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Investigation of Alternatives for Up-fitting Lead Time Reduction for Vehicle Assembly

In this research, an investigation of the lead time reduction and cost control for vehicles with special parts ordered by the customers was performed. The production flow is not continuous for the installation of these parts. There is always time wasted waiting for the units. The aim of this research was to discover revised procedures to reduce lead time and costs. Value stream mapping was the tool to analyze the process. Flexsim(TM) was the software used to simulate different production cases. The results from the simulations indicate that under the current production volume, moving the program back to the plant is the best option since it will reduce the waiting time between the plant and installation facility. Furthermore, it can reduce the overall manufacturing lead times and improve cost effectiveness. If the production volume increases, space, equipment and management limitations may require plants to use alternative production models and these limits should be studied in future research

Experimental Evaluation of Fragments from TBM Disc Cutting under Different Load Cases

The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) tunneling process always contains a certain degree of vibrations due to the step broken phenomenon of the cutting tools. Undoubtedly, there is a quite difference in the fragment characteristics which are related to the construction efficiency of TBM under the static load and the combination of static and impact load. In this study, a series of rock breaking tests with a 216 mm diameter disc cutter and marble samples were conducted under different load cases. Based on the Rosin–Rammler distribution curve, the fragments from the cutting tests were also sieved to calculate the absolute size constant (x’) and coarseness index (CI). The relationship between coarseness index, absolute size parameter and the cutting parameters, specific energy, production rate was evaluated. The results show that there is an increasing trend of x’ and CI with the increase of cut spacing and penetration as well as adding impact load component. An overall downtrend in specific energy and upward trend in production rate which are associated with the high efficiency can be observed with the increasing CI and x’. It is believed that the conclusions are of great significance for improving TBM construction efficiency and cutterhead design

Analysis of sub-synchronous oscillation characteristics of PMSGs based on transient energy

Faced with the problem of sub-synchronous oscillation (SSO) caused by the interaction between permanent magnetic synchronous generator (PMSG)-based wind farms and weak AC grids, we construct a transient energy function model that follows the structure of a PMSG. The transient energy composition of a PMSG is analyzed, and the dissipation energy expression that can intuitively reflect the development trend of SSO is derived, reflecting the damping level of a grid-connected wind power system. Furthermore, in response to the problem of mutual coupling between the control links of the PMSG during the SSO process, which hinders oscillation characteristic assessment, a method based on oscillation energy is proposed to analyze the oscillation characteristics. Considering the dynamic changes in the output of the phase-locked loop during sub-synchronous oscillation, the transient energy dominated by various control links is derived, and the effects of the phase-locked loop, current inner loop, and voltage outer loop on transient energy and oscillation characteristics are analyzed. The simulation verifies the effectiveness of the analysis of the transient energy model

A Group-theory Method to The Cycle Structures of Feedback Shift Registers

In this paper, we consider the cycle structures of feedback shift registers (FSRs). At the beginning, the cycle structures of two special classes of FSRs, pure circulating registers (PCRs) and pure summing registers (PSRs), are studied and it is proved that there are no other FSRs have the same cycle structure of an PCR (or PSR). Then, we regard $n$-stage FSRs as permutations over $2^n$ elements. According to the group theory, two permutations have the same cycle structure if and only if they are conjugate with each other. Since a conjugate of an FSR may no longer an FSR, it is interesting to consider the permutations that always transfer an FSR to an FSR. It is proved that there are exactly two such permutations, the identity mapping and the mapping that map every state to its dual. Furthermore, we prove that they are just the two permutations that transfer any maximum length FSR to an maximum length FSR

The Adjacency Graphs of Some Feedback Shift Registers

The adjacency graphs of feedback shift registers (FSRs) with characteristic function of the form g=(x_0+x_1)*f are considered in this paper. Some properties about these FSRs are given. It is proved that these FSRs contains only prime cycles and these cycles can be divided into two sets such that each set contains no adjacent cycles. When f is a linear function, more properties about these FSRs are derived. It is shown that, when f is a linear function and contains an odd number of terms, the adjacency graph of \mathrm{FSR}((x_0+x_1)*f) can be determined directly from the adjacency graph of \mathrm{FSR}(f). As an application of these results, we determine the adjacency graphs of \mathrm{FSR}((1+x)^4p(x)) and \mathrm{FSR}((1+x)^5p(x)), where p(x) is a primitive polynomial, and construct a large class of de Bruijn sequences from them