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| Author | Totsuji, Chieko| Sanaka Yoshiaki| Totsuji, Hiroo| |
| Abstract | Based on the tight-binding method, electronic bands of the mixed perovskite oxides are calculated in order to develop the electronic theory of ferroelectric phase transitions in these mixtures which are difficult to describe within the phenomenological theories. Diagonal elements of Hamiltonian matrix of parent materials are assumed to differ by 0.1eV and mixtures are simulated by lattices of supercells containing 2(3) = 8 or 3(3) = 27 unit cells randomly assigned to either material. The width of the conduction and valence bands have maxima and the band gap has a minimum at intermediate mixing ratio. Results are in agreement with those of other analyses on random systems and even 2(3)-cell computation seems to serve as a first approximation for our purpose. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 1995-12-28 |
| Volume | volume30 |
| Issue | issue1 |
| Start Page | 89 |
| End Page | 97 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
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| FullText URL | Mem_Fac_Eng_OU_30_1_47.pdf |
| Author | Kagawa, Yukio| Sun Yonghao| Mahmood Zaheed| |
| Abstract | Regular boundary element method is employed for the variational formulation of Helmholtz equation that governs the waveguiding problems. Like in the Charge simulation method, in this method, the source points associated with the fundamental solutions are allocated outside the domain so that the singular integrals which occur in the standard boundary element procedure can be avoided. First, the formulation is developed for the two-dimensional scalar Helmholtz problem solving for the axial components of either electric or magnetic fields. The application of the formulation is shown for simple hollow rectangular waveguide and dielectric-slab-loaded rectangular waveguide. Then the formulation is extended for the analysis of dielectric waveguides of open type incorporating axial components of both electric and magnetic fields, for the solution of the propagating modes which are generally of hybrid types. To show the validity and quality of the formulation, it is applied to a circular step-index optical waveguide and a dielectric rectangular waveguide. Very close agreements have been found when the solutions are compared with the ones obtained by different methods. One distinct merit of the extended formulation is that it has been fixed to suppress the spurious solutions which are encountered while solved by the conventional boundary element method. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 1995-12-28 |
| Volume | volume30 |
| Issue | issue1 |
| Start Page | 47 |
| End Page | 62 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120002307187 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/15384 |
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| FullText URL | Mem_Fac_Eng_OU_30_1_99.pdf |
| Author | Wang, Ming| Wada, Osami| Koga, Ryuji| |
| Abstract | A cylindric mirror was used, in place of a parabolic mirror, to collimate the crescent blue laser beam radiated from the Cerenkov SHG in channel waveguide configuration. The cylindric mirror radius is requested to be twice the focal length of the parabolic mirror. The focusing effect of the cylindric mirror in collimation can be compensated by slightly lifting the mirror in its normal direction. Under the condition that the mirror was declined by 5.56° and lifted by 25 μm, we got the collimated beam with divergence angle less than 1.3 mrad. In the focusing experiment, the collimated beam was focused with spotsize of 1.8 μm. The details on the analysis and experiment are reported. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 1995-12-28 |
| Volume | volume30 |
| Issue | issue1 |
| Start Page | 99 |
| End Page | 110 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120002307418 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/15374 |
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| FullText URL | Mem_Fac_Eng_OU_30_1_35.pdf |
| Author | Mahmood Zaheed| Kagawa, Yukio| |
| Abstract | Divergence-free shape functions are proposed for the finite elements, with which inhomogeneously-loaded and arbitrarily-shaped waveguides are analysed. The method is based on vectorial finite element formulation employing edge elements. The shape functions used for the approximation of the fields are shown analytically to be divergence-free and as an evidence, the non-physical solutions that appeared in the longitudinal component finite element formulation have been shown to be absent. To show the validity of the elements, application is made for the analysis of rectangular waveguides loaded with dielectric slab and a waveguide with curved structure. The solutions obtained are compared with the analytical ones or the solutions reported elsewhere. The degree of accuracy has been found satisfactory. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 1995-12-28 |
| Volume | volume30 |
| Issue | issue1 |
| Start Page | 35 |
| End Page | 46 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120002307293 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/15367 |
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| FullText URL | Mem_Fac_Eng_OU_30_1_9.pdf |
| Author | Ding Ronggui| Osaki, Hirokazu| |
