Conservation of mechanical energy and circulation in the theory of inviscid fluid sheets

In the theory of thin fluid sheets, governing equations are derived with specific reference to an assumed simple kinematic structure of the flow. There is a separate set of governing equations associated with each degree of complexity of the kinematic structure, forming a hierarchy of models (Green and Naghdi [3] and Shields and Webster [8]). If one is interested in the velocity profile across the sheet, the kinematic structure can be used again to interpret the variables in the governing equations as an approximate flow. This paper is concerned with the properties of this approximate flow.Two important consequences of the field equations (Euler's equations) in the classical, three-dimensional theory of ideal fluids are: conservation of mechanical energy, and conservation of circulation (Kelvin's theorem). The research reported herein provides a proof that mechanical energy is exactly conserved for the approximate flow in each level in this hierarchy. Two types of circulation are considered in the approximate flow: in-sheet circulation which is computed about circuits lying a fixed fractional distance between the top and bottom surfaces of the sheet, and cross-sheet circulation which is computed about circuits lying in a vertical cylindrical surface. It was found that K moments of the in-sheet circulation and K – 1 weighted moments of the cross-sheet circulation are conserved in the Kth level approximate flow.     

An integrated size and roundness adaptive control system for the plunge grinding process

A time variant, roundness based adaptive size and roundness control system is presented for the plunge grinding process which avoids the need for a large data processing capacity and compares favourably in performance with the large and expensive control system previously developed and therefore improves the prospect of industrial use. The non-linear control functions and adaptive model are presented and analysed. The hardware of the integrated, low cost system and the software algorithms used to reduce the computational power requirements are discussed and the results of grinding experiments are presented.     

An Active Feedback System for Stabilizing Visual Images

In normal vision, eye movements cause the image to move on the retina. Special apparatus can stabilize the image on the retina so it cannot move, and vision fades away. Previous methods for stabilizing the image were either optical systems or complex computer-controlled feedback systems. A simpler feedback system is presented which detects eye motion and rotates a mirror through which the target is viewed, to exactly compensate for eye motion. Unlike previous optical systems, this new system has no lenses in either the viewing or the image-forming path to limit the spatial resolution.     

Combinatorial materials research applied to the development of new surface coatings: II. Process capability analysis of the coating formulation workflow

A combinatorial process has been developed for the high throughput production and evaluation of surface coatings. The workflow designed for the production of arrays of liquid coatings involves the robotic transfer of aliquots of solutions of raw materials to an array of glass vials and mixing of the coatings using an unconventional magnetic stirring process. An investigation of the capability of the workflow to accurately and repeatedly prepare coating arrays was conducted as a function of solution viscosity and aliquot size. In addition, mixing capability was evaluated as a function of solution viscosity, total solution volume, and mechanism of stirring. Overall, the results of the study indicated that adequate accuracy and repeatability of the coating preparation process can be achieved as long as raw material solutions are designed such that viscosity is below about 250 cP and aliquot sizes are above about 75 μl. With regard to mixing capability, total solution volume was found to have a profound affect as did the stirring mechanism.     

Anti-tumor activity, in vitro and in vivo, of some triphenylphosphinegold(i) thionucleobases

The [Ph(3)PAu(6-MP)] complex, where 6-MPH is 6-mercaptopurine, is active against the cisplatinresistant cell line, mouse leukaemia L1210/DDP, as is the precursor compound [Ph(3)PAuCl], suggesting that the thiolate is not critical for activity. Against the human cell lines, FaDu (squamous cell carcinoma) and SKOV-3 (ovarian carcinoma), both [Ph(3)PAu(6-MP)] and [Ph(3)PAu(6-TG)], where 6-TGH is 6-thioguanine, were active. [Ph(3)PAu(6-MP)] was active against a murine PC6 plasmacytoma, but not as active as cisplatin.     

