SCHEDULING PROBLEMS - AN OVERVIEW

There seems to be a significant gap between the theoretical and the practical aspects of scheduling problems in the job shop environment. Theoretically, scheduling systems are designed on the basis of an optimum approach to the scheduling model. However in the practice, the optimum that is built into the scheduling applications seems to face some challenges when dealing with the dynamic character of a scheduling system, for instance machine breakdown or change of orders. Scheduling systems have become quite complex in the past few years. Competitive business environments and shorter product life cycles are the imminent challenges being faced by many companies these days. These challenges push companies to anticipate a demand driven supply chain in their business environment. A demand-driven supply chain incorporates the customer view into the supply chain processes. As a consequence of this, scheduling as a core process of the demand-driven supply chain must also reflect the customer view. In addition,     

A Study of Melt Flow Analysis of an ABS-Iron Composite in Fused Deposition Modelling Process

Fused deposition modelling (FDM) is a filament based rapid prototyping system which offers the possibility of introducing new composite material for the FDM process as long as the new material can be made in feedstock filament form. Swinburne has been undertaking extensive research in development of new composite materials involving acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) and other materials including metals. In order to predict the behaviour of new ABS based composite materials in the course of FDM process, it is necessary to investigate the flow of the composite material in liquefier head. No such study is available considering the geometry of the liquefier head. This paper presents 2-D and 3-D numerical analysis of melt flow behaviour of a representative ABS-iron composite through the 90-degree bent tube of the liquefier head of the fused deposition modelling process using ANSYS FLOTRAN and CFX finite element packages. Main flow parameters including temperature, velocity, and pressure drop have been investigated. Filaments of the filled ABS have been fabricated and characterized to verify the possibility of prototyping using the new material on the current FDM machine. Results provide promising information in developing the melt flow modelling of metal-plastic composites and in optimising the FDM parameters for better part quality with such composites.     

土壤原生动物的作用

土壤原生动物在土壤生态系统中具有十分重要的地位,它可以影响植物的生长、防治有害生物、评价和监测自然环境变化及人类活动带来的环境污染。文章简要概述了土壤原生动物对植物生长的促进作用、生物防治作用和生物指示作用等。     

Size-manipulat ion, compacti on and electrical properties of barium manganite nanorods synthesized via the CHM method

A composite-hydroxide mediated method was employed to synthesize barium manganite nanorods.Diameter,surface smoothness and uniformity of these nanorods were optimized by varying reaction temperature and reaction time.The rods with an average diameter of 200 nm and length of1–1.5 μm were obtained at optimum conditions of 200 1C/48 h.The dielectric study of these rods reveals that they have higher value of dielectric constant at lower frequencies which was attributed to the interfacial and rotational type polarizations.Similarly,the increase in dielectric constant with temperature was attributed to the thermal activation of such polarizations.Furthermore,the analysis of ln(J) vs.E1/2characteristics in the temperature range of 300–400 K shows that possible operative conduction mechanism was of Poole–Frenkel type.The value of βexp was found to be 4.85 times greater than the expected theoretical value of feld lowering coeffcient with an internal feld enhancement factor ofα2 23.5.This high value of βexp may be due to some localized electric felds existing inside the sample.     

金属离子在高温过氧化氢漂白中的影响与控制

研究了纸浆中通常存在的金属离子对硫酸盐法美国南方松氧脱木素浆高温过氧化氢漂白结果的影响以及对金属离子的控制方法。比较了锰,铜,铁、钙等离子对浆料白度,粘度及卡伯值的相关性和有关的变化规律。实验证明采用预处理方式和漂白中使用适量的螯合剂ＤＴＭＰＡ可以有效控制金属离子的负面影响,在过氧化氢用量４％时可使漂浆白度从２７．４％ＩＳＯ提高到８０％ＩＳＯ以上,漂浆质量得到明显改善。     

新疆8个地域维吾尔族群线粒体DNA V区9 bp缺失频率与Y染色体DYS287位点多态性研究

 为研究新疆8个地域维吾尔族群体的线粒体DNA 9 bp序列缺失频率与Y染色体DYS287位点多态性,分别采用PCR扩增直接测序法和PCR结合琼脂糖凝胶电泳检测法对群线粒体DNA 9 bp缺失频率与Y 染色体DYS287位点多态性进行分析。结果表明在新疆的喀什、和田、库车、且木、哈密、吐鲁番、伊梨和尉梨县的240个无关现代维吾尔族群体中,线粒体DNA 9 bp缺失频率为3.3%,3.3%,6.6%,3.3%,6.6%,3.3%,3.3%,10%。在180个无关现代维吾尔族群男性个体中Y染色体DYS287位点全部显示为YAP-,没有显示为YAP＋。结果提示新疆不同地域现代维吾尔族群体的线粒体DNA 9 bp缺失频率相当低,9 bp缺失不是现代维吾尔族的母系遗传传结构特征,而且不同地域维吾尔族群体线粒体DNA 9 bp缺失频率没有显著性的差异。父系遗传结构单一, YAP+不是现代维吾尔族群体的父系遗传特征。研究获得了新疆不同地域维吾尔族群体的线粒体DNA 9 bp序列缺失频率与Y染色体DYS287位点多态性数据,为不同地域维吾尔族群体遗传关系的分析,法医鉴定及不同地域维吾尔族群体之间的起源关系差异提供了一定的遗传背景资料。     

Scheduling problems — An overview

There seems to be a significant gap between the theoretical and the practical aspects ofscheduling problems in the job shop environment. Theoretically, scheduling systems are designed onthe basis of an optimum approach to the scheduling model. However in the practice, the optimum thatis built into the scheduling applications seems to face some challenges when dealing with the dynamiccharacter of a scheduling system, for instance machine breakdown or change of orders. Schedulingsystems have become quite complex in the past few years. Competitive business environments andshorter product life cycles are the imminent challenges being faced by many companies these days.These challenges push companies to anticipate a demand driven supply chain in their businessenvironment. A demand-driven supply chain incorporates the customer view into the supply chainprocesses. As a consequence of this, scheduling as a core process of the demand-driven supply chainmust also reflect the customer view. In addition, other approaches to solving scheduling problems, forinstance approaches based on human factors, prefer the scheduling system to be more flexible in bothdesign and implementation. After discussion of these factors, the authors propose the integration of adifferent set of criteria for the development of“ scheduling systems which not only appears to have abetter flexibility but also increased customer-focus.