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1	Electrokinetic Flow in a Nanochannel with an Overlapped Electrical Double Layer Song, Zhuorui 01 May 2015 (has links) Electrokinetic flows within an overlapped Electrical Double Layer (EDL), which are not well-understood, were theoretically investigated in this study with the particular attention on the consideration of hydronium ions in the EDL. Theoretical models for fully-developed steady pressure-driven flow for salt-free water or a binary salt solution in a slit-like nanochannel connecting to two reservoirs were developed. The transient flow in such a domain was also simulated from static state to the final steady state. In these models, the Poisson equation and the Nernst-Planck equation were solved either by analytic methods or by the finite element method. Surface adsorption-desorption equilibrium and water equilibrium were considered to account for the proton exchange at the surface and in the fluid. These models were the first to include those comprehensive processes that are uniquely important for overlapped EDL scenarios. This study improves the understanding of electrokinetic flows within an overlapped EDL by demonstrating the profound impact of hydronium ions on the EDL structure. In the steady flow of potassium chloride solutions, hydronium ions are more enriched than potassium ions by up to 2~3 orders of magnitude, making the electrokinetic effects greatly depressed. The unequal enrichment effects of counterions were omitted in the traditional theory partially because the transient is extremely slow. The simulation results show that a concentration hump of hydronium ions initially forming at the channel entrance gradually expands over the whole channel in a way similar to the concentration plug flow moving downstream. The time required for the flow to reach the steady state could be as long as thousands of times the hydraulic retention time, dependent on the degree of the EDL overlap. This study improves the fundamental understanding for nanofluidic flows. Electrokinetic flow nanochannel overlapped electrical double layer Mechanical Engineering
2	Buildings and Trees Extraction in the Overlapped Area by Lidar and Aerial Digital Image Data Chen, Yueh-shu 12 July 2007 (has links) In recent years, many researches focused on the supervised classification, one of the machine learning methods, using Lidar and remotely sensed image to provide the four buildings, trees, roads, and grass categories of the ground features. However, buildings and trees are usually much closed or overlapped and this problem will lead buildings and nearby trees not easy to classify by single classification approach. The derived building outlines have many cracks which are not satisfactory for the requirement of GIS building vector map or building 3D modeling. To provide complete building outlines, this study develops an ¡§automatic detection of the overlapped areas of buildings and trees (ADOABT)¡¨ algorithm and an ¡§automatic linear feature recovery (ALFR)¡¨ approach to connect building outlines consequently. First, this research integrates Maximum Likelihood Classification (MLC) and Knowledge-Based Correction (KBC) to derive buildings and trees classification resultant images. Next, the ADOABT based on ¡§divide and conquer¡¨ principle was used to detect the overlapped areas of buildings and trees. Meanwhile, the building and tree edge images were detected using the Canny edge detector based on Lidar height image. Then, the intersection operator was applied to the detected areas and edge images to detect the crack of the building images. Afterward, vectorization and generalization of the intersection resultant images are applied to extract the straight line of the buildings. Finally, the automatic linear feature recovery procedure was performed to compensate the damage straight line effectively. According to the experiment results, the classification accuracy derived from integrated MLC and KBC classification method and the object-based classification (OBC) are similar. However, when applying the classification results to detect the overlapped areas of building and trees, because MLC and KBC has the procedure for handling temporal inconsistencies, the success rate of automatic detection is totally the same by artificial interpretation; the detection rate for the results of MLC and KBC is 100% whereas the one for the OBC only 67.7%. It can be concluded that the MLC and KBC approach is more suitable for the automatic detection for the overlapped areas of building and trees. Moreover, the ADOABT algorithm simplifies the workflow of the overlapped area detection. According to the result of edge detection and line detection, the Canny detector presents the clearest edge image. The lines extracted by Vectorized and generalization method are superior to the ones derived from Hough transform. The ALFR algorithm offers a way to connect building outline completely. Knowledge-Based Correction automatic linear feature recovery Lidar
