Estimation and optimization of thermal performance of evacuated tube solar collector system

In this study, artificial neural networks (ANNs) and adaptive neuro-fuzzy (ANFIS) in order to predict the thermal performance of evacuated tube solar collector system have been used. The experimental data for the training and testing of the networks were used. The results of ANN are compared with ANFIS in which the same data sets are used. The R²-value for the thermal performance values of collector is 0.811914 which can be considered as satisfactory. The results obtained when unknown data were presented to the networks are satisfactory and indicate that the proposed method can successfully be used for the prediction of the thermal performance of evacuated tube solar collectors. In addition, new formulations obtained from ANN are presented for the calculation of the thermal performance. The advantages of this approaches compared to the conventional methods are speed, simplicity, and the capacity of the network to learn from examples. In addition, genetic algorithm (GA) was used to maximize the thermal performance of the system. The optimum working conditions of the system were determined by the GA.     

Radial basis function neural network model for mean velocity and vorticity of capillary flow

The radial basis function neural network (RBFNN) simulation has been designed to simulate and predict the mean velocity of capillary flow in transition from laminar to turbulent flow and the root‐mean‐square vorticity as a function of wall‐normal position at different values of Reynolds number. The system was trained on the available data of the two cases. Therefore, we designed the system to work in automatic way for finding the best network that has the ability to have the best test and prediction. The proposed system shows an excellent agreement with that of an experimental data in these cases. The technique has been also designed to simulate the other distributions not presented in the training set and predicted them with effective matching. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Prediction of void fraction for gas–liquid flow in horizontal,upward and downward inclined pipes using artificial neural network

In this work, the ability of artificial neural networks (ANNs) to predict void fraction of gas–liquid two–phase flow in horizontal and inclined pipes was investigated. For this purpose, an ANN model was designed and trained using a total of 301 experimental data points reported in the literature for inclination angles between –20° and +20°. Pipe inclination angle as well as superficial Reynolds number of gas (Re_sg) and liquid (Re_sl) were chosen as input parameters of different structures of multilayer perceptron (MLP) neural networks, while the corresponding void fraction was selected as their output parameter. A hyperbolic tangent sigmoid and a linear function were employed as transfer functions of hidden and output layers, respectively, and Levenberg–Marquardt back propagation algorithm was used to train the networks. By trial–and–error method, a three–layer network with 10 neurons in the hidden layer was achieved as optimal structure of the ANN which made it possible to predict the void fraction with a high accuracy. Mean absolute percent error (MAPE) of 1.81% and coefficient of determination (R²) of 0.9976 for training data and MAPE of 1.52% and R² value of 0.9948 for testing data were obtained. Also for all data, MAPE of 1.95% and R² value of 0.9972 were calculated, and 96% data were within ±5% error band. In addition, the accuracy of the proposed ANN model was compared with the predictions from 17 void fraction correlations available in the literature for different flow patterns and horizontal and inclined flows. For all cases, the proposed ANN model gave better performance than all of the studied correlations. The results confirm the very good capability of the ANNs to predict the void fractions of gas–liquid flow in inclined pipes, regardless of flow pattern. Finally, by performing interpolation using the trained network, the void fraction values for some other conditions were predicted.     

基于Elman型神经网络的金川二矿地表岩移时序预测 模型

建立于煤矿开采基础之上的矿山开采沉陷理论和预测方法并不适用于象金川这样厚大、陡倾的金属矿床开采的岩移问题,因此,本文探讨利用神经网络来对地表岩移进行预测。根据Elman神经网络能够逼近任意非线性函数的特点和具有反映系统动态特性的能力,提出了利用Elman神经网络建立地表岩移时序预报模型的方法。利用金川二矿区GPS监测所得到的时间序列数据,通过对Elman神经网络模型预测值与GPS实测值之间的比较,结果表明模型预测显示了良好的准确性,特别是在时间步长较短情况下,应用于实际预测一定程度上可以弥补金属矿山岩移预测方法不足的缺憾。     

The worst response of mistuned bladed disk system using neural network and genetic algorithm