| Abstract | Decision Support Systems (DSS) have been taken as hopeful support tools for decision making for more than 20 years. There are a lot of literatures on DSS, but most of them are not so practical as the designers expected. This paper points out the crux of this situation and argues that the research on DSS should pay some more attention to the decision making activities before the model using stage. A method named "Problem Situation Decomposing Graph (PSDG)" is presented in this paper for helping the decision maker(DM) elicit the decision making problems. A PSDG is an acycle AND/OR logical directed graph, and which includes all the factors affecting the problem situation based on the DM's knowledge. The logical nodes and parameter determining methods in PSDG can reflect the DM's decision making style. This paper introduces some basic concepts of PSDG, discusses some of its characteristics, and proposes a logical adjacency matrix for PSDG representation and analysis. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 1995-12-28 |
| Volume | volume30 |
| Issue | issue1 |
| Start Page | 9 |
| End Page | 17 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120002307826 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/15386 |
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| FullText URL | Mem_Fac_Eng_OU_30_1_111.pdf |
| Author | Ye Ju| Tanaka, Masahiro| Tanino, Tetsuzo| |
| Abstract | Mutation is one of the important operators in genetic algorithm. In traditional genetic algorithm, mutation is activated stochastically. In this way it is unknown and cannot be controlled for which individuals to be mutated. Therefore, it is unavoidable that some good individuals are destroyed by mutation and then the evolutionary efficiency of the genetic algorithm is dampened. Owing to this kind of destructivity of mutation, the operator of mutation has to be limited within a very small probability, and the potentiality of mutation is consequently limited. In this paper, we present an evolutionary chain-based mutation and a control strategy of reasonable competition, in which the heuristic information provided by the evaluation function is well utilized. This method avoids the blindness of stochastic mutation. The performance improved in this method is shown by two examples, a fuzzy modeling for the identification of a nonlinear function and a typical combinatorial optimization problem-the traveling salesman problem. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 1995-12-28 |
| Volume | volume30 |
| Issue | issue1 |
| Start Page | 111 |
| End Page | 120 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120002307635 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/15365 |
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| FullText URL | Mem_Fac_Eng_OU_30_1_1.pdf |
| Author | Dong Liu| Kajihara, Yasuhiro| Osaki, Hirokazu| Munesawa, Yoshiomi| |
| Abstract | A method for standardizing parts is proposed. This method aims to reduce the sort of parts for cutting the manufacturing cost and for improving specifications of parts. Two linear mathematical programming models are proposed for standardizing the parts. One model aims at cutting cost half without causing any degradation of mechanical specifications of parts. The other model aims at doubling mechanical specifications of parts below the acceptable manufacturing cost. These models are formulated in 0-1 integer programming forms. The integer programming model shows which part is common to other parts. An example is shown to demonstrate the use of the developed method. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 1995-12-28 |
| Volume | volume30 |
| Issue | issue1 |
| Start Page | 1 |
| End Page | 7 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120002307491 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/15379 |
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| FullText URL | Mem_Fac_Eng_OU_30_1_63.pdf |
| Author | Koshimoto Marcos| Mahmood Zaheed| Kagawa, Yukio| |
| Abstract | Optical fibers or integrated optical waveguides have arbitrary cross-sectional index or refraction distribution. An efficient finite element method for analyzing the propagation characteristics of dielectric / optical waveguides with open boundary is presented. The propagation modes are hybrid, for which a variational expression is formulated in terms of the longitudinal electric and magnetic field components. Infinite elements are introduced to consider open boundary or to extend the region to infinity. Several specific examples are given and the results are compared with those obtained by other approximate methods. Very close agreements have been found. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 1995-12-28 |
| Volume | volume30 |
| Issue | issue1 |
| Start Page | 63 |
| End Page | 73 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120002307545 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/15430 |
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| FullText URL | Mem_Fac_Eng_OU_29_2_89.pdf |
| Author | Sekoguchi, Kenji| Miyazaki, Shigeji| |
| Abstract | The present paper deals with a new perfomance measure, the actual mean flow time, defined as a mean of the elapsed time of each job counted from the start time on a schedule to the corresponding due date. For the one machine backward scheduling model with a common due date and independent setup times, LPT schedule is shown as the optimal solution for the proposed measure. An optimal algorithm is presented for the case with dependent setup times on the basis of the algorithm by Arcelus and Chandra for a n / 1 / F forward scheduling problem. The proposed algorithm is coded in C-language and a computational experience is reported through a 16-bit computer. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 1995-03-27 |
| Volume | volume29 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Start Page | 89 |
| End Page | 94 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120002307729 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/15428 |
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| FullText URL | Mem_Fac_Eng_OU_29_2_83.pdf |
| Author | Tsuru, Kanji| Nishiyama Chikako| Ohtsuki, Chikara| Osaka, Akiyoshi| |
