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Hyperspectral Image Analysis For Mechanical And Chemical Properties Of Concrete And Steel Surfaces, Genda Chen

INSPIRE-UTC Annual Meetings

A typical human eye will respond to wavelengths from approximately 400 to 700 nm. A hyperspectral camera can extend the wavelength to as high as 2500 nm. This extension will allow engineers to find objects, identify materials, and detect processes on structural surface, which cannot be done with visual inspection.

This project aims to develop an open-source catalogue of concrete and steel surfaces and their spectral/spatial features (discoloration, characteristic wavelength, roughness, texture, shape, etc.), extract spatial/spectral features of hyperspectral images, and develop/train a multi-class classification or regression classifier through machine learnings (supervised and/or semi-supervised), and validate the classifier as a …

Autonomous Ultrasonic Thickness Measurement By A Magnet-Wheeled Robot, Yang Wang

INSPIRE-UTC Annual Meetings

A wireless sensing device recently developed by PI Wang’s group has demonstrated various structural sensing capabilities for bridge applications. In the meantime, a latest robot platform developed by Dr. La’s group at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) demonstrates promising performance navigating on steel bridge members. Marrying the two state-of-the-art developments, this project will produce a magnet-wheeled robot capable of autonomous nondestructive measurement on steel bridge structures. Both laboratory and field validations will be performed.

This project will integrate advanced wireless sensing technologies to the UNR robot platform. At first, the functionality of ultrasonic thickness measurement will be developed on …

In-Line Long Period Grating And Brillouin Scattering Fiber Optic Sensors For Strain, Temperature, Chloride Concentration, And Steel Mass Loss Measurement In Bridge Applications, Chuanrui Guo

INSPIRE-UTC Annual Meetings

Corrosion is the main reason for costly maintenance of aging transportation infrastructure in the U.S. Since 2008, the PI’s group has developed long period fiber grating (LPFG) sensors for point strain and steel mass loss measurements. When attached on a steel bar, a LPFG sensor doped with nano iron/silica particles and polyurethane can monitor the corrosion process of steel. However, the coating of particles with polyurethane was not robust. In addition, chloride concentration is important for the prediction of early corrosion in practice. Compared to grating sensors, Brillouin scattering based sensors have lower spatial resolution but offer a cost-effective solution …

2020 Technical Program, Inspire - University Transportation Center

INSPIRE-UTC Annual Meetings

INSPIRE University Transportation Center 2020 Annual Meeting
August 3-4, 2020

Signals And Systems, Jingxian Wu

Open Educational Resources

Signals and Systems is a core Electrical Engineering undergraduate course. This course covers the topics of signal and system analysis, with an emphasis on the analysis of linear time-invariant systems. The materials presented in this course are designed for a 15-week course for junior or senior level students. The open access materials for this course include:

Course outline and guides: a detailed guideline that provides a week-by-week teaching schedule for a 15-week semester.

Lecture notes: a complete set of lecture notes with detailed explanations and a large number of examples that cover all the contents that are offered in this …

Application Of Fuzzy Pid Control Based On Neutral Network On High/Low Temperature Environmental Simulation System, Jingwang Jiang, Yunjie Wu, Mengchen Wu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: High/Low Temperature Environmental Simulation System is mainly used for the functional deploying test of the giant space deployable antenna and some large-scale structures at extreme high/low temperatures, and some other relevant tests. This project requests controlling the parameters of the system in a large range with high accuracy and no overshoot. Temperature control system has features of non-linearity, time-variant, and large delay, which seriously affect the speed and accuracy of the control. However, the conventional PID finds it difficult to achieve desired effect of control. A new scheme of compound control which is referred to as fuzzy-PID control based …

Study On Simulation Modeling Of Dynamics For Landing Gear Of Helicopter With Deck-Landing, Zhang Liao, Guan Wei, Wang Gang, Li Wei, Pan Long

