Fracture Intensity Distributions during Compression of Puffed Corn Meal Extrudates: Method for Quantifying Fracturability

The distribution of fracture intensities occurring during compression of puffed corn meal extrudates was described using an exponential function, and parameters from that analysis were used as fracturability indices. Since “jagged” or oscillating stress-strain functions are typical for porous and brittle materials, fracture intensities were determined by measuring the abrupt, sequential reductions in stress produced during compression. Both distribution exponent and cumulative fracture stress correlated strongly with fracturability measured by other techniques, including fractal and Fourier analysis of stress-strain functions. Distribution parameters also indicated textural differences due to process parameters (structural modification through addition of different levels of sucrose) and storage conditions (equilibration at various relative humidities).     

Does a regional accent perturb speech processing?

The processing costs involved in regional accent normalization were evaluated by measuring differences in lexical decision latencies for targets placed at the end of sentences with different French regional accents. Over a series of 6 experiments, the authors examined the time course of comprehension disruption by manipulating the duration and presentation conditions of accented speech. Taken together, the findings of these experiments indicate that regional accent normalization involves a short-term adjustment mechanism that develops as a certain amount of accented signal is available, resulting in a temporary perturbation in speech processing. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

低碳钢热变形过程中铁素体的织构形成规律

利用背散射电子衍射取向成像技术定量分析了热模拟单向压缩条件下Q235碳素钢热变形时铁素体的织构形成规律。结果表明,在710℃纯铁素体热压缩过程中,形成〈100〉和〈111〉方向的线织构。〈111〉方向织构增强的速度较快,到应变为1.0时达最大值,然后随应变的加大而减弱;〈100〉方向织构在形变量较小时增强的速度较慢,在大应变时增强的速度很快。大应变时虽导致一定程度的动态再结晶,使铁素体晶粒细化,但组织不均匀,织构过强,造成强烈的各向异性。在奥氏体与铁素体两相区变形时,先共析铁素体因形变同样产生强烈的织构。随着形变温度的提高和先共析铁素体的减少,织构减弱。     

关于Delphi7的Zlib压缩库的应用

在数据库应用过程中,往往要对一些文件进行保存,如果直接保存,会浪费很多数据库空间,势必造成对数据库处理速度的影响。介绍利用Delphi7提供的Zlib压缩库在数据库存取文件时可以直接进行压缩和解压缩处理,使得在数据库中存取文件变得越来越方便。     

基于感知器的快速彩色图像无损压缩算法

针对彩色图像像素和颜色分量之间存在的相关性，将神经网络中的感知器技术引入彩色图像的无损压缩算法中，提出了一种新的预测模型。应用感知器的自学习和自适应能力，对预测值进行自适应调整，使算法在运行过程中具有很小的预测残差并具有较小的动态范围。同时应用颜色空间变换来减小颜色分量间的相关性。相对于新的国际标准JPEG—LS，这种预测模型具有较低的计算复杂性。对比实验结果说明，这种算法的性能明显优于传统算法，在压缩比损失很小的前提下，其执行速度高于JPEG—LS。     

Distributed Speech Recognition Systems and Some Key Factors Affecting It''''s Performance

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Some experimental findings in compression-after-impact (CAI) tests of CF/PEEK (APC-2) and conventional CF/epoxy flat plates

Compression-after-impact (CAI) tests have been conducted for quasi-isotropic thick plates with 48 plies by using the NASA method and on plates with 32 plies by using the SACMA method. Specimens are made of CF/PEEK (APC-2) and conventional CF/epoxy for the NASA plates and CF/epoxy for the SACMA plates. In the NASA CAI tests, the sequence of delamination buckling and its propagation is clearly revealed through various experimental techniques. One major technique is moiré topography, and the other is thermo-mechanical stress analysis with a high-accuracy infrared sensor. The arrest of delamination propagation just before catastrophic failure due to high fracture toughness is clearly captured by the moiré camera. This behavior provides good CAI values of CF/PEEK. The initial buckling properties of the delaminated region by the impact are then extensively discussed. Numerical predictions of initial buckling stress have been obtained by modelled geometry of the delaminated region simplified from its precise structure clarified by ultrasonic C-scanning. They agree fairly well with the experimental results. The in-plane stress distribution in the delaminated region before initial buckling is measured by an infrared stress graphic system. This compared favorably with finite element predictions. Two types of symmetric buckling modes with respect to the central plate surface, twin and single peak ones, are experimentally captured.     

Microstructural change of ultrafine-grained aluminum during high-speed plastic deformation

Effect of strain rate on microstructural change in deformation of the ultrafine grained (UFG) aluminum produced by severe plastic deformation (SPD) was studied. Commercial purity 1100 aluminum sheets were highly strained up to an equivalent strain of 4.8 by the Accumulative Roll-Bonding (ARB) process at ambient temperature. The ARB-processed sheets were found to be filled with pancake-shaped ultrafine grains surrounded by high-angle grain boundaries. The ultrafine grains had a mean grain thickness of 200 nm and a mean grain length of 1100 nm. The ultrafine-grained aluminum sheets were deformed at various strain rates ranging from 2 to 6.0×10⁴ s⁻¹ by conventional rolling, ultra-high-speed rolling, and impact compression. High-speed plastic deformation generates a large amount of heat, inducing coarsening of the ultrafine grains during and after deformation. On the other hand, it was also suggested that high-speed plastic deformation is effective for grain-subdivision, in other words, ultra-grain refinement, if the effect of heat generation is extracted.     

克拉2气田储层岩石的应力敏感性及其对生产动态的影响

克拉2气田是一个异常高压气藏，压力系数在2．0以上。在衰竭式开采条件下，其地层压力降幅可为普通气藏地层压力降幅的3倍以上，因此研究储层岩石应力敏感性及其对生产动态的影响意义重大。研究得出，岩石的应力敏感性特征主要有：岩石物性对应力的敏感性总体上不大，其中以孔隙度最小，渗透率次之，压缩系数最大；岩石物性随地层压力的下降而下降；在同一地层压降下．岩石物性下降幅度不是渗透率的连续函数，而是与渗透率分布范围有关，高渗透率范围，岩石物性下降幅度小，低渗透率范围，岩石物性下降幅度大。研究得出，克拉2气田岩石的应力敏感性对其生产动态的影响较小。     

Expanding the MOS: Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the MOS-R and MOS-X

The Mean Opinion Scale (MOS) is a questionnaire used to obtain listeners' subjective assessments of synthetic speech. This paper documents the motivation, method, and results of six experiments conducted from 1999 to 2002 that investigated the psychometric properties of the MOS and expanded the range of speech characteristics it evaluates. Our initial experiments documented the reliability, validity, sensitivity, and factor structure of the P.L. Salza et al. (Acta Acustica, Vol. 82, pp. 650–656, 1996) MOS and used psychometric principles to revise and improve the scale. This work resulted in the MOS-Revised (MOS-R). Four subsequent experiments expanded the MOS-R beyond its previous focus on Intelligibility and Naturalness, to include measurement of the Prosody and Social Impression of synthetic voices. As a result of this work, we created the MOS-Expanded (MOS-X), a rating scale shown to be reliable, valid, and sensitive for high-quality evaluation of synthetic speech in applied industrial settings.