Optimal control of noncollaborative servers in two‐stage tandem queueing systems

We consider two‐stage tandem queueing systems with dedicated servers in each station and a flexible server that is trained to serve both stations. We assume no arrivals, exponential service times, and linear holding costs for jobs present in the system. We study the optimal dynamic assignment of servers to jobs assuming a noncollaborative work discipline with idling and preemptions allowed. For larger holding costs in the first station, we show that (i) nonidling policies are optimal and (ii) if the flexible server is not faster than the dedicated servers, the optimal server allocation strategy has a threshold‐type structure. For all other cases, we provide numerical results that support the optimality of threshold‐type policies. Our numerical experiments also indicate that when the flexible server is faster than the dedicated server of the second station, the optimal policy may have counterintuitive properties, which is not the case when a collaborative service discipline is assumed. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 61: 435–446, 2014     

圆形减压环力学试验与壁厚对其耗能性能的影响

圆形减压环主要由钢管、铝管套筒和钢丝绳组成,由于其耗能特性强,因此在被动防护系统中得到了广泛应用。在边坡防护工程中,将钢丝绳一端固定,另一端连接在防护阻挡结构上,通过钢管与铝管套筒的摩擦和钢管的大变形来散耗冲击动能。首先分析了圆形减压环的工作原理,并对其力学性能进行了拟静力试验,再利用ANSYS/LS-DYNA软件,研究了圆形减压环在荷载作用下,不同钢管壁厚对其耗能性能的影响。结果表明：随着钢管壁厚的增加,圆形减压环的启动荷载也随之增大;在低速荷载作用下,钢管壁厚对圆形减压环的耗能性能影响较弱,但是随着加载速度的提高,钢管壁厚对其耗能性能的影响明显增加,耗能总量上升明显。     

Stochastic production capacity: A bane or a boon for quick response supply chains?

The quick response (QR) system that can cope with demand volatility by shortening lead time has been well studied in the literature. Much of the existing literature assumes implicitly or explicitly that the manufacturers under QR can always meet the demand because the production capacity is always sufficient. However, when the order comes with a short lead time under QR, availability of the manufacturer's production capacity is not guaranteed. This motivates us to explore QR in supply chains with stochastic production capacity. Specifically, we study QR in a two-echelon supply chain with Bayesian demand information updating. We consider the situation where the manufacturer's production capacity under QR is uncertain. We first explore how stochastic production capacity affects supply chain decisions and QR implementation. We then incorporate the manufacturer's ability to expand capacity into the model. We explore how the manufacturer determines the optimal capacity expansion decision, and the value of such an ability to the supply chain and its agents. Finally, we extend the model to the two-stage two-ordering case and derive the optimal ordering policy by dynamic programming. We compare the single-ordering and two-ordering cases to generate additional managerial insights about how ordering flexibility affects QR when production capacity is stochastic. We also explore the transparent supply chain and find that our main results still hold.     

抽鞭现象研究综述

介绍了抽鞭现象的理论与试验研究情况,着重介绍了试验研究结果及抽鞭过程的能量方法与动量方法,以及近年来抽鞭过程理论研究的最新进展,总结出抽鞭现象的一般特点及影响因素,并指出抽鞭现象与大型柔性结构中存在的部分现象如大型伞伞衣顶部抽打、空中加油机软管的摆动等存在相似性,对抽鞭现象的研究有助于深化对该类现象的机理认识。     

挠性卫星姿态的模糊神经控制

在卫星的姿态控制领域里,智能控制技术得到越来越多的关注。把模糊神经控制引入到挠性卫星姿态稳定控制中,给出了详尽的实现方法,并推导了模糊神经网络的自学习算法。由于在模糊神经控制器中规则参数初值的确定吸收利用了经验知识,故提高了模糊神经控制器的在线学习速度。仿真结果表明:该控制算法通过在线学习能有效地克服挠性卫星的不确定性,具有较强的鲁棒性,从而可实现较高精度的卫星姿态控制。     

液管道系统动力响应的研究进展

综述了自70年代以来关于输液管道系统的动态响应问题的研究进展情况.根据管路结构的特点,将问题分为两端支撑直管、悬臂管、不稳定流直管、圆柱壳管和曲管5个部分分别进行了阐述.并在此基础上,概括了应用于该领域的一些计算方法.最后,在总结研究成果的同时分析了这一领域的研究趋向.     

舰船管路橡胶减振器的应用

简要分析了管路橡胶减振器对刚性管路的隔振原理,提出了几种通过改变管路布置形式而达到对管路各自由度上减振的方法,阐述了在实际应用中如何调整橡胶隔振器的固有频率而达到对舰船管路良好的隔振.     

建立一类挠性航天器的动力学模型及面向控制的仿真环境

对于一类具有一个中心刚体和两块对称安装的太阳帆板的挠性航天器,针对其帆板较长、弹性位移较大,导致根据文献[2]直接建立的模型不准的问题,提出将弹性帆板分段处理的方法,分别引入浮动坐标系,建立系统的动力学仿真模型。并将针对整体模型设计的控制规律作用于该模型,进行了数值仿真。仿真结果表明,对于大变形情况,分段处理的方法十分有效。     

中小型客车用钢──水热管式采暖装置工作温度控制研究

讨论了影响热管工作温度ｔｖ的主要因素,提出了控制钢──水热管工作温度（采暖装置的工作温度）的管长参数的确定原则,介绍了用于客车上的实例。     

应用离子镀技术增加炮管寿命的一种工艺

从离子镀技术的基本原理、试验数据入手,探讨了采用多弧离子镀技术镀制大口径炮管的工作原理,并介绍了炮管镀膜设备的基本结构。试验结果表明,镀膜后的炮管,其表面硬度可提高6～9倍、耐磨性提高4倍以上,耐蚀性可达A级,防腐性能比其它方法高9倍以上。从而可有效地提高炮管的使用寿命和贮存可靠性。