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Paper-cut animation is rooted in Chinese folk culture, which is an important constituent part of Chinese animation. This article has analyzed the own artistic charm of paper-cut animation, from the early traditional manufacturing method and its insufficiencies as well as the questions we faced, to details of the new manufacturing method after the application of modern computer technology to the paper-cut animation. Also the article emphasizes the introduction of manufacturing advantages after the computer technology applied to the paper-cut animation, as well as discussions on application value of paper-cut animation in business and service domains, etc.

It is an important factor that the paper tension for web press printing and roll paper manufacture. Especially commerce web press is the more important. The commerce web press has not only the first tension control, but also the second tension control. The second tension control would control tension wave restrict accurate bound. The simulation method was discussed about paper tape tension the second tension control on some problems of high speed Web press controlling system in actual adjustment course, and different respond graph was obtained on the different controlling parameter by MATLAB and controlling system capability target. Intuitionistic and exact foundation was offered for system analysis, comparison and choice arithmetic, which benefits the further research.

For the family embarrassment and annoyance brought by the replacement of slippers when someone pays a visit, a cutting paper tape machine for sole coating was designed. Based on the detailed calculation and preliminary drafted general design scheme, the electric motor was chosen, the transmission ratio was distributed reasonably, the structural style and related parameters of worm gear were designed, and the stress strength was checked. Based on these, the three-dimensional model was established, through simply simulation, the scheme was verified and improved, and the parametric design was realized. Thus, one kind of convenient and practical cutting paper tape machine for sole coating is provided for families and high-grade places, which is greatly convenient to visitors.

The contribution deals with the possibilities of the use of existing commercially available vectorization programs for recognition drawing entities in raster graphics format obtained by scanning of the engineering drawing. Drawing entities as a line (solid, dashed, dot-dashed etc.), dimension, hatch, various symbols, text, etc., have specific semantic for the designer defined by standards. Expert knows to interpret this graphic language and he knows to create a mental model of the real object. To be able interpret digital content of the engineering drawing obtained by scanning by the form of 3D computer model often requires to perform many intelligent operations. In the first step it is necessary to obtain such vector representation of the scanned drawing to be able to identify the original drawing entities. Suitability of using the contemporary commercial vectorizing programs for engineering drawings was verified on the test sample of the drawing entities and the results are published in the paper.

The system for automatic analysis of test papers needs a algorithm which is efficient and converges fast, Genetic Algorithm is just fit for it.The paper is mainly discuss the basic concept of Genetic Algorithm,three important Genetic operator, the general step of Genetic Algorithm, and introduction of the system for automatic analysis of test papers.We follow the coding,selecting,crossover and mutation of Genetic Algorithm,discuss the process of automatic analysis of test papers.

Most of the scientific research engines utilize the same way to rank scientific research papers (SRP), this way is highly depend on the citation network. The retrieved results of these engines for any keyword contain old papers with the highest citation value. In this paper, we proposed a new and easy to implement ranking algorithm for scientific research papers known as Paper Time Ranking Algorithm (PTRA). PTRA is a new ranking algorithm that depends on three factors to rank its results; paper age, citation index and publication venue. To construct and prove our ranking algorithm we created a web crawler that crawl different scientific search papers databases in the world to collect the information that PTRA needs. Unfortunately, some of this information was missing, such as, the impact factor of the journals. To collect this information, we created another crawler that search the Internet for these journals impact factors. However, to prove our ranking algorithm results, we have compared PTRA with Google scholar ranking algorithm. We used Google scholar, since it has more than 50 million papers and its own system can gather and collect papers in a faster way. Our comparison results show that, citation index has the highest impact on Google scholars ranking algorithm results. Unlike PTRA that gains the paper age a higher impact on the ranked results. However, PTRA depends on the citation index and publication venue to rank the results but with less impact than the paper age.