The objective of this paper is to develop an integrated approach using artificial neural networks (ANN) and genetic algorithms (GA) for predicting the worst response of mistuned bladed disk. ANN is used to predict the responses of bladed disk system which are used further in evaluation of fitness and constraint violation in GA process. A multilayer back-propagation neural network is trained with the results obtained from finite element model for different bladed disk configurations. Subsequently, GA is employed for arriving at optimum configuration of the bladed disk system by maximizing the blade responses. By integrating ANN with GA, the computational time required for obtaining optimal solution could be reduced substantially. The efficacy of this approach is demonstrated by carrying out studies on mistuned bladed disk systems for different sets of mistuning parameters, namely mistuning in modulus of elasticity and length of blades. Finally, the effect of adding shroud at the tip of blades in reducing the maximum response of the bladed disk system was investigated.     

基于BP神经网络的风电机组钢混组合式塔架结构频率预测

风电机组塔架结构固有频率设计是风力发电结构体系设计的基础。针对风电机组新型钢混组合式塔架（“混塔”）结构固有频率传统理论计算和有限元法计算的不足,提出了基于BP神经网络算法进行频率预测的新方法。首先,利用有限元计算和分析,确定了训练模型的特征量和标签;然后,利用32个有限元计算样本,基于BP神经网络算法训练了可用于混塔结构频率分析的模型。经验证,该方法对混塔的一阶频率预测误差仅约为0.1%,具有很高的准确性;利用不同的样本集训练的模型也能快速准确预测混塔一阶频率,说明算法具有高度的稳定性;该方法还可用于预测混塔的多阶频率,结果仍显示出高度的准确性。此外,与基于有限元的频率计算相比,该方法具有突出的计算效率。整体上,本文提出的基于BP神经网络的混塔结构固有频率预测新方法,具有高度的可行性、精准性和高效性,可为风力发电机组塔架结构体系设计提供重要的指导。     

STUDY ON PREDICTION METHODS FOR DYNAMIC SYSTEMS OF NONLINEAR CHAOTIC TIME SERIES＊

The prediction methods for nonlinear dynamic systems which are decided by chaotic time series are mainly studied as well as structures of nonlinear self-related chaotic models and their dimensions. By combining neural networks and wavelet theories, the structures of wavelet transform neural networks were studied and also a wavelet neural networks learning method was given. Based on wavelet networks, a new method for parameter identification was suggested, which can be used selectively to extract different scales of frequency and time in time series in order to realize prediction of tendencies or details of original time series. Through pre-treatment and comparison of results before and after the treatment, several useful conclusions are reached:High accurate identification can be guaranteed by applying wavelet networks to identify parameters of self-related chaotic models and more valid prediction of the chaotic time series including noise can be achieved accordingly.     

基坑支护结构水平变形预测的遗传神经网络方法

采用遗传算法和误差反向传播算法相结合的混合算法来训练前馈人工神经网络,先用遗传学习算法进行全局训练,再用BP算法进行精确训练。就遗传算法过程中的选择、变异进行了探索,提出了用BP网络训练产生变异的遗传算法。作为实例,将该方法应用于预测基坑支护结构水平变形中。结果表明,该方法有收敛速度较快、预测精度高等优点。     

方钢管混凝土短柱轴心受压承载力的神经网络模拟

由于方钢管混凝土的侧向约束机构复杂,对方钢管混凝土柱强度承载力的计算至今仍没有一种统一的方法。本文拟采用神经网络方法对轴心受压方钢管混凝土短柱的承载力进行模拟。以混凝土抗压强度、钢管的屈服强度、套箍指标、截面尺寸和宽厚比等五个参数为网络输入,以构件的极限承载力为网络输出,构建多层前馈神经网络来描述它们之间的非线性关系。利用55组试验数据对网络进行训练和测试,并将其预测值与三种承载力计算模型的预测值进行比较。对比结果表明本文建立的神经网络模型对55组试验数据给出了最好的模拟精度,可作为预测方钢管混凝土柱承载能力的一种新方法。     

