On optimal system designs in reliability‐economics frameworks

Reliability Economics is a field that can be defined as the collection of all problems in which there is tension between the performance of systems of interest and their cost. Given such a problem, the aim is to resolve the tension through an optimization process that identifies the system which maximizes some appropriate criterion function (e.g. expected lifetime per unit cost). In this paper, we focus on coherent systems of n independent and identically distributed (iid) components and mixtures thereof, and characterize both a system's performance and cost as functions of the system's signature vector (Samaniego, IEEE Trans Reliabil (1985) 69–72). For a given family of criterion functions, a variety of optimality results are obtained for systems of arbitrary order n. Approximations are developed and justified when the underlying component distribution is unknown. Assuming the availability of an auxiliary sample of N component failure times, the asymptotic theory of L‐estimators is adapted for the purpose of establishing the consistency and asymptotic normality of the proposed estimators of the expected ordered failure times of the n components of the systems under study. These results lead to the identification of ε‐optimal systems relative to the chosen criterion function. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2007     

基于双光频梳及受激布里渊散射的微波频率测量

提出了一种基于双光频梳和受激布里渊散射的高精度微波频率测量方法,利用两个双平行马赫-曾德尔调制器将待测微波信号和扫描信号调制在两路光频梳上,并分别作为信号光和泵浦光输入色散位移光纤中。利用双光频梳和不断频移的扫描信号,系统可同时实现波分复用和时分复用。同时,在双光频梳和受激布里渊散射的作用下,系统可发生一系列的受激布里渊散射,通过测量各信道输出的光功率实现待测微波频率的测量。为进一步提升测量精度,利用测量得到的光功率值构建幅度比较函数,从而实现频率测量误差修正。通过实验仿真验证了所提方法的有效性,测量误差为±2.5 MHz。     

光学镀膜宽带膜厚监控系统

针对过去的宽带膜厚监控法必须依赖镀制前设定的目标透射率 (反射率 )的固有缺陷 ,提出了在蒸镀过程中及时拟合出所镀层的膜厚、色散系数 (折射率 )等参数 ,并据此不断修正目标透射率 (反射率 )的设想 ,从而从根本上克服过去的宽带膜厚监控法的固有缺陷。建立了基于修正膜层目标光谱特性的宽带膜厚监控系统 ,阐述了它的结构和工作原理。进行了稳定性实验及一系列镀膜监控实验 ,实验结果表明 ,该系统透射率的重复测量精度优于 2‰ ,膜厚监控精度较高 ,重复性好 ,各层的终点膜厚判定精度优于 1 %。