Recently, with rapid development of computer/network technology and algorithms for composing test paper, cyber-based online examination system is a practically valuable hot research concern. In the paper, the mathematical model is created for solving problems with the online test paper composition system. Through comparative analysis of merits and shortcomings of various coding schemes, and to overcome the shortcoming that traditional genetic algorithms easily fall into premature convergence, it utilizes the adaptive adjustment method of dynamic parameters and elitist strategy to improve to develop the online test paper forming scheme based on adaptive genetic algorithm. For the selection of each parameter, simulation test is conducted to obtain the solution approximate to the best one.

Nowadays, the computer is increasingly popular, and college examination is developing in the direction of traditional examination means to automation and intelligence ones gradually, all these make it inevitable to construct question bank for courses, and to generate test paper using computers. This paper uses the Delphi technique, to make improvements to existing components, combining with VBA programming, and use of SQL Server to implement the question bank management and test paper auto-generation system, which could generate test paper in Word Document. A large number of tests show that the software is running stably and system features are functioning correctly on Windows 2000/XP/2003 platform with Office XP/2003 environment.

IIndoor photo has been widely used in products of shopping malls publicity, light box advertising, wedding photography, posters, engineering and landscape effect picture, digital photo album, art photo, antiquing canvas and window advertising. PP synthetic paper which was the most common indoor photo materials was selected as the research object, and it was printed by the photo printing machine. A series of experiments were carried out according to its printability. The main parameters of PP synthetic paper such as solid density, dot gain and relative contrast were tested, which provided a theoretical and practical basis for digitization of indoor photo.

This paper presents methods of cushioning package design. The analysis of existing shortcoming is made when the maximum accelerationstatic stress curve (what is called curve) is applied to the cushion package design, at the same time ,the principle and method steps to get curve are briefly introduced when the stressenergy method is used .the function between the key parameters of cushioning package design is acquired by the stressenergy method .By comparing the data produced with matlab software with the real experimental ones in some paper, the possibilities to get curve of casual drop height and cushion thickness by one-time experiment to get curve with stress-energy method is demonstrated. Based on the function of key parameters of cushioning package acquired, the reversed cushioning package design method is carried out.

When using international popular algorithms deal with RMB paper currency, there exist three main aspects. First, the size of RMB paper currency is different with other countries. Second, the color of RMB paper currency is different from other countries, and the different face values have different major color, pattern and texture. Third, the location of face value in paper currency of our country is different from other countries. For RMB paper currency image, using edge detection is to separate the paper currency from the image according to boundary. In other words, the background is removed and only paper currency is left. This paper firstly introduces the principles of removing background by gradient operator, LOG algorithm and Canny algorithm. Then it analyzes the edge image results obtained by these three kind algorithms. At last, these three algorithms are evaluated. Results show that the Canny algorithm can satisfy the requirement of removing background and can improve a good foundation for the subsequent of paper currency extraction.

The detection of elements in top part of research paper is very important, because these elements are often used as the search items by user. This paper provides a mixed method for auto detection of top part from research paper. The papers feature of keyword, layout and content similarity are mixed to accurately find the area of top part and recognize the elements in top part. Experiments show the advantage of our method over existing methods, and future work is also described in the paper.

According to the problem that the flexibility and efficiency are not high of the current test paper generating system, applying data mining to figure out the inter and intra connection among all the knowledge points of CET-4, mining association rules, and picking out as more potential weaknesses of knowledge points as it can, then selecting items corresponding to the weaknesses and generating a user-level specific suitable test paper. Experiments show that the new test paper generating algorithm (TPGA) based on association rules response intelligently and quickly to different user levels, and provide an essential improvement in test paper generating process for users own good to enhance their exercise results.

Paper tension is the most important control parameter in roll material production that directly impacts the printing quality of the web offset. Based on the closed-loop paper tension control theory, by conducting a research into the simulation of paper tension control system with MATLAB/SIMULINK, presented the closed-loop control diagram about the paper tension control system. Under different control parameter, the value of the overshoot, respond speed and residual of the system varies. As a result, the quantitative research on the simulation of the system offers a valid means in improving the control accuracy.

