Coupling between elytra of some beetles: Mechanism, forces and effect of surface texture

Lightweight materials, structures and coupling mechanisms are very important for realizing advanced flight vehicles. Here, we obtained the geometric structures and morphologies of the elytra of beetles and ascertained its coupling zone by using the histological section technique and SEM. We set up a three-dimensional motion observing system to monitor the opening and closing behaviour of elytra in beetles and to determine the motion mechanism. We constructed a force measuring system to measure the coupling forces between elytra. The results show that elytra open and close by rotating about a single axle, where the coupling forces may be as high as 160 times its own bodyweight, the elytra coupling with the tenon and mortise mechanism, surface texture and opening angle between elytra heavily influence the coupling forces. These results may provide insights into the design mechanism and structure for future vehicles of flight.

样点法在森林鸟类调查中的运用

下载PDF阅读器样点法由于具有易于实施、更易做到随机化或系统化以及适合于复杂及斑块化生境等优点,已成为目前使用最为广泛的森林鸟类调查方法.本文在介绍样点法的假设条件、类型和影响鸟类调查准确性因素的基础上,重点介绍了样点法在调查森林鸟类需要考虑的样本大小、样点布设、调查时间、每点的停留时间和调查周期等.同时也分析了样点法的不足,并提出样点法与网捕法结合是提高调查结果准确性的有效途径.

云南大山包黑颈鹤(Grus nigricollis)越冬行为和保护研究

从2006 年10 月24 日至2007 年4 月9 日，采用固定样线法和瞬时扫描法， 对在大山包国家级自然保护区（N27°18′38″～27°29′15″，E103°14′55″～103°23′49″） 内越冬的黑颈鹤种群进行了越冬行为、日间活动节律和越冬栖息地利用的详细调 查，同时对黑颈鹤的春季迁徙行为和冬季黑颈鹤的死亡现象进行了观察和分析。 这些研究有助于我们了解黑颈鹤是采取何种行为模式和栖息地利用模式来适应高 海拔、低温度的环境，同时对如何有效地保护越冬黑颈鹤和合理规划保护区功能 区域有重要的指导作用。 将黑颈鹤的越冬行为分为：取食（Feeding）、搜寻（Searching）、警戒（Vigilance）、 争斗（Fight）、行走（Walk）、飞行（Flight）、休整（Maintenance）和其它（Others） 八种，越冬期间最主要的行为是取食（53.05±4.93）％，其它行为依次为：搜寻 （10.38±1.34）％、警戒（18.75±2.65）%、休整（10.32±4.93）％、行走（4.90±1.59） ％、飞行（1.70±0.38）％、争斗（0.36±0.25）％、其它（0.55±0.41）％。单因素 方差分析（One-Way ANOVA）分析表明越冬期间黑颈鹤日间各时间段（1h）和各 月份间行为差异极显著（P<0.05），并呈现出规律的变化。黑颈鹤的取食、警戒、 搜寻行为具明显的早（10:00-11:00）、晚（17:00-18:00）两个活动高峰，中午 13:00~14:00 最低；而休整行为正好相反，呈现出中午高峰、上午和下午低谷的趋 势；另外几种行为节律性表现不明显。黑颈鹤越冬期主要行为的节律变化是受环 境温度变化影响的，温度高时黑颈鹤增加了修整时间减少了取食时间，而温度低 时则减少了修整时间增加了取食时间以维持能量需求，湿度是通过温度对黑颈鹤 产生影响的。每天黑颈鹤都随着太阳的升起开始觉醒，于07:18±0:15 飞离夜栖地， 大雾的天气影响了黑颈鹤的外出觅食，与之相适应的是黑颈鹤相应的推迟了出飞 时间。黑颈鹤所采取的所有行为都表现出了对大山包特殊环境的适应。 在大山包黑颈鹤所利用的栖息共有耕地（farmland）、草地（grassland）、沼泽 （marsh）和浅水水域（water area）四类。选择指数分析表明黑颈鹤对水域有极大 的偏好，其次为沼泽湿地，再次为耕地，而对草地表现为负选择，并且在越冬期 间的各月份之间，对不同栖息利用比率保持一致。这提示我们在进行保护区规划 的时候应该适当增加前三种栖息地的面积以满足黑颈鹤的越冬需求。主成份因子 分析表明黑颈鹤倾向于选择距夜栖地和水源较近、人流较少、干扰较小、无坡或缓坡的低海拔栖息地。处于不同越冬地的越冬黑颈鹤根据当地的实际情况采取不 同的栖息地利用，说明黑颈鹤具有较强的环境适应能力。 调查期间记录到了三只带有彩环的黑颈鹤个体，其中有两只佩戴有卫星发射 器，发射器编号分别为64309 和64311。大山包黑颈鹤种群数量变动的春季和秋季 高峰是由于处于不同越冬地的黑颈鹤迁徙造成的，同时也说明了大山包是在滇东 北和黔西北越冬的黑颈鹤的集散地。黑颈鹤的春季迁徙一般集中在3 月下旬至4 月上旬，在晴朗、微风的上午10:00-11:00 迁徙的黑颈鹤数量最多，说明了天气条 件对黑颈鹤迁徙的重要性。 大山包保护区内的高压输电电线和通信电缆对越冬黑颈鹤构成了极大的威 胁。观察期间共有7 只黑颈鹤因撞上输电电线而死亡，除去一只没有外伤的成体 之外，成幼比例为1:1，大都发生在天气较为恶劣的12 月-2 月之间。发生撞死黑 颈鹤的时候保护区内都有不同程度的大雾笼罩，由于大雾的影响造成可视条件下 降，加之黑颈鹤飞行的机动性差（翼载量大、展弦比不大），造成了黑颈鹤的伤亡.

