基于声压振速联合信息处理的声矢量阵相干信号子空间方法

为解决水下宽带源的远程测向问题,提出了一种基于声压P与振速V的互谱矩阵的声矢量阵相干信号子空间方法。与现有的将声矢量传感器的振速信息仅仅作为独立阵元来处理的声矢量阵测向方法不同,新方法完全基于声压与振速联合信息处理,充分利用了声矢量阵中P-V互谱的抗噪能力,能将相干信号子空间方法的宽带高分辨能力及去相干能力与声矢量阵的抗噪能力有机地结合起来,实现对宽带源的远程、高分辨方位估计。理论分析给出了基于P-V互谱矩阵的宽带聚焦原理和特征分解原理,以及信源数检测准则。基于湖试数据的仿真实验结果显示,采用3元声矢量阵,在信噪比为-10dB和观测时间为20s时,新方法方位估计的均方根误差约为5°,明显强于现有方法。     

基于多重信号分类法的一种声矢量阵方位估计算法

为了提高声矢量阵高分辨方位估计的性能,文中提出了一种矢量阵MUSIC方位估计算法.该算法先构造声矢量阵声压和振速组合输出的互协方差矩阵,然后进行MUSIC方位估计.理论分析和计算机仿真表明,文中算法比传统声矢量阵MUSIC方位估计算法有更好的双目标分辨能力和弱目标方位估计能力,湖试结果也表明文中算法有更好的目标方位估计性能.该算法基于矢量传感器声压和振速的相干性原理,充分利用声压振速组合指向性抗干扰能力,可以更好地抑制各向同性干扰,提高阵列的处理增益,从而有更好的方位估计性能.     

声矢量圆阵宽带相干目标MVDR方位估计*

针对宽带相干目标的远程探测问题，本文提出一种基于声压振速联合处理和矢量重构的声矢量圆阵MVDR波束形成方法。该方法利用相位模态变换技术，将声矢量圆阵变换为与信号频率无关的虚拟线阵，并构建虚拟线阵声压与组合振速的互协方差矩阵，利用声压与振速各分量间的空间相关性有效地抑制各向同性环境噪声；并对宽带相干信号的互协方差矩阵进行矢量重构，即将最大特征值对应的特征向量划分为相互重叠的子向量，从而构建前/后向Hermitian矩阵；最后，基于MVDR波束形成器实现宽带相干目标的方位估计。仿真计算和实验数据处理结果表明，该方法具较强的解相干能力和噪声抑制能力以及较高的方位估计性能。     

声矢量圆阵相位模态域目标方位估计

为了实现矢量传感器在圆阵阵型下的应用,文中提出了一种适合于声矢量圆阵的目标方位估计算法。该算法首先将声矢量圆阵阵元域信号分解为一系列相互正交的相位模态,在相位模态域构造声压和质点振速的互协方差矩阵,然后进行MUSIC方位估计.理论分析和仿真结果表明,文中算法比相同阵型的声压阵MUSIC方位估计算法具有更好的噪声抑制能力、方位估计性能以及多目标分辨能力,试验结果也表明本文算法具有更好的噪声抑制能力以及更好的目标方位估计性能。该算法实现了声压和质点振速的相干处理,充分利用了声矢量传感器的平均声强抗噪原理,具有较强的抗各向同性噪声能力,并可以将子空间类DOA(Direction of Arrival)估计算法和相位模态域阵列信号处理技术有机结合起来,实现了声矢量传感器在圆阵阵型条件下的高分辨DOA估计。      

使用协方差矩阵分解的矢量阵声压振速联合处理波达方向估计

提出一种使用协方差矩阵分解(CMD)的声矢量阵声压振速联合处理方法。该方法将声压振速互协方差矩阵分解为观测方位系数矩阵和剩余协方差矩阵,将系数矩阵与导向矢量结合避免了观测方位的选择,对剩余协方差矩阵进行奇异值分解并重构厄米特协方差矩阵,最后对重构的协方差矩阵实施最小方差无失真响应(MVDR)方法处理。理论分析表明,使用重构的协方差矩阵能够获得更高的阵处理增益。数值仿真结果验证了本文方法的计算量与Nehorai处理方法相近,但较传统声压振速联合处理方法具有更高的阵处理增益和目标分辨能力。     