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: A simulation mathematics model was advanced which introduced the motion data of the deck at wheels/ground contact point into the dynamics model of the landing gear as follows: the space position and the level vector were obtained by computing the space position and pose of helicopter. The altitude and the level vector of the deck at wheels/ground contact point were obtained by computing the ship movement and the space position of helicopter's wheels. The ground reaction force was solved by that regard negative of relative altitude between the tire and the deck at wheels/ground contact point as the compression …

Collaborative Simulation Between Remote Laboratories Based On Fiber-Optic Reflective Memory, Chijun Tian, Shengbing Shen, Yanlei Li, Xianzong Wang, Zhuofeng Guo

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Taking advantage of independently developed HY-FB2125G Fiber-Optic Reflective Memory network interface and HY-FHX8 fiber-optic hub, the fiber-Optic Reflective Memory network was built and high speed data contribution was realized. With the elaborate design of hub-centered network architecture, simulation laboratories have the ability to process collaborative experiment and reuse test resources, which provides powerful support to accomplish collaborative simulation experiments.

Application Of Flowsim For Traffic Management And Assessment In Shenzhen, Yuhan Jia, Jianping Wu, Yiman Du, Geqi Qi

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Recently many traffic problems are faced by more and more cities. Since traditional method can no longer solve the above problems, and Transportation Demand Management (TDM) solutions are in desperate need. Also, as a successful application of Intelligent Traffic System (ITS), traffic simulation software has become an efficient way to carry out assessment for TDM. The implementation of congestion charge policy in Shenzhen was studied as a demonstration of TDM in China. Then the microscopic traffic simulation software, FLOWSIM, was introduced to simulate the traffic situation to do assessment of congestion charge. Based on the results, advices …

Knowledge Engineering In Simulation Of Parallel Military System, Xiaogang Qiu, Zhang Peng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Military model is the integration and representation of military knowledge. The main task of military simulation is either to verify the exist knowledge or to produce new knowledge about military activities. By computational experiment, it is able to gain new knowledge about the parallel military system, which is able to enrich the origin knowledge system. Combined with parallel system technology, it's possible to study the evolution process of military knowledge, which is able to help us understand the complexity of military system. From the perspective of knowledge engineering, the processes of knowledge integration, representation and evolution were studied, and …

Research On Dynamic Characteristics Of Hypersonic Vehicle Based On Large Scale Parallel Simulation, Hongyong Chen, Xuanhua Fan, Keying Wang, Fang Ye, Shifu Xiao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Based on the three predominant algorithms (Implicitly Restarted Krylov-Schur Method and Jacobi-Davidson Method ) and The PANDA Framework, a large-scale parallel computing system for modal analysis was established. The finite element model of typical wave-rider hypersonic vehicle was established and its dynamic characteristics were investigated. The numerical analysis reaches scale of 14,000,000 Degree of Freedoms (DOFs), and the number of MPI Cores is 1024. What's more, the difference of first 100 orders natural frequencies between PANDA and well known commercial software ANSYS is less than 0.01%, and mode shapes are absolutely the same, the efficiency of 1024 cores is …

Design Of Unified Algorithm For Sampling Mpdu, Ti Zhou, Miao Yi, Yang Jian

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The standard of CCSDS AOS is used in space exploration because of the process of the standard airspace system. The spacecraft missions have used multi-protocol data unit (MPDU) to multiplex the package channels. The range of MPDU and the data are different in different spacecrafts. This process brings some problems in the maintenance and the correctness of the algorithms of virtual channel multiplexing in simulation system. The applications of CCSDS in the world were researched, and the general definitions of MPDU in these missions were described. A circle memory was given to buffer the data of MPDU, two general …

