在轨高效目标检测加速技术

针对深度卷积网络目标检测算法参数量大、计算量大以及受星上计算资源、存储资源及功耗的限制，难以实现在轨部署的问题，提出了一种在轨高效目标检测算法加速框架与实现方法。首先，设计了一种可以同时兼容三种卷积算子的计算引擎，有效提高了资源利用率;其次，从通道和卷积核两个维度将目标检测算法模型展开，实现了加速器的高度并行化和可扩展性;最后，在多种FPGA平台上实现了该加速器并对其性能进行了评估。实验结果表明：所提出的加速器计算性能可以达到1843.2 GFLOPs(每秒千兆次浮点运算)，推理时间为0.22 ms。与同类加速器方案相比，所提出的加速器框架在性能、功耗、能效比及推理时间方面具有很大优势，适合部署在资源受限环境中，具有良好的星上应用前景和价值。     

Exploring the effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on urban cooling: A tale of three cities

COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on our society, environment and public health, in both positive and negative ways. The main aim of this study is to monitor the effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on urban cooling. To do so, satellite images of Landsat 8 for Milan and Rome in Italy, and Wuhan in China were used to look at pre-lockdown and during the lockdown. First, the surface biophysical characteristics for the pre-lockdown and within-lockdown dates of COVID-19 were calculated. Then, the land surface temperature (LST) retrieved from Landsat thermal data was normalized based on cold pixels LST and statistical parameters of normalized LST (NLST) were calculated. Thereafter, the correlation coefficient (r) between the NLST and index-based built-up index (IBI) was estimated. Finally, the surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII) of different cities on the lockdown and pre-lockdown periods was compared with each other. The mean NLST of built-up lands in Milan (from 7.71 °C to 2.32 °C), Rome (from 5.05 °C to 3.54 °C) and Wuhan (from 3.57 °C to 1.77 °C) decreased during the lockdown dates compared to pre-lockdown dates. The r (absolute value) between NLST and IBI for Milan, Rome and Wuhan decreased from 0.43, 0.41 and 0.16 in the pre-lockdown dates to 0.25, 0.24, and 0.12 during lockdown dates respectively, which shows a large decrease for all cities. Analysis of SUHI for these cities showed that SUHII during the lockdown dates compared to pre-lockdown dates decreased by 0.89 °C, 1.78 °C, and 1.07 °C respectively. The results indicated a high and substantial impact of anthropogenic activities and anthropogenic heat flux (AHF) on the SUHI due to the substantial reduction of huge anthropogenic pressure in cities. Our conclusions draw attention to the contribution of COVID-19 lockdowns (reducing the anthropogenic activities) to creating cooler cities.     

AA7075-T6 Ⅰ-Ⅱ复合疲劳裂纹扩展研究北大核心CSCD

通过AA7075-T6铝合金在不同加载角度下的Ⅰ-Ⅱ复合高周疲劳裂纹扩展试验,利用FRANC3D中M-积分计算了复合型裂纹尖端的等效应力强度因子幅值,结合七点递增多项式对数据处理,得出了复合疲劳裂纹扩展速率曲线,分析了复合疲劳性能,并探讨了复合裂纹扩展的路径及断口特性。结果给出了纯Ⅰ型疲劳裂纹扩展速率曲线在稳定扩展阶段的Paris公式的参数;并表明:Ⅰ型疲劳裂纹扩展寿命最长,复合疲劳裂纹扩展寿命都有不同程度的减少;复合疲劳裂纹开裂方向的数值分析及实验结果与理论吻合;复合疲劳断口表现为脆性断裂。     

Effects of swirl and hot streak on thermal performances of a high-pressure turbine

Advanced civil aero-engines tend to adopt lean burn combustors to meet emission requirements. The exit of a lean burn combustor experiences highly non-uniformities in both temperature (Hot Streak, HS) and flow (swirl). This paper presents a numerical investigation on the behaviors of a High-Pressure (HP) turbine under a combined effect of swirl and hot streak. The investigation was conducted on a GE-E3 HP turbine with unsteady numerical simulations, which considered the realistic clocking position of the HP Nozzle Guide Vane (NGV) relative to the combustor. The influences of swirl orientations on the HS migration and thermal performances on the blade surface were examined. Results indicate that, inside the NGV passage, the swirl’s induced incidence angle effect dominates the HS radial migration. The transversal movement of HS follows the cross flow and thus makes itself approach the Suction Side (SS) and keep away from the Pressure Side (PS) as passing through the NGV, so that HS near the SS is more influenced by the incidence angle effect than that near the PS. As for the heat transfer, swirl affects the Heat Transfer Coefficient (HTC) on the NGV’s PS and SS mainly through the incidence angle effect. Different from the NGV, the inlet swirl and HS have limited effect on the HTC on the rotor blade’s PS, while on the rotor blade’s SS, the original vortex system dominates; therefore, the inlet non-uniformities merely enhance the HTC on the SS rather than alter its distribution characteristics.     

基于最大熵原理的顺磁性固体磁化研究

从最大熵原理出发,在经典和量子 2种情况下,研究了顺磁物质的磁化规律,得到了顺磁物质磁化强度的表达式,在高温弱磁情况下,磁化强度与外磁场成正比,与温度成反比,得到的结论与统计物理中的系综理论或最该然分布结论一致。该原理不仅适用于平衡态问题,而且也适用于非平衡定态问题。