Sliding wear behavior of salt bath nitrocarburized medium carbon steel

Salt bath nitrocarburizing is a well-known thermochemical diffusion process for enhancing the tribological and corrosion properties of ferrous components. The current work describes the role of a compound layer developed during nitrocarburizing, both in the ferritic and austenitic regimes of Fe-N-C system, on the sliding wear behavior of a medium carbon steel. The wear behavior of the nitrocarburized steel discs was assessed by the pin-on-disc tests (ASTM G 99-99) under different normal loads running against a hardened SAE52100 pin. It was observed that the compound layer on the surface not only controlled the wear rate but also resisted the adhesive wear/transfer of material from pin to disc, aside from providing low-friction coefficients.     

Parameter identification for nonlinear systems: Guaranteed confidence regions through LSCR

In this paper we consider the problem of constructing confidence regions for the parameters of nonlinear dynamical systems. The proposed method uses higher order statistics and extends the LSCR (leave-out sign-dominant correlation regions) algorithm for linear systems introduced in Campi and Weyer [2005, Guaranteed non-asymptotic confidence regions in system identification. Automatica 41(10), 1751-1764. Extended version available at 〈http://www.ing.unibs.it/∼campi〉]. The confidence regions contain the true parameter value with a guaranteed probability for any finite number of data points. Moreover, the confidence regions shrink around the true parameter value as the number of data points increases. The usefulness of the proposed approach is illustrated on some simple examples.     

Three-dimensional stability analysis of the dam foundation at Baise

It is usually difficult to determine the actual safety factors of rock masses in an ordinary two-dimensional stability analysis if the safety factors of the different cross sections in the rock mass vary significantly. In addition to the actual slope, arch dam abutment, and the actual foundation of a high building, another example is that the different cross sections of the foundation in the monolith of a gravity dam vary significantly, just like the condition at the overflow dam in the Baise project. A three-dimensional stability analysis method based on the upper-bound theorem was employed to solve this problem. The parameters used in the analysis were obtained from geomechanics tests, as well as continuity simulations of the randomly distributed joints. Two failure patterns against sliding are analyzed. One pattern is the foundation slide along deep-seated planes which were determined by calculations. The other pattern is the foundation slide along the planes across the bottom of the high steps in the foundation pit. The results indicate that a special overflow dam monolith can be considered to be safe in case of considering the three dimensional effect. However, a key wall with a depth of 5m must be constructed at the upper side of this monolith in order to ensure the safety of the foundation. Translated from Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, 2006, 25(3): 533–538 [译自: 岩土力学与工程学报]     

Viscous behaviour of glass-forming liquids: a thermodynamic approach

The temperature dependence of the viscosity of the undercooled melts exhibits an important role in the study of nucleation, crystal growth and the glass-forming ability of materials. Several attempts have been made to study the viscous behaviour of the glass-forming melts and these investigations are mainly based on free volume theory as well as on the configurational entropy model. In the present investigation, an attempt has been made to correlate the thermodynamic parameters with the viscosity of the glass-forming melts and to study the temperature dependence of the viscosity of undercooled liquids on the basis of the free volume theory as well as on the basis of the configurational entropy model of Adam and Gibbs. The entire study is confined on the expression for thermodynamic parameters reported by the authors recently. The expression obtained has been successfully applied to study the temperature dependence of the viscosity of the metallic, molecular and oxide glass-forming liquids.     

基于微机的X射线分析自动测量系统

本文介绍了一个基于微机的X射线分析自动测量系统。该系统有三个基本功能:自动获取数据、自动换样和处理谱数据。     

Huffman algebras for independent random variables

Based on a rearrangement inequality by Hardy, Littlewood, and Polya, we define two-operator algebras for independent random variables. These algebras are called Huffman algebras since the Huffman algorithm on these algebras produces an optimal binary tree that minimizes the weighted lengths of leaves. Many examples of such algebras are given. For the case with random weights of the leaves, we prove the optimality of the tree constructed by the power-of-2 rule, i.e., the Huffman algorithm assuming identical weights, when the weights of the leaves are independent and identically distributed.     

基于模糊修正熵权TOPSIS的战时装备供应链风险评估

针对战时装备供应链的特点,以远程精确打击、敌特后方袭扰和恶劣天气等三个因素为主要风险指标,运用修正的模糊信息熵权对TOPSIS法进行改进,提出了一种新的战时装备供应链风险评估方法。首先利用原始数据产生的模糊信息熵权进行客观赋权,并引入专家因素对权重进行主观修正,利用逼近理想解排序方法进行运算,最后通过实例计算与分析,验证该评估方法简便易行,结论合理,有效降低了指挥员决策的主观随意性。     

影响ETM影像土地利用/覆盖分类精度因素的研究

训练样本量、辅助数据和分类法是影响土地利用/覆盖分类精度的3个主要因素,通过找到这3个因素的最佳组合方式以提高分类精度,分别在25%、50%、75%、100%样本量下,加入NDVI、DEM和纹理均值特征作为辅助数据,比较了分类回归树、支持向量机、最大似然法3种分类法的效果,探讨了训练样本、辅助数据以及分类技术对土地利用/覆盖分类精度的影响。结果表明：支持向量机总体分类精度较高,在相同样本量和没有有效辅助数据的情况下,SVM可以获得最佳的分类结果,总体分类精度在85%以上;在进行分类时,加入NDVI和纹理均值特征使分类回归树分类精度提高了2.82%,说明该方法对有效辅助数据的加入较为敏感;在获取的训练样本集有限而可获取有效的辅助数据时,应优先考虑利用分类回归树进行土地利用/覆盖分类。     

DCKPDP：改进k-prototype聚类的差分隐私混合属性数据发布方法

当前混合属性数据发布中隐私保护方法大多存在隐私保护效果不佳或数据效用较差的问题,采用差分隐私与优化的k-prototype聚类方法相结合,提出改进k-prototype聚类的差分隐私混合属性数据发布方法(DCKPDP)。为解决传统k-prototype聚类算法没有考虑不同数值型属性对聚类结果有较大影响的问题,利用信息熵为每个数值型属性添加属性权重;为解决聚类初始中心点人为规定或者由随机算法随机确定,导致聚类结果精确度不高的问题,结合数据对象的局部密度和高密度对聚类过程中初始中心点进行自适应选择;为解决数据信息泄露风险较高的问题,对聚类中心值进行差分隐私保护。实验结果表明,DCKPDP算法满足差分隐私保护所需的噪声量更小,数据的可用性更好。