As a important part of teaching, Traditional paper analysis algorithm is complicated and not comprehensive enough. This paper according to the indicators of education measurement and improves the traditional calculation models, the system assesses the perfect calculation model, The teacher also can get the true and fast reaction to students' knowledge and the quality of the paper. This method thereby provides a convincing basis for the improvement on the future teaching and increase the effectiveness in teaching

An efficient currency recognition system is vital for the automation in many sectors such as vending machine, rail way ticket counter, banking system, shopping mall, currency exchange service etc. The paper currency recognition is significant for a number of reasons. a) They become old early than coins; b) The possibility of joining broken currency is greater than that of coin currency; c) Coin currency is restricted to smaller range. This paper discusses a technique for paper currency recognition. Three characteristics of paper currencies are considered here including size, color and texture. By using image histogram, plenitude of different colors in a paper currency is calculated and compared with the one in the reference paper currency. The Markov chain concept has been considered to model texture of the paper currencies as a random process. The method discussed in this paper can be used for recognizing paper currencies from different countries. This paper also represents a currency recognition system using ensemble neural network (ENN). The individual neural networks in an ENN are skilled via negative correlation learning. The purpose of using negative correlation learning is to skill the individuals in an ensemble on different parts or portion of input patterns. The obtainable currencies in the market consist of new, old and noisy ones. It is sometime difficult for a system to identify these currencies; therefore a system that uses ENN to identify them is discussed. Ensemble network is much helpful for the categorization of different types of currency. It minimizes the chances of misclassification than a single network and ensemble network with independent training.

This paper analyzes the bag-making process and control requirements of paper and yarn compounding bag-making machine (PYCBMM). The overall control scheme is established. Configuration software WinCC Flexible 2008, Siemens touch panel MP377, Siemens PLC S7-200, Siemens frequency converter MM440, rotary encoder, color sensor, and other elements are synthetically applied to design the PYCBMM control system. During 12 months commissioning operation, the control system is stable, reliable, and easy to operate. All the technical indices outperform the design requirements.

This paper puts across the various approaches and methods that have been proposed in the context of Fuzzy Mathematical Morphology. The underlying principles of Dilation & Erosion, the structuring elements used in various techniques, the unique variations put forth by researchers, new applications in spatial relationships, decision making, segmentation of medical images have been discussed.

This article contains explanations on how to develop an intelligent agent in war simulation environment by RoboGenius team. The main Focus of the team is on artificial intelligence application in war simulation server [1]. For this purpose we used a combined base code part of which is related to Robotoos team and its general parts are related to UVA2003 in 2D soccer simulation [2]. In this article we analyze the environment from an intelligent agent view point rather than exploring software engineering issues. And, considering the kind of simulation environment we study exploring issues in this environment. Simulation environment has been considered as a semi-visible dynamic environment. Robot decision making problems and priority of its decisions have been explored and implemented by using the decision tree. For the problem of environment exploration in war simulation we have presented a new approach. Also, we have explored the possibility of using artificial intelligence in more developing war simulation agent.

The functionality of textiles can be complimented by using a wide variety of modification technologies. This study focuses on textile modification with sol-gel technology as a part of smart sock prototype development. Zinc acetate dehydrate (ZAD) is integrated in sol synthesis and used as modifier thus improving modified cotton yarn mechanical properties and also can prolong time between washing, taking into account modifiers antimicrobial properties. Four hanks of pure cotton yarns with length of 300 m, where modified with silica-based sol with 7,5 wt% ZAD as a modifier. As a part of this study tensile strength and elongation of yarn was determined and changes in liner density were observed. Average yarn linear density increases by 19 % and linear density for knitted samples increases by 2,6 %. Therefore, yarn strength for 80 % of modified samples shows mean value of 2,32 N, that is 17 % higher than unmodified samples.

The complex nonlinear problem exists between the factors which influence the strength of hybrid fiber reinforced concrete. The nonlinear relationship between input variables as the factors and output variables as the strength can be obtained artificial neural network which have the feature of self-adapting, self-studying and nonlinear mapping. RBF and BP neural network models are established in MATLAB in this paper based on experimental values. Compressive strength and flexural strength of hybrid fiber reinforced concrete are predicted respectively and comparing with the measured values, predicted values are analyzed. The results show that the predicted values based on RBF tally with the experimental values, and the strength prediction ability of RBF is higher than BP neural network. The needs of engineering can be meet by this method with accurate prediction ability, a new method for the study of hybrid fiber reinforced concrete strength is provided.

