This paper studies the problem of the spectral radius of the uniform hypergraph determined by the signless Laplacian matrix.The upper bound of the spectral radius of a uniform hypergraph is obtained by using Rayleigh ...This paper studies the problem of the spectral radius of the uniform hypergraph determined by the signless Laplacian matrix.The upper bound of the spectral radius of a uniform hypergraph is obtained by using Rayleigh principle and the perturbation of the spectral radius under moving the edge operation,and the extremal hypergraphs are characterized for both supertree and unicyclic hypergraphs.The spectral radius of the graph is generalized.展开更多
At our school,we have to wear uniforms every day.The problem is that all my classmates think the uniforms are ugly.We think young people should look smart,because①we would like to wear our own clothes.Our teachers th...At our school,we have to wear uniforms every day.The problem is that all my classmates think the uniforms are ugly.We think young people should look smart,because①we would like to wear our own clothes.Our teachers think that if we do that,we will concentrate much②on our clothes than our studies.We don't agree.展开更多
The double-sided lapping process is extensively employed in the manufacturing of wafers,optical windows,and seal rings due to its high efficiency and ability to achieve precise flatness.However,limited research has ex...The double-sided lapping process is extensively employed in the manufacturing of wafers,optical windows,and seal rings due to its high efficiency and ability to achieve precise flatness.However,limited research has explored the thickness uniformity among different workpieces after double-sided lapping,and the underlying mechanism remains unclear.To address the demand for higher precision,this paper first analyzed the relative kinematic model between the workpiece and the lapping plate to clarify the causes of thickness variations among workpieces after double-sided lapping.Subsequently,a finite element method(FEM)model was developed to account for the pressure distribution on the workpiece surfaces at the initial stage of the process.The results indicate that the number of workpieces influences the final thickness variation.Then,various sets of thin copper plates with different thicknesses were lapped,and the findings revealed that five copper plates processed simultaneously exhibited more uniform thickness compared to the three plates.The experimental results align well with the theoretical analysis.Ultimately,a thickness variation of less than 6μm was achieved on five copper plates measuringΦ100×2.9 mm.This study presents a comprehensive analysis of the mechanisms influencing thickness uniformity in the double-sided lapping process and provides practical guidelines for optimizing the process to achieve stringent precision standards in industrial applications.展开更多
In this study,we present a unified sparsity-driven framework that significantly enhances motion deblurring performance by integrating two key components:a custom-designed dataset and a low-rank module(LRM).This framew...In this study,we present a unified sparsity-driven framework that significantly enhances motion deblurring performance by integrating two key components:a custom-designed dataset and a low-rank module(LRM).This framework leverages the inherent sparsity of per-pixel blur kernels to bolster both deblurring accuracy and model interpretability.Firstly,we propose an adaptive-basis decomposition-based deblurring(ADD)approach,which constructs a tailored training dataset to enhance the generalization capacity of the deblurring network.The ADD framework adaptively decomposes motion blur into sparse basis elements,effectively addressing the intricacies associated with non-uniform blurs.Secondly,an LRM is proposed to improve the interpretability of deblurring models as a plug-and-play module,primarily designed to identify and harness the intrinsic sparse features in sharp images.A series of ablation studies have been conducted to substantiate the synergistic advantages of combining the proposed ADD with the LRM for overall improvement in deblurring efficacy.Subsequently,we empirically demonstrate through rigorous experimentation that incorporating the LRM into an existing Uformer network leads to substantial enhancement in reconstruction performance.This integration yields a sparsity-guided low-rank network(SGLRN).Operating under the overarching principle of sparsity,SGLRN consistently outperforms state-of-the-art methods across multiple standard deblurring benchmarks.Comprehensive experimental results,assessed through quantitative metrics and qualitative visual evaluations,provide compelling evidence of its effectiveness.The overall deblurring results are available at Google Drive.展开更多
The mineralization process of microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation(MICP)is influenced by many factors,and the uniformity of the calcium carbonate precipitation has become the main focus and challenge for ...The mineralization process of microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation(MICP)is influenced by many factors,and the uniformity of the calcium carbonate precipitation has become the main focus and challenge for MICP technology.In this study,the uniformity of the saturated calcareous sand treated with MICP was in-vestigated through one-dimensional calcareous sand column tests and model tests.The coefficient of variation was employed in one-dimensional sand column tests to investigate the impact of injection rate,cementation solution concentration,and number of injection cycles on the uniformity of the MICP treatment.Additionally,model tests were conducted to investigate the impact of injection pressure and methods on the treatment range and uniformity under three-dimensional seepage conditions.Test results demonstrate that the reinforcement strength and uniformity are significantly influenced by the injection rate of the cementation solution,with a rate of 3 mL/min,yielding a favorable treatment effect.Excessive concentration of the cementation solution can lead to significant non-uniformity and a reduction in the compressive strength of MICP-treated samples.Conversely,excessively low concentrations may result in decreased bonding efficiency.Among the four considered con-centrations,0.5 mol/L and 1 mol/L exhibit superior reinforcing effects.The morphological development of calcareous sandy foundation reinforcement is associated with the spatial distribution pattern of the bacterial solution,exhibiting a relatively larger reinforcement area in proximity to the lower region of the model and a gradually decreasing range towards the upper part.Under three-dimensional seepage conditions,in addition to the non-uniform radial cementation along the injection pipe,there is also vertical heterogeneity of cementation along the length of the injection pipe due to gravitational effects,resulting in preferential deposition of calcium carbonate at the lower section,The application of injection pressure and a double-pipe circulation injection method can mitigate the accumulation of bacterial solution and cementation solution at the bottom,thereby improving the reinforcement range and uniformity.展开更多
