喷嘴结构对高压射流特性影响研究

自20世纪70年代以来,高压水射流技术已在各工业领域逐渐得到了广泛应用,但迄今仍未能大规模采用,原因是还存在一些有待解决的问题,其中最为迫切的就是如何提高喷嘴射流效率、充分利用其能量的问题。喷嘴是水射流技术应用中获得高能量利用率的关键因素之一,其结构好坏直接影响射流质量。为充分发挥喷嘴最大效率,最大限度地利用水力能量,国内外有关专家从理论分析、数值计算和实验研究3个方面对喷嘴结构与高压射流特性的关系进行了研究分析,结果表明喷嘴结构对射流流动特性、冲蚀性能、空化现象等产生重要影响,指出提高喷嘴效率应当着眼于以下几个方面:加强基础研究;改变射流作用方式、将连续射流调制成脉动射流;充分利用空化空泡破裂压力,研制开发优质喷嘴,以期对拓宽水射流技术在工业中的应用有所帮助。     

Long-wavelength GaInNAs(Sb) lasers on GaAs

The boom in fiber-optic communications has caused a high demand for GaAs-based lasers in the 1.3-1.6-μm range. This has led to the introduction of small amounts of nitrogen into InGaAs to reduce the bandgap sufficiently, resulting in a new material that is lattice matched to GaAs. More recently, the addition of Sb has allowed further reduction of the bandgap, leading to the first demonstration of 1.5-μm GaAs-based lasers by the authors. Additional work has focused on the use of GaAs, GaNAs, and now GaNAsSb barriers as cladding for GaInNAsSb quantum wells. We present the results of photoluminescence, as well as in-plane lasers studies, made with these combinations of materials. With GaNAs or GaNAsSb barriers, the blue shift due to post-growth annealing is suppressed, and longer wavelength laser emission is achieved. Long wavelength luminescence out to 1.6 μm from GaInNAsSb quantum wells, with GaNAsSb barriers, was observed. In-plane lasers from these samples yielded lasers operating out to 1.49 μm, a minimum threshold current density of 500 A/cm² per quantum well, a maximum differential quantum efficiency of 75%, and pulsed power up to 350 mW at room temperature     

Depression in the quantity of intestinal secretory IgA and in the expression of the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor in caloric deficiency of the weanling mouse

Splenomegaly is uncommon in myelodysplasia (MDS) and, although cytopenias may be severe, therapeutic splenectomy is rarely performed. We report the histologic, histochemical, and immunophenotypic findings of nine cases of surgical splenectomy and four postmortem spleens from MDS patients. Four histologic patterns were identified: one dominated by erythrophagocytosis, one characterized by red pulp plasmacytosis, one with extramedullary hematopoiesis as the only salient finding, and one with marked red pulp expansion caused by a monocytic proliferation. Wright-Giemsa and histochemical stains were performed on touch preparations in three cases and played a critical role in the precise subclassification of one MDS patient's hematologic disorder, which ultimately proved to be chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. Splenectomy led to sustained improvement of cytopenias in three cases, but did not eliminate transfusion dependence for the remaining patients. Three splenectomy cases exhibited clustered Leder-negative mononuclear elements: two of these patients experienced disease progression to refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation or acute myelogenous leukemia during post-splenectomy follow-up, whereas none of the three splenectomy patients without clustered mononuclear elements did. We conclude that splenomegaly in MDS usually reflects the sequelae of dyspoiesis rather than evidence of a proliferative phase, that clustering of Leder-negative large cells may correlate with either a substantial monocytic component or, possibly, increased risk of disease progression, and that the spleen can provide diagnostic as well as prognostic information in MDS patients with splenomegaly.     

