The use of pseudo-faults for damage location in SHM: An experimental investigation on a Piper Tomahawk aircraft wing

The application of pattern recognition-based approaches in damage localisation and quantification will eventually require the use of some kind of supervised learning algorithm. The use, and most importantly, the success of such algorithms will depend critically on the availability of data from all possible damage states for training. It is perhaps well known that the availability of damage data through destructive means cannot generally be afforded in the case of high value engineering structures outside laboratory conditions. This paper presents the attempt to use added masses in order to identify features suitable for training supervised learning algorithms and then to test the trained classifiers with damage data, with the ultimate purpose of damage localisation. In order to test the approach of adding masses, two separate cases of a dual-class classification problem, representing two distinct locations, and a three-class problem representing three distinct locations, are examined with the help of a full-scale aircraft wing. It was found that an excellent rate of correct classification could be achieved in both the dual-class and three-class cases. However, it was also found that the rate of correct classification was sensitive to the choices made in training the supervised learning algorithm. The results for the dual-class problem demonstrated a comparatively high level of robustness to these choices with a substantially lower robustness found in the three-class case.     

Temperature corrected sensor diagnostics for impedance-based SHM

Previously, a sensor diagnostics method has been developed for the impedance-based structural health monitoring technique. Impedance techniques utilize piezoelectric patches bonded to the structure of interest for inference of damage. Measuring the slope of piezoelectric susceptance allows unhealthy sensor to be identified. While this sensor diagnostics technique is very useful in detecting damaged sensors bonded to a structure, the method is also susceptible to temperature variations. The object of this study is to accurately provide sensor diagnostics at any temperature. The model developed should be accurate and easy to implement on health monitoring hardware. A frame structure is fabricated to simulate a real structure with complex boundary conditions for experimental testing in various thermal environments. A model predicting piezoelectric susceptance slope at any temperature is generated and validated on the frame structure in an extended temperature range.     

The use of infrared up-conversion for the detection of 1.3 μm luminescence

Conversion of IR radiation with λ=1.3 μm into the visible by use of nonlinear sum-frequency mixing in a LiIO₃ crystal was studied experimentally. Advantages and disadvantages of the up-conversion method compared with other methods for NIR-light detection are discussed. The results of the present study can be useful for time-resolved nonlinear up-conversion of the weak luminescence signals.     

衍射透镜在多普勒叶尖间隙检测系统中的应用

提出了用折衍混合单透镜代替多普勒叶尖间距检测系统中的双胶合消色差透镜组.对折衍混合单透镜与双胶合消色差透镜的初级像差进行了分析,设计的折衍混合单透镜与双胶合消色差透镜组相比,像差明显减小,光斑位于艾里斑内;光斑半径的均方根达到0.127.从而大大地降低了系统的尺寸和重量,实现了系统的小型化要求.     

Nanophosphors and outlooks for their use in ionizing radiation detection

The fundamental properties of nanophosphors determined by their structural state are discussed. The influence of a high concentration of surface trapping centers and quantum confinement effect on the nanophosphor luminescence characteristics is noted. These features determine some new properties, which are important for radiation detection. They include the increase in the luminescence yield under high-dose irradiation and improvement of radiation resistance. The luminescence and dosimetric properties of nanophosphors of different compositions are described. It is noted that nanophosphors show promise as high-dose detectors of ionizing radiation.     

The behaviours of optical novelty filter based on bacteriorhodopsin film

The quality of the novelty filter image is investigated at different intensities of the incident blue and yellow beams irradiating a bacteriorhodopsin (bR) film. The relationship between the transmitted blue beams and the incident yellow beams is established. The results show that the contrast of the novelty filter image depends on the lifetime of longest lived photochemical state (M state). These results enable one to identify the direction of a moving object and to improve the quality of the novel filter image by prolonging the lifetime of M state.     