Emerging bio-inspired computing systems simulate the cognitive functions of the brain for the realiza-tion of future computing systems.For the development of such efficient neuromorphic electronics,the emulation of sh...Emerging bio-inspired computing systems simulate the cognitive functions of the brain for the realiza-tion of future computing systems.For the development of such efficient neuromorphic electronics,the emulation of short-term and long-term synaptic plasticity behaviors of the biological synapses is an es-sential step.However,the electronic synaptic devices suffer from higher variability issues which hinder the application of such devices to build neuromorphic systems.For practical applications,it is essen-tial to minimize the cycle-to-cycle and device-to-device variations in the synaptic functions of artifi-cial electronic synapses.This study involves the fabrication of diffusive memristor devices using WTe2 chalcogenide as the main switching material.The choice of the switching material provides a facile so-lution to the variability problem.The greater uniformity in the switching characteristics of the WTe2-based memristor offers higher uniformity for the synaptic emulation.These devices exhibit both volatile and nonvolatile switching properties,allowing them to emulate both short-term and long-term synaptic functions.The WTe2-based electronic synaptic devices present a high degree of uniformity for the emula-tion of various essential biological synaptic functions including short-term potentiation(STP),long-term potentiation(LTP),long-term depression(LTD),spike-rate-dependent plasticity(SRDP),and spike-timing-dependent plasticity(STDP).A higher recognition accuracy of∼92%is attained for pattern recognition using the modified National Institute of Standards and Technology(MNIST)handwritten digits,which is attributed to the enhanced linearity and higher uniformity of LTP/LTD characteristics.展开更多
On the morning of May 31st,the parallel forum"Seeking Harmony without Uniformity in Mutual Learning:Diversity of Civilisations from the Sinologists'Perspective"was held in Dunhuang.The forum was hosted b...On the morning of May 31st,the parallel forum"Seeking Harmony without Uniformity in Mutual Learning:Diversity of Civilisations from the Sinologists'Perspective"was held in Dunhuang.The forum was hosted by the Chinese Association for International Understanding and organised by Beijing Language and Culture University.Leading Sinologists and Chinese culture researchers from Europe,Asia and Latin America gathered to discuss the theme of civilisational diversity and explore pathways for coexistence and mutual enrichment.展开更多
Ceramic hollow spheres have great potential for deep-sea applications.However,the irregularity of the conventional molding process,among other reasons,results in low wall thickness uniformity of hollow spheres.To solv...Ceramic hollow spheres have great potential for deep-sea applications.However,the irregularity of the conventional molding process,among other reasons,results in low wall thickness uniformity of hollow spheres.To solve this problem,in this work,we developed a biaxial rotation grouting process for deep-sea ceramic hollow buoyancy spheres,which improves the drawbacks of the traditional rotary grouting method that results in poor wall thickness uniformity of the hollow spheres due to its irregular rotational processing.In this paper,an experimental study was carried out to investigate the effects of different rotational methods,rotational speeds,rotational time,solid phase content,etc.on the wall thickness uniformity of ceramic hollow spheres.The results show that the hollow floating balls prepared by the biaxial rotation method have the lowest wall thickness standard deviation(0.04)when the rotation speed is 60 rpm,the molding time is 8 min,and the solid phase content is 70 wt%.After the hydrostatic pressure test of 120 MPa,the hydrostatic compressive strength of hollow spheres prepared by the biaxial rotation method was increased by 31.67%compared with that of the traditional process.展开更多
Polyvinylidene fluoride(PVDF)/garnet composite polymer electrolytes(CPEs) have shown great potential in the development of solid-state lithium metal batteries(SSLMBs) due to their excellent flexibility, high ionic con...Polyvinylidene fluoride(PVDF)/garnet composite polymer electrolytes(CPEs) have shown great potential in the development of solid-state lithium metal batteries(SSLMBs) due to their excellent flexibility, high ionic conductivity and superior mechanical strength.However, uneven dispersion of garnet fillers in CPEs would lead to deterioration of lithium metal batteries(LMBs) performance and severely limit their widespread application. Considering the rapidly growing research of addressing above-mentioned issue, herein, recent progress in the design and fabrication of uniformly dispersed fillers in PVDF/garnet CPEs for high-performance SSLMBs is summarized. We firstly analyze the mechanism for the aggregation of inorganic fillers, and provide a detailed introduction to the strategies for solving the uneven dispersion of nanoparticles in solid electrolytes. Moreover, we also comprehensively summarize their applications in PVDF/garnet electrolytes and their impact on the electrochemical performance of SSLMBs. Finally, the application challenges and future prospects of PVDF/garnet CPEs in SSLMBs were also proposed to promote their further development. It is anticipated that this review could inspire ongoing research interest in rational designing and fabricating novel CPEs for high-performance SSLMBs.展开更多
