Background:Missing data are frequently occurred in clinical studies.Due to the development of precision medicine,there is an increased interest in N-of-1 trial.Bayesian models are one of main statistical methods for a...Background:Missing data are frequently occurred in clinical studies.Due to the development of precision medicine,there is an increased interest in N-of-1 trial.Bayesian models are one of main statistical methods for analyzing the data of N-of-1 trials.This simulation study aimed to compare two statistical methods for handling missing values of quantitative data in Bayesian N-of-1 trials.Methods:The simulated data of N-of-1 trials with different coefficients of autocorrelation,effect sizes and missing ratios are obtained by SAS 9.1 system.The missing values are filled with mean filling and regression filling respectively in the condition of different coefficients of autocorrelation,effect sizes and missing ratios by SPSS 25.0 software.Bayesian models are built to estimate the posterior means by Winbugs 14 software.Results:When the missing ratio is relatively small,e.g.5%,missing values have relatively little effect on the results.Therapeutic effects may be underestimated when the coefficient of autocorrelation increases and no filling is used.However,it may be overestimated when mean or regression filling is used,and the results after mean filling are closer to the actual effect than regression filling.In the case of moderate missing ratio,the estimated effect after mean filling is closer to the actual effect compared to regression filling.When a large missing ratio(20%)occurs,data missing can lead to significantly underestimate the effect.In this case,the estimated effect after regression filling is closer to the actual effect compared to mean filling.Conclusion:Data missing can affect the estimated therapeutic effects using Bayesian models in N-of-1 trials.The present study suggests that mean filling can be used under situation of missing ratio≤10%.Otherwise,regression filling may be preferable.展开更多
[Objective] The study aimed to research the nutrients release of ponds sediment.[Method] The sediments which from a new pond(A) and an old one (B) these analyses used to carry out indoor experiment under the anaerobic...[Objective] The study aimed to research the nutrients release of ponds sediment.[Method] The sediments which from a new pond(A) and an old one (B) these analyses used to carry out indoor experiment under the anaerobic dark condition for researching on nutrient release. The N(nitrogenous) and P(phosphorous) release were analyzed every two days.[Result] At the prophase, the N release in B was bigger than that in A, while the decline sediment release in A was gentle.[Conclusion] There was no accumulation of organic compound during the breeding time. The NH4-N was the main form of N release; and the P release was correlated with N release, while PO4-P was the main form of P release.展开更多
The effect of the valence band tail width on the open circuit voltage of P3HT：PCBM bulk heterojunction solar cell is investigated by using the AMPS-1D computer program. An effective medium model with exponential vale...The effect of the valence band tail width on the open circuit voltage of P3HT：PCBM bulk heterojunction solar cell is investigated by using the AMPS-1D computer program. An effective medium model with exponential valence and conduction band tail states is used to simulate the photovoltaic cell. The simulation result shows that the open circuit voltage depends Iinearly on the logarithm of the generation rate and the slope depends on the width of the valence band tail. The open circuit voltage decreases with the increasing width of the band tail. The dark and light ideality factors increase with the width of the valence band tail.展开更多
We evaluate the impact of temperature on the output behavior of a carbon nanotube field effect transistor （CNFET） based chaotic generator. The sources cause the variations in both current-voltage characteristics of ...We evaluate the impact of temperature on the output behavior of a carbon nanotube field effect transistor （CNFET） based chaotic generator. The sources cause the variations in both current-voltage characteristics of the CNFET device and an overall chaotic circuit is pointed out. To verify the effect of temperature variation on the output dynamics of the chaotic circuit, a simulation is performed by employing the CNFET compact model of Wong et al. in HSPICE with a temperature range from -100℃ to 100℃. The obtained results with time series, frequency spectra, and bifurcation diagram from the simulation demonstrate that temperature plays a significant role in the output dynamics of the CNFET-based chaotic circuit. Thus, temperature-related issues should be taken into account while designing a high-quality chaotic generator with high stability.展开更多
