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Research And Simulation Verification Of Integrated Access Technology For Electrical Equipment Based On Edge Computing, Zou Ping, Ruijie Shi, Xike Wu, Chuang Li, Yilin Zhang, Huang Jian, Li Lin

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to solve the problem of information islands existing in the production process of traditional electrical equipment, this paper proposes a technology for equipment integration into the industrial internet cloud platform. Based on the edge computing and WebService technologies, two models of device integration direct access and indirect access were established. The direct access model was verified by application simulation in a production workshop, which realized the high-speed and stable data transmission between the equipment and the industrial internet cloud platform. The results show that the technology is feasible and effective. The application of this device integration …

Simulation Analyses Of A Method For Extracting Dynamic Parameters From Forced Vibration Responses, Yumiao Wei, Zhili Zhang, Zhengjun Chang, Junyang Zhao, Xiangyang Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To characterize the dynamic features of electromechanical system, a method is researched for dynamic parameters extraction from the forced vibration responses. The forced vibration response signals are processed by HVD method, and the free damped oscillation components are acquired. The SSA-FREEVIB analysis is conducted for the obtained components to measure the dynamic characteristics. The equalization procedures are implemented for the backbones and damping data, the resonance frequency and Q value are therefore accurately estimated. Simulation results show that the calculated resonance frequency and Q value coincide well with the theoretical values. A good anti-noise performance of the proposed …

Temporal Network And Its Application, Mingzhi Zhang, Luo Kai, Wu Xi, Qingjun Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The traditional method which aggregates the information in a period of time to the static network cannot reflect effectively the dynamic features between the network nodes and their relations. The temporal network and its applications were studied. The temporal network was introduced and the differences between temporal network and static network were analyzed. The types and the two kinds of representation methods of temporal network were divided. The model of temporal network was constructed. Temporal path and temporal distance were discussed. Taking the vulnerability analysis of space information network for example, the results show the advantages of temporal network …

Effect Of Flow Field Environment On Microstructure Surface Preventing Microorganism Attachment, Chunxi Li, Quanxi Xue, Xiangshan Zhang, Xuemin Ye

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The kinetic characteristics of microorganism model moving in different surfaces and flow field environments are simulated. The internal flow dynamics and the inherent mechanism of antifouling on microstructure surface are examined. The results indicate that for the static flow field, vortices are generated in the micro-pits as microorganism moves above microstructure surface. The velocity in the microstructure surface is greater than that in the smooth surface, and the strain rate and shear stress exerted on microorganism are relatively smaller resulting in the rapid passing the microstructure surface. For the dynamic flow field, the flow field presents regular fluctuations …

Dynamic Demand Forecast Of Emergency Materials For Flood Disasters Based On Improved Gm (1,1) Model, Zhongjun Hu, Yanqiu Liu, Li Jia

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The sudden and uncertainties of the flood disaster make it difficult to collect large sample data for forecasting the demand of emergency materials quickly and accurately. Based on this, this paper proposes an improved GM (1,1) dynamic forecasting model based on the gray system theory; constructs the dynamic demand model of emergency materials in combination with the inventory management method; and takes the real flood disaster in March 2016 as a case study. The validity of the model proposed in this paper is verified. The results show that the improved GM (1,1) model is feasible and practicable, and …

Recognition Method On Two-Phase Flow Regime Based On Cross Recursive Analysis, Yongbo He, Yushan Dong, Rongrong Xue

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the problems that the two-phase flow regime recognition speed is slow and the recognition accuracy is low, a flow regime recognition method is proposed based on cross recursive analysis (CRA) without imaging. The false nearest neighbors are used to analyze flow regime capacitance values measured by capacitance sensor to obtain an optimal embedding dimension; and the embedding dimension of cross recursive plot is established for several typical flow patterns. The capacitance values of the simulation flow regimes and the reference flow regimes are analyzed using cross recursion to get a set of cross recursive plots. The similarity …

Error Control On Unequal Diameter Machining Of Arc Surface Cam, Hu Dongfang, Jianwei Guo

