Rats in a transparent morris water maze use elemental and configural geometry of landmarks as well as distance to the pool wall

The aim of this study is to evaluate whatare the dimensions of a panorama of discretelandmarks that a rodent will store in order toreturn to a previously visited target. Ratswere trained to locate a hidden platform in acircular pool of clouded water set within aquasi-spherical enclosure. In order to find theplatform, they had to learn the geometricrelations between the platform and asurrounding set of three discrete landmarks,highly visible through the transparent wall ofthe pool. In test trials without a platform,the array of landmarks was so manipulated as todissociate the effect of actual distance to thelandmarks, of their angular separation, and oftheir apparent dimension. Animals were shown torely equally on angular separation and apparentdimension. The role of actual distance couldnot be definitely ascertained, as animals wereshown to additionally rely on the distance tothe pool wall in order to locate theplatform.     

Function,geometry and spatial prepositions: Three experiments

In this paper the results of three experiments are reported whichaddress the issue of the relative extent to which functionalrelations versus geometric relations affect spatial language. Theexperiments examine the role of a discourse context on the useand rating of the preposition in to describe a visual scenewhere the constraint of spatial containment between figure(object located) and ground (reference object) does not hold. Allthree experiments demonstrate that in is used more andrated to be significantly more appropriate in a functionalcontext than in a no context condition. The implications of thesestudies for spatial language and spatial representation arediscussed.     

Representing a stable environment by egocentric updating and invariant representations

To represent a stable environment despite the experience of changes during self movements, one can either develop an invariant allocentric representation, or update the egocentric representations as one moves. Using a disorientation paradigm, three sets of studies investigated these mechanisms in human navigation and scene recognition. Accuracy in the configuration of multiple object localization is impaired by disorientation, an effect not due to artifacts such as memory deterioration over time, intervening physical activities, uncertainty in self position and orientation, etc., suggesting one can locate objects primarily by updating their egocentric positions as she or he moves. Disorientation also impaired the judgment of changes to a scene after viewer movements, suggesting a similar egocentric updating process. On the contrary, representation of the shape of the surroundings is invariant and persists through disorientation. The coexistence of multiple mechanisms may increase the flexibility and robustness of the system.     

高超音速化学非平衡钝劈绕流数值计算

 自1970年Davis提出粘性激波层方法以来,用数值方法求解高超音速轴对称钝体绕流问题国内外已做了大量工作,但至今仍未见到关于平面问题的计算结果。对于平面问题,虽然方程在形式上比轴对称简单,但由于二维效应,激波层较厚,用文献[2]的方法向下游区推进有困难。另外,在驻点线上采用极限关系式虽能克服方程的奇性,但驻点解对流向步长Δξ有依赖。     

自适应DBF与空间谱估计

讨论了自适应数字波束形成(DBF)技术和超分辨空间谱估计技术,并提出了一种基于信号协方差矩阵特征分解的时-空二维信号高分辨谱估计算法。以上技术应用于相控阵雷达系统,可以精确获得多个运动目标的方位信息和多普勒信息。文章最后给出了计算机模拟结果。     

数字化技术在叶轮研制中的应用

本文通过分析归纳建立了一种叶轮数字化建模方法，并利用该方法成功实现了某型叶轮三维模型创建，同时也根据该数字化模型实现了模具数字化设计及其数控加工。     

Modeling visuospatial reasoning

I apply my proposed modification of Soar/Spatial/Visual System and Kosslyn’s (1983) computational operations on images to problems within a 2 × 2 taxonomy that classifies research according to whether the coding involves static or dynamic relations within an object or between objects (Newcombe & Shipley, 2015). I then repeat this analysis for problems that are included in mathematics and science curricula. Because many of these problems involve reasoning from diagrams Hegarty’s (2011) framework for reasoning from visual-spatial displays provides additional support for organizing this topic. Two more relevant frameworks specify reasoning at different levels of abstraction (Reed, 2016) and with different combinations of actions and objects (Reed, 2018). The article concludes with suggestions for future directions.     

平板式预膜喷嘴初次雾化特性试验

为深入了解平板式预膜喷嘴初次雾化特性,试验研究不同进口条件对平板式预膜喷嘴初次雾化特性的影响规律。试验采用了背光照明和片状激光照明相结合的高频拍摄手段分别获得液膜俯视和侧视破碎形态,同时运用本征正交分解(POD)法和液膜边缘定位等分析方法进行光学图像结果后处理,获得表征平板式预膜喷嘴初次雾化特性三个物理量:液膜波动频率、破碎距离和横向不稳定波长。试验结果表明:①通过分析侧视和俯视破碎形态,平板式预膜喷嘴液膜破碎形态可分为三类:末端破碎、波浪脱落和表面剥离,进口韦伯数对预膜喷嘴破碎形态的影响占主导地位;②把POD法和液膜边缘定位方法等相结合方法应用到高频非接触光学喷嘴雾化图像的后处理分析中,是一种非常有效的数据后处理方法;③液膜初次雾化特性主要受到进口韦伯数和气液动量比的影响,破碎距离和横向不稳定波长都随进口韦伯数的增加而降低,液膜表面不稳定波动频率随进口韦伯数的增加而增加,所获得的经验关系式与试验数据吻合较好。所获得的进口参数对液膜破碎形态和雾化特性的影响规律为喷嘴后续优化设计提供了依据。