Decision support for AIDS control programmes in Eastern Africa

The Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) constitutes the worst hazard to health care systems in Eastern Africa. Misallocation of scarce resources of AIDS Control Programmes will unavoidably lead to additional infections and casualties. The following paper discusses a system dynamics model which allows to assess the impact of different interventions on a pattern population in Eastern Africa. It becomes obvious that short- and long-term consequences of these programmes differ significantly. The optimal allocation of resources, therefore, is highly complex and calls for decision support systems to sustain AIDS control programmes.     

RS/GIS支持下的柔鱼中心渔场时空动态迁移研究

根据1998-2001年的西北太平洋地区(35°N-45°N,140°E-170°W)巴特柔鱼资源调查与生产的实际情况对柔鱼捕捞作业中心的迁移路线进行研究,并利用同期的SST、SWiFs遥感反演资料,借助GIS的功能,分析了柔鱼中心渔场形成与表层水温、叶绿素a海洋要素场之间的关系,揭示西北太平洋柔鱼中心渔场的环境特征,以期为我国西北太平洋海区的鱿鱼生产服务。     

关于飞行力学的再思考

对多年来国内外有关飞行力学的发展过程、研究范畴、分类，以及问题表述方式等重新进行了一些考察和思考．从学术和实践的观点，对飞行力学的体系结构和问题表述方式等进行了讨论，并提出了个人的一些看法和建议．     

Robustness of VS-MRAC with respect to unmodelled dynamics and external disturbances

A variable structure model reference adaptive controller (VS-MRAC) using only input and output measurements was recently proposed and shown to be globally asymptotically stable with superior transient behaviour and disturbance rejection properties. In this paper a singular perturbation approach is used in order to establish the robustness of the controller in the presence of unmodelled dynamics (parasitics) and disturbances. We develop a new Lyapunov-based technique to analyse the overall system and show that for sufficiently small parasitics the system remains stable and the output error is small in some sense.     

Transient operation of a catalytic liquid-liquid plug flow reactor for kinetics measurements

A centrifugal partition chromatograph (CPC) was used as a liquid-liquid catalytic reactor for the isomerisation of hexen-3-ol into ethylpropylketone with a water soluble rhodium catalyst. Global mass transfer coefficients were measured and shown to depend on both the nature of the solute and the flow rate. Liquid-liquid partition isotherms were also determined with the CPC using elution chromatography. Finally, a reactor model was derived to account for the experimental results obtained both under stationary and transient (pulse) conditions. A parameter sensitivity evaluation is also presented.     

双臂协调约束系统动力学问题探讨

本文讨论了双臂协调约束系统的动力学问题．文中系统地描述了该系统的适应于计算机程序化的建模方法；推导了系统的动力学方程，并给出了用约束矩阵的正交补矩阵处理系统所受协调约束的方法；编制了相应的计算机辅助分析程序ＤＲＣＲＣＳ，并用该程序对算例进行了动力学的数值分析。     

逻辑型多变量鲁棒自校正解耦间接算法

本文提出了一种多变量鲁棒自校正解耦间接算法。它采用一种新的正则化和相对死区实现了鲁棒自校正解耦控制。这种方法可以使系统跟踪特性不受死区界和正则化因子的影响。本文还给出了算法的鲁棒性分析和仿真结果。     

Modeling and simulation of the drying of thin sheets in a continuous infrared dryer

The model gives the temperature and moisture distributions of the air, and of the moist sheet, as a function of time and distance in the dryer. The influence of the sheet's velocity and that of the radiant energy on the dryer performance as well as the effect of the moisture content of the entering sheet have been studied. A set of 27 experiments was carried out using the infrared dryer in order to calibrate the model. In these, the following three variables each had three operational levels: web velocity, initial web moisture and heating power. The model predictions agreed very well with the experimental data. Model predictions using arithmetic averages for the parameters, and parameters correlated with operational variables, are also presented and discussed.     

Flow dynamics or ‘quaking’ in gravity discharge from silos

This paper reviews the characteristics of pulsating or cyclic flow of bulk solids during gravity discharge in bins and silos. The dynamic load phenomenon is often referred to as “silo quaking” and is influenced by various factors related to the type of flow pattern developed in the bin and the flow properties of the bulk material. Of particular relevance is the influence of ‘slip-stick’ during shear flow, and the velocity at critical sections in the silo during discharge. An overview of recent and current research on this subject is presented.