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The effective control for the machining error is an important means for obtaining high precision and high efficiency of the unequal diameter profile machining of the arc surface cam. According to the space meshing principle and the rotation transformation tensor method, the contact line between the tool and the cam is analyzed; the cutter position offset and direction in the machining process are calculated. The actual working profile of the unequal diameter machining cam equation is established. Calculation method of normal error of globoid cam profile is deduced by the principle of differential geometry. The comparison between the …

Two-Level Spare Parts Support Effectiveness Evaluation Model Under (S-K, S) Supply Strategy, Songshi Shao, Wei Yong

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Spares are one of the important factors of the operational readiness and the mission success. The (S-K, S) supply strategy is proposed based on the multi-level supply mode according to spares’ reliability and price. Simulation model is established to evaluate the support effectiveness of spare parts by the principle of discrete event simulation. The analytical evaluation model is also established by Gamma distribution characteristics. An approximate model is verified and compared in an example; the results show that the calculation results of the two models are consistent; and the results of approximate model are …

Cloud-End Cooperative Manufacturing And Simulation Application In Electrical Equipment Industry, Ruijie Shi, Zou Ping, Xike Wu, Liu Gang, Gao Chen, Junyuan Zhang, Li Lin, Guo Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Electrical equipment manufacturing industry hopes to achieve cloud-end cooperative manufacturing of the whole industry chain services by means of national network e-commerce cloud platform. On the basis of explaining the role of simulation in cloud-end cooperative manufacturing, this paper analyses the practical problems faced by enterprises in electrical equipment industry to realize cloud-end cooperative manufacturing, and presents effective solutions and overall solution; all kinds of the necessary application services are provided, which coincide with the actual requirement of electrical equipment manufacturing industry; and the research results of the key problems for realization about them are introduced. The overall industry …

Modeling And Simulation Of Missile Trajectory Based On Practical Sampling, Wu Shuai, Xiaohua Zhou, Lili Wang, Xingzhong Yao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the problem of lacking the proper simulation method for missile trajectory in combat simulation training, this paper analyzes the limitations of the 6D and 3D simulation models, proposes a method of trajectory simulation with missile kinematics model and history measured data, and taking an air-to-surface ballistic missile with midcourse-terminal guidance as an example, describes the model construction process in detail. Through the verification, validation and simulation experiments, it shows that this method can simulate various types of missile trajectory with high confidence on both sides of “red and blue”, which has an important reference meaning for missile …

Modified Sparse Quasi - Newton Algorithm For Electrical Capacitance Tomography System, Chen Yu, Zongji Xia, Yujia Zhou

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To solve the 'soft-field' nature and the ill-posed problem in electrical capacitance tomography technology, a modified sparse quasi - newton algorithm for electrical capacitance tomography is presented. The mathematical model of modified sparse quasi - newton is derived. The final iteration formula of modified sparse quasi - newton used to adjust the inverse problem solving of the capacitance tomography image reconstruction is given. An iterative formula for ECT inverse problem solving is used for digital simulation experiment. The simulation experiment results are compared with the results of LBP, Landweber, CG, SD, and so on. The results of the analysis …

Dynamic Data Reserved Modeling Method Based On Steady-State Component Estimation And State Tracking, Dong Ze, Erxin Yin

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the existing problems of conventional industrial system modeling methods, a dynamic data reserved modeling method based on steady-state component estimation and state tracking is proposed. The dynamic response data of the system is selected as the modeling data. The input value at the end of the selected data is chosen as steady-state component, and the steady-state component value of output is artificial given. Steady-state component of the modeling data is removed according to the steady-state component of input and output, and the modeling data is divided into three sections. The prediction model and the state observer are …

