Active stress as a local regulator of global size in morphogenesis

While a general consensus exists that the morphogenesis of living organisms has its roots in genetically encoded information, there is a big debate about the physical mechanisms that actually mediate its control. In embryo development, cells stop proliferating at homeostasis, a target state in terms of physical conditions that can represent, for instance, the shape and size of an organ. However, while control of mitosis is local, the spatial dimension of a tissue is a global information. How do single cells get aware of that at the same time? Which is their communication mechanism? While morphogen factors are demonstrated to play a key role in morphogenesis, and in particular for shape emergence, they seem unable to produce a global control on size by themselves and, conversely, many recent experiments suggest that active mechanics plays a role. Here we focus on a paradigmatic larval structure: the imaginal disc that will become the wing of the fruit fly. By a formalization of theoretical conjectures in terms of simple mathematical models, we show that inhomogeneous stress, likely dictated by morphogenetic patterns, is an admissible mechanism to convey locally the global information of organ size.     

Feedback flow control of a low-Re airfoil by flap actuators

The present paper describes the applicability of the active flow control device, mini electromagnetic flap actuators attached on the leading edge of an airfoil, for the flow separation under both the steady and the unsteady flow conditions in the low Reynolds number region. At first, lift and drag have been measured for a wide variety of the wind speed Reynolds numbers and the angles of attack for the steady flow condition. Then, effects of some simple feedback flow controls, where the time-dependent signal of the lift-drag ratio have been used to detect the stall and served as a trigger to start the actuation, have been explored under the unsteady flow condition for evading the stall. In every low Reynolds number ranging from 30 000 to 80 000, the present actuators worked quite well to delay the stall, increasing in the lift and delaying the stall angle of attack. These aerodynamic modifications by the flap actuators obtained from the steady flow were found to be available even if the manipulation of the actuators started after the stall. Activation threshold of the lift-drag ratio as the input for the feedback control was determined from a stall classification map obtained under the steady flow experiment. Effectiveness of this feedback control was then demonstrated under the condition of the wind speed decrease (Reynolds number from 80 000 to 40 000) keeping the angle of attack constant at 11°, at which the stall occurs without the active control. Immediately after the sudden velocity decrease, the decrease in the lift-drag ratio were detected and the dynamic actuations were successfully started, resulting in evading the stall and keeping high and stable lift. An additional operation of the feedback, in which the running actuation is turned off when the lift-drag ratio shows lower than the second threshold value after operation, was revealed to be effective to keep the high lift force under the condition combined with the wind speed increase and decrease within the low Reynolds number range treated in this study.     

基于PSO 实现的级联H 桥七电平APF 在外超导电源中的研究

针对强磁场实验装置(SHMFF)的链式高压有源电力滤波方案规划,基于有源滤波系统的非线性特性, 采用分数阶值。PI 控制器替代普通PI 控制器,在此基础上引入粒子群算法优化指令电流PI 控制器参数,并通过 实验对比分析了人工整定的PI 控制器与PSO 整定的PI 控制器的运行效果。经样机实验表明,采用的PSO 算法 整定的电流内环控制器是正确的,且具有一定的参考价值。     

活性炭超级电容器电极材料放电过程非线性特征研究

论述了活性炭超级电容器材料充放电性能的测试方法步骤和测试结果,在此基础上,通过模拟,确定放电电流随时间的变化规律.建立物理模型,用固体物理理论,从微观角度研究材料的电阻随温度的变化,进而得到活性炭超级电容器材料放电电流强度随温度和放电时间变化规律的解析式,探讨材料原子的非简谐振动对电极材料放电性能的影响.结果表明:(1)电极材料放电电流随时间的变化并不遵从将它作为线性元件处理时的按时间的负指数规律变化,而是非线性减小,减小的情况与温度有关;(2)活性炭超级电容器材料的电阻随温度升高而增大.增大情况与原子振动情况有关:将原子振动作简谐近似处理时,材料的电阻的倒数几乎与温度成反比,考虑到原子非振动后,其电阻随温度升高而增大的情况加剧,温度愈高,非简谐振动项的影响愈大;(3)本文提出的物理模型和采用的理论,能对活性炭超级电容器电极材料放电性能进行有效的研究.     

Synchronization of chaotic fractional-order systems via active sliding mode controller

In this paper, we propose a controller based on active sliding mode theory to synchronize chaotic fractional-order systems in master-slave structure. Master and slave systems may be identical or different. Based on stability theorems in the fractional calculus, analysis of stability is performed for the proposed method. Finally, three numerical simulations (synchronizing fractional-order Lü-Lü systems, synchronizing fractional order Chen-Chen systems and synchronizing fractional-order Lü-Chen systems) are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed controller. The simulations are implemented using two different numerical methods to solve the fractional differential equations.     