This document explains and demonstrates how to prepare your camera-ready manuscript for Trans Tech Publications. The best is to read these instructions and follow the outline of this text. The text area for your manuscript must be 17 cm wide and 25 cm high (6.7 and 9.8 inches, resp.). Do not place any text outside this area. Use good quality, white paper of approximately 21 x 29 cm or 8 x 11 inches (please do not change the document setting from A4 to letter). Your manuscript will be reduced by approximately 20% by the publisher. Please keep this in mind when designing your figures and tables etcMany regional higher education institutes (CRHEIs， mainly be regional university) have been founded from 1998 in China. Now many students study in those CRHEIs. How to improve the equality of those CRHEIs become more and more important. In this paper, we analyses internet–based teaching and learning issues at CRHEIs level and comprehensive nationwide higher education institutes (CNHEs) level. Using normative Delphi method, we discussed internet-based issues and get that internet integration in CRHE need to be in lined with proper strategy in order to get their true benefits.

This document explains and demonstrates how to prepare your camera-ready manuscript for Trans Tech Publications. The best is to read these instructions and follow the outline of this text. The text area for your manuscript must be 17 cm wide and 25 cm high (6.7 and 9.8 inches, resp.). Do not place any text outside this area. Use good quality, white paper of approximately 21 x 29 cm or 8 x 11 inches (please do not change the document setting from A4 to letter). Your manuscript will be reduced by approximately 20% by the publisher. Please keep this in mind when designing your figures and tables etc.

The three-dimensional roaming system of landscape design and development in this paper based on the analysis of virtual reality technology and landscape characteristics. the system is to achieve a multi-view, multi-scenes tour. Further proposed of virtools technology significance in the garden is put forward and specific applications of virtual reality technology in landscape design are put forward.

Tunnel monitoring and measurement is a very important part of the tunnel construction's safety,monitoring technology and information management technology is directly related to the tunnel construction's safety and quality, Although domestic and foreign scholars have done a lot of research on tunnel monitoring measurement technology and information management technology,because of the characteristics of invisibility, uncertainty and variability in tunneling, the level of the monitoring technology and information management are far from construction's requirements.This paper based on ACCESS and GTS, researching and developing automatic warning system of tunnel monitoring,and realizing the information management and early warning forecast of tunnel monitoring measurement data. Engineering practice shows that the system can processing and analyzingthe data fast, convenient and real-time , realize automatic early warning forecast, and provide reliable basis for information construction management of tunneling

With the rapid development of China's socialist economy, and information technology updating very quickly, while the masses begin to concern the sports, then their demanding for sports information is also increasing. Therefore, this paper based on the micro-blog effecting on the sports information dissemination as a starting point to think about the role of micro-blog on sports information, and offer some practical reference for China's sports information workers.

A new speed-adjustment approach of vector control for asynchronous motor is presented in the paper based on MRAS, It adopts a rotate speed calculating module which is designed specifically replaced Conventional rotate speed detecting system. The approach overcomes some shortcomings that comes from the precision and installation of rotate speed sensor. Motor rotate speed and torque curve are observed under different parameters based on MATLAB, and are analysed statically and dynamically. Simulation result showed touque ripple of this speed-adjustment system is small and timing is smooth, which can satisfy the demand of most electric equipment for speed-adjustment performance. Simulation result can realize asynchronous motor Control effectively.

With the deepening of the degree of oil exploitation, investigation of geological structure is particularly important, especially those faults that have an important impact on the exploration and development of oil. However, seismic data is affected by various kinds of factors in the progress of data acquisition, which reduces SNR and interfere with the accuracy of geological structure interpretation. This paper based on image processing provides fault enhancement medthod. It can reduce random factors impact and depicte fault more clearly. This method combine anisotropy and orientation information of image, then use generalized Kuwahara filter to enhance fault. This technique has a most important value in seismic fault interpretation.

