Line balancing in a just-in-time production environment: balancing multiple U-lines

The introduction of multiple, independent production lines has helped many firms to increase their production flexibility, provide for redundancy when equipment breaks down, reduce idle time and labor costs, and achieve many other benefits. This paper introduces and formalizes the multiple U-line balancing problem. Optimal solution methodologies are provided for Type I (minimize the number of stations for a given cycle time), Type II (minimize the cycle time for a given number of stations), and cost-minimization line-balancing problems. A branch-and-bound algorithm is also developed for the situation in which equipment requirements are dependent on the line configuration and the task assignment to stations. Computational results indicate that the greatest benefit of exploiting multiple lines occurs for smaller cycle-time problems that require higher output.     

Isotopic water dilution technique in body fluid measurement in some domestic animal species

Dilution procedures using tritiated water and Evans blue dye (T 1824) were applied to estimate total body water and plasma volume in small ruminants, pigs and cockerels during the two different seasons in Zimbabwe. The amounts of total body water (TBW) obtained were between 60% to 85% of the body weight in sheep and goats, 40% to 60% in pigs and 63% to 75% in cockerels. TBW values were significantly higher (P < 0.05) in the small ruminants than in pigs and observed age differences were significant (P < 0.05) in the small ruminants. There were significant (P < 0.05) seasonal differences in the total body water mean values but nonsignificant (P > 0.05) differences in the plasma volume mean values for the domestic species investigated.     

Investigation on the electrocatalytic characteristics of SnO_2 electrodes with nanocoating prepared by electrodeposition method

SnO2 electrodes have many advantages in the degradation of toxic or bio-refractory organic wastewater,and SnO2 is a kind of anode material which has the potential to be widely used.Electrocatalytic effi-ciency and service life of Ti\SnO2 electrodes are key factors that can influence its applications.In order to enhance the electrocatalytic characteristics of Ti\SnO2 electrodes,a type of electrocatalytic electrode with nanocoating was prepared by direct current(DC)electrodeposition method and thermal oxidati...     

将硬件引入“面向对象程序设计”课程实验教学

针对“面向对象程序设计”课程实验内容的设置容易使学生产生学之无用的思想及学后不会用的问题,结合电子信息专业培养特色,压缩了传统的、基本的实验内容,增加了应用性强的实验项目,并将硬件引入实验教学。实践表明,改进后的实验教学模式效果良好。     

凸显计算机专业特色的离散数学教学研究与实践

离散数学是计算机专业的一门重要基础课,对离散数学的教学研究一直是从事计算机教育工作者关注的热点。文章提出在计算机专业离散数学的教学过程中,教师应避免将该课程讲成一门数学理论课,而是对每一部分应结合计算机领域的相关实际应用背景进行阐述与引入,提高教学的针对性,从而调动学生学习积极性,促进教学质量的提高。     

楔环连接结构的非线性静力学行为研究

通过静力加载实验,并结合3维接触有限元数值计算,研究了由2个筒体和2根楔带装配组成的楔环连接结构试件的非线性静力学行为。结果表明,在轴向拉伸下,当拉力增大到一定值时,楔环连接结构的总拉力-总轴向伸长就表现出非线性关系;在轴向-横向力联合作用下,在载荷增大过程中,楔带与壳体的接触位置会发生变化,从而导致口盖孔邻近区域应力集中位置也会发生一定变化,进而引起结构上应力随载荷的非线性变化。对楔环结构的这些非线性行为的认识为结构的设计和使用提供了概念指导。     

永磁同步伺服电动机的动态参数

动态参数是影响伺服电动机动态性能最主要的因素之一.动态参数的高低直接决定伺服电动机动态及稳态性能的好坏.对传统的伺服电动机而言,几个主要的动态参数都有较清晰的定义和概念,长期以来在工程实践中广泛使用.但对正弦波驱动的永磁伺服电动机来说,电机的力矩常数Kt、反电势常数Ke、电气时间常数τe、机械时间常数τm和阻尼因数D等都有了新的变化,实践中常引起误解和混淆.文中主要分析永磁同步伺服电动机几个动态参数的含义以及和传统参数之间的差异,并从控制系统的要求出发,对几个最基本的动态参数和参数之间的相互关系进行分析,得出了一些实用的结论.     

基于元胞自动机的埃博拉药物配送系统设计

采用元胞自动机模型预测了西非36个地区埃博拉患者的未来人数,针对抗埃博拉病毒药物保质期较短的特点,根据所需药物数量设计出了该药物的二级配送系统,提出了最短时间配送系统、最低成本配送系统2种模型,并进一步阐述了运行效率更为高效的跨国界最低成本配送系统。更多还原     

薄板镁合金激光焊接专用焊枪的设计

介绍了薄板镬合金激光焊接专用焊枪的设计.该焊枪在焊接过程中可有效地得到冷却,也可在焊接区域形成保护气体氛围,从而可获得优良的焊接接头,且焊接重复性好.