Predicting the health risks related to whole-body vibration and shock: a comparison of alternative assessment methods for high-acceleration events in vehicles

In this paper, alternative assessment methods for whole-body vibration and shocks are compared by means of 70 vibration samples measured from 13 work vehicles, deliberately selected to represent periods containing shocks. Five methodologies (ISO 2631-1:1997, BS 6841:1987, ISO 2631-5:2004, DIN SPEC 45697:2012 and one specified by Gunston [2011], ‘G-method’) were applied to the vibration samples. In order to compare different evaluation metrics, limiting exposures were determined by calculating times to reach the upper limit thresholds given in the methods. Over 10-fold shorter times to exposure thresholds were obtained for the tri-axial VDV (BS 6841) than for the dominant r.m.s. (ISO 2631-1) when exposures were of high magnitude or contained substantial shocks. Under these exposure conditions, the sixth power approaches (ISO 2631-5, DIN SPEC, G-method) are more stringent than a fourth power VDV method. The r.m.s. method may lead to misleading outcomes especially if a lengthy measurement includes a small number of severe impacts. In conclusion, methodologies produce different evaluations of the vibration severity depending on the exposure characteristics, and the correct method must be selected.     

宽带雷达信号的低杂散采样系统研究

为了实现宽带雷达系统中雷达信 号的低失真采集与处理,研究并设计了具有幅相误差校正功能的宽带低杂散采样系统。该系统采用宽带模数转换（Analog to digital converter, ADC）器件和高性能可编程逻辑阵列（Field programmable gate array, FPGA）的实现方案,并从低抖动采样时钟、低噪声电源和防串扰等方面进行了低杂散最优方案研究。为了改善系统的带内传输特性,利用优化算 法设计了有限长冲激响（Finite impulse response,FIR）数字校准滤波器。最后对设计 的系统进行实验测试,结果表明系统瞬时带宽达到800 MHz以上,采样率1.8GS/s,量化位数8位、杂散电平-50 dBc,性能指标满足系统在宽带雷达信号获取、宽带雷达目标成像和宽带雷达目标回波重构等领域的应用。     

DSP和SVPWM技术的三相变频变幅逆变电源设计

通过对空间矢量脉宽调制算法的分析,研究了数字信号处理器生成SVPWM波形的实现方法及软件算法,设计了基于DSP数字控制的三相逆变电源。相关测试参数和结果表明,该设计提高了直流电压的利用率,使开关器件的损耗更小。此外,还提出了逆变电源闭环控制的PI控制算法,利用DSP强大的数字信号处理能力,提高了系统的响应速度。     

超声声辐射力弹性成像中基于拉东变换的剪切波速度估计方法的改进研究

能够无创定量测量人体组织弹性模量的声辐射力脉冲超声弹性成像方法,已经逐渐成为进行肝硬化分期和乳腺癌良恶性判别等临床诊断的重要工具。但是,在临床实践中也发现,弹性模量测量的稳定性会受到测量深度和组织各向异性等多种因素的影响。因此,如何通过算法的改进提高声辐射力脉冲超声弹性成像测量结果的可靠性,一直是该领域所关注的重要课题之一。文章对现有的基于拉东变换的剪切波速度估计算法进行了多种方式的改进,并利用自主研发的声辐射力定量超声弹性成像系统所采集的超声射频数据,对几种方法得出的剪切波速度测量结果进行了比较。这些改进算法可以被分为两类：(I)在以“时间-侧向位置”为坐标的位移矩阵上进行拉东变换;(II)在以“时间-深度”为坐标的位移矩阵上进拉东变换。第一类算法试图找到在某一个特定深度上剪切波侧向传播的最佳拟合轨迹,而第二类算法则试图直接找到在整个测量深度范围内,剪切波波前通过每个侧向位置的准确时间点。文章在标准弹性仿体和离体猪肉组织样本上进行了测量实验,比较了在不同深度位置上重复测量结果的可靠性,以及这些算法的耗时情况。实验结果将有助于我们找到一种兼顾测量稳定性和计算速度的新型剪切波速度估计算法,并将其应用到声辐射力脉冲超声弹性成像中,提高其测量结果的可靠性和在临床应用中的价值。     

A Maximum Principle via Malliavin calculus for combined stochastic control and impulse control of forward‐backward systems