A transport simulation has been done by using a i.5D time dependent transportcode to reproduce a formation of the ITB on electron temperature Profile during the long pu1seLHCD in JT-60U tokamak. The transport coeffici...A transport simulation has been done by using a i.5D time dependent transportcode to reproduce a formation of the ITB on electron temperature Profile during the long pu1seLHCD in JT-60U tokamak. The transport coefficients were assumed to reduce with a reversedmagnetic shear and the LH driven current profile was evaluated by fitting dynamic change inthe measured current profile. The gradual increase in the central electron temperature could beexplained by the change in the current profile during LHCD in the present simulation model. Theestimated LH-driven current profile by the transport code analysis shows a finite current densityat the plasma center. Analysis of transport simulation suggests some mechanisms for broadeningthe LH-driven current profile at the central region of the plasma.展开更多
The method of using dielectrophoresis （DEP） to assemble graphene between micro-electrodes has been proven to be simple and efficient. We present an optimization method for the kinetic formula of graphene DEP, and di...The method of using dielectrophoresis （DEP） to assemble graphene between micro-electrodes has been proven to be simple and efficient. We present an optimization method for the kinetic formula of graphene DEP, and discuss the simulation of the graphene assembly process based on the finite element method. The simulated results illustrate that the accelerated motion of graphene is in agreement with the distribution of the electric field squared gradient. We also conduct research on the controllable parameters of the DEP assembly such as the alternating current （AC） frequency, the shape of micro-electrodes, and the ratio of the gap between electrodes to the characteristic/geometric length of graphene （λ）. The simulations based on the Clausius-Mossotti factor reveal that both graphene velocity and direction are influenced by the AC frequency. When graphene is close to the electrodes, the shape of micro-electrodes will exert great influence on the velocity of graphene. Also, λ has a great influence on the velocity of graphene. Generally, the velocity of graphene would be greater when λ is in the range of 0.4 0.6. The study is of a theoretical guiding significance in improving the precision and efficiency of the graphene DEP assembly.展开更多
The boiler is one of the key parts of power station. Monitoring the operation of the boiler automatically, continuously and accurately is very important. In case of malfunctions, an expert system might be helpful to f...The boiler is one of the key parts of power station. Monitoring the operation of the boiler automatically, continuously and accurately is very important. In case of malfunctions, an expert system might be helpful to find the sources of faults, and thereafter will assist the operator to act correctly and to prevent the fault from further development.In this paper, a simulation study of an expert system, which can diagnose the running faults of boiler system, is conducted. Shallow and deep two-layer knowledge base structure is used in this two layers of knowledge base. So. this kind of expert system can overcome the disadvantages of the old types of expert systems, which are only able to deal with experience rules base.A simulator of power boiler is used for the research on fault diagnose expert system. This boiler simulator gives all necessary information for the diagnosis. The knowledge base of expert system is built in hierarchies, so the speed of reasoning may be invreased. After the reasoning the展开更多
In this study, a water/silicone oil interface was used to simulate the steel/slag interface in a converter. A high-speed camera was used to record the entrainment process of droplets when air bubbles were passed throu...In this study, a water/silicone oil interface was used to simulate the steel/slag interface in a converter. A high-speed camera was used to record the entrainment process of droplets when air bubbles were passed through the water/silicone oil interface. Motion parameters of the bubbles and droplets were obtained using particle kinematic analysis software, and the entrainment rate of the droplets was calculated. It was found that the entrainment rate decreased from 29.5% to 0 when the viscosity of the silicone oil was increased from 60 mPa.s to 820 mPa.s in the case of bubbles with a 5 mm equivalent diameter passing through the water/silicone oil interface. The results indicate that in- creasing the viscosity of the silicone oil is conducive to reducing the entrainment rate. The entrainment rate increased from 0 to 136.3% in the case of silicone oil with a viscosity of 60 mPa.s when the equivalent diameter of the bubbles was increased from 3 mm to 7 ram. We there- fore conclude that small bubbles are also conductive to reducing the entrainment rate. The force analysis results for the water colmnn indicate that the entrainment rate of droplets is affected by the velocity of the bubble passing through the water/silicone oil interface and that the en- trainment rate decreases with the bubble velocity.展开更多
