Safety evaluation of a timber Warren truss hangar

This paper presents the preliminary test results of a destructive testing of a full-size wooden Warren truss hangar located at Canadian Forces Base Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada. A total of 16 Warren trusses were tested to failure (1) to determine the structural safety of the damaged and repaired timber structure, (2) to evaluate the effectiveness of the repair scheme and (3) to investigate the proposed repair scheme and reinforcement needed to restore the damaged members or joints and thus the structure to full capacity. Test results, based on load carrying performance, showed that the average failure load of the trusses was greater than the design ultimate load and that serviceability requirements were adequate and acceptable for all but one truss tested. While experimental evidence did not verify the significance of the influence of the post-tensioning process, it was found that gusset plate reinforcement at the joints had beneficial effects by increasing the load carrying capacities of the trusses by a marked margin.     

时间选择性衰落信道下的空时多普勒编码

利用分层的代数方法,提出了一种新型的应用于时间选择性平坦衰落信道下的多输入多输出系统的空时多普勒码字,该码字能在符号速率达到Nt的情况下同时获得最大分集增益NtNrNb（Q+1）,也就是发送天线数Nt、接收天线数Nr、编码符号块的数目Nb以及信道复指数基的个数（Q+1）的乘积。仿真结果表明,与已有空时多普勒码字相比,所设计的码字可以获得更高的分集增益。     

无小环的结构化低密度校验码的构造方法

提出了一种基于代数方法和图的高度结构化的低密度校验(LDPC)码构造方法.该方法通过设计一个有3类特殊线路的连接图,来保证由此连接图映射而得的校验矩阵对应的Tanner图无小环.此方法可构造最小环长分别为8和12的两类(3,k)准循环(QC)规则LDPC码.对该方法进一步扩展,还可构造两类列重为2最小环长分别为16和24的结构化LDPC码.仿真结果表明在加性高斯白噪声(AWGN)信道下,用迭代译码算法,在误比特率为10-5时,新提出的(3,k)准循环规则LDPC码优于对应的随机构造的LDPC码0.1dB,而新提出的列重为2的结构化LDPC码优于对应的随机构造的LDPC码2dB.     

基于DCT域数字水印算法的视频流和屏幕流保护方法研究

该文针对多媒体课件中视频流和屏幕流的特点,分析了目前对视频流采用数字水印技术实现版权保护和防攻击时存在的一些问题,提出了采用基于DCT域的视频水印算法和基于BCH编码方案的数字水印算法,不仅能有效地保护多媒体课件作者的版权,还能抵抗一些常用攻击以达到防止被篡改的目的。     

Erased-Chase decoding for RS-coded MPSK signaling over a Rayleigh fading channel

In this paper, a novel dual-metric, the maximum and minimum Squared Euclidean Distance Increment （SEDI） Brought by changing the hard decision symbol, is introduced to measure the reliability of the received M-ary Phase Shift Keying （MPSK） symbols over a Rayleigh fading channel. Based on the dual-metric, a Chase-type soft decoding algorithm, which is called erased-Chase algorithm, is developed for Reed-Solomon （RS） coded MPSK schemes. The proposed algorithm treats the unreliable symbols with small maximum SEDI as erasures, and tests the non-erased unreliable symbols with small minimum SEDI as the Chase-2 algorithm does. By introducing optimality test into the decoding procedure, much more reduction in the decoding complexity can be achieved. Simulation results of the RS（63, 42, 22）-coded 8-PSK scheme over a Rayleigh fading channel show that the proposed algorithm provides a very efficient tradeoff between the decoding complexity and the error performance. Finally, an adaptive scheme for the number of erasures is introduced into the decoding algorithm.     

圭亚那乔治敦某五星级酒店暖通设计

详细介绍圭亚那乔治敦某五星级酒店空调系统在负荷计算、设备选型、空调系统自控、防排烟设计、LEED认证等设计情况。     

Performance of degree distribution based HARQ scheme for LDPC-coded OFDM system

This article studies the degree distribution property of low density parity check (LDPC) codes by Gaussian approximation (GA) and presents an efficient hybrid automatic repeat quest (HARQ) scheme for LDPC-coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system. In the scheme, the important bits with large degrees have high retransmission priorities and are mapped to the sub-carriers with better channel quality indicator (CQI) levels in the OFDM system. The new scheme provides more protection to the bits with large degrees and thus contributes more to the decoding process by offering more transmission power. In this way the system performance would be improved. The statistics and simulation results also prove the new scheme.     

QPP交织器的修正量度算法

交织器是Turbo信道编码的重要组成部分，交织器的扩展因子通常是衡量一个交织器好坏的量度。阐述了基于整数环的QPP（quadraticpermutationpolynomials）交织器可以产生最大扩展因子，从代数几何视角研究了交织器的修正了的非线性度性质，提出了一种交织器的新的量度，这个量度是扩展因子和非线性度的函数。通过计算机仿真表明，由这种新的量度选择的交织器在误码率上表现出较优性能。     

Sodium Fire Code SFIRE1C for Pool Fire Characteristics

Sodium pool fire code, SOFIRE II, written for the constant value of stoichiometric combustion ratio and heat of reaction is used to compute the buildup of pressure and temperature in a containment. In the SOFIRE II model, for the formation of a mixture of Na₂O and Na₂O₂ in the sodium pool, the input stoichiometric combustion ratio and heat of formation values need to be varied to corresponding values admissible for the mixture. In the present work, the SOFIRE II one-cell model is revised and the present version SFIRE1C (Sodium FIRE 1 Cell model) accounts for the formation of Na₂O in an early stage of the fire and shifts to the formation of Na₂O₂ at a later stage. Thus SFIRE1C computes in a more realistic manner the reaction products which are formed in the pool. The model for sodium oxide aerosol release is also modified in this version, by incorporating a more appropriate aerosol release rate equation. The calculated values using the SFIRE1C one-cell model are compared with sodium pool fire experimental results.     

Life cycle cost and energy analysis of a Net Zero Energy House with solar combisystem

The Net Zero Energy House (NZEH) presented in this paper is an energy efficient house that uses available solar technologies to generate at least as much primary energy as the house uses over the course of the year. The computer simulation results show that it is technically feasible to reach the goal of NZEH in the cold climate of Montreal. In terms of the life cycle energy use, which considers the operating and embodied energy of the house, the energy payback time is 8.4–8.7 years, when the NZEH is compared with an average house that complies with the provincial code. The energy payback ratio of the combisystem is 3.5–3.8 compared with the heating system of conventional house. By converting solar energy, the combisystem supplies at least 3.5 times more energy than the energy invested for manufacturing and shipping the system. The life cycle cost analysis of the NZEH shows, however, that due to the high cost of the solar technologies and the low cost of electricity in Montreal, financial payback is never achieved.