矢量声纳高速运动目标稳健高分辨方位估计

针对水声矢量信号处理框架中的高速运动目标低信噪 比小快拍条件下的稳健高分辨方位估计问题, 将压缩感知技术应用于水声矢量信号空间谱估计模型中. 结合声矢量传感器结构特性, 探讨了基于声压振速联合处理的广义时域滤波方法; 结合矩阵空域预滤波理论, 设计了基于阻带约束通带均方误差最大值最小的空域滤波器, 研究了矢量声纳空域预滤波方法; 结合以上分析, 提出了基于压缩感知技术的时空联合滤波高分辨方位估计方法, 给出了方法的数学模型、物理解释及具体实施步骤.理论分析和计算机仿真试验表明, 新方法对于小快拍数 条件下的矢量声纳高速运动目标高分辨方位估计问题, 具有较低的双目标分辨门限和较高的估计精度, 有着良好的应用前景.湖上试验验证了方法的有效性. 关键词： 声矢量传感器 空间谱估计 时空滤波 压缩感知     

一种声矢量阵子空间拟合算法及其矩阵预滤波器设计

为了减少矩阵预滤波器通带响应畸变程度,提出了一种基于阻带约束通带最大k个误差范数和(k为约束点的数目)最小化准则的矩阵预滤波器设计方法,通过使通带内最大的k个响应误差范数和最小化,减少了通带响应畸变程度。同时针对声矢量阵方位估计算法计算量过大的问题,提出了一种基于矩阵预滤波的声矢量阵子空间拟合算法,通过对声矢量阵声压、振速信号子空间进行联合处理,将预滤波矩阵和拟合子空间矩阵均减少为M×M维(M为阵元数),从而减少矩阵预滤波器设计和方位搜索所需时间。仿真结果和分析表明该算法性能和预滤波MUSIC算法相当,但在计算量上有较大优势,矩阵预滤波方法能抑制阻带干扰,提高后续算法的分辨和估计性能。      

声矢量锥形阵的高阶累积量波达方向估计

为解决信源在较低信噪比情况下的测向分辨率问题,提出阵列可扩展的声矢量锥形阵测向算法。算法基于四阶累积量的阵列扩展和高斯噪声抑制特性,计算声矢量传声器不同输出分量的四阶累积量,使其在三维方向上扩展与原阵型结构相同的虚拟阵,从而构造包含角度信息的旋转不变矩阵进行测向。推导给出了算法的克拉美罗界,理论分析了算法性能受信噪比、采样快拍以及入射声源俯仰角的影响。仿真实验验证了该算法较常规声矢量阵ESPRIT算法有更优的噪声抑制能力及更高分辨的DOA估计性能。      

基于矢量传感器的低空目标声测向算法及实验研究

将基于二维压差式矢量传感器的声压振速联合处理技术应用于低空目标无源测向的研究中,提出了一种新的无源声测向算法,该方法在小尺寸和低频条件下实现了对低空目标的精确测向。采用实测直升机辐射的噪声信号对算法进行了分析,研究了传感器尺寸、积分时间和信噪比对算法性能的影响。结果表明,矢量传感器尺寸为0.2 m,信噪比为0 dB时,测向误差小于2°,优于基于时延估计测向的方法。该研究为小基阵高精度的低空目标无源声测向提供了一种实现方法。     

基于声矢量传感器的水声通信技术研究

基于声矢量传感器声压和振速联合加权处理可以提高空间处理增益的原理,将声矢量传感器应用于相位调制的高速水声通信中,并结合自适应均衡算法,研究了相干解调和解码的方法。基于声矢量传感器声强处理可以抵消各向同性干扰、提高信噪比的原理,研究了在频率调制的水声通信系统中,利用声强解码代替声压解码的方法。理论分析、仿真研究和湖上试验结果表明:利用声矢量传感器相对于声压传感器来说,可以提高解码处理增益,进而提高了水声通信系统的作用距离、降低误码率。     

Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Electronic States and Spectra of TeH and TeLi

