Influence of fine aggregate on initial shrinkage of high performance concrete

The type and percentage of sand affect the gradation of coarse fine aggregate and the amount of spare mortar in concrete, which further affects the resistance of fresh concrete to initial plastic shrinkage. Taking into account the engineering characteristics of sand in the area of Chongqing, P. R. China, three fine aggregates composed of superfine, medium, mixed and manufactured sand, are used to prepare high performance concrete (HPC). The effects of these three fine aggregates on initial plastic shrinkage crack are investigated. The results show that the HPC prepared with superfine sand possesses a higher initial shrinkage value than HPC prepared with mixed or medium sand. An optimal sand percentage is necessary to reduce the initial shrinkage cracking of HPC prepared with mixed or medium sand.     

Design and application of hospital service info structurebased on medical knowledge flow

To counter deficient medical knowledge sharing and the low efficiency cooperative diagnosis between doctors, the knowledge flow from knowledge management (KM), knowledge acquisition and knowledge supply are established as the core info structure of a hospital KM model. This is done by combining heavy idea exchange, frequent updating, and intensive use of the medical knowledge. Three important knowledge flow(KF) operations (knowledge refreshing, knowledge migration and knowledge expansion) are proposed. By comparing hospital information management with hospital KM, a hospital KM method based on knowledge flow is constructed. The method emphasizes tracking, monitoring and controlling hospital wide comprehensive process of medical knowledge. A specific clinical diagnosis instance is given for detailed healthcare knowledge flow analysis.      

A mathematical description of the liquid flows inside blast furnaces

The knowledge of liquid flows in blast furnaces may play an important role in controlling the blast furnace process. Appropriate assumptions are given to represent the main characteristics of the liquid flow in blast furnaces, such as liquid streams being composed of unwetting liquid droplets, inertial force having little effect on the liquid flows, and mass exchange existing along the direction perpendicular to liquid flow. A mathematical model is built to predict the distribution of the liquid flow rate and the liquid flow range in packed beds. The scale of the numerical grid used to solve this model may not necessarily be reduced to the particle level. The predicted results of this model accord well with the observed data. This model is an alternative theory for the simulation of blast furnaces     

Fire and explosion hazard analysis of the urea synthesisproduction process

On the basis of identifying and analyzing harmful risk factors in the urea synthesis production process of a factory, the production process is assessed and analyzed using the Dow chemical company fire and explosion index method. The related indexes are f     

Dynamic responses of ultra high voltage transmission line ice shedding

Numerical models of typical 500 kV ultra high voltage (UHV) transmission lines are set up in ABAQUS/CAE software. The dynamic response of the transmission lines with different structure parameters under various ice shedding load cases are analyzed, and th     

Design of subretinal artificial chip based on standard CMOS technology

A chip with smaller size and higher pixel density was designed to increase the chip’s pixel density in subretinal prosthesis. This chip was designed on 0.35 μm standard CMOS(complementary metal oxide semiconductor) technology of CHRT company, while the double inverter relaxation oscillator was chosen as the basic pixel circuit. By creating layout on Cadence software, the circuit was debugged and simulated. The experiment results show that the pixel circuit provide effective pulse signals whose values and frequencies can vary with photocurrent to stimulate retinal nerve cells. For the simulated layout, the pulse width was 0.26 ms, the frequency was 18～503 Hz, the pixel size was 65 μm×65 μm, and the chip size was 1.1 mm×1.1 mm. All of the parameters can satisfy the requirement to stimulate retinal nerve cells in physiology. The experiment results provide a good foundation for the following research.     

Experimental Study on Channel Characteristic and Refrigerating Effect in Vortex Tubes

Taking compressed air as the working medium, the performances of energy separation and temperature distribution in various kinds of vortex tubes are experimentally studied. Temperature distribution and refrigerating effect curve in vortex tubes are attained. The results show that the refrigerating effect of vortex tube with four nozzles is better than the other three kinds of vortex tube under the condition of ordinary temperature and 0.7 MPa pressure, and the refrigerating effect of vortex tube with six nozzles is worst in the four kinds of vortex tube. The refrigerating effect of nozzle with Achimid curve is best compared with other kinds of curves. The experiment shows that there is a boundary between cold and hot airflow at 0.7R of the tube, where cold airflow is inside the boundary and hot airflow is outside the boundary.     

Hybrid field network simulation of temperature in a building fire

A connecting platform between the field model and network model has been constructed, based on a multi functional building model. The field model is used to simulate the fire smoke in certain special compartments (the fire room and specific large space rooms), while the network model is used to simulate the uniform compartments. When combining the simulation results of the field model and network model as the interface boundary conditions for the each other, a hybrid field and network model is presented. The hybrid field network model can provide more detailed physical information of the fire smoke properties under a specific fire scenario for the specially confined compartments. In addition, the hybrid model can predict the fire smoke flow properties in the building accurately.     

Simulation and analysis of all terrain vehicle ride comfort

A multi rigid body dynamic model of an all terrain vehicle (ATV) is established in MSC.ADAMS. The model takes into consideration the body, suspension, frame and the steering system. According to the method of superposition of harmonic wave, a Grade B road file is created in ADAMS for the riding comfort test. The engine excitation is analyzed. The infliction for engine excitation to ADAMS is achieved. The ATV ride comfort simulation is carried out with the excitation of the engine, and the seat vibration is evaluated using an evaluation method programmed via MATLAB. It has laid a good foundation for further analysis.     

Performance analysis and comparison of IEEE 802.11 distributed coordination function and improved schemes

To improve the media access control mechanism and enhance the performance of large scale wireless LANs, the distributed coordination function of IEEE802.11 standard and two typical improved schemes are studied extensively. Compared with the distributed coordination function, the fast collision resolution mechanism greatly enhances the throughput, but deteriorates the delay jitter and fairness of wireless LANs. The new self adaptive distributed coordination function markedly improves the delay jitter and fairness performance, while enhancing the throughput of wireless LANs to a certain degree. Hence, with further improvement, the new self adaptive distributed coordination function is more suitable for large scale wireless LANs for multimedia information transmission.