[en] There are various types of foundation structure for offshore wind power, engineers may assess the condition of ocean at wind farm, and arrange the transportation, installation of each structure members, furthermore, considering the ability of manufacture steel structure as well, then make an optimum design. To design jacket offshore structure, unlike onshore cases, offshore structure also need to estimate the wave excitation effect. The aim of this paper is to study the difference of natural frequency between different kinds of structural stiffness and discuss the effect of different setting of boundary condition during analysis, besides, compare this value with the natural frequency of sea wave, in order to avoid the resonance effect. In this paper, the finite element analysis software ABAQUS is used to model and analyze the natural vibration behavior of the jacket structure. (paper)

[en] Synchrotron X-ray diffraction has been used to map the crack tip stress field, load redistribution and the variation in interfacial shear stress along bridging fibres local to a matrix crack during fatigue crack growth in Ti–6Al–4V/unidirectional SCS-6 SiC monofilament composite at elevated temperature. Quasi-static fatigue cycles were applied in a diffractometer at the same stress amplitudes and temperatures (120 and 300 °C) as those used in prior off-line fatigue testing. The elastic fibre strains were measured ply by ply along the fibres and in the matrix in the region of the crack. In this manner the crack affected zone was mapped, and subsequently the interfacial shear stress levels deduced as a function of distance from the crack at these temperatures. The results are compared with previous studies of load redistribution at room temperature and the fibre sliding stresses compared with those needed to slide pristine fibres to evaluate degradation of the interfacial shear strength caused by interfacial wear during fatigue. The implications for the use of such composites at elevated temperatures, for example in aero engines, are discussed.

[en] We study the dynamics of two coupled random Boolean networks. Based on the Boolean model studied by Andrecut and Ali [Int. J. Mod. Phys. B 15 (2001) 17] and the stochastic coupling techniques, the density evolution of networks is precisely described by two deterministic coupled polynomial maps. The iteration results of the model match the real networks well. By using MSE and the maximal Lyapunov exponents, the synchronization phenomena of coupled networks is also under our discussion

[en] Since the existence of nanoparticles in our environment has already attracted considerable attention due to their possible toxic impact on biological systems, the field detection of nanoparticles is becoming a technology that will be much in need. We have constructed a piezoelectric sensor with an antibody-coated electrode. The antiserum can bind gold nanoparticles with a high degree of selectivity and sensitivity. The biosensor thus constructed can detect 4, 5, or 6 nm gold nanoparticles (GNPs) depending on the coated antiserum. The sensitivity for the detection of 5 nm GNPs was 10.3 ± 0.9 ng Hz^-1, with the low limit of detection at 5.5 ng. A quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) sensor was capable of detecting GNPs and other types of nanoparticle, such as ZnO, or Fe₃O₄. The current study provides, for the first time, a platform for detecting nanoparticles in a convenient, economical manner.

[en] The spontaneous surface luminescence properties of InGaN/GaN quantum structure lattice (QSL) are reported. The QSL consists of a two-dimensional array of InGaN/GaN quantum boxes (QBs) arranged in a rectangular pattern of 200 nm periodicity. The measured angular dependent photoluminescence (PL) spectra show a strong dependence on the in-plane Bragg diffractions between QBs. The maximum PL intensity of the InGaN/GaN QSL array that fulfill the Bragg condition points in the normal direction of the sample surface with a narrow radiation angle of ∼ ±12°. In addition, a small side lobe is also shown at ±40°. For the QSL sample that does not fulfill the Bragg diffraction condition, the radiation pattern shows a conventional cosine distribution. The finite-difference time-domain numerical analysis confirms that the lowest order and higher order Bragg diffractions between QBs determine the main and the small side lobe of the radiation pattern measured in QSLs, respectively

[en] The response of aluminium foams to impact can be categorised according to the impact velocity. Tests have been carried out at a range of impact velocities from quasi-static to velocities approaching the speed of sound in the foam. Various experimental arrangements have been employed including pneumatic launcher tests and plate impact experimants at velocities greater than 1000 m s-1. The quasi-static compression behaviour was approximately elastic, perfectly-plastic, locking. For static and dynamic compression at low impact velocities the deformation pattern was through the cumulative multiplication of discrete, non-contiguous crush bands. Selected impact tests are presented here for which the impact velocity is less than the velocity of sound, but above a certain critical impact velocity so that the plastic compression occurs in a shock-like manner and the specimens deform by progressive cell crushing. Laboratory X-ray microtomography has been employed to acquire tomographic datasets of aluminium foams before and after tests. The morphology of the underformed foam was used as the input dataset to an Eulerian code. Hydrocode simulations were then carried out on a real microstructure. These simulations provide insight to mechanisms associated with the localization of deformation

[en] This paper presents a novel non-correlator-based digital communication system with the application of interleaved chaotic differential peaks keying (I-CDPK) modulation technique. The proposed communication system consists of four major modules: I-CDPK modulator (ICM), frequency modulation (FM) transmitter, FM receiver and I-CDPK demodulator (ICDM). In the ICM module, there are four components: a chaotic circuit to generate the chaotic signals, A/D converter, D/A converter and a digital processing mechanism to control all signal flows and performs I-CDPK modulation corresponding to the input digital bits. For interleaving every input digital bit set, every state of the chaotic system is used to represent one portion of it, but only a scalar state variable (i.e. the system output) is sent to the ICDM's chaotic circuit through both FM transmitter and FM receiver. An observer-based chaotic synchronization scheme is designed to synchronize the chaotic circuits of the ICM and ICDM. Meanwhile, the bit detector in ICDM is devoted to recover the transmitted input digital bits. Some numerical simulations of an illustrative communication system are given to demonstrate its theoretical effectiveness. Furthermore, the performance of bit error rate of the proposed system is analyzed and compared with those of the correlator-based communication systems adopting coherent binary phase shift keying (BPSK) and coherent differential chaotic shift keying (DCSK) schemes

[en] In this article, we investigate the synchronization of uncertain chaotic systems. Based upon the parameters identification technique and a simple but efficient control method, we control the response system to be the drive system with parameters unknown. The techniques are successfully applied to Lorenz system and Chen system. Furthermore, the effect of external noise is under our discussion

[en] In this study, eight image tasks: connected component detection (CCD) with down, right, +45^o and -45^o directions, edge detection, shadow projection with left and right directions and point removal are analyzed. These tasks are solved using the binary input and binary output discrete-time cellular neural networks (DTCNNs) associated with suitable templates. Furthermore, the behavior of the DTCNNs can be realized using Boolean functions, and the corresponding equivalent logic circuits are derived. An 8 x 8 DTCNNs-based image-processing chip is implemented by the FPGA technology. A simulation of the chip developed for the CCD task is also presented

[en] Sequential synchrotron X-ray microtomography and diffraction have been applied to follow the growth of fatigue cracks and the associated load redistribution in a Ti/SiC fibre composite. A sequence of micron resolution tomographs reveal for the first time how the cracks progress from ply to ply around the fibres. Complementary high spatial resolution (40 μm) diffraction scans interleaved between the tomographic image acquisitions during the fatigue experiment have enabled the fibre strains and thereby the interfacial shear stress to be mapped as a function of crack growth. The matrix crack front was found to bow out between fibres, eventually reconnecting further downstream. This leads to the prolonged retention of bridging matrix ligaments and increased crack path tortuosity. The rate of crack growth was found to slow somewhat as a fibre is approached. As the crack grew past the fibres under observation the extent of the sliding region and the level of the fibre bridging stress increased. The interfacial shear strength after fatigue was around 60 MPa in the crack-tip region, in common with previous experiments