Design of near-α Ti alloys via a cluster formula approach and their high-temperature oxidation resistance

The multi-component composition characteristics of high-temperature near-α Ti alloys were investigated in the present work by means of a cluster formula approach. The uniform cluster formula [CN12 cluster](glue atom)₃ for the hexagonal close-packed α solid solution was first obtained based on the Friedel oscillation theory, with a total atom number in the formula of Z = 16. Then it was analyzed that the Z values in the cluster composition formulas of typical near-α Ti alloys are within the range of Z = 16.00 ˜ 16.30, being perfectly consistent with the ideal Z = 16. Based on it, a series of new alloys with Z = 16 and with Nb/Ta substitution for Mo in Ti1100 alloy were designed, suction-cast into φ 6 mm rods, and then heat-treated with solid solution and aging. It was found that the alloy with co-addition of Mo, Ta and Nb has a high strength and good ductility at both room and high temperatures. More importantly, the additions of Nb and Ta can contribute to the formation of continuous and compact Al₂O₃ scales, resulting in an obvious improvement of oxidation resistances at both 923 K and 1073 K. The effects of Mo, Ta and Nb on the oxidation behaviors of the designed alloys at 1073 K were further discussed.     

Test Case Prioritization in Unit and Integration Testing: A Shuffled-Frog-Leaping Approach

Both unit and integration testing are incredibly crucial for almost any software application because each of them operates a distinct process to examine the product. Due to resource constraints, when software is subjected to modifications, the drastic increase in the count of test cases forces the testers to opt for a test optimization strategy. One such strategy is test case prioritization (TCP). Existing works have propounded various methodologies that re-order the system-level test cases intending to boost either the fault detection capabilities or the coverage efficacy at the earliest. Nonetheless, singularity in objective functions and the lack of dissimilitude among the re-ordered test sequences have degraded the cogency of their approaches. Considering such gaps and scenarios when the meteoric and continuous updations in the software make the intensive unit and integration testing process more fragile, this study has introduced a memetics-inspired methodology for TCP. The proposed structure is first embedded with diverse parameters, and then traditional steps of the shuffled-frog-leaping approach (SFLA) are followed to prioritize the test cases at unit and integration levels. On 5 standard test functions, a comparative analysis is conducted between the established algorithms and the proposed approach, where the latter enhances the coverage rate and fault detection of re-ordered test sets. Investigation results related to the mean average percentage of fault detection (APFD) confirmed that the proposed approach exceeds the memetic, basic multi-walk, PSO, and optimized multi-walk by 21.7%, 13.99%, 12.24%, and 11.51%, respectively.     

Discrimination between accelerated life models via Approximate Bayesian Computation

Accelerated life testing (ALT) is widely used in high-reliability product estimation to get relevant information about an item's performance and its failure mechanisms. To analyse the observed ALT data, reliability practitioners need to select a suitable accelerated life model based on the nature of the stress and the physics involved. A statistical model consists of (i) a lifetime distribution that represents the scatter in product life and (ii) a relationship between life and stress. In practice, several accelerated life models could be used for the same failure mode and the choice of the best model is far from trivial. For this reason, an efficient selection procedure to discriminate between a set of competing accelerated life models is of great importance for practitioners. In this paper, accelerated life model selection is approached by using the Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) method and a likelihood-based approach for comparison purposes. To demonstrate the efficiency of the ABC method in calibrating and selecting accelerated life model, an extensive Monte Carlo simulation study is carried out using different distances to measure the discrepancy between the empirical and simulated times of failure data. Then, the ABC algorithm is applied to real accelerated fatigue life data in order to select the most likely model among five plausible models. It has been demonstrated that the ABC method outperforms the likelihood-based approach in terms of reliability predictions mainly at lower percentiles particularly useful in reliability engineering and risk assessment applications. Moreover, it has shown that ABC could mitigate the effects of model misspecification through an appropriate choice of the distance function.     

