A new kind of non-contact loosely coupled transformer of transmission method was proposed based on the principle of electromagnetic, thus to solve the problems of signal transmission in boring machine processing non-cylinder piston pin hole system. In this study, the factors that influence loosely coupled transformer characteristics are discussed, including coil position and air gap. Then, thei...

Tool use is so rare in the animal kingdom that its evolutionary origins cannot be traced with comparative analyses. Valuable insights can be gained from investigating the ecological context and adaptive significance of tool use under contemporary conditions, but obtaining robust observational data is challenging. We assayed individual-level tool-use dependence in wild New Caledonian crows by an...

The  tunnel  boring  machine  (TBM)  penetration  rate  estimation  is  one  of  the  crucial  and complex  tasks  encountered  frequently  to  excavate  the  mechanical  tunnels.  Estimating  the machine  penetration  rate  may  reduce  the  risks  related  to  high  capital  costs  typical  for excavation  operation.  Thus  establishing  a  relationship  between  rock  properties  and  TBM pe...

Honing is a process for finishing surfaces to obtain smooth surface. This process is used for final polish of inner parts such as engines cylinders. Optimizing this process has always been a big challenge for mass production of cylinder blocks of internal combustion engines. Honing process has some variable parameters, thus to get their optimum rates the automobile cylinders were tested. In thi...

this paper aims to assess the application of support vector machine (svm) regression in order to analysis flexible pavements. to this end, 10000 four-layer flexible pavement sections consisted of asphalt concrete layer, granular base layer, granular subbase layer, and subgrade soil were analyzed under the effect of standard axle loading using multi-layered elastic theory and pavement critical r...

The simulation of the advancing process for arbitrary alignments during shield tunneling requires a continuous adaption of the finite element mesh in the vicinity of the tunnel face in conjunction with a steering algorithm for the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) advance. Moreover, the finite element mesh should match the actual motion path of the shield machine resulting from the FE-analysis in eac...

Gas injection volume is the key parameter of air drilling with raise boring machine, and determination minimum gas one technologies to improve speed shorten period. Based on characteristics technology, construction technique as circulating medium studied, double-channel structural direct circulation system are discussed. On basis summarizing analyzing principle calculation methods, required for...

This paper gives an overview of what resources, including software tools, reference material and course material, are currently available on the web for teaching machine translation, and discusses where to find these resources. It makes some suggestions as to how these resources and access to them can be enhanced in the future.