Adaptive cell division for ray tracing

In ray tracing the two most commonly used data structures are the octree and uniform cell division. The octree structure allows efficient adaptive subdivision of space, while taking care of the spatial coherence of the objects in it; however, the tree structure locating the next node in the path of a ray is complex and time consuming. The cell structure, on the other hand, can be stored in a three-dimensional array, and each cell can be efficiently accessed by specifying three indices. However, such a uniform cell division does not take care of object coherence. The proposed data structure combines the positive features of the above data structures while minimising their disadvantages. The entire object space is implicitly assumed to be a three-dimensional grid of cells. Initially, the entire object space is a single voxel which later undergoes “adaptive cell division.” But, unlike in the octree structure, where each voxel is divided exactly at the middle of each dimension, in adaptive cell division, each voxel is divided at the nearest cell boundary. The result is that each voxel contains an integral number of cells along each axis. Corresponding to the implicit cell division we maintain a three-dimensional array, with each array element containing the voxel number which is used to index into the voxel array. The voxel array is used to store information about the structure of each voxel, in particular, the objects in each voxel. While a ray moves from one voxel to another we always keep track of the cell through which the ray is currently passing. Since only arrays are involved in accessing the next voxel in the path of the ray, the operation is very efficient.     

Finite-element grid improvement by minimization of stiffness matrix trace

A new and simple method of finite-element grid improvement is presented. The objective is to improve the accuracy of the analysis. The procedure is based on a minimization of the trace of the stiffness matrix. For a broad class of problems this minimization is seen to be equivalent to minimizing the potential energy. The method is illustrated with the classical tapered bar problem examined earlier by Prager and Masur. Identical results are obtained.     

Microscopical studies of water/flour systems

Summary Wheat flour particles sprinkled on a water surface form strands which are visible in the light microscope. These strands form aggregates by means of mechanical forces which show viscoelastic behaviour. Amino acid analysis of both the protein strands and the aggregates formed shows that they consist of gluten protein. The formation of the protein strands occurs at the air/water interface and results from the action of a protein film which spreads around the flour particles.

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Mikroskopische Untersuchungen von Mehl/Wasser-Systemen

Zusammenfassung Weizenmehlpartikel, die auf Wasser gestreut werden, bilden lichtmikroskopisch sichtbare Stränge aus. Durch mechanische Beanspruchung lassen sich these Stränge zu Aggregaten zusammenfassen, die visco-elastisches Verhalten zeigen. Die Aminosäureanalyse sowohl der Proteinstrange wie auch der daraus gebildeten Aggregate zeigt, daß es sich dabei um Kleberprotein handelt. Die Proteinfäden entstehen an der Wasser-Luft-Grenzflache als Folge eines spreitenden Proteinfilms, der sich um die Mehlpartikel herum ausbreitet.

     

ADμ C845在配料控制器中的应用

本文从应用角度出发，介绍了ADμ C845的主要特点、功能及其使用要点。在此基础上，根据配料生产的工艺要求，以ADμ C845为核心，设计了一种新型配料控制器。详细介绍了仪表的硬件电路设计，给出了A／D转换部分C51源程序。该仪表具有自动称重、配料控制和联机通信等功能，实际使用运行稳定、效果良好。     

Image processing using cellular neural networks based on multi-valued and universal binary neurons

Multi-valued and universal binary neurons (MVN and UBN) are the neural processing elements with the complex-valued weights and high functionality. It is possible to implement an arbitrary mapping described by partially defined multiple-valued function on the single MVN. An arbitrary mapping described by partially defined or fully defined Boolean function, which can be non-threshold, may be implemented on the single UBN. The quickly converging learning algorithms exist for both types of neurons. Such features of the MVN and UBN may be used for solving the different problems. One of the most successful applications of the MVN and UBN is their usage as basic neurons in the Cellular Neural Networks (CNN). It opens the new effective opportunities in nonlinear image filtering and its applications to noise reduction, edge detection and solving of the super resolution problem. A number of experimental results are presented to illustrate the performance of the proposed algorithms.An erratum to this article can be found at     

Magnetic field dependence of shielding current density in Y-Ba-Cu-O rings at 77 K

A method for contactless measurement of the shielding critical current density and its dependence on the external magnetic field is described and analyzed. The obtained values are compared with those measured resistively on two different samples. It is shown that the shielding critical current densityJ _cs and the intergranular transport current densityJ _cr are identical if the measurement conditions are similar. A degradation ofJ _cs measured in the external field with AC ripple has been observed.     

基于数字信号处理器的直流电机控制系统

介绍了定点数字信号处理器（DSP）TMS320F240的一般性能及其在永磁无刷直流电机控制上的应用，给出了硬件设计方案、软件策略及输出结果。     

钻井液用BDY-1便携式堵漏仪

在堵漏过程中，对堵漏材料和堵漏浆配方的优选是决定堵漏成功的关键。为了能在现场对堵漏进行评价，研制出BDY－1便携式堵漏仪，该堵漏仪主要由不锈钢钢柱圈钢，压力表等加工而成，该堵漏仪体积小，重量轻，价格低，仅为国产堵漏仪的1／20。试验结果表明BDY－1便携式堵漏仪操作简便，可快速对堵漏材料进行评价并筛选出堵漏配方；数据重复性好，准确可靠，能达到进口或国产堵漏仪的水平；在模拟漏层选定后，可采用多套压力梯度，对堵漏浆封堵效果进行评价，在压力梯度选定后，可评价堵漏浆对不同类型漏层的封堵效果；如果扩大压力范围，可对封堵后的漏层进行破裂试验，从而确定合理的钻井施工参数；适用现场操作和应用。     

直接氯化法合成对硝基氯化苄

介绍了以对硝基甲苯和氯气为原料 ,在催化剂存在下合成对硝基氯化苄的方法 ,考察了催化剂种类、反应温度、溶剂配比等因素对反应的影响 ,优化的反应条件为 :对硝基甲苯用量 1 3 7g,对硝基甲苯 /邻二氯苯 (摩尔比 ) =1∶ 0 .6,w (偶氮二异丁腈 ) =0 .6% ,反应时间 3 h,反应温度 1 60℃ ,产物单程收率大于 65 % ;将反应混合物中未反应的原料分离后 ,以无水乙醇为溶剂结晶纯化 ,物料 /溶剂 (摩尔比 ) =1∶ 1 .5时晶体含量在 99.0 %以上 ,结晶收率达 67