Box culverts are the monolithic unit build to pass across railway lines, roadways, etc. earthworks are made to balance the discharge water on both sides. Box takes different types of loads created by a cushion, traffic, water, soil, etc. This paper deals with the optimum design of box culvert by using Newton's-Raphson Method and AppDesigner in MATLAB Software R2017a and studies the design parameters such as the influence of depth of earth fill at the top slab of the culvert, earth pressure, factor Dead Load, Live load, effective width, etc. In this paper, the study of the box-culvert with normal and minimum cushion analyzed for different classes of loadings and conclusions made on the basis of Newton's-Raphson Method normal and minimum cushion and normal cushioning cases.

The paper is focused on the fire model parameter variability and its effect on the determination of fire resistance of concrete structural members.For the modelling of fire, the parametric temperature-time curve given in EN 1991-1-2 is used.First part of the paper is aimed on the fire model parameter variability in general.First, fire model parameter ranges are described and their combinations are created using two common sampling methods -- Monte Carlo and Latin Hypercubes.Then, the combinations are analysed, unreasonable combinations are identified, and viable combinations are illustrated.Moreover, the characteristics of the temperature-time curves obtained using the parameter combinations are discussed. Namely, we focus on the temperature evolution, duration of fire, andthe maximum temperature reached.In the second part of the paper, an illustrative example is presented.The example is focused on the analysis of the fire resistance of a concrete slab panel. The panel is placed in a fire compartment with given fire model parameter ranges. In the example, the variability of the fire model parameters is captured using the Latin Hypercubes sampling method.The thermal analysis of the slab panel as well as the subsequent mechanical analysis are both conducted by using numerical methods described in our previous work. The calculations are performed in MATLAB environment.Finally, the obtained results are presented and discussed.It is shown that the Latin Hypercube sampling can be used as an effective tool for the investigation of the effect of fire model parameter variability on the fire resistance.

Foundation of building on concrete piles is often used when it is necessary to carry the load into larger depth as by common foundation. Bearing capacity of piles or piled raft foundation is wide area to research. This paper deals with experimental load test of concrete pile and with their numerical modelling. Several types of foundation construction were tested and two kinds will be presented and compared in this paper - reinforced concrete foundation slab and raft foundation (made of reinforced concrete foundation slab supported by drilled reinforced concrete pilot). These types of foundation constructions were constructed as models, in a reduced scale, approx. 1:10. The size had to be adjusted due to limited capacity of the testing equipment and financial reasons. Except measuring of the foundation behaviour, there was also carried out measurement of the adjacent terrain.The aim of this paper is to compare the behaviour of rigid slab and the piled raft. The measurement results will be then compared with the results of numerical modelling.

In the early 1980’s, the small punch technique was developed in USA and Japan. This technique has been applied to nuclear reactors, electric power plants for safety assessments. European researchers have carried out the pioneer work on SP creep testing in the 1990’s. European Code of Practice (CoP) documents have become available in 2006, which provides a guide line to perform small punch tests for metallic materials, and introduces methods for estimation of tensile properties, fracture toughness and creep properties. Since then several conferences and symposiums have been held to exchange ideas and experiences, and several efforts have been made to improve the approaches for interpreting the material properties from test results. However, due to the complexity of the small punch test itself and lack of systematic test data for verification, especially in the creep region, up to now there is no common acceptable method to interpret creep properties. This paper discusses some of the problems commonly encountered in the small punch creep test (SPCT) analysis, such as the uniqueness in reverse creep analysis for identification of material parameters, how to consider effects of large deformation and strain hardening, how to separate deflection into a part caused by loading and a part caused by creep, and how to estimate the elastic-plastic properties of a material in the creep temperature region. Based on these considerations, several existing approaches for interpreting creep properties have been re-evaluated. In addition, a software package, based on the optimization toolbox of Matlab has been developed for identification of material parameters automatically. Verifications are performed by checking the agreement between properties derived by small punch test and uni-axial tests. Discussions on problems of existing approaches and how to improve them further, are described in the paper. Experimental data are provided by JRC Petten, Netherlands, and Henan Electric Power Research Institute, China. Recently a working group led by JRC Petten is engaged in upgrading the CoP to a European standard. It is expected that in the future more data will become available for further verification.

