Radiative transfer theory for polarimetric remote sensing of pine forest at P band

In this paper, the radiative transfer “RT” theory for clustered vegetation structures is developed and used to interpret polarimetric radar backseattering measurement data from pine forest. The RT theory has been widely used to calculate radar backscattering coefficients from layered geophysical media and to interpret the measurement data. However,the conventional RT theory ignores the relative phase information associated with structured scatterers. which may play an important role in the overall scattering behaviour. To take into account the clustered structures with the RT theory, the scattering function of each cluster is calculated by incorporating the phase interference of scattered fields from each component. Subsequently, the resulting phase matrix is used in the radiative transfer equations to calculate the polarimetric backscattering coefficients from layered random media embedded with vegetation clusters.A multi-scale structure model of pine forest, which includes trunks, primary and secondary branches, is used to interpret and simulate polarimetric radar response at P band “0·44Hz”. The theoretical calculations are shown to be in good agreement with the backscattering data measured at the Landes maritime pine forest during the MAESTRO 1 Campaign.     

Authentication mechanism for fast handoff in cdma2000-WiBro interworking

In this paper, we propose the authentication mechanism for a handoff in cdma2000-WiBro interworking environment. In the interworking environment, the handoff procedure requires the authentication on MS for the access control and the accounting. In the handoff procedure, it is required to perform the EAP-AKA authentication process with cdma2000-HN (home network) because TN (target network) does not have the information for the authentication about MS. This process has relatively long delay. Therefore, the fa...     

Optimal rotor wear design in hypotrochoidal gear pump using genetic algorithm

The wear rate between the rotors of a hypotrochoidal gear pump is characterized.Using the knowledge of shape design on the rotors,the contact stresses without hydrodynamic effect between the rotor teeth were evaluated through the calculation of the Hertzian contact stress.Based on the above results and the sliding velocity between the rotors,a genetic algorithm (GA) was used as an optimization technique forminimizing the wear rate proportional factor (WRPF).The result shows that the wear rate or the WRPF ca...     

聚乙烯管道电熔焊接接头的超声检测

聚乙烯管连接中大量使用电熔接头,其质量的好坏直接影响管道系统的安全。分析了超声聚焦检测技术对聚乙烯管电熔接头各类缺陷的检出能力。在此基础上,运用相控阵超声技术及B扫描实时成像超声方法检测大量含缺陷接头,对比超声成像图与接头实剖图,发现该方法有较高的检测灵敏度和检出精度,可以应用于工程实践。     

Simulation of water entry of an elastic wedge using the FDS scheme and HCIB method

The hydroelasticity of water entry of an elastic wedge is simulated using a code developed using the flux-difference splitting scheme for immiscible and incompressible fluids and the hybrid Cartesian/immersed boundary method. The free surface is regarded as a moving contact discontinuity and is captured without any additional treatment along the interface. Immersed boundary nodes are distributed inside a fluid domain based on the edges that cross an instantaneous body boundary. Dependent variables are reconstructed at each immersed boundary node with the help of an interpolation along a local normal line for providing a boundary condition for a discretized flow problem. A dynamic beam equation is used for modeling the elastic deformation of a wedge. The developed code is validated through comparisons with other experimental and computational results for a free-falling wedge. The effects of the elastic deformation of the wedge on the pressure fields and time histories of the impact force are investigated in relation to the stiffness and density of the structure. Grid independence test is carried out for the computed time history of the force acting on an elastic wedge.     

Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of Ti-B-N coatings deposited by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition

Ternary Ti-B-N coatings were synthesized on AISI 304 and Si wafer by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) technique using a gaseous mixture of TiCl4,BCl3,H2,N2,and Ar.By virtue of X-ray diffraction analysis,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy,scanning electron microscope,and high-resolution transmission electron microscope,the influences of B content on the microstructure and properties of Ti B N coatings were investigated systematically.The results indicated that the microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti-B-N coatings largely depend on the transformation from FCC-TiN phase to HCP-TiB2 phase.With increasing B content and decreasing N content in the coatings,the coating microstructure evolves gradually from FCC-TiN/a-BN to HCP-TiB2 /a-BN via FCC-TiN+HCP-TiB2/a-BN.The highest microhardness of about 34 GPa is achieved,which corresponds to the nanocomposite Ti-63%B-N (mole fraction) coating consisting of the HCP-TiB2 nano-crystallites and amorphous BN phase.The lowest friction-coefficient was observed for the nanocomposite Ti-41%B-N (mole fraction) coating consisting of the FCC-TiN nanocrystallites and amorphous BN phase     

Olfactory Decoding Method Using Neural Spike Signals

This paper presents a novel method for inferring the odor based on neural activities observed from rats' main olfactory bulbs.Multi-channel extra-cellular single unit recordings are done by micro-wire electrodes(Tungsten,50 μm,32 channels)implanted in the mitral/tufted cell layers of the main olfactory bulb of the anesthetized rats to obtain neural responses to various odors.Neural responses as a key feature are measured by subtraction firing rates before stimulus from after.For odor inference,a decoding method is developed based on the ML estimation.The results show that the average decoding accuracy is about 100.0%,96.0%,and 80.0% with three rats,respectively.This work has profound implications for a novel brain-machine interface system for odor inference.