Pole-placement controllers for linear systems with point delays

This paper presents a robust control algorithm for plants involvingboth internal (i.e. in the state) and external (i.e. in theoutput or input) known point delays. Several stabilizing controllerstructures are given and analysed for the case of perfectlymodelled plants with known parameters. The parametrized partsof two of the controller structures involve delays, while thoseof the two remaining controllers are delay-free. However, auxiliarycompensating signals which weight the plant input and outputintegrals are incorporated in all the controller structuresfor stabilization and model matching purposes.     

The large deformation of nonlinearly elastic rings in a two-dimensional compressible flow

The nonlinear nonlocal system of the equilibrium equations ofan elastic ring under the action of an external two-dimensionaluniformly subsonic potential barotropic steady-state gas flowis considered. The configurations of the elastic ring are identifiedby a pair of functions (, ). The simple curve represents theshape of the ring and the real-valued function identifies theorientation of the material sections of the ring. The pressurefield on the ring depends nonlocally on , and on two parametersU and P which represent the pressure and the velocity at infinity.The system is shown to be equivalent to a fixed-point problem,which is then treated with continuation methods. It is shownthat the solution branch ensuing from certain equilibrium states((₀, ₀), 0, P₀) in the solution-parameter space of ((₀, ₀),0, P₀) either approaches the boundary of the admissible ((,), U,p)'s in a well-defined sense, or is unbounded, or is homotopicallynontrivial in the sense that there exists a continuous map from the branch to a two-dimensional sphere which is not homotopicin the sphere to a constant, while restricted to the branchminus ((₀, ₀), 0, P₀) is homotopic to a constant in the sphere.Furthermore, by fixing the pressure parameter at P₀ and by consideringthe one-parameter problem in ((, ), U), the following holds.Every hyperplane in the solution-parameter space of the ((,), U)'s which contains the equilibrium state ((₀, ₀), 0) anddoes not include a welldetermined one-dimensional subspace intersectsthe solution branch above at a point different from ((₀, ₀),0).     

非磁性替代原子对Ce_2Co_(17)居里温度和饱和磁化强度的影响

用真空电弧熔炼法制备了Ce2 Co17-xMx(M =Ga ,Al和Si)化合物。通过X射线衍射和磁性测量手段 ,研究了非磁性替代原子Ga,Al和Si的加入对Ce2 Co17化合物的居里温度和饱和磁化强度的影响 ,其中Si在Ce2 Co17化合物中的固溶度最小 ,并使居里温度和饱和磁化强度下降幅度最大。     

THE INFLUENCE OF CYLINDER LUBRICATION ON PISTON SLAP

A model has been developed for determining the time history of piston slap impact force. This model takes into account the influence of the oil film on the impact behaviour, which was found to be an important factor. However, it was also found that entrapped gas bubbles in the oil are equally significant. Three test rigs were designed and built to study these effects on the impact phenomenon and extensive tests were carried out. The impact force time history has been determined using Reynolds' theory. Results have shown that Reynolds' theory for fluid film squeezing can be applied for oil film damping determination. However, the experimental results have also shown that when gas is entrapped during the impact, this theory considerably overpredicts the magnitude of the impact. An eight-degree-of-freedom lumped parameter model was developed through the dynamic analysis of each component of an internal combustion engine's reciprocating system. The effective damping factor derived from this model was found to be inversely proportional to the oil film thickness cubed, as expected from Reynolds' theory. A dynamic model has been proposed, where the oil film mixed with bubbles is considered to be analogous to a serial spring and damping system. By incorporating a spring in series with this damper, the effect of the bubbles can also be predicted.     

由混合激发钠分子—原子系统产生的强度振荡变化的红外受激喇曼散射

本文报道以等频二步激发钠分子-原子系统,观测到强度随泵浦光的调谐而呈振荡变化的3P—4P受激喇曼散射,以及对应4D—4P和4F—3D跃迁的红外受激辐射和由四波混频产生的816.8～822.1nm区内可调谐相干辐射。文中对这些过程进行了分析讨论。     

Electronic surface structure of <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-ML Ag/Cu(111) and Cs/<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-ML Ag/Cu(111) as investigated by 2PPE and STS

We investigated the electronic structure of epitaxially grown silver films on Cu(111) with and without adsorption of cesium by means of scanning tunneling spectroscopy and two-photon photoemission. This system has been chosen as a model system to engineer and measure the dynamics of charge-transfer processes between an adsorbate and a heterogeneous substrate. Special emphasis has been laid on the investigation of the energy shift of the Shockley-type surface state and an excited cesium resonance as a function of Ag film thickness. For the cesium resonance we observe an increase in line width with increasing layer thickness. PACS 68.37.Ef; 68.43.-h; 68.55.Jk; 73.20.-r     

A Study of the Oxidation Pathway of Adrenaline by Cyclic Voltammetry: An Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Exercise

An undergraduate laboratory exercise to be used in an undergraduate instrumental methods course is presented for the electrochemical characterization of oxidation products of adrenaline. An objective of this experiment is to use information obtained through cyclic voltammetry and simulation software to develop a qualitative understanding of the oxidation mechanism of adrenaline.     

Magnetic hyperfine fields in Heusler alloys Co YZ (Y=Ti,Zr; Z=Al,Ga,Sn)

Magnetic hyperfine fields (mhf) acting on Ta at the Ti and Zr sites have been measured in Heusler alloys Co₂TiAl(Ga,Sn) and Co₂ZrAl(Sn) by the TDPAC technique utilizing the 133–482 keV gamma cascade in¹⁸¹Hf. Curie temperatures of all the alloys have also been measured using a vibrating sample magnetometer. Present data together with the existing results on the Co₂HfAl(Ga,Sn) are discussed and compared with the mhf systematics in Heusler alloys.work partially supported by CNEN and CNPq