基于神经网络技术的管道机电阻抗健康状况定量评估研究

将机电阻抗法用于管道法兰和主干结构健康监测,并利用BP神经网络对结构损伤进行定量评估.首先实验研究了管道法兰与主干结构健康状况对阻抗谱的影响,不同的结构损伤可通过阻抗分析仪测量的阻抗实部谱变化反映出来;然后利用BP神经网络技术对管道不同工况下得到的阻抗实部谱进行定量分析.采用阻抗值实部作为输入样本对神经网络进行训练,并使用受训的神经网络实现了对管道中不同结构损伤状况的定量评估.研究结果表明,将机电阻抗法与神经网络数据处理技术结合起来用于复杂管道的结构健康监测,不仅可实现对不同类型损伤的定量评估,同时还具有较高的稳定性.     

基于组合神经网络的雷诺平均湍流模型多次修正方法

求解雷诺平均(Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes, RANS)方程依然是工程应用中有效且实用的方法, 但对雷诺应力建模的不确定性会导致该方法的预测精度具有很大差异. 随着人工智能的发展, 湍流闭合模型结合机器学习元素的数据驱动方法被认为是提高RANS模型预测性能的有效手段, 然而这种数据驱动方法的稳定性和预测精度仍有待进一步提高. 本文通过构建一个全连接神经网络对RANS方程中的涡黏系数进行预测以实现雷诺应力的隐式求解,该神经网络记作涡黏系数神经网络(eddy viscosity neural network, EVNN). 此外, 也使用张量基神经网络(tensor basis neural network, TBNN)预测未封闭量与解析量之间的高阶涡黏关系, 并利用基张量保证伽利略不变性. 最后, 采用多次修正的策略实现修正模型对流场预测的精度闭环. 上述方法使用大涡模拟(large eddy simulation, LES)方法产生的高保真数据, 以及RANS模拟获得的基线数据对由EVNN和TBNN组合的神经网络进行训练, 然后用训练好的模型预测新的RANS模拟的流场. 通过与高保真LES结果进行对比, 结果表明, 相比于原始RANS模型, 修正模型对后验速度场、下壁面平均压力系数和摩擦力系数的预测精度均有较大提升. 可以发现对雷诺应力线性部分的隐式处理可以增强数值求解的稳定性, 对雷诺应力非线性部分的修正可以提升模型对流场各向异性特征预测的性能, 并且多次修正后的模型表现出更高的预测精度. 因此, 该算法在数据驱动湍流建模和工程应用中具有很大的应用潜力.      

Artificial neural network modeling of fixed bed biosorption using radial basis approach

In modern day scenario, biosorption is a cost effective separation technology for the removal of various pollutants from wastewater and waste streams from various process industries. The difficulties associated in rigorous mathematical modeling of a fixed bed bio-adsorbing systems due to the complexities of the process often makes the development of pure black-box artificial neural network (ANN) models particularly useful in this field. In this work, radial basis function network has been employed as ANN to model the breakthrough curves in fixed bed biosorption. The prediction has been compared to the experimental breakthrough curves of Cadmium, Lanthanum and a dye available in the literature. Results show that this network gives fairly accurate representation of the actual breakthrough curves. The results obtained from ANN modeling approach shows the better agreement between experimental and predicted breakthrough curves as the error for all these situations are within 6%.     

Spatial artificial neural network model for subgrid-scale stress and heat flux of compressible turbulence

The subgrid-scale(SGS) stress and SGS heat flux are modeled by using an artificial neural network(ANN) for large eddy simulation(LES) of compressible turbulence. The input features of ANN model are based on the first-order and second-order derivatives of filtered velocity and temperature at different spatial locations. The proposed spatial artificial neural network(SANN)model gives much larger correlation coefficients and much smaller relative errors than the gradient model in an a priori analysis. In an a posteriori analysis, the SANN model performs better than the dynamic mixed model(DMM) in the prediction of spectra and statistical properties of velocity and temperature, and the instantaneous flow structures.     

