A committee machine gas identification system based on dynamically reconfigurable FPGA

This paper proposes a gas identification system based on the committee machine (CM) classifier, which combines various gas identification algorithms, to obtain a unified decision with improved accuracy. The CM combines five different classifiers: K nearest neighbors (KNNs), multilayer perceptron (MLP), radial basis function (RBF), Gaussian mixture model (GMM), and probabilistic principal component analysis (PPCA). Experiments on real sensors' data proved the effectiveness of our system with an improved accuracy over individual classifiers. Due to the computationally intensive nature of CM, its implementation requires significant hardware resources. In order to overcome this problem, we propose a novel time multiplexing hardware implementation using a dynamically reconfigurable field programmable gate array (FPGA) platform. The processing is divided into three stages: sampling and preprocessing, pattern recognition, and decision stage. Dynamically reconfigurable FPGA technique is used to implement the system in a sequential manner, thus using limited hardware resources of the FPGA chip. The system is successfully tested for combustible gas identification application using our in-house tin-oxide gas sensors

Impact of bonding defect on the tensile response of a composite patch-repaired structure: Effect of the defect position and size

Adhesive bonding has seen rapid development in recent years, with emphasis to composite patch repairing processes of geometric defects in aeronautical structures. However, its use is still limited given its low resistance to climatic conditions and requirement of specialized labor to avoid fabrication induced defects, such as air bubbles, cracks, and cavities. This work aims to numerically analyze, by the finite element method, the failure behavior of a damaged plate, in the form of a bonding defect, and repaired by an adhesively bonded composite patch. The position and size of the defect were studied. The results of the numerical analysis clearly showed that the position of the defect in the adhesive layer has a large effect on the value of J-Integral. The reduction in the value of J-Integral is also related to the composite stacking sequence which, according to the mechanical properties of the ply, provides better load transfer from the plate to the repair piece through the adhesive. In addition, the increase in the applied load significantly affects the value of the J-Integral at the crack tip in the presence of a bonding defect, even for small dimensions, by reducing the load transfer.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Analyse par la méthode des éléments finis du comportement en rupture du ciment de l'implant femoral

La tenue mécanique de la prothèse totale de hanche dépend essentiellement de la nature du ciment utilisé. Le rôle principal du ciment est d'assurer une bonne adhésion implant–os et de minimiser le transfert de charge de l'implant à l'os. Sous l'effet des sollicitations mécaniques, le ciment doit pouvoir résister à l'initiation et à la propagation de fissure pouvant conduire à sa ruine et par conséquent au descellement de la prothèse. Notre travail s'inscrit dans ce contexte et a pour objectif l'analyse par la méthode des éléments finis du comportement en rupture du ciment fixant l'implant à l'os. Le champ de cette analyse s'étend sur différentes zones du ciment (proximale, médiane et distale) des côtés extérieur et intérieur du fémur. Nous montrons clairement l'effet de la position et de l'orientation de la fissure dans le ciment sur les variations du facteur d'intensité de contrainte en pointe de fissure

Qualité bactériologique et physique des eaux de l’Oued Hassar (Casablanca, Maroc): Caractérisation et analyse en Composantes principales

The objective of this study is to evaluate the bacteriological quality of water of Oued Hassar in relation to the wastewater of Mediouna’s location and also to apply a statistical analysis using the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to correlate data of spatio-temporal variability of bacterial indicators with those of physical parameters (temperature, pH, electrical conductivity and turbidity). The average values obtained ​​indicate that the water of this river contains a lot of amount of bacteria that indicates a faecal contamination. These values, for total coliforms, faecal coliforms and faecal Streptococci were hight and more than seven log10. Then the bacteriological quality of water of oued Hassar is classified in poor to very poor category. The Principal Component Analysis revealed that the indicator bacteria of faecal contamination presents negative correlations with the pH and the electrical conductivity, and positive correlations that are highly significant with turbidity.La présente étude consiste à évaluer la qualité bactériologique des eaux d’Oued Hassar en relation avec les effluents de la localité de Mediouna et d’appliquer une méthode statistique d’Analyse en Composantes Principales (ACP) pour corréler les données de la variabilité spatio-temporelle des indicateurs bactériologiques à ceux des paramètres physiques (température, pH, conductivité électrique et turbidité). Les valeurs moyennes obtenues révèlent que les eaux de ce cours d’eau présentent une charge très importante en bactéries indicatrices de la contamination d’origine fécale. Les teneurs en coliformes totaux, coliformes fécaux et streptocoques fécaux atteignent des valeurs importantes supérieures à sept log10. De ce fait, la qualité bactériologique des eaux d’Oued Hassar est classée dans la catégorie mauvaise à très mauvaise. L’ACP a révélé que les bactéries indicatrices de la contamination fécale présentent des corrélations négatives avec le pH et la conductivité électrique et des corrélations positives et fortement significatives avec la turbidité

CP Studies and Non-Standard Higgs Physics

There are many possibilities for new physics beyond the Standard Model that feature non-standard Higgs sectors. These may introduce new sources of CP violation, and there may be mixing between multiple Higgs bosons or other new scalar bosons. Alternatively, the Higgs may be a composite state, or there may even be no Higgs at all. These non-standard Higgs scenarios have important implications for collider physics as well as for cosmology, and understanding their phenomenology is essential for a full comprehension of electroweak symmetry breaking. This report discusses the most relevant theories which go beyond the Standard Model and its minimal, CP-conserving supersymmetric extension: two-Higgs-doublet models and minimal supersymmetric models with CP violation, supersymmetric models with an extra singlet, models with extra gauge groups or Higgs triplets, Little Higgs models, models in extra dimensions, and models with technicolour or other new strong dynamics. For each of these scenarios, this report presents an introduction to the phenomenology, followed by contributions on more detailed theoretical aspects and studies of possible experimental signatures at the LHC and other colliders.Comment: Report of the CPNSH workshop, May 2004 - Dec 2005, 542 pages. The complete report as well as its individual chapters are also available from http://kraml.home.cern.ch/kraml/cpnsh/report.htm

Effet de l'expansion à froid de trous de rivet sur la durée de vie en fatigue

L'utilisation du rivetage comme technique d'assemblage surtout dans la construction aéronautique, nécessite la mise en œuvre de plusieurs trous dans les tôles d'alliage d'aluminium, ce qui mène à une distribution inhomogène des champs de contraintes et de déformations et à une localisation de surcontraintes dans les zones percées ce qui influe sur la durée de vie de l'alliage en fatigue. Cet article présente le résultat d'un travail expérimental dont le but principal est d'évaluer l'effet de la présence des contraintes résiduelles de compression imposées par le processus de l'expansion à froid du trou à l'aide d'une goupille conique sur l'amélioration de la durée de vie en fatigue et sur le retard de l'initiation et de propagation des fissures. Une analyse des contraintes résiduelles sera faite sur les deux faces de l'échantillon en utilisant la technique de la diffraction des rayons X

Top quark cross section measurement in ATLAS: Commissioning Analysis

An accurate determination of the top‐quark pair production cross‐section at the LHC provides a valuable check of the Standard Model. In this article we present a commissioning analysis to measure to quark cross section with the ATLAS detector. The cross section is determined in the semileptonic channel using a counting method, based solely on counting the numbers of top candidate events that pass selection, and subtracting all backgrounds in order to get the yield of tt̄ events in the sample. Our cross section study is performed without relying on the tagging of b‐quark initiated jets

Pattern Recognition Techniques for Odor Discrimination in Gas Sensor Array

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Effects of composite adherend properties on stresses in double lap bonded joints

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