Ion imbalances on an ionizer-controlled work surface

This paper presents results of investigations carried out to test the influence of charged objects introduced into the vicinity of an ionizer-controlled work surface. The qualitative and quantitative distribution of ions on the ionizer-controlled surface was the main focus of the experiment. Tests were conducted using an ionizer equipped with a feedback control signal loop from a sensor at the output of the ionizer (factory installed internal feedback).     

Strategy of manufacturing components with designed internal structure by selective laser melting of metallic powder

Application of selective laser melting for manufacturing three-dimensional objects represents one of the promising directions to solve challenging industrial problems. This approach permits to extend dramatically the freedom of design and manufacture by allowing, for example, to create an object with desired shape and internal structure in a single fabrication step. The design of the part can be tailored to meet specific functions and properties (e.g. physical, mechanical, chemical, biological, etc.) using different materials. Metallic objects were manufactured by Phenix PM 100 machine from Inconel 625 powder. The objective was to analyze the influence of the manufacturing strategy on the internal structure and mechanical properties of the components manufactured by selective laser melting technology. Anisotropy of the internal structure and mechanical properties of the fabricated objects were studied.     

Theoretical and experimental study of photoacoustic and electron-acoustic effects in solids with internal stresses

Results of a theoretical and experimental study of photoacoustic and electron-acoustic effects in solids with internal stresses are presented. In the theoretical part, an approach to describing these effects on the basis of a generalized concept of thermoelastic energy of a solid with internal stresses and the nonlinear Murnaghan model for the elastic part of its energy is developed. The results of studying objects with internal stresses in the context of an integrated experimental approach incorporating the techniques of photodeflection and thermal-wave and photoacoustic microscopy with piezoelectric recording of the signal are reported. It is shown that a similar approach allows one to detect the arrangement of the strained surface areas of the object and to evaluate the extent to which its thermal and thermoelastic parameters are affected by internal stresses. The results of applying this approach to a study of Vickers indentations in silicon nitride ceramics are reported.     

Broadband cloaking in stratified seas

Here we show that floating objects in stratified fluids can be cloaked against broadband incident waves by properly architecting the bottom corrugations. The presented invisibility cloaking of gravity waves is achieved utilizing a nonlinear resonance concept that occurs between surface and internal waves mediated by the bottom topography. Our cloak bends wave rays from the surface into the body of the fluid. Wave rays then pass underneath the floating object and may be recovered back to the free surface at the downstream bearing no trace of diffraction or scattering. The cloak is the proper architecture of bottom corrugations only, and hence is surface noninvasive. The presented scheme is a nonlinear alternative to the transformation-based cloaking, but in the context of dispersive waves.     

非朗伯体红外测温计算研究

根据红外辐射理论和红外热像仪的测温原理,建立了红外热像仪测温的通用数学模型;基于物体表面法向发射率的特点,简化了热像仪测温的数学模型,得到了红外热像仪测温的计算公式。通过相关实验,验证了在一定的温度范围内,物体的发射率和反射率之和基本保持不变这一结论。物体的发射率与反射率之和a与物体种类、表面状况及物体温度有关。物体与朗伯体越接近,a越大,其值越接近于1;物体表面状况偏离朗伯体越远,表面越光滑,越小。实验表明,若物体接近朗伯体,则可将其视为朗伯体,无需进行实际物体修正;对于非朗伯体(特别是表面光滑且发射率较低的物体),需要对其红外测温进行修正,否则将增大测温误差,甚至偏离其真实温度很远。该研究表明,通过修正,可以对非朗伯体进行红外测温。     

Granularity growth of laser speckle and its application to surface inspection

A process of granularity growth in partially developed speckle patterns produced in the near field of wavy object surfaces illuminated using a laser has been experimentally studied by investigating the probability density function and average contrast of their intensity variations. These parameters have been measured as a function of the distance from the object surface to the detector for four typical sample objects having different surface qualities. It has been found that the variation in average speckle contrast with receiving distance is strongly dependent on the surface quality of the objects. The saturated value of the speckle contrast, found from the graph of its dependence on receiving distance, is also related to the maximum height of irregularities in the surface.     

Nondestructive testing of objects of complex shape using infrared thermography: Determination of the spatiotemporal distribution of the irradiation heat flux

The existing inverse methods used to determine the heat flux density require that the forward problem and the problem domain (geometry) be known. In this paper, in order to determine the spatiotemporal heat flux density without knowing the real problem domain, we propose an approach based on temporal tracking of the thermal front. The proposed approach is particularly relevant when a three-dimensional formulation is adopted for nondestructive testing using infrared thermography. For such a formulation, heat flux density resulting from the external thermal stimulus is needed and must be determined to accurately characterize the defects and reconstruct the internal geometry of the inspected objects. The proposed approach uses only two inputs: the time-dependent temperature of the frontal surface recorded by an infrared camera and the 3D point cloud of the frontal surface collected by a 3D scanner. The method is evaluated numerically on an object of complex shape. We consider the case of pulsed thermal stimulus as well as the cases of unit step and modulated thermal stimuli. An experimental validation is performed on a cylindrical object submitted to a pulsed thermal stimulus and a modulated thermal stimulus. The results show the accuracy of the method which can easily be implemented as the initial step of the three-dimensional quantitative nondestructive testing of objects using infrared thermography.     