Recent studies in the field of Structural Health Monitoring SHM using nondestructive test NDT have shown promising applications for parameter estimation methods based on finite element FE models of bridge structures. Using measurements data, carried out during the experiment on real bridge structures, in situ, one can estimate the structural parameters of the bridge. These parameters can be used further in the process of model updating, model verification, structural evaluation and damage assessment. This paper aims to determine the structural parameters using the PARIS approach from a simulated FE model of a real bridge structure subjected to a typical bridge damage scenario. The MATLAB computer based program, entitled PARIS PARmeter Identification System used for the study case illustrated in this paper is applied for the Finite Element FE model updating of a reinforced concrete bridge, located in Iași municipality. PARIS software takes advantage of the Application Programming Interface API of a standalone structural computing software allowing to perform the necessary computational steps for the model updating process. In the same time the application of this software, recently developed by Prof. Masoud Sanayei permits the use of static and modal measurements, as input data, for the estimation of stiffness and mass parameters at the element level of the bridge. The obtained results of the updated model are useful in the process of further validation of a simulated damage test data. Finally, the results based on FE model parameter estimation can be useful for the structural health monitoring and condition assessment process of the bridge structure.

Most of the product design on the market is variant design or adaptive design, which need to reuse existing product design knowledge. A key aspect of reusing existing CAD model is correctly define and understand the design intents behind of existing CAD model, and this paper introduces a CAD model annotation system based on design intent. Design intents contained all design information of entire life cycle from modeling, analysis to manufacturing are marked onto the CAD model using PMI module in UG to improve the readability of the CAD model. Second, given the problems such as management difficulties, no filter and retrieval functions, this paper proposes an annotation manager system based on UG redevelopment by filtration, retrieval, grouping and other functions to reduce clutter on the 3D annotations and be convenient for users to view needed all kinds of annotations. Finally, design information is represented both internally within the 3D model and externally on a XML file.

Hinterland of a port is an economic support area of a port. Basically the economy of a hinterland comes from industries in it. The need of goods creates the distribution of goods. Port users in East Java consider using nearest port from his company. This paper is intended to know hinterland area every port in East Java. This paper used set covering model to know hinterland area of each port. The objective function of this model is Minimize total inland transportation cost. The factors that are considered are the service of the ports, distance, mode of transport, and transportation time. The result of this paper shows the Hinterland area of Tanjung Perak port which used General cargo packaging is Surabaya, Container commodities are Bojonegoro, Gresik, Kediri, Lumajang, Mojokerto, Pasuruan, Probolinggo, Sidoarjo and Malanng, Dry Bulk commodities are Gresik, Kediri, Mojokerto, Sidoarjo, Tuban. Probolinggo port has hinterland are General cargo commodities are Madiun and Probolinggo. And Hinterland of Tanjung Wangi port which used container packaging areBondowoso and Banyuwangi.

An increasing number of companies establish energy management systems for continuous improvement in their energy efficiency and for this intensify monitoring their current energy consumption. These data can be used to gain further information about the production and to find potentials to increase its energy efficiency. In the procurement process of machinery and equipment or in the planning phase of production systems and building services, information about energy demand is rarely available, though it would be valuable for an early inclusion of energy efficiency in these processes. Therefore this paper discusses different forecast methods for energy consumption of machinery and evaluates in particular their universal applicability, effort and accuracy by analyzing them through the example of a packaging machine. In addition this paper proposes a further usage of energy-related data of machinery, which can be automatically acquired by monitoring systems for prognosticating their energy consumption as well as a possible distribution approach of this information. Therefore an own forecast method is presented, which shall process the energy-related data combined with information about dominant parameters of the product, the usage of the machine and the environmental conditions. For the distribution concept it was taken into account that the generated and shared information has to be abstracted in a way that no critical secrets of the company are revealed.

