双层圆柱壳噪声预报及统计能量参数灵敏度分析

采用统计能量分析方法，建立水下有限长双层圆柱壳体结构机械噪声预报模型。在已知内层壳体振动速度的情况下，计算出流场中距外层壳体一定距离处的声压级。利用统计能量分析软件AutoSEA2进行建模仿真，通过对统计能量分析重要参数的敏感性分析，得到了一些有价值的结论，对水下结构声学设计具有重要意义。     

高灵敏度室温锑化铟红外探测器研制

通过对室温工作的光导型锑化铟红外探测器的设计与工艺研究,在理论分析和工艺实验的基础上,优选制造灵敏元的材料,精心设计探测器的光学系统,改进制造工艺,实现对灵敏元精密腐蚀的有效控制等。研制成功的电压响应率达103V/W,黑体探测率达1010cm.Hz1/2.W-1左右,光谱响应范围2~8μm,响应时间≤2×10-8s的高性能、高稳定、高可靠器件。     

电化学燃气敏感元件及其敏感特性的研究

在三氧化钨粉体材料中加入4%瓷粉和不同质量分数的金属氧化物,以恒温600℃烧结1h制成旁热式厚膜气敏元件。采用静态电压测量法,研究了元件的加热功率与元件灵敏度的关系以及响应与恢复特性。研究结果表明,WO3基元件掺入一定质量分数的杂质在加热功率为600mW时能开发成不同的气体敏感元件。     

Assessment of Load Transfer and Load Distribution in Bridges Utilizing FRP Panels

A primary means of demonstrating the feasibility and effectiveness of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite bridge materials is via in situ bridge load testing. For this study, the prescribed or assumed design factors for each of the study bridges were compared to those exhibited by the performance of the bridge. Specifically, the wheel load distribution factors and impact factors as defined by AASHTO were considered in order to assess the load transfer and distribution in structures utilizing FRP panels. The in situ testing configurations for the study bridges are outlined, including the truck and instrumentation placement to obtain the desired information. Furthermore, comparisons were drawn between the design values for deflection and those experienced by the structures during testing. It was found that although the deflections exhibited by the bridges were well within the design limits, further research is needed to be able to prescribe bridge design factors for FRP panels.     

Discontinuous Bifurcation Analysis of a Coupled Rate-Dependent Damage and Plasticity Model for Impact Responses

To identify the transition from continuous to discontinuous modes in the failure evolution of quasibrittle materials under impact, a coupled rate-dependent damage and plasticity model is developed within the thermodynamics framework. Due to the simplicity in model formulation, a continuum tangent stiffness tensor could be obtained for discontinuous bifurcation analysis, and the model parameters could be calibrated from split Hopkins pressure bar experimental data available. The coupled rate-dependent model could describe not only the pressure-dependent hardening/softening response but also the degradation of material stiffness under impact. A geometric criterion with a corresponding solution scheme is presented to explore the rate-dependent transition from continuous to discontinuous failure modes in the Mohr coordinates. The uniaxial compressive loading path is considered to illustrate the loading rate effect on the critical localization orientation and hardening parameters. It appears from the preliminary results that the coupled rate-dependent local continuum model might be combined with a decohesion model via discontinuous bifurcation analysis so that large-scale simulation of failure evolution could be performed without invoking higher-order spatial terms in the stress-strain space.     

“Segment-wise model” for theoretical simulation of barely visible indentation damage in composite sandwich beams: Part II – Experimental verification and discussion

When localized transverse loading is applied to a sandwich structure, the facesheet locally deflects and the core crushes. A residual dent induced by the core crushing significantly degrades the mechanical properties of the sandwich structure. In a previous paper, the authors established a “segment-wise model” for theoretical simulation of barely visible indentation damage in honeycomb sandwich beams with composite facesheets. Honeycomb sandwich beam was divided into many segments based on the periodic shape of the honeycomb and complicated through-thickness characteristics of the core were integrated into each segment. In this paper, the new model is validated by experiments using specimens with different types of honeycomb cores. In addition, the damage growth mechanism under indentation load was clarified from the viewpoint of the reaction force from the core to the facesheet. The applicability of the model to other types of core materials is also discussed.     

Trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms, maternal sensitivity, and children's functioning at school entry.

Using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, the authors modeled trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms from infant age 1 month to 7 years. The authors identified 6 trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms: high-chronic, moderate-increasing, high-decreasing, intermittent, moderate-stable, and low-stable. Women on these depression trajectories varied in sociodemographic risk and in changes in observed maternal sensitivity over time. Maternal sensitivity was generally higher and increased when depressive symptoms were low; sensitivity was lower and decreased when depressive symptoms were either high or increasing. Child outcomes at 1st grade were examined by trajectory group. The authors discuss the complexity of disentangling maternal symptoms from maternal sensitivity and sociodemographic risk when predicting children's functioning. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Robust dimensions of anxiety sensitivity: Development and initial validation of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3.

Accumulating evidence suggests that anxiety sensitivity (fear of arousal-related sensations) plays an important role in many clinical conditions, particularly anxiety disorders. Research has increasingly focused on how the basic dimensions of anxiety sensitivity are related to various forms of psychopathology. Such work has been hampered because the original measure--the Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI)--was not designed to be multidimensional. Subsequently developed multidimensional measures have unstable factor structures or measure only a subset of the most widely replicated factors. Therefore, the authors developed, via factor analysis of responses from U.S. and Canadian nonclinical participants (n = 2,361), an 18-item measure, the ASI-3, which assesses the 3 factors best replicated in previous research: Physical, Cognitive, and Social Concerns. Factorial validity of the ASI-3 was supported by confirmatory factor analyses of 6 replication samples, including nonclinical samples from the United States and Canada, France, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Spain (n = 4,494) and a clinical sample from the United States and Canada (n = 390). The ASI-3 displayed generally good performance on other indices of reliability and validity, along with evidence of improved psychometric properties over the original ASI. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Driver training conditions affect sensitivity to the impairing effects of alcohol on a simulated driving test to the impairing effects of alcohol on a simulated driving test.

[Correction Notice: An erratum for this article was reported in Vol 16(2) of Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology (see record 2008-03846-009). The correct title of the article should read "Driver training conditions affect sensitivity to the impairing effects of alcohol on a simulated driving test".] Research shows that prior behavioral training in a challenging environment reduces alcohol-induced impairment on simple psychomotor tasks. However, no studies have examined if this relationship generalizes to driving performance. The present study examined simulated driving performance and tested the hypothesis that a challenging training history would protect against the impairing effects of alcohol on driving performance. The challenging training history involved driving in a visually-impoverished environment. Thirty adults were randomly assigned to one of three groups. Two groups were tested under alcohol (0.65 g/kg) after prior experience performing the task under either a visually-impoverished environment or a normal visual environment. The remaining group served as a control and was trained and tested under the visually-impoverished condition environment. Results showed that individuals trained in the impoverished environment displayed sober levels of performance when their performance was subsequently tested under alcohol. By contrast, volunteers trained in a normal environment showed impairment under alcohol. The findings suggest that differences in driving training history can affect a driver's sensitivity to the impairing effects of alcohol. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

水平集法在核磁共振仪磁极形状优化中的应用

提出一种设计永磁型核磁共振磁体磁极形状的优化方法，该方法用水平集函数隐式地描述材料界面，通过连续性形状灵敏度分析，可得到隐式描述的材料界面上各点的演化速度，而水平集的演化由哈密尔顿－雅可比方程控制，该方程可通过有限差分法求解。设计结果表明了该优化算法的有效性。