International Trade

Values of net oil imports(-)/exports for Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, the United States and Australia. Updated on a monthly basis. Number of imports for Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Other EU-15 (EU-15), Norway, Poland, Switzerland, Turkey, and Other Europe (OECD Europe), Canada, Chile, Mexico, and the United States (OECD Western Hemisphere), and Australia, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, (OECD Asia-Pacific), and Total OECED. Current data for Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Other EU-15 (EU-15), Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Turkey, and Other Europe (OECD Europe), Canada, Mexico, and the United States (OECD Western Hemisphere), Australia, Japan, Republic of Korea, and New Zealand (OECD Asia-Pacific). Updated on a monthly basis. Current data for principal importers of natural gas and the amount in which they import from United States, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom, France, Japan, Italy, Germany and Spain (Table 19.1). Current data for principal exporters of natural gas and the amount they export to Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Turkmenistan, Qatar, Algeria, Nigeria, Indonesia, Malaysia and Australia (Table 19.2). Updated on a monthly basis.     

Adaptive interpolation scheme for NURBS curves with the integration of machining dynamics

This paper develops a comprehensive interpolation scheme for non-uniform rational B-spline (NURBS) curves, which does not only simultaneously meet the requirements of both constant feedrate and chord accuracy, but also real-time integrates machining dynamics in the interpolation stage. Although the existing work in this regard has realized the importance to simultaneously consider chord error and machining dynamics, none has really incorporated these in one complete interpolation scheme. In this paper, machining dynamics is considered for three aspects: sharp corners or feedrate sensitive corners on the curves, components with high frequencies or frequencies matching machine natural ones and high jerks. A look-ahead module was developed for detecting and adaptively adjusting the feedrate at the sharp corners. By Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) analysis with a moving window in the interpolation stage identified were some special frequency components such as those containing high frequencies or with frequencies matching machine natural ones. Then, the notch filtering or time spacing method was used to eliminate these components. To more completely reduce feedrate and acceleration fluctuations, the jerk-limited algorithm was also developed. Finally, the interpolated feedrate was further smoothened with B-spline fitting method and the NURBS curves were re-interpolated with the smoothened feedrate. During the interpolation, the chord error was repeatedly checked and confined in the prescribed tolerance. Two NURBS curves were used as examples to test the feasibility of the developed interpolation scheme.     

应用Visual Basic实现点焊电流和压力的实时监测

动态多参数实时监测是电阻点焊质量在线评估的一种有效方法。采用Visual Basic6.0语言编程．通过80C196KB和PC机之间的串行通信，实现了对焊接电流和电极压力的实时检测，联机试验所生成的波形图实时反映了三相次级整流点焊的动态焊接过程以及曲线变化趋势与影响因素之间的对应关系，为点焊质量多参数监控奠定了基础。     

The isoxazolidines: the effects of steric factor and hydrophobic chain length on the corrosion inhibition of mild steel in acidic medium

Several new isoxazolidines having varying degree of steric environment and hydrophobic chain length, prepared efficiently using single-step nitrone cycloaddition reactions, are tested for corrosion inhibition of mild steel in 1 M and 5 M HCl at 50-70 °C range by gravimetric and electrochemical methods. All compounds have shown very good corrosion inhibition efficiency (IE%) in acidic solution. Steric crowding around the nitrogen centres and hydrophobic chain lengths as well as increase in temperature (in the presence of the inhibitor in the higher concentration range 100-400 ppm) are found to increase the inhibition efficiency of the isoxazolidines. Thermodynamic parameters (ΔG°_ads, ΔH°_ads, ΔS°_ads) for the adsorption process and kinetic parameters for the metal dissolution (or hydrogen evolution) reaction in the presence of one of the isoxazolidines were determined. Experimental results agree with the Temkin adsorption isotherm. The inhibition of corrosion in 1 M HCl, influenced by both physi- and chemi-sorption, was found to be under mixed control, but predominantly under cathodic control.     