Gas-phase emission spectra of the hitherto unknown free radical TeLi have been measured in the NIR range with a Fourier-transform spectrometer. The emissions were observed from a fast flow system in which tellurium vapor in argon carrier gas was passed through a microwave discharge and mixed with lithium vapor in an observation tube. Two systems of blue-degraded bands were measured at high spectral resolution in the ranges 8000-9000 and 5700-6700 cm(-1) and vibrational and rotational analyses were performed. In order to aid in the analysis of the experimental data, a series of relativistic configuration interaction calculations has been carried out to obtain potential curves for the low-lying states of TeLi and the isovalent TeH and also electric dipole transition moments connecting them. As in the TeH system, the ground state of TeLi is found to be X(2)Pi(i), but with a remarkably smaller spin-orbit splitting. The TeLi calculations indicate a strongly bound A(2)Sigma(+) state, while in TeH the analogous state is computed to lie significantly higher at approximately 32 000 cm(-1), and it is strongly predissociated. Based on the theoretical analysis, the observed TeLi band systems are assigned to the transitions A(2)Sigma(+)(A1/2)-->X(1)(2)Pi(3/2)(X(1)3/2) and A(2)Sigma(+)(A1/2)-->X(2)(2)Pi(1/2)(X(2)1/2). Analysis of the spectra has yielded the molecular constants (in cm(-1)) X(1)(2)Pi(3/2):omega(e)=457.49(3), omega(e)x(e)=2.482(9), B(0)=0.408908(8); X(2)(2)Pi(1/2): T(e)=2353.44(3), omega(e)=456.28(4), omega(e)x(e)=2.635(8), B(0)=0.414954(8), p(0)=1.00637(4); A(2)Sigma(+): T(e)=8574.64(2), omega(e)=437.81(3), omega(e)x(e)=2.581(8), B(0)=0.423903(8), p(0)=-0.19915(2), where the numbers in parentheses are the standard deviations of the parameters. Comparison of the isovalent TeLi and TeH systems emphasizes that the difference in bonding character (ionic in TeLi vs covalent in TeH) is responsible for qualitative differences in the electronic spectra of these two molecules. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.     

Topological dislocation-type defects and mechanisms of plasticity and failure of nanostructured and amorphous materials

Possible mechanisms of plastic deformation and failure of nanostructured and cluster amorphous materials have been considered. It is shown that the most probable carriers of plastic deformation in these materials are macrodislocations—linear topological defects of the regular nanocrystallite packing in the nanostructure or cluster packing in amorphous materials. Continuum models are proposed to describe the processes of plastic deformation and failure of nanostructured and cluster amorphous materials. Original Russian Text ? L.S. Vasil’ev, S.F. Lomaeva, 2009, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Fizicheskaya, 2009, Vol. 73, No. 1, pp. 128–131.     

NOx formation and flame velocity profiles of iso- and n-isomers of butane and butanol

NO formation and flame propagation are studied in premixed flames of iso- and n-isomers of butane and butanol through experimental measurements and direct simulation of experimental profiles. The stabilized flame is realized through the impingement of a premixed combustible jet from a contraction nozzle against a temperature-controlled plate. The velocity field is obtained by means of Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and nitric oxide concentration profiles are measured using Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence (PLIF), calibrated using known NO seeding levels. It is found that NO formation in n- and iso-isomers is comparable under the conditions considered, except for rich butanol mixtures, whereby NO formation is higher for iso-butanol. Generally, less NO is formed in butanol flames than in the butane flames. The experiment is simulated by a 1D chemically reacting stagnation flow model, using literature models of C1–C4 hydrocarbons [Wang et al., 2010] and butanol combustion chemistry [Sarathy et al., 2009, 2012]. NO prediction is tested using two of these mechanisms with a previously-published NO_x submechanism added into the butane and butanol models. While a good level of agreement is observed in the velocity field prediction under lean and stoichiometric conditions, discrepancies exist under rich conditions. Greater discrepancies are observed in NO prediction, except for the C1–C4 mechanism which shows good agreement with the experiment under lean and stoichiometric conditions. The current study provides data for further development of mechanisms with NO_x prediction capabilities for the fuels considered here.     

Quantum and surface properties of free films and nanoshells of molecular and atomic thicknesses

An original technology and the properties of new thin film nanoobjects, free films and shells of molecular and atomic thicknesses, are presented. Special attention is paid to shells of monoatomic or monomoleculer thickness with unique surface properties that have not been found in bulk materials.     

Geometry and Elasticity of Strips and Flowers

We solve several problems that involve imposing metrics on surfaces. The problem of a strip with a linear metric gradient is formulated in terms of a Lagrangian similar to those used for spin systems. We are able to show that the low energy state of long strips is a twisted helical state like a telephone cord. We then extend the techniques used in this solution to two–dimensional sheets with more general metrics. We find evolution equations and show that when they are not singular, a surface is determined by knowledge of its metric, and the shape of the surface along one line. Finally, we provide numerical evidence by minimizing a suitable energy functional that once these evolution equations become singular, either the surface is not differentiable, or else the metric deviates from the target metric.     

