Dynamic response of Kevlar®29/epoxy laminates under projectile impact-experimental investigation

This authors of this article investigated the dynamic response of woven Kevlar®29/epoxy laminates subjected to the impact loading. The cylindrical aluminum foam projectile and steel projectile were used to exert the impulse on the laminates. Deformation/failure modes, deflections, strain histories, and failure mechanisms were obtained and discussed. The results showed that with the high toughness of Kevlar fiber, the deformation modes of the laminates exhibited some characteristics similar to the metal panel, such as large global deformation. The failure mechanisms like matrix failure, fiber splitting, and fibrillation were observed. These micron failures led to the macroscopic delamination and fracture of the laminates.     

Optimization of correlated multi-response quality engineering by the upside-down normal loss function

Most of the published literature on robust design is basically concerned with a single response. However, the reality is that common industrial problems usually involve several quality characteristics, which are often correlated. Traditional approaches to multidimensional quality do not offer much information on how much better or worse a process is when finding optimal settings. Köksoy and Fan [Engineering Optimization 44 (8): 935–945] pointed out that the upside-down normal loss function provides a more reasonable risk assessment to the losses of being off-target in product engineering research. However, they only consider the single-response case. This article generalizes their idea to more than one response under possible correlations and co-movement effects of responses on the process loss. The response surface methodology has been adapted, estimating the expected multivariate upside-down normal loss function of a multidimensional system to find the optimal control factor settings of a given problem. The procedure and its merits are illustrated through an example.     

High power devices in wide bandgap semiconductors

Silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor devices for high power applications are now commercially available as discrete devices. Recently Schottky diodes are offered by both USA and Europe based companies. Active switching devices such as bipolar junction transistors (BJTs), field effect transistors (JFETs and MOSFETs) are now reaching the market. The interest is rapidly growing for these devices in high power and high temperature applications. The main advantages of wide bandgap semiconductors are their very hi...     

Comparison of the RF MEMS switches with dielectric layers on the bridge’s lower surface and on the transmission line

Previously, we proposed that the dielectric layer of RF MEMS switch can be fabricated either on the transmission line, as traditional switches, or on the lower surface of the bridge. This paper presents a detailed comparison of the RF MEMS switches with different positions of dielectric layer. Through theoretically analyzing the physical model of fringing capacitance, it is revealed that different positions of dielectric layer can result in different switch capacitances. Therefore, the change of d...     

Inference for Weibull distribution under generalized order statistics

Based on generalized order statistics from Weibull distribution the approach of Bayesian and non-Bayesian estimation are discussed. We present a simple and efficient simulational algorithm for generating a generalized order statistics sample from any continuous distribution. Specializations to Bayesian and non-Bayesian estimators, some lifetime parameters and confidence intervals of progressive II censoring and record values are obtained and compared with the existing results. Two examples are given to illustrate the proposed estimators and the simulation algorithm.     

基于多线程的音频设备上位机控制系统

设计一种音频设备的上位机控制系统,实现对多台音频设备的集中和远程控制。为了保证上位机在与设备通信的同时,能及时响应前台界面的用户操作,引入了多线程技术。同时,音频设备具有经常被持续、快速调节同一参数的特点,为解决在此情况下由于硬件通信速度有限而导致的设备滞后响应上位机用户操作的问题,设计了一种冗余命令剔除机制。该机制不仅有效地减少了通信占用的资源,而且更好地保证了用户对设备调节控制的实时性。     

Development of a sequential robust–tolerance design model for a destructive quality characteristic

Robust design (RD) and tolerance design (TD) have received much attention from researchers and practitioners for more than two decades, and a number of methodologies for modeling and optimizing the RD and TD processes have been studied. However, there is ample room for improvement. Because most existing research considers RD and TD as separate research fields, the primary objective of this paper is to develop a sequential robust–tolerance design method to jointly determine the best factor settings and the closed-form solutions for the optimal specification limits. We then apply the proposed method to a destructive quality characteristic. Finally, a case study and sensitivity analyses are performed for verification purposes, and further studies are discussed.     

SIFT在行星表面探测器视觉导航系统中的应用

介绍了行星探测器自主导航系统的相关背景,讨论了行星探测器自主视觉导航系统算法的主要目的和传感器信息融合的必要性,并就此引入了尺度不变特征变换(SIFT)的相关理论分析.对SIFT方法提出了改进,从而改善了算法的效果.最后给出了三维重建和目标追踪的实验结果.     

基于事件驱动的动态免疫分簇路由算法*

为了降低应用于突发事件监测的无线传感器网络的能量消耗,设计实现了一种基于事件驱动的动态免疫分簇路由算法。将生物免疫系统的工作机制应用到无线传感器网络事件驱动的动态分簇算法中,事件作为抗原,传感器节点作为抗体,抗体对抗原有记忆保存的功能,使得相似的抗原再次出现时对事件及时响应。相似事件再次发生且传感器节点符合能量要求时,可以直接调用抗体中的记忆,对事件进行快速建簇,节省了簇的建立过程所消耗的大量能量,增加了网络的数据传输量,延长了网络的生命周期。仿真结果表明,生物免疫机制的学习记忆特性可以有效提高事件驱动的动态分簇算法的网络性能。     

一种基于组策略的过滤式特征选择算法

MRMR算法具有快速、高效等优势,在处理高维数据方面较为流行。基于此,提出一种基于组策略的MRMR改进算法（MRMRE）,该算法不仅考虑单个特征属性的相关性与冗余性,同时针对特征组间的相互关系进行研究。算法以MRMR算法为框架,以CCA作为度量基准,选择SVMs作为基分类器,使其特征选择效果提升。在UCI机器学习数据库中图像与基因序列数据集上的大量实验表明：与MRMR算法相比,所提出的算法其特征选择结果具有更高的结果稳定性与分类精度。