A spatial warping method for freeform modeling based on a level-set method

Providing an intuitive and effective tool for freeform geometric modeling is important for product design. We introduce in this paper a level-set based spatial warping method for freeform modeling, allowing shape deformation to be initialed by rigid body transformations of volumetric tools. Intuitive user operations including imprinting, deformation and smoothing are developed to shield the user from the underlying geometric complexity. Unlike mesh-based spatial warping methods, the developed method represents a digital model by implicit distance field data and describes its change of geometry by the level-set method. This guarantees the generation of topologically correct triangular mesh models and circumvents the error-prone remeshing and mesh-repairing processes, thus preventing topological errors such as self-intersections. We present this method with algorithm details, numerical experiments and modeling examples.     

Weighted dynamic time warping for time series classification

Dynamic time warping (DTW), which finds the minimum path by providing non-linear alignments between two time series, has been widely used as a distance measure for time series classification and clustering. However, DTW does not account for the relative importance regarding the phase difference between a reference point and a testing point. This may lead to misclassification especially in applications where the shape similarity between two sequences is a major consideration for an accurate recognition. Therefore, we propose a novel distance measure, called a weighted DTW (WDTW), which is a penalty-based DTW. Our approach penalizes points with higher phase difference between a reference point and a testing point in order to prevent minimum distance distortion caused by outliers. The rationale underlying the proposed distance measure is demonstrated with some illustrative examples. A new weight function, called the modified logistic weight function (MLWF), is also proposed to systematically assign weights as a function of the phase difference between a reference point and a testing point. By applying different weights to adjacent points, the proposed algorithm can enhance the detection of similarity between two time series. We show that some popular distance measures such as DTW and Euclidean distance are special cases of our proposed WDTW measure. We extend the proposed idea to other variants of DTW such as derivative dynamic time warping (DDTW) and propose the weighted version of DDTW. We have compared the performances of our proposed procedures with other popular approaches using public data sets available through the UCR Time Series Data Mining Archive for both time series classification and clustering problems. The experimental results indicate that the proposed approaches can achieve improved accuracy for time series classification and clustering problems.     

Application of the Self-Organizing Feature Map Algorithm in Facial Image Morphing

A new facial image morphing algorithm based on the Kohonen self-organizing feature map (SOM) algorithm is proposed to generate a smooth 2D transformation that reflects anchor point correspondences. Using only a 2D face image and a small number of anchor points, we show that the proposed morphing algorithm provides a powerful mechanism for processing facial expressions.     

利用分层深度全景图实现基于图像的绘制

提出一个快速绘制的ＩＢＲ新方法,它用分层深度全景图（ＬＤＰ）作为三维模型的中间表示,通过ＬＤＰ的重投影变换快速生成新的视图,ＬＤＰ可以看作物体的一个全景视图,但在每个视线方向有多个不同深义的象素,当用ｎ个平面投影图像建立ＬＤＰ时,它的数据量不是取决于采样图像的数量,而是取决于物体表面的复杂性,由于ＬＤＰ可以看作一个独立的图像坐标框架,ＭｃＭｉｌｌａｎ的顺次扫描重投影算法能够用于ＬＤＰ中,避免了Ｚ缓     

汽车桥壳液压胀形工艺的研究及最新进展

介绍了半滑动式液压胀形的基本思想以及小型汽车桥壳的液压胀形工艺过程,在普通液压机上试制出模拟样件。提出了钢管胀压成形工艺,先将两端缩径的管坯进行液压胀形得到轴对称的预成形管坯,再对其内部充液（水）并用模具压制成形,并试制出胀压成形桥壳样件。与液压胀形样件比较表明：胀压成形样件轮廓清楚,桥包部分过渡小圆角贴模性好,壁厚减薄量小,成形液压力低。     

利用Moldflow软件优化畚斗的冷却系统

利用Moldflow软件对畚斗的冷却过程进行模拟,根据制品原始方案的冷却分析结果,通过调整冷却水路布置、改变冷却液的温度、更改制品型芯材料,对冷却系统进行优化,得到了优化的冷却系统,从而使制品达到均匀冷却,减少翘曲变形.通过进一步调整充填+保压+冷却时间,优化了冷却时间,缩短了成型周期,提高了制品质量.制品达到了均匀冷却,减少冷却时间的目的.     

平面塑性变形的剪切变形线

基于平面塑性变形的特点，提出了平面剪切变形线的概念，从而为塑性理论平面问题补充了一个新概念。剪切变形线作为平面塑性变形的一个基本物理特征，使得平面应变问题和平面应力问题的特征理论有了统一的物理解释。     

用LPC及DTW进行语音模式比较的设计与实现

阐述了提取LPC特征参数和DTW模式匹配基本原理，并进一步实现了求解LPC的杜宾算法和有效进行DTW的一个算法。在此基础上，根据英语学习的实际需要，设计并实现了一个语音模式比较实例。     

基于CMPCA的化工生产过程性能监测与故障诊断

根据化工生产过程的间歇反应特点,提出了一种基于一致多方向主元分析(CMPCA)的过程性能监测与故障诊断方法.首先基于动态时间规整DTW(Dynamic Time Warping)技术对批次数据进行同步化,􀁯从而使得用于建模和诊断的数据均具一致性,保证了过程性能监测与故障诊断的.     

Exact static element stiffness matrices of non‐symmetric thin‐walled curved beams

An evaluation procedure of exact static stiffness matrices for curved beams with non‐symmetric thin‐walled cross section are rigorously presented for the static analysis. Higher‐order differential equations for a uniform curved beam element are first transformed into a set of the first‐order simultaneous ordinary differential equations by introducing 14 displacement parameters where displacement modes corresponding to zero eigenvalues are suitably taken into account. This numerical technique is then accomplished via a generalized linear eigenvalue problem with non‐symmetric matrices. Next, the displacement functions of displacement parameters are exactly calculated by determining general solutions of simultaneous non‐homogeneous differential equations. Finally an exact stiffness matrix is evaluated using force–deformation relationships. In order to demonstrate the validity and effectiveness of this method, displacements and normal stresses of cantilever thin‐walled curved beams subjected to tip loads are evaluated and compared with those by thin‐walled curved beam elements as well as shell elements. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.