一种基于 YII 框架移动编程通信接口的设计与实现

在网络编程技术发展迅速、手机应用程序越来越广泛的情况下,针对网络通信接口开发效率不高的问题,提出一种基于YII框架移动编程通信接口的设计方案,该方案利用session和JSON通信机制实现了农业互联网中手机端与服务器端的通信,并详细阐述其设计原理。通过将该方案应用于实际项目中,应用结果验证了方案的可用性,在降低编程难度的同时提高开发效率。     

Human eyebrow recognition in the matching-recognizing framework

This paper studies the problem of automatically recognizing human eyebrows using a frontal view. In the matching-recognizing framework for image-based object classification, we design an automatic human eyebrow recognition system via fast template matching and Fourier spectrum distance. Fast template matching is used to locate the target subregion of a gallery template or a pure eyebrow image in a probe original eyebrow image, whereas Fourier spectrum distance is used to determine the final identity of the probe original eyebrow image. We conducted a number of experiments to demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed system and corroborate the validity of eyebrow recognition on the BJUT eyebrow database. Moreover, we also tested the system on the color FERET database. Experimental results show that our approach can be directly applied to face recognition by only replacing eyebrow templates with face templates, and may achieve higher accuracy in eyebrow recognition than in small face recognition. This is a strong argument for eyebrow recognition to replace face recognition as an independent biometric in certain scenarios, especially where relatively large eyebrows can be cropped.     

基于深度强化学习的居民实时自治最优能量管理策略

随着居民分布式资源的普及,如何考虑用户多类型设备的运行特性,满足实时自治能量管理需求以达到用户侧经济性最优成为亟待解决的课题。传统基于模型的最优化方法在模型精准构建和应对多重不确定性等方面存在局限性,为此提出一种无模型的基于深度强化学习的实时自治能量管理优化方法。首先,对用户设备进行分类,采用统一的三元组描述其运行特性,并确定相应的能量管理动作;接着,采用长短期记忆神经网络提取环境状态中多源时序数据的未来走势;进而,基于近端策略优化算法,赋能在多维连续-离散混合的动作空间中高效学习最优能量管理策略,在最小化用电成本的同时提升策略对不确定性的适应性;最后,通过实际情境对比现有方法的优化决策效果,验证所提方法的有效性。     

Measurement of the Inhomogeneity in Type B and Land–Jewell Noble-Metal Thermocouples

Inhomogeneity is the largest contributor to uncertainty in temperature measurements made with thermocouples, and the knowledge of inhomogeneity is essential if low-uncertainty measurements are required. Inhomogeneity is a particular problem for long-term applications at temperatures near or above 1500 \(^{\circ }\hbox {C}\), where pairs of alloyed noble-metal thermocouples must be used and the alloy components and potential contaminants become very mobile and cause large deviations in the Seebeck coefficient. While changes in inhomogeneity are a known and well-studied problem in noble-metal alloys at temperatures below 1100 \(^{\circ }\hbox {C}\), the effects are not well quantified at higher temperatures. This paper reports the first detailed measurements of inhomogeneity in a number of Type B and Land–Jewell thermocouples exposed to either short-term calibration up to 1600 \(^{\circ }\hbox {C}\) or long-term in situ measurements for a period of approximately 3000 h at 1600 \(^{\circ }\hbox {C}\). The inhomogeneity is measured in a high-resolution scanner operating over the range from 600 \(^{\circ }\hbox {C}\) to 900 \(^{\circ }\hbox {C}\). The results show that drifts of between 0.2 % and 0.6 % can be expected for reversible crystallographic and oxidation effects, whereas drift caused by irreversible contamination effects can be expected to be between 0.6 % and 1.1 %. It is also shown that the deviations in emfs caused by irreversible homogeneities in these thermocouples scale approximately linearly with temperature. This scalability allows uncertainties assessed at one temperature, to be extrapolated to other temperatures. Additionally it is shown that a preconditioning anneal at 1100 \(^{\circ }\hbox {C}\) should be applied both before and after calibration to remove undesirable crystallographic and rhodium-oxidation effects.