储液容器跌落冲击动力学神经网络建模

运用LS-DYNA程序中的ALE算法模拟储液容器在不同的跌落角度、跌落高度、壳体厚度下的跌落冲击过程,获取神经网络预测模型的训练样本集;利用BP神经网络建立储液容器结构参数、跌落冲击参数与接触点最大应力之间的映射关系预测模型,并将各种参数下的接触点最大应力网络预测值与仿真值比较,两者差异较小,表明该方法是有效的,可以为实际生产过程中参数选择提供理论依据.     

红板岩材料隐式本构模型的建立及其应用研究

针对红板岩材料在岩土工程中所表现的大量模糊的和不确定的因素等特点,基于人工神经网络的学习能力,借助于室内岩石力学试验,进行了对该材料的力学本构特性进行了神经网络模拟研究,提出了隐式本构模型的思想和方法,并通过该方法对该岩石的流变试验结果进行学习,获得了以网络权值结构保存的力学特性知识,由此得到了表征红板岩应力应变本构关系的隐式本构模型。应用结果表明,该方法对岩土类材料本构关系的模拟研究具有很好的应用前景。     

规范形网络中的混沌吸引子

讨论多余维Hopf分叉三阶规范形的普适开折形成的网络更进一步的复杂动力学行为．通过对余维二Hopf分叉的规范形网络多级分叉的分析，发现在参数空间的某个区域会出现二环面，将S形非线性加入规范形网络，在出现二环面的区域内可以出现混沌．本文给出了该混沌吸引子的相图及其二阶Poincare映射的图景．由这些图可以看到该混沌吸引子具有非常奇妙的形态：某些二阶Poincare映射像一只逼真的蝴蝶．     

Predicting the critical heat flux in concentric-tube open thermosiphon: a method based on support vector machine optimized by chaotic particle swarm optimization algorithm

This study presents a method based on support vector machine (SVM) optimized by chaotic particle swarm optimization algorithm (CPSO) for the prediction of the critical heat flux (CHF) in concentric-tube open thermosiphon. In this process, the parameters C, ε and δ² of SVM have been determined by the CPSO. As for a comparision, the traditional back propagation neural network (BPNN), radial basis function neural network (RBFNN), general regression neural network (GRNN) are also used to predict the CHF for the same experimental results under a variety of operating conditions. The MER and RMSE of SVM–CPSO model are about 45% of the BPNN model, about 60% of the RBFNN model, and about 80% of GRNN model. The simulation results demonstrate that the SVM–CPSO method can get better accuracy.     

水下发射水动力的多尺度预测网络研究

空泡的演化和水动力特征的预测在航行体发射的设计中有非常重要的意义.人工智能技术已经成为了参数预测的重要手段.为了能够快速预测航行体水下发射过程的尾部压力的复杂变化,提出了一种多尺度深度学习网络.该网络模型以一维卷积网络(1DCNN)为基础,构建了一种编码--解码型网络结构,通过不同的采样频率将原始数据分解为光滑部分和脉...     

规范形网络中的混沌吸引子

讨论多余维Hopf分叉三阶规范形的普适开折形成的网络更进一步的复杂动力学行为．通过对余维二Hopf分叉的规范形网络多级分叉的分析，发现在参数空间的某个区域会出现二环面，将S形非线性加入规范形网络，在出现二环面的区域内可以出现混沌．本文给出了该混沌吸引子的相图及其二阶Poincare映射的图景．由这些图可以看到该混沌吸引子具有非常奇妙的形态：某些二阶Poincare映射像一只逼真的蝴蝶．     

Nonlinear reduced-order model for vertical sloshing by employing neural networks

The aim of this work is to provide a reduced-order model to describe the dissipative behavior of nonlinear vertical sloshing involving Rayleigh–Taylor instability by means of a feed forward neural network. A 1-degree-of-freedom system is taken into account as representative of fluid–structure interaction problem. Sloshing has been replaced by an equivalent mechanical model, namely a boxed-in bouncing ball with parameters suitably tuned with performed experiments. A large data set, consisting of a long simulation of the bouncing ball model with pseudo-periodic motion of the boundary condition spanning different values of oscillation amplitude and frequency, is used to train the neural network. The obtained neural network model has been included in a Simulink®  environment for closed-loop fluid–structure interaction simulations showing promising performances for perspective integration in complex structural system.