Product and process parameters determination for quality and cost

The purpose of this study is to conduct a concurrent product and process parameters determination for further cost reduction and quality enhancement. The process design-related parameters, such as process mean, process tolerance and product design-related parameters, such as product tolerance, are considered simultaneously in the proposed approach. To reflect the response from these three key controllable characteristics: process mean, process tolerance and product tolerance, the key measurement score, which is the sum of the mean cost, tolerance cost, quality loss and failure cost, is used to evaluate the present model. Two examples are provided for demonstrating the application of single and multiple quality characteristics.     

悬浮法合成固体粒状丙烯酸树脂

研究了悬浮法合成固体丙烯酸树脂颗粒。讨论了不同软硬单体配比对丙烯酸树脂颗粒的玻璃化转变温度、相对分子质量及其分布的影响以及不同的引发剂及悬浮剂对其聚合过程、最终产物形态及上述性能的影响。制得的丙烯酸树脂的数均相对分子质量用凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)测定为3.9×104～6.2×104,相对分子质量分布为2.04～2.32;用红外光谱图表征了制得的丙烯酸树脂结构。差示扫描量热法(DSC)测定了聚合物的玻璃化转变温度(Tg)。     

UHMWPE混炼接枝马来酸酐研究

讨论了超高相对分子质量聚乙烯(UHMWPE)混炼接枝马来酸酐(MAH)过程中，单体MAH用量、引发剂DCP用量、交联抑制剂己内酰胺(CAILA)用量、流动改性剂硬脂酸钙(CaSt2)用量及混炼温度、时间等工艺条件对UHMWPE接枝率和凝胶含量的影响。用红外光谱表征了接枝物的存在。并用滴定分析法和重量分析法测定了接枝物UHMWPE～g～MAH的接枝率和凝胶含量。实验表明，MAH用量为5份、DCP为0．15份、CALA为0．1份、CaSt2为1份时。混炼温度175∽180℃。混炼时间14min时，可得到接枝率0．75％、凝胶含量1．48%的UHMWPE接枝物。     

Stabilized heteropolyacid/Nafion composite membranes for elevated temperature/low relative humidity PEFC operation

Organic/inorganic composite membranes with different inorganic heteropolyacid (HPA) additives maintain sufficient proton conductivities for atmospheric pressure elevated temperature (>100 °C) polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) operation. However, membrane and membrane electrode assembly (MEA) processing is severely curtailed because of the solubility of the HPA additives in aqueous media. Composite membranes with the HPA (phosphotungstic acid; PTA) additive rendered insoluble by ion exchanging protons with larger cations such as Cs⁺, NH₄⁺, Rb⁺ and Tl⁺ were fabricated. The additive loss in aqueous media was lowered from nearly 100% (unmodified HPA) to about 5% (modified HPA). The membranes were robust, and demonstrated low H₂ crossover currents of around 2 mA/cm² for a 28 μm thick membrane. All membranes were evaluated at high temperatures and low relative humidities in an operating fuel cell. The conductivities of the composite membranes at 120 °C and 35% relative humidity were on the order of 1.6 × 10⁻² S/cm.     

改进的局域均值分解在机械故障诊断中的应用

为了准确地提取出故障特征,把局域均值分解算法应用于机械故障振动信号的特征提取中.然而在对信号进行局域均值分解时,由于端点的趋势无法预知,在分解时会污染到整个信号序列,而且滑动平均造成了信号的过平滑处理,导致故障特征不能准确地提取.采用波形匹配解决端点处信号的走势,之后再利用线性插值求得信号的局域均值函数与包络函数,通过在Matlab环境下仿真调幅信号验证了该算法在端点处能很好的保持原有信号的特征;并采用实际的机械振动信号进行实验验证,引入端点效应评价指标,根据分解后的生产函数与原信号的相关系数验证了改进的局域均值分解更能准确地提取故障特征.     