The radiation use efficiency(RUE)is one of the most important functional traits determining crop productivity.The coordination of the vertical distribution of light and leaf nitrogen has been proven to be effective in...The radiation use efficiency(RUE)is one of the most important functional traits determining crop productivity.The coordination of the vertical distribution of light and leaf nitrogen has been proven to be effective in boosting the RUE from both experimental and computational evidence.However,previous simulation studies have primarily assumed that the leaf area is uniformly distributed along the canopy depth,rarely considering the optimization of the leaf area distribution,especially for C4 crops.The present study hypothesizes that the RUE may be maximized by matching the leaf area and leaf nitrogen vertical distributions in the canopy.To test this hypothesis,various virtual maize canopies were generated by combining the leaf inclination angle,vertical leaf area distribution,and vertical leaf nitrogen distribution and were further evaluated by an improved multilayer canopy photosynthesis model.We found that a greater fraction of leaf nitrogen is preferentially allocated to canopy layers with greater leaf areas to maximize the RUE.The coordination of light and nitrogen emerged as a property from the simulations to maximize the RUE in most scenarios,particularly in dense canopies.This study not only facilitates explicit and precise profiling of ideotypes for maximizing the RUE but also represents a primary step toward high-throughput phenotyping and screening of the RUE for massive numbers of inbred lines and cultivars.展开更多
Extreme temperature events are simulated by using the Beijing Climate Center Atmospheric General Circulation Model （BCC_AGCM） in this paper. The model has been run for 136 yr with the observed ex- ternal forcing dat...Extreme temperature events are simulated by using the Beijing Climate Center Atmospheric General Circulation Model （BCC_AGCM） in this paper. The model has been run for 136 yr with the observed ex- ternal forcing data including solar insolation, greenhouse gases, and monthly sea surface temperature （SST）. The daily maximum and minimum temperatures are simulated by the model, and 16 indices representing various extreme temperature events are calculated based on these two variables. The results show that the maximum of daily maximum temperature （TXX）, maximum of daily minimum （TNX）, minimum of daily maximum （TXN）, minimum of daily minimum （TNN）, warm days （TXg0p）, warm nights （TNg0p）, summer days （SU25）, tropical nights （TR20）, and warm spell duration index （WSDI） have increasing trends during the 20th century in most regions of the world, while the cold days （TX10p）, cold nights （TN10p）, and cold spell duration index （CSDI） have decreasing trends. The probability density function （PDF） of warm/cold days/nights for three periods of 1881-1950, 1951- 1978, and 1979-2003 is examined. It is found that before 1950, the cold day/night has the largest probability, while for the period of 1979-2003, it has the smallest probability. In contrast to the decreasing trend of cold days/nights, the PDF of warm days/nights exhibits an opposite trend. In addition, the frost days （FD） and ice days （ID） have decreasing trends, the growing season has lengthened, and the diurnal temperature range is getting smaller during the 20th century. A comparison of the above extreme temperature indices between the model output and NCEP data （taken as observation） for 1948 2000 indicates that the mean values and the trends of the simulated indices are close to the observations, and overall there is a high correlation between the simulated indices and the observations. But the simulated trends of FD, ID, growing season length, and diurnal temperature range are not consistent with the observations and their correlations are low or even negative. This indicates that the model is incapable to simulate these four indices although it has captured most indices of the extreme temperature events.展开更多
Ultrasound imaging is the most widely used noninvasive medical imaging modality. Its latest elite concept is Superharmonic Imaging which is the most talked-about future of medical diagnostic ultrasound. In this paper,...Ultrasound imaging is the most widely used noninvasive medical imaging modality. Its latest elite concept is Superharmonic Imaging which is the most talked-about future of medical diagnostic ultrasound. In this paper, the computational and analytical study for superharmonic field generation from phased array transducer of 16 × 16 elements is presented. For this, the model preferred, includes the calculation for diffraction effect in frequency domain and nonlinear effect in time domain. The attenuation is included along with the diffraction in frequency domain as well. The comparative analysis of superharmonic field is also carried out with simulated fundamental and second harmonic fields by the same model. Similarly, the comparison with the results from the literature is also reported.展开更多
Using a limited-area P-σ incorporated coordinate five-level primitive equation model fed with the ECMWF 5°×5°grid data,a simulation is made of a large-scale cold surge of late December 1982.Results sho...Using a limited-area P-σ incorporated coordinate five-level primitive equation model fed with the ECMWF 5°×5°grid data,a simulation is made of a large-scale cold surge of late December 1982.Results show that the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau has no profound thermal but dynamic effect on the East-Asian winter monsoon that forces cold air to go southwards by its east side,exciting Kelvin waves behind the cold front to result in the maximum NE wind.Besides,gravitational waves independent of the Plateau occur ahead of the front advancing towards the south.They may be due to the excitation involved in the front itself. The cold surge is propagated under the Hadley cell,making it strengthened and moved southwards.展开更多