Wiftcpn Formalized Decision-Making For Auv Formation System Under Uncertainty, Lili Hao, Gu Hao, Fengju Kang, Huizhen Yang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Usually the acquired target information is not sufficient and certain enough due to inaccurate measurements, inconsistent granularity and noise, which results in the AUV formation decision-making system having some characteristics, such as discrete, time delay, hierarchical, fuzzy, inconsistencies. Therefore, an integrated formal approach of modeling, simulation and verification based on weighted intuitionistic fuzzy timed colored petri net (WIFTCPN) was proposed. The mapping relationship between WIFTCPN and fuzzy time, time delay and intuition fuzzy inference rules were established. Furthermore, corresponding reasoning decision simulation model under uncertain information was built by using CPN Tools. The properties including liveness, home and fairness …

Human Action Recognition Based On Self-Learning Feature And Hmm, Jiarui Wen, Lina Liu, Rui Ling, Shiwei Ma

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The current methods of human action recognition by computer vision are mostly based on hand-craft features and usually prior knowledge-required. They inevitably depend on specific applications and neglect the inner structure of visional information. A novel method which integrated self-learned pose features and combined posture symbol rules was proposed to achieve the recognition of human action more efficiently. The structural features of posture silhouette were extracted and a codebook of primary posture was built through the establishment of a sparse auto-encoder network. Then, in the phase of recognition, the Hidden Markov Model was employed to train the models …

Group-Based Image Compositing In Heterogeneous Environments, Liu Ning, Dengming Zhu, Zhaoqi Wang, Wei Yi

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Image compositing requires dense inter-node communications and could easily become the bottleneck of a parallel visualization system. Conventional image compositing algorithms assume the environment is homogeneous and take no heterogeneity into consideration. In a heterogeneous environment, this assumption is likely to cause unreasonable load distribution among the nodes. To address this problem, we present a group-based image compositing algorithm in heterogeneous environments. It is able to distribute the workloads among the nodes according to computing and networking characteristics of the heterogeneous environments. We conduct a comprehensive evaluation on the ns-3 network simulator. Experiment results shows that when the environment …

Combinatorial Optimization Of Resolution Level In Three-Dimensional Visualization, Yanyang Zeng, Zhenhai Yu, Weidong Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In the process of developing three-dimensional visualization, it is necessary to select and adjust the combined solutions of the resolution hierarchy of multiple models. If only by artificial attempting will lead to the more times of iteration and lower design efficiency, therefore, a method, combinatorial optimization of models' resolution level, is proposed. Image information entropy is introduced for evaluating the image quality of the scene. According to the assessed value of visual effects and it is provided to the above method based on particle swarm optimization (PSO), the models with the resolution hierarchy can be matched and reorganized. Through …

Intelligent Combination Of Discrete Lod Model For 3d Visualization Based On Visual Perception And Information Entropy Fusion, Che Li, Fengju Kang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: With respect to the problem that single-index evaluation of visual quality in the process of intelligent combination of discrete Level-of-Detail (LoD) model for three-dimensional (3D) visualization can easily result in low reliability. Human visual perception and information entropy based multi-index fusion intelligent combination of discrete LoD model algorithm was proposed. Through analyzing the visual perception based image quality evaluation index, multi-index fusion evaluation intelligent combination of discrete LoD model framework was built. Comparative experiment with single index model combination bases on PSO method was designed. Model combination optimizing process utilized modified Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) method which was strengthened …

3d Flight Simulation System Visualization And Study Of Google Earth, Junyu Wang, Bin Cheng, Chuan Wang, Ren Jian

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Through the secondary development of Google Earth, flight training simulation system for visualization of realization, the system used B/S structure, the client browser using Google Earth, all the development on the server side. Mathematical model of aircraft was constructed; 3D modeling software SketchUp was used to establish a realistic fighter jets, missiles, high and low speed flame and other 3D model; the established 3D models was imported into Google Earth; by Microsoft VC ++ 6.0, the secondary development on Digital Earth was achieved, and the control of aircraft and other 3D models was realized; Matlab was used to verify …

Track Planning For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Based On Wolf Pack Algorithm, Yonglan Liu, Weimin Li, Husheng Wu, Wenjing Song

