Calculation Method for Grading Size and Grading Bounding Box of Virtual Aggregate Based on DEM

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Zhigang Zhou ◽  
Jun Ling

The grading size, which can be defined as the side length of the smallest square hole through which an aggregate with irregular shape can directly pass, is an important morphology parameter and can be used to calculate the gradation of mixture material. The grading bounding box, which can be defined as the circumscribed cuboid with central axis length being the grading size, is an important visual tool for observing the size and direction of the aggregate. Virtual test to calculate the grading size of a virtual aggregate is environmentally friendly and efficient, but the result provided by current research is imprecise and the grading bounding box is also rarely mentioned. In this paper, the multilevel complete projection algorithm is proposed to precisely calculate the grading size of a virtual aggregate. The whole process of the algorithm can be expressed by formula after the operation of sphere discretization by converting the virtual aggregate shell into the discrete aggregate. Then, the discrete aggregate is projected onto a complete series of the plane to form several 2D figures, and then, each 2D figure is projected onto a complete series of the orthogonal axis to form orthogonal segments. The grading size can finally be obtained by comparing the length of the above orthogonal segments based on the key central axis length principle. The influencing factors of computational accuracy and efficiency are considered in the algorithm. Finally, the grading bounding box can be built by using the Rodrigues transformation according to the information obtained from the above algorithm.

Author(s):  
P. Adami ◽  
F. Martelli ◽  
V. Michelassi

An unstructured 3D implicit approach (HybFlow) is briefly described for gas turbine applications. The numerical approach is based in an upwind finite volume scheme with an implicit time marching algorithm. The linear solver is GMRES with right preconditioning obtained by the ILU(0) incomplete factorization. A two k-w turbulence model is considered for viscous flows. The new multiblock extension of the code is here considered for improving the computational efficiency of the basic procedure in view of the application to complex 3D geometries. Particular concern has been placed in the new approach for memory saving while keeping at the same time a great geometrical flexibility and grid transparency. The strategy developed is therefore described considering the whole process and all phases required in the solution of internal flows. Both memory and CPU time costs are addressed to verify the performances of the multiblock scheme as also computational accuracy for 2D tests. The flow conditions investigated range from the low speed regime up to the transonic one to prove the accuracy of the approach using hybrid unstructured configurations. Finally the application to the transonic cooled annular IGV blade row is considered to assess the multiblock strategy for a 3D case.


Author(s):  
Amy M. McGough ◽  
Robert Josephs

The remarkable deformability of the erythrocyte derives in large part from the elastic properties of spectrin, the major component of the membrane skeleton. It is generally accepted that spectrin's elasticity arises from marked conformational changes which include variations in its overall length (1). In this work the structure of spectrin in partially expanded membrane skeletons was studied by electron microscopy to determine the molecular basis for spectrin's elastic properties. Spectrin molecules were analysed with respect to three features: length, conformation, and quaternary structure. The results of these studies lead to a model of how spectrin mediates the elastic deformation of the erythrocyte.Membrane skeletons were isolated from erythrocyte membrane ghosts, negatively stained, and examined by transmission electron microscopy (2). Particle lengths and end-to-end distances were measured from enlarged prints using the computer program MACMEASURE. Spectrin conformation (straightness) was assessed by calculating the particles’ correlation length by iterative approximation (3). Digitised spectrin images were correlation averaged or Fourier filtered to improve their signal-to-noise ratios. Three-dimensional reconstructions were performed using a suite of programs which were based on the filtered back-projection algorithm and executed on a cluster of Microvax 3200 workstations (4).


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tong Wang

The compaction quality of the subgrade is directly related to the service life of the road. Effective control of the subgrade construction process is the key to ensuring the compaction quality of the subgrade. Therefore, real-time, comprehensive, rapid and accurate prediction of construction compaction quality through informatization detection method is an important guarantee for speeding up construction progress and ensuring subgrade compaction quality. Based on the function of the system, this paper puts forward the principle of system development and the development mode used in system development, and displays the development system in real-time to achieve the whole process control of subgrade construction quality.


