fMRI-based Decoding of Visual Information from Human Brain Activity: A Brief Review

Machine Intelligence Research - One of the most significant challenges in the neuroscience community is to understand how the human brain works. Recent progress in neuroimaging techniques have...     

一种新的面向电影场景搭建的自然手势交互方法

电影虚拟预演所需的三维场景搭建要求能够高效地初步将导演的构想付诸于影像,但传统计算机辅助设计工具的交互方式存在效率低的问题,限制了导演等非专业三维设计人士的场景构思.因此提出一种新的面向电影场景搭建的自然手势交互方法.根据电影虚拟预演特性和相关手势理论,设计一组有效的三维场景搭建手势集;在Unity3 D中构建基于虚拟现实的电影场景搭建徒手手势用户界面;通过用户实验对该方法进行评估,实验结果表明该方法是可行的,相比传统方法更具有自然易用性.     

利用改进的热核特征分析三维网格的局部对应

为了更准确地构建非刚体三维网格模型之间的形状对应关系,提出一种改进的热核特征分析与研究三维网格模型之间的局部对应关系.该方法利用压缩流形模式压缩三维网格模型的特征函数,截取局部顶点;利用乘法器交替方向(ADMM)优化计算三维网格的压缩流形基替换传统的离散化拉普拉斯-贝尔特拉米算子以改进热核特征;选取相同的压缩部位进行局部的对应匹配.实验结果表明,基于改进的热核特征与传统的离散化热核特征相比有更加突出的效果.     

Generic Adaptive Sliding Mode Control for a Quadrotor UAV System Subject to Severe Parametric Uncertainties and Fully Unknown External Disturbance

International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems - This paper aims to provide a generic robust controller that is able to manipulate all kinds of quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)...     

Virtual Model Reduction-based Control Strategy of Planar Three-link Underactuated Manipulator with Middle Passive Joint

This paper presents a position control strategy for a planar active-passive-active (APA) underactuated manipulator with second-order nonholonomic characteristics. According to the structural characteristics of the planar APA system, we divide the system into two parts: a planar virtual Pendubot (PVP) and a planar virtual Acrobot (PVA). For the PVP, we mainly fulfill the target angle of the first link, which is calculated through the geometry method, and make the system stable. In this stage, via keeping the states of the third link being zero, the system is reduced to the PVP. Meanwhile, we design an open-loop control law based on the nilpotent approximation (NA) model of the PVP to make the second link stable and the first link stabilize at its target angle. Then, the planar APA system is reduced to a PVA with all links’ angular velocities being zero. For the PVA, we mainly realize the other two links’ target angles obtained via the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. Thus, the control objective of the planar APA system is achieved. Finally, above control strategy is verified by simulation results.

     

Sensor Fault Diagnosis and Unknown Disturbances Estimation of High Switching Frequency Single-phase PWM Rectifier

International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems - The fault and disturbances estimation has an important role in the modern traction railway system. This paper proposes a unique method for...     

计量用低速风洞结构参数仿真研究

为准确分析风洞结构参数对所产生的风场稳定性的影响规律,以现有低速风洞为蓝本,通过改变其试验段结构参数建立多个不同参数试验模型;采用ansys CFD对建立的多个新模型进行结构流体仿真,对仿真结果进行数据拟合,找出风洞收缩段曲线结构参数变化对试验段轴向风速梯度和法向风速均匀性的影响;仿真实验结果表明,试验段法向中心面的有效试验区的均匀性系数随着收缩段长度增加而减小,到一定程度趋于稳定,风洞模型在L＞ 23 cm后风场均匀性系数基本处于稳定,试验段前半段的风速轴向梯度明显大于后半段的风速轴向梯度,有效试验区域多集中在后半段,风洞模型中轴向有效试验区域x＞(10～15) cm,可以为风洞的设计提供可靠参考.     

A novel ADRC‑based design for a kind of fexible aerocraft

The paper presents a novel control design, which is based on the idea of active disturbance rejection control (ADRC), for a kind of fexible aerocraft whose controlled variable cannot be measured directly. Since the original frame of ADRC cannot be directly applied, the paper puts forward a new extended state observer (ESO) and the corresponding ADRC law. In order to assign the poles of the closed-loop system to ideal positions such that the vibration can be quickly suppressed, an elastic damping term is added into feedback law. The advantages of the new ESO for efectively estimating both the rigid mode and elastic mode from the measurements are discussed. Moreover, the analysis on the stability, the relative stability and the steady state of the closed-loop system is given. Finally, the efectiveness and robustness of the proposed ADRC are verifed by simulations.     

Effect of friction reclaimed materials of waste brake-shoe on basic performance of mortar

Discarded train brake shoes mainly consist of steel-backed friction material. To be better reutilized, its essential features and its interaction in cement-based material need to be studied. Consequently, particle size analysis, SEM, IR and TGA were used to investigate two types of waste brake shoes, i e, mechanical grinding friction reclaimed material of waste brake-shoe (G-FRMWBS) and pyrolysis-friction reclaimed materials of waste brake-shoe (P-FRMWBS). The latter exhibited less organic content, larger range of particle size distribution and smaller medium particle diameter. Both types contained inorganic particles of spherical and irregular shapes, striped with steel fiber. Upon isometric substituting fine aggregates, G-FRMWBS lifted the strength of mortar effectively that was increased by 16.6% and 17.5% when the replacing rate was 5%; the value went up to 19.2% and 19.2% when the replacing rate was 10%. Moreover, inclusion of FRMWBS enhanced the chloride penetration resistance, and optimized the pore characteristic and ITZ (interfacial transition zone) as well.     

Microstructure and growth kinetics of silicide coatings for TiAl alloy

In order to improve the oxidation resistance of Ti Al alloy, silicide coatings were prepared by pack cementation method at 1273, 1323, and 1373 K for 1-3 hours. Scanning electron microscopy(SEM), energy dispersive spectrometry(EDS) and X-ray diffraction(XRD) were employed to investigate the microstructures and phase constitutions of the coatings. The experimental results show that all silicon deposition coatings have multi-layer structure. The microstructure and composition of silicide coatings strongly depend on siliconizing temperatures. In order to investigate the rate controlling step of pack siliconizing on Ti Al alloy, coating growth kinetics was analyzed by measuring the mass gains per unit area of silicided samples as a function of time and temperature. The results showed that the rate controlling step was gas-phase diffusion step and the growth rate constant(k) ranged from 1.53 mg~2/(cm~4·h~2) to 2.3 mg~2/(cm~4·h~2). Activation energy(Q) for the process was calculated as 109 k J/mol, determined by Arrhenius' equation: k = k0 exp[–Q/(RT)].