through to head impact modelling.     

Simulation of airbag inflation processes using a coupled fluid structure approach

 This paper explores simulation techniques for airbag inflation problems using a coupled fluid structure approach. It is to be seen as an initial study on the phenomena occurring in an airbag during a so called out of position occupant impact. The problem studied in this paper is an airbag which is set to impact a head form. The head form is positioned at a very short distance from the airbag. A multi material arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian technique in the explicit finite element code LS-DYNA is used for the fluid and it is coupled to the structure using a penalty based fluid structure contact algorithm. The results for the head form acceleration and velocity show a good agreement to experimentally obtained values. At the early stages of the inflation process a high pressure zone is found to develop between the gas inlet and the head form. Consequently the pressure difference between the inlet and the high pressure zone is too low for an a priori assumption of sonic flow at the inlet, which is a common requirement in the control volume models used in the industry today. Received: 8 February 2002 / Accepted: 4 June 2002 This work is funded by Autoliv Research and the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems (VINOVA). The authors would like to thank Autoliv Research for test data and fruitful discussions, Dr. John Hallquist for allowing us to use LS-DYNA in this project and Dr. Lars Olovsson for invaluable help on the fluid structure coupling. In addition, we would like to thank Mr. Claes-Fredrik Lindh for helping us carry out the experiments in this investigation.     

Investigation of residual stresses in a repair‐welded rail head considering solid‐state phase transformation

Repair welding for recovery from local damage of a rail head surface is known to cause high residual stress and can accelerate fatigue in the rail. This study examines repair‐welded rails by applying experimental and numerical approaches. In the former approach, two newly manufactured rail specimens and four repair‐welded rail specimens with two different weld depths were prepared, and their residual stresses were measured with a sectioning method. In the latter approach, a finite element repair welding simulation model was developed that adopted a prescribed temperature method with a moving block as an input heat source, and the thermal strain caused by the volume change due to solid‐state phase transformation was considered. Overall, the residual stresses correlated well between the experimental and numerical approaches. The measured high compressive residual stress of ?290 MPa seems to be beneficial to prevent a crack initiation in the rail surface.     

Complete Fringe Order Determination in Digital Photoelasticity using Fringe Combination Matching

Abstract:  A novel approach is presented for obtaining the complete (integer and fractional) value of isochromatic parameters in digital imaging photoelasticity. This takes the form of a new variant on the existing technique of RGB photoelasticity, involving the matching of combinations of isochromatic fringe value measured on the three colour planes or channels rather than the usual RGB method of matching colour combinations directly. The new variant of RGB photoelasticity avoids the need for calibration for specific materials. This approach is demonstrated with real photoelastic data and compared with results from a conventional unwrapping process and from manual readings.     

Viscosity measurements on six working fluid/lubricant mixtures

Viscosity measurements are reported for six working fluid/lubricant mixtures, all of them potential combinations for use in high temperature heat pumps. The mixtures range from only slightly miscible to completely miscible, and the measurements cover a range of working fluid pressures from zero (neat lubricant) to near saturated vapourr pressure. It is found that the reduction in lubricant viscosity is largely dependent upon the solubility of the working fluid, the log of the viscosity being an approximately linear function of the volume fraction of the working fluid. More accurately, the log of viscosity is found to be quadratic in volume fraction (the Grunberg equation). Raoult's law is certainly not applicable for these mixtures and there is probably no alternative to obtaining measured vapour pressure data.     

Magnetic field effects on force convection flow of a nanofluid in a channel partially filled with porous media using Lattice Boltzmann Method

In this paper the Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) is utilized to investigate the effects of uniform vertical magnetic field on the flow pattern and fluid–solid coupling heat transfer in a channel which is partially filled with porous medium. Al₂O₃–water nanofluid as a work fluid with temperature sensitive properties is forced to flow into the channel while the top and bottom walls of the channel is heated and kept at a constant temperature. In the present study, with respect to previous works and experimental data, a new correlation is presented for density of Al₂O₃–water nanofluid as a function of temperature. The result also shows that the step approximation which is used for the complex boundaries of porous medium is reliable. Finally, the effect of various volume fractions of nanoparticles (ϕ = 0%, 3%, 5% and 7%) and different magnitude of magnetic field (Ha = 0, 5, 10 and 15) on the rate of heat transfer are thoroughly explored. In accordance with the results, by raising the nanoparticle volume fraction, average temperature and velocity at the outlet of the channel increase and the average Nusselt number rises dramatically. In addition, the increase the Hartmann number leads to the slow growth in the average Nusselt number, although the outlet average temperature and velocity shows a little drop.     

Measurements of the viscosities of saturated and compressed fluid 1-chloro-1,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (R124) and pentafluoroethane (R125) at temperatures between 120 and 420 K

The shear viscosities of saturated and compressed fluid 1-chloro-l,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (R124) and pentafluoroethane (R125) have been measured with two torsional crystal viscometers at temperatures between 120 and 420 K and at pressures up to 50 MPa. At small molar volumes, the fluidity (reciprocal viscosity) increases linearly with molar volume at fixed temperature and weakly with temperature at fixed volume. We have described this behavior with simple empirical equations and have compared the data of Shankland and of Ripple with them. The data of Ripple are in good agreement with our data for both fluids.