3	VLSI implementation of control section of overlapped 3-bit scanning 64-bit multiplier Montalvo Ramirez, Luis Anibal January 1986 (has links) No description available. VLSI Implementation Control Section Overlapped 3-bit Scanning 64-bit Multiplier
4	Simulação de forças físicas para segmentação e restauração de dígitos e sequências de dígitos em imagens de documentos manuscritos LOPES FILHO, Alberto Nicodemus Gomes 26 February 2015 (has links) Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2016-03-15T14:22:48Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Tese - Alberto Lopes_FINAL.pdf: 3638051 bytes, checksum: eaabca9285409b7fd175305c73677557 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T14:22:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Tese - Alberto Lopes_FINAL.pdf: 3638051 bytes, checksum: eaabca9285409b7fd175305c73677557 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-26 / Dentre os problemas e desafios que permeiam o processo de digitalização de documentos e todos os passos subsequentes até a transposição da informação para o meio digital, dois pontos específicos são focados: o texto partido ou degradado e texto escrito em tamanha proximidade que geram sobreposições dos traços. Assim, métodos para solucionar tais problemas, foram pesquisados e desenvolvidos. Baseamos nossa abordagem na emulação de forças físicas de inércia e centrípeta pois entendemos que estas podem ser bem utilizadas para o processamento de imagens de caracteres manuscritos. Para o problema de dígitos partidos, foi desenvolvida uma solução para a restauração de dígitos isolados quebrados e de cadeias de dígitos quebrados através da emulação das forças centrípeta e de inércia. Esta solução tem como princípio gerar uma reconstrução da quebra de modo que se assemelhe à escrita do dígito em questão. Também é abordado a sobreposição de pares de dígitos, problema para o qual foi proposta uma solução de segmentação. Esta solução de segmentação se baseia no conceito de uma bola deformável que tem seus movimentos regidos pela emulação da força de inércia e pela deformação que lhe é permitida receber. Ainda, para desenvolvimento e experimentação dos métodos, foram formadas bases de imagens pertinentes a cada aplicação. Os resultados obtidos mostram desempenhos promissores. Ao aplicar a reconstrução, obtivemos um ganho de aproximadamente seis pontos percentuais em taxa de reconhecimento em relação ao reconhecimento dos dígitos partidos. Já a segmentação provou que supera outros dois métodos de segmentação quando aplicamos o reconhecimento aos dígitos segmentados. Também deve-se ressaltar a questão do custo computacional, especificamente a solução voltada para a segmentação de dígitos sobrepostos, onde seu custo se apresenta mais baixo em relação aos métodos similares pesquisados e testados. Assim, mostramos que os métodos propostos atingem seus objetivos, aliando bons desempenhos com custos computacionais baixos. / Among the problems and challenges that surround the process of document digitization and all subsequent steps until the conversion of the information to a digital medium, two specific steps are focused: broken text and text written in such proximity that cause overlapping of strokes. Methods to solve these problems were researched and developed. We base our approach on the emulation of physical forces of inertia and centripetal force, since it is our understanding that the emulation of such forces can be used for the processing of images of handwritten characters and digits. For the problem of broken digits, a solution for the restoration of isolated broken digits and chains of broken digits through the emulations of inertia and centripetal force was developed. This solution has as principle to generate a reconstruction of the break in such a way that it resembles closely the writing style of the digit in question. We also tackle overlapping pairs of