A hybrid extended finite element/level set method for modeling phase transformations

A hybrid numerical method for modelling the evolution of sharp phase interfaces on fixed grids is presented. We focus attention on two‐dimensional solidification problems, where the temperature field evolves according to classical heat conduction in two subdomains separated by a moving freezing front. The enrichment strategies of the eXtended Finite Element Method (X‐FEM) are employed to represent the jump in the temperature gradient that governs the velocity of the phase boundary. A new approach with the X‐FEM is suggested for this class of problems whereby the partition of unity is constructed with C¹(Ω) polynomials and enriched with a C⁰(Ω) function. This approach leads to jumps in temperature gradient occurring only at the phase boundary, and is shown to significantly improve estimates for the front velocity. Temporal derivatives of the temperature field in the vicinity of the phase front are obtained with a projection that employs discontinuous enrichment. In conjunction with a finer finite difference grid, the Level Set method is used to represent the evolution of the phase interface. An iterative procedure is adopted to satisfy the constraints on the temperature field on the phase boundary. The robustness and utility of the method is demonstrated with several benchmark problems of phase transformation. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

New quadratic models for the maximum weighted cut problem

New quadratic models are proposed to improve the upper-bound estimates in the maximum weighted cut problem. They are found by two original methods for deriving redundant quadratic constraints. A well-known linear model is shown to follow from the models proposed. Recommendations on how to develop its strengthened analogs are given. This study is partially sponsored from the grant UM2-2574-KV-03 (CRDF Cooperative Grants Program). __________ Translated from Kibernetika i Sistemnyi Analiz, No. 1, pp. 63—75, January–February 2006.     

Effect of the Treatment Temperature on the Surface Drying Set of Sugi Boxed-Heart Square Timber

High-temperature and controlled humidity treatment before drying has proven to be highly effective in preventing surface checks by forming drying sets in the surface layer of boxed-heart square timber in Japan. In this study, we examined the differences of the surface drying sets on sugi timber under different treatment temperatures. As a result, the width of a surface check after drying was much smaller at a treatment temperature of 120°C than at 80°C, and this indicates that the drying set with 120°C treatment would be larger than that with 80°C treatment. Also we observed that treatment temperature had a greater effect on the drying set as the drying advanced.     

浅谈课堂教学的自我反思

介绍了课堂教育反思的意义、途径和策略，指出了善于课堂反思是提高课堂教学水平、促进教师专业性发展的重要渠道。     

状态监测与分析系统在大型机组中的应用

介绍了S8000大型旋转机械状态监测与分析系统在催化大机组中的应用及故障诊断。     

自复中调速器在高水头高转速机组上的应用

简要介绍了自复中电/机调速器的机械和电气原理，并就使用该调速器的机组在生产运行中容易出现的停机后导叶开度漂移、停机时导叶不能完全关闭和显示开度与实际开度不一致等主要问题，通过修改可编程逻辑控制器（PLC）程序、调节调零杆位置、修改PLC程序参数等方法进行解决，这些方法对同类水电厂处理类似问题有借鉴作用。     

压力计探测液面法探讨

针对油田地质特征复杂，易结蜡，测试中易出现假液面等情况，为准确快速测得液面资料，提出压力计测试液面法。该方法可作为回声仪测液面方法的有效补充。     

稀疏阵列天线综合的遗传算法优化

通过遗传算法优化选择常规满阵中一定比例的工作单元,使阵列在欠饱和状态下达到窄波束低副瓣的要求。以单元的工作状态和激励幅度为优化参量,波束宽度和副瓣电平为适值函数,通过适值缩放和多种群进化竞争使遗传进化稳定地收敛到全局最优。详细分析了稀疏阵的单元布局、稀疏率及单元激励对优化阵列特性的影响。     

A Detection-Theoretic Model of Echo Inhibition.

A detection-theoretic analysis of the auditory localization of dual-impulse stimuli is described, and a model for the processing of spatial cues in the echo pulse is developed. Although for over 50 years "echo suppression" has been the topic of intense theoretical and empirical study within the hearing sciences, only a rudimentary understanding of its mechanisms has emerged. In this article, psychometric functions and results from matching studies are used in developing a model that specifies the perceived position of the echo pulse as a normal deviate, with an expectation that is a logistic function of the echo delay and a variance that depends on interaural time difference. Loss of information in the echo event is quantified as a decline in the efficiency with which the binaural system receives information from the lag impulse. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

大庆油田三类油层聚合物驱注入速度研究

注入速度是影响聚合物驱开发效果的重要指标,而由于假设条件的局限性,数值模拟方法无法体现聚合物溶液弹性对注入速度的影响。为了确定大庆油田三类油层合理注入速度,通过不同注入速度条件下的天然岩心驱油试验,对水驱和聚合物驱驱油效率进行了研究,结果表明,聚合物驱驱油效率提高值随驱替速度的变化可由二次多项式来表示。依据此关系式,由势的叠加理论得到的流体在油层中的渗流速度的基础上,建立了该类油层合理注入速度模型,并给出大庆油田三类油层在100 m注采井距下的合理注入速度为0.288 PV年/,该方法对现场开发方案编制有重要指导意义。