Adaptive fuzzy neural network control on the acoustic field in a duct

Base on the principle of the superposition of waves, active noise control is achieved by adaptively tuning a secondary source which produces an anti-noise of equal amplitude and opposite phase with primary source. This paper presents the study on the acoustic attenuation in a duct by using the combination of fuzzy neural network with error back propagation algorithm to control secondary source. The most important advantage of fuzzy inference system is that the structured knowledge is represented in the form of fuzzy IF-THEN rules. But it lacks the ability to accommodate the change of external environments. Combining neural network with fuzzy system can help in this tuning process by adapting fuzzy sets and creating fuzzy rules. The performance of attenuation and control error can be measured by the microphone placed in the downstream of duct. The results of this study, show that the acoustic attenuation by 40 dB for pure-tone noise and nearly 30 dB for dual-tones noise are obtained.     

Numerical investigation of a fast-axial-flow CW CO2 laser

This paper presents the results of the calculation of the parameters of the active medium of a fast-axial-flow CO₂ laser using numerical methods in the framework of a one-dimensional approximation of the set of continuity equations, Bernoulli equation, equation of gas state, energy equation and multi-temperature rate equations with regard to diffusion for the gas flow in the cylindrical discharge tube. The spatial distribution of the small-signal gain and gas temperature along the gas flow direction have been calculated for a given set of initial conditions, namely, gas flow velocity, gas pressure and the tube diameter. In addition, the dependence of small-signal gain, the asymmetric stretch vibrational temperature of CO₂ (T₃) and the gas temperature on the discharge current were studied.     

Narrow band optical filter in fluorescein doped boric acid glass saturable absorber thin films

We demonstrate narrow band optical filter like frequency response with full width half maximum (FWHM) of nearly (1.75 ± 0.25) Hz in fluorescein doped boric acid glass films [10⁻⁴ M], using modulated optical phase conjugation and a nearly non-degenerate four wave mixing technique. Modulated optical phase conjugation signals are described in the limit of a weak probe and relatively strong pump beams. Both pump beams are of nearly equal intensity at a wavelength of 514.5 nm from a continuous-wave Ar⁺ laser. The probe beam frequency has been detuned with a ramp signal using a piezo electric mirror.     

GO/Ag3PO4复合光催化剂的制备、表征及光催化性能

以石墨粉为原料,采用Hummers氧化法合成氧化石墨烯(GO).然后在超声作用下,将不同含量的Ag₃PO₄沉积在GO上,制备了一系列4% (w,质量分数) GO/Ag₃PO₄、8% GO/Ag₃PO₄、16% GO/Ag₃PO₄和32% GO/Ag₃PO₄复合光催化剂.对所制备的光催化剂运用N₂物理吸附、X射线粉末衍射(XRD)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)、拉曼光谱、傅里叶变换红外(FT-IR)光谱、紫外-可见漫反射吸收光谱(UV-Vis DRS)等手段进行了表征,并在可见光下考察了GO含量对Ag₃PO₄光催化降解甲基橙(MO)的性能.结果表明, GO能够和Ag₃PO₄实现均匀复合.复合GO提高了催化剂的比表面积,改善了催化剂的吸附性能.复合16% GO使Ag₃PO₄光催化活性提高最显著, 120 min内对MO的降解率达到83%,是纯Ag₃PO₄光催化活性的7.5倍. GO能提高催化剂的比表面积,促进光生电子-空穴(e^-/h⁺)的分离,产生更多活性自由基,从而提高Ag₃PO₄光催化的活性和稳定性.     

{110}晶面取向Ag3PO4多面体的水热制备及可见光催化活性

采用简易水热法在聚乙二醇-6000 (PEG-6000)辅助下合成了Ag₃PO₄多面体.系统考察了水热反应温度、时间及PEG-6000用量对产物形貌和结构的影响.通过X射线衍射(XRD),扫描电子显微镜(SEM),紫外-可见漫反射光谱(UV-Vis DRS)和荧光(PL)光谱等测试手段对光催化剂进行了表征.结果表明,适宜的水热温度及PEG-6000用量是制备具有{110}活性晶面取向Ag₃PO₄多面体的必要条件,该多面体通过纳米颗粒的Ostwald熟化效应生长而成.可见光催化降解罗丹明B (RhB)的实验表明,该Ag₃PO₄多面体活性明显优于其它水热条件下所制备的非{110}取向晶面样品和离子交换法所得纳米颗粒,其降解反应速率常数(k)为离子交换法所得Ag₃PO₄纳米颗粒的8.3倍.总有机碳含量(TOC)及循环实验证明,该Ag₃PO₄多面体可以有效地矿化RhB并保持较好的循环稳定性.活性自由基捕获实验表明,空穴(h⁺)和羟基自由基(·OH)是光催化氧化的主要活性物种.结合活性物种的氧化还原电位以及Ag₃PO₄的能带结构分析,提出了催化反应界面光生电子-空穴(e^--h⁺)对的分离及转移机制.