The analysis and implementation of this paper is applied to a real game boxing machine. The contents of this game boxing machine are consists of three parts that are the UNITY, programming and hardware development. Therefore, in order to have RPG role-play boxing game inside of real game boxing machine, this paper firstly analyzes user requirement and then implement the combined-use in the traditional large boxing machines that will let the players to face the need considering how to fight the contents of RPG role-play boxing game. Moreover, in order to save more time to make 3D animations, motion capture equipment is used called MOCAP to generate characteristics, hero, monsters, and beautiful girls. All body movements of characteristics inside of game boxing machine captured by MOCAP are tied to the body of the head, limbs and torso. Furthermore, those body movements will PhaseSpace to our servers via the Internet passing out after the signal processing MotionBuilder software for recording and output operation. The output file can be transformed into the skeleton and action graphic model and using MAYA software can also do the same way. All procedures in this RPG role-play boxing game design have been successfully interacted both machine side and play side with fun and game new life, and to integrate the actual situation of the game for the future.

The present paper describes the activities carried out at Chieti-Pescara University after the 2009 L'Aquila Earthquake. The activities are multidisciplinary and have involved both engineers (structural and industrial) and architects (urban planner and specialist in historical buildings). The goal was to obtain a comprehensive approach to old towns reconstruction. This activity is particularly important to minimize the earthquake consequences.Two peculiar aspects of the work are selected among other ones and presented within this paper. The first one is: how reliable are speedy in-situ surveys, in order to evaluate post-earthquake damages and building occupancy? Considering that both people safety and reconstruction funding depend on this judgment, it is important to check the procedure reliability. The second aspect is the analysis of an old urban center, viewed as a system of fragile components. System components are both material (e.g. a particular building) and immaterial (e.g. availability of the road system), and have been selected to maximize inhabitants safety, above all in terms of first aid to injured people and in terms of efficiency of strategic structures and infrastructures. These considerations are being slowly introduced in the Seismic Italian Code.

The basic notion underlying urban underground development is that underground space is a non-renewable resource, therefore planning its use must be done in a sustainable, environmentally-responsible manner with due account taken of economic, functional, social, and legal aspects. This paper addresses issues related to the planning, siting, design, construction, operation and maintenance of underground structures in the city of Moscow. The mechanism of the interaction between an underground structure and the surrounding rock masses is described. It is shown that underground engineering can be significantly enhanced through the use of expert systems. The paper also discusses the need for changes to the legal framework for the use of urban underground space.

The paper deals with selected approaches which unite several correlation analysis principles. Field data very often has various forms and contents. The comparison of different approaches will help to determine more precisely which correlation analysis is better for assessing input and output data. In this paper we introduce several correlation principles which can help to select the most suitable correlation approach. We present a traditional correlation analysis and compare it with Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients. The value of our article lies in comparing several different approaches of the correlation analysis in which the oil field data from diesel combustion engine are used

Creation of the intelligent system for highly structured domain is possible with determining the whole system of concepts included in the ontology of this area. Presentation by means of formal ontology model provides a uniquely interpreted terms. Based on the model of ontology the intelligent system will integrate their knowledge and information components of all sections of the data area. The paper considers the unification of nanomaterials subdomain with other subdomains that are need to be used for intelligent system for nanotechnology. The paper also proposes mathematical ontology model of one of the component - that is ontology model of foams and emulsions class.

Information management systems become more common and more important in all walks of life. Many serious problems such as multi-source information heterogeneity, mass redundant data, and data security occur in the systems as the explosive increment of data. A novel redundant data deleting algorithm based on the cloud storage platform was proposed in this paper to deal with the problem of mess data storing. Storage space division algorithm and different users were divided in an appropriate way to improve the efficiency of reading and writing. A typical information management system was used to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the algorithms proposed in this paper.

