Influence of sintering temperature on the shrinkage and geometrical characteristics of steel parts produced by powder metallurgy

The dimensional and geometrical characteristics of Charpy bars produced with two different steels were investigated to evaluate the effect of increasing the sintering temperature from 1120 °C (conventional sintering temperature) up to 1350 °C. The problem was approached from the Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) point of view, referring to the standard ASME Y14.5 (2009). The dimensional and geometrical characteristics were evaluated using a Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM), measuring the surfaces by scanning mode. The work highlights that the increase in the sintering temperature, aimed at improving the mechanical properties, does not prevent the main benefit of this technology, i.e., the possibility of producing parts with good dimensional and geometrical precision. Moreover, a methodology establishing the measurement procedures and data processing, to be used in future work for the characterisation of more complex shapes, was defined.     

基于电路理论与正交投影的支路损耗分摊方法

基于正交投影概念,提出一种新的基于电路理论的支路损耗分摊方法。将发电或负荷电流源独立作用下的支路电流分量在支路总电流方向上作正交投影,定义该正交投影分量为电流源对支路的电流投影分量,以此为基础分解支路潮流,实现支路损耗分摊。支路潮流分解结果可作为输电线路利用份额的计算基础。还深入探讨节点注入功率的两种等效方式,指出将所有发电与负荷均等效为电流源的等效方式存在单个电流源独立作用的结果主要取决于对地支路的问题,而将发电与负荷分别依次等效为电流源/等值导纳的等效方式则反映了支路功率分布应主要取决于发电与负荷的分布而非对地支路的实际情况,故应采用该种等效方式。通过算例验证该文方法的有效性。     

Adaptive epileptic seizure prediction system

Current epileptic seizure "prediction" algorithms are generally based on the knowledge of seizure occurring time and analyze the electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings retrospectively. It is then obvious that, although these analyses provide evidence of brain activity changes prior to epileptic seizures, they cannot be applied to develop implantable devices for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. In this paper, we describe an adaptive procedure to prospectively analyze continuous, long-term EEG recordings when only the occurring time of the first seizure is known. The algorithm is based on the convergence and divergence of short-term maximum Lyapunov exponents (STLmax) among critical electrode sites selected adaptively. A warning of an impending seizure is then issued. Global optimization techniques are applied for selecting the critical groups of electrode sites. The adaptive seizure prediction algorithm (ASPA) was tested in continuous 0.76 to 5.84 days intracranial EEG recordings from a group of five patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy. A fixed parameter setting applied to all cases predicted 82% of seizures with a false prediction rate of 0.16/h. Seizure warnings occurred an average of 71.7 min before ictal onset. Similar results were produced by dividing the available EEG recordings into half training and testing portions. Optimizing the parameters for individual patients improved sensitivity (84% overall) and reduced false prediction rate (0.12/h overall). These results indicate that ASPA can be applied to implantable devices for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.     

A push mechanism for GPRS supporting private IP addresses

The General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) provides a packet switched data service for mobile users. However, the existing GPRS specification does not provide the push mechanism and it is difficult to support GPRS services such as call termination (incoming call) for wireless voice over IP (VoIP). Based on the short message service, this paper proposes a push mechanism for GPRS supporting private IP addresses. Our approach does not need to modify the existing GPRS structure.     

CMOS artificial subretinal chip for natural light illumination

A novel CMOS oscillating pixel array for subretinal prosthesis used in natural light illumination is presented. Its prototype chips are fabricated in a standard 0.6 /spl mu/m CMOS technology. Experimental results show the device can deliver effective self-oscillation for subretinal electrical stimulation.     

采用高斯波形近似的干涉型光纤光栅法布里-珀罗传感系统的可见度分析

两光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)的光谱失配会使其构成的光纤法布里-珀罗(FFP)传感系统的干涉条纹可见度降低,从而影响探测性能。基于弱反射率FBG反射谱的高斯波形近似,推导了光谱失配引起的可见度变化表示式。实验测量了干涉型FFP传感系统的可见度曲线,对理论分析进行了验证。研究表明,反射谱旁瓣对光谱失配引起的可见度变化有重要影响。从光谱匹配的角度,采用高斯切趾光栅的FFP传感系统优于普通均匀光栅的系统。     

外太空有源假目标的运动学特性

弹道导弹突防过程中释放的有源干扰装置能够产生在能量、波形和相位调制等方面与目标回波高度逼近的假目标,这些假目标会共享雷达信号处理器的相干处理增益,使得传统的信号处理鉴别方法失效,并在数据处理层形成大量虚假航迹。该文从理论上分析了外太空有源假目标的运动学特性,推导了其在典型坐标系下的运动方程,揭示了有源假目标在运动学特性上和实体目标间的根本差异。首先,建立了统一的数学描述模型,推导了假目标在雷达站直角坐标系、雷达站球坐标系和地心坐标系下的运动方程;其次,根据运动方程分析了假目标的轨道、速度和加速度特性;最后,研究了相关因素对假目标运动学特性的影响。该文的分析结果可以为基于运动学信息鉴别有源假目标的系列方法提供理论指导。     

HEALTH Growth with Active Transformation of Mind and Body Through Abundant Natural Methods

Wireless Personal Communications - The ongoing technological developments have totally transformed the lives of human beings. With the emergence of the smart era and the smart city concept, a few...     

Energy-Efficient and Improved eWALL: e2WALL

eWALL framework, under development in the European eWALL project (project no. 610658: “eWALL for Active Long Living”) is meant for care of population with age related impairments, mild dementia and COPD. Expanded eWALL (e2WALL) is planned to be an integrated quality framework for long-term care services which will cover very different types of care: all healthcare (both preventive and rehabilitative), societal services, care for cognitive diseases, services delivered at home as well as support for caregivers as an integral part of the quality improvement process. Thus, we present e2WALL home system that would encompass installation (setup) of e2WALL in homes (flats, houses and aging homes) and their management and maintenance across Europe, starting from the partners involved in eWALL (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, The Netherlands and Romania) and expanding the partnership to the most of Europe (e.g. United Kingdom, Poland, Czech Republic…). This would be a direct application of the developed e2WALL platform and should be done through a network of collaborating small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs), each of whom would lead the process of setting up e2WALL system and continuing to provide support services to homes in their respective country. In this way, the growth of high tech and innovative SMEs will be ensured at pan European level, which will enable growth over restricted national market and stimulate European investments in SMEs and startups. Actually, the bigger platform will enable e2WALL European Ecosystem (e4WALL), which can then expand into other non-European markets (e.g. Asia, USA) and means sustainability beyond the life of the project. e2WALL will lead to connected tech start-up hubs to the larger European business ecosystem and will contribute to increased access of country-specific and customized new product to the pan European market, which will lead to increase of employed qualified individuals. Another important focus would be creating an energy efficient environment for a new social network where registered users would provide on-demand services.     

基于推挽式带伪直流母线拓扑的光伏逆变器设计

针对中小功率光伏并网发电系统的特点,在分析比较常用拓扑方案的基础上,采用推挽式带伪直流母线的拓扑结构作为光伏并网逆变器的主电路。文中重点阐述了主电路的工作原理和关键电路元件的参数设计,并对整流二极管的缓冲和工频逆变器的控制进行了相应的探讨。最后通过实验结果验证了理论分析的正确性。