The estimation of the Direction-Of-Arrival (DOA) and the variance of the angular spread, using an array of sensors in the
case of a Ricean channel is considered, using the Maximum-Likelihood, Least-Squares and Weighted Least Squares criteria. The
Cramér-Rao bound is also obtained for the problem of interest. Simplification of the cost functions to reduce the dimension
of the problem has been carried out and the performance of the methods has been studied based on numerical experiments.
A major part of the work was carried out when K V S Hari was visiting the Department of Signals, Sensors and Systems during
Jul–Sep 1995, on leave from the Indian Institute of Science 相似文献
An experimental investigation of heat transfer and pressure drop from a new type of corrugated channels is presented. The investigation has been carried out for Reynolds numbers in the range of for one corrugated and one smooth channel. It is found that the heat transfer from the corrugated channel is up to 3.5 times higher than for the smooth one. The pressure drop is however large (5 – 6 times the value of a smooth channel) and it is suggested that the corrugation height and length should be altered in order to balance the increases in heat transfer and pressure drop. 相似文献
A study compares two methods of reading text-based content on mobile phones: traditional scroll-based reading and Rapid Serial Visual Presentation, which displays words rapidly in a sequence. University students used a prototype called Feedo to test both methods, and their reading comprehension, efficiency, and preference ratings were measured. The results show that efficiency increases with fast RSVP, comprehension is equal, and preference rating is lower than with self-paced scroll. 相似文献
Various sialon materials have been prepared by pressureless sintering at 1775 and 1825 °C using Y2O3 and/or Ce02 as sintering aids. Constant molar amounts of the oxide mixtures were added in the ratios Y2O3/CeO2: 100/0, 75/25, 50/50, 25/75, 0/100 corresponding to 6.0 and 9.25 wt% for the pure Y2O3 and pure CeO2, respectively. Only one of the compositional series reached full density at 1775 °C with cerium replacing yttrium, whereas at 1825 °C all compositional series except one became dense. The samples sintered showed that yttrium but not cerium stabilizes the sialon phase in these ceramics. The dense cerium-sialon ceramics sintered at 1825 °C have as good hardness and indentation fracture toughness as the corresponding yttrium-sialon ceramics, or even higher for the sialon type of materials. For the mixed - sialon materials the hardness decreased as the amount of a sialon phase decreased by increasing cerium-doping. 相似文献
We present a number of alternative ways of handling transitive binary relations that commonly occur in first-order problems, in particular equivalence relations, total orders, and transitive relations in general. We show how such relations can be discovered syntactically in an input theory, and how they can be expressed in alternative ways. We experimentally evaluate different such ways on problems from the TPTP, using resolution-based reasoning tools as well as instance-based tools. Our conclusions are that (1) it is beneficial to consider different treatments of binary relations as a user, and that (2) reasoning tools could benefit from using a preprocessor or even built-in support for certain types of binary relations.
This paper experimentally investigates the role of visual complexity (VC) and prototypicality (PT) as design factors of websites, shaping users' first impressions by means of two studies. In the first study, 119 screenshots of real websites varying in VC (low vs. medium vs. high) and PT (low vs. high) were rated on perceived aesthetics. Screenshot presentation time was varied as a between-subject factor (50 ms vs. 500 ms vs. 1000 ms). Results reveal that VC and PT affect participants' aesthetics ratings within the first 50 ms of exposure. In the second study presentation times were shortened to 17, 33 and 50 ms. Results suggest that VC and PT affect aesthetic perception even within 17 ms, though the effect of PT is less pronounced than the one of VC. With increasing presentation time the effect of PT becomes as influential as the VC effect. This supports the reasoning of the information-processing stage model of aesthetic processing (Leder et al., 2004), where VC is processed at an earlier stage than PT. Overall, websites with low VC and high PT were perceived as highly appealing. 相似文献
This article presents a comprehensive review of numerical methods and models for interface resolving simulations of multiphase
flows in microfluidics and micro process engineering. The focus of the paper is on continuum methods where it covers the three
common approaches in the sharp interface limit, namely the volume-of-fluid method with interface reconstruction, the level
set method and the front tracking method, as well as methods with finite interface thickness such as color-function based
methods and the phase-field method. Variants of the mesoscopic lattice Boltzmann method for two-fluid flows are also discussed,
as well as various hybrid approaches. The mathematical foundation of each method is given and its specific advantages and
limitations are highlighted. For continuum methods, the coupling of the interface evolution equation with the single-field
Navier–Stokes equations and related issues are discussed. Methods and models for surface tension forces, contact lines, heat
and mass transfer and phase change are presented. In the second part of this article applications of the methods in microfluidics
and micro process engineering are reviewed, including flow hydrodynamics (separated and segmented flow, bubble and drop formation,
breakup and coalescence), heat and mass transfer (with and without chemical reactions), mixing and dispersion, Marangoni flows
and surfactants, and boiling. 相似文献