Characteristics of heat transfer and flow of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids through porous walls and in porous media are studied due to their wide range of applications including geothermal reservoirs,heat exchang...Characteristics of heat transfer and flow of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids through porous walls and in porous media are studied due to their wide range of applications including geothermal reservoirs,heat exchangers,marine propulsion,and aerodynamics.The current study investigates the characteristics of heat transport in a reactive third-grade fluid,moving through permeable parallel plates,with uniform suction/injection velocity.The two permeable,parallel plates are maintained at the same,constant temperature.After being transformed into its dimensionless equivalent,governing equations are solved by employing the Least Squares Method(LSM).The LSM results are further validated with numerical solutions for temperature and velocity.The impact of cross-flow Reynolds number,Peclet number,heat generation parameter,non-Newtonian parameter,and Brinkman number on entropy generation,velocity,temperature,and Bejan number are investigated.Theresults indicate that temperature distribution is significantly influenced by the third-grade fluid parameter.The maximum temperature drops from almost 0.12 to 0.10 as the third-grade fluid parameter increases from0.05 to 0.4.When the cross-flow Reynolds number is raised from 0.05 to 3,the maximum temperature drops from 0.12 to around 0.09.Temperature is strongly influenced by the heat generation parameter.A greater understanding of the thermal characteristics necessary for the design of a variety of systems,such as heat exchangers,marine propulsion,aerodynamic systems,etc.,may be gained from the findings of the current study.展开更多
1 Introduction In highway construction,flled embankments are trapezoidal,and the ground is always improved by sand wells or columns.During embankment construction,because the width and height of the embankment are cha...1 Introduction In highway construction,flled embankments are trapezoidal,and the ground is always improved by sand wells or columns.During embankment construction,because the width and height of the embankment are changing,a non-uniform load that varies with time and lateral location is applied to the underlying ground.The consolidation phenomenon under two-dimensional(2D)conditions will keep pace with the construction of the embankment.In addition,because of evaporation and rainfall,the soils are mostly unsaturated.Therefore,it is meaningful to research the consolidation properties of unsaturated ground under non-uniform loading.展开更多
In soil dynamics,cyclic tests on sands have been extensively studied over the past several decades.Among the natural materials most susceptible to strength loss due to earthquakes,sands are commonly tested under varyi...In soil dynamics,cyclic tests on sands have been extensively studied over the past several decades.Among the natural materials most susceptible to strength loss due to earthquakes,sands are commonly tested under varying loading,frequency,and drainage conditions.Traditionally,it has been assumed that pore pressure increases with constant strength loss once the threshold for pore pressure build-up is reached.However,recent studies have revealed that at small strains,the material initially hardens despite the generation of pore pressure.This paper presents the response and degradation of uniformly graded Drava River sand(DrOS018),similar to well-known sands such as Toyoura,Nevada or Ottawa sands,and the initial hardening phenomena that occur around threshold strains.Tests were conducted using a triaxial cyclic device at three relative densities and cell pressures(100 kPa,200 kPa,and 400 kPa)under undrained conditions.Strain-controlled tests were conducted at 0.1 Hz and 0.05 Hz using sinusoidal loading,with samples prepared by under-compaction.After crossing the threshold,the sand initially shows hardening(degradation index greater than 1)with up to a 35%increase in pore pressure,followed by strength degradation at higher strains.This study is critical for seismic design and safety,particularly for fully saturated sands in coastal and high water table areas.The findings enhance our understanding of liquefaction potential and site response,aiding more informed engineering practices by contributing to enhanced knowledge in soil dynamics and improved predictive models.The results support effective mitigation strategies and infrastructure resilience in earthquake-prone regions such as Croatia.展开更多
At present,the naked-eye three-dimensional(3D)display technology still has some drawbacks,such as low brightness uniformity,high crosstalk,low light efficiency,short viewing distance,and the manufacturing is difficult...At present,the naked-eye three-dimensional(3D)display technology still has some drawbacks,such as low brightness uniformity,high crosstalk,low light efficiency,short viewing distance,and the manufacturing is difficulty.Based on the principle of naked-eye 3D display and the Fresnel optical theory,this paper designs a Fresnel lens array and the star-shaped liquid crystal display(LCD)switch of unit LCD screen to achieve low-crosstalk and high brightness uniformity for the autostereoscopic 3D display.The unit parameters of a 139.7 cm 4K model autostereoscopic 3D displayer are provided and they are optimized by the TracePro software.The results show that when the pitch of the Fresnel lens on the exit surface is 0.304 mm,the width of each serration of Fresnel lens is 0.0234 mm,the length of the Fresnel lens is 2.87 mm,and the center height of star-shaped LCD switch is 0.030 mm,the center length is 0.040 mm,the width of star-shaped LCD switch is 0.050 mm,and the image crosstalk is less than 2%when the viewing distance is 2.50 m.The problem on the brightness of the image in different positions is improved.展开更多
Ultrafine metal nanoparticles are crucial for various applications,such as energy storage,catalysis,electronics,and biomedicine,owing to their high surfaceto-volume ratio and unique electronic properties.However,conve...Ultrafine metal nanoparticles are crucial for various applications,such as energy storage,catalysis,electronics,and biomedicine,owing to their high surfaceto-volume ratio and unique electronic properties.However,conventional nanoparticle synthesis methods often face challenges like irregular shapes and agglomeration,leading to compromised functionality.To address these challenges,this paper introduces a novel,rapid,high-temperature thermal radiation heating for the ultrafast synthesis and dispersion of metal nanoparticles.Utilizing the heating properties of carbon materials,the direct Joule heating generated by them rises to 1800-2000 K within~200 ms,followed by cooling to room temperature at a rate of 2×10^(3)K s^(-1).展开更多
