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Influence of torsional rigidity of flexible appendages on the dynamics of spacecrafts

  • Chiba, Masakatsu;Magata, Hidetake
    • Coupled systems mechanics
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.19-38
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    • 2019
  • The influence of torsional rigidity of hinged flexible appendage on the linear dynamics of flexible spacecrafts with liquid on board was analyzed by considering the spacecraft's main body as a rigid tank, its flexible appendages as two elastically supported elastic beams, and the onboard liquid as an ideal liquid. The meniscus of the liquid free surface due to surface tension was considered. Using the Lagrangian of the spacecraft's main body (rigid tank), onboard liquid, and two beams (flexible appendages) in addition to assuming the system moved symmetrically, the coupled system frequency equations were obtained by applying the Rayleigh-Ritz method. The influence of the torsional rigidity of the flexible appendages on the spacecraft's coupled vibration characteristics was primary focus of investigation. It was found that coupled vibration modes especially that of appendage considerably changed with torsion spring parameter ${\kappa}_t$ of the flexible appendage. In addition, variation of the main body displacement with system parameters was investigated.

The Numerical Prediction of the Micro Climate Change by a Residential Development Region

  • Oh, Eun-Joo;Lee, Hwa Woon;Kondo, Akira;Kaga, Akikazu;Yamaguchi, Katsuhito
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.12 no.5
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    • pp.529-539
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    • 2003
  • We developed a numerical model that considered the influences on the thermal environment of vegetation, water surfaces and buildings to predict micro climatic changes in a few $\textrm{km}^2$ scales; and applied this model to the Mino residential development region in Osaka Prefecture by using a nested technique. The calculated temperatures and winds in the residential development region reasonably agreed with the observed ones. We then investigated the influences on the thermal environment of the construction of a dam, the change of the green coverage rate. The results obtained from the numerical simulations were qualitatively reasonable.

A Synthetic Exponentially Weighted Moving-average Chart for High-yield Processes

  • Kusukawa, Etsuko;Kotani, Takayuki;Ohta, Hiroshi
    • Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.101-112
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    • 2008
  • As charts to monitor the process fraction defectives, P, in the high-yield processes, Mishima et al. (2002) discussed a synthetic chart, the Synthetic CS chart, which integrates the CS (Confirmation Sample)$_{CCC(\text{Cumulative Count of Conforming})-r}$ chart and the CCC-r chart. The Synthetic CS chart is designed to monitor quality characteristics in real-time. Recently, Kotani et al. (2005) presented the EWMA (Exponentially Weighted Moving-Average)$_{CCC-r}$ chart, which considers combining the quality characteristics monitored in the past with one monitored in real-time. In this paper, we present an alternative chart that is more superior to the $EWMA_{CCC-r}$ chart. It is an integration of the $EWMA_{CCC-r}$ chart and the CCC-r chart. In using the proposed chart, the quality characteristic is initially judged as either the in-control state or the out-of-control state, using the lower and upper control limits of the $EWMA_{CCC-r}$ chart. If the process is not judged as the in-control state by the $EWMA_{CCC-r}$ chart, the process is successively judged, using the $EWMA_{CCC-r}$ chart. We compare the ANOS (Average Number of Observations to Signal) of the proposed chart with those of the $EWMA_{CCC-r}$ chart and the Synthetic CS chart. From the numerical experiments, with the small size of inspection items, the proposed chart is the most sensitive to detect especially the small shifts in P among other charts.

