TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD FOR ANALYZING VIBRATION AND DAMPING CHARACTERISTICS OF ROTATIONAL SHELL WITH PASSIVE CONSTRAINED LAYER DAMPING TREATMENT

The first order differential matrix equations of the host shell and constrained layer for a sandwich rotational shell are derived based on the thin shell theory.Employing the layer wise principle and first order shear deformation theory, only considering the shearing deformation of the viscoelastic layer, the integrated first order differential matrix equation of a passive constrained layer damping rotational shell is established by combining with the normal equilibrium equation of the viscoelastic layer.A highly precise transfer matrix method is developed by extended homogeneous capacity precision integration technology.The numerical results show that present method is accurate and effective.     

Assessment of fast and thermal neutron ambient dose equivalents around the KFUPM neutron source storage area using nuclear track detectors

A set of five ²⁴¹Am–Be neutron sources are utilized in research and teaching at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM). Three of these sources have an activity of 16 Ci each and the other two are of 5 Ci each. A well-shielded storage area was designed for these sources. The aim of the study is to check the effectiveness of shielding of the KFUPM neutron source storage area. Poly allyl diglycol carbonate (PADC) Nuclear track detectors (NTDs) based fast and thermal neutron area passive dosimeters have been utilized side by side for 33 days to assess accumulated low ambient dose equivalents of fast and thermal neutrons at 30 different locations around the source storage area and adjacent rooms. Fast neutron measurements have been carried out using bare NTDs, which register fast neutrons through recoils of protons, in the detector material. NTDs were mounted with lithium tetra borate (Li₂B₄O₇) converters on their surfaces for thermal neutron detection via and nuclear reactions. The calibration factors of NTD both for fast and thermal neutron area passive dosimeters were determined using thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLD) with and without a polyethylene moderator. The calibration factors for fast and thermal neutron area passive dosimeters were found to be 1.33 proton tracks and 31.5 alpha tracks , respectively. The results show variations of accumulated dose with the locations around the storage area. The fast neutron dose equivalents rates varied from as low as up to whereas those for thermal neutron ranged from as low as up to . The study indicates that the area passive neutron dosimeter was able to detect dose rates as low as 7 and from accumulated dose for thermal and fast neutrons, respectively, which were not possible to detect with the available active neutron dosimeters.     

Studies on Nd:YAG Single-pass Amplifiers for High-power Q-switched Laser System

The output of Nd∶YAG single-pass laser amplifiers is studied analytically and experimentally. Methods of analysis for single-pass Nd∶YAG laser amplifier are presented. A flashlamp-pumped Q-switched Nd∶YAG oscillator/amplifier laser system has been developed with the average output power of 121.5 W.     

漩涡阻止器水力性能的PIV试验分析及其机理研究

漩涡阻止器是用来防止或减少漩涡发生的特殊装置,它具有特殊的几何形状,能够优化水力机械内部的流动。在水泵吸水池内部,尤其在吸入口的周围存在着较大的漩涡,在吸入口的下方,安装一个“T”型的漩涡阻止器,应用PIV技术测出安装漩涡阻止器前后吸水池内部的流场分布,并对其流动特性进行深入分析,证明了该阻止器能够有效的减小漩涡发生。对这种“T”型漩涡阻止器的作用过程进行深入的研究发现,能够用摩阻理论来解释它的作用机理。     

Interruptible Exact Sampling in the Passive Case

We establish, for various scenarios, whether or not interruptible exact stationary sampling is possible when a finite-state Markov chain can only be viewed passively. In particular, we prove that such sampling is not possible using a single copy of the chain. Such sampling is possible when enough copies of the chain are available, and we provide an algorithm that terminates with probability one.     

人类活体颈椎生物力学性能测试仪器的研制

颈部疼痛和运动障碍是人类的常见病症。不管起因如何，受伤和退化将使颈椎的力学性能发生变化。由于颈椎的生理结构复杂。描述其在三维坐标系的运动状态需要3个平移参数和3个转角参数。为此，我们在颈椎运动力学性能研究时做如下的力学模型简化；把人体的胸部和头部看成是两个刚体，它们之间仅由颈椎相连，当人体的胸部被固定时，头部做曲伸，旋转，侧弯运动，简化为头部绕第一胸椎（T1）的转动。为实现这一运动，我们研制了一套专用的测试装置。测试者接受的是被动测试，头部的旋转是由扭力扳手产生的，当扭力扳手对某轴施加一力偶时，就向被试者头部传递了一力矩T，而此力矩可通过安装在扭力扳后上的力传感器将信号传递到应变仪上测出；头部在这力矩作用下的转角θ则由安装于测试装置上的转角指示器显示，我们分别对四位受试者进行了测试，得到了对应的T-θ曲线图。测试表明，尽管受试个体间存在着特异性，但也能找到一些明显的规律。例如每个受试者颈椎旋转的运动角度要大于其它的几种运动。     

Designing a Linear Structure with a Local Nonlinear Attachment for Enhanced Energy Pumping

We present a design procedure for enhancing nonlinear energy pumping from a mode of a linear-damped substructure to a weakly coupled, essentially nonlinear oscillator. By this we denote the one way, irreversible passive transfer of vibrational energy from the mode to the nonlinear attachment. The design relies in the asymptotic expansion for large energies of a nonlinear normal mode of the underlying conservative system that provides an analytic estimate of the level of the amplitude reached by the nonlinear attachment in the energy pumping regime. The analytical findings are validated by direct numerical simulations.     

Monitoring of tropospheric ozone in the ambient air with passive samplers

Two sampling campaigns in suburban places in the north zone of Santa Clara city, Cuba, have been carried out on a weekly base with the use of Radiello passive diffusion tubes in order to monitor the tropospheric ozone (O₃) levels in 2010. The first campaign was scheduled from February to April (cold season) and the second one in August and October (warm season), both of them at two sampling sites, i.e., Farm and School of Art Instructors. After aqueous extraction, the samples were analyzed by UV–VIS spectrophotometry.A seasonal trend was observed with the maximum O₃ concentrations in the cold season and the minimum levels in the warm season. Samples collected during the cold season showed the highest O₃ levels. Higher levels were reached at the Farm site with average values of about 58 ± 12 μg/m³, which exceeded the limit of the Cuban Standard 99:1999. In the warm season, the O₃ concentrations were similar for both sites, but lower than those observed in the cold season. The overall, seasonal average value was found to be 24 μg/m³. Despite the higher weekly average temperatures in August, the O₃ concentrations during this month showed the lowest values of the whole sampling period, which finding is in agreement with that reported by the Meteorological Institute of Cuba.Mathematical models, based on the Cochrane-Orcutt algorithm, were fitted to the acquired data set to explain the change in the tropospheric ozone concentrations under various meteorological conditions during the two campaigns. The correlation coefficients for both the cold and the warm seasons demonstrated a strong correlation, i.e., 0.779 and 0.951, respectively. The high correlation of wind speed in the model from the first sampling campaign explains the sharp decrease in O₃ concentrations at the SAI sampling site from the sixth week of sampling.     

稀疏贝叶斯学习远近场混合源定位方法

针对远、近场混合源定位,提出一种基于稀疏重构理论框架的远、近场混合源分离和定位算法。该算法充分考虑平面波导向矢量和球面波导向矢量的相关特性,利用远、近场声源在阵列上的响应机理的差异,针对远、近场区域分别构造过完备字典,采用多测量矢量模型下的稀疏贝叶斯学习算法重构远近场混合源的空间谱,同时完成远近场混合源的分离和定位。本文算法可以在半波长间距布放的线列阵下对混合源进行定位,适用于高斯和非高斯信号,且无需信源数和噪声功率等先验信息,并具有较高的分辨力和定位精度·计算机仿真结果验证了算法的有效性。     

螺旋波纹波导被动式脉冲压缩模拟研究

研究了一种基于螺旋波纹波导特殊色散特性对输入微波脉冲进行压缩的新方法。利用3维全电磁粒子模拟软件对X波段螺旋波纹波导进行了建模,模拟分析了该波导的特殊色散特性及提高功率增益的方法,并将已有模型脉冲压缩增益提高了6.65。模拟结果表明：通过优化输入微波的频率调制特性,可以获得更加符合被动式脉冲压缩所需要的调频形式;采用改进后的椭圆波导,可以得到更有利于被动式脉冲压缩的本征模式;通过延长渐变段长度,可以减少规则段和渐变段之间不均匀性造成的微波反射,从而实现更高的脉冲压缩增益。