A 3-D mathematical model considering turbulence phenomena has been established based on a computational fluid dynamics technique, so called 3-D SOLA-VOF (Solution Algorithm-Volume of Fluid), to simulate the fluid flow...A 3-D mathematical model considering turbulence phenomena has been established based on a computational fluid dynamics technique, so called 3-D SOLA-VOF (Solution Algorithm-Volume of Fluid), to simulate the fluid flow of mold filling process of die casting. In addition, the mathematical model for simulating the heat transfer in die casting process has also been established. The computation program has been developed by the authors with the finite difference method (FDM) recently. As verification, the mold filling process of a S-shaped die casting has been simulated and the simulation results coincide with that of the benchmark test. Finally, as a practical application, the gating design of a motorcycle component was modified by the mold filling simulation and the dies design of another motorcycle component was optimized by the heat transfer simulation. All the optimized designs were verified by the production practice.展开更多
In this paper, an algorithm for simulating fluid flow and heat transfer for mold filling of shaped castings is presented. The main features of the algorithm include: 1) a simple but practical technique based on VOF me...In this paper, an algorithm for simulating fluid flow and heat transfer for mold filling of shaped castings is presented. The main features of the algorithm include: 1) a simple but practical technique based on VOF method to determine free surface, 2) an explicit scheme of enthalpy to solve the energy equation more efficiently, and 3) an effective treatment to modify the flux deviation due to pressure iteration. In order to verify these methods, well controlled experiments have been repeatedly done with both water analog and gray iron pouring experiments to record the flow patterns and temperature variations. The calculated results are in accordance with the experimental ones. For the applications, the simulated initial temperature distribution right after mold filling was used to analyse subsequent solidification and to predict shrinkage defects. Actual castings were poured and tested in a foundry plant. The reuslts show that the defects predication with considering fluid flow effects is more precise than that without considering the effects.展开更多
In order to evaluate the main factors influencing the core-shooting process and to optimize the design of core boxes, the fluid-particle (air-sand) model has been built based on the two-phase flow theory. The fluid ph...In order to evaluate the main factors influencing the core-shooting process and to optimize the design of core boxes, the fluid-particle (air-sand) model has been built based on the two-phase flow theory. The fluid phase, air, and the particulate phase, sand granules, have been treated as a continuum. By using this model, it is possible to simulate the flow and compaction behavior of sand particles during the core-shooting process. To benchmark the calculated results, the shooting process has been recorded with a digital high speed camera, and the inlet condition of sand particles has also been achieved by using the camera. The preliminary results have showed that the calculation is in agreement with the testing results.展开更多
Accelerated life tests play a vital role in reliability analysis,especially as advanced technologies lead to the production of highly reliable products to meet market demands and competition.Among these tests,progress...Accelerated life tests play a vital role in reliability analysis,especially as advanced technologies lead to the production of highly reliable products to meet market demands and competition.Among these tests,progressive-stress accelerated life tests(PSALT)allow for continuous changes in applied stress.Additionally,the generalized progressive hybrid censoring(GPHC)scheme has attracted significant attention in reliability and survival analysis,particularly for handling censored data in accelerated testing.It has been applied to various failure models,including competing risks and step-stress models.However,despite its growing relevance,a notable gap remains in the literature regarding the application of GPHC in PSALT models.This paper addresses that gap by studying PSALT under a GPHC scheme with binomial removal.Specifically,it considers lifetimes following the quasi-Xgamma distribution.Model parameters are estimated using both maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods under gamma priors.Interval estimation is provided through approximate confidence intervals,bootstrap methods,and Bayesian credible intervals.Bayesian estimators are derived under squared error and entropy loss functions,using informative priors in simulation and non-informative priors in real data applications.A simulation study is conducted to evaluate various censoring schemes,with coverage probabilities and interval widths assessed via Monte Carlo simulations.Additionally,Bayesian predictive estimates and intervals are presented.The proposed methodology is illustrated through the analysis of two real-world accelerated life test datasets.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81973705).
