Results of a User Study on 2D Hurricane Visualization

We present the results from a user study looking at the ability of observers to mentally integrate wind direction and magnitude over a vector field. The data set chosen for the study is an MM5 (PSU/NCAR Mesoscale Model) simulation of Hurricane Lili over the Gulf of Mexico as it approaches the southeastern United States. Nine observers participated in the study. This study investigates the effect of layering on the observer's ability to determine the magnitude and direction of a vector field. We found a tendency for observers to underestimate the magnitude of the vectors and a counter‐clockwise bias when determining the average direction of a vector field. We completed an additional study with two observers to try to uncover the source of the counter‐clockwise bias. These results have direct implications to atmospheric scientists, but may also be able to be applied to other fields that use 2D vector fields.     

广义AND／OR图的自底向上的启发式搜索算法BHAO

本文首先根据三角模概念，定义了一类新的更具普遍意义的广义ＡＮＤ／ＯＲ图．根据新定义的启发式函数ｈ（ｎ，ｘ）以及广义ＡＮＤ／ＯＲ图的最佳解树之所有子树亦是最佳子解树的原理，提出了广义ＡＮＤ／ＯＲ图的自底向上的启发式搜索算法ＢＨＡＯ．文中证明了算法ＢＨＡＯ的可采纳性．本文还提出了两类新的启发式函数的单调限制概念，并据此研究了算法ＢＨＡＯ的单调限制性质，研究了两个ＢＨＡＯ算法间的比较性质．     

VLSI并行测试生成系统的一种动态层次框架

随着VLSI技术的发展和计算机性能的提高,并行测试生成系统不仅必需而且可行,本文在总结已有并行技术的基础上,提出了并行测试生成系统的一种动态层次框架,并给出了一种实现方案。     

忆阻器状态逻辑中与操作的高效设计与实现

作为电阻、电容、电感之外的第4种基本电路元件,忆阻器自2008年被发现以来受到学术界和产业界的广泛关注.忆阻器的阻值记忆效应和纳米工艺制造方式使其被认为可用于构建未来更大容量和密度的存储器,逐渐替代FLASH等现有存储器件.除存储功能外,HP公司在2010年《Nature》上发表的文章表明,忆阻器还可以通过以蕴含为基础的状态逻辑实现任意逻辑运算.研究了忆阻器状态逻辑的另一种操作——与操作,提出了一种更加高效的与操作实现方法,该方法不需要增加额外的忆阻器,降低了激励电压的复杂性,减小了误差,使运算更加简便高效.最后通过SPICE模拟仿真对提出的方法进行了验证.     

显式与或图的一种新的贪心搜索算法

文中提出了一种性能很好的能找出显式含圈与或图的最佳解图的贪心算法，给出了其严格的正确性证明，并简单分析了其复杂性。     

PM 2 Tec 2003: PM industry turning the corner

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MPIF's 2003 International Conference on Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials in Las Vegas attracted 1100 delegates from more than 30 countries. JOSEPH M. CAPUS reviews the event, while JOHN DUNKLEY assesses developments pointing the way to higher density, higher performance PM components.     

Serrated yielding in Cu-1 wt-%Cd alloy

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The influence of grain size and temperature on the serration patterns of the Portevin-Le Chatelier (PLC) effect and on the yield and flow stresses in a Cu-1 wt-%Cd alloy was investigated in the temperature range 150 to 360 ° C. Two kinds of serration patterns were observed in this alloy. Type I occurred at lower temperatures and its yield points are moderately spaced. Type II consists of regular jerky flow observed athigher temperatures. The Hall-Petch equation is obeyed over the temperature range in which jerky flow occurs. The Hall-Petch parameter k (?) is observed to show a local maximum in the temperature range where serrated flow is first observed. The PLC effect is associated with the solute- dislocation interactions, implying that k (?) contains a component associated with grain size dependent dislocation storage.     

Effect of vapour phase hydrogen peroxide,as a decontaminant for civil aviation applications,on microstructure,tensile properties and corrosion resistance of 2024 and 7075 age hardenable aluminium alloys and 304 austenitic stainless steel

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A response to the chemical or biological contamination of aircraft requires the use of a suitable decontaminant. Among possible chemical decontaminants, vapour phase hydrogen peroxide appears to be a likely candidate in terms of a combination of efficacy, low environmental impact and potential for materials compatibility. The present paper examines the effect of hydrogen peroxide, both in the vapour phase and as a liquid concentrate on two common structural materials used in aviation, namely 2024 and 7075 age hardenable aluminium alloys and on 304 austenitic stainless steel, the latter as employed in galley and lavatory surfaces. The present paper characterises both the effects of hydrogen peroxide on the microstructure of the materials and the impact that decontamination has on the tensile properties and corrosion resistance of these materials. Microstructural effects are both relatively small in magnitude and confined to a region immediately beside the exposed surface. No systematic effect is found on either the tensile properties or the post-exposure corrosion resistance of the three alloys examined. These observations are encouraging in terms of the use of vapour phase hydrogen peroxide for decontamination applications.     

International Working Group for Sabotage Concerns of Transport and Storage Casks

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The International Working Group for Sabotage Concerns of Transport and Storage Casks (IWGSTSC), gathers multiple organisations from different countries (for US party Department of Energy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Sandia National Laboratories; for German party Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit and Fraunhofer Institut; for the French party Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire). The goal of the IWGSTSC is to continue cooperation to improve the analytic capabilities, through information sharing and collaborative research and development plus modelling, to understand the potential adverse public health effects and environmental impacts of radiological sabotage directed at or associated with the transport and storage of civilian nuclear material or other civilian radioactive materials. The Parties may also undertake collaborative research and development in other areas of the physical protection of civilian nuclear materials or other radioactive materials. Since 2000, the IWGSTSC has conducted an extensive test programme for the assessment of the aerosol source term produced in the case of spent fuel transport sabotage by a high energy density device, after having examined several scenarios. The major goal of this programme is to produce an accurate estimate of the so called spent fuel ratio in the domain of respirable, aerosol particles produced. All the reports prepared by Sandia National Laboratories have precisely emphasised the important efforts they have made from the beginning and the amount of work already accomplished. In parallel, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), assisted by technical experts from different countries, has provided a draft document promised to become guidance for the security of radioactive or nuclear materials during transport. The IAEA document contains general guidance addressed to anyone who intends to implement or improve the security of material transports, but the text is, as of today, limited to rather general recommendations. Based on all the knowledge accumulated from past experiments and also based on the work carried out in Vienna at the IAEA, the IWGSTSC members have decided to work on the development of a method for the evaluation of the vulnerability and the source term. So for doing that, joint projects for the research, development, testing and evaluation of the consequences of the malevolent actions during transport are being pursued and are described in this paper.     

Tensile and fatigue properties of cold and warm compacted Alumix 431 alloy

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In this experimental study, tensile and fatigue properties of the Alumix 431 alloy (Al, Zn, Mg and Cu alloys) produced using the conventional press and sinter processes in different pressures and temperatures are investigated. The results clearly showed that the warm compacted specimens can reach the mechanical properties of the cold compacted ones under less pressure. In the fatigue tests it was observed that fracture started from large pores as shown in all scanning electron microscope (SEM) examinations and ductile fracture occurred. 85% of the 180 MPa/80°C and 77% of the 230 MPa/RT specimens fractured at the machined surface. Tensile and fatigue properties of warm compacted (180 MPa/80°C) and cold (230 MPa/RT) compacted specimens are almost equal at these same densities. This result indicates the economic benefit of warm compaction by the much lower applied compaction pressure.