微小曲率半径的图像处理测量方法

通过Quanta200型扫描电子显微镜获取待测物体表面数字图像,运用灰质化、图像增强、图像平滑、图像分割及边缘检测等技术提取研究对象的轮廓边缘。用Photoshop软件中测量图像标尺在水平方向的像素数目,绘制不同尺寸的标准圆与边缘轮廓线条内切,反复操作后确定最大内切圆。统计该内切圆直径像素个数,利用指定表达式计算其半径。以该法测量单颗金刚石磨粒尖端曲率半径,结果表明：基于图像处理的微小曲率半径测量技术在不具备复杂、精密的测试仪器时,具有可靠的测量准确度和可操作性。     

The Enfield Lock Barrel Mill of 1815 and Moves to Replace Musket Barrel Grinding by Turning c1780 to c1840

In 1841 Henry Wilkinson in his book Engines of War and William Greener in The Science of Gunnery describe a range of methods then in use for shaping the outside of gun barrels after the barrel forging process, ranging from manual off-hand grinding to the use of precision machines. In the same year G. & J. Rennie published the design of their state-of-the-art lathe that was capable of turning complex and dished barrel forms. This built upon the earlier work of both Henry Nock and John Jones. In the early years of the 19th century both Britain, at Enfield and other locations, and the USA, at Harpers Ferry and Springfield, began to introduce barrel-turning technology. This paper uses measurements taken from a significant number of military barrels made by several makers, and also newly exposed information about Henry Nock and the Enfield Factory of 1815, to understand better the technologies that were applied to military flintlock barrel finishing from the 1780s to the 1840s, and particularly during the major wars of 1793–1815, when high output was paramount. Measurements both of barrel form and out-of-roundness are presented. These allow the interpretation of the techniques being used by different makers at different locations, and raise questions about the purpose and achievement of the complex dished barrel forms found on British military flintlock muskets. This approach also allows us to better describe the earliest factory on the Enfield site, one of the most significant sites in the wider history of UK manufacturing.