digits, problem for which we propose a segmentation solution. This segmentation is based on the concept of a deformable ball that has its movements governed by the emulation of inertia and the degree of deformation the ball is allowed to have. For development and experimentation of the created methods, image databases pertinent to each application were formed. The obtained results show promising performance. When applying the reconstruction, we obtained a gain of approximately six percentage points in recognition rates when compared to rates obtained for broken digits. In regards to segmentation, it proved to outperform two other methods when recognition is applied to the output segmented digits. The computational cost of the methods should also be pointed out, specifically regarding the solution created for the segmentation of overlapped digits, which is lower when compared to other similar methods that were researched and tested. Therefore, we show that the proposed methods reach their goals, coupling performance with low computational costs. Dígitos sobrepostos Segmentação de dígitos Forças físicas Overlapped digits Digit segmentation Digit restoration Physical forces Handwritten document image processing
5	Spectral Shape Division Multiplexing (SSDM): Apparatus, Transmitter, Receiver and Detection Holguín-Sánchez, Fausto Daniel 01 June 2012 (has links) Wireless communication companies require to use the frequency spectrum to operate. Both frequency licenses and infrastructure to reuse frequencies are costly resources subject to increasing demand. This work introduces a novel multiplexing method that saves spectrum called Spectral Shape Division Multiplexing (SSDM). Under certain configurations, SSDM displays higher flexibility and throughput than other spectrally efficient methods. SSDM defines the structure of a wireless multi-carrier by software. It is similar to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) in that both use overlapped sub-carriers to make efficient use of allocated spectrum. However, SSDM has several advantages. Where OFDM organizes sub-carriers orthogonally, SSDM allows arbitrary frequency steps enabling higher spectral efficiency. Similarly, while OFDM and other spectrally efficient methods use sinusoidal pulse forms, SSDM can use non-standard pulses providing a greater control of the carrier. In this thesis, a SSDM transceiver is implemented to reduce the spectrum utilization. SSDM presents an increase in spectral efficiency of 20% average with respect to OFDM. The cost of this gain is higher computational speed and signal to noise ratio. The mathematical models and possible architecture for an SSDM system with sinusoidal pulses is developed. The modem is compared with other spectrally efficient methods. Similarly, the trade-offs between spectral efficiency, bit-error rates, dimension of the carrier and sub-carrier spacing are subject of analysis. shared spectrum multiplexing SSM pulse shape division multiplexing PSDM signal superposition transceiver. Signal Processing Systems and Communications
6	Implementace OpenVPN na platformě Windows CE / Porting OpenVPN to Windows CE Platform Ešner, Oldřich January 2008 (has links) The motivation for inception of this MSc. thesis which follows on from a term project of the same name was the transfer of the application for building private virtual OpenVPN networks from Windows XP operating system to Windows CE Embedded 6.0 platform. The project deals with virtual private networks in general and looks more closely at its implementation - OpenVPN. It also introduces the basic features of the Windows CE operating system. The project goes on to describe device drivers in NT-based Windows operating systems, the Windows Driver Model used, the NDIS network interface model and also the model of Windows CE drivers - the Stream Interface Model. The project continues with a~description of communication in OpenVPN application and primarily the role of TUN/TAP virtual network interfaces. This is followed by a proposal for transfer of TUN/TAP adapter drivers together with a description of limitations and necessary modifications between both platforms. As a result a TAP network device driver is implemented whose function is verified by test application that emulates the behaviour of a TUN adapter. The project concludes with an evaluation of the achieved results, the possibilities for further work on this theme and with the overall contribution of this project.