含菌介质中MDOPD对SRB菌及生物膜腐蚀的抑制作用

用动电位扫描极化曲线、原子力显微镜和电子探针等方法研究了SRB生物膜在培养基介质中对于含咪唑杂环的双季铵盐化合物MDOPD的敏感性．结果表明：含菌介质中，MDOPD吸附在电极表面，形成完整致密的有机保护膜，对电极的腐蚀反应具有良好的抑制作用，SRB的代谢及腐蚀产物也难以在电极表面直接吸附和沉积，从而降低了SRB生长代谢的次生过程（包括酸浸蚀等）对腐蚀的促进作用；同时也降低了介质中的SRB参与碳钢腐蚀的机会．     

Corrosion behaviour of brazed multilayer material AA4343/AA3003/AA4343: Influence of coolant parameters

This paper is the second part of a work devoted to corrosion in brazed AA4343/AA3003/AA4343 materials on the water side of automotive heater cores. In the first part of the study [S. Tierce, N. Pébère, C. Blanc, C. Casenave, G. Mankowski, H. Robidou, Electrochim. Acta 52 (2006) 1092], corrosion initiation in the surface layer (i.e. the residual cladding) has been investigated. It has been associated to defective sites in the passive film covering the alloy. The defective sites are linked to α-Al(Mn,Fe)Si particles built up during brazing process. Interactions between α-Al(Mn,Fe)Si particles and the matrix are responsible for the observed behaviour. The present study focuses on the propagation of corrosion through the material in neutral water–ethylene glycol mixtures with and without chlorides. Comparison of the electrochemical behaviour of the three layers of the brazed material (i.e. the residual cladding, the “band of dense precipitates (BDP)” and the core material) revealed that the residual cladding was nobler than the BDP and the core material and thus that the corrosion should propagate through the inner layers due to galvanic coupling: the inner layers constitute the anode and the residual cladding the cathode. Increasing the ethylene glycol content in the water–ethylene glycol mixture decreased the rate of consumption of the materials whereas addition of chloride ions increased it. Mass variation measurements of brazed material in different solutions containing the degradation products of ethylene glycol showed that only glycolate ions had a slight detrimental effect. Corrosion tests performed in heater core tubes allowed the propagation mechanisms to be confirmed.     

AZ91D镁合金手汗腐蚀机理研究Ⅲ乳酸对AZ91D镁合金的腐蚀机制

通过电化学阻抗(EIS)和动电位极化曲线等方法研究了镁合金在乳酸和含有Cl^-的溶液中的电化学特性，发现镁合金腐蚀过程受到电极电位E、以β相为中心向外扩展的表面氧化膜的覆盖面积θ和MgH2的浓度Cm 3个表面状态变量的控制，在腐蚀过程中，β相表面氧化膜向四周扩展，覆盖了邻近很小范围的α相晶粒，从而使部分α相晶粒不受腐蚀．最后通过理论推导建立了一个新的镁合金腐蚀理论模型，并利用EIS实验证实了模型的可靠性。     

铁在硫酸中腐蚀电位下的EIS及添加DDA和Cl~-的影响

利用交流阻抗技术和弱极化曲线拟合技术研究了工业纯铁在硫酸溶液及添加Cl-和十二烷基胺(DDA)溶液中的电化学阻抗谱及极化曲线。结果表明DDA在硫酸中缓蚀效应为覆盖效应。Cl-的加入提高了DDA对铁的缓蚀效率,但未改变DDA对铁的缓蚀机理。阻抗谱可用混合电位下的法拉第阻抗理论解释。     

Approximating of conic sections by DP curves with endpoint interpolation

Conic sections have many applications in industrial design, however, they cannot be exactly represented in polynomial form. Hence approximating conic sections with polynomials is a challenging problem. In this paper, we use the monomial form of Delgado and Peña (DP) curves and present a matrix representation for them. Using the matrix form and the least squares method, we propose a simple and efficient algorithm for approximating conic sections by DP curves of arbitrary degree with endpoint interpolation. Finally, we test and compare the proposed algorithm on some numerical examples which validates and confirms efficiency of it.     

Semi‐Regular Triangle Remeshing: A Comprehensive Study

Semi‐regular triangle remeshing algorithms convert irregular surface meshes into semi‐regular ones. Especially in the field of computer graphics, semi‐regularity is an interesting property because it makes meshes highly suitable for multi‐resolution analysis. In this paper, we survey the numerous remeshing algorithms that have been developed over the past two decades. We propose different classifications to give new and comprehensible insights into both existing methods and issues. We describe how considerable obstacles have already been overcome, and discuss promising perspectives.