A 3D analysis of the joint torques developed during driver's ingress–egress motion

Providing an easy ingress–egress (I/E) movement remains a challenge for car designers. I/E has been largely studied in kinematics, but not in dynamics. This study proposes: (1) to evaluate and describe the motor torques developed in the lower limbs and lumbar joints during I/E motions and (2) to analyse the influence of the car geometry and subject anthropometry. An experiment was performed to observe 15 subjects of three anthropometrical groups getting in and out of a car mock-up simulating three different vehicle configurations. Motor torques were extracted using an inverse dynamics analysis. Both ingress and egress motions were primarily characterised by large torques. Overall, the taller a subject and the lower the seat of the vehicle were, the larger the peak torques were. Moreover, peak torques were higher for egress than ingress. These results are discussed in regard to the current knowledge on I/E ergonomics.     

用于虚拟现实的360度视频编码技术新进展*

随着虚拟现实技术不断发展,360度视频编码开始成为研究热点。应用于虚拟现实的360度视频与传统的视频相比分辨率更高,编码数据量更大,在实际应用中面临传输带宽有限的瓶颈,编码效率问题有待解决。归纳分析了国际标准组织联合视频研究组（joint video exploration team, JVET）正在制定的360度视频编码投影变换技术及其编码优化方法,综合对比了各变换技术的编码性能。根据当前最新研究成果,对下一步研究需要解决的问题进行了探讨总结,给出未来的研究方向和思路。     

弯道岸坡上粗细泥沙统一起动流速公式

该文基于概率论与泥沙起动基本理论,考虑了起动概率、相对暴露度与细颗粒泥沙间黏结力和附加下压力对泥沙起动的影响,采用滑动起动模型,从理论上推导出了适用于弯道岸坡上粗、细泥沙颗粒起动的统一流速公式,完善了已有研究成果对泥沙起动概率考虑的不足。公式综合了弯道岸坡、顺直岸坡、正负坡及平坡等条件下粗细泥沙颗粒起动流速计算,可简化为各简单条件下泥沙起动流速公式。通过各简单条件下泥沙起动流速实测资料验证,该文公式与实测数据符合良好。     

Paramedics on the job: Dynamic trunk motion assessment at the workplace

Many paramedics' work accidents are related to physical aspects of the job, and the most affected body part is the low back. This study documents the trunk motion exposure of paramedics on the job. Nine paramedics were observed over 12 shifts (120 h). Trunk postures were recorded with the computer-assisted CUELA measurement system worn on the back like a knapsack. Average duration of an emergency call was 23.5 min. Sagittal trunk flexion of >40° and twisting rotation of >24° were observed in 21% and 17% of time-sampled postures. Medical care on the scene (44% of total time) involved prolonged flexed and twisted postures (∼10 s). The highest extreme sagittal trunk flexion (63°) and twisting rotation (40°) were observed during lifting activities, which lasted 2% of the total time. Paramedics adopted trunk motions that may significantly increase the risk of low back disorders during medical care and patient-handling activities.     

Trapping Brownian ensemble optimally using Broadcast Stochastic Receding Horizon Control

Collision of suspended entities with surrounding molecules in a fluid environment leads to random movements of these entities, known as Brownian motion. Suppression of this motion in a Brownian ensemble has recently become essential for facilitating emerging applications in biology and in micro and nano scale self-assembled systems. How optimally this suppression can be performed remains an open question of great interest to both the natural science and the control engineering communities. In this paper, we address this question theoretically by introducing a novel “Broadcast Stochastic Receding Horizon Control” strategy for trapping an ensemble of non-interacting Brownian particles. The strategy designs a control input, independent of the number of particles, using measurements from a single particle as the only available feedback information and broadcasts it to all particles in the ensemble. We show the existence of a minimum region in which all particles can be driven and trapped indefinitely using the proposed control action. Under specific conditions, we guarantee the trapping of all particles in this region with probability 1. Finally, we demonstrate the efficacy of our control design in a simulation environment by trapping 100 Brownian particles in one, two and three dimensional homogeneous medium.     