Author(s):  
Кonstantin А. Elshin ◽  
Еlena I. Molchanova ◽  
Мarina V. Usoltseva ◽  
Yelena V. Likhoshway

Using the TensorFlow Object Detection API, an approach to identifying and registering Baikal diatom species Synedra acus subsp. radians has been tested. As a result, a set of images was formed and training was conducted. It is shown that аfter 15000 training iterations, the total value of the loss function was obtained equal to 0,04. At the same time, the classification accuracy is equal to 95%, and the accuracy of construction of the bounding box is also equal to 95%.


2014 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 183-195
Author(s):  
Elena Macevičiūtė

The article deals with the requirements and needs for long-term digital preservation in different areas of scholarly work. The concept of long-term digital preservation is introduced by comparing it to digitization and archiving concepts and defined with the emphasis on dynamic activity within a certain time line. The structure of digital preservation is presented with regard to the elements of the activity as understood in Activity Theory. The life-cycle of digitization processes forms the basis of the main processing of preserved data in preservation archival system.The author draws on the differences between humanities and social sciences on one hand and natural and technological science on the other. The empirical data characterizing the needs for digital preservation within different areas of scholarship are presented and show the difference in approaches to long-term digital preservation, as well as differences in selecting the items and implementing the projects of digital preservation. Institutions and organizations can also develop different understanding of preservation requirements for digital documents and other objects.The final part of the paper is devoted to some general problems pertaining to the longterm digital preservation with the emphasis of the responsibility for the whole process of safe-guarding the cultural and scholarly heritage for the re-use of the posterior generations. It is suggested that the longevity of the libraries in comparison with much shorter life-span of private companies strengthens the claim of memory institutions to playing the central role in the long-term digital preservation.


Author(s):  
Takaaki OKUMURA ◽  
Atsushi KUROKAWA ◽  
Hiroo MASUDA ◽  
Toshiki KANAMOTO ◽  
Masanori HASHIMOTO ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 174-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Li ◽  
Xiaobo Yang ◽  
James Yang ◽  
Yunqing Zhang ◽  
Zeyu Ma

ABSTRACT The tire model is essential for accurate and efficient vehicle dynamic simulation. In this article, an in-plane flexible ring tire model is proposed, in which the tire is composed of a rigid rim, a number of discretized lumped mass belt points, and numerous massless tread blocks attached on the belt. One set of tire model parameters is identified by approaching the predicted results with ADAMS® FTire virtual test results for one particular cleat test through the particle swarm method using MATLAB®. Based on the identified parameters, the tire model is further validated by comparing the predicted results with FTire for the static load-deflection tests and other cleat tests. Finally, several important aspects regarding the proposed model are discussed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-115
Author(s):  
Sindorela Doli Kryeziu

Abstract In our paper we will talk about the whole process of standardization of the Albanian language, where it has gone through a long historical route, for almost a century.When talking about standard Albanian language history and according to Albanian language literature, it is often thought that the Albanian language was standardized in the Albanian Language Orthography Congress, held in Tirana in 1972, or after the publication of the Orthographic Rules (which was a project at that time) of 1967 and the decisions of the Linguistic Conference, a conference of great importance that took place in Pristina, in 1968. All of these have influenced chronologically during a very difficult historical journey, until the standardization of the Albanian language.Considering a slightly wider and more complex view than what is often presented in Albanian language literature, we will try to describe the path (history) of the standard Albanian formation under the influence of many historical, political, social and cultural factors that are known in the history of the Albanian people. These factors have contributed to the formation of a common state, which would have, over time, a common standard language.It is fair to think that "all activity in the development of writing and the Albanian language, in the field of standardization and linguistic planning, should be seen as a single unit of Albanian culture, of course with frequent manifestations of specific polycentric organization, either because of divisions within the cultural body itself, or because of the external imposition"(Rexhep Ismajli," In Language and for Language ", Dukagjini, Peja, 1998, pp. 15-18.)


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