Adaptively Resampling 3d Mesh Models Based On Editable Features, Jiajia Dai, Lipeng Fan, Mingyong Pang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: We propose a hybrid algorithm for adaptively resampling 3D triangulations by user-defined editable features. The method parameterizes a 3D mesh model into 2D parameter plane, and the geometric properties of the original model is calculated and represented on a planar domain. According to a constructed geometric image of the original model and user-defined editing information, the method creates a global density function for the resampled model. The sampling density function is employed to control distribution of samples in the 2D parameter domain. The method uses centroidal Voronoi tessellation technique to further optimize local distribution of the sampled points. The …

Design Method Of Tactical Level Hexagonal Wargame Map, Fen Tang, Zhang Xin, You Xiong, Zhiqiang Wu, Kunwei Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Wargame map is an indispensable component of wargame. The current research on wargame map focused itself on the hexagonal grid segmentation, the terrain quantization models and relevant algorithms, and the technical realization of the application algorithm based on wargame map. However, the wargame map design is inadequate in corresponding instructions and methods. Therefore, based on the traditional map design method and fully taking into account the characteristics of the army tactical level hexagonal wargame map, the principle and process of army tactical level hexagonal wargame map design are proposed, and the critical steps in the process of the wargame …

Remote Real-Time Rendering System Based On Graphics Cluster, Haiyang Liu, Xiaofeng Hu, Lei Xu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to solve the problems of rendering application for many remote users with different requirements, according to the multi-user oriented asynchronous distributed application mode in graphics cluster environment, a general framework of remote real-time rendering system based on graphics cluster is proposed, and the main functional modules are designed. The integrated application of key technologies, including GPU rendering based on Docker, dynamic load balancing and real-time transmission control of images, is analyzed. The effectiveness of system solution is demonstrated by concrete examples.

Multi-Objective Operation Scheduling Optimization Of Shipborne-Equipment Based On Genetic Algorithm, Jinsong Bao, Zhiqiang Li, Yaqin Zhou

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Multi-objective operation scheduling of shipborne equipment is a complex combinational optimization problem under multi-task system. Existing research focuses mainly on single-objective optimization while several other objectives need to be considered during real operation such as path, duration, resource, etc. Considering the operation scheduling before exporting of an amphibious landing ship as the research object, both scheduling duration and resource requirement under the precedence constraint are optimized. The mathematical model of this multi-objective operation scheduling is established and solved using genetic algorithm. A fitness function which can be self-adaptively adjusted is designed; an adapting encoding strategy, a crossover operator, and …

Dbn Method For Risk Assessment Of Dairy Products Cold Chain Logistics, Weijiong Chen, Fan Wen, Xiaolin Zhu, Qimiao Xie, Xiaobei Yin

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Dairy cold chain logistics is a one-way dynamic process. According to the Bayesian theory, this paper considered the transitivity between risks and used the GeNIe software to establish the DBN risk assessment model. The cold chain logistics risk probability of dairy products was evaluated and the sensitivity analysis was carried out. The results revealed that the probability of transportation risk is the highest, and the sensitivity of processing risk is the highest. The processing and the transportation are the key links of the dairy product cold chain logistics. Comparing the results of DBN and the results of static Bayesian …

Lpv Controller Design Of Wind Turbine With Maximum Power Point Tracking, Zheng Yang, Dinghui Wu, Zhicheng Ji

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: A design method of the polytopic controller under the maximum power point tracking (MPPT) is proposed in addressing the low efficiency of the wind turbine under rated wind speed and uncertainty of the wind speed. Considering high nonlinearity of the aerodynamic system, the Jacobi linearization and the convex decomposition technique are employed to transform the wind turbine system into a polytopic linear parameter varying (LPV) model with the bias torque of the aerodynamic torque as the scheduling variable. By solving the linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), a polytopic LPV controller is obtained. The simulation results show that the designed controller …

Trajectory Planning Method Of Overhead Crane, Xuejuan Shao, Li Yao, Jinggang Zhang, Xueliang Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To make the trolley of bridge crane move stably with smooth acceleration, a polynomial acceleration trajectory is proposed based on the constraint conditions of the crane and the friction between the trolley and the rail. An anti-swing plan is designed employing the dynamic coupling relationship between the motion of the trolley and the load swing. Results indicate that when the length of the rope is changed, the swing angle of the trolley is still within the limits. The stability of the system is proved by constructing Lyapunov energy equations, and the Barbalat lemma confirms that the planned reference trajectory …

