An adaptive single-point algorithm for global numerical optimization

This paper describes a novel algorithm for numerical optimization, called Simple Adaptive Climbing (SAC). SAC is a simple efficient single-point approach that does not require a careful fine-tunning of its two parameters. SAC algorithm shares many similarities with local optimization heuristics, such as random walk, gradient descent, and hill-climbing. SAC has a restarting mechanism, and a powerful adaptive mutation process that resembles the one used in Differential Evolution. The algorithms SAC is capable of performing global unconstrained optimization efficiently in high dimensional test functions. This paper shows results on 15 well-known unconstrained problems. Test results confirm that SAC is competitive against state-of-the-art approaches such as micro-Particle Swarm Optimization, CMA-ES or Simple Adaptive Differential Evolution.     

Estimation of rheological parameters using velocity measurements

In the present investigation, we develop a method for estimating rheological parameters of viscoelastic fluids using velocity measurement in a square straight channel. It is believed that a somewhat complicated patterns of secondary flows due to the non-zero second normal stress difference are more useful than the simple viscometric flows traditionally adopted in the determination of rheological parameters. The inverse problem of determining the rheological parameters from a set of velocity measurements is solved using a conjugate gradient method. When applied to a general constitutive equation encompassing the UCM model, the Oldroyd-B model and the PTT model, the present method is found to yield a reasonably accurate estimation of five rheological parameters simultaneously even with noisy velocity measurements.     

鄂尔多斯地区柠条与杨柴的调查及测定

对位于内蒙古的西南部鄂尔多斯地区的柠条和杨柴的分布、生境、生物学特性、经济特性做了较为详细的调查、测定,对柠条、杨柴的开发利用现状进行了说明,并指出了柠条和杨柴进一步发展的方向和利用途径.     

完善工程量清单招标的几点思考

通过对现阶段工程量清单招标现状的分析，提出了从施工图审查阶段、招标资格预审、不同设计深度下如何完善工程量清单招标及工程景清单招标的风险控制等方面的改进设想。     

OPTIMAL DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF SPIRAL WOUND MODULES I: NUMERICAL METHOD

A numerical method has been developed for the performance prediction of spiral wound modules with constant and tapered permeate spacers, It takes into account the pressure drop in the brine and permeate channels and makes use of a three parameter model for the mass transfer through the membrane. For a given application and operating conditions, optimum geometrical characteristics of modules can be found. Tapering the permeate spacer the specific permeation rate can be increased by 10-30%, the wider the membrane the higher the value.     

An improved global-best harmony search algorithm for faster optimization

In this paper, an improved global-best harmony search algorithm, named IGHS, is proposed. In the IGHS algorithm, initialization based on opposition-based learning for improving the solution quality of the initial harmony memory, a new improvisation scheme based on differential evolution for enhancing the local search ability, a modified random consideration based on artificial bee colony algorithm for reducing randomness of the global-best harmony search (GHS) algorithm, as well as two perturbation schemes for avoiding premature convergence, are integrated. In addition, two parameters of IGHS, harmony memory consideration rate and pitch adjusting rate, are dynamically updated based on a composite function composed of a linear time-varying function, a periodic function and a sign function in view of approximate periodicity of evolution in nature. Experimental results tested on twenty-eight benchmark functions indicate that IGHS is far better than basic harmony search (HS) algorithm and GHS. In further study, IGHS has also been compared with other eight well known metaheuristics. The results show that IGHS is better than or at least similar to those approaches on most of test functions.     

Analytical and numerical study of the densification of carbon/carbon composites by a film-boiling chemical vapor infiltration process

The film-boiling chemical vapor infiltration (CVI) process is a fast process developed for composite material fabrication, and especially carbon/carbon composites. In order to help define optimal conditions, a local 1D model has been developed to study the densification front which establishes itself during the processing of a carbon/carbon fibrous preform. The model features heat conduction, precursor gas diffusion, densification reactions and structural evolution of the porous medium. The effects of total mass flux, Thiele modulus, porous medium geometry on front behavior parameters such as width, velocity and residual porosity are presented as semi-analytical correlations. An existence criterion is produced, which involves a minimal heat flux. Comparison between process-scale experiments and simulation is then possible by inserting the semi-analytical results achieved in the local study of the front into a light numerical model involving the entire preform. The model has been validated with respect to previous experimental and numerical data.     

多孔介质模型在核电蒸汽发生器设计中的应用

对基于多孔介质模型开发的核电蒸汽发生器三维热工水力分析程序ATHOS进行介绍．并应用ATHOS对核电蒸汽发生器二次侧的复杂传热传质现象进行数值模拟。获得蒸汽发生器二次侧的流动换热状态,以及二次侧三维两相流场分布,分析结果可作为传热管流致振动、磨损分析及结构设计的输入数据。研究工作表明,多孔介质模型在核电蒸汽发生器设计中具有重要的应用价值。     

啮合同向双螺杆挤出过程新型混合元件—六棱柱元件实验研究

前文^[1]对啮合同向双螺杆挤出过程中的新型混合元件－六棱柱元件的流场了三维等温牛顿模拟，并将其结果与捏合块元件作了对比，得到了在相同压差下六棱柱元件比捏合块元件产率高，剪切速率场和剪切应力场分布更均匀，且两种元件分散混合能力相近的结论。本文对六棱柱元件的流场模拟结果进行了实验验证，证明流场模拟计算的方法可行，得到的结果可靠。进而利用多种有效方法，对六棱柱元件的挤出，混合特性进行了实验研究、实验结果表明，六棱柱元件比捏合块元件比能耗小，出料温度低，分布混合能力强，且六棱柱元件适于玻璃纤维增强改性加工过程。     

Reaction kinetics study of asymmetric polymer-polymer interface

In this study, the reaction kinetics of asymmetric polymer-polymer interface was experimentally and theoretically studied. A new rheological method correlating the change of rheological property of reactive system with the conversion of the in situ formed copolymers was applied to study the reaction kinetics of PBT/epoxy reactive system. Then, the new method was proved to be useful by comparing its results with that obtained from the conventional endgroup determination method. Moreover, the conversion of PBT/epoxy reactive system from rheological method could be well fitted by the numerical analysis, from which the kinetic constant and the diffusion constant of epoxy in PBT could be determined simultaneously.