一种复杂车辆图像中的多车牌定位方法

针对复杂背景中多个车牌的定位问题,提出一种新的定位方法.该方法综合利用边缘检测、连通域分析、倾斜矫正等多种方法,解决了复杂背景中定位难的问题.能够准确定位杂乱背景中的车牌,对天气、光照变化、车牌在图像中的移动和旋转等,具有良好的适应能力.该方法为后续的字符分割和字符识别提供旋转角度、字符区域定位信息.     

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利用分裂的屏蔽氢不透明度模型计算了Ar、Kr、Xe惰性元素混合物随光子能量变化的不透明度以及Rosseland平均不透明度。研究了温度为100～250eV,密度为0.5～2g·cm-3范围内惰性元素混合物的Rosseland平均不透明度与混合物质、混合比例、温度和密度的密切关系。结果显示,Ar-Xe混合以及Xe-Kr混合后的Rosseland平均不透明度比它们为纯元素时有较大的增加;而Ar-Kr混合后的Rosseland平均不透明度则比纯Kr低。通过对比纯惰性元素随光子能量变化的不透明度峰、谷值,分析了造成混合后不透明度增加或降低的原因,同时给出了获得惰性元素混合物平均不透明度为最大时的混合比例。     

Algorithm for simulating fracture processes in concrete by lattice modeling

To simulate fracture behaviors in concrete more realistically, a theoretical analysis on the potential question in the quasi-static method is presented, then a novel algorithm is proposed which takes into account the inertia effect due to unstable crack propagation and meanwhile requests much lower computational efforts than purely dynamic method. The inertia effect due to load increasing becomes less important and can be ignored with the loading rate decreasing, but the inertia effect due to unstable crack propagation remains considerable no matter how low the loading rate is. Therefore, results may become questionable if a fracture process including unstable cracking is simulated by the quasi-static procedure excluding completely inertia effects. However, it requires much higher computational effort to simulate experiments with not very high loading rates by the dynamic method. In this investigation which can be taken as a natural continuation, the potential question of quasi-static method is analyzed based on the dynamic equations of motion. One solution to this question is the new algorithm mentioned above. Numerical examples are provided by the generalized beam (GB) lattice model to show both fracture processes under different loading rates and capability of the new algorithm.     

Inertia and damping effects on the damage-dependent burst size distribution of fiber bundles

Distributions of simultaneous fiber failures—bursts—in loaded fiber bundles are studied considering inertia and damping. Resulting burst size distributions have universal properties: all approach the power law D_ΔΔ^−2.5 for larger burst sizes Δ. Momentary burst size distributions evolve with increasing damage and do not follow power laws but are still universal. Finally, it is briefly outlined how to use distribution progression to assess damage state.     

Complete synchronization of Kuramoto oscillators with finite inertia

We present an approach based on Gronwall’s inequalities for the asymptotic complete phase-frequency synchronization of Kuramoto oscillators with finite inertia. For given finite inertia and coupling strength, we present admissible classes of initial configurations and natural frequency distributions, which lead to the complete phase-frequency synchronization asymptotically. For this, we explicitly identify invariant regions for the Kuramoto flow, and derive second-order Gronwall’s inequalities for the evolution of phase and frequency diameters. Our detailed time-decay estimates for phase and frequency diameters are independent of the number of oscillators. We also compare our analytical results with numerical simulations.     

A dispersive regularization of the modulational instability of stratified gravity waves

We derive high-order corrections to a modulation theory for the propagation of internal gravity waves in a density-stratified fluid with coupling to the mean flow. The methodology we use allows for strong modulations of wavenumber and mean flow, extending previous approaches developed for the quasi-monochromatic regime. The wave mean flow modulation equations consist of a system of nonlinear conservation laws that may be hyperbolic, elliptic or of mixed type. We investigate the regularizing properties of the asymptotic correction terms in the case when the system becomes unstable and ill-posed due to a change of type (loss of hyperbolicity). A linear analysis reveals that the regularization by the added correction terms does so by introducing a short-wave cut-off of the unstable wavenumbers. We perform various numerical experiments that confirm the regularizing properties of the correction terms, and show that the growth of unstable modes is tempered by nonlinearity. We also find an excellent agreement between the solution of the corrected modulation system and the modulation variables extracted from the numerical solution of the nonlinear Boussinesq equations.     

Clock and Rods—Or Something More Fundamental?

This paper is essentially a speculation on the realization of Mach's Principle, and we came to the details of the present analysis via the formulation of two questions: (a) Can a globally inertial space &; time be associated with a non-trivial global matter distribution? (b) If so, what are the general properties of such a global distribution? These questions are addressed within the context of an extremely simple model universe consisting of particles possessing only the property of enumerability existing in a formless continuum.Since there are no pre-specified ideas of clocks and rods in this model universe, we are forced into two fundamental considerations, these being: What invariant meanings can be given to the concepts of spatial displacement and elapsed time in this model universe? Briefly, these questions are answered as follows: the spatial displacement of a particle is defined in terms of its changed relationship with the particle ensemble as a whole—this is similar to the man walking down a street who can estimate the length of his walk by reference to his changed view of the street. Once the concept of invariant spatial displacement is established, a corresponding concept of elapsed time then emerges in a natural way as ‘process’ within the system. Thus, unlike for example, general relativity, which can be considered as a theory describing the behaviour of specified clocks and rods in the presence of matter, the present analysis can be considered as a rudimentary—but fundamental—theory of what underlies the concepts of clocks and rods in a material universe. In answer to the original two questions, this theory tells us that a globally inertial space &; time can be associated with a non-trivial global matter distribution, and that this distribution is necessarily fractal with D = 2. This latter result is compared with the results of modern surveys of galaxy distributions which find that such distributions are quasi-fractal with D ? 2 on the small-to-medium scales, with the situation on the medium-to-large scales being a topic of considerable debate. Accordingly, and bearing in mind the extreme simplicity of the model considered, the observational evidence is consistent with the interpretation that the analysed point-of-view captures the cosmic reality to a good first-order approximation. We consider the implications of these results.     

Accurate Turbine Inertia Measurement

High fidelity power measurements in free wheel devices require accurate inertia measurements. To evaluate the turbine efficiency, a new experimental technique to measure the momentum of inertia has been developed at the von Karman Institute (VKI). This experimental methodology allows the determination of the inertia of complex shape bodies without being dismounted from their rotating housing.     

A generalization of the inertia theorem for quadratic matrix polynomials

We show that the inertia of a quadratic matrix polynomial is determined in terms of the inertia of its coefficient matrices if the leading coefficient is Hermitian and nonsingular, the constant term is Hermitian, and the real part of the coefficient matrix of the first degree term is definite. In particular, we prove that the number of zero eigenvalues of such a matrix polynomial is the same as the number of zero eigenvalues of its constant term. We also give some new results for the case where the real part of the coefficient matrix of the first degree term is semidefinite.