| Abstract | One of the CaO,SiO(2)-based bioactive glasses(5OCaO･ 5OSiO (2) in mol%) were soaked for various periods in a simulated body fluid(SBF) with or without containing alcohols such as methanol, ethanol, and 1-propanol. Effect of the alcohols was investigated on the apatite formation on the glass surface with thin-film X-ray diffraction, FT-IR reflection spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Under the presence of alcohols up to 0.1mol/l in the SBF an apatite layer was formed on the glass, while it consisted of crystallites similar in morphology but larger in size than that found for the SBF without the alcohols. It was concluded that the alcohols little influenced the the apatite forming ability of the CaO,SiO(2)-based glasses. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 1995-03-27 |
| Volume | volume29 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Start Page | 83 |
| End Page | 88 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120002307301 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/15424 |
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| FullText URL | Mem_Fac_Eng_OU_29_2_67.pdf |
| Author | Totsuji, Chieko| Matsubara Takeo| Obuchi Masumi| |
| Abstract | The π-electron band of C(60) molecule has been obtained by the tight binding approximation. Application of molecular orbital wave functions derived on the basis of the optimized bond orbital model gives, with simpler calculations, the results in satisfactory agreement with those of previous theoretical analyses. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 1995-03-27 |
| Volume | volume29 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Start Page | 67 |
| End Page | 76 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120002307408 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/15426 |
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| FullText URL | Mem_Fac_Eng_OU_29_2_77.pdf |
| Author | Tsuru, Kanji| Nishiyama Chikako| Ohtsuki, Chikara| Osaka, Akiyoshi| |
| Abstract | Poly(methyl methacrylate) substrates were immersed in suspensions containing bioactive 50CaO･50SiO(2) (mol%) glass particles (45 μm in diameter) and a 6:4 (volume fraction) mixture of ethanol and THF, and an ultrasonic energy was applied to the system. A layer of glass particles was implanted and covered more than 50% of the substrate surface. Thin film X-ray diffraction patterns and FT-IR reflection spectra indicated deposition of apatite on the glass-implanted substrates after they were soaked for 12 h in a simulated body fluid similar in apatite-deposition ability to the human blood plasma. Flake-like apatite crystallites formed on the substrate soaked in SBF for 3 days. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 1995-03-27 |
| Volume | volume29 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Start Page | 77 |
| End Page | 81 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120002307332 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/15408 |
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| FullText URL | Mem_Fac_Eng_OU_29_2_1.pdf |
| Author | Sakakibara, Akira| Nakagawa, Keiyu| Kanadani, Teruto| |
| Abstract | Effect of addition of a small amount of copper to Al- 12mass % Zn binary alloy on the process of low temperature aging is studied by hardness test and transmission electron microscopy. Age hardening rate after quenching from various temperatures is slowed down by addition of 0.5mass % copper to the binary alloy. The hardness obtained after long aging, however, is increased a little by the addition of copper. The extent of soft surface layer formed by aging in the copper-added alloy is nearly equal to that obtained in the binary alloy. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 1995-03-27 |
| Volume | volume29 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Start Page | 1 |
| End Page | 4 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120002307763 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/15409 |
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| FullText URL | Mem_Fac_Eng_OU_29_2_5.pdf |
| Author | Inaba, Hideo| Tu Ping| Ozaki, Koichi| |
| Abstract | Transient characteristics of the rectangular latent heat storage vessel packed with shape-stabilized phase change (solid-liquid) material (PCM) are investigated numerically by solving the governing equations of both the PCM and the heat transfer medium(water) simultaneously as a conjugate problem with the finite difference technique. It's found that the heat storage characteristics are greatly affected by the flow direction of the heat transfer medium since the natural and forced convection coexists in the heat storage vessel. That is, it is classified that the effectively thermal efficiency of the latent heat storage system is obtained by the downflow along vertical PCM for heat storage process and the upflow for heat release process. The effect of the inlet velocity of heat transfer medium(water) on transient heat characteristics of the latent heat storage system is also revealed in the present study. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 1995-03-27 |
| Volume | volume29 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Start Page | 5 |
| End Page | 12 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120002307377 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/15411 |
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| FullText URL | Mem_Fac_Eng_OU_29_2_13.pdf |
| Author | Dwianto Gatot| Osaki, Hirokazu| Kajihara, Yasuhiro| |
| Abstract | We propose a method to design the supplying method of parts to an assembly line. Three types of supplying model (Serial, Parallel, and Mixed) are proposed based on the relation between the area of part and that of the transportation equipment. The part is supplied by the pallet on which the all parts of one product are arranged or by the lot of one part. AGV or conveyor are used to transport the pallet. The supplying model is evaluated from the total transportation cost calculated from the price of the transportation equipment and of land. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 1995-03-27 |