Spatial Spectrum Estimation Method Of Flank Twin-Line Array Based On Cross-Spectrum Correlation, Zhizhong Li, Wang Sen, Zhongliang Xu, Weiguo Dai, Qijun Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Considering the structural features of the flank twin-line array, researches on spatial spectrum estimation of twin-line array based on adaptive beam-forming and cross-spectrum correlation were carried out. A spatial spectrum estimation method based on cross-spectrum correlation is proposed according to the theory of cross-spectrum. The study of spectrum estimation performance comparison of the twin-line array was finished by that method combined with the conventional beam-forming and the adaptive beam-forming respectively. The results prove that the method based on cross-spectrum correlation has a better capability in noise suppression; and the method, which combined adaptive beam-forming with cross-spectrum correlation, is the …

Influence Of Composite Materials Surface Metal Mesh On Helicopter Lightning Stroke Effects, Junling Huang, Jiayu Xie

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The metal wire mesh is usually adopted to prevent the lightning stroke on composite materials. The effects of different materials and different thickness of metal mesh on helicopter lightning electromagnetic effect are compared. According to the method recommended by SAE-ARP5416, a numerical simulation software is used for carrying out the high current injection simulation. The results show that the surface mount metal mesh can effectively reduce the harm of lightning electromagnetic coupling effect; the difference between aluminum and copper on anti-lightning stroke effect is not obvious; when the thickness of aluminum grid is less than 0.15 mm, the …

Thai Language Names, Place Names And Organization Names Entity Recognition, Hongbin Wang, Hongkui Gao, Shen Qiang, Yantuan Xian

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Named entity recognition in Thai language is aimed to identify the names of a person, a locality,an organization or an institution,and so on. Due to the complexity of Thai word formation method and grammar rules, to solve this problem, the idea of the approach proposed is to treat the task of named entity recognition in Thai language as labeling the sign of a series of words in Thai sentence. Given the characteristics of Thai language itself, certain features in the context of the samples in the Thai entity recognition corpus are extracted to train the hidden Markov model and …

Multi-Seats Collaborative Task Planning Based On Improved Particle Swarm Optimization, Cai Rui, Wang Wei, Jue Qu, Hu Bo

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the allocation conflict between task and operator of multi-seats collaborative task planning in command and control cabin, a multi-seats collaborative task planning method based on improved particle swarm optimization is proposed. This method describes and analyzes the multi-seats collaborative task and establishes a solution space model based on task sequence. In solving the model, the particle swarm optimization (PSO) was improved by using multi-dimensional asynchronous processing and modifying inertia weight parameters so that the efficiency and local searching ability of the PSO were improved. The example analysis shows that the model and the algorithm can effectively reduce …

Fluid Shift And Fluid Resuscitation In Burn Patients With The Use Of Bio-Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy To Monitor Fluid Levels, Temitope D. Obielodan

Honors College Theses

The purpose of this research is to explore the current methods of fluid resuscitation and other possible methods of measuring the body fluid levels of burn patients in order to fully understand the fluid increase patterns in the torso area. This will be done primarily by focusing on the concept of bio-electrical impedance spectroscopy to measure the fluid levels only in the human torso area. Three similar tests were carried out by measuring the resistance values after ingesting 500ml of water. This was repeated until a total of 1500ml of water was ingested. It was found that the resistance in …

Novel Silica Filled Deep Eutectic Solvent Based Nanofluids For Energy Transportation, Changhui Liu, Hui Fang, Xinjian Liu, Ben Xu, Zhonghao Rao

School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences (Formerly Dept. of Chemistry)

