Center-Oriented Aiming Strategy for Heliostat with Spinning-Elevation Tracking Method

Spinning-Elevation (SE) tracking system produces a decent image on the receiver surface; however, it is subjected to large variations in tracking speed. In this research, a Graphical Ray Tracing (GRT) model for Center-Oriented Spinning-Elevation (COSE) tracking method is developed to evaluate tracking angles. Instead of a target, a heliostat is pointed towards the on-field center point of the tower. Therefore, a spinning-axis of rotation is a line joining a heliostat, and a center of the tower and elevation-axis is perpendicular to it. This aiming strategy has shown a substantial reduction in rotations of spinning-motor. In contrast, the elevation-motor runs at slightly higher rotations than the target-oriented SE method for the same application. Also, COSE tracking method obtains better shape of the reflected image with less aberration on the receiver surface as compared to SE and the traditional Azimuth-Elevation (AE) method.

Research the Integration of Geodetic and Geotechnical Methods in Monitoring the Horizontal Displacement of Diaphragm Walls

This article investigates the integration of geodetic and geotechnical methods for monitoringthe horizontal displacement of diaphragm walls. The results show that when the horizontal displacementis measured by the geotechnical method using an inclinometer sensor, the center point at the bottom ofthe guide pipe is usually chosen to be the origin to calculate displacements of the upper points. However,it is challenging to survey the bottom point for checking its stability directly. If this bottom point moves,the observation results will be incorrect. Thus, the guide pipe must be installed in the stable rock layer.But in the soft ground, this rock layer locates more deeply than the diaphragm walls, so the guide pipecannot be laid out at the required location. Geodetic methods can directly observe the displacement of thecenter point on the top of the guide pipe with absolute displacement values at high accuracy. Because thedisplacements of observation points are determined at stable benchmarks, these values are considered thepipe's displacement. Thus, an integrated solution allows the center point on the top of the pipe to be theorigin to calculate the displacements of different points located inside the diaphragm wall. Then, thecalculated values are calibrated back to the inclinometer observed values to achieve highly reliabledisplacement, which reflects the moving of diaphragm walls. An experiment integrating the geodetic andgeotechnical methods is conducted with an observation point at a depth of 20 meters at a construction sitein Ho Chi Minh city. The deviations of the top point that are observed by the two methods are -4.37millimeters and -3.69 millimeters on the X-axis and the Y-axis, respectively. The corrected observedresults prove that the integrated solution has a good efficiency in monitoring the horizontal displacementof diaphragm walls. The bottom point observed by an inclinometer is unconfident enough to choose to bea reference point.

Nonlinear Error Compensation Based on the Optimization of Swing Cutter Trajectory for Five-Axis Machining

In order to solve the problem of deviation between actual and theoretical machining paths due to the presence of rotation axis in five-axis machining, an interpolation algorithm based on the optimization of swing cutter trajectory and the method of corresponding nonlinear error compensation are proposed. Taking A-C dual rotary table five-axis machine tool as an example, the forward and reverse kinematic model of the machine tool is established according to the kinematic chain of the machine tool. Based on the linear interpolation of rotary axis, the generation mechanism of nonlinear error is analyzed, the modeling methods of cutter center point and cutter axis vector trajectory are proposed respectively, and the parameterized model of swing cutter trajectory is formed. The formula for the nonlinear error is obtained from the two-dimensional cutter center point trajectory. According to the established model of swing cutter trajectory, the synchronous optimization method of cutter center point trajectory and cutter axis vector trajectory is proposed, and the nonlinear error compensation mechanism is established. First, pre-interpolation is performed on the given cutter location data to obtain a model of the swing cutter trajectory for each interpolated segment. Then the magnitude of the nonlinear error is calculated based on the parameters of the actual interpolation points during formal interpolation, and the interpolation points with large errors are compensated for the nonlinear error. The simulation results show that the proposed method can effectively reduce the impact of nonlinear errors on machining, and is of high practical value for improving the accuracy of cutter position and the quality of complex free-form machining in five-axis machining.

The Association between Facial Morphology and Cold Pattern

Objectives: Facial diagnosis is an important part of clinical diagnosis in traditional East Asian Medicine. In this paper, using a fully automated facial shape analysis system, we show that facial morphological features are associated with cold pattern.Methods: The facial morphological features calculated from 68 facial landmarks included the angles, areas, and distances between the landmark points of each part of the face. Cold pattern severity was determined using a questionnaire and the cold pattern scores (CPS) were used for analysis. The association between facial features and CPS was calculated using Pearson's correlation coefficient and partial correlation coefficients.Results: The upper chin width and the lower chin width were negatively associated with CPS. The distance from the center point to the middle jaw and the distance from the center point to the lower jaw were negatively associated with CPS. The angle of the face outline near the ear and the angle of the chin line were positively associated with CPS. The area of the upper part of the face and the area of the face except the sensory organs were negatively associated with CPS. The number of facial morphological features that exhibited a statistically significant correlation with CPS was 37 (unadjusted).Conclusions: In this study of a Korean population, subjects with a high CPS had a more pointed chin, longer face, more angular jaw, higher eyes, and more upward corners of the mouth, and their facial sensory organs were relatively widespread.