文摘Background:Missing data are frequently occurred in clinical studies.Due to the development of precision medicine,there is an increased interest in N-of-1 trial.Bayesian models are one of main statistical methods for analyzing the data of N-of-1 trials.This simulation study aimed to compare two statistical methods for handling missing values of quantitative data in Bayesian N-of-1 trials.Methods:The simulated data of N-of-1 trials with different coefficients of autocorrelation,effect sizes and missing ratios are obtained by SAS 9.1 system.The missing values are filled with mean filling and regression filling respectively in the condition of different coefficients of autocorrelation,effect sizes and missing ratios by SPSS 25.0 software.Bayesian models are built to estimate the posterior means by Winbugs 14 software.Results:When the missing ratio is relatively small,e.g.5%,missing values have relatively little effect on the results.Therapeutic effects may be underestimated when the coefficient of autocorrelation increases and no filling is used.However,it may be overestimated when mean or regression filling is used,and the results after mean filling are closer to the actual effect than regression filling.In the case of moderate missing ratio,the estimated effect after mean filling is closer to the actual effect compared to regression filling.When a large missing ratio(20%)occurs,data missing can lead to significantly underestimate the effect.In this case,the estimated effect after regression filling is closer to the actual effect compared to mean filling.Conclusion:Data missing can affect the estimated therapeutic effects using Bayesian models in N-of-1 trials.The present study suggests that mean filling can be used under situation of missing ratio≤10%.Otherwise,regression filling may be preferable.
基金Supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program)(2007AA10Z239)the National Key Technology R&D Program(2006BAD03B0102)+2 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(5004159)Scienceand Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province(2005N33201012)the Open Fund of Key Laboratory of Genetic Breeding and Aquaculture Biology of Freshwater Fishes,Ministry of Agriculture(BM2007-03)~~
文摘[Objective] The study aimed to research the nutrients release of ponds sediment.[Method] The sediments which from a new pond(A) and an old one (B) these analyses used to carry out indoor experiment under the anaerobic dark condition for researching on nutrient release. The N(nitrogenous) and P(phosphorous) release were analyzed every two days.[Result] At the prophase, the N release in B was bigger than that in A, while the decline sediment release in A was gentle.[Conclusion] There was no accumulation of organic compound during the breeding time. The NH4-N was the main form of N release; and the P release was correlated with N release, while PO4-P was the main form of P release.
文摘The effect of the valence band tail width on the open circuit voltage of P3HT：PCBM bulk heterojunction solar cell is investigated by using the AMPS-1D computer program. An effective medium model with exponential valence and conduction band tail states is used to simulate the photovoltaic cell. The simulation result shows that the open circuit voltage depends Iinearly on the logarithm of the generation rate and the slope depends on the width of the valence band tail. The open circuit voltage decreases with the increasing width of the band tail. The dark and light ideality factors increase with the width of the valence band tail.
基金Supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea Funded by the Ministry of Education,Science and Technology under Grant No 2012-0002777
文摘We evaluate the impact of temperature on the output behavior of a carbon nanotube field effect transistor （CNFET） based chaotic generator. The sources cause the variations in both current-voltage characteristics of the CNFET device and an overall chaotic circuit is pointed out. To verify the effect of temperature variation on the output dynamics of the chaotic circuit, a simulation is performed by employing the CNFET compact model of Wong et al. in HSPICE with a temperature range from -100℃ to 100℃. The obtained results with time series, frequency spectra, and bifurcation diagram from the simulation demonstrate that temperature plays a significant role in the output dynamics of the CNFET-based chaotic circuit. Thus, temperature-related issues should be taken into account while designing a high-quality chaotic generator with high stability.
