简介：ThispaperisfocusedonthemodelidentificationofaMicroAirVehicle(MAV)instraightsteadyflightcondition.Theidentificationisbasedoninput-outputdatacollectedfromflighttestsusingbothfrequencyandtimedomaintechniques.Thevehicleisanin-house40cmwingspanairplane.Becauseofthecomplexcoupled,multivariableandnonlineardynamicsoftheaircraft,linearSISOstructuresforboththelateralandlongitudinalmodelsaroundareferencestatewerederived.TheaimoftheidentificationistoprovidemodelsthatcanbeusedinfuturedevelopmentofcontroltechniquesfortheMAV.

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简介：Chinaisoneofthelargestmeatproducingcountriesintheworld.Withthegrowingconcernforfoodsafetymoreattentionhasbeenpaidtomeatquality.Theapplicationofconventionaltestmethodsformeatqualityislimitedbymanyfactors,andsubjectiveness,suchaslongertimetopreparesamplesandtotest.Asensormatrixwasconstructedwithseveralseparateairsensors,andtestswereconductedtodetectthefreshnessofthebeef.TheresultsshowthattheairsensorsTGS2610,TGS2600,TGS2611,TGS2620andTGS2602madebyTianjinFigaroElectronicCo,LtdcouldbeusedtodeterminethedegreeoffreshnessbutTGS2442isnotsuitable.Thisstudyprovidesafoundationfordesigningandmakinganeconomicalandpracticaldetectorforbeeffreshness.

简介：TheproblemofflappingmotioncontrolofMicroAirVehicles(MAVs)withflappingwingswasstudiedinthispaper.Basedupontheknowledgeofskeletalandmuscularcomponentsofhummingbird,adynamicmodelforflappingwingwasdeveloped.AcontrolschemeinspiredbyhumanmemoryandlearningconceptwasconstructedforwingmotioncontrolofMAVs.Thesalientfeatureoftheproposedcontrolliesinitscapabilitiestoimprovethecontrolperformancebylearningfromexperienceandobservationonitscurrentandpastbehaviors,withouttheneedforsystemdynamicinformation.Furthermore,theoverallcontrolschemehasafairlysimplestructureanddemandslittleonlinecomputations,makingitattractiveforreal-timeimplementationonMAVs.Boththeoreticalanalysisandcomputersimulationconfirmsitseffectiveness.

简介：ThispaperreportstheadsorptionofBovineSerumAlbumin(BSA)ontoDielectricBarrierDischarge(DBD)processedPoly(methylmethacrylate)(PMMA)surfacesbyaQuartzCrystalMicrobalancewithDissipationmonitoring(QCM-D)tech-nique.ThepurposeistostudytheinfluenceofDBDprocessingonthenatureandscaleofBSAadsorptiononPMMAsurfaceinvitro.ItwasobservedthatDBDprocessingimprovesthesurfacewettabilityofPMMAfilm,afactattributabletothechangesinsurfacechemistryandtopography.ExposureofthePMMAtoPhosphateBuffedSaline(PBS)solutionintheQCM-Dsystemresultedinsurfaceadsorptionwhichreachesanequilibriumafterabout30minutesforpristinePMMA,and90minutesforprocessedPMMAsurface.SubsequentinjectionofBSAinPBSindicatedthattheproteinisimmediatelyadsorbedontothePMMAsurface.ItwasrevealedthatadsorptionbehaviourofBSAonpristinePMMAdiffersfromthatonprocessedPMMAsurface.AsloweradsorptionkineticswasobservedforpristinePMMAsurface,whilstaquickadsorptionkineticsforprocessedPMMA.Moreover,thedissipationshiftofproteinadsorptionsuggestedthatBSAformsamorerigidstructureonpristinePMMAsurfacethatonprocessedsurface.ThesedatasuggestthatchangesinwettabilityandattendantchemicalpropertiesandsurfacetextureofthePMMAsurfacemayplayasignificantroleinBSAadsorptionprocess.

简介：Wedescribeafewmathematicaltoolswhichallowtoinvestigatewhetherair-waterinterfacesexist(underprescribedconditions)andaremechanicallystableandtemporallypersistent.Intermsofphysics,air-waterinterfacesaregovernedbytheYoung-Laplaceequation.Mathematicallytheyaresurfacesofconstantmeancurvaturewhichrepresentsolutionsofanonlinearellipticpartialdifferentialequation.Althoughexplicitsolutionsofthisequationcanbeobtainedonlyinveryspecialcases,itis-undermoderatelyspecialcircumstances-possibletoestablishtheexistenceofasolutionwithoutactuallysolvingthedifferentialequation.Wealsoderivecriteriaformechanicalstabilityandtemporalpersistenceofanairlayer.Furthermorewecalculatethelifetimeofanon-persistentairlayer.Finally,weapplythesetoolstotwoexampleswhichexhibitthesymmetriesof2Dlattices.TheseexamplescanbeviewedasabstractionsofthebiologicalmodelrepresentedbytheaquaticfernSalvinia.