To improve the quality of the illumination distribution,one novel indoor visible light communication(VLC)system,which is jointly assisted by the angle-diversity transceivers and simultaneous transmission and reflectio...To improve the quality of the illumination distribution,one novel indoor visible light communication(VLC)system,which is jointly assisted by the angle-diversity transceivers and simultaneous transmission and reflection-intelligent reflecting surface(STAR-IRS),has been proposed in this work.A Harris Hawks optimizer algorithm(HHOA)-based two-stage alternating iteration algorithm(TSAIA)is presented to jointly optimize the magnitude and uniformity of the received optical power.Besides,to demonstrate the superiority of the proposed strategy,several benchmark schemes are simulated and compared.Results showed that compared to other optimization strategies,the TSAIA scheme is more capable of balancing the average value and variance of the received optical power,when the maximal ratio combining(MRC)strategy is adopted at the receiver.Moreover,as the number of the STAR-IRS elements increases,the optical power variance of the system optimized by TSAIA scheme would become smaller while the average optical power would get larger.This study will benefit the design of received optical power distribution for indoor VLC systems.展开更多
The spatial pattern of trees is an important feature of forests,and different spatial patterns of trees exhibit different ecological stability.Research has confirmed that natural forests with random patterns have high...The spatial pattern of trees is an important feature of forests,and different spatial patterns of trees exhibit different ecological stability.Research has confirmed that natural forests with random patterns have higher biodiversity and stronger resistance to unstable factors such as pests and diseases.Even if they are disturbed or destroyed by unstable factors such as pests and diseases,they can still recover and rescue themselves;while artificial forests with uniform and clustered patterns have lower biodiversity and are susceptible to unstable factors such as pests and diseases.And once pests and diseases occur,it’s more difficult for them to recover.In order to promote the healthy and stable develop-ment of the forestry industry and protect the diversity of the biological environment,it is necessary to protect the random pattern of natural forests from being destroyed in the process of forest management,while effectively transforming the spatial pattern of artificial forests into a random pattern.Therefore,in order to ensure the convenient and accurate determination of the type of forest spatial pattern,research on methods for determining forest spatial pattern has become particularly important.Based on the theory of uniformity,this study proposes definitions and related theories of included exclusive sphere,included exclusive body,included random pattern,and included uniformity.Under the guidance of the definition of inclusion uniformity and related theories,and by using mathematical method,it is proved that the uniformity of inclusion(CL)is asymptotically subject to the Eq.18,Therefore,the relationship between the included uniformity(CL)and the number of trees in the sample plot was established,and the corresponding relationship formula was obtained,and then the determination of the spatial pattern type of trees was completed by using the corresponding relationship formula.Through rigorous reasoning and case verification,the determination method of forest spatial pattern is effective.展开更多
Uniform linear array(ULA)radars are widely used in the collision-avoidance radar systems of small unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs).In practice,a ULA's multi-target direction of arrival(DOA)estimation performance suf...Uniform linear array(ULA)radars are widely used in the collision-avoidance radar systems of small unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs).In practice,a ULA's multi-target direction of arrival(DOA)estimation performance suffers from significant performance degradation owing to the limited number of physical elements.To improve the underdetermined DOA estimation performance of a ULA radar mounted on a small UAV platform,we propose a nonuniform linear motion sampling underdetermined DOA estimation method.Using the motion of the UAV platform,the echo signal is sampled at different positions.Then,according to the concept of difference co-array,a virtual ULA with multiple array elements and a large aperture is synthesized to increase the degrees of freedom(DOFs).Through position analysis of the original and motion arrays,we propose a nonuniform linear motion sampling method based on ULA for determining the optimal DOFs.Under the condition of no increase in the aperture of the physical array,the proposed method obtains a high DOF with fewer sampling runs and greatly improves the underdetermined DOA estimation performance of ULA.The results of numerical simulations conducted herein verify the superior performance of the proposed method.展开更多
The frost deterioration and deformation of porous rock are commonly investigated under uniform freeze-thaw(FT)conditions.However,the unidirectional FT condition,which is also prevalent in engineering practice,has rece...The frost deterioration and deformation of porous rock are commonly investigated under uniform freeze-thaw(FT)conditions.However,the unidirectional FT condition,which is also prevalent in engineering practice,has received limited attention.Therefore,a comparative study on frost deformation and microstructure evolution of porous rock under both uniform and unidirectional FT conditions was performed.Firstly,frost deformation experiments of rock were conducted under cyclic uniform and unidirectional FT action,respectively.Results illustrate that frost deformation of saturated rock exhibits isotropic characteristics under uniform FT cycles,while it shows anisotropic characteristics under unidirectional FT condition with both the frost heaving strain and residual strain along FT direction much higher than those perpendicular to FT direction.Moreover,the peak value and residual value of cumulative frost strain vary as logarithmic functions with cycle number under both uniform and unidirectional FT conditions.Subsequently,the microstructure evolution of rock suffered cyclic uniform and unidirectional FT action were measured.Under uniform FT cycles,newly generated pores uniformly distribute in rock and pore structure of rock remains isotropic in micro scale,and thus the frost deformation shows isotropic characteristics in macro scale.Under unidirectional FT cycles,micro-cracks or pore belts generate with their orientation nearly perpendicular to the FT direction,and rock structure gradually becomes anisotropic in micro scale,resulting in the anisotropic characteristics of frost deformation in macro scale.展开更多
基金Supported by Natural Science Foundation of HuBei Province(2022CFB299).
