Eventual Clusterer: A Modular Approach to Designing Hierarchical Consensus Protocols in MANETs

This paper proposes a modular approach to the design of hierarchical consensus protocols for the mobile ad hoc network with a static and known set of hosts. A two-layer hierarchy is imposed on the network by grouping mobile hosts into clusters, each with a clusterhead. The messages from and to the hosts in the same cluster are merged/unmerged by the clusterhead so as to reduce the message cost and improve the scalability. The proposed modular approach separates the concerns of clustering hosts from achieving consensus. A clustering function, called eventual clusterer (denoted as diamC), is designed for constructing and maintaining the two-layer hierarchy. Similar to unreliable failure detectors, diamC greatly facilitates the design of hierarchical protocols by providing the fault-tolerant clustering function transparently. We propose an implementation of diamC based on the failure detector diamS. Using diamC, we design a new hierarchical consensus protocol. As shown by the performance evaluation results, the proposed consensus protocol can save both message cost and time cost. Our proposed modular design is therefore effective and can lead to efficient solutions to achieving consensus in mobile ad hoc networks.     

Orientationability analyses of a special class of the Stewart–Gough parallel manipulators using the unit quaternion representation

This paper addresses the orientation-singularity and orientationability analyses of a special class of the Stewart–Gough parallel manipulators whose moving and base platforms are two similar semi-symmetrical hexagons. Employing a unit quaternion to represent the orientation of the moving platform, an analytical expression representing the singularity locus of this class of parallel manipulators in a six-dimensional Cartesian space is obtained. It shows that for a given orientation, the position-singularity locus is a cubic polynomial expression in the moving platform position parameters, and for a given position, the orientation-singularity locus is an analytical expression but not a polynomial directly with respect to the mobile platform orientation parameters. Further inspection shows that for the special class of parallel manipulators, there must exist a nonsingular orientation void in the orientation space around the orientation origin for each position in the position-workspace. Therefore, a new performance index referred to as orientationability is introduced to describe the orientation capability of the special class of manipulators at a given position. A discretization algorithm is proposed for the computation of the orientationability of the special class of manipulators. Moreover, effects of the design parameters and position parameters on the orientationability are investigated in details. Based on the orientationability performance index, another novel performance index referred to as practical orientationability is presented which represents the practical orientation capability of the manipulator at a given position. The practical orientationability not only can satisfy all the kinematic demands and constraints of such class of manipulators, but also can guarantee that the manipulator is nonsingular.     

Fabrication and performance of atmospheric plasma sprayed solid oxide fuel cells with liquid antimony anodes

A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) with a liquid antimony anode (LAA) is a potential energy conversion technology for the use of impurity-containing fuels.Atmospher...     

Electrolyte-mediated dense integration of graphene-MXene films for high volumetric capacitance flexible supercapacitors

High conductivity two-dimensional(2D)materials have been proved to be potential electrode materials for flexible supercapacitors because of its outstanding chemical and physical properties.However,electrodes based on 2D materials always suffer from limited electrolyte-accessible surface due to the restacking of the 2D sheets,hindering the full utilization of their surface area.In this regard,an electrolyte-mediated method is used to integrate dense structure reduced graphene oxide/MXene(RGM)-electrolyte composite films.In such composite films,reduced graphene oxide(RGO)and MXene sheets are controllable assembly in compact layered structure with electrolyte filled between the layers.The electrolyte layer between RGO and MXene sheets forms continuous ion transport channels in the composite films.Therefore,the RGM-electrolyte composite films can be used directly as self-supporting electrodes for supercapacitors without additional conductive agents and binders.As a result,the composite films demonstrate enhanced volumetric specific capacity,improved volumetric energy density and higher power density compared with both pure RGO electrode and porous composite electrode prepared by traditional methods.Specifically,when the mass ratio of MXene is 30%,the electrode delivers a volumetric specific capacity of 454.9 F·cm^?3 with a high energy density of 39.4 Wh·L^?1.More importantly,supercapacitors based on the composite films exhibit good flexibility electrochemical performance.The investigation provides a new approach to synthesize dense structure films based on 2D materials for application in high volumetric capacitance flexible supercapacitors.     

基于LCC理论的软件项目多目标权衡

传统的软件项目成本模型只反映出与工作量有关的费用,对于因质量不足而引起的成本无法度量.将全寿命周期成本(LCC)理论应用于软件项目成本计算,按照分部分项方法建立了软件项目的完全成本模型.在软件项目工期-成本二维权衡模型的基础上,通过设置多级指标体系对软件项目质量进行量化,从而将软件质量纳入权衡目标,在此基础上构建了软件项目工期、成本、质量的多目标权衡离散模型,运用改进的禁忌搜索算法求解模型,以可视化三维曲面输出帕累托非劣解,最后分析了项目决策者获得项目最佳实施模式的途径.     

S波段微波照射对大鼠免疫功能的影响

用S波段高功率微波照射大鼠,观察大鼠白细胞计数、淋巴细胞数、T细胞及其亚群和免疫球蛋白的变化,以期了解S波段高功率微波照射对大鼠免疫功能的影响.结果表明,S波段高功率微波照射可以引起大鼠白细胞水平降低,T细胞亚群出现兴奋效应,免疫球蛋白早期出现不同程度的降低,表现出低剂量刺激而高剂量抑制的效应.     

一个拓扑熵等于∞的非浑沌系统

本文构造了一个离散动力系统(E,σ),其中E是一个可数集。σ:E→E是一个连续映射,满足: 1)σ的拓扑熵是+∞; 2)σ的非游荡集是空集; 3)σ只在E的聚点处有初值敏感性     

天然气管道氮气隔离混气长度研究

基于一维混合模型研究天然气管道投产过程中气体的混合规律,利用Taylor、Taylor-CW、G.R.I 3种不同方法分别计算出气体扩散系数及投产过程中形成的天然气-氮气混气段长度,分析了管道置换过程中影响混气长度的主要因素,包括管长、管径及流速。由Taylor-CW方法计算出的结果与现场数据最为接近,用该方法验证国内3条已投产管道所得的相对误差分别为39.7%、23.4%、22.0%。     

Enhanced Reversible Zinc Ion Intercalation in Deficient Ammonium Vanadate for High-Performance Aqueous Zinc-Ion Battery

Ammonium vanadate with bronze structure (NH4V4O10) is a promising cathode material for zinc-ion batteries due to its high specific capacity and low cost. Howeve...     

模拟水环境下的压紧弹簧刚度试验及计算模型的研究

在模拟水环境下,对堆内构件压紧弹簧的缩比试样进行了刚度试验,并与有限元模拟、基于小扰度理论模型和大扰度随动模型的分析结果进行比较分析。结果表明,当摩擦系数按文献实验测值0.189取值时,有限元模拟、基于小扰度的理论模型和大扰度随动模型计算所得的刚度值均与试验所得的相近;卸载稳定段的刚度均明显小于加载稳定段的,是加载时的0.6倍左右。有限元模拟分析进一步阐明,在压紧弹簧变形过程中,压紧弹簧的截面存在转动,它与垫板之间的接触点并不是固定的,在加载和卸载过程中存在来回的径向位移。并且压紧弹簧接触面上的摩擦力方向是相反的,使得压紧弹簧在加载和卸载过程的刚度存在较大的差别。较小扰度理论模型、考虑压紧弹簧截面转动和接触点径向位移的大扰度随动模型所得的结果与有限元模拟更为接近。