Prediction of tread block forces for a free-rolling tyre in contact with a rough road

This paper describes a new approach to model the forces on a tread block for a free-rolling tyre in contact with a rough road. A theoretical analysis based on realistic tread mechanical properties and road roughness is presented, indicating partial contact between a tread block and a rough road. Hence an asperity-scale indentation model is developed using a semi-empirical formulation, taking into account both the rubber viscoelasticity and the tread block geometry. The model aims to capture the essential details of the contact at the simplest level, to make it suitable as part of a time-domain dynamic analysis of the coupled tyre-road system. The indentation model is found to have a good correlation with the finite element (FE) predictions and is validated against experimental results using a rolling contact rig. When coupled to a deformed tyre belt profile, the indentation model predicts normal and tangential force histories inside the tyre contact patch that show good agreement with FE predictions. © 2012 Elsevier B.V..

Optimized selection of key frames for monocular videogrammetric surveying of civil infrastructure

Videogrammetry is an inexpensive and easy-to-use technology for spatial 3D scene recovery. When applied to large scale civil infrastructure scenes, only a small percentage of the collected video frames are required to achieve robust results. However, choosing the right frames requires careful consideration. Videotaping a built infrastructure scene results in large video files filled with blurry, noisy, or redundant frames. This is due to frame rate to camera speed ratios that are often higher than necessary; camera and lens imperfections and limitations that result in imaging noise; and occasional jerky motions of the camera that result in motion blur; all of which can significantly affect the performance of the videogrammetric pipeline. To tackle these issues, this paper proposes a novel method for automating the selection of an optimized number of informative, high quality frames. According to this method, as the first step, blurred frames are removed using the thresholds determined based on a minimum level of frame quality required to obtain robust results. Then, an optimum number of key frames are selected from the remaining frames using the selection criteria devised by the authors. Experimental results show that the proposed method outperforms existing methods in terms of improved 3D reconstruction results, while maintaining the optimum number of extracted frames needed to generate high quality 3D point clouds.© 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

汉江硅藻水华优势种的形态及18S rDNA序列分析

中国科学院知识创新项目(KZCX2-YW-426); 国家自然科学基金重大项目(30490232)

空间微重力条件下小型水生闭合生态系统的研究

目的以小球藻和澳洲水泡螺构成二元水生封闭生态系统(closed aquatic ecosystem,CAES),研究微重力对此二元系统运行的影响。方法设定了空间1 G对照、地面1 G和1.4 G(离心机)条件利用遥测方法对搭载于"神舟"2号飞船的CAES系统进行了跟踪,获得微重力及各种对照条件下该系统运行的数据。结果在空间微重力条件下,生产者小球藻的生物量日变化较大,每天的生物量平均值在飞行中表现为递减趋势,而3组对照的生产者生物量日变化较小,2个1 G对照组每天的生物量平均值表现为一定的增长后趋于平衡,

梁子湖湿地植物多样性现状与评价

根据1999~2001年的野外调查数据,研究了湖北梁子湖湿地浮游藻类和高等植物多样性资源.结果表明,该湿地常见浮游藻类73种,隶属于7门58属(绿藻28种,硅藻19种,蓝藻14种,金藻4种,裸藻3种,甲藻3种,隐藻2种);高等植物282种,隶属于72科183属(苔藓8种,蕨类9种,裸子植物3种,被子植物262种),其中国家重点保护野生植物5种.浮游藻类密度和生物量均值分别为(1163.79913.51)104cell/L和6.1342.737mg/L,叶绿素a含量12.754.98mg/L,浮游藻类表层日

构建湿地基质微生物与净化效果及相关分析

利用平皿计数法和其他传统方法,研究了复合垂直流构建湿地基质微生物数量的季节变化以及它们与污水净化效果的相关性.结果表明,不同月份复合垂直流构建湿地基质中的微生物数量也不相同;构建湿地净化污水的过程中,下行流池发挥了主要作用;构建湿地基质中微生物数量与污水中的KN以及CODCr的去除率存在显著相关性,说明微生物的活动是它们去除的主要途径;构建湿地基质中的微生物数量与TSS以及TP的去除率没有明显的相关性,这说明TSS和TP的去除有其他途径.本研究为进一步利用构建湿地处理污水提供了依据.

酸雨对水生态系统的影响

国家自然科学基金 ( 3 9870 1 52 ) ; 淡水生态及生物技术国家重点实验室开放基金项目资助

水体磷酸酶:来源、特征及其生态学意义

酶在水生态系统的物质循环与能量转化过程中具有关键作用本文以湖泊磷酸酶为例讨论了水环境中酶的来源、特征及其生态学意义酶主要源于细菌、浮游植物和浮游动物，且能以胞外的或溶解态的形式存在这部分酶对于ｐＨ值、温度以及其它理化条件表现出明显的适应性和稳定性．磷酸酶能补充磷的营养、指示磷的丰缺、介导磷的循环．水环境中酶效应的广泛以及作用的特殊性已足以使之成为“生态酶学（ Ｅｃｏｌｏｇｉｃａｌ Ｅｎｚｙｍｏｌｏｇｙ）”的独立分支（水体酶）