Flow evolution of a turbulent submerged two-dimensional rectangular free jet of air. Average Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) visualizations and measurements

The paper presents average flow visualizations and measurements, obtained with the Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) technique, of a submerged rectangular free jet of air in the range of Reynolds numbers from Re = 35,300 to Re = 2200, where the Reynolds number is defined according to the hydraulic diameter of a rectangular slot of height H. According to the literature, just after the exit of the jet there is a zone of flow, called zone of flow establishment, containing the region of mixing fluid, at the border with the stagnant fluid, and the potential core, where velocity on the centerline maintains a value almost equal to the exit one. After this zone is present the zone of established flow or fully developed region. The goal of the paper is to show, with average PIV visualizations and measurements, that, before the zone of flow establishment is present a region of flow, never mentioned by the literature and called undisturbed region of flow, with a length, L_U, which decreases with the increase of the Reynolds number. The main characteristics of the undisturbed region is the fact that the velocity profile maintains almost equal to the exit one, and can also be identified by a constant height of the average PIV visualizations, with length, L_CH, or by a constant turbulence on the centerline, with length L_CT. The average PIV velocity and turbulence measurements are compared to those performed with the Hot Film Anemometry (HFA) technique. The average PIV visualizations show that the region of constant height has a length L_CH which increases from L_CH = H at Re = 35,300 to L_CH = 4–5H at Re = 2200. The PIV measurements on the centerline of the jet show that turbulence remains constant at the level of the exit for a length, L_CT, which increases from L_CT = H at Re = 35,300 to L_CT = 4–5H at Re = 2200. The PIV measurements show that velocity remains constant at the exit level for a length, L_U, which increases from L_U = H at Re = 35,300 to L_U = 6H at Re = 2200 and is called undisturbed region of flow. In turbulent flow the length L_U is almost equal to the lengths of the regions of constant height, L_CH, and constant turbulence, L_CT. In laminar flow, Re = 2200, the length of the undisturbed region of flow, L_U, is greater than the lengths of the regions of constant height and turbulence, L_CT = L_CH = 4–5H. The average PIV and HFA velocity measurements confirm that the length of potential core, L_P, increases from L_P = 4–5H at Re = 35,300 to L_P = 7–8H at Re = 2200, and are compared to the previous experimental and theoretical results of the literature in the zone of mixing fluid and in the fully developed region with a good agreement.     

基于修正平行投影法的飞行姿态测量

摄影系统的成像满足透视投影模型,使用平行投影法做飞行姿态交会存在模型误差。依据在目标成像的中轴线通过像面中心的时候,平行投影法和透视投影法有相同的成像特征这一事实,提出了一种无模型误差的修正平行投影法。在判读出目标图像中轴线的斜率K和截距L的情况下,假设摄影系统的高低角再旋转atan(L/K)度,使得旋转后图像的中轴线过像面的中心点。依据透视投影模型,计算出旋转后图像中轴线的斜率,再使用此斜率做平行投影交会。仿真结果表明,该方法可以很好的消除由平行投影模型带来的模型误差,为空间目标姿态交会提供了更精确的计算结果。     

机器人焊缝中心三维定位的解析方法

机器人焊接过程中焊缝三维空间中心位置的确定是焊缝自动跟踪系统重要的一环.由于多数焊缝为直线,且实际的焊缝在小范围内可近似为直线,因而特征点的空间坐标确定以后如何确定直线是问题的关键所在.在焊缝特征点确定以后,根据空间解析几何的定位原理,结合最小二乘法,首先给出了焊缝中心线的确定原则,其次,按直线的点向式方程,利用焊缝特征点的全息,给出了中心直线的点和方向向量确定的解析方法.     

Centerlines of regions in the sphere

Given a region U in the 2-sphere S such that the boundary of U contains at least two points, let D(U) be the collection of open circular disks (called maximal disks) in U whose boundary meets the boundary of U in at least two points and let U₂ be the collection of all regions U⊂S such that for each D∈D(U), D meets the boundary of U in at most two points. In this paper we study geometric properties of regions U∈U₂. We show for such U that the centerline (i.e., the set of centers of maximal disks) is always a smooth, connected 1-manifold. We also show that the boundary of U has at most two components and, if it has exactly two components, then the boundary is locally connected.These results are related the set of points E(X,Y) which are equidistant to two disjoint closed sets X and Y. In particular we investigate when the equidistant set is a 1-manifold.     

TacoxDNA: A user-friendly web server for simulations of complex DNA structures,from single strands to origami

Simulations of nucleic acids at different levels of structural details are increasingly used to complement and interpret experiments in different fields, from biophysics to medicine and materials science. However, the various structural models currently available for DNA and RNA and their accompanying suites of computational tools can be very rarely used in a synergistic fashion. The tacoxDNA webserver and standalone software package presented here are a step toward a long-sought interoperability of nucleic acids models. The webserver offers a simple interface for converting various common input formats of DNA structures and setting up molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Users can, for instance, design DNA rings with different topologies, such as knots, with and without supercoiling, by simply providing an XYZ coordinate file of the DNA centre-line. More complex DNA geometries, as designable in the cadnano, CanDo and Tiamat tools, can also be converted to all-atom or oxDNA representations, which can then be used to run MD simulations. Though the latter are currently geared toward the native and LAMMPS oxDNA representations, the open-source package is designed to be further expandable. TacoxDNA is available at http://tacoxdna.sissa.it . © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

周视大像旋稳海天线方位截距补偿算法

 为使两轴周视光电探测系统在三自由度扰动和大像旋条件下搜索并跟踪水面目标,在虚拟天际线焦平面像五自由度解析表达式基础上,推导出以目标像点和像旋中心线距离作为补偿截距的周视大像旋稳海天线方位截距补偿算法。通过对补偿截距与系统焦距的比值求反正切函数得到补偿角的绝对值,将目标像点和像旋中心点坐标转换到方位旋转坐标系下,并以转换后二者横坐标的代数差正负号作为补偿量的符号判据。该算法是在存在非线性大角度像旋情况下使目标像点逼近像旋中心线,与俯仰机构的向量角补偿算法联动能够使目标像点始终逼近焦平面原点。数学模型仿真验证了单次补偿能够将残差减小到1%左右,真实工况试验也验证了方位截距补偿算法的合理性。     

机器人圆形焊缝三维定位方法

自动化寻迹焊接过程中有许多焊缝为圆形,在焊缝特征点的坐标确定以后如何确定圆形焊缝的中心轨迹线是至关重要的.利用空间解析几何的原理,结合最小二乘法,既利用焊缝的已知信息又利用了实时监测点的信息,给出了圆形焊缝三维空间中心位置的确定方法.实验表明,该方法具有较高的精度和较强的实用性.     

一种基于双目视觉技术的运动线缆空间位姿测量方法

为了测量柔性运动线缆的空间位姿,提出了一种基于双目视觉的中心线匹配法,可以对长径比较大的柔性线缆类零件的空间位姿进行光学测量。通过运动估计方法提取ROI(感兴趣区域),对ROI进行二值化处理,再通过细化算法提取区域的骨架作为中心线,结合极线约束寻找中心线上的匹配点对,重建中心线上点列并拟合空间中心线。建立了实验系统,通过实验测试表明,该方法平均测量误差为0.09mm,证明了实验方法的正确性和可行性。