A cylindrical rod ultrasonic motor with 1 mm diameter and its application in endoscopic OCT

A tiny ultrasonic motor was constructed by using a piezoelectric ceramic cylindrical rod as a vibration generator of the stator. The fabricated tiny motor has a diameter of 1 mm, a length of 5 mm and a weight of 36 mg. The resonant frequency is 32 kHz with one fixed boundary or 83 kHz with two free boundaries. Four silver electrodes were deposited on the cylindrical surface. The spacing between two adjacent electrodes was carefully designed. A method was developed for the polarization of the stator. By using the bending vibration mode of the stator, the motor shows a performance with a speed of 1800 rpm and a stalled torque of 4μNm, and can bear a high driving voltage up to 350 Vpp. The motor was used to drive an optical prism for circular scanning in an endoscopic OCT system. The tomographic images of the inner cavities of a plastic tube and a scallion were obtained, and the resolution was of the order of micrometer-scale.     

Properties of Fuzzy Entropy Based on the Shape Change of Membership Function

Modification of a fuzzy partition often leads to the change of fuzziness of a fuzzy system. Researches on the change of fuzzy entropy of a fuzzy set, responding to shape alteration of membership function, therefore, play a significant role in analysis of the change of fuzziness of a fuzzy system because a fuzzy partition consists of a set of fuzzy sets which satisfy some special constraints. This paper has shown several results about entropy changes of a fuzzy set. First, the entropies of two same type of fuzzy sets have a constant proportional relationship which depends on the ratio of the sizes of their support intervals. Second, as for Triangular Fuzzy Numbers （TFNs）, the entropies of any two TFNs which can not be always the same type, also, have a constant proportional relationship which depends on the ratio of the sizes of their support intervals. Hence, any two TFNs with the same sizes of support intervals have the same entropies. Third, concerning two Triangular Fuzzy Sets （TFSs） with same sizes of support intervals and different heights, the relationship of their entropies lies on their height. Finally, we point it out a mistake that Chen＇s assertion that the entropy of resultant fuzzy set of elevation operation is directly to that of the original one while elevation factor just acts as a propartional factor. These results should contribute to the analysis and design of a fuzzy system.     

Modeling of Operators’ Workload in a Nuclear Power Plant

Accidents in a nuclear power plant are coped with by operators in the main control room （MCR）. An analysis of the workload of operators in a MCR after the happening of initiating events is helpful to the alleviation of human errors and to the promotion of training efficiency. This paper establishes a framework of how man is located in a man-ma- chine interface of a nuclear power plant （NPP） as well as a simulation of the man-machine scenario in accidents in NPPs, including the simulation of the operators＇ task and cognitive work and the establishment of task analysis. On the basis of the above, a model of the dynamic changes of the operators＇ tasks is constructed and a computation of operators＇ workload is conducted.     

H-Magic and H-Supermagic of Graphs

An H-covering(resp.decomposition) of a graph G is a set of subgraphs of G,{H_1,H_2,…,H_k} such that H_1 is isomorphic to H for eachi,and each edge of G belongs to at least(resp.exactly) one of the subgraphs H_i,fox 1≤i≤k.An H-covering(resp.decomposition) of a graph G is a magic H-covering(resp.decomposition) if there is a bijection f:V(G)∪E(G)→{1,...,|V(G)|+|E(G)|} such that the sum of labels of edges and the vertices of each copy of H in the decomposition is a constant.If G admits a unique H-covering H and H is a magic H-covering of G,then G is H-magic.In this paper,we show that if G admits a magic H-covering(resp.decomposition),and satisfies some other conditions,then a union of k vertex joint graph G,kG,and a graph obtained from kG,Gk admit a magic H-covering or decomposition.     

THE SELECTION OF CROWNING VALUES FOR HELICAL GEAR DRIVES

Gear crowning takes an important part in alleviating the concentration of local stresses when misalignment of the flanks exists. It is known that an excessive crowning will lead to a high local stress while an insufficient value will not be able to compensate the alignment error resulting in concentration. The selection of the crowning value is always based on empirical estimation. This paper deals with a theoretical method to determine the crowning value. The distribution forms of contact stresses on the flanks of a crowned pinion and a gear are treated as a series of complete or portions of semi-ellipsoids with the same size. The total volume of which equals the whole contact load. From this point of view a series of equations for the computation of the maximum stress is obtained. The calculation of contact stresses considering the existence of alignment errors gives insight into the selection ora proper crowning value for a gear drive.     

Study and Development of a Simulation System for Dynamic Evaluation on Man-machine Interface Design of Advanced Main Control Rooms of Nuclear Power Plants

Since the man-machine interfaces (MMI) of a main control room provide the control platform of a nuclear power plant (NPP),the development of the design quality of MMIs plays a very important role in the operation of a NPP. With the development of digital technology, the development of the advanced main control rooms (AMCRs) has become an inexorable trend. Therefore, the positive and the negative effects of AMCRs on human factors engineering need to be evaluated. For this p~, a simulation system has been studied and developed to quantitatively evaluate a MMI design from the viewpoint of human factors. The simulation system takes advantage of computer simulation technology to simulate an operating process of an interaction between operators and a MMI design under an instruction of an operation procedure of the AMCR of a NPP. Meanwhile, the necessary data are recorded for evaluation. It integrates two editors and one simulator. In the paper, the simulation system is presented in detail. Furthermore, one sample is given to show the results of each of these three subsystems.     

Experimental investigation of a 500 W traveling-wave thermoacoustic electricity generator

In this paper, an experimental investigation of a traveling-wave thermoacoustic electricity generator, which consists of a traveling-wave thermoacoustic heat engine and a linear alternator driven by that engine, is presented. Using the results of previous theoretical and experimental research, we designed and fabricated a traveling-wave thermoacoustic heat engine and a linear alternator. In the experiments, 450.9 W of electrical power was obtained with a maximum thermal-to-electrical efficiency of 15.03%, and a maximum electrical power of 481.0 W was achieved with 12.65% thermal-to-electrical efficiency.     

A cooperative Co-evolutional immune algorithm

A co-evolutional immune algorithm for the optimization of a function with real parameters is de-scribed.It uses a cooperative co-evolution of two populations,one is a population of antibodies and theother is a population of successful mutation vectors.These two population evolve together to improve thediversity of the antibodies.The algorithm described is then tested on a suite of optimization problems.The results show that on most of test functions,this algorithm can converge to the global optimum atqu...     

The rise of granular computing

This paper has two purposes. One is to present a critical examination of the rise of granular computing and the other is to suggest a triarchic theory of granular computing. By examining the reasons, justifications, and motivations for the rise of granular computing, we may be able to fully appreciate its scope, goal and potential values. The results enable us to formulate a triarchic theory in the light of research results from many disciplines. The three components of the theory are labeled as the philosophy, the methodology, and the computation. The integration of the three offers a unified view of granular computing as a way of structured thinking, a method of structured problem solving, and a paradigm of structured information processing, focusing on hierarchical granular structures. The triarchic theory is an important effort in synthesizing the various theories and models of granular computing.