| Volume | volume29 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Start Page | 13 |
| End Page | 21 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120002307903 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/15413 |
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| FullText URL | Mem_Fac_Eng_OU_29_2_23.pdf |
| Author | Kajihara, Yasuhiro| Osaki, Hirokazu| Dong Rui| |
| Abstract | A method for reducing the variety of parts is proposed. The variety of parts in a product and the variety of parts among products are evaluated in consideration of some factors that influence the production cost. Rules are formulated for selecting parts which should be eliminated or whose designs should be changed to reduce these varieties. An expert system is developed based on this method for reducing the variety of parts. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 1995-03-27 |
| Volume | volume29 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Start Page | 23 |
| End Page | 27 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120002307257 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/15415 |
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| FullText URL | Mem_Fac_Eng_OU_29_2_29.pdf |
| Author | Oka, Hisao| Fukuda, Takashi| |
| Abstract | In the stiffness evaluation from the skin surface, the body structure under the skin, like a bone and muscle, influences on the measurement results. The authors developed the measurement system of biomechanical impedance with applying a vibration of acoustic frequency onto the body surface. We measured the viscoelasticity of the silicone-gel model, which involves metal blocks, from the gel surface by using this system. The internal structure of model is estimated from the relation between the viscoelasticity and the distance from the gel surface to the internal block. Applying this method, the shape of ribs of the right chest are estimated. The shapes and viscoelasticity of silicone-gel tumor model, which has two different tumors, are also estimated. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 1995-03-27 |
| Volume | volume29 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Start Page | 29 |
| End Page | 37 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120002307199 |
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| FullText URL | Mem_Fac_Eng_OU_29_2_39.pdf |
| Author | Oka, Hisao| Sakamoto, Shun-ya| Irie Takashi| |
| Abstract | The body structures under the skin surface, such as bones and tendon, have an influence on the stiffness evaluation observed from the surface. In this case, the observed stiffness should be called an apparent stiffness. To obtain the biomechanical properties of skin itself, the influence of body structure should be removed. This study deals with the correction method of apparent viscoelasticity which calculated from apparent biomechanical impedance. This method is applied to the measured result of the forearm and the right chest to confirm its effectiveness. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 1995-03-27 |
| Volume | volume29 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Start Page | 39 |
| End Page | 47 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120002307527 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/15419 |
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| FullText URL | Mem_Fac_Eng_OU_29_2_49.pdf |
| Author | Ahmed, Anis| Taniguchi, Shinji| Wada, Osami| Wang, Ming| Koga, Ryuji| |
| Abstract | For weakly guiding dielectric waveguides, the eigenmode field distributions are calculated numerically with a simple algorithm. In this numerical method, the transverse sampling space can be chosen arbitrarily, and hence a narrow waveguide can be analyzed. The field satisfying scalar wave equation is expressed by the discrete Fourier transform and the mode eigenvalues and eigenfunctions are calculated by solving an eigenvalue equation numerically. The validity of this method is checked for 2-D waveguides having step and parabolic or square index distributions. It is found that for the well guided TE modes of the slab waveguide, the accuracy of this method is remarkably good, but some discrepancies are found if the mode is near cut off. In the problems where the normalized guide index b is small, caution should be taken in applying the results of this numerical method. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 1995-03-27 |
| Volume | volume29 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Start Page | 49 |
| End Page | 55 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120002307858 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/15422 |
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| FullText URL | Mem_Fac_Eng_OU_29_2_57.pdf |
| Author | Totsuji, Hiroo| |
| Abstract | As plasmas with extremely reduced dimensionality, properties of one-dimensional classical plasmas are analyzed in the domain of strong coupling and static and dynamic structure factors and the plasmon dispersion relation are obtained. These plasmas may be realized in Penning traps with sufficiently strong confinement and also in semiconductor quantum wires under appropriate conditions. |
| Publication Title | Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University |
| Published Date | 1995-03-27 |
| Volume | volume29 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Start Page | 57 |
| End Page | 65 |
| ISSN | 0475-0071 |
| language | English |
| File Version | publisher |
| NAID | 120002307838 |
