Reactivity of a Ti–45.9Al–8Nb alloy in air at 700–900°C

A Ti–45.9Al–8Nb (at%) alloy with a lamellar structure (γ+α₂) was oxidised in air at 700, 800, 850 and 900°C in isothermal and thermal cycling conditions. The reaction progress was followed by thermogravimetric measurements. In isothermal conditions the oxidation kinetics followed approximately a parabolic rate law and the rate constants ranged from about 10^–12 kg² m^–4 s^–1 at 700°C to 10^–10 kg² m^–4 s^–1 at 900°C. The oxide scales were built of Al₂O₃ and TiO₂, the former being the main component of the outermost layer. The oxidation behaviour of Ti–45.9Al–8Nb was referred to a commercial titanium alloy, WT4 (Ti–6Al–1Mn), and selected oxidation-resistant alloys.     

Intelligence service binding architecture for interoperability between home network devices

Existing home devices in home network provides only independent services limited on a homogeneous protocol and/or do not fully support an intelligent service provided by cooperating among heterogeneous protocol devices. This paper proposes an intelligent and integrated service binding architecture which allow the users to figure out the status of devices and to cooperate among home network devices regardless of supported protocols or operational characteristics.     

Transient free‐surface flow of a viscoelastic fluid in a narrow channel

The interplay between inertia and elasticity is examined for transient free‐surface flow inside a narrow channel. The lubrication theory is extended for the flow of viscoelastic fluids of the Oldroyd‐B type (consisting of a Newtonian solvent and a polymeric solute). While the general formulation accounts for non‐linearities stemming from inertia effects in the momentum conservation equation, and the upper‐convected terms in the constitutive equation, only the front movement contributes to non‐linear coupling for a flow inside a straight channel. In this case, it is possible to implement a spectral representation in the depthwise direction for the velocity and stress. The evolution of the flow field is obtained locally, but the front movement is captured only in the mean sense. The influence of inertia, elasticity and viscosity ratio is examined for pressure‐induced flow. The front appears to progress monotonically with time. However, the velocity and stress exhibit typically a strong overshoot upon inception, accompanied by a plug‐flow behaviour in the channel core. The flow intensity eventually diminishes with time, tending asymptotically to Poiseuille conditions. For highly elastic liquids the front movement becomes oscillatory, experiencing strong deceleration periodically. A multiple‐scale solution is obtained for fluids with no inertia and small elasticity. Comparison with the exact (numerical) solution indicates a wide range of validity for the analytical result. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Branch and win: OR tree search algorithms for solving combinatorial optimisation problems

Currently, most combinatorial optimisation problems have to be solved, if the optimum solution is sought, using general techniques to explore the space of feasible solutions and, more specifically, through exploratory enumerative procedures in trees and search graphs. We propose Branch and Win, a general formulation for understanding and synthesising the different tree search procedures that have been presented in the literature of operations research as well as in that of artificial intelligence. Several general ideas are also presented, whose application allows designing new hybrid search algorithms, in order to implement the procedure.     

Existence results for second order boundary value problem of impulsive dynamic equations on time scales

In this paper, Schaefer's fixed point theorem and nonlinear alternative of Leray-Schauder type are used to investigate the existence of solutions for second order boundary value problem for impulsive dynamic equations on time scales.     

中国咨询业的现状及发展对策

在分析我国咨询业的现状和存在问题的基础上,提出了发展我国咨询业的对策。     

基于服务营销策略的中国企业品牌初探

阐述了服务营销策略的特点与作用,并对其在提升中国企业品牌方面的意义进行了探讨。     

改性磺化木质素LSA阻垢分散性能及机理研究

以工业木质素磺酸盐LS为原料，采用自由基共聚反应对LS进行接枝羧基改性，制备得到改性磺化木质素LSA，用红外光谱对其结构进行表征。对LSA与目前常用几种阻垢剂进行阻垢分散性能的比较，结果表明，改性产物LSA为一种阻垢分散性能较为理想的绿色阻垢剂，并从螯合使用、分散作用及晶格畸变作用三方面对LSA阻垢机理进行了探讨。     

西安市利用陕北天然气的规划与方案

本文概述了西安市天然气供应现状，详细说明了利用陕北天然气规划指导思想、工程规模、供气范围、建设期限和用户发展规划，科学地论述了压力级制和储气量的确定，明确了资金来源、用款计划和材料的采用，重点突出、条理清楚．通过这篇文章，使我们能够全面了解到西安市综合利用陕北天然气的计算和未来发展方向，值得一读．     

助力法在智能训练中的作用

就如何馒体操运动知觉由模糊状态转化为明确状态提出了助力法智化训练。通过实验性研究，取得了比较显著的效果。