Genetic algorithm-support vector regression for high reliability SHM system based on FBG sensor network

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) based on fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor network has attracted considerable attention in recent years. However, FBG sensor network is embedded or glued in the structure simply with series or parallel. In this case, if optic fiber sensors or fiber nodes fail, the fiber sensors cannot be sensed behind the failure point. Therefore, for improving the survivability of the FBG-based sensor system in the SHM, it is necessary to build high reliability FBG sensor network for the SHM engineering application. In this study, a model reconstruction soft computing recognition algorithm based on genetic algorithm-support vector regression (GA-SVR) is proposed to achieve the reliability of the FBG-based sensor system. Furthermore, an 8-point FBG sensor system is experimented in an aircraft wing box. The external loading damage position prediction is an important subject for SHM system; as an example, different failure modes are selected to demonstrate the SHM system's survivability of the FBG-based sensor network. Simultaneously, the results are compared with the non-reconstruct model based on GA-SVR in each failure mode. Results show that the proposed model reconstruction algorithm based on GA-SVR can still keep the predicting precision when partial sensors failure in the SHM system; thus a highly reliable sensor network for the SHM system is facilitated without introducing extra component and noise.     

外差探测系统中马卡望远镜离轴使用的研究

鉴于马卡望远镜离轴能够减小因副镜遮挡引起的光能量损失,分析了马卡望远镜离轴使用时,合作目标和非合作目标发射和接收光路的区别。讨论了马卡望远镜在外差探测系统离轴使用时,发射能量提高,但外差效率下降的原因;在合作目标外差探测系统离轴使用时发射能量提高30%以上,外差效率也有很大提高;通过对散射体目标物和平面镜的测量,分别得到了17%和85%的外差效率,验证了马卡望远镜在合作目标外差探测系统中可以离轴使用。     

基于短时分数阶傅里叶变换域滤波的多项式相位信号时频检测

针对低信噪比下多个多项式相位信号提出了一种基于短时分数阶滤波的时频检测方法。分数阶傅里叶变换作为一种线性变换,能够实现线性调频信号检测与分离。而多项式相位信号在短时间内可以由线性调频信号提供良好的近似,故可以采用短时分数阶傅里叶变换实现多线性调频分量的检测与分离。对每个短时信号的时频分析进行叠加组合,即得到多个多项式相位信号的时频分析检测。计算机模拟仿真证明了此方法的有效性。     

Experimental demonstration of a classical analog to quantum noise cancellation for use in gravitational wave detection

We present results that are a classical analog to quantum noise cancellation. It is possible to breach the standard quantum limit in an interferometer by the use of squeezing to correlate orthogonal quadratures of quantum noise, causing their effects on the resulting sensitivity to cancel. A laser beam incident on a Fabry-Perot cavity was imprinted with classical, correlated noise in the same quadratures that cause shot noise and radiation pressure noise. Couplings between these quadratures due to a movable mirror, sensitive to radiation pressure, cause the excess classical noise to cancel. This cancellation was shown to improve the signal to noise ratio of an injected signal by approximately a factor of 10.     

Frequency-swept ultrasound-modulated optical tomography in biological tissue by use of parallel detection

A frequency-swept ultrasonic beam was focused into a biological tissue sample to modulate the laser light passing through the ultrasonic beam inside the tissue. Parallel detection of the speckle field formed by the transmitted laser light was implemented with the source-synchronous-illumination lock-in technique to improve the signal-to-noise ratio. The ultrasound-modulated laser light reflects the local optical and mechanical properties in the ultrasonic beam and can be used for tomographic imaging of the tissue. Sweeping the ultrasonic frequency provides spatial resolution along the ultrasonic axis, which is scalable with the frequency span of the sweep. Two-dimensional images of biological tissue with buried objects were successfully obtained experimentally.     

On the use of clocks in satellites for the detection of gravitational radiation and oscillations of the sun

Summary It is shown that, by using the path dependence of synchronization of clocks in a gravitational field, it is in principle possible not merely to observe bursts of gravitational radiation but also oscillations of the Sun. Estimates are made of the effect of the solar oscillations on the clocks. It is also pointed out that, by making use of the binary pulsar and millisecond pulsars as clocks, it is possible to observe gravitational radiation without interference from the solar oscillation.

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Riassunto Si mostra che, usando la dipendenza del percorso di sincronizzazione degli orologi in un campo gravitazionale, è possibile, in linea di principio, osservare non soltanto impulsi di radiazione gravitazionale ma anche oscillazioni del Sole. Si fanno stime dell'effetto delle oscillazioni solari sugli orologi. Si sottolinea inoltre che facendo uso delle pulsar binarie e delle pulsar a millisecondi come orologi, è possibile osservare radiazioni gravitazionali senza interferenza da parte dell'oscillazione solare.

