The Power Model of Fittsʼ Law Does Not Encompass the Logarithmic Model

Whether Fittsʼ law, a well-known model of human pointing movement, is a logarithmic law or a power law has remained unclear so far. In two widely cited papers, Meyer et al. have claimed that the power model they derived from their celebrated stochastic optimized-submovement theory encompasses the logarithmic model as a limiting case. We show that Meyer et al.ʼs theory implies in fact a quasi-logarithmic, rather than quasi-power model, the two models being not equivalent.     

A 3D mesh deformation technique for irregular in‐flight ice accretion

Aircraft holding around busy airports may be requested to sustain as much as 45 min of icing before landing or being diverted to another airport. In this paper, a three‐dimensional mesh deformation scheme, based on a structural frame analogy, is proposed for the numerical simulation of ice accretion during extended exposure to adverse weather conditions. The goal is to provide an approach that is robust and efficient enough to delay or altogether avoid re‐meshing while preserving (enforcing) nearly orthogonal elements at the highly distorted ice surface. Robustness is achieved by suitably modifying the axial and torsional stiffness components of the frame elements in order to handle large and irregular grid displacements typical of in‐flight icing. Computational efficiency is obtained by applying the mesh displacement to an automatically selected small subset of the entire computational domain. The methodology is validated first in the case of deformations typical of fluid‐structure interaction problems, including wing bending, a helicopter rotor in forward flight, and the twisting of a high‐lift wing configuration. The approach is then assessed for aero‐icing on two swept wings and compared against experimental measurements where available. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Investigation of thermal evolution of nanodomain structures in nonlinear barium sodium niobate crystals

By the 90°elastic light scattering investigation and far field observation in the range of 20-800℃,the relation between behavior of light scattering anomalies and evolution of nanodomain structures in lattice of barium sodium niobate(Ba2NaNb5O15,BSN)crystal was clarified.The correlation between anomalies on the temperature curves of the elastic light scattering intensity and temperature transformations of nanodomains was studied by X-ray and electron microscope methods.Phase transition near 500℃ and movement in field of scattering light could be explained by appearance of a new incommensurate phase.     

Microchemical and Microstructural Characterization of the Early Stages of the Discontinuous Precipitation Reaction in Al-22 at.% Zn Alloy

High-spatial energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) microanalysis has been applied in order to reveal changes of chemical composition accompanying the formation of the lamellar structure due to discontinuous precipitation reaction in Al-22at.% Zn alloy. The line-scans performed in the reaction zone have shown that the region left behind the grain boundary (GB) after its displacement from the original position is solute depleted, similar to the de-alloying case of diffusion induced grain boundary migration. This enables the allotriomorphs to be transformed into solute-rich lamellae and development of lamellar + structure, especially if the GB moves in the direction perpendicular to its original location. If the direction of movement is strongly inclined to the original location of the GB, the growth usually stops after a short period of time, mainly due to formation of the precipitation free zone (PFZ) ahead of the reaction front. The detailed EDX examination revealed that there is a sharp change in solute content at the lamella/PFZ and PFZ/matrix alloy interfaces. The solute content in the PFZ is lower than in the neighbouring lamella and it corresponds to the equilibrium state. Therefore, one can suppose that the PFZ is formed due to backward movement of the reaction front in order to consume the excess of solute atoms stored in the lamellae in comparison with the equilibrium state. As soon as the equilibrium state is attained within the PFZ, the growth of the colony is completed.     

Diffusion Along Migrating Grain Boundaries

The paper summarizes recent experiments on diffusion at migrating grain boundaries (GBs) occurring during discontinuous reactions, like discontinuous precipitation (DP) and diffusion induced grain boundary migration. Analytical electron microscopy was used for measurements of the solute concentration across individual solute-depleted lamellae. These data combined with information on the growth velocity and the thickness of an individual lamella allowed the determination of the local values of the diffusivities of the moving reaction front of the DP cell in Al–Zn, Ni–Sn, Cu–In and Co–Al alloys. The obtained diffusivities and activation energies are very similar to the relevant parameters of stationary GBs. This allows us to conclude that there is no significant difference in the rates of diffusion along migrating and stationary GBs in the systems investigated. It is therefore believed that the diffusivity values of the moving reaction front of the DP reaction can be a source of reliable information on interfacial diffusion characteristics, especially in systems and/or at temperatures where radiotracer data are not readily available.     

梯度表面能材料上液滴运动特性实验

对水平和30°倾角放置梯度表面能材料表面上液滴运动特性进行了可视化实验,分析了液滴在梯度表面上运动速度的变化规律,以及液滴大小和表面倾角对运动速度变化的影响.实验结果表明:在梯度表面能材料上,液滴能获得较大的宏观运动速度,并可以沿30°倾角放置的梯度表面材料上自下而上的运动;大液滴较小液滴的峰值运动速度大,运动距离更远;液滴在运动过程中出现蠕动的现象.     

抢渡长江最优路径的讨论

给出了2003年全国大学生数学建模竞赛D题的一种求解方法.运用拉格朗日乘数法与变分法建立了水速变化时最优路径适合的方程.特别针对问题4,当水流速度线性变化时,导出了求解最优解的函数方程.     

Fuzzy level control of a tank with optimum valve movement

This paper presents a fuzzy-based controller chip to control the level of a tank. A motor valve controls the tank level. The significant aim of this paper is to present a controller for minimizing the movement of the motor valve, at the same time, setting the level of the tank at defined points. The advantages of this type of control are to reduce both motor and input valve amortization and to increase their useful lifetime. On the other hand, simple and inexpensive elements are used in order to measure tank level and output flow. This is another advantage of the method. The controller is designed by fuzzy techniques in CMOS technology. The die size of the chip is .     

复合场中的滚轮线

带电质点在正交的匀强电场(重力场)和匀强磁场中运动,轨迹为滚轮线.处理滚轮线问题的关键是构造匀速直线运动以平衡电场力(重力),从而将带电质点的运动分解为匀速直线运动和匀速圆周运动,简化问题的处理过程.     

THE REFORM OF TEACHING CONTENT FOR THE COURSE OF FOUNDATION SETTLEMENT

对地基土沉降计算的课程内容提出改革思路,从讨论土体固结度的角度展开,进而引出最终沉降量的计算,最终引出不同的试验方法和压缩性指标。新的教学思路将土力学固结沉降的基本理论与实践应用进行合理的区隔,既能保证基本理论的纯粹性、合理性,也不回避实践中土体复杂 性质对理论进一步发展和丰富所提出的挑战。