Influence Of Free Surface Curvature Of A Liquid Layer On The Critical Marangoni Convection

The Pearson instability was suggested to discuss the onset of Marangoni convection in a liquid layer of large Prandtl number under an applied temperature difference perpendicular to the free surface in the microgravity environment. In this case, the temperature distribution on the curved free surface is nonuniform, and the thermocapillary convection is induced and coupled with the Marangoni convection. In the present paper the effect of volume ratio of the liquid layer on the critical Marangoni convection and the corresponding spatial variation of the convection structure in zero-gravity condition were numerically investigated by two-dimensional model. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Computer Simulation Of Random Sphere Packing In An Arbitrarily Shaped Container

Most simulations of random sphere packing concern a cubic or cylindric container with periodic boundary, containers of other shapes are rarely studied. In this paper, a new relaxation algorithm with pre-expanding procedure for random sphere packing in an arbitrarily shaped container is presented. Boundaries of the container are simulated by overlapping spheres which covers the boundary surface of the container. We find 0.4 similar to 0.6 of the overlap rate is a proper value for boundary spheres. The algorithm begins with a random distribution of small internal spheres. Then the expansion and relaxation procedures are performed alternately to increase the packing density. The pre-expanding procedure stops when the packing density of internal spheres reaches a preset value. Following the pre-expanding procedure, the relaxation and shrinking iterations are carried out alternately to reduce the overlaps of internal spheres. The pre-expanding procedure avoids the overflow problem and gives a uniform distribution of initial spheres. Efficiency of the algorithm is increased with the cubic cell background system and double link data structure. Examples show the packing results agree well with both computational and experimental results. Packing density about 0.63 is obtained by the algorithm for random sphere packing in containers of various shapes.

Attractor crisis and bursting in a fluid flow with two no-slip directions

Characteristic burtsing behavior is observed in a driven, two-dimensional viscous flow, confined to a square domain and subject to no-slip boundaries. Passing a critical parameter value, an existing chaotic attractor undergoes a crisis, after which the flow initially enters a transient bursting regime. Bursting is caused by ejections from and return to a limited subdomain of the phase space, whereas the precrisis chaotic set forms the asymptotic attractor of the flow. For increasing values of the control parameter the length of the bursting regime increases progressively. Passing another critical parameter value, a second crisis leads to the appearance of a secondary type of bursting, of very large dynamical range. Within the bursting regime the flow then switches in irregular intervals from the primary to the secondary type of bursting. Peak enstrophy levels for both types of bursting are associated to the collapse of a primary vortex into a quadrupolar state.

The role of cell-surface-bound phosphatases in species competition within natural phytoplankton assemblage: an in situ experiment

Despite it is widely acknowledged that the ability to hydrolyze dissolved organic matter using extracellular phosphatases is diverse in fresh water phytoplankton, the competition within single species related to presence and quantity of cell-surface-bound phosphatases has not been examined in natural conditions yet. Here, we studied phytoplankton species competition in a freshwater reservoir during an in situ experiment. A natural plankton community, with the exclusion of large zooplankton, was enclosed in permeable dialysis bags inside two large containers of different bioavailable phosphate concentrations. Phytoplankton species biomass and the abundance of bacteria were determined in purpose to compare the development of enclosed microbial communities. Total and cell-surface-bound phosphatase activities in the phytoplankton were investigated using the Fluorescently Labelled Enzyme Activity (FLEA) technique that allows for direct microscopic detection of phosphatase-positive cells and, with image cytometry, enables quantification of phosphatase hydrolytic capacity. Production of extracellular phosphatases was not completely inhibited or stopped in the phosphate-enriched environment, phytoplankton cells only showed the activity less often. Under the phosphate-nonenriched conditions, the production of phosphatases was enhanced, but active species did not proliferate amongst phytoplankton assemblage. Further, specific growth rates of the phosphatase-positive species in the non-enriched environment were lower than the same phosphatase-positive species in phosphate-enriched environment. Interestingly, the phosphatase-positive cells of Ankyra ancora increased their size in both treatments equally, although the population in phosphate-enriched environment grew much faster and the cell-specific phosphatase activity was lower. We hypothesize that brand new daughter cells had sufficient phosphorus reserves and therefore did not employ extracellular phosphatases until they matured and needed extra bioavailable phosphorus to support their metabolism before cell division. Based on presented in situ experiment, we propose that the ability to hydrolyze organic polymers and particles with cell-surface-hound phosphatases is advantageous for longer persistence of given population in a phosphate-scarce environment; although phosphatase-positive species cannot dominate the reservoir phytoplankton solely because of specific phosphorus-scavenging strategy.

