Semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) from indoor products pose great threats to human health. Some experimental studies on them have been conducted, but a general model could be an excellent alternative to predict ...
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Semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) from indoor products pose great threats to human health. Some experimental studies on them have been conducted, but a general model could be an excellent alternative to predict the concentration distribution of SVOCs because SVOCs cost long term to reach equilibrium and are hard to be detected. This paper is expected to offer an apprehensive review of the physically-based models evolved from the VOC models and improved ones. Detailed analysis and critical discussions concentrating on the studies of SVOCs adsorbing on interior surfaces and particles are given. Current studies based on experiments and mechanistic models involved in influences of different factors on the emission rate and concentrations are summarized. Despite some great advances have been made, further model development, parameters identification and model validation are needed. Also, the micro and mesoscale methods are proposed here due to their strong potential in numerically predicting SVOC behaviors.
Structural analysis is very important to understanding the physics of atomic or particle systems of various types. However, properly characterizing the structures at different packing fraction ρ is still a challenge....
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Structural analysis is very important to understanding the physics of atomic or particle systems of various types. However, properly characterizing the structures at different packing fraction ρ is still a challenge. Here we analyze the local structure, in terms of the so-called common-neighbor-subcluster (CNS), of sphere packings with ρ ∈ (0.2, 0.74). We show that although complicated in structure, there are totally 39 kinds of CNSs of which 12 are dominant. The evolution of these CNSs with the increase of ρ is quantified, and the rules governing the evolution are explored. The results are found to be useful in constructing a comprehensive picture about the critical states and their transition in sphere packing.
Energy and environment have emerged as the most critical challenges to the sustainable global developments in the 21st century. Nanomaterials have attracted much more attention because of their unique ftmctional prope...
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Energy and environment have emerged as the most critical challenges to the sustainable global developments in the 21st century. Nanomaterials have attracted much more attention because of their unique ftmctional properties and broad applications in energy and environment. This presentation is going to talk about how to engineer nanoparticles for energy and environmental applications, through the development of synthesis strategies of metal oxide nanoparticles, fundamental understandings of particle growth and understanding the relationship between structure and functions, specificallyfocusing on gas sensors, smart window coatings and self-cleaning films in this talk.
In this paper a new approach to data stream evolving fuzzy model identification is given. The structure of the model is given in the form of Takagi-Sugeno and the partitioning of the input-output space is obtained usi...
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The first principles calculation within the full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method is applied to study the structural, electronic and elastic properties of cubic perovskite-type compounds KCaF...
The first principles calculation within the full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method is applied to study the structural, electronic and elastic properties of cubic perovskite-type compounds KCaF3 and RbCaF3. The exchange correlation effects are included through the LDA, GGA and modified Becke-Johnson (mBJ) exchange potential. The calculated structural properties such as equilibrium lattice constant, the bulk modulus and its pressure derivative are in good agreement with the available data. KCaF3 and RbCaF3 have wide and indirect band gaps and they agree with experimental values. The elastic properties such as elastic constants, anisotropy factor, shear modulus, Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio are obtained for the first time. KCaF3 and RbCaF3 are elastically anisotropic and the B/G ratio indicate that these are ductile materials.
This p aper introduces an evolving feedforward single hidden layer neural network with extreme learning. The evolving neural network simultaneously adapts its structure and updates its weights using recursive algorith...
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This p aper introduces an evolving feedforward single hidden layer neural network with extreme learning. The evolving neural network simultaneously adapts its structure and updates its weights using recursive algorithms. Neurons in the hidden layer are added whenever necessary by the implicit nature of the input data. The number of neurons in the hidden layer is found using a recursive granulation algorithm based on the concept of cloud. A cloud is a collection of points whose density implicitly defines a cluster. An extreme learning-based algorithm is used to compute hidden and output layers weights of the neural network. Computational results show that the evolving neural network modeling approach is competitive when compared with alternative evolving modeling approaches.
We propose a scheme to generate robust stationary continuous-variable entanglement in optomechanical systems, based on geometrical nonlinearity that occurs for large mechanical displacements. Such nonlinearity is ofte...
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We propose a scheme to generate robust stationary continuous-variable entanglement in optomechanical systems, based on geometrical nonlinearity that occurs for large mechanical displacements. Such nonlinearity is often used to correct the dynamics of the systems in the strong-coupling regime. It appears that geometrical nonlinearity enhances the entanglement and shifts its maximum towards high detuning values. Using the experimental parameters, we find that such a scheme generates a very robust entanglement against thermal decoherence even at room temperature. Our results show that geometrical nonlinearity affects entanglement as the optomechanical quantum interface.
Increment of on-road vehicles has urged public venues to provide visitors with a larger area of parking space. As the parking area grew larger for example in a hyper mall, a well-organized parking management system is...
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Increment of on-road vehicles has urged public venues to provide visitors with a larger area of parking space. As the parking area grew larger for example in a hyper mall, a well-organized parking management system is necessary to assist drivers in locating parking position. Besides, it can also help the management team to monitor vehicle flow in the parking lot. Vehicle tracking plays an important role to the parking management system, as accurate tracking result will lead to a more efficient management system. Among commercially available sensors, video sensor has been commonly deployed in the parking area due to its ability in obtaining a wide range of vehicle information. However, images captured using video sensors are limited under situations where vehicles are undergoing occlusion and maneuvering incidents. This will cause tracking error therefore affecting the performance of the parking management system. Particle filter has been proven as one of the promising techniques to track vehicle under disturbances. Therefore, particle filter is proposed to track vehicle under occlusion and maneuvering incidents in this study. Experimental results show that the particle filter is able to track a target vehicle under different disturbances.
Network coding combines several packets from different sources and broadcasts the combined packet to several destinations in single transmission time slot. Each destination is capable to extract the intended informati...
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Network coding combines several packets from different sources and broadcasts the combined packet to several destinations in single transmission time slot. Each destination is capable to extract the intended information by decoding from a common packet. In short, network coding improves the throughput for wireless and wired networks but also causes side effects such as complexity of packets management and increased delay for coding opportunity. Hence, genetic algorithm is used to optimize the resources for network coding. Genetic algorithm will search for suitable routes to the destination according to the desired throughput with a desired multicast rate. In this paper, genetic algorithm is further enhanced in searching of optimum route for a packet. The simulation results show that enhanced genetic algorithm can adapt to various situations with different topologies, providing an optimum route for a packet in the network.
The detection techniques based on non-destructive testing (NDT) defects are preferable because of their low cost and operational aspects related to the use of the analyzed structure. In this study, we used the genetic...
The detection techniques based on non-destructive testing (NDT) defects are preferable because of their low cost and operational aspects related to the use of the analyzed structure. In this study, we used the genetic algorithm (GA) for detecting and locating damage. The finite element was used for diagnostic beams. Different structures considered may incur damage to be modelled by a loss of rigidity supposed to represent a defect in the structure element. Identification of damage is formulated as an optimization problem using three objective functions (change of natural frequencies, Modal Assurance Criterion MAC and MAC natural frequency). The results show that the best objective function is based on the natural frequency and MAC while the method of the genetic algorithm present its efficiencies in indicating and quantifying multiple damage with great accuracy. Three defects have been created to enhance damage depending on the elements 2, 5 and 8 with a percentage allocation of 50% in the beam structure which has been discretized into 10 elements. Finally the defect with noise was introduced to test the stability of the method against uncertainty.
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