Delay time compensation based on coefficient of restitution for collision hybrid motion simulator

A hybrid motion simulator embeds a hardware experiment in a numerical simulation loop. However, it is often subjected to the inherent problem of an energy increase in the collision of two pieces of hardware in a loop because of the delay time. This paper proposes a delay time compensation method based on contact dynamics model for a collision hybrid motion simulator under delay time and establishes a compensation method for coupled translational and rotational motion. The model developed in this paper describes linear uniform motion of a floating object during the period of the delay time until the force and torque are observed and non-linear motion according to environmental stiffness after the initial delay time period in contact. By using the above model, compensation parameters are designed based on desired coefficient of restitution with iterative calculation. The proposed method achieves accurate delay time compensation and simultaneously realizes a variable desired coefficient of restitution over a wide range of frequencies. Furthermore, the compensation method for multi-dimensional motion is established under the assumption that the friction effect is very small. The efficiency of the proposed method is verified through collision experiments for the coupled motion in two dimensions.     

分子蒸馏技术与日用化工(Ⅰ)——分子蒸馏技术的原理及特点

介绍了分子蒸馏技术发展简况，并从分子运动平均自由程的定义出发，介绍了分子蒸馏技术的基本原理、特点以及与常规蒸馏、超临界萃取与层析分离等方法的不同。分子蒸馏操作温度低、受热时间短及分离效率高，特别适用于热敏性物质的提纯，有广阔的应用前景。     

混合材对水泥与减水剂适应性的影响研究

通过对掺高效减水剂水泥净浆流动性及流动性损失的测定试验，研究了3种混合材(粉煤灰、水淬高炉矿渣和沸石)在不同替代率情况下对减水剂作用效果的影响。结果表明：水淬高炉矿渣有利于改善减水剂与水泥的适应性，而掺粉煤灰和沸石(尤其是沸石)则会导致减水剂塑化作用的降低，而且浆体流动性损失也有增大趋势。     

遥感器像移与图像参数的分析建模研究

卫星平台运动会产生恶化像质的像移,像移是影响遥感图像质量的重要因素.针对这种情况,建立了像移和图像参数的关系模型,可通过卫星生成图像的内在特征定量研究卫星成像过程中产生的像移,而不必通过产生像移的卫星平台等因素建立物理模型来研究像移.首先模拟了遥感器在轨成像过程,通过人工制造出影响因素的干扰获得了仿真图像数据,然后定量分析了像移与图像参数之间的相关性,选出了相关性较强且适合建模的图像参数,最后通过对这些图像参数构成的向量的降维得到了反映图像质量的综合参数,并建立了综合参数与像移的关系模型,以通过图像综合参数来计算像移.实验结果表明,这种模型能够很好地反映图像综合指标与像移之间的关系.该研究通过图像参数定量研究像移,为在轨运行卫星的遥感器像移与外景条件下的遥感图像要素的相关建模研究提供了部分技术支持.     

WATER MIST FLOW IN A SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET INCLINED AT VARIOUS ANGLES

Water mist (diamagnetic) flow in a superconducting magnet of 10 T at various angles is studied experimentally and numerically. Water mist is produced by ultrasonic atomizers and fed into a cylindrical Plexiglas pipe (inner diameter, 90 mm) placed in a bore space of an inclined superconducting magnet. The water mist is found to stop at some locations in the magnet at inclined angles ψ ≤ π/6. At ψ ≥ π/4, the amount of mist flowing out of the other opening of the pipe increases with an increase in inclined angle. In the computation of this phenomenon, water mist is simulated with 1000 water droplets of 3 μm diameter. Brownian motion is considered and the Langevin equation is solved. The numerical results show that at ψ ≤ π/6, most of the water droplets accumulate above the magnetic coil. However, at ψ ≥ π/4, with an increase in inclined angle, the number of water droplets passing through the magnetic coil increases.