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Along with the diversification of missions that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) can carry out, track planning becomes basic precondition of UAV fulfilling missions successfully. Aiming to these, a method of track planning based on Wolf Pack Algorithm (WPA) was proposed. The method of equivalent terrain simulation was used to make enemy's threatens and terrain obstacles equal to peaks, thus the scene of track planning of UAV was built. Based on the scene, the WPA that extracted three intelligent behaviors including scouting, summoning and beleaguering was adopted to plan the track of UAV, whose start point and end point had …

Research On Online Interaction Simulation Method Of Uav Flight Control System, Zhang Qing, Ran Jian, Yujun Hou

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: UAV is widely applied to a variety of areas, for the huge advantages of remote controlling flight trajectory, iterant recovery and flexible mission payloads flight. The routine design methods for aerocraft control system cannot supply desire of UAV high accuracy flying and replying diversified compositive disturb. System composition and departmental function of UAV flight control system were introduced. An online interaction simulation method of UAV flight control system was advanced. The principle and principle of online interaction simulation were analyzed. The key techniques of constituting fiducial simulation model, real time updating and revising simulation model, on-line detecting a mass …

Study On Optimization Of Loading Plan In Car Carrier Of Vehicle Logistics Transportation, Qin Liang, Zhicheng Wang, Meng Lei, Deru Deng, Zhiyun Zou, Xijie Gai, Yuqing Guo, Wenqiang Feng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The car carrier load transportation allocation problem is a typical problem in vehicle logistics. In order to improve the efficiency of transport and reduce the cost, this problem was studied by adopted hypothetical data and requirements. All the load combinations whose utilization factor of the length of sweeping board is more than 95% established a matrix. Then the dynamic programming obtained the number of car carrier to the corresponding loading plan. By using the exhaustion method, through computer simulation, loading plan of each layer of car carrier was randomly produced, strictly meeting the loading requirements of each car at …

Simulation And Application Of Dkipso-Svc Combined Model For Credit Risk Assessment, Zhenhai Wan, Tieying Liu, Zhang Yang, Jishuang Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to improve the problem of inefficient parameter selection of the GDS-SVC model and DIPSO-SVC model, and utilize the generalization ability and robustness of support vector classification (SVC), the reduction factor of location updating was introduced based on the dynamic improvement Particle Swarm Optimization (DIPSO), and then the DKIPSO-SVC of parameters selecting in SVC was established based on DKIPSO. The method was applied to credit scoring of commercial banks. The simulation results demonstrate that the robustness of the DKIPSO-SVC model is better than DIPSO-SVC. But beyond that, the accuracy of DKIPSO-SVC model achieves 96.6049%, higher than that of …

Application Of Ansys To Reliability Analysis Of Prefabricated Steel Bridge, Yinlong Zhang, Li Bo, Shichuan Bian

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Prefabricated steel bridge is a temporary or semi-permanent bridge structure. When the vehicles pass through the bridge, large internal force and deformation of the bridge structure will occur, and higher requirements of the bridge structure reliability are put forward. Probabilistic analysis design is an analysis technique for assessing the effect of uncertain random input parameters and assumptions on a finite element calculation model. Making use of the Probabilistic Design System, which is offered by the large universal finite element analysis program ANSYS, the reliability analysis of deflection, bend stress and compression member stability of a main truss structure of …

Fujio Cho Legacy Lecture Notes, Fujio Cho, Kozo Saito

Institute of Research for Technology Development Textbook Gallery

The Fujio Cho legacy lecture was created in 2013 as part of UK Institute of Research for Technology Development (IR4TD)’s True Lean Systems program to assist industrial clients to transform their organizations to a True Lean organization by effectively using principles and tools of Toyota Production System (TPS). During the years 1987-1994, Cho and Saito worked together to layout the foundation of the now well-established Toyota-University of Kentucky relationship on R&D, True Lean Systems, and production engineering, housed in IR4TD, the Toyota endowed Institute established in 2007 with the support from the Commonwealth of Kentucky under the research competitiveness trust …

New 2d Flow Visualization Method Based On Mutual Information And Image Fusion, Weihua Shen, Shengbo Wang, Zhigeng Pan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: A overview of flow visualization method based on information theory was made. After a comparative analysis of several classic two-dimensional flow visualization techniques, the concept of mutual information from information theory and image fusion technique was used to deal with the existing classical two-dimensional flow visualization techniques. A new two-dimensional flow visualization technique was obtained. The visualization results of the new method is very well.