We consider a combined stochastic control and impulse control problem of forward‐backward systems driven by Lévy processes, where both the system coefficients and the objective performance functional are allowed to be random, non‐Markovian; the information available to the controller is partial information. Applying a Malliavin calculus approach, we derive a maximum principle for this control problem, where the adjoint processes are explicitly represented by the parameters and the states of the system. Finally, we give two examples of applications. © 2015 Chinese Automatic Control Society and Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd     

基于DSP的飞机电缆故障定位设备设计

针对飞机电缆故障定位的特点,介绍了一种基于DSP的飞机电缆故障定位设备的设计。利用低压脉冲反射法为被测电缆注入窄带脉冲,采用等效采样对脉冲回波信号进行采集,通过DSP软件对采集数据进行处理,计算电缆故障位置,并将结果通过CAN总线传送到上位机,达到对电缆故障定位的目的。     

The generalization of a class of impulse stochastic control models of a geometric Brownian motion

Recently, international academic circles advanced a class of new stochastic control models of a geometric Brownian motion which is an important kind of impulse control models whose cost structure is different from the others before, and it has a broad applying background and important theoretical significance in financial control and management of investment. This paper generalizes substantially the above stochastic control models under quite extensive conditions and describes the models more exactly under more normal theoretical system of stochastic process. By establishing a set of proper variational equations and proving the existence of its solution, and applying the means of stochastic analysis, this paper proves that the generalized stochastic control models have optimal controls. Meanwhile, we also analyze the structure of optimal controls carefully. Besides, we study the solution function of variational equations in a relatively deep-going way, which constitutes the value function of control models to some extent. Because the analysis methods of this paper are greatly different from those of original reference, this paper possesses considerable originality to some extent. In addition, this paper gives the strict proof to the part of original reference which is not fairly well-knit in analyses, and makes analyses and discussions of the model have the exactitude of mathematical sense. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 19671004)     

温度效应造成的半球谐振陀螺振幅和测角误差因素分析

在半球谐振陀螺工作的过程中,环境温度的变化是不可避免的。温度的变化影响谐振子尺寸变化,导致陀螺产生热漂移。根据振幅检测原理,推导温度效应误差的数学表达式,分析它对测量结果的影响,这对选择合适的补偿算法以消除温度效应误差有一定的指导意义。     

Evaluation of moving‐line contrast degradation without motion

Abstract— A method for evaluation of the contrast of moving step‐grating patterns under smooth‐pursuit eye‐tracking conditions without imaging data acquisition and image analysis is introduced. Periodic optical responses of the display to a set of simple driving signals have been recorded at a fixed location, and the luminance vs. time data has been evaluated to obtain two types of contrast for characterization of the dynamical performance of the display under test: the frame‐convoluted contrast and the frame‐integrated contrast. The relation of this characterization with respect to modulation transfer functions from impulse responses and to the dynamic modulation transfer function from sine‐gratings is explained and discussed. The approach described here provides a detailed and comprehensive characterization of the dynamical properties of electronic displays including both extreme cases of step‐response and impulse‐response with quantities that are related to visual perception. With this type of evaluation, the visual resolution of displays can be described by the same characteristics in the static and the dynamic case. The method is attractive due to limited instrumental efforts and the transparent method of evaluation.     

The Holy Alignment: Geodesic and Astronomical Fundamentals for Calculating the Adjustment of Medieval Naves

It is commonly believed that the longitudinal axes of churches extend exactly in an east-west direction. However, thorough investigations have shown that this is not always correct; rather, both southern and northern deviations of up to about 25° can occur. The angular deviation between the church axis and true east is called the Holy Alignment. This present study presents the possibility that the nave is oriented towards the direction of the sun-rising point on the name day of the patron saint of the church. If several saints share the patronage, the Holy Alignment equals the algebraic sum of the angular distances for each saint. The orientation of a nave can be analyzed by means of common mathematical relations used in geodesy, astronomy and gnomonics. In order to perform such an analysis, it is necessary to know the history of the patronage of the church; the Gauss-Krüger coordinates of the ground plan; and characteristic astronomical quantities at the time the church was built. A calculated example with the saints Andrew, James and Philip for the year 980 illustrates the analysis. An appendix deals with the influence of atmospheric refraction on the apparent altitude of the sun near the horizon.