7	Performance analysis of spectrum sensing techniques for cognitive radio systems Gismalla Yousif, Ebtihal January 2013 (has links) Cognitive radio is a technology that aims to maximize the current usage of the licensed frequency spectrum. Cognitive radio aims to provide services for license-exempt users by making use of dynamic spectrum access (DSA) and opportunistic spectrum sharing strategies (OSS). Cognitive radios are defined as intelligent wireless devices capable of adapting their communication parameters in order to operate within underutilized bands while avoiding causing interference to licensed users. An underused band of frequencies in a specific location or time is known as a spectrum hole. Therefore, in order to locate spectrum holes, reliable spectrum sensing algorithms are crucial to facilitate the evolution of cognitive radio networks. Since a large and growing body of literature has mainly focused into the conventional time domain (TD) energy detector, throughout this thesis the problem of spectrum sensing is investigated within the context of a frequency domain (FD) approach. The purpose of this study is to investigate detection based on methods of nonparametric power spectrum estimation. The considered methods are the periodogram, Bartlett's method, Welch overlapped segments averaging (WOSA) and the Multitaper estimator (MTE). Another major motivation is that the MTE is strongly recommended for the application of cognitive radios. This study aims to derive the detector performance measures for each case. Another aim is to investigate and highlight the main differences between the TD and the FD approaches. The performance is addressed for independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) Rayleigh channels and the general Rician and Nakagami fading channels. For each of the investigated detectors, the analytical models are obtained by studying the characteristics of the Hermitian quadratic form representation of the decision statistic and the matrix of the Hermitian form is identified. The results of the study have revealed the high accuracy of the derived mathematical models. Moreover, it is found that the TD detector differs from the FD detector in a number of aspects. One principal and generalized conclusion is that all the investigated FD methods provide a reduced probability of false alarm when compared with the TD detector. Also, for the case of periodogram, the probability of sensing errors is independent of the length of observations, whereas in time domain the probability of false alarm is increased when the sample size increases. The probability of false alarm is further reduced when diversity reception is employed. Furthermore, compared to the periodogram, both Bartlett method and Welch method provide better performance in terms of lower probability of false alarm but an increased probability of detection for a given probability of false alarm. Also, the performance of both Bartlett's method and WOSA is sensitive to the number of segments, whereas WOSA is also sensitive to the overlapping factor. Finally, the performance of the MTE is dependent on the number of employed discrete prolate spheroidal (Slepian) sequences, and the MTE outperforms the periodogram, Bartlett's method and WOSA, as it provides the minimal probability of false alarm.
8	Methodenentwicklung zur Simulation von Strömungen mit freier Oberfläche unter dem Einfluss elektromagnetischer Wechselfelder Beckstein, Pascal 16 February 2018 (has links) (PDF) Im Bereich der industriellen Metallurgie und Kristallzüchtung treten bei zahlreichen Anwendungen, wo magnetische Wechselfelder zur induktiven Beeinflussung von leitfähigen Werkstoffen eingesetzt werden, auch Strömungen mit freier Oberfläche auf. Das Anwendungsspektrum reicht dabei vom einfachen Aufschmelzen eines Metalls in einem offenen Tiegel bis hin zur vollständigen Levitation. Auch der sogenannte RGS-Prozess, ein substratbasiertes Kristallisationsverfahren zur Herstellung siliziumbasierter Dünnschichtmaterialien, ist dafür ein Beispiel. Um bei solchen Prozessen die Interaktion von Magnetfeld und Strömung zu untersuchen, ist die numerische Simulationen ein wertvolles Hilfsmittel. Für beliebige dreidimensionale Probleme werden entsprechende Berechnungen bisher durch eine externe Kopplung kommerzieller Programme realisiert, die für Magnetfeld und Strömung jeweils unterschiedliche numerische Techniken nutzen. Diese Vorgehensweise ist jedoch im Allgemeinen mit unnötigem Rechenaufwand verbunden. In dieser Arbeit wird ein neu entwickelter Methodenapparat auf Basis der FVM vorgestellt, mit welchem