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In this work, we model the basic mechanisms of the interaction between phase-transformations and plasticity within a one-dimensional constitutive framework. Efficient algorithms are presented, facilitating to solve the underlying evolution equations with high numerical stability at low numerical costs. Furthermore, a family of functions covering physically reasonable classes for the inheritance of
This paper presents a method for using subjective factors to evaluate project success. The method is based on collection of subjective measures with respect to project characteristics and project success indicators. The paper introduces a new classification scheme for assessing software projects. Further, it is illustrated how the method may be used to predict software success using subjective mea
By virtue of their geometry, uniform circular arrays (UCAs) are ideally suited to provide 360 degrees of coverage in the azimuthal plane. However, in a correlated signal environment, the well-known technique of spatial smoothing to mitigate the signal cancellation effect as seen in an optimum beamformer will not work since this technique is applicable only to uniform linear arrays. We show how the
Ongoing work in developing a general structure and a comprehensive components library aiming at modelling liquid-food process lines is presented. The dynamic component models were developed in an object-oriented library structure based on the dynamic modelling language Modelica using the object-oriented graphical tool Dymola. The models were based on fundamental conservation laws and can simulate
Carrier aggregation (CA) is introduced in 3GPP LTE Rel-10 [1] to meet the demand for further increased bitrates. While LTE Rel-10 supports simultaneous reception of two carriers either in contiguous intra-band or in inter-band CA configuration, the upcoming LTE Rel-11 will add support for non-contiguous (NC) carriers within bands. Supporting NC CA in handsets is a demanding challenge for several r
In recent decades, information technology has enjoyed an ever-increasing degree of influence upon society. The use of technology has proliferated, bleeding into all human activities, and now extends into the most private activities of individuals. Unfortunately the perpetrators of serious crimes have not missed the revolution. Technology has marked off many working terrains including that of serio
Model-based analysis of in-cylinder pressure sensor signals has been a key component for internal combustion engine research, diagnostics and controller development during the past decades. This analysis is often based on simple thermodynamic models of the in-cylinder processes. In order for the analysis to give accurate results, the models need to be sufficiently calibrated. This paper investigat
A new approach to the numerical solution of optimal control problems with state-variable inequality constraints is presented. It is shown that the concept of constraining hyperplanes may be used to approximate the original problem with a problem where the constraints are of a mixed state-control variable type. The efficiency and the accuracy of the combination of constraining hyperplanes and a sec
A model for foot skin temperature prediction was evaluated on the basis of 2 experiments on subjects at various environmental temperatures (light seated manual work at -10.7 °C (Study 1), and a short walking period in combination with standing and sitting at +2.8 °C, -11.8 °C and -24.6 °C (Study 2), with boots of 3 insulation levels. Insulation of the footwear was measured on a thermal foot model.
This paper discusses control of dissolved oxygen in a bioreactor when the stirrer speed is used as control signal. During batch and fed-batch cultivations the operating conditions change significantly which causes tuning problems, especially when performance requirements are high. A linearized process model reveals that the variations in the oxygen dynamics are mainly due to changes in the volumet
In OFDM-based UWB baseband, synchronizer plays a key role to the performance of the whole system. Therefore achieving an area and power efficient architecture at least SNR loss becomes the main challenge of synchronizer design. To meet 528 Msamples/s throughput, the parallel architecture is used in current approaches. But it leads to higher area and power consumption. In this paper, we propose an
