Evolution of near‐surface deformed layers during hot rolling of AA3104 aluminium alloy

In the present study, controlled reheating and breakdown rolling experiments have been carried out and the thickness, structure and uniformity of the resultant near‐surface deformed layer have been characterised by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. High aspect ratio rolling, coupled with an increased rolling speed and rough and worn roll surfaces results in a high degree of interaction between the work roll and work pieces. This generates a shingled surface appearance with a high population of transverse surface cracks and a relatively thick near‐surface deformed layer. In contrast, relatively low aspect ratio rolling, coupled with a reduced rolling speed and freshly ground work roll surfaces generates a relatively thin near‐surface deformed layer. The thickness of the near‐surface deformed layer varies across the alloy surface and is directly related to the shingles, the surface cracks and the distribution of coarse intermetallics. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Corrosion behaviour of mechanically polished AA7075‐T6 aluminium alloy

In the present study, the effects of mechanical polishing on the microstructure and corrosion behaviour of AA7075 aluminium alloy are investigated. It was found that a nano‐grained, near‐surface deformed layer, up to 400 nm thickness, is developed due to significant surface shear stress during mechanically polishing. Within the near‐surface deformed layer, the alloying elements have been redistributed and the microstructure of the alloy is modified; in particular, the normal MgZn₂ particles for T6 are absent. However, segregation bands, approximately 10‐nm thick, containing mainly zinc, are found at the grain boundaries within the near‐surface deformed layer. The presence of such segregation bands promoted localised corrosion along the grain boundaries within the near‐surface deformed layer due to microgalvanic action. During anodic polarisation of mechanically polished alloy in sodium chloride solution, two breakdown potentials were observed at ?750 mV and ?700 mV, respectively. The first breakdown potential is associated with an increased electrochemical activity of the near‐surface deformed layer, and the second breakdown potential is associated with typical pitting of the bulk alloy. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Acoustic detection and classification of river boats

We present a robust algorithm to detect the arrival of a boat of a certain type when other background noises are present. It is done via the analysis of its acoustic signature against an existing database of recorded and processed acoustic signals. We characterize the signals by the distribution of their energies among blocks of wavelet packet coefficients. To derive the acoustic signature of the boat of interest, we use the Best Discriminant Basis method. The decision is made by combining the answers from the Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) classifier and from the Classification and Regression Trees (CART) that is also accompanied with an additional unit, called Aisles, that reduces false alarms rate. The proposed algorithm is a generic solution for process control that is based on a learning phase (training) followed by an automatic real time detection while minimizing the false alarms rate.     

近红外光谱法预测粗皮桉木材气干密度的影响因素分析

采用近红外光谱分析技术,对粗皮桉木材气干密度校正模型的影响因素进行比较研究.使用直接测量法测量了粗皮桉木材的气干密度,并用近红外光谱仪采集试样的近红外漫反射光谱,对不同切面、厚度、含水率和粗糙度的粗皮桉木材试样的原始光谱进行二阶导数预处理并选择一定光谱段建立回归模型.以50～140个试样作为校正集建立木材气干密度的偏最...     

基于最近邻方法的类星体与正常星系光谱分类

随着高质最CCD传感器技术的日渐成熟与广泛应用,以及许多大型巡天计划的相继实施,天体数据量极大,因此天体观测数据的自动识别、分析问题首当其冲.文章在原始测量空间使用最近邻方法(NN)研究了正常星系与类星体光谱的识别问题.正常星系和类星体属于河外天体,一般距离地球较远,其观测光谱会受到许多干扰,所以这两类天体光谱的分类在...     

Near surface composition of some alloys by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Chemical compositions of the alloys of CuNi (Cu_0.10Ni_0.90, Cu_0.30Ni_0.70, Cu_0.70Ni_0.30) and BiSb (Bi_0.80Sb_0.20, Bi_0.64Sb_0.34, Bi_0.55Sb_0.45) are determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The stoichiometries are determined and are compared with the bulk compositions. Possible sources of systematic errors contributing to the results are discussed. Errors arising out of preferential etching in these alloys have been investigated. It has been inferred from such studies that the preferential etching does not enrich the surface composition with a particular component for the two systems reported here. Quantitative results of CuNi system indicate that the surface regions of the Cu_0.70Ni_0.30 alloy is Cu-rich, although no such evidence is observed in case of BiSb system.     

Constructions for rotational near resolvable block designs

A (ν, k, k?1) near resolvable block design (NRBD) is r‐rotational over a group G if it admits G as an automorphism group of order (ν?1)/r fixing exactly one point and acting semiregularly on the others. We give direct and recursive constructions for rotational NRBDs with particular attention to 1‐rotational ones. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Combin Designs 9: 157–181, 2001     

Bootstrap approximation of nearest neighbor regression function estimates

Let (X, Y) be a random vector in the plane and denote by m(x) = (Y|X = x) the corresponding regression function. We show that the bootstrap approximation for the distribution of a smoothed nearest neighbor estimate of m(x) is valid. Also we compare, by Monte Carlo, confidence intervals which are obtained from both the normal and the bootstrap approximation.