Relative position of limit cycles in an immune responsec

In this paper, a predator-prey model for immune response is proposed. We use the method of vector analysis to estimate the relative positions of the limit cycles in the antigen-antibody phase plane for the model.     

Performance of an HTS Generator Field Coil Under System Fault Conditions

High-temperature superconducting (HTS) coils are generally stable against transient thermal disturbances. Protection against spontaneous quenches is not a main design issue for an HTS coil. However, HTS coils used in many electric devices such as motors, generators, transformers, and current limiters will operate under over-current fault conditions, which may result in a coil quench and thermal runaway. Those electric devices should be able to ride through some grid fault conditions and remain functional. This requires a certain over-current capability of the HTS coils. This paper discusses the over-current requirements from grid faults and the thermal transient responses of a BSCCO coil. It presents the analysis results of the coil subjected to over-current pulses at different operating conditions. The study also investigates the thermal runaway current and its relationship with the over-current pulse     

Theoretical Correlations and Measured Correlations: Relating Recognition and Recall in Four Distributed Memory Models.

This article addresses the relation between item recognition and associative (cued) recall. Going beyond measures of performance on each task, the analysis focuses on the degree to which the contingency between successful recognition and successful recall of a studied item reflects the commonality of memory processes underlying the recognition and recall tasks. Specifically, 4 classes of distributed memory models are assessed for their ability to account for the relatively invariant correlation (≈ .5) between successive recognition and recall. Basic versions of each model either under- or overpredict the intertask correlation. Introducing variability in goodness-of-encoding and response criteria, as well as output encoding, enabled all 4 models to reproduce the moderate intertask correlation and the increase in correlation observed in 2 mixed-list experiments. This model-based analysis provides a general theoretical framework for interpreting contingencies between successive memory tests. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Fatigue damage accumulation of cold expanded hole in aluminum alloys subjected to block loading

Fatigue damage accumulation of cold expanded hole in aluminum alloys used in land transportation components was investigated. Tests were carried out using pre-cracked SENT specimens and inserting an expanded hole at the crack tip. The degree of the cold expansion was chosen equal to 4.3%. Tests were performed in two and four block loading under constant amplitude. Two sequences were compared.The increasing and the decreasing magnitude were compared. The experimental results were compared to the damage calculated by the Miner's rule and a new simple fatigue damage indicator. This comparison shows that the ‘model of the damage stress’, which take into account of the loading history, yields a good estimation of the experimental results. Moreover, the error is minimized in comparison to the Miner's model.     

A new approach to adaptive control: no nonlinearities

In adaptive control the goal is to design a controller to control an uncertain system whose parameters may be changing with time. Typically the controller consists of an identifier (or tuner) which is used to adjust the parameters of a linear time-invariant (LTI) compensator, and under suitable assumptions on the plant model uncertainty it is proven that good asymptotic behaviour is achieved, such as model matching (for minimum phase systems) or stability. However, a typical adaptive controller does not track time-varying parameters very well, and it is often highly nonlinear, which can result in undesirable behaviour, such as large transients or a large control signal. Furthermore, most adaptive controllers provide only asymptotic tracking, with no ability to design for a pre-specified settling time.Here we propose an alternative approach, which yields a linear periodic controller. Rather than estimating the plant or compensator parameters, instead we estimate what the control signal would be if the plant parameters were known. In this paper we argue the utility of this approach and then examine the first order case in detail, including a simulation. We also explore the benefits and limitations of the approach.     

