简介:Thebettercompressionratecanbeachievedbythetraditionalvectorquantization(VQ)method,andthequalityoftherecoveredimagecanalsobeaccepted.Butthedecompressedimagequalitycannotbepromotedefficiently,sohowtobalancetheimagecompressionrateandimagerecoveringqualityisanimportantissue.Inthispaper,animageistransformedbydiscretewavelettransform(DWT)togenerateitsDWTtransformedimagewhichcanbecompressedbytheVQmethodfurther.Besides,wecomputethevaluesbetweentheDWTtransformedimageanddecompressedDWTtransformedimageasthedifferencematrixwhichistheadjustablebasisofthedecompressedimagequality.Bycontrollingthedeviationofthedifferencematrix,therecanbenearlylosslesscompressionfortheVQmethod.ExperimentalresultsshowthatwhenthenumberofcompressedbitsbyourmethodisequaltothenumberofthosebitscompressedbytheVQmethod,thequalityofourrecoveredimageisbetter.Moreover,theproposedmethodhasmorecompressioncapabilitycomparingwiththeVQscheme.
简介:Acrucialsystemfortheoperationofhigh-speedtrainsisthepantographcatenaryinterfaceasitisthesoleresponsibletodeliverelectricalpowertothetrain.Beingthecatenaryastationarysystemwithalonglifespanitisalsolesslikelytoberedesignedandupgradedthanthepantographsthatfitthetrainvehicles.Thisletterproposesanoptimizationprocedurefortheimprovementofthecontactqualitybetweenthepantographandthecatenarysolelybasedontheredesignofthepantographheadsuspensioncharacteristics.Apantographmodelisdefinedandvalidatedagainstexperimentaldynamiccharacteristicsofexistingpantographs.Anoptimizationstrategybasedontheuseofaglobaloptimizationmethod,tofindthevicinityoftheoptimalsolution,followedbytheuseofadeterministicoptimizationalgorithm,tofinetunetheoptimalsolution,isappliedhere.Thespringstiffness,dampingcharacteristicsandbowmassarethedesignvariablesusedforthepantographoptimization.Theobjectiveoftheoptimalproblemistheminimizationofthestandarddeviationofthecontactforcehistory,whichisthemostimportantquantitytodefinethecontactquality.Thepantographheadsuspensioncharacteristicsareallowedtovarywithintechnologicalrealisticlimits.Itisfoundthatcurrenthigh-speedrailwaypantographshavealimitedpotentialformechanicalimprovements,notexceeding10%-15%onthedecreaseofthestandarddeviationofthecontactforce.
简介:Inthiscontribution,insideturningofathin-walledcylinderisinvestigatedinsimulation.Self-excitedvibrationscanariseduetorepeatedcuttingofthesamesurface,thatleadtoinstability.Aflexiblemultibodysystemmodelofthesystemisthebasisforasubsequentanalysisofthestabilityoftheprocess.Stabilityanalysisisdoneusinganapproximationasatime-discretesystemviathesemi-discretizationmethod.Anadaptronicturningchiselcomprisingapiezoactuatorandsensorsisthenusedincombinationwithdifferentcontrolconceptstoimprovethestabilityoftheprocess.Theeffectivenessofthedifferentstrategiesiscomparedbasedontheinfluenceonthestabilitycharts.AclassicH∞controllerbasedonamodelofthecoupledsystemofworkpieceandtoolcanonlyyieldsomeimprovements,whenanadditionalmeasurementoftheworkpiecedisplacementisadded.IncorporatingknowledgeonthecuttingprocesscouplingworkpieceandtoolusingagainscheduledH∞controllerallowsfurtherimprovements.However,robustnesswithrespecttomodeluncertainties,notablyconcerningtheforcelaw,remainsanissue.