国产SEBS流变性能评价

通过对国产SEBS(氢化苯乙烯-丁二烯-苯乙烯嵌段共聚物)流变性能进行测试．分析不同结构、不同嵌段的S／B质量比值、不同相对分子质量、不同加工温度对SEBS产品流变性能的影响．促进用户对国产SEBS性能的了解。     

一种DCT域的最优均值量化盲图像水印算法

针对常规的图像水印算法不能很好地实现水印不可感知性和鲁棒性折中的问题,给出了一种最优均值量化盲水印算法.该算法首先对水印图像进行Arnold置乱,提高了水印的安全性;然后将载体图像进行8×8分块DCT(离散余弦变换),并根据均值量化原理将置乱后的水印嵌入到局部量化噪声值最小的图像子块中,提高了水印的不可感知性;最后水印提取时可以实现盲提取.实验结果表明,该算法对加噪、剪切、JPEG压缩、滤波等多种攻击都具有很强的鲁棒性.     

Agronomical evaluation of phosphate fertilizer as a nutrient source of phosphorus for crops: Isotopic procedure

The agronomic effectiveness of P fertilizers, as sources of phosphorus for crops, was evaluated using the quantities, P_f, of phosphorus taken up byLolium perenne grown on 14 soils during greenhouse experiments in pot cultures. The P_f quantities were determined using³²P-labelled fertilizers. Data were analysed using a new concept: the Isotopic Relative Agronomic Effectiveness (IRAE). The IRAE value was defined as the ratio of the P_f quantity, taken up by a crop, of a tested fertilizer over the P_f quantity, taken up by a crop, of a fertilizer used as standard. In our experiments diammonium phosphate (DAP) was used as standard P fertilizer and two rock phosphates, the North Carolina rock phosphate (NCPR) and a calcium-iron-aluminium phosphate (Phospal), were tested. As a linear relationship between P_f(NCPR) quantities and P_f(DAP) quantities was obtained, with r² = 0.95, when the application rates increased from 15 mgP (kg soil)^–1 to 200 mgP (kg soil)^–1, it is conciuded that IRAE values for a given fertilizer, other than the standard fertilizer, could be determined with a single rate of application. As regards soil pH in the range 4.7 to 8.2 the IRAE_NCPR is related to soil pH by a curvilinear relationship: log IRAE_NCPR = –(0.44) pH + 4.05 with r² = 0.89. The average of IRAE_phospal values was 0.15 with a standard error = 7% irrespective of soil pH. Then a logarithmic relationship was obtained between IRAE values of the two tested fertilizers and their water P-solubility determined at the soil pH where they were applied.     

Modelling water flow,nitrogen transport and root uptake including physical non-equilibrium and optimization of the root water potential

A model is presented for the simulation of water flow, heat flow, and nitrate and ammonium transport. Two approaches are used for modelling plant water uptake as well as for plant nitrogen uptake. Nitrogen transformations are accounted for in a very simple way. This paper focuses mainly on water flow modelling, solute transport, and water uptake. Richards' equation is used to model water flow in layered soil profiles with a great variety of boundary conditions. Solute transport is simulated with either a simple convection dispersion equation or with a two-region physical non-equilibrium model to distinguish between mobile and immobile water and solute exchange between these two regions. A macroscopic sink term is added to Richards' equation to account for plant water uptake. This term can be calculated along two different approaches, one of which is based on the concept of root water potential. The root water potential is then continuously optimized to minimize the difference between the climatic demand and the uptake rate.Simulation results are compared with field data from the Netherlands to illustrate the degree to which the model is able to predict water flow, solute transport and plant water uptake. The root water potential optimization model seems to provide the best prediction of water distribution. In particular the shape of the profile, revealing uptake patterns, is quite well reproduced with this model. Comparison of simulated and observed water content profiles seems also to reveal the presence of preferential pathways. The comparisons show also how predicted solute distributions can be improved by using a two-region approach rather than a simple convection-dispersion model.     

A variable gap penalty function and feature weights for protein 3-D structure comparisons

We have developed a variable gap penalty function for use inthe comparison program COMPARER which aligns protein sequenceson the basis of their 3-D structures. For deletions and insertions,components are a function of structural features of individualamino acid residues (e.g. secondary structure and accessibility).We have also obtained relative weights for different featuresused in the comparison by examining the equivalent residuesin weight matrices and in alignments for pairs of 3-D structureswhere the equivalences are relatively unambiguous. We have usedthe new parameters and the varible gap penalty function in COMPARERto align protein structures in the Brookhaven Data Bank. Thevariable gap penalty function is useful especially in avoidinggaps in secondary structure elements and the new feature weightsgive improved alignments. The alignments for both azurins andplastocyanins and N- and C-terminal lobes for aspartic proteinasesare discussed