Hochdynamische Leistungsregelung eines dreiphasigen Hochleistungs-netzstromrichters zur Speisung von Gleichspannungszwischenkreisen

Übersicht In dieser Arbeit wird ein neues Regelungsverfahren für U-Netzstromrichter sehr hoher Leistung beschrieben. Die Einspeisungsschaltung besteht aus zwei GTO-Dreipunktstromrichtern, die über Dreiwicklungstransformatoren mit in Stern bzw. Dreieck geschalteten Sekundärwicklungen ans Netz geschaltet sind. Für den Betrieb als Netzstromrichter wird eine Steuerstrategie entwickelt, wobei eine möglichst geringe Verzerrung der netzseitigen Spannung unter Einhaltung der geringen zulässigen Schaltfrequenz der Ventile das Ziel ist. Die Regelung für netzfreundlichen hochdynamischen Energieaustausch zwischen Netz und Zwischenkreis ist auf der Basis der sogenannten Stromrichterflußbahn konzipiert.

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Highly dynamic control for a three-phase high power AC/DC converter

Contents This paper describes the implementation of a new control approach for a high power three-phase AC/DC converter. The converter consists of two three-level inverters connected to the line via a three-winding transformer with the secondaries connected in star and delta. The control scheme is developed to minimise the network distortion voltage while keeping the small permitted switching frequency of the valves. The control for highly dynamic exchange of energy between the network and the dc link voltage is proposed on the basis of the converter voltage space vector time integral.

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Diese Arbeit wurde von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft gefördert.     

A novel method of structural shape optimization coupling BEM with an optimization method based on biological growth

Local stress peaks are the main reason for fatigue failure of structures, and therefore many researchers make every effort to search for effective methods of structural shape optimization. Mattheck and Burkhard (1990) have developed a method by simulating the self-optimization mechanism of biological growth, using FEM. BEM is a very effective method in which only the boundary is divided into elements, and particularly, accurate results at the boundary can be obtained. It is obvious that BEM is a more suitable analysis method for structural shape optimization than FEM. Coupling BEM of three-dimensional thermoelasticity problems with an optimization method based on biological growth, a novel method of structural shape optimization is successfully developed by the authors. Several examples are used to demonstrate that the method is successful and efficient.     

A Software Tool for Automatically Verified Operations on Intervals and Probability Distributions

We describe a software tool for performing automatically verified arithmetic operations on independent operands when the operands are intervals, or probability distribution functions, or one operand is an interval and the other is a distribution. Intervals and distributions are expressed using the same technique, so the algorithms do not need to distinguish between intervals and distributions in their operation. The tool can calculate common arithmetic operations with guaranteed results (as well as confidence limits on a distribution if the distribution is empirically estimated from samples).A previous paper [1] discusses the concepts, algorithms, and related work. Here we emphasize a software tool that implements the algorithms, interacts with the user via a graphical user interface, and saves, retrieves, and prints the results of its calculations.     

Comparison of corrosion behavior of zirconium bombarded with self-ion and molybdenum ion

In order to study the effects of zirconium and molybdenum ion bombardment on the aqueous corrosion behavior of zirconium, one group of specimens was implanted with zirconium ions with ions surface densities ranging from 1 × 10¹⁵ to 2 × 10¹⁷ ions/cm² at about 170 °C, using a metal vapor vacuum arc (MEVVA) source operated at an extraction voltage of 50 kV. The other group of specimens was bombarded with molybdenum ion with ions surface densities ranging from 1 × 10¹⁶ to 5 × 10¹⁷ ions/cm² at about 160 °C, using a MEVVA source operated at an extraction voltage of 40 kV. The valence states and depth distribution of elements in the surface of the samples were analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), respectively. Polarization curves measurement was employed to evaluate the aqueous corrosion resistance of the zirconium samples in a 1N H₂SO₄ solution. It was found that the aqueous corrosion resistance of zirconium implanted with 5 × 10¹⁶ Zr ions/cm² is the best in first group samples. For molybdenum ion implantation, the aqueous corrosion resistance of samples declined with raising ions surface densities. The natural corrosion potentials of zirconium samples bombarded with self-ions are more negative than that of the as-received zirconium. While, as for molybdenum ion implantation, the results are opposite. Finally, the mechanisms of the corrosion behavior of the zirconium samples implanted with zirconium and molybdenum ions are discussed.