Effects of environmental temperature and humidity on thermal flying height adjustment

Thermal actuated sliders are being widely used in today’s hard disk drive industry for its advantages of easier control of flying height (FH) and less risk of contacts with the disk. This article uses a coupled-field analysis method, which includes an air bearing model, a heat transfer model and a thermal-structural finite element model to investigate the FH changes of thermal actuated sliders at various environmental conditions. The mechanism of water vapour’s contribution to air bearing pressure loss is explained and a new humidity model is proposed to calculate this pressure loss. The temperature effects are also considered in the simulation models. It is observed that the environmental temperature and humidity have significant effects on slider’s FH changes, but their effects on the thermal protrusion height are limited. A humidity sensitivity study is also made and the results are discussed. It is found that the slider with thermal protrusion on its trailing pad will be more sensitive to the humidity. Besides air bearing stiffness, some other factors such as peak pressure, protrusion shape and air bearing surface (ABS) design will also contribute to the slider’s humidity sensitivity.     

Contact recording review

Various contact recording technologies for hard disk drives are reviewed. The advantages and disadvantages of each approach to contact recording are analyzed. Experimental detection methods and simulation models for the contact force are introduced. Some important technologies related to contact recording are addressed. The effects of lubricant and the short range forces on contact recording are discussed, and the dynamic flying characteristics of a slider with spherical pad at trailing edge are studied. It is suggested that a thermal protrusion slider with a spherical pad at the trailing edge may be a possible approach for the success of contact recording.     

安全访问控制的XML关键字检索

XML(extensive makeup language)的关键字检索简单易用,用户不必了解数据库的模式,受到人们的广泛关注。当前的相关研究主要集中于关键字检索的算法以及返回结果的组织和排序,却忽视了其中的安全性问题。结合XML关键字搜索和XML安全控制,研究了基于安全访问控制的XML关键字检索技术。在XML关键字的最小最低公共祖先(smallest lowest common ancestors,SLCA)和基于视图的安全访问控制规则的基础上,确定基于安全访问控制规则的XML关键字检索结果;建立基于安全视图的关键字索引,以及在此基础上的关键字检索算法。实验表明,为了满足安全访问控制规则,该算法虽然需要额外的时间开销但总体上是高效的。     

基于SVM和小波分析的脑电信号分类方法

根据癫痫脑电信号与正常脑电信号波形和能量特征的不同,研究了两种的脑电信号分类方法,一种采用支持向量机SVM(Support Vector Machines)分类器对正常脑电和癫痫脑电进行分类;另一种使用小波分析和支持向量机相结合的方法对脑电进行分类,并比较了这两种方法对正常脑电和癫痫脑电分类的正确率。实验结果表明,小波分析和SVM结合的方法对脑电信号分类可以取得更好的效果,能有效区分癫痫脑电和正常脑电。     

A longitudinal experimental study on the interaction effects of persuasion quality, user training, and first-hand use on user perceptions of new information technology

While prior research has investigated the main effects of external factors on user perceptions of a new IT, little work has been into the interaction effect of external factors on user perceptions. In a longitudinal experimental study, we examined the effect of the quality of persuasive argument, user training, and first-hand use on user perceptions of the new technology over time. We found that the effect of argument quality on users’ perceived ease of use was greater when users had no training. However, we did not find the same effect occurred due to perceived usefulness. We also found that first-hand use changed users’ perceived usefulness more over time when users received high quality arguments or when they had no training. While we found that first-hand use changed users’ perceived ease of use more when users received high quality arguments, first-hand use did not change users’ perceived ease of use differently whether they had or had not received prior training.     

智能阀门电动执行器的CAN总线研究

针对传统电动执行器存在的问题,设计了一种基于DSP2812的CAN总线智能阀门电动执行器.在介绍了阀门电动执行器的发展趋势和CAN总线技术的基础上,给出了电动执行器的硬件结构和软件设计方法.该电动执行器具有结构简单、性能稳定、精度高、调整方便、软件编程易于实现和可移植等特点.采用带CAN总线接口的TMS320F2812数字信号处理器,实现了智能阀门电动执行器实时通信的功能,提高了阀门电动执行器的智能化水平.     

Multivariable disturbance observer-based H2 analytical decoupling control design for multivariable systems

In this paper, an H₂ analytical decoupling control scheme with multivariable disturbance observer for both stable and unstable multi-input/multi-output (MIMO) systems with multiple time delays is proposed. Compared with conventional control strategies, the main merit is that the proposed control scheme can improve the system performances effectively when the MIMO processes with severe model mismatches and strong external disturbances. Besides, the design method has three additional advantages. First, the derived controller and observer are given in analytical forms, the design procedure is simple. Second, the orders of the designed controller and observer are low, they can be implemented easily in practice. Finally, the performance and robustness can be adjusted easily by tuning the parameters in the designed controller and observer. It is useful for practical application. Simulations are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.     

Robust finite-time boundedness of multi-agent systems subject to parametric uncertainties and disturbances

In this paper, we consider finite-time control problems for linear multi-agent systems subject to exogenous constant disturbances and impulses. Some sufficient conditions are obtained to ensure the finite-time boundedness of the multi-agent systems, which could be then reduced to a feasibility problem involving linear matrix inequalities. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the results.     

Investigation of slider out-of-plane and in-plane vibrations during the track-seeking process

This paper employs the coupled air bearing model and modal order reduction (MOR) model of head stack assembly (HSA) to investigate the track-seeking process of a femto slider. Simulations indicate that the flying height and the pitch angle may increase or decrease significantly, depending on the track-seeking directions. For the slider studied in this paper, it is safer for sweeping from OD to ID, than sweeping from ID to OD. The most serious vibration is the off-track vibration, and it is highly related to the sweeping acceleration profile. A smooth acceleration profile is crucial to reduce all the vibrations of slider, especially the off-track vibration.     

基于改进Marching Cubes算法的乳腺MRI肿块三维重建

核磁共振成像MRI(Magnetic Resonance Imaging)是目前乳腺癌肿块诊断的常用辅助手段,对图像的正确解析是关键,针对传统MC(Marching Cubes)面绘制算法应用于乳腺MRI图像的不足,提出了改进方法。首先利用乳腺MRI序列图相邻帧间图像灰度分布的相似,肿块组织形状相近等相关性,在RSF(Region-Scalable Fitting)模型的基础上利用初始轮廓迭代的方法提取肿块区域。接着将多组参数下获得的结果,依据每一帧与其前后帧的重叠面积越大越好作为条件进行筛选,使提取的等值面最优化。最后采用基于加权二次误差度量的三角形折叠方法,对面绘制产生的大量三角网格进行了简化。将所提出的改进方法应用于30例乳腺MRI序列图,实验结果表明,对于乳腺MRI肿块的三维重建在精度和绘制速度上都比使用传统MC算法有很大提高。