Analysis of expression of the binary toxin genes from Bacillus sphaericus in Anabaena and the potential in mosquito control

Anabaena strains expressing the binary toxin genes of Bacillus sphaericus produce high larvicidal activity with living cells. Western blot analysis showed that the 51-kDa and 42-kDa toxin proteins were stable in Anabaena. When a DNA fragment upstream of the 51-kDa protein gene was deleted, the toxicity was reduced by over a hundred-fold, whereas deletions at the coding regions showed that the cooperation of the two proteins expressed in Anabaena is essential for the larvicidal activity. Outdoor tests showed that the genetically altered Anabaena could keep containers with natural water from being inhabited by Culex larvae for over 2 months.

基于产品线工程的组件容器开发方法研究

近年来，随着Internet规模的增长，分布式组件技术快速发展，新的组件模型不断涌现，现有的组件模型也持续更新。组件容器为组件及组件应用提供部署和运行环境，是基于组件分布式应用开发的核心。组件模型的多样化和快速演化要求组件容器的开发方法将研究范围扩大到整个领域。产品线工程是基于软件核心资产构建软件产品系列的工程方法，将产品线工程方法应用于组件容器领域可以促进组件容器的系统化复用，获得更高的生产效率和产品质量。 由于组件容器领域的特点，应用过程中现有的产品线工程方法体现出一些不足。产品线工程包括领域工程和应用工程，其中领域工程又由领域分析、领域设计和领域实现构成。组件模型是组件容器需求的主要来源，但目前缺乏对组件模型的统一认识和详细分析；领域分析建模要求领域模型有效地刻画领域需求的组织结构、相互关系和变化性，并提供具体的建模过程指导，现有的面向特征、基于用例等领域建模方法存在语义模糊、粒度不当、缺乏具体流程指导等不足。 针对上述问题，论文按照软件开发流程顺序，从需求分析、领域建模、领域设计等方面，对组件容器设计和开发的若干关键问题进行了重点研究，包括组件模型分析、基于原子需求的领域建模方法、组件容器产品线体系结构等。 首先，由于组件模型是组件容器需求的主要来源，针对现有的组件模型分析方法粒度较大的问题，通过分析相关软件实体可能具有的各种约束，选择从语法、部署和交互三个方面，得到构成组件模型的模型元素，提出了一个细粒度的组件模型分析框架。将该分析框架应用于目前有代表性的分布式组件模型，基于分析结果提炼了分布式组件模型的主要公共特征，并与其他分析方法做了对比。 另一方面给出了基于原子需求的领域建模方法。以原子需求概念为基础，提出了一个多层次的领域需求描述模型，从用例、原子需求等多个层次刻画领域需求，并基于变化点建立独立的变化性描述机制。介绍了相应的领域建模过程，包括其建模步骤、建模原则和描述规范，为领域分析人员提供具体指导。并结合领域实例探讨了领域建模的过程。 基于以上工作，本文设计了组件容器产品线体系结构PLACE。首先将基于软件实体的组件模型分析框架与基于原子需求的领域建模方法相结合，建立组件容器领域模型，进而提出了组件容器产品线体系结构PLACE，从体系结构、模块功能、变化性设计和变化性管理等方面介绍了其设计。具体组件容器的设计实例表明，PLACE通过在组件模型和体系结构间建立直接的对应关系，有效促进了组件容器领域内的系统化复用。 最后，我们将上述方法应用于网驰平台中组件容器产品系列包括Web容器、EJB容器、BPEL容器和Portlet容器等的设计。实验结果证实了基于PLACE的开发方法在保证产品功能正确性的同时，提高了组件容器领域内的结构复用性，获得了更高的生产效率和产品质量。

STL格式文件拓扑重建及快速切片算法研究

建立三角面片之间拓扑关系是提高分层切片效率的关键因素之一,提出基于标准模板库set容器的拓扑关系重建算法及快速切片算法,有效地去除了STL文件大量冗余数据,简化了数据的存储,该算法每一个三角面片在每一切平面内只求一次交点,切片完成后可直接得到封闭轮廓环,以减少在切片过程中对三角面片的遍历次数、排序次数及求交点计算量,简化了轮廓环的构造过程,从而有效地提高了算法的效率。