文摘This paper studies the problem of the spectral radius of the uniform hypergraph determined by the signless Laplacian matrix.The upper bound of the spectral radius of a uniform hypergraph is obtained by using Rayleigh principle and the perturbation of the spectral radius under moving the edge operation,and the extremal hypergraphs are characterized for both supertree and unicyclic hypergraphs.The spectral radius of the graph is generalized.
文摘At our school,we have to wear uniforms every day.The problem is that all my classmates think the uniforms are ugly.We think young people should look smart,because①we would like to wear our own clothes.Our teachers think that if we do that,we will concentrate much②on our clothes than our studies.We don't agree.
基金Supported by the Liaoning Provincial Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.2023-MSBA-008)Unveiling and Commanding Program of Liaoning Province(Grant No.2022JH1/10800080)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.DUT24MS008).
文摘The double-sided lapping process is extensively employed in the manufacturing of wafers,optical windows,and seal rings due to its high efficiency and ability to achieve precise flatness.However,limited research has explored the thickness uniformity among different workpieces after double-sided lapping,and the underlying mechanism remains unclear.To address the demand for higher precision,this paper first analyzed the relative kinematic model between the workpiece and the lapping plate to clarify the causes of thickness variations among workpieces after double-sided lapping.Subsequently,a finite element method(FEM)model was developed to account for the pressure distribution on the workpiece surfaces at the initial stage of the process.The results indicate that the number of workpieces influences the final thickness variation.Then,various sets of thin copper plates with different thicknesses were lapped,and the findings revealed that five copper plates processed simultaneously exhibited more uniform thickness compared to the three plates.The experimental results align well with the theoretical analysis.Ultimately,a thickness variation of less than 6μm was achieved on five copper plates measuringΦ100×2.9 mm.This study presents a comprehensive analysis of the mechanisms influencing thickness uniformity in the double-sided lapping process and provides practical guidelines for optimizing the process to achieve stringent precision standards in industrial applications.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.62206143)the Key Research and Development and Promotion Special Project in Henan Province(Nos.222102210141 and 232102211015)。
文摘In this study,we present a unified sparsity-driven framework that significantly enhances motion deblurring performance by integrating two key components:a custom-designed dataset and a low-rank module(LRM).This framework leverages the inherent sparsity of per-pixel blur kernels to bolster both deblurring accuracy and model interpretability.Firstly,we propose an adaptive-basis decomposition-based deblurring(ADD)approach,which constructs a tailored training dataset to enhance the generalization capacity of the deblurring network.The ADD framework adaptively decomposes motion blur into sparse basis elements,effectively addressing the intricacies associated with non-uniform blurs.Secondly,an LRM is proposed to improve the interpretability of deblurring models as a plug-and-play module,primarily designed to identify and harness the intrinsic sparse features in sharp images.A series of ablation studies have been conducted to substantiate the synergistic advantages of combining the proposed ADD with the LRM for overall improvement in deblurring efficacy.Subsequently,we empirically demonstrate through rigorous experimentation that incorporating the LRM into an existing Uformer network leads to substantial enhancement in reconstruction performance.This integration yields a sparsity-guided low-rank network(SGLRN).Operating under the overarching principle of sparsity,SGLRN consistently outperforms state-of-the-art methods across multiple standard deblurring benchmarks.Comprehensive experimental results,assessed through quantitative metrics and qualitative visual evaluations,provide compelling evidence of its effectiveness.The overall deblurring results are available at Google Drive.
基金support of Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52108324,No.52008207,and No.52108298)for conducting this study.
文摘The mineralization process of microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation(MICP)is influenced by many factors,and the uniformity of the calcium carbonate precipitation has become the main focus and challenge for MICP technology.In this study,the uniformity of the saturated calcareous sand treated with MICP was in-vestigated through one-dimensional calcareous sand column tests and model tests.The coefficient of variation was employed in one-dimensional sand column tests to investigate the impact of injection rate,cementation solution concentration,and number of injection cycles on the uniformity of the MICP treatment.Additionally,model tests were conducted to investigate the impact of injection pressure and methods on the treatment range and uniformity under three-dimensional seepage conditions.Test results demonstrate that the reinforcement strength and uniformity are significantly influenced by the injection rate of the cementation solution,with a rate of 3 mL/min,yielding a favorable treatment effect.Excessive concentration of the cementation solution can lead to significant non-uniformity and a reduction in the compressive strength of MICP-treated samples.Conversely,excessively low concentrations may result in decreased bonding efficiency.Among the four considered con-centrations,0.5 mol/L and 1 mol/L exhibit superior reinforcing effects.The morphological development of calcareous sandy foundation reinforcement is associated with the spatial distribution pattern of the bacterial solution,exhibiting a relatively larger reinforcement area in proximity to the lower region of the model and a gradually decreasing range towards the upper part.Under three-dimensional seepage conditions,in addition to the non-uniform radial cementation along the injection pipe,there is also vertical heterogeneity of cementation along the length of the injection pipe due to gravitational effects,resulting in preferential deposition of calcium carbonate at the lower section,The application of injection pressure and a double-pipe circulation injection method can mitigate the accumulation of bacterial solution and cementation solution at the bottom,thereby improving the reinforcement range and uniformity.
