Investigation of ductile iron casting process parameters using Taguchi approach and response surface methodology

To find the optimized levels of various casting parameters in the ductile iron casting, various casting defects and the rejection rate were observed from a medium scale foundry. The controlled values of different casting parameters such as pouring temperature, inoculation, carbon equivalent, moisture content, green compression strength, permeability and mould hardness were selected. Three different melts of metal with 0.4wt.%, 0.6wt.%, and 0.8wt.% inoculation(Fe-Si-Mg alloy and post inoculant) were produced using a 1-ton capacity coreless medium frequency induction furnace. L-27 orthogonal array with 3-level settings were chosen for the analysis. Responses for each run were observed. The signal-to-noise(S/N) ratio for each run was calculated using the Taguchi approach, and the optimized levels of different casting parameters were identified based on the S/N ratio. The analysis of variance for the casting acceptance percentage concludes that inoculation is the most significant factor affecting the castings' quality with a contribution percentage of 44%; an increase in inoculation results in a significant improvement in acceptance percentage of ductile iron castings. The experiment results showed that with the optimized parameters, the rejection rate was reduced from 16.98% to 6.07%.     

中小城镇中心区的更新与改造初探--以陕西蒲城县中心区城市设计为例

中小城镇中心区是全镇居民的活动核心和对外窗口,其更新和改造是城镇建设的重中之重,对整个城镇的吸引力和稳定性产生重要影响。该文对陕西省蒲城县中心区城市设计进行深入思考,试图从空间层次、文化氛围和活动支持这三个具体操作层面入手探讨一套“适宜于中小型历史文化城镇中心区的设计方法”。     

生物力学分支之一：人骨断裂力学性质的实验研究

本实验主要目的是获得骨的断裂韧性资料,包括统计分析,随方向变化规律等。还将测量骨的临界J积分值,并利用各向异性体断裂力学的关系式,换算成K的临界值,比较两种方法求得K_c值的误差,从而检验公式的适用性。     

MATERIAL RESPONSE-BASED KILN CONTROL SYSTEM

The origin of material response (changing shrinkage rates) during drying is changing stress levels within the lumber as was determined in a previous paper. The object of this research was to demonstrate that a kiln control system based on material response parameters can reduce the drying time while incurring no additional drying defects. One control run and two pilot runs were performed. The results showed that it is possible to advance the kiln schedule using only material response as the controlling parameter and maintain or improve the quality of the lumber. Accelerating the drying substantially reduced the residual stress levels in the final product.     

热激电流谱确定CZT:In中的陷阱能级(英文)

熔体法生长的半绝缘碲锌镉(Cd1-xZnxTe 或者CZT)晶体中存在着很多缺陷,这些缺陷作为陷获中心在带隙中引入了深能级,从而严重影响 CZT 的探测性能。分别采用初始上升法和同步多峰分析法(SIMPA)分析热激电流谱(TSC),从而获得了半绝缘的铟掺杂的Cd0.9Zn0.1Te晶体中的陷阱能级分布。结果表明:由于重叠峰的干扰,初始上升法在确定陷阱峰的最大值时会产生较大的误差;而 SIMPA法被证实适用于分离重叠峰,可同步获得较全面的陷阱能级分布。基于此,获得了半绝缘 CZT:In晶体的缺陷能级分布结果,即包含十个陷阱能级和一个影响暗电流分布的深施主能级 EDD。此外,通过EDD能级与费米能级的关系,解释了CZT:In晶体获得高阻特性的原因。     

高清视频处理技术对水库水位远程自动监测系统应用

以桃林口水库为试点,应用高清视频处理技术对水库水位进行远程自动监测,介绍了系统的工作原理与总体设计方案,选取最优的视频采集技术及合理的无线数据传输方式,利用视频图像处理的算法去掉图片冗余信息,推断得出计算水位精确的数据,并将结果存放于数据库中。实现了无人值守水库水位数据的远程查看、及时保存、绘制折线图与自动监测报警的功能。     

新形势下企业基层群众工作的思考

企业基层群众工作是企业生存发展的基础,紧紧依靠群众办企业是企业基层群众工作的出发点和落脚点。新形势下,必须认真审视企业基层群众工作的新特点,在此基础上探索和实践有效的方法,途径,做好群众工作,调动一切积极因素为企业改革发展稳定服务。     

Water level fluctuation and sediment–water nutrient exchange in Great Lakes coastal wetlands

The influence of water level fluctuation on sediment–water nutrient exchange in coastal wetlands of Lakes Michigan and Huron was investigated using controlled, laboratory experiments. At each wetland, sediment cores were collected from 5 locations along a transect perpendicular to the shoreline, desiccated for 8 weeks, and then re-wetted with original site water for 24 h to simulate water level fluctuation. Soluble reactive phosphorus release declined exponentially along transects, with highest release rates from sediments collected at the ordinary high water mark (OHWM), and lowest rates from sediments underlying water > 0.25 m in depth. Nitrate exchange showed no obvious pattern in the Lake Michigan wetlands but nitrate was lost at all locations in the Lake Huron wetlands, suggesting denitrification. Ammonium was released at all sites, but with no obvious pattern along transects. Sulfate release was low at the OHWM locations and increased in a lakeward direction, plateauing by the 0.25 m water depth.     

Chlorinated phenols in human milk

The paper deals with the contamination of human milk with chlorinated phenols. The average and median concentrations of the chlorophenols investigated ranged from 0.75 to 9.74 g.kg^–1 and from being not detectable to 5.62 g.kg^–1, respectively, for the different compounds. The highest average and median levels were found for pentachlorophenol and 2,4,5-trichlorophenol. The concentrations determined were below the permissible levels.     

Optical high-resolution spectroscopic study of Tm^3＋ crystal-field levels in LiLuF4

We report on the first high-resolution study of LiLuF₄:Tm³⁺. The accurate energy level scheme of Tm³⁺ in the LiLuF₄ matrix was obtained for the ³H_6,5,4, ³F_4,3,2, and ¹G₄ multiplets. It was shown that electric-dipole transitions dominate for all the studied multiplets except the ³H₅ one.