34 research outputs found

    Analysis of Intelligent Living for Elderly in Smart Aging

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    This paper conducts an in-depth investigation into smart home systems and their developmental trajectory. It systematically dissects the constituent elements of smart homes, encompassing the perception layer, transmission layer, platform layer, and application layer. The paper analyzes the intelligent living forms and types for elderly individuals at home, including environmentally proactive monitoring and types of intelligent living such as life assistance, health and safety, and leisure and entertainment. The research explores interaction modes in smart home systems, incorporating mechanical interaction, voice interaction, and screen interaction. It underscores the significance of screen interaction as a primary control method in the intelligent living of elderly individuals at home. This paper provides profound theoretical foundations and practical guidance for the intelligent living of elderly individuals at home

    Influence of welding quality on stability of SUS304 tube-compression by viscous pressure forming

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    One of the major problems affecting viscous pressure forming (VPF) is the stability of tubecompression, whereas the main defect influencing the stability of welded tube-compression is the quality of welded joints. This article utilizes the finite element method to analyze the influence of weld joint strength and width on stability of SUS304 tube-compression by VPF. Meanwhile, SUS304 welded tube-blanks with different weld joint strength and width are obtained by plasma welding, TIG-Tungsten Inert Gas welding, laser welding and high frequency welding and then the stability test by VPF is carried out. The results showed that the weld joint strength and width affect the stability of tube-compression. The system and process of controlling weld joint width can improve the stability of tube-blank preferably relative to weld joint strength

    Diffusion of Colloidal Rods in Corrugated Channels

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    In many natural and artificial devices diffusive transport takes place in confined geometries with corrugated boundaries. Such boundaries cause both entropic and hydrodynamic effects, which have been studied only for the case of spherical particles. Here we experimentally investigate diffusion of particles of elongated shape confined into a corrugated quasi-two-dimensional channel. Elongated shape causes complex excluded-volume interactions between particle and channel walls which reduce the accessible configuration space and lead to novel entropic free energy effects. The extra rotational degree of freedom also gives rise to a complex diffusivity matrix that depends on both the particle location and its orientation. We further show how to extend the standard Fick-Jacobs theory to incorporate combined hydrodynamic and entropic effects, so as, for instance, to accurately predict experimentally measured mean first passage times along the channel. Our approach can be used as a generic method to describe translational diffusion of anisotropic particles in corrugated channels.Comment: 12 pages and 4 figure

    Influence of welding quality on stability of SUS304 tube-compression by viscous pressure forming

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    One of the major problems affecting viscous pressure forming (VPF) is the stability of tubecompression, whereas the main defect influencing the stability of welded tube-compression is the quality of welded joints. This article utilizes the finite element method to analyze the influence of weld joint strength and width on stability of SUS304 tube-compression by VPF. Meanwhile, SUS304 welded tube-blanks with different weld joint strength and width are obtained by plasma welding, TIG-Tungsten Inert Gas welding, laser welding and high frequency welding and then the stability test by VPF is carried out. The results showed that the weld joint strength and width affect the stability of tube-compression. The system and process of controlling weld joint width can improve the stability of tube-blank preferably relative to weld joint strength

    Dynamic random testing of web services: a methodology and evaluation

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    In recent years, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) has been increasingly adopted to develop distributed applications in the context of the Internet. To develop reliable SOA-based applications, an important issue is how to ensure the quality of web services. In this paper, we propose a dynamic random testing (DRT) technique for web services, which is an improvement over the widely-practiced random testing (RT) and partition testing (PT). We examine key issues when adapting DRT to the context of SOA, including a framework, guidelines for parameter settings, and a prototype for such an adaptation. Empirical studies are reported where DRT is used to test three real-life web services, and mutation analysis is employed to measure the effectiveness. Our experimental results show that, compared with the three baseline techniques, RT, Adaptive Testing (AT) and Random Partition Testing (RPT), DRT demonstrates higher fault-detection effectiveness with a lower test case selection overhead. Furthermore, the theoretical guidelines of parameter setting for DRT are confirmed to be effective. The proposed DRT and the prototype provide an effective and efficient approach for testing web services. IEE

    Quantum Stress: Density Functional Theory Formulation and Physical Manifestation

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    The concept of "quantum stress (QS)" is introduced and formulated within density functional theory (DFT), to elucidate extrinsic electronic effects on the stress state of solids and thin films in the absence of lattice strain. A formal expression of QS (\sigma^Q) is derived in relation to deformation potential of electronic states ({\Xi}) and variation of electron density ({\Delta}n), \sigma^Q = {\Xi}{\Delta}n, as a quantum analog of classical Hook's law. Two distinct QS manifestations are demonstrated quantitatively by DFT calculations: (1) in the form of bulk stress induced by charge carriers; and (2) in the form of surface stress induced by quantum confinement. Implications of QS in some physical phenomena are discussed to underlie its importance.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure

    Mixed-flow pump performance improvement based on circulation method

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    Mixed-flow pumps have been extensively employed in daily life, improving their energy characteristics contribute to the reduction of energy consumption worldwide. In this study, to overcome the decrease of optimization upper limit caused by using a single type of parameter as the design parameter, a typical mixed-flow pump was chosen for study, and its impeller was parameterized by five geometric and eight hydrodynamic parameters. With head and efficiency as the constraint and optimization objective respectively, 27 schemes were constructed by the Taguchi method. The influence of design factors to the objective and constraint was analyzed based on range and regression analysis. The optimization mechanism was elucidated using the entropy production method. The result reveals that the geometric and hydrodynamic parameters have a significantly impact on the mixed-flow pump’s energy characteristics. The optimized model head is 12.43m, which meets the constraints, while the efficiency increases by 3.2%–88.51%. Therefore, considering both geometric and hydrodynamic parameters in the mixed-flow pump optimization is workable and necessary. This paper can provide practical instructions on the optimal design of different turbomachines

    Individual behaviors and dynamic self-assembly of active colloids

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