基金supported by the Singapore Ministry of Educa-tion under Research(Grant no.MOE-T2EP50120-0003).
文摘Emerging bio-inspired computing systems simulate the cognitive functions of the brain for the realiza-tion of future computing systems.For the development of such efficient neuromorphic electronics,the emulation of short-term and long-term synaptic plasticity behaviors of the biological synapses is an es-sential step.However,the electronic synaptic devices suffer from higher variability issues which hinder the application of such devices to build neuromorphic systems.For practical applications,it is essen-tial to minimize the cycle-to-cycle and device-to-device variations in the synaptic functions of artifi-cial electronic synapses.This study involves the fabrication of diffusive memristor devices using WTe2 chalcogenide as the main switching material.The choice of the switching material provides a facile so-lution to the variability problem.The greater uniformity in the switching characteristics of the WTe2-based memristor offers higher uniformity for the synaptic emulation.These devices exhibit both volatile and nonvolatile switching properties,allowing them to emulate both short-term and long-term synaptic functions.The WTe2-based electronic synaptic devices present a high degree of uniformity for the emula-tion of various essential biological synaptic functions including short-term potentiation(STP),long-term potentiation(LTP),long-term depression(LTD),spike-rate-dependent plasticity(SRDP),and spike-timing-dependent plasticity(STDP).A higher recognition accuracy of∼92%is attained for pattern recognition using the modified National Institute of Standards and Technology(MNIST)handwritten digits,which is attributed to the enhanced linearity and higher uniformity of LTP/LTD characteristics.
文摘On the morning of May 31st,the parallel forum"Seeking Harmony without Uniformity in Mutual Learning:Diversity of Civilisations from the Sinologists'Perspective"was held in Dunhuang.The forum was hosted by the Chinese Association for International Understanding and organised by Beijing Language and Culture University.Leading Sinologists and Chinese culture researchers from Europe,Asia and Latin America gathered to discuss the theme of civilisational diversity and explore pathways for coexistence and mutual enrichment.
基金Funded by the Key Research and Development Program of Shandong Province(No.2020JMRH0101)。
文摘Ceramic hollow spheres have great potential for deep-sea applications.However,the irregularity of the conventional molding process,among other reasons,results in low wall thickness uniformity of hollow spheres.To solve this problem,in this work,we developed a biaxial rotation grouting process for deep-sea ceramic hollow buoyancy spheres,which improves the drawbacks of the traditional rotary grouting method that results in poor wall thickness uniformity of the hollow spheres due to its irregular rotational processing.In this paper,an experimental study was carried out to investigate the effects of different rotational methods,rotational speeds,rotational time,solid phase content,etc.on the wall thickness uniformity of ceramic hollow spheres.The results show that the hollow floating balls prepared by the biaxial rotation method have the lowest wall thickness standard deviation(0.04)when the rotation speed is 60 rpm,the molding time is 8 min,and the solid phase content is 70 wt%.After the hydrostatic pressure test of 120 MPa,the hydrostatic compressive strength of hollow spheres prepared by the biaxial rotation method was increased by 31.67%compared with that of the traditional process.
基金financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2020YFB1713500)the Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province(No.242300420021)Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Advanced Refractories(No.SKLAR202210)
文摘Polyvinylidene fluoride(PVDF)/garnet composite polymer electrolytes(CPEs) have shown great potential in the development of solid-state lithium metal batteries(SSLMBs) due to their excellent flexibility, high ionic conductivity and superior mechanical strength.However, uneven dispersion of garnet fillers in CPEs would lead to deterioration of lithium metal batteries(LMBs) performance and severely limit their widespread application. Considering the rapidly growing research of addressing above-mentioned issue, herein, recent progress in the design and fabrication of uniformly dispersed fillers in PVDF/garnet CPEs for high-performance SSLMBs is summarized. We firstly analyze the mechanism for the aggregation of inorganic fillers, and provide a detailed introduction to the strategies for solving the uneven dispersion of nanoparticles in solid electrolytes. Moreover, we also comprehensively summarize their applications in PVDF/garnet electrolytes and their impact on the electrochemical performance of SSLMBs. Finally, the application challenges and future prospects of PVDF/garnet CPEs in SSLMBs were also proposed to promote their further development. It is anticipated that this review could inspire ongoing research interest in rational designing and fabricating novel CPEs for high-performance SSLMBs.