权重自适应clonal选择算法及其应用研究

在求解两个目标以上的多目标优化问题时,基于Pareto支配的多目标进化算法多数需要较长的求解时间.基于固定权重的聚合函数方法求解速度快,但要确定一个适合待求解问题的合理权重是十分困难的,为了解决这一问题,将clonal选择算法与权重自适应方法相结合,提出了一种适用于多目标优化问题的权重自适应clonal选择算法.并将权...     

一种基于GTD模型和状态空间处理的运动目标超宽带散射中心提取方法

超宽带条件下散射中心的不同运动将对参数提取造成影响.基于GTD模型和状态空间处理,本文提出了一种针对运动目标的超宽带散射中心提取方法.该方法首先将超宽带条件下的目标GTD散射模型转化为状态空间方程,通过奇异值分解提取散射中心的径向距离和径向速度信息;然后由标准正交向量基降维表示散射中心在整个带宽上的类型参数信息,采用遍历方法和最小二范数准则求解出散射中心的类型参数信息;最后基于最小二乘法求解出散射中心的散射强度.文中同时给出了各参数估计的CR界.仿真结果验证了文中方法的有效性,该方法可同时提取散射中心径向距离、径向速度、散射强度和类型参数信息,从而有利于各散射中心的跟踪和整体目标的有效识别.     

A pairing-free identity-based authenticated key agreement protocol with minimal message exchanges

Based on the computational Diffie-Hellman problem, this paper proposes an identity-based authenticated key agreement protocol which removes bilinear pairings. Compared with previous protocols, the new protocol minimizes message exchange time with no extra cost. The protocol provides strong security guarantees including key compromise impersonation resilience, perfect forward secrecy, and master key forward secrecy. A security proof with the modular approach in the modified Bellare-Rogaway model is also provided.     

多元智能理论在任职教育中的应用初探

多元智能理论强调人类智能在性质与结构上的多元性。针对新形势下军队任职教育的特点与需求,以提高岗位任职能力和创新实践能力为目标,考虑学员在个体需求和智能结构上的差异,探讨了任职教育在教学方法、教学环境和资源保障需求与应对策略,分析了相应的教学评估手段。     

Master‐slave synchronization for delayed Lur'e systems using time‐delay feedback control

This paper deals with the problem of designing delayed feedback controllers of master‐slave synchronization for Lur'e systems with time‐variant delay (0≤τ₀≤τ(t)≤τ_m). Through partitioning the intervals [0, τ₀] and [τ₀, τ_m], respectively, and choosing two augmented Lyapunov‐Krasovskii functionals(LKFs), two delay‐dependent synchronization criteria are formulated in the form of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), in which the conservatism can be greatly reduced by thinning the partitioning of delay intervals and employing convex combination. Thus the sufficient conditions can be derived for the existence of delayed feedback controllers, and the controller gain matrices can be achieved by solving the established LMIs. Finally, three numerical examples are given to illustrate the presented synchronization schemes. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

Classical and variational multiscale LES of the flow around a circular cylinder on unstructured grids

The effects of numerical viscosity, subgrid scale (SGS) viscosity and grid resolution are investigated in LES and VMS-LES simulations of the flow around a circular cylinder at Re=3900 on unstructured grids. The separation between the largest and the smallest resolved scales in the VMS formulation is obtained through a variational projection operator and finite-volume cell agglomeration. Three different non-dynamic eddy-viscosity SGS models are used both in classical and in VMS-LES. The so-called small-small formulation is used in VMS-LES, i.e. the SGS viscosity is computed as a function of the smallest resolved scales. Two different grid resolutions are considered. It is found that, for each considered SGS model, the amount of SGS viscosity introduced in the VMS-LES formulation is significantly lower than in classical LES. This, together with the fact that in the VMS formulation the SGS viscosity only acts on the smallest resolved scales, has a strong impact on the results. However, a significant sensitivity of the results to the considered SGS model remains also in the VMS-LES formulation. Moreover, passing from classical LES to VMS-LES does not systematically lead to an improvement of the quality of the numerical predictions.