Increasing testing productivity and software quality: A comparison of software testing methodologies within NASA

Pressure to compress the development life cycle and reduce the duration and resources committed to testing lead to experimentation in testing at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centerís Software Engineering Laboratory. This study investigates the trend to reduce developer testing and increasingly rely upon inspection techniques and independent functional testing to shorten the development life cycle, improve testing productivity, and improve software quality.An approach is developed to conduct this comparison. In particular, the problem faced by software researchers, having a comprehensive characterization of software projects so similar types may be identified for comparative studies, is addressed using expert opinion.     

Three-Dimensional Solution and Experimental Confirmation for the Electric Resistivity Testing of Surface-Breaking Defects in Green-State Powder Metallurgy Compacts

This paper investigates electrostatic voltage distributions around a surface-breaking flaw due to an injected current of known strength. The direct 3-D solution of the voltage behavior over the flawed surface is obtained numerically by the use of a boundary integral formulation. A novel iteration method is applied to solve the resulting electrostatic integral equation for the unknown surface voltage distribution. In addition to investigating the sensitivity of different flaw sizes to the observed surface voltage distribution, important issues such as suitable probe spacing and current flow orientation are studied. For sufficiently small surface-breaking flaws, a simple image source model is developed to evaluate the voltage response of hairline cracks. The model is tested by comparing it with the developed numerical solution. Experiments aimed at establishing the validity of the modeling approach show remarkable agreement with the theoretical model.     

工业CT技术在无损检测炸药部件中的应用综述

综述了美国能源部的有关单位将工业ＣＴ技术用于高能炸药无损检测的研究状况，劳伦斯利弗莫尔国家实验室（ＬＬＮＬ）洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室（ＬＡＮＬ）和潘台克斯工厂（ＰａｎｔｅｘＰｌａｎｔ）在这方面做的大量工作，包括ＣＴ机的建造，实验方法的制定和图像的重建等。测试样品有ＰＢＸ－９５０２，ＰＢＸ－９５０１和ＬＸ－１０－２炸药的药饼和半球，对ＣＴ技术在无损检测高能炸药方面的实用性和优越性作了评价。     

多陀螺自动化测试系统研究

针对动力调谐挠性陀螺大批量生产中存在的性能调试和参数标定工作量大的问题，我们专门研制了一套多陀螺自动化测试系统，该系统主要包括多陀螺真空恒温安装基准体、测控台、计算机程控自动化数据采集和仪器等部分，本文着重介绍该系统的组成原理，设计特点和研制成果。     

Stress concentration and fatigue of profiled reinforcing steels

Stress concentrations arise from profiles of ribbed reinforcing steel bars and in this study the results of calculated stress concentration factors (SCF), by using finite element method, are related to the fatigue test results. It is apparent that the degree of confinement of a ribbed bar embedded in concrete not only affects the magnitude of the ultimate bond stress but also the bond stress-slip relation. Thus the rib geometry or profile pattern is designed for optimum bond characteristics and not for fatigue considerations. However the rib geometry influences the fatigue performance through the SCFs arising from the root radius, width and flank angles of the profiles. It is shown that these latter factors have a significant influence on the fatigue behaviour of reinforcing steel bars.     

分布式光纤测温在动力电缆温度监测中的应用

动力电缆温度监测是可以及时发现电缆线路过热点位置和检测运行线路的绝缘状态,从而保障电缆安全稳定运行的技术措施。针对电缆过热事故的主要原因和特点,提出采用分布式光纤测温技术对电缆沿线温度进行监测预警,给出了分布式光纤测温系统的原理、组成和光缆布设方案,此系统对保证电力系统的安全运行有重要意义。     

基于受控时间Petri网的车辆检测过程模型

针对汽车检测线运行效率评估及确保给定数量车辆检测时间最短的问题,通过分析检测过程中的驱动事件和状态演变,给出了车辆调度的约束条件,在此基础上把模型中的时间约束与受控Petri网相结合,提出了受控时间Petri网（Controlled Time Petri Nets）模型,采用该模型对检测线调度过程中的节拍控制与车辆调度进行可视化的建模与分析。实践表明对于多批次车辆检测任务采用该过程模型可明显缩短检测时间。     

一种嵌入式软件的组合测试指标获取方案

为了获取组合测试中适应值函数所需要覆盖率、测试运行代价等信息,设计实现了基于嵌入式软件源代码插桩的指标获取方案。该方案使用交叉开发环境,完成了对源代码语法、词法分析,插桩库和插桩策略的制定,目标机／宿主机通讯方式设计,获得了语句覆盖率、分支覆盖率、运行时间、被测程序程序复杂度等关键指标,并以图表的方式提供统计结果,为组合测试设计适应值函数,进行测试用例约减提供了依据。     

基于LoadRunner软件的CRM系统性能测试

文章介绍了性能测试的工作原理与流程以及测试工具LoadRunner的体系结构与工作机制,并针对国内某大型电子信息制造企业CRM系统的特点,用LoadRunner对该CRM系统进行了性能测试,取得了良好的效果。     

基于电涡流传感器的硬币辨伪系统的设计

根据壹元真、假硬币不同的物理特性和电涡流传感器的性能特点,针对壹元硬币,提出一种基于电涡流传感器的简易辨伪系统。其主要通过硬币的材质和厚度辨认真假,当不同性质的硬币通过时,传感器的电感不同,则被测信号的频率不同。实验结果表明,该系统可以实现真、假硬币的快速鉴别、真硬币的个数显示和假币报警等功能,且电路简单。