文摘A transport simulation has been done by using a i.5D time dependent transportcode to reproduce a formation of the ITB on electron temperature Profile during the long pu1seLHCD in JT-60U tokamak. The transport coefficients were assumed to reduce with a reversedmagnetic shear and the LH driven current profile was evaluated by fitting dynamic change inthe measured current profile. The gradual increase in the central electron temperature could beexplained by the change in the current profile during LHCD in the present simulation model. Theestimated LH-driven current profile by the transport code analysis shows a finite current densityat the plasma center. Analysis of transport simulation suggests some mechanisms for broadeningthe LH-driven current profile at the central region of the plasma.
基金Supported by the Basic Research Project of Shanxi Province under Grant No 2015021092the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 61471255,61474079,61501316,51505324 and 51622507the National High-Technology Research and Development Program of China under Grant No 2015AA042601
文摘The method of using dielectrophoresis （DEP） to assemble graphene between micro-electrodes has been proven to be simple and efficient. We present an optimization method for the kinetic formula of graphene DEP, and discuss the simulation of the graphene assembly process based on the finite element method. The simulated results illustrate that the accelerated motion of graphene is in agreement with the distribution of the electric field squared gradient. We also conduct research on the controllable parameters of the DEP assembly such as the alternating current （AC） frequency, the shape of micro-electrodes, and the ratio of the gap between electrodes to the characteristic/geometric length of graphene （λ）. The simulations based on the Clausius-Mossotti factor reveal that both graphene velocity and direction are influenced by the AC frequency. When graphene is close to the electrodes, the shape of micro-electrodes will exert great influence on the velocity of graphene. Also, λ has a great influence on the velocity of graphene. Generally, the velocity of graphene would be greater when λ is in the range of 0.4 0.6. The study is of a theoretical guiding significance in improving the precision and efficiency of the graphene DEP assembly.
文摘The boiler is one of the key parts of power station. Monitoring the operation of the boiler automatically, continuously and accurately is very important. In case of malfunctions, an expert system might be helpful to find the sources of faults, and thereafter will assist the operator to act correctly and to prevent the fault from further development.In this paper, a simulation study of an expert system, which can diagnose the running faults of boiler system, is conducted. Shallow and deep two-layer knowledge base structure is used in this two layers of knowledge base. So. this kind of expert system can overcome the disadvantages of the old types of expert systems, which are only able to deal with experience rules base.A simulator of power boiler is used for the research on fault diagnose expert system. This boiler simulator gives all necessary information for the diagnosis. The knowledge base of expert system is built in hierarchies, so the speed of reasoning may be invreased. After the reasoning the
基金financially supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Nos. 2015T80039 and 2014M560890)
文摘In this study, a water/silicone oil interface was used to simulate the steel/slag interface in a converter. A high-speed camera was used to record the entrainment process of droplets when air bubbles were passed through the water/silicone oil interface. Motion parameters of the bubbles and droplets were obtained using particle kinematic analysis software, and the entrainment rate of the droplets was calculated. It was found that the entrainment rate decreased from 29.5% to 0 when the viscosity of the silicone oil was increased from 60 mPa.s to 820 mPa.s in the case of bubbles with a 5 mm equivalent diameter passing through the water/silicone oil interface. The results indicate that in- creasing the viscosity of the silicone oil is conducive to reducing the entrainment rate. The entrainment rate increased from 0 to 136.3% in the case of silicone oil with a viscosity of 60 mPa.s when the equivalent diameter of the bubbles was increased from 3 mm to 7 ram. We there- fore conclude that small bubbles are also conductive to reducing the entrainment rate. The force analysis results for the water colmnn indicate that the entrainment rate of droplets is affected by the velocity of the bubble passing through the water/silicone oil interface and that the en- trainment rate decreases with the bubble velocity.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFD2001003)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32330075 and 32001420)+2 种基金the Science and Technology Innovation Special Construction Funded Program of Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences(KJCX20220401)the Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program by BAST(no.BYESS2023204)the earmarked fund for CARS-02 and CARS-54.
