Group‐in‐a‐Box Meta‐Layouts for Topological Clusters and Attribute‐Based Groups: Space‐Efficient Visualizations of Network Communities and Their Ties

An important part of network analysis is understanding community structures like topological clusters and attribute‐based groups. Standard approaches for showing communities using colour, shape, rectangular bounding boxes, convex hulls or force‐directed layout algorithms remain valuable, however our Group‐in‐a‐Box meta‐layouts add a fresh strategy for presenting community membership, internal structure and inter‐cluster relationships. This paper extends the basic Group‐in‐a‐Box meta‐layout, which uses a Treemap substrate of rectangular regions whose size is proportional to community size. When there are numerous inter‐community relationships, the proposed extensions help users view them more clearly: (1) the Croissant–Doughnut meta‐layout applies empirically determined rules for box arrangement to improve space utilization while still showing inter‐community relationships, and (2) the Force‐Directed layout arranges community boxes based on their aggregate ties at the cost of additional space. Our free and open source reference implementation in NodeXL includes heuristics to choose what we have found to be the preferable Group‐in‐a‐Box meta‐layout to show networks with varying numbers or sizes of communities. Case study examples, a pilot comparative user preference study (nine participants), and a readability measure‐based evaluation of 309 Twitter networks demonstrate the utility of the proposed meta‐layouts.     

Method of electrodialysis stack testing with the feed solution concentration regulation

A technique to test electrodialysis (ED) stacks designed to desalt dilute solutions is developed. The technique permits obtaining reproducible data on laboratory and medium-scale units useful for predicting mass transfer characteristics of large ED stacks. Quasi-steady state of desalination process is the main condition to obtain such data. This state can be attained by applying recycling hydraulic modes and special devices to maintain constant pH, or pH and concentration of the feed solution. To obtain data for scaling, it is necessary to apply a fixed voltage on the stack and to use a constant flow rate of the feed solution during the experiment, the feed solution concentration may vary with the time. Specifications of the stacks studied, rational hydraulic and electrical modes of testing are considered.     

抗地震结构的服役费用函数及其建立方法

讨论了服役工程结构的经济性问题 ,包括 :抗地震结构在服役过程中为完成预定功能所需要的经济花费、这些花费同结构抗震可靠度的函数关系以及它们的建立方法。形成的服役费用函数可以作为决策结构最佳抗震设防标准的依据。     

Relationships Between the Crystal Structures and the Multiple Melting Behaviors of Poly(ethylene 2,6‐naphthalate)

Summary: Poly(ethylene 2,6‐naphthalate) (PEN) can crystallize either from the glassy state or from the melt state. When crystallized from the glassy state, the sample was quenched from the melt in liquid nitrogen and then annealed at certain crystallization temperatures. When crystallized from the melt state, the sample was cooled to a preset temperature from the melt and then annealed for a certain time. The crystal modifications, morphologies and melting behaviors of PEN were investigated by means of wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction (WAXD), polarized optical microscopy (POM), small‐angle light scattering (SALS) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The results show that an α crystal modification of PEN was obtained when PEN crystallized from the glassy state, whilst a β crystal modification was obtained when PEN crystallized from the melt state at a higher temperature. An hedritic morphology of PEN crystal was obtained with only one melting peak observed in DSC curves when PEN was crystallized at a higher temperature from either the glassy state or the melt state. The α crystal modification could also be obtained when PEN was crystallized at a lower temperature from the melt. Spherulitic or banded spherulitic morphologies of PEN crystals, exhibiting multiple melting peaks in DSC curves, were observed when PEN was crystallized at a lower temperature. The multiple melting behaviors of PEN crystals may be associated with spherulitic structures composed of lamellae of varying thickness.

WAXD patterns of PEN isothermally crystallized from different states.     

复合材料弹道冲击性能研究进展

本文总结了近年来复合材料弹道冲击研究的进展,着重从纤维集合体的结构对弹道冲击损伤机理的影响、弹道冲击的分析模型及数值模拟做了概述,总结了人们为提高复合材料弹道冲击性能所做的努力,最后指出了几个尚需深入解决的问题.     

Isothermal crystallization kinetics and morphology development of isotactic polypropylene blends with atactic polypropylene

The crystallization kinetics and morphology development of pure isotactic polypropylene (iPP) homopolymer and iPP blended with atactic polypropylene (aPP) at different aPP contents and the isothermal crystallization temperatures were studied with differential scanning calorimetry, wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction, and polarized optical microscopy. The spherulitic morphologies of pure iPP and larger amounts of aPP for iPP blends showed the negative spherulite, whereas that of smaller amounts of aPP for the iPP blends showed a combination of positive and negative spherulites. This indicated that the morphology transition of the spherulite may have been due to changes the crystal forms of iPP in the iPP blends during crystallization. Therefore, with smaller amounts of aPP, the spherulitic density and overall crystallinity of the iPP blends increased with increasing aPP and presented a lower degree of perfection of the γ form coexisting with the α form of iPP during crystallization. However, with larger amounts of aPP, the spherulitic density and overall crystallinity of the iPP blends decreased and reduced the γ‐form crystals with increasing aPP. These results indicate that the aPP molecules hindered the nucleation rate and promoted the molecular motion and growth rate of iPP with smaller amounts of aPP and hindered both the nucleation rate and growth rate of iPP with larger amounts of aPP during isothermal crystallization. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 103: 1093–1104, 2007     

砌体结构墙体裂缝的成因及防治措施

分析了砌体结构墙体裂缝的类型及成因,结合我国当前砌体结构在民用建筑中的使用情况,阐明了《砌体结构设计规范》防止或减轻墙体开裂的主要措施,从预防和治理两方面提出相应的具体建议,为房屋建筑设计、施工及使用管理提供参考.     

弹性介质中框架结构的有限元计算分析(英文)

文章提出了一种考虑剪切变形,由经典弯杆理论发展形成的在弹性介质中框架结构的有限元计算方法.