sich diese Art von Berechnungen effizient durchführen lassen. Mit der Implementierung dieser Methoden in foam-extend, einer erweiterten Version der quelloffenen Software OpenFOAM, ist daraus ein leistungsfähiges Werkzeug in Form einer freien Simulationsplattform entstanden, welches sich durch einen modularen Aufbau leicht erweitern lässt. Mit dieser Plattform wurden in foam-extend auch erstmalig dreidimensionale Induktionsprozesse im Frequenzraum gelöst. Metallurgie Kristallzüchtung Elektroprozesstechnik elektromagnetisches Prozessieren Optimierung Simulation RGS Ribbon-Growth on Substrate freie Oberfläche Interface-Tracking Induktion metallurgische MHD MHD Magnetodynamik Hydrodynamik Thermodynamik Magnetohydrodynamik OpenFOAM foam-extend Methodenentwicklung Softwareplattform Numerische Methoden Strömung mit freier Oberfläche Metalle Halbmetalle Silizium Wafer 3D METIS FVM Finite-Volumen-Methode elektromagnetische Wechselfelder zeitharmonische Anregung Frequenzraum Blockmatrizen diskontinuierliche Materialeigenschaften magnetische Permeabilität elektrische Leitfähigkeit eingebettete Diskretisierung GFM Ghost-Fluid-Methode Mehrfeldproblem Multi-Physics Biot-Savart Biot-Savart-Gesetz Biot-Savart-Induktoren überlagerte Gitter ALE Gitterbewegung Kopplung FAM Finite-Flächen-Methode RMF rotierendes Magnetfeld TMF wanderndes Magnetfeld Validierung Maxwell Maxwell-Gleichungen Navier-Stokes Navier-Stokes-Gleichung inkompressibel Schmelze Lorentz-Kraft Induktor Konduktor Induktionsspulen Wirbelströme Wirbelstromproblem PISO Oberflächenspannung semi-gekoppelter Lösungsalgorithmus Diskretisierung Skineffekt AC quasistatische Approximation Magneto-Quasistatik metallurgy crystal growth electromagnetic processing optimization Simulation RGS Ribbon-Growth on Substrate free-surface interface-tracking Induction metallurgical MHD MHD magnetodynamics hydrodynamics thermodynamics magnetohydrodynamics OpenFOAM foam-extend method development software platform numerical methods free-surface flow metals metalloids silicon wafer 3D METIS FVM Finite-Volumen-Method oscillating magnetic fields time-harmonic excitation frequency domain block-matrices discontinuous material properties magnetic permeability electrical conductivity embedded discretization GFM Ghost-Fluid-Method multi-physics Biot-Savart Biot-Savart-inductor overlapped meshes ALE mesh movement coupling FAM Finite-Area-Method RMF rotating magnetic field TMF traveling magnetic field validation Maxwell Maxwell-equations Navier-Stokes Navier-Stokes-equation incompressible melt melt flow Lorentz-force inductor conductor induction coil eddy-currents eddy-current problem PISO surface-tension semi-coupled solution discretization skin effect AC quasi-static approximation ddc:620 rvk:UF 4600
9	Methodenentwicklung zur Simulation von Strömungen mit freier Oberfläche unter dem Einfluss elektromagnetischer Wechselfelder Beckstein, Pascal 08 January 2018 (has links) Im Bereich der industriellen Metallurgie und Kristallzüchtung treten bei zahlreichen Anwendungen, wo magnetische Wechselfelder zur induktiven Beeinflussung von leitfähigen Werkstoffen eingesetzt werden, auch Strömungen mit freier Oberfläche auf. Das Anwendungsspektrum reicht dabei vom einfachen Aufschmelzen eines Metalls in einem offenen Tiegel bis hin zur vollständigen Levitation. Auch der sogenannte RGS-Prozess, ein substratbasiertes Kristallisationsverfahren zur Herstellung siliziumbasierter Dünnschichtmaterialien, ist dafür ein Beispiel. Um bei solchen Prozessen die Interaktion von Magnetfeld und Strömung zu untersuchen, ist die numerische Simulationen ein wertvolles Hilfsmittel. Für beliebige dreidimensionale Probleme werden entsprechende Berechnungen bisher durch eine externe Kopplung kommerzieller Programme realisiert, die für Magnetfeld und Strömung jeweils unterschiedliche numerische Techniken nutzen. Diese Vorgehensweise ist jedoch im Allgemeinen mit unnötigem Rechenaufwand verbunden. In dieser Arbeit wird ein neu entwickelter Methodenapparat auf Basis der FVM vorgestellt, mit welchem sich diese Art von Berechnungen effizient durchführen lassen. Mit der Implementierung dieser Methoden in foam-extend, einer erweiterten Version der quelloffenen Software OpenFOAM, ist daraus ein leistungsfähiges Werkzeug in Form einer freien Simulationsplattform entstanden, welches sich durch einen modularen Aufbau leicht erweitern lässt. Mit dieser Plattform wurden in foam-extend auch erstmalig dreidimensionale Induktionsprozesse im Frequenzraum gelöst. info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/620 ddc:620

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