Liquid range of nanofluids is a crucial parameter as it intensively determines their application temperature scope. Meanwhile, improved thermal conductivity and stability are of great significances and comprise the main fundamental research topics of nanofluids. In this work, 2- butoxy-3,4-dihydropyran (DP), produced from a convenient one-pot three-component reaction in water, was employed as dual lipophilic brusher and metal nanoparticle anchor. It was found that DP was able to enhance the dispersing ability and thermal conductivity of SiO2 nanoparticle filled deep eutectic solvent (DES) based nanofluids simultaneously. The key to the success of this protocol mainly relies on the electrophilic property …

Rfid Item-Level Tagging In A Grocery Store Environment, Brian Truman

LSU Master's Theses

The purpose of this research was to investigate how effective item-level Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagging would be using current RFID technology as a replacement for barcodes in a supermarket/grocery store environment.

To accomplish this, an experiment was be performed that utilized commercially available RFID technology. Passive Ultra High Frequency (UHF) RFID Tags were affixed to various grocery store items of different material categories (Food, Metal, Plastic, Liquid, and Glass), and placed in a metal shopping cart. Eight (8) antenna arrangements were created, comprised of different combinations of four (4) antennas in different locations around the cart.

The experiment was …

Breaking Coastal Hypoxia: Destratification Of Gulf Of Mexico Deadzone To Encourage Oxygen Transport Downwards To Maintain Marine Fauna, Veda Thipparthi

LSU Master's Theses

As a consequence of seasonal eutrophication and human input, a vast hypoxic area termed The Dead Zone develops every year in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) during summer along the Louisiana coastline characterized by vertical seawater density-stratification with oxygen concentrations less than 2 mg.l^-1 at the seafloor. It poses a threat to bottom-dwelling faunae and their environment which has negative ecological and economic consequences. This project aims to mitigate hypoxia by employing mechanical impellers placed at strategic water depths and locations in the Gulf. Enhanced transport of oxygen results by mixing oxygen-enriched seawater at the surface, downward into the …

Indocyanine-Green-Assisted Near-Infrared Dental Fluorescence Imaging To Detect Common Dental Diseases, As Compared With Dental X-Ray, Yoshita Viraj Holamoge

LSU Master's Theses

Oral health is indicative of a person’s overall health. Even with advances in medical science, dental diseases are very much prevalent in our society. Dental imaging techniques help in the early detection of these dental diseases and eventually avoids the risk of poor oral health as well as medical expenses. Current dental imaging techniques rely mostly on X-ray imaging whose ionizing property is a concern amongst the population. Near-infrared spectrum is known to have tissue penetration property and they belong to the non-ionizing part of the electromagnetic spectrum. This study utilized a contrast agent assisted near-infrared imaging for common dental …

Safety Assessment Of Road Vehicle In Crosswind Considering Driver Behavior, Jiexuan Hu

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

With expansion of the economy, more and more highway networks extend to coastal areas and mountain valley areas. Vehicles will be exposed to strong crosswinds when driven on these highway roads, especially in hurricane season and in winter in these two different topographic areas. Strong crosswinds threaten the safety of transportation infrastructure and passing vehicles in forms of vehicle accidents that usually result in traffic blockage and driver injury, posing negative effects on economic growth. This dissertation aimed to evaluate the vehicle safety when running through crosswinds in consideration of driver behaviors.

Firstly, the aerodynamic characteristics of road vehicles were …

Molecular Dynamics Simulations Of Interaction Of Dna Nucleotides And Lignin Oligomers With Small Molecules And Interfaces, Xinjie Tong

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of interaction of DNA nucleotides with self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) provide valuable information that is critical to the development of a new DNA sequencing technique. We investigated the interactions and transport characteristics of mononucleotides moving through nanoslits with SAMs-covered surfaces. Our simulations focused on nanoslits in which the walls were composed of three different types of SAMs: methylformyl terminated, methyl terminated, and phenoxy terminated. The results demonstrated that the phenoxy terminated surfaces have the shortest required nanoslits length for nucleotides separation.

Using MD simulations, we also investigated the interaction of mono-lignin and oligo-lignols with lipid bilayers and …