Hydroxide ion Conduction Mechanism in Mg-Al CO32- Layered Double Hydroxide

  • Kubo, Daiju;Tadanaga, Kiyoharu;Hayashi, Akitoshi;Tatsumisago, Masahiro
    • Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.230-236
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    • 2021
  • Ionic conduction mechanism of Mg-Al layered double hydroxides (LDHs) intercalated with CO32- (Mg-Al CO32- LDH) was studied. The electromotive force for the water vapor concentration cell using Mg-Al CO32- LDH as electrolyte showed water vapor partial pressure dependence and obeyed the Nernst equation, indicating that the hydroxide ion transport number of Mg-Al CO32- LDH is almost unity. The ionic conductivity of Mg(OH)2, MgCO3 and Al2(CO3)3 was also examined. Only Al2(CO3)3 showed high hydroxide ion conductivity of the order of 10-4 S cm-1 under 80% relative humidity, suggesting that Al2(CO3)3 is an ion conducting material and related to the generation of carrier by interaction with water. To discuss the ionic conduction mechanism, Mg-Al CO32- LDH having deuterium water as interlayer water (Mg-Al CO32- LDH(D2O)) was prepared. After the adsorbed water molecules on the surface of Mg-Al CO32- LDH(D2O) were removed by drying, DC polarization test for dried Mg-Al CO32- LDH(D2O) was examined. The absorbance attributed to O-D-stretching band for Mg-Al CO32- LDH(D2O) powder at around the positively charged electrode is larger than that before polarization, indicating that the interlayer in Mg-Al CO32- LDH is a hydroxide ion conduction channel.

Evaluation of Photochemical Pollution during Transport of Air Pollutants in Spring over the East China Sea

  • Sadanaga, Yasuhiro;Kobashi, Tadashi;Yuba, Akie;Kato, Shungo;Kajii, Yoshizumi;Takami, Akinori;Bandow, Hiroshi
    • Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.237-246
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    • 2015
  • We conducted intensive observations of ozone, CO, $NO_x$ (=NO and $NO_2$), $NO_y$ (total odd nitrogen species including particulate nitrate) and total nitrate (the sum of gaseous $HNO_3$ and particulate nitrate) at Cape Hedo, Okinawa, Japan, from 19 March to 3 April, 2009, to investigate ozone production during long-range transport from the Asian continent. Ozone production efficiency (OPE) was used to evaluate photochemical ozone production. OPE is defined as the number of molecules of ozone produced photochemically during the lifetime of a $NO_x$ molecule. OPE is calculated by the ratio of the concentration increase of ozone to that of $NO_z$ ($=NO_y-NO_x$). Average OPE during observation was estimated to be $12.6{\pm}0.5$, but concentrations of ozone increased nonlinearly with those of $NO_z$. This non-linearity suggests that OPE depends on air mass origin and $NO_z$ concentrations. There were very different values of OPE for the same air mass origin, so that only the air mass origin alone does not control OPE. OPE was low when $NO_z$ concentration was high. We examined the correlation between $NO_z$ and $CO/NO_y$ ratios, which we used instead of the ratio of non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) to $NO_x$. The $CO/NO_y$ ratios decreased with increasing $NO_z$ concentrations. These results indicate that competition reactions of OH with NMHCs and $NO_2$ are the rate determining steps of photochemical ozone production during long-range transport from the Asian continent to Cape Hedo, for high concentrations of nitrogen oxides.

Leisure Behavior of Characteristics by The Elderly At Parks In Osaka, Japan

  • Yang, Jaejoon
    • Architectural research
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2001
  • This paper try to provide basic insight of the changing functions of urban parks for the future direction of the maintenance and management of the urban parks using the results of the case study done for the city of Osaka, Japan. To accomplish this purpose this study considers the behavior characteristics of the elderly within the parks in Osaka, Japan. Based on the findings of the study authors propose the chaining meaning of urban parks in the users perspective and summarize the results of the study. Study results show high values on the environmental factors of the park, such as the fresh air and the shadow of trees and low values on noise and stairways in it. The multidimensional quantitative III classifies the purposes of the elderly using the parks into 3 types: a multi-use type, a walking type and a sightseeing type.

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"Machining of advanced ceramics"

  • Y. Tanaka
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 1995.04b
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    • pp.3-20
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    • 1995
  • Advanced ceramics have excellent thermal resistance, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, and other properties, and are promising materials as structural materials. Over the past decade, they have been applied to some machine parts, for example, glow plugs and turbochargers of automotive engines. In the case where the advanced ceramics are used as these structural parts, te low-dimensional accuracy of sintered bodies requires secondary machining.

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