This paper presents the design and construction of a haptic device. This device aims to generate a tactile feedback to the user. The feedback is generated when the user has contact with virtual limits (through a graphical interfaces or electronic cards). These limits could be due to speeding or recklessness from the pilot under conditions of low visibility or turbulence. The paper begin with the design of the lever-shaped cam which has two Degree of Freedom (DOF). It proceeds with the kinematic analysis to obtain the work area. As of workspace is possible to determine the contact point with the geometry of the virtual object. In this event the user will have a tactile feedback, a force or vibration. This force must be minimal, to prevent injury to the user.

The distinctive paper is devoted to development and verification of correct numerical methods for analysis of structural strength and stability of high-rise panel buildings. Particularly the first part of the paper contains brief introduction, description of methods of analysis and simulation software. Information about verification of corresponding computational models is presented as well.

Nowadays the world of manufacturing and production has been encountered with a constantly changing behavior’s of customers. Moreover in the global market, a company can survive if it has the efficient capabilities for rapid product development.These capabilities are known to be important and they mainly affect on the market penetration and cost reduction. One way to enhance such capabilities is to integrate the essential activities of a manufacturing with the help of information technology. In recent years, the researchers have proposed integration of the computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacture (CAM) and computer-aided process planning (CAPP) as the main phases of product development lifecycle. These phases play an important role in the manufacturing environment and their integration will result in high-class production with minimum lead time. This paper focuses on the die design and process planning activities to produce the molds seamlessly . It studies the recent works on integration solutions and proposes an integration framework for glass bottle manufacturing companies.The paper considers the integration of the part design, macro process planning and the mold design activities. Moreover, the solution has used the ISO 10303 (STEP standard-International Standard for the Exchange of Product data). The novel aspects of the framework have been discussed through a case study. The case study highlights the integration of glass bottle design, process planning and bottle mold design to show the capabilities of the proposed framework.

The increasing complexity of software systems is making source code analysis a more economic option to automate the identification of defects, vulnerabilities and inefficiencies. This paper initially outlines the general anatomy of automatic source code analyzers, dimensions of analysis that can be performed with today’s state-of-the-art tools, various limitations of automatic source code analysis in the areas of programming language coverage, quantity of false positive claims, system architecture breakdowns and code/time complexity. The paper is concluded by presenting future tentative trends of source code analysis.

The paper presents a method developed and used by the CCHAPT researchers for the graphic plotting of the index tests results for hydraulic turbines, the comparison of the efficiency curves resulted from testing to those obtained by the model transposition [1] i.e. the determination and comparison of the existing combinatory cam with that obtained from tests.The method presented in the paper was born from the need for processing and presenting the results of index tests within the shortest delay and eliminating the errors that might occur in the results plotting.

The paper deals with quadrocopter stability in vertical axis. At first, dynamic model of quadrocopter is introduced. In the paper are derived relations for control error in steady state for PD and PID controller. Based on dynamic model the PID controller is designed by optimizing method. Using designed controller the quadrocopter stability in vertical axis was simulated in software Matlab. In the conclusion the results of the simulation are shown.

The paper deals with stepper motor control using microcontroller ATmega8-16PU. In the paper are mentioned two ways of control, namely full-step mode and half-step mode control. At first, bipolar stepper motor is introduced. Next, there is created measuring stand consisting of bipolar stepper motor with one step angle 1.8° and encoder with 360 CPR. During the experiment were measured angular velocities by I/O measuring card MF624 cooperating with Matlab/Simulink. The results show differences between used two stepping modes of motor.

The paper deals with a description of the creation of CAD model (file format .IGES) based on polygon mesh (file format .STL) obtained by 3D scanning. On the basis of the imported polygon mesh into Reverse Engineering software, it is possible to create surface (or solid) CAD model. For CAD model created from a polygon mesh, a model of screw propeller was chosen. The paper also presents a color deviation map acquired by comparison between a polygon mesh and a CAD model. The 3D digitizing was performed by 3D scanner GOM ATOS II SO TripleScan; GOM ATOS Professional v7.5 SR2 software was used for processing of the scanned data and Delcam PowerSHAPE 2015 CAD software was used for reverse modeling.