Decreasing the Displacements of a Composite Saddle-Shaped Cable Roof

The structural possibilities of decreasing the compliance of a composite saddle-shaped cable roof having a compliant support contour are investigated. The use of a supporting contour consisting of cables joined together with tie-bars is considered as a structural method enabling one to decrease the compliance of the roof. Each cable of the support has its own initial flexure. The method is most efficient from the viewpoint of material consumption per unit of covered area relative to the increasing rigidity and prestress level of the cable net.The efficiency of the method was evaluated by a numerical experiment, which was carried out for a composite saddle-shaped cable roof 50 × 50 m in the plan. The roof was formed by two orthogonal cable groups joined with a compliant supporting contour. A hybrid composite cable based on a carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic, a glass-fiber-reinforced plastic, and steel was considered as a material for the cable net in combination with steel. The material consumption and the maximum vertical displacement of the cable net in relation to the initial geometrical characteristics of the supporting contour were obtained. A possibility of decreasing the maximum vertical displacements of the roof by 8% was established.     

On the degree of convergence of lemniscates in finite connected domains

For an arbitrary bounded closed set E in the complex plane with complement Ω of finite connectivity, we study the degree of convergence of the lemniscates in Ω.     

The Problem of Linear Conjugation on a Closed Riemann Surface

In this paper, we present a general solution of the scalar Riemann problem on a closed Riemann surface in the case of a compound contour in the class of piecewise meromorphic functions multiple of a given divisor. All the results are known and belong to the author [15–17], except for the existence theorems and properties of basic functionals and also properties of a θ-function. The solution of the problem in a ‘special case’ has been announced by the author but not published [15]. Similar problems and some applications are considered in [1, 2, 12]. The main results of the paper were obtained by the author during his collaboration with Professor G. S. Litvinchuk, and this paper is devoted to his cherished memory. Received: April 13, 2007. Accepted: June 13, 2008.     

一种结合Mean—shift和粒子滤波的视频跟踪算法

提出一种结合均值偏移算法和粒子滤波理论的视频跟踪算法,解决了目标旋转、部分遮挡和运动速度过快的问题．通过均值偏移对粒子滤波中的粒子集进行进一步寻优,增加了粒子的有效性,极大减少了粒子采样的数量,且解决了经过多次重采样后粒子多样性降低的问题．新的粒子通过与观测值之间的巴氏系数来决定重要性权重．实验证明：本算法可以完成实时地对视频目标进行部分遮挡以及目标旋转下的跟踪,具有较强的鲁棒性．     

Existence of global BV solutions to a model of reacting Euler fluid with variable thermodynamics parameters

We investigate the Cauchy problems of Euler equations coupled with chemical reaction equation. The specific heat and adiabatic parameters of compressible fluid are introduced as functions with respect to reactant mass fraction in this paper. By means of fractional step wave-front tracking scheme, we derive the existence of global BV solution, and verify that it is indeed an entropy weak solution. This system is also regarded as balance law with resonant characteristic fields. Hence some decay condition is imposed on the source term, in order to handle the damping effect.     

Switched safe tracking control design for unmanned autonomous helicopter with disturbances

In this paper, the switched safe tracking control scheme is investigated for the attitude and altitude system of a medium-scale unmanned autonomous helicopter with output constraints and unknown external disturbances. To keep the attitude angles and altitude within the desired constrained range, an output boundary protection approach is adopted to generate an output constrained trajectory which is piecewise differentiable. The disturbance observer-based control method is employed to handle the unknown external disturbances of the system. Because of the piecewise differentiability of the output constrained trajectory, the closed-loop error system with the safe tracking controller can be seen as a switched system with jump dynamics. The multiple Lyapunov function method is adopted to guarantee the tracking performance with designed average dwell time. Simulation results of an example are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme for the unmanned autonomous helicopter system.     

Estimation of particle dynamics in 2-D fluidized beds using particle tracking velocimetry

The experimental characterization of particle dynamics in fluidized beds is of great importance in fostering an understanding of solid phase motion and its effect on particle properties in granulation processes. Commonly used techniques such as particle image velocimetry rely on the cross-correlation of illumination intensity and averaging procedures. It is not possible to obtain single particle velocities with such techniques. Moreover, the estimated velocities may not accurately represent the local particle velocities in regions with high velocity gradients. Consequently, there is a need for devices and methods that are capable of acquiring individual particle velocities. This paper describes how particle tracking velocimetry can be adapted to dense particulate flows. The approach presented in this paper couples high-speed imaging with an innovative segmentation algorithm for particle detection, and employs the Voronoi method to solve the assignment problem usually encountered in densely seeded flows. Lagrangian particle tracks are obtained as primary information, and these serve as the basis for calculating sophisticated quantities such as the solid-phase flow field, granular temperature, and solid volume fraction. We show that the consistency of individual trajectories is sufficient to recognize collision events.     

An image processing method for feature extraction and dynamic tracking of particle clusters in CFBs

A new image processing method based on the high-speed camera is proposed to identify, locate, and track clusters. The instantaneous characteristic parameters of particle clusters in the riser of the circulating fluidized bed (CFB) can be acquired, such as solids holdup, vertical velocity, lateral displacement, aspect ratio and near-circularity. Experiments were carried out with glass bead particles, river sand particles and FCC particles. The time series of images of gas–solid flow in a CFB riser with a 100 mm × 25 mm cross-section and 3.2 m in length were obtained using high-speed cameras. The k-means++ clustering algorithm is utilized to identify the clusters, centroid is applied to locate the clusters, and the cross-correlation algorithm is employed to track the specific clusters and number them to get the instantaneous characteristic parameters. The results illustrate that the shapes of clusters in the center area are closest to circle, moving upwards at a uniform speed, while the clusters in the side-wall area are mostly elongated or long chain-like, moving slowly downwards. In the transition area, the clusters are more complex, moving upwards at a constant speed, and having large lateral displacement. The results show that the image processing method used in this study is successful in acquiring the dynamic and structural parameters of the clusters simultaneously.     

一种基于粒子滤波的测向定位跟踪算法

基于多站测向定位提供的目标辐射源方位角信息,提出了一种基于粒子滤波的测向定位跟踪算法.该算法采用序贯蒙特卡罗的粒子滤波技术,对目标辐射源方位信息进行粒子滤波融合处理,实现了对机动目标辐射源的无源定位跟踪.仿真实验表明,该算法适用于非线性模型和非高斯噪声的目标跟踪,与传统的基于卡尔曼滤波的多传感器融合跟踪算法相比,定位跟踪更为精确,从而对提高战场电子目标定位跟踪和精确打击具有广泛的应用价值.