Extrinsic calibration of a camera and laser range finder using a new calibration structure of a plane with a triangular hole

Sensor fusion of a camera and laser range finder is important for the autonomous navigation of mobile robots. Finding the transformation between the camera and laser range finder is the first necessary step for the fusion of information. Many algorithms have been proposed, but these tend to require many different steps in order to achieve reliable and accurate results. A calibration structure that has triangular hole on its plane is proposed for the extrinsic calibration of a camera and laser range finder. Locations of laser scan data that are invisible on the calibration plane can be determined using property on the proposed calibration structure. First, we classify the laser scan data into two groups where one is on the plane and the other is off the plane. Then, we determine the absolute location of the laser scan data on the plane through a search of the parameters of the line. Finally, we can establish 3D-3D correspondences between the camera and laser range finder. Extrinsic calibration between a camera and laser range finder is found using a conventional 3D-3D transformation computing algorithm. Keywords: Calibration k]camera k]extrinsic calibration k]laser range finder     

A study on the dynamic characteristics of the Korean Yi-dynasty bell type structure

The dynamic characteristics of the Korean Yi-dynasty bell type structure, including the acoustic effects, are analyzed both theoretically and experimentally. The numerical solutions of natural frequencies and mode shape for membrane and flexural behavior are obtained by using the NASTRAN program for the finite element method with plate shell elements of triangular and quadrilateral types. Test bells, A and B types similar to the Kap-Sa bell in Kong-Ju chosen among typical Korean Yi-dynasty bells, are manufactured on different scales to the original bell. To consider the effects of the variation of the structural dimension on the dynamic response, these bells are analyzed with respect to the variation of the thickness of the wall and the bottom rim and the asymmetric Dang-Jwas. The impact method with the Fast Fourier Transform Analyzer is adopted to experimentally assess the dynamic response. Results are in good agreement with the numerical solutions.     

The Role of Rigid Residues in Modulating TEM-1 β-Lactamase Function and Thermostability

The relationship between protein motions (i.e., dynamics) and enzymatic function has begun to be explored in β-lactamases as a way to advance our understanding of these proteins. In a recent study, we analyzed the dynamic profiles of TEM-1 (a ubiquitous class A β-lactamase) and several ancestrally reconstructed homologues. A chief finding of this work was that rigid residues that were allosterically coupled to the active site appeared to have profound effects on enzyme function, even when separated from the active site by many angstroms. In the present work, our aim was to further explore the implications of protein dynamics on β-lactamase function by altering the dynamic profile of TEM-1 using computational protein design methods. The Rosetta software suite was used to mutate amino acids surrounding either rigid residues that are highly coupled to the active site or to flexible residues with no apparent communication with the active site. Experimental characterization of ten designed proteins indicated that alteration of residues surrounding rigid, highly coupled residues, substantially affected both enzymatic activity and stability; in contrast, native-like activities and stabilities were maintained when flexible, uncoupled residues, were targeted. Our results provide additional insight into the structure-function relationship present in the TEM family of β-lactamases. Furthermore, the integration of computational protein design methods with analyses of protein dynamics represents a general approach that could be used to extend our understanding of the relationship between dynamics and function in other enzyme classes.     

空军航空兵作战油料保障系统SD建模与优化

为提高空军航空兵作战油料保障能力,从复杂系统理论视角出发,运用系统动力学(system dynamics,SD)方法对空军航空兵作战油料保障进行描述,界定航油保障系统边界,构建空军航空兵战时油料保障SD仿真模型,利用Vensim仿真软件对联合防空反导作战航油保障活动进行仿真.通过仿真发现,航油保障系统中不同保障环节油料库存数量、补充需求均存在扭曲放大现象.为此,提出精简航油保障系统层级、加强航油保障信息共享等优化举措.对比仿真结果,优化后能够有效防范航油保障系统中不同保障环节油料库存数量和补充需求存在的"牛鞭效应".     

木材用交联型醋丙胶粘剂的研制

研制一种由醋酸乙烯、丙烯酸丁酯、特种单体共聚而成的水性交联型环保胶粘剂以替代目前广泛使用的氨基树脂,适应绿色环保要求。