~(133)Sm和~(149)Yb的β缓发质子衰变

利用40Ca+96Ru融合蒸发反应产生了近质子滴线核133Sm,配合氦喷嘴带传输系统采用“质子-γ”符合方法观测了它们的β缓发质子衰变,其中包括半衰期、质子能谱、第二代子核低位态之间的γ跃迁,并估计出衰变到第二代子核不同低位态的分支比．通过统计理论拟合上述实验数据,指认了133Sm的自旋宇称的可能范围．并用Woods-Saxon Strutinsky方法计算了限制组态的133Sm的核势能面,通过对比发现133Sm的自旋宇称可能有两种成分:5／2+和1／2-．这一结果与2001年发表的133Sm(EC+β+)衰变的简单衰变纲图是相容的．此外用同一方法分析了2001年Eur．Phys．J．A12: 1-4中发表的有关149Yb的β缓发质子衰变实验数据,由此指认了149Yb的基态自旋宇称为1／2-．

beta-delayed proton decays of Sm-133 and Yb-149

Sm-133 was produced via fusion evaporation in the reaction Ca-40+Ru-96. Its P-delayed proton decay was studied by means of "p-gamma" coincidence in combination with a He-jet tape transport system, including half-lives, proton energy spectra, gamma-transitions following the proton emissions, and the branching ratios to the low-lying states in the grand-daughter nuclei. The possible spins and parities of 133Sm were extracted by fitting the experimental data with a statistical model calculation. The configuration-constrained nuclear potential energy surfaces of Sm-133 were calculated by using the Woods-Saxon Strutinsky method. Comparing the experimental and calculated results, the spins and parities Of Sm-133 were assigned to be 5/2(+) and 1/2(-), which is reconciled with our published simple (EC+beta(+)) decay scheme Of Sm-113 in 2001. In addition, our experimental data on the beta-delayed proton decay of Yb-149 reported in Eur. Phys. J., 2001, A12: 1-4 was also analyzed by using the same method. The spin and parity of Yb-149 was assigned to be 1/2-.

beta-delayed proton decays and spin assignments for Sm-133 and Yb-149

The proton-rich isotope Sm-133 was produced via the fusion evaporation reaction Ca-40 + Ru-96. Its beta-delayed proton decay was studied by p-gamma coincidence in combination with a He-jet tape transport system, and half-lives, proton energy spectra, gamma-transitions following the proton emission, as well as beta-delayed proton branching ratios to the low-lying states in the grand-daughter nucleus were determined. Comparing the observed beta-delayed proton branching ratios with statistical model calculations, the best agreement is found assuming that only one level with the spin of 3/2 in Sm-133 decays or two levels with the spins of 1/2 and 5/2 decay with similar half-lives. The configuration-constrained nuclear potential energy surfaces of Sm-133 were calculated using the Woods-Saxon-Strutinsky method, which suggests a 1/2-ground state and a 5/2(+) isomer with an excitation energy of 120 keV. Therefore, the simple(EC+beta(+)) decay scheme of Sm-133 in Eur. Phys. J.A 11,277(2001) has been revised. In addition, our previous experimental data on the beta-delayed proton decay of Yb-149 reported in Eur. Phys. J. A 12,1 ( 2 0 0 1) was also analyzed using the same method. The spin-parity of Yb-149 is suggested to be 1/2(-).

