Contractor-Performed Quality Control: Is the Fox Guarding the Henhouse?

At the same time that state departments of transportation are allowing contractor-performed quality control, they are also concerned about using the contractor-reported data for acceptance and payment purposes. The question is, are we putting the fox in charge of guarding the chickens? To address this concern, a large number of asphalt and concrete projects in Kentucky were examined. The statistical analyses showed that for the most part there is no significant difference between the contractor-performed acceptance data and concomitant highway agency-performed verification data. This is obviously a very encouraging finding that is expected to enhance the level of trust between the contractors and highway agencies.     

Phase Transition VO2 Thin Films for Optical Switches

This paper presents a method to make vanadium dioxide (VO₂) crystallites on silicon substrates by reactive ion beam sputtering. The thickness of the thin film is about 100nm. The phase transition temperature of VO₂ is 65°C. The transmittance of the semiconducting phase VO₂ is about 50% and it is reduced to as low as 3% in metal phase at the infrared wavelenghth spectrum. The extinction ratio of the optical switches is 12dB. and the insertion loss is of 1-2dB. The switching time is about 1ms.     

乳化液浓度自动检测配比系统

本文论述了乳化液浓度自动检测配比系统。文章给出了阻容型浓度、液位传感器的原理、结构和测试电路，以及实现乳化液浓度自动检测与自动配比的系统硬件和软件。系统样机通过了型式试验、防爆和工业性试验。研究结构表明，本系统性能优良，达到了煤矿监控产品技术标准，对提高煤机械自动化程度具有重要意义，推广应用前景广阔。     

智能化劳厄定向法

提出了晶体劳厄定向的智能化方法；简述了有关的Ｘ射线衍射理论、数学模型和运行步骤；讨论了该方法的可靠性和实用性．     

辐射对血液流变效应的研究及动物全身照射后全血粘度的变化规律

本文结果表明经一次大剂量全身照射后的机体血液流变的主要特性为全血表观粘度先高粘后低粘的双向性变化,从照后第一天起即升高。随着放射病病程的发展,在早期有一个高粘峰,其峰均值比照前升高47.80％。但因不同动物、不同剂量、不同均速,不同血源而变化不同。     

水润滑赛龙轴承及其润滑性能综述

赛龙以其抗冲击、耐泥砂、耐磨损、承载力高而逐渐成为一种新兴的水润滑轴承材料。本文简单介绍了水润滑赛龙轴承材料的分类，论述了水润滑赛龙轴承的发展现状以及其结构、特性和优点，并阐述了水润滑赛龙轴承的研究现状和推广应用前景。