文摘Characteristics of heat transfer and flow of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids through porous walls and in porous media are studied due to their wide range of applications including geothermal reservoirs,heat exchangers,marine propulsion,and aerodynamics.The current study investigates the characteristics of heat transport in a reactive third-grade fluid,moving through permeable parallel plates,with uniform suction/injection velocity.The two permeable,parallel plates are maintained at the same,constant temperature.After being transformed into its dimensionless equivalent,governing equations are solved by employing the Least Squares Method(LSM).The LSM results are further validated with numerical solutions for temperature and velocity.The impact of cross-flow Reynolds number,Peclet number,heat generation parameter,non-Newtonian parameter,and Brinkman number on entropy generation,velocity,temperature,and Bejan number are investigated.Theresults indicate that temperature distribution is significantly influenced by the third-grade fluid parameter.The maximum temperature drops from almost 0.12 to 0.10 as the third-grade fluid parameter increases from0.05 to 0.4.When the cross-flow Reynolds number is raised from 0.05 to 3,the maximum temperature drops from 0.12 to around 0.09.Temperature is strongly influenced by the heat generation parameter.A greater understanding of the thermal characteristics necessary for the design of a variety of systems,such as heat exchangers,marine propulsion,aerodynamic systems,etc.,may be gained from the findings of the current study.
基金supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China(No.12172211)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2019YFC1509800)。
文摘1 Introduction In highway construction,flled embankments are trapezoidal,and the ground is always improved by sand wells or columns.During embankment construction,because the width and height of the embankment are changing,a non-uniform load that varies with time and lateral location is applied to the underlying ground.The consolidation phenomenon under two-dimensional(2D)conditions will keep pace with the construction of the embankment.In addition,because of evaporation and rainfall,the soils are mostly unsaturated.Therefore,it is meaningful to research the consolidation properties of unsaturated ground under non-uniform loading.
基金Project Research Infrastructure for Campus-based Laboratories at the University of Rijeka(RC.2.2.06-0001)funded by the Ministry of Science,EducationSports of the Republic of Croatia.This project has been co-funded by the European Fund for Regional Development(ERDF)The support is gratefully acknowledged.This research was partially supported by the project“Laboratory Research of Static and Cyclic Behavior at Landslide Activation”(uniri-tehnic-18-113)funded by the University of Rijeka,Croatia.
文摘In soil dynamics,cyclic tests on sands have been extensively studied over the past several decades.Among the natural materials most susceptible to strength loss due to earthquakes,sands are commonly tested under varying loading,frequency,and drainage conditions.Traditionally,it has been assumed that pore pressure increases with constant strength loss once the threshold for pore pressure build-up is reached.However,recent studies have revealed that at small strains,the material initially hardens despite the generation of pore pressure.This paper presents the response and degradation of uniformly graded Drava River sand(DrOS018),similar to well-known sands such as Toyoura,Nevada or Ottawa sands,and the initial hardening phenomena that occur around threshold strains.Tests were conducted using a triaxial cyclic device at three relative densities and cell pressures(100 kPa,200 kPa,and 400 kPa)under undrained conditions.Strain-controlled tests were conducted at 0.1 Hz and 0.05 Hz using sinusoidal loading,with samples prepared by under-compaction.After crossing the threshold,the sand initially shows hardening(degradation index greater than 1)with up to a 35%increase in pore pressure,followed by strength degradation at higher strains.This study is critical for seismic design and safety,particularly for fully saturated sands in coastal and high water table areas.The findings enhance our understanding of liquefaction potential and site response,aiding more informed engineering practices by contributing to enhanced knowledge in soil dynamics and improved predictive models.The results support effective mitigation strategies and infrastructure resilience in earthquake-prone regions such as Croatia.
基金supported by the 2022 Fujian Provincial Young and Middle-aged Teacher Education and Research Project(Science and Technology)(No.JAT220468)the Xiamen Natural Science Foundation(No.3502Z20227334).
文摘At present,the naked-eye three-dimensional(3D)display technology still has some drawbacks,such as low brightness uniformity,high crosstalk,low light efficiency,short viewing distance,and the manufacturing is difficulty.Based on the principle of naked-eye 3D display and the Fresnel optical theory,this paper designs a Fresnel lens array and the star-shaped liquid crystal display(LCD)switch of unit LCD screen to achieve low-crosstalk and high brightness uniformity for the autostereoscopic 3D display.The unit parameters of a 139.7 cm 4K model autostereoscopic 3D displayer are provided and they are optimized by the TracePro software.The results show that when the pitch of the Fresnel lens on the exit surface is 0.304 mm,the width of each serration of Fresnel lens is 0.0234 mm,the length of the Fresnel lens is 2.87 mm,and the center height of star-shaped LCD switch is 0.030 mm,the center length is 0.040 mm,the width of star-shaped LCD switch is 0.050 mm,and the image crosstalk is less than 2%when the viewing distance is 2.50 m.The problem on the brightness of the image in different positions is improved.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.22468029,52274408,52204314)the Major Science and Technology Projects in Yunnan Province(No.202402AF080005)+1 种基金Yunnan Fundamental Research Projects(No.202201AW070014)the Program for Innovative Research Team in the University of ministry of Education of China(No.IRT_17R48)
文摘Ultrafine metal nanoparticles are crucial for various applications,such as energy storage,catalysis,electronics,and biomedicine,owing to their high surfaceto-volume ratio and unique electronic properties.However,conventional nanoparticle synthesis methods often face challenges like irregular shapes and agglomeration,leading to compromised functionality.To address these challenges,this paper introduces a novel,rapid,high-temperature thermal radiation heating for the ultrafast synthesis and dispersion of metal nanoparticles.Utilizing the heating properties of carbon materials,the direct Joule heating generated by them rises to 1800-2000 K within~200 ms,followed by cooling to room temperature at a rate of 2×10^(3)K s^(-1).