Gas Component Transport Across The Soil-Atmosphere Interface For Gases Of Different Density: Experiments And Modeling, L. M. Bahlmann, K. M. Smits, K. Heck, E. Coltman, R. Helmig, I. Neuweiler

Civil Engineering Faculty Publications - Archive

We investigate the influence of near-surface wind conditions on subsurface gas transport and on soil-atmosphere gas exchange for gases of different density. Results of a sand tank experiment are supported by a numerical investigation with a fully coupled porous medium-free flow model, which accounts for wind turbulence. The experiment consists of a two-dimensional bench-scale soil tank containing homogeneous sand and an overlying wind tunnel. A point source was installed at the bottom of the tank. Gas concentrations were measured at multiple horizontal and vertical locations. Tested conditions include four wind velocities (0.2/1.0/2.0/2.7 m/s), three different gases (helium: light, nitrogen: neutral, …

Technical Reference Framework For Semantic Interoperation Between Combat Simulation Systems And Command & Control Systems, Xiangzhong Xu, Zaijiang Tang, Yaxin Tan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Military training, equipment demonstration, war-fighting test and other applications pose great requirements on the semantic interoperation between combat simulation systems and command & control (C2) systems. The heterogeneity between combat simulation and C2 systems was analyzed from the following aspects, such as architecture, information interaction models, communication protocols and databases. Then a layered technical reference framework was proposed to solve this thorny issue in a comprehensive way, which consists of accession layer, resource layer, semantic interaction layer, service layer and application layer. Its effectiveness was demonstrated against an application use-case. Research results are helpful to make out an engineering …

Design & Implement On Virtual Scheduling System Of Great Square Art Performance, Lv Desheng, Guo Yan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The work of great art performance in square has a great deal of dynamic visual effects scenes, which combines with formation variation, beautiful music, unique clothing and colorful light. According to the requirements of improving efficiency for scheduling section in handwork performance such as inefficient manual drawing, time-consumed and costly rehearsal, it is an effective way to use technology of computer simulation so as to implement real-time and dynamic intermediary platform among performer, director and audience. To meet various demands in practice, a vision-based formation generation was proposed that the path construction was studied based on linear fitting, …

Synthesis And Assessment Of Radiotherapy-Enhancing Nanoparticles, Hayden Winter

Dissertations and Theses

Radiation Therapy (RT) is a common treatment for cancerous lesions that acts by ionizing matter in the affected tissue, causing cell death. The disadvantage of RT is that it is most often delivered via an external beam of radiation which must pass through healthy tissues to reach the target site, ionizing matter within healthy tissues as well. To address this drawback, techniques are being developed for increasing RT-induced cell death in a target tissue while minimizing cell death in surrounding tissues. This effect is known as radiation dose enhancement or RT enhancement.

The approach to RT enhancement studied in this …

Review On Interoperability Of Command Information System And Combat Simulation System, Zaijiang Tang, Xiangzhong Xu, Xue Qing, Haohua Xu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The interoperability of command information system and combat simulation system is an important and difficult problem of building practical training environment. The four aspects of interoperability connotation were summarized. The demands of interoperability were analyzed. The status and development of interoperability, especially for C⁴ISR/Sim Technical Reference Model (TRM), Battle Management Language (MBL), Levels of Conceptual Interoperability Model (LCIM) were studied. The existing problems were summarized, and four kinds of solutions were proposed. The general technical framework of interoperability based on service oriented architecture was designed, and the interoperability solving method based on Ontology was given.