文摘The radiation use efficiency(RUE)is one of the most important functional traits determining crop productivity.The coordination of the vertical distribution of light and leaf nitrogen has been proven to be effective in boosting the RUE from both experimental and computational evidence.However,previous simulation studies have primarily assumed that the leaf area is uniformly distributed along the canopy depth,rarely considering the optimization of the leaf area distribution,especially for C4 crops.The present study hypothesizes that the RUE may be maximized by matching the leaf area and leaf nitrogen vertical distributions in the canopy.To test this hypothesis,various virtual maize canopies were generated by combining the leaf inclination angle,vertical leaf area distribution,and vertical leaf nitrogen distribution and were further evaluated by an improved multilayer canopy photosynthesis model.We found that a greater fraction of leaf nitrogen is preferentially allocated to canopy layers with greater leaf areas to maximize the RUE.The coordination of light and nitrogen emerged as a property from the simulations to maximize the RUE in most scenarios,particularly in dense canopies.This study not only facilitates explicit and precise profiling of ideotypes for maximizing the RUE but also represents a primary step toward high-throughput phenotyping and screening of the RUE for massive numbers of inbred lines and cultivars.
基金Supported by the National Science and Technology Support Program of China(2007BAC29B00)National Natural ScienceFoundation of China(41175074)
文摘Extreme temperature events are simulated by using the Beijing Climate Center Atmospheric General Circulation Model （BCC_AGCM） in this paper. The model has been run for 136 yr with the observed ex- ternal forcing data including solar insolation, greenhouse gases, and monthly sea surface temperature （SST）. The daily maximum and minimum temperatures are simulated by the model, and 16 indices representing various extreme temperature events are calculated based on these two variables. The results show that the maximum of daily maximum temperature （TXX）, maximum of daily minimum （TNX）, minimum of daily maximum （TXN）, minimum of daily minimum （TNN）, warm days （TXg0p）, warm nights （TNg0p）, summer days （SU25）, tropical nights （TR20）, and warm spell duration index （WSDI） have increasing trends during the 20th century in most regions of the world, while the cold days （TX10p）, cold nights （TN10p）, and cold spell duration index （CSDI） have decreasing trends. The probability density function （PDF） of warm/cold days/nights for three periods of 1881-1950, 1951- 1978, and 1979-2003 is examined. It is found that before 1950, the cold day/night has the largest probability, while for the period of 1979-2003, it has the smallest probability. In contrast to the decreasing trend of cold days/nights, the PDF of warm days/nights exhibits an opposite trend. In addition, the frost days （FD） and ice days （ID） have decreasing trends, the growing season has lengthened, and the diurnal temperature range is getting smaller during the 20th century. A comparison of the above extreme temperature indices between the model output and NCEP data （taken as observation） for 1948 2000 indicates that the mean values and the trends of the simulated indices are close to the observations, and overall there is a high correlation between the simulated indices and the observations. But the simulated trends of FD, ID, growing season length, and diurnal temperature range are not consistent with the observations and their correlations are low or even negative. This indicates that the model is incapable to simulate these four indices although it has captured most indices of the extreme temperature events.
文摘Ultrasound imaging is the most widely used noninvasive medical imaging modality. Its latest elite concept is Superharmonic Imaging which is the most talked-about future of medical diagnostic ultrasound. In this paper, the computational and analytical study for superharmonic field generation from phased array transducer of 16 × 16 elements is presented. For this, the model preferred, includes the calculation for diffraction effect in frequency domain and nonlinear effect in time domain. The attenuation is included along with the diffraction in frequency domain as well. The comparative analysis of superharmonic field is also carried out with simulated fundamental and second harmonic fields by the same model. Similarly, the comparison with the results from the literature is also reported.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant 4870263partly by the State Meteorological Administration from Monsoon Research Funds.