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.62071365)the Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi Province(No.2017ZDCXL-GY-06-02).
文摘To improve the quality of the illumination distribution,one novel indoor visible light communication(VLC)system,which is jointly assisted by the angle-diversity transceivers and simultaneous transmission and reflection-intelligent reflecting surface(STAR-IRS),has been proposed in this work.A Harris Hawks optimizer algorithm(HHOA)-based two-stage alternating iteration algorithm(TSAIA)is presented to jointly optimize the magnitude and uniformity of the received optical power.Besides,to demonstrate the superiority of the proposed strategy,several benchmark schemes are simulated and compared.Results showed that compared to other optimization strategies,the TSAIA scheme is more capable of balancing the average value and variance of the received optical power,when the maximal ratio combining(MRC)strategy is adopted at the receiver.Moreover,as the number of the STAR-IRS elements increases,the optical power variance of the system optimized by TSAIA scheme would become smaller while the average optical power would get larger.This study will benefit the design of received optical power distribution for indoor VLC systems.
基金funded in part by Research on Intelligent Control System of Variable Fertilization of Deep Application Liquid Fertilizer(GXKS2022GKY003)Research on Vehicle Ranging System Based on Object Detection and Monocular Vision(2022KY0854).
文摘The spatial pattern of trees is an important feature of forests,and different spatial patterns of trees exhibit different ecological stability.Research has confirmed that natural forests with random patterns have higher biodiversity and stronger resistance to unstable factors such as pests and diseases.Even if they are disturbed or destroyed by unstable factors such as pests and diseases,they can still recover and rescue themselves;while artificial forests with uniform and clustered patterns have lower biodiversity and are susceptible to unstable factors such as pests and diseases.And once pests and diseases occur,it’s more difficult for them to recover.In order to promote the healthy and stable develop-ment of the forestry industry and protect the diversity of the biological environment,it is necessary to protect the random pattern of natural forests from being destroyed in the process of forest management,while effectively transforming the spatial pattern of artificial forests into a random pattern.Therefore,in order to ensure the convenient and accurate determination of the type of forest spatial pattern,research on methods for determining forest spatial pattern has become particularly important.Based on the theory of uniformity,this study proposes definitions and related theories of included exclusive sphere,included exclusive body,included random pattern,and included uniformity.Under the guidance of the definition of inclusion uniformity and related theories,and by using mathematical method,it is proved that the uniformity of inclusion(CL)is asymptotically subject to the Eq.18,Therefore,the relationship between the included uniformity(CL)and the number of trees in the sample plot was established,and the corresponding relationship formula was obtained,and then the determination of the spatial pattern type of trees was completed by using the corresponding relationship formula.Through rigorous reasoning and case verification,the determination method of forest spatial pattern is effective.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(61973037)National 173 Program Project(2019-JCJQ-ZD-324)。
文摘Uniform linear array(ULA)radars are widely used in the collision-avoidance radar systems of small unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs).In practice,a ULA's multi-target direction of arrival(DOA)estimation performance suffers from significant performance degradation owing to the limited number of physical elements.To improve the underdetermined DOA estimation performance of a ULA radar mounted on a small UAV platform,we propose a nonuniform linear motion sampling underdetermined DOA estimation method.Using the motion of the UAV platform,the echo signal is sampled at different positions.Then,according to the concept of difference co-array,a virtual ULA with multiple array elements and a large aperture is synthesized to increase the degrees of freedom(DOFs).Through position analysis of the original and motion arrays,we propose a nonuniform linear motion sampling method based on ULA for determining the optimal DOFs.Under the condition of no increase in the aperture of the physical array,the proposed method obtains a high DOF with fewer sampling runs and greatly improves the underdetermined DOA estimation performance of ULA.The results of numerical simulations conducted herein verify the superior performance of the proposed method.
基金This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52108370)Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation(No.20212BAB214062,20224BAB204061).
文摘The frost deterioration and deformation of porous rock are commonly investigated under uniform freeze-thaw(FT)conditions.However,the unidirectional FT condition,which is also prevalent in engineering practice,has received limited attention.Therefore,a comparative study on frost deformation and microstructure evolution of porous rock under both uniform and unidirectional FT conditions was performed.Firstly,frost deformation experiments of rock were conducted under cyclic uniform and unidirectional FT action,respectively.Results illustrate that frost deformation of saturated rock exhibits isotropic characteristics under uniform FT cycles,while it shows anisotropic characteristics under unidirectional FT condition with both the frost heaving strain and residual strain along FT direction much higher than those perpendicular to FT direction.Moreover,the peak value and residual value of cumulative frost strain vary as logarithmic functions with cycle number under both uniform and unidirectional FT conditions.Subsequently,the microstructure evolution of rock suffered cyclic uniform and unidirectional FT action were measured.Under uniform FT cycles,newly generated pores uniformly distribute in rock and pore structure of rock remains isotropic in micro scale,and thus the frost deformation shows isotropic characteristics in macro scale.Under unidirectional FT cycles,micro-cracks or pore belts generate with their orientation nearly perpendicular to the FT direction,and rock structure gradually becomes anisotropic in micro scale,resulting in the anisotropic characteristics of frost deformation in macro scale.
