VisAct: a visualization design system based on semantic actions

Current visualization design toolkits help users to explore data and create visualizations. However, most of these systems do not record the executed actions during the visualization construction process with semantic context. In this paper, we present VisAct, a visualization design system based on semantic actions, that helps average users to construct visualizations step by step. Our system contributes a set of action-based visualization components and a high-level grammar for semantic actions. VisAct also guides the visualization construction process and provides an action tracker for history management and data collection. We demonstrate the usability of VisAct by visualizations and a plugin application. Finally, we conduct a user study to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of our system.     

Effect of Zr concentration on the mechanical and thermodynamic properties of NbIr3 intermetallic compounds from theoretical estimations

ABSTRACT

The iridium is an important metal which has excellent resistance to corrosion at high temperature. L1₂ intermetallic compounds i.e. Ir₃Nb and Ir₃Zr, with similar lattice parameters are ideal for working at high temperature. They are fully soluble due to their low lattice misfit. A first-principle investigation into the effect of doping Zr with different concentrations on the electronic structure, mechanical and thermodynamic properties of NbIr₃ has been studied to prompt the development of novel high-temperature materials. Nine Zr_xNb_8?xIr₂₄ compounds are carefully considered. The results show that adding Zr into these compounds can strengthen their structural stability and ductility. Nevertheless, it reduces the elastic modulus and elastic stiffness. Simultaneously, with the increase of Zr content, the thermodynamic properties of these compounds decrease. It is also found that the changes of elastic modulus are mainly attributed to the variations of bonds in these compounds.     

The first excited single-proton resonance in ~(15)F by complex-scaled Green's function method

The complex-scaled Green's function(CGF)method is employed to explore the single-proton resonance in 15F.Special attention is paid to the first excited resonant state 5/2+,which has been widely studied in both theory and experiments.However,past studies generally overestimated the width of the 5/2+state.The predicted energy and width of the first excited resonant state 5/2+by the CGF method are both in good agreement with the experimental value and close to Fortune's new estimation.Furthermore,the influence of the potential parameters and quadruple deformation effects on the resonant states are investigated in detail,which is helpful to the study of the shell structure evolution.     

Mechanistic Studies on Propargyl Alcohol-Tethered Alkylidenecyclopropane with Aryldiazonium Salt Initiated by Visible Light

This paper discloses the reaction mechanism of two consecutive but different visible light photo-induced chain processes for the rapid construction of spirobi[indene]skeletons.The first process is triggered by a photo-induced single-electron-transfer(SET)of an electron donor-accepter(EDA)complex.The second process is initiated by a direct SET process between aryldiazonium salt and the excited allenic intermediate.In these two processes,another SET took place respectively on the in situ formed radical intermediate to realize a redox-neutral outcome.The mechanistic studies have been carried out by control experiments,kinetic and spectroscopic analyses,deuterium labeling experiments to support these two chain processes.     

光刻机硅片表面不平度原位检测技术

随着光刻特征尺寸的不断减小,硅片表面不平度对光刻性能的影响越来越显著.该文提出了一种新的硅片表面不平度的原位检测技术本文在分析特殊测试标记成像规律的基础上,讨论了测试标记的对准位置偏移量与硅片表面起伏高度的变化规律,提出了一种新的硅片表面不平度原位检测技术.实验表明,该技术可实现硅片表面不平度及硅片表面形貌的高准确度原位测量.该技术考虑了光刻机承片台吸附力的非均匀性对硅片表面不平度的影响,更真实反映曝光工作状态下的硅片表面不平度大小.与现有的原位检测方法相比,硅片表面不平度的测量空间分辨率提高了1.67%倍,可实现硅片表面形貌的原位检测.     

CCD对高空间分辨率波前干涉检测的影响

推导并用实验验证了光强与入射波前在单位像元面积里成近似线性关系,从而得到入射波前经CCD采样后的功率谱密度（PSD）公式.根据该公式,模拟分析了影响CCD采集系统的系统传递函数的各个因素：入射波前、CCD的填充因子及CCD的曝光时间,得出了他们与系统传递函数的定性关系,并且通过实验明确CCD曝光时间对高空间分辨率波前检测不确定度的影响,为高空间分辨率干涉设计提供了理论依据.     

Positron Annihilation Study on the Thermal Fatigue in a Die Steel

Samples of 5Cr2NiMoVSi die steel which underwent thermal fatigue with different fatigue cycles have been studied by using microhardness and positron lifetime measurements. It is found that the microhardness and the positron lifetime parameters increase and decrease alternatively with increasing the number of the fatigue cycles. The experimental results reveal that the fatigue strain, the dynamical recovery, and recrystallization and the precipitation are main causes of variation of the defects in the process of thermal fatigue.     

两空间耦合下齿轮传动系统多稳态特性研究

通过将系统参数定义为参数变量, 构成参数空间,研究齿轮传动系统在参数空间和状态空间耦合下的非线性全局动力学特性,以及多参数、多初值和多稳态行为之间的关联特性.首先设计了一个两空间耦合下非线性系统多稳态行为的计算和辨识方法.其次,基于该方法并结合相图、Poincaré映射图、分岔图、最大Lyapunov指数、吸引域等,研究齿轮传动系统在不同参数平面上多稳态行为的存在区域和分布特性,以及多稳态行为在状态平面上的分布特性,揭示了参数平面和状态平面上系统可能隐藏的多稳态行为和分岔,并分析了多稳态行为的形成机理. 结果发现,两空间耦合下系统在参数平面上存在大量多稳态行为并呈"带状"分布, 状态平面上多稳态行为出现两种不同的侵蚀现象, 即内部侵蚀和边界侵蚀.分岔点或分岔曲线对初值的敏感性导致多稳态行为的出现.当齿侧间隙和误差波动在较小的范围内变化时,系统全局动力学特性受间隙和误差扰动的影响较小,受啮合频率的影响较大.两空间耦合下系统全局动力学特性变得丰富和复杂.      

Minimum-time optimal control of robotic manipulators based on Hamel’s integrators

Meccanica - In this paper, we develop a framework of time optimization path planning for robotic manipulators surrounded by static obstacles. Our approach is based on the recursive dynamics method...