Steady Patterns of Microparticles Formed by Optical Tweezers

In this paper, we propose a method for forming steady patterns of microparticles in a dispersion using optical tweezers. We demonstrate how to control the congregation of particles in a dispersion and to manually fabricate a pattern, The steady pattern (nay be useful for in-depth research, and the method will have applications in biology and nanotechnology.

Computation of stress intensity factors by the sub-region mixed finite element method of lines

Based on the sub-region generalized variational principle, a sub-region mixed version of the newly-developed semi-analytical 'finite element method of lines' (FEMOL) is proposed in this paper for accurate and efficient computation of stress intensity factors (SIFs) of two-dimensional notches/cracks. The circular regions surrounding notch/crack tips are taken as the complementary energy region in which a number of leading terms of singular solutions for stresses are used, with the sought SIFs being among the unknown coefficients. The rest of the arbitrary domain is taken as the potential energy region in which FEMOL is applied to obtain approximate displacements. A mixed system of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) and algebraic equations is derived via the sub-region generalized variational principle. A singularity removal technique that eliminates the stress parameters from the mixed equation system eventually yields a standard FEMOL ODE system, the solution of which is no longer singular and is simply and efficiently obtained using a standard general-purpose ODE solver. A number of numerical examples, including bi-material notches/cracks in anti-plane and plane elasticity, are given to show the generally excellent performance of the proposed method.

煤与瓦斯突出的层裂－粉碎模型

提出了描述煤与瓦斯突出的１维模型。该模型把煤体破坏分为２个阶段──层裂和层裂片的粉碎，并用粉碎率的概念来描述煤体的这种非均匀破坏。利用上述模型和从模拟实验得来的参数，对突出过程进行数值计算，得到了破裂阵面推进速度与瓦斯初始压力和煤初始粉碎率之间的拟合关系．计算结果与实验结果符合得很好。在煤激波管的实验中，揭示了一系列重要现象。值得提到的是，在严格控制实验煤样参数不变，仅改变充气气体压力的情况下，发现有３种典型现象：当充气气压ｐｇ小于某一临界值ｐｃｌ时，煤样不发生破坏；当ｐｇ＞ｐｃｌ但小于另一临界值ｐｃ２时，可观察到部分煤样破裂；而当ｐｇ＞ｐｃ２时，观察到煤样全部破裂并被抛出，破裂阵面近似恒稳地推进。在建立本文的物理模型时，将利用这些实验事实。１物理模型比照郑哲敏等的１维实验，研究图１所示装置破膜后的过程。煤与瓦斯突出研究的关键问题是对煤体破裂的研究，即对煤的破裂准则和破裂阵面运动规律的研究。对此本文提出以下模型：（１）把最大有效拉应力准则作为破裂准则，认为破裂是不连续的，破裂阵面跳跃式发展；（２）引入混相流和粉碎率的概念来描述层裂片的运动；（３）层裂片的形态在运动中不稳定，满足一定条件后将发生进一步的粉碎。

实时TV光电子全息散斑干涉仪及其在折射率场中的应用

介绍了一种不需PC微机支持图象卡的实时TV光电子全息散斑干涉仪,成功地应用于折射率流场的显示定量测量,并给出了实验结果。

四氯化钛高温动力学性质的研究

<正> 一、前言 四氯化钛(TiCl_4)广泛应用于化学工业,特别是TiCl_4高温气相氧化生产钛白的工艺受到重视。TiCl_4的分子结构与反应能力反映出过渡族金属的复杂特性,在无机化学中占有重要地位。近年来激波管中激波化学的研究多集中于有机碳氢化合物与燃烧有关的问题上。随着

Study of the shock motion in a hypersonic shock system turbulent boundary-layer interaction

Wall pressure fluctuations and surface heat transfer signals have been measured in the hypersonic turbulent boundary layer over a number of compression-corner models. The distributions of the separation shock oscillation frequencies and periods have been calculated using a conditional sampling algorithm. In all cases the oscillation frequency distributions are of broad band, but the most probable frequencies are low. The VITA method is used for deducing large scale disturbances at the wall in the incoming boundary layer and the separated flow region. The results at present showed the existence of coherent structures in the two regions. The zero-cross frequencies of the large scale structures in the two regions are of the same order as that of the separation shock oscillation. The average amplitude of the large scale structures in the separated region is much higher than that in the incoming boundary layer. The length scale of the separation shock motion region is found to increase with the disturbance strength. The results show that the shock oscillation is of inherent nature in the shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interaction with separation. The shock oscillation is considered to be the consequence of the coherent structures in the separated region.