Synthesis and characterizations of hollow spheres and nanospheres of Au

Hollow spheres and nanospheres of Au have been prepared by a simple reaction of HAuCl₄·4H₂O, NaOH and (NH₂OH)₂·H₂SO₄ in the presence of gelatin. The role of gelatin and the effect of the temperature of the reaction in producing the spherical particles of Au are discussed. The products were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy and UV–Vis absorption spectroscopy. The sizes of the nanospheres of Au were estimated by the Debye–Scherrer formula according to the XRD spectrum. PACS  81.05.Bx; 81.05.Rm; 81.07.-b; 81.16.Be; 81.20.Fw     

Polarity of the Medium and Quenching of Fluorescence of Caratenoids and Phthalimides

The relation for the dependence of the rate of radiationless energy conversion of the S ₁ state k _q on the polarity of the medium, obtained previously by the author, has been used to interpret the known literature data on the lifetime of the S ₁ state of solutions of some caratenoids and phthalimides. It has been shown that in alcohols and water (normal and deuterated ones) the fluorescence quenching of 4-amino-, 4-methylamino-, and 4-dimethylamino-N-methylphthalimides (4AMP, 4MAMP, and 4DMAMP) as well as of peridinine in alcohols is due to H-bond formation. It has been established that a twofold increase in the number of amine atoms of hydrogen on passing from 4MAMP to 4AMP, as well as deuteration of solvents in the case of 4DMAMP, is followed by a decrease in k _q by a factor of 1.6 and 1.75, respectively. The mechanism of quenching in complexes formed with solvent molecules by means of the H-bond is discussed. It has been concluded that the quenching of fluorescence of phthalimides in such complexes is mainly due to the intersystem crossing initiated by the oscillations of the protons or deuterons of the H-bonds.     

Accuracy and repeatability of QRAPMASTER and MRF-vFA

Our purpose is to evaluate bias and repeatability of the quantitative MRI sequences QRAPMASTER, based on steady-state imaging, and variable Flip Angle MRF (MRF-VFA), based on the transient response.Both techniques are assessed with a standardized phantom and five volunteers on 1.5 T and 3 T clinical scanners. All scans were repeated eight times in consecutive weeks.In the phantom, the mean bias±95% confidence interval for T1 values with QRAPMASTER was 10 ± 10% on 1.5 T and 4 ± 13% on 3.0 T. The mean bias for T1 values with MRF-vFA was 21 ± 17% on 1.5 T and 9 ± 9% on 3.0 T. For T2 values the mean bias with QRAPMASTER was 12 ± 3% on 1.5 T and 23 ± 1% on 3.0 T. For T2 values the mean bias with MRF-vFA was 17 ± 1% on 1.5 T and 19 ± 2% on 3.0 T. QRAPMASTER estimated lower T1 and T2 values than MRF-vFA. Repeatability was good with low coefficients of variation (CoV). Mean CoV ± 95% confidence interval for T1 were 3.2 ± 0.4% on 1.5 T and 4.5 ± 0.8% on 3.0 T with QRAPMASTER and 2.7% ± 0.2% on 1.5 T and 2.5 ± 0.2% on 3.0 T with MRF-vFA. For T2 were 3.3 ± 1.9% on 1.5 T and 3.2 ± 0.6% on 3.0 T with QRAPMASTER and 2.0 ± 0.4% on 1.5 T and 5.7 ± 1.0% on 3.0 T with MRF-vFA.The in-vivo T1 and T2 are in the range of values previously reported by other authors.The in-vivo mean CoV ± 95% confidence interval in gray matter were for T1 1.7 ± 0.2% using QRAPMASTER and 0.7 ± 0.5% using MRF-vFA and for T2 were 0.9 ± 0.4% using QRAPMASTER and 2.4 ± 0.5% using MRF-vFA. In white matter were for T1 0.9 ± 0.3% using QRAPMASTER and 1.3 ± 1.1% using MRF-vFA and for T2 were 0.7 ± 0.4% using QRAPMASTER and 2.4 ± 0.4% using MRF-vFA. A GLM analysis showed that the variations in T1 and T2 mainly depend on the field strength and the subject, but not on the follow-up repetition in different days. This confirms the high repeatability of QRAPMASTER and MRF-vFA.In summary, QRAPMASTER and MRF-vFA on both systems were highly repeatable with moderate accuracy, providing results comparable to standard references. While repeatability was similar for both methods, QRAPMASTER was more accurate. QRAPMASTER is a tested commercial product but MRF-vFA is 4.77 times faster, which would ease the inclusion of quantitative relaxometry.     

Absorption and luminescence of amino- and benzoylaminoanthraquinones

Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 396–402, September, 1990.