文摘Using a limited-area P-σ incorporated coordinate five-level primitive equation model fed with the ECMWF 5°×5°grid data,a simulation is made of a large-scale cold surge of late December 1982.Results show that the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau has no profound thermal but dynamic effect on the East-Asian winter monsoon that forces cold air to go southwards by its east side,exciting Kelvin waves behind the cold front to result in the maximum NE wind.Besides,gravitational waves independent of the Plateau occur ahead of the front advancing towards the south.They may be due to the excitation involved in the front itself. The cold surge is propagated under the Hadley cell,making it strengthened and moved southwards.
文摘A 3-D mathematical model considering turbulence phenomena has been established based on a computational fluid dynamics technique, so called 3-D SOLA-VOF (Solution Algorithm-Volume of Fluid), to simulate the fluid flow of mold filling process of die casting. In addition, the mathematical model for simulating the heat transfer in die casting process has also been established. The computation program has been developed by the authors with the finite difference method (FDM) recently. As verification, the mold filling process of a S-shaped die casting has been simulated and the simulation results coincide with that of the benchmark test. Finally, as a practical application, the gating design of a motorcycle component was modified by the mold filling simulation and the dies design of another motorcycle component was optimized by the heat transfer simulation. All the optimized designs were verified by the production practice.
文摘In this paper, an algorithm for simulating fluid flow and heat transfer for mold filling of shaped castings is presented. The main features of the algorithm include: 1) a simple but practical technique based on VOF method to determine free surface, 2) an explicit scheme of enthalpy to solve the energy equation more efficiently, and 3) an effective treatment to modify the flux deviation due to pressure iteration. In order to verify these methods, well controlled experiments have been repeatedly done with both water analog and gray iron pouring experiments to record the flow patterns and temperature variations. The calculated results are in accordance with the experimental ones. For the applications, the simulated initial temperature distribution right after mold filling was used to analyse subsequent solidification and to predict shrinkage defects. Actual castings were poured and tested in a foundry plant. The reuslts show that the defects predication with considering fluid flow effects is more precise than that without considering the effects.
文摘In order to evaluate the main factors influencing the core-shooting process and to optimize the design of core boxes, the fluid-particle (air-sand) model has been built based on the two-phase flow theory. The fluid phase, air, and the particulate phase, sand granules, have been treated as a continuum. By using this model, it is possible to simulate the flow and compaction behavior of sand particles during the core-shooting process. To benchmark the calculated results, the shooting process has been recorded with a digital high speed camera, and the inlet condition of sand particles has also been achieved by using the camera. The preliminary results have showed that the calculation is in agreement with the testing results.
基金supported and funded by the Deanship of Scientifc Research at ImamMohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University(IMSIU)(grant number IMSIU-DDRSP2503).
文摘Accelerated life tests play a vital role in reliability analysis,especially as advanced technologies lead to the production of highly reliable products to meet market demands and competition.Among these tests,progressive-stress accelerated life tests(PSALT)allow for continuous changes in applied stress.Additionally,the generalized progressive hybrid censoring(GPHC)scheme has attracted significant attention in reliability and survival analysis,particularly for handling censored data in accelerated testing.It has been applied to various failure models,including competing risks and step-stress models.However,despite its growing relevance,a notable gap remains in the literature regarding the application of GPHC in PSALT models.This paper addresses that gap by studying PSALT under a GPHC scheme with binomial removal.Specifically,it considers lifetimes following the quasi-Xgamma distribution.Model parameters are estimated using both maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods under gamma priors.Interval estimation is provided through approximate confidence intervals,bootstrap methods,and Bayesian credible intervals.Bayesian estimators are derived under squared error and entropy loss functions,using informative priors in simulation and non-informative priors in real data applications.A simulation study is conducted to evaluate various censoring schemes,with coverage probabilities and interval widths assessed via Monte Carlo simulations.Additionally,Bayesian predictive estimates and intervals are presented.The proposed methodology is illustrated through the analysis of two real-world accelerated life test datasets.