Study of inhomogeneities of extended media by the method of passive-active radiometry in the millimeter wavelength range

We present the results of studies of backscattering characteristics of extended inhomogeneous media using a passive-active complex of near-field radio-wave imaging. The complex includes an 8-mm wavelength radiometer, a focusing antenna system, and a system of illumination of studied objects by a wideband noise signal. This radiometric complex is intended for the formation of a high-resolution radio image of the internal structure of spatially inhomogeneous media explored at distances commensurable with the size of the antenna aperture. The system of radio-wave imaging can be used for medical and biological studies of a human body and detection of extended objects hidden under the surface of a medium not transparent for visual observation, but partially transparent in the operating wavelength range.     

衍射增强成像方法在计算机断层成像中的应用

衍射增强成像是X射线相位衬度成像方法之一，这种方法具有较高的衬度和空间分辨率. 利用它对由轻元素组成的生物、医学样品成像可以观察到常规吸收成像无法观察到的内部微细结构. 这种方法在生物、医学、材料科学等无损检测领域中的应用研究，已成为当前国际上X射线成像领域中的研究热点. 讨论衍射增强成像方法和该方法在计算机断层成像中的应用. 实验结果表明，使用衍射增强成像方法获得的数据源能够重建出微米级的生物组织结构，这些组织结构信息在常规X射线断层成像中是难以得到的. 关键词： 衍射增强成像 CT重建 同步辐射 微细结构     

Properties of gravitationally bound dark compact ultra dense objects

We consider compact astrophysical objects formed from dark matter fermions of mass 250 GeV to 100 TeV or from massless fermions hidden by vacuum structure of similar energy scale. These objects have maximum stable masses of sub-planetary scale and radii of micron to centimeter scale. We describe the surface gravity and tidal forces near these compact ultra dense objects, as pertinent to signatures of their collisions with visible matter objects.     

A Model of Ball Lightning as a Formation of Water Molecules Confining an Electric Charge and the Classical Theory of the Electron

Ball lightning or faintly luminous floating spheres with radii of the order of ten centimeters appearing transiently in air notably during stormy weather continue to remain an unresolved phenomenon. It is suggested that these objects are organized structures constituted of an electrically charged spherical thin shell of electro-frozen dipole oriented water molecules carrying an electric charge, balanced by the internal negative pressure and outward electrostatic stress. A model presented, resembling the classical theory of the electron with Poincare stresses explain almost all observed attributes of this phenomenon. The possibility of realizing macroscopic spherical surface charge distributions in the vacuum and their implication on the problem of electron are commented.     

Generation of Realistic Infrared Image for Moving Objects

Most of current methods are available for synthesizing the static infrared scene, but fail to simulate the infrared signature of the objects caused by motion. This paper presents a new method for generating realistic infrared image of moving objects. Considering various environmental factors, object geometry and structure, internal heat conditions and state of movement, an infrared image synthesis model for moving objects is established. Based on this model the rendering method for infrared image of this kind of objects is proposed. By incorporating the effect of atmosphere transmission and the noise mechanism of infrared sensor, the infrared images of the working aircraft and automobile are successfully generated from different viewpoint. Experimental results illustrate the potential of our method.     

Particular features of the application of IR reflection spectroscopy methods in studies in archeology and paleontology

We have considered an optical model of a porous rough surface with optical properties of objects (bone, flint) that are typical of archeology and paleontology. We have formulated an approach that makes it possible to perform mathematical processing of the IR reflection spectra of objects of this kind using standard algorithms and determine criteria that ensure obtaining reliable information on objects with a rough surface in the course of interpretation of frequencies in their IR reflection spectra. The potential of the approach has been demonstrated using as an example an investigation by the IR Fourier-transform reflection spectroscopy of mineralization processes of mammoth tusks from two paleolithic sites (14000 and 16000 BCE) located by the town of Yudinovo, Bryansk oblast, Russia.     

圆柱体出水运动的自由面效应及水冢现象分析

以圆柱体为例,研究自由面附近刚性物体的受力状态,分析垂直运动圆柱体出水时的自由面效应以及水冢现象.建立基于势流理论考虑自由面效应的数学模型,并用边界元方法求解该模型.求解过程中考虑非线性自由面运动学以及动力学边界条件.通过求解控制方程以及边界条件,模拟恒速刚性圆柱体出水时的水冢现象及其穿越水冢过程.通过数值解和实验值的比较验证方法的可靠性.分析结构出水时的压力变化、自由液面变形、圆柱体所受的垂向合外力以及流场速度矢量的变化,并展开讨论.结果表明:考虑自由面效应的非线性方法能够更准确地预报自由面附近刚性运动物体的受力特性.     

Analysis of process parameters of laser structuring with Taguchi method

In this study the usefulness of micro-Computed Tomography (μ-CT) for the in-depth analysis of enamelled metal objects was tested. Usually investigations