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Резюме Показывается, что использование зависимости синхрононизации часов от траектории в гравитационном поле, в принципе, позволяет не только наблюдать вспышки гравитационнного излучения, а также осцилляции Солнца. Оценивается влияние солнечных осцилляций на часы. Отмечаетсь, что использование бинарного пульсара и миллисекундных пульсаров в качестве часов, позволяет наблюдать гравитационное излучение вез интерференции от солнечных осцилляций.

     

Lamb and torsional waves and their use in flaw detection in tubes

Five separate issues concerning Lamb wave propagation are discussed: (1) the actual motion of the particles in sheet material; (2) the mechanism of the initiation of Lamb waves in plates; (3) the effect of pulse propagation as opposed to continuous waves; (4) wave propagation on the inner and outer surfaces of tubes; and (5) the propagation of waves in tubes at large angles of incidence, beyond the Lamb wave regime.     

The use of bubbles for plasma liners in ICF experiments

The production of thin, axially symmetric bubbles between electrodes in a plasma-focus discharge chamber at pressures below 1 torr is described. A theory of their use as plasma lines (PLs) is given. A mechanism of imploding such liners using a plasma-focus snowplow (SP) for the accumulation of magnetic energy is described. The transfer of the discharge current I from the SP to the PL should result in a substantial amplification of the dI/dt as seen by the PL, resulting in very high density of the latter. Possible applications of such dense plasma liners in ICF are mentioned     

不锈钢波纹管检测换能器的设计与应用研究

研制了一种用于不锈钢波纹管检测的磁致伸缩换能器。首先选用多物理场耦合分析软件对圆管的磁场分布规律进行有限元仿真,证实增加铁磁性条带后,磁场强度显著提高。而后通过均匀包裹一层镍合金薄带的方式,改进了磁致伸缩换能器的结构,并成功识别出环向裂纹缺陷。同时分析了试验过程中不确定度的来源,推导出了仅含有直接测量值的标准不确定度合成公式。研究结果为采用磁致伸缩换能器进行不锈钢波纹管缺陷无损评价提供了理论依据。     

The use of the platinum electrode coated with ultrathin poly(allylamine hydrochloride)/Nafion films for selective detection of hydrogen peroxide

In this paper, a novel polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) film-coated platinum electrode for the selective detection of H₂O₂ was presented. The PEM film was formed by the layer-by-layer assembly technique. The quartz crystal microbalance experiments showed that the thickness of the prepared Nafion layer was about 8 nm and depended on the pH of poly(allylamine hydrochloride) solution. The combination of different polyanions and polycations layers was investigated, and it is found that ploy(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) and Nafion composited film functioned best as a diffusion barrier toward uric acid (UA) and ascorbic acid (AA) while allowed H₂O₂ to pass through smoothly. When the platinum electrode coated with two-bilayer film, (PAH/Nafion)₂, the amperometric responses of 0.1 mM UA and 0.1 mM AA were respectively 0.008 and 0.006 μA, which were only 0.2% or less of the response of 0.1 mM H₂O₂ (4.0 μA). The linear response range of the electrode toward H₂O₂ was from 1.0 μM to 1.0 mM, and the detection limit was 0.3 μM. The electrode also displayed high operational stability and long-term storage stability.     

The best detection conditions for pulsars in the Galactic disk

Radio detection of pulsars in the Galactic disk is strongly affected by the dispersion and scattering effect of the interstellar medium and the Galactic background radio emission. In order to know the best conditions for discovery of pulsars, we select and simulate pulsar samples in the Galactic disk, and calculate the detection probability with various observation conditions (such as observational frequency, telescope aperture, receiver bandwidth and integration time). We have found that the detection frac...     

Photoacoustic detection of nitric oxide by use of a quantum-cascade laser

A photoacoustic trace-gas sensor for the measurement of nitric oxide with a detection limit of 500 parts in 10(9) has been demonstrated. The radiation source was a thermoelectrically cooled distributed-feedback quantum-cascade laser operating in pulsed mode near 5.3 microm with an average laser power of 8 mW. A resonant photoacoustic cell was excited in its first longitudinal mode by the modulated laser light. Preliminary measurements have been performed to test the performance of our photoacoustic sensor; possible improvements to reach lower detection limits are discussed.