Scheduling/rescheduling in the manufacturing operating system environment†

A scheduling/rescheduling procedure is proposed for real-time control of a computerized manufacturing facility managed by a central manufacturing operating system. The procedure implies schedule revisions upon significant operational changes such as machine breakdowns. Experiments to evaluate the total production time of a computerized manufacturing system with breakdowns under scheduling/rescheduling have yielded advantages of between 25% to 7-0% compared to fixed sequencing and priority despatching procedures, respectively. Computation times required for the scheduling procedures on a CDC 65OO/66OO have also been studied. The scheduling/rescheduling procedure for an actual facility required less than two minutes, and the computation time can be regulated by the selection of parameters in an approximate method of scheduling.

     

ENHANCING EFFECT OF AN OIL PHASE ON THE SENSORY INTENSITY OF SALT TASTE OF NACL IN OIL/WATER EMULSIONS

The effect of an oil phase on the sensory intensity of the salt taste of NaCl in an oil/water emulsion was studied using the magnitude estimation technique. The perceived intensity of the salt taste of 0.9 wt % NaCl in emulsions containing 10 wt % egg yolk, 70 wt % oil and 20 wt % water was much higher than that of the aqueous solution without oil droplets at the same NaCl concentration. The salt taste of low-fat emulsion (35 wt % oil) was less intense than that of the high-fat emulsion (70 wt % oil) at the same NaCl concentration, suggesting that the sensory score depends on the oil content. The NaCl concentration measured in the water phase of the high-fat emulsion, containing 0.9 wt % NaCl, was 2.66 wt %. The sensory score of the high-fat emulsion, containing 0.9 wt % NaCl, was much lower than that of an aqueous solution of 2.66 wt % NaCl without oil droplets. These results suggest that the enhancing effect of an oil phase on the perceived intensity of the salt taste in an oil/water emulsion might be due to a combination of the concentrated NaCl in the water phase and the suppressed contact of NaCl to gustatory cells by the oil droplets.     

EFFECT OF HIGH PRESSURE TREATMENT ON CYTOPLASMIC 5'-NUCLEOTIDASE FROM RABBIT SKELETAL MUSCLE

We investigated the effect of high‐pressure treatment on the properties of cytoplasmic 5′‐nucleotidase (NT), which converts inosine monophosphate (IMP) into inosine. After pressure treatment at 400 MPa, the activity of purified IMP‐NT remained at almost 100%, but the activity of partially purified adenosine monophosphate (AMP)‐NT decreased to about 40%. These data suggest that there is a difference in the pressure stability between the enzymes. In situ fluorescence spectroscopy of IMP‐NT under pressure showed that its pressure‐induced denaturation was reversible. When the pressure was reduced from the highest pressure to ambient pressure, hysteresis was observed. This suggests that high pressure treatment may lead to a partial change in the affinity of the subunits for each other once they have dissociated. The activities of IMP‐NT and AMP‐NT extracted from pressure‐treated muscles decreased remarkably between 250 and 450 MPa, but IMP‐NT was more stable than AMP‐NT.     

Heat-induced Gelation of Myosins/Subfragments from Chicken Leg and Breast Muscles at High Ionic Strength and Low pH

Heat-induced gelation was studied to examine the reason for marked differences in gel strength of myosins at 0.6M KCl and pH 5–6. When leg myosin (L-myosin) or L-myosin tail subfragment was mixed with breast myosin (B-myosin) or B-myosin tail subfragment, rigidity of the mixture gel was higher than the sum of rigidities of the component gels. Difference in strength of heat-induced gel between L- and B-myosin seemed to be caused by differences in filament-forming ability and in gel-forming ability of head and tail segments of both kinds of myosins.     

Antimicrobial Effects of Pressured Carbon Dioxide in a Continuous Flow System

The application of microbubbles of pressured CO₂ greatly increased CO₂ concentration in the solution treated. By treatment at 6 MPa, 35°C and average residence time 15 min, L. brevis was completely inactivated at the level of dissolved CO₂,γ≧ 11 (γ, Kuenen's gas absorption coefficient). E. coli and S. cerevisiae required γ≧ 17, and T. versatilis required γ≧ 21 for complete inactivation. Z. rouxii could be sterilized at 20 MPa and 26. A comparison of the continuous and batch method showed that L. brevis was inactivated completely under pressured CO₂ > 0.16 g/cm³ with the continuous method and >0.9 g/cm³ with the batch method.     

Formation of Defects in Glass Under Electron Bombardment

Needlelike crystals grew from a fragment of glass bombarded with intense electron beams in an electron microscope. This phenomenon was limited to glasses containing mobile atoms such as Na and Pb, to fresh surfaces, and to the part of the sample not coated with carbon film. When there was a relatively thick carbon film on the surface, prolonged electron bombardment caused the formation of bubbles within the fragments.     

日本结构抗震加固的工程实例

本文由株式会社日建设计的结构设计部工程师具体介绍了一些地震加固工程实例。由于日本是多地震国家,不仅在结构设计时要求建筑物在地震后易于加固,而且在结构加固时也要求加固得足以抵抗将来可能发生的更强烈的地震,以保证建筑物的耐久性能。在日本,抗震理论和技术年复一年地提高,这里,主要介绍两种地震加固的方法—制振和隔震。实例1是采用含低屈服点钢材的吸能支撑(Energy Absorption Bracing,EAB)来进行地震加固的例子。该建筑建造于1970年,是一个64m高的型钢骨混凝土结构(Steel framed Re-inforced Concrete,SRC)。实例2是建于1920年的一所大学的小礼拜堂。这个2层的建筑高12.6m,由砖建成。在经过多方调查后,提出了三种方案来对其进行地震加固,最终选用了基底隔震技术来使得建筑上部的钢筋用量最小。实例3是一个国际儿童文献图书馆的改造工程,该图书馆成功地保留了原来建筑的历史价值,并且又增加了很多当代图书馆的新功能。在该工程中采用了基底隔震技术。     

Prediction by dual mode GMDH

The effect of applying the dual mode group method of data handling (GMDH) to the prediction of social systems is investigated. In order to suppress overfitting, a method is adopted whereby the predictional model is automatically changed to the uni-input basic function mode from the original GMDH basic function mode at a sign of overfitting. Two examples show the effectiveness of this method.     

Jib crane control to suppress load swing

The simulation of a jib crane control strategy is reported which transfers a load under the condition of suppressing the load swing both in the transfer process and at the objective position, making the transfer time as short as possible. A non-linear dynamic equation of the load in a jib crane motion is derived. By linearizing the equation and giving a cost function of the second order, the control problem becomes LQ-type with control constraint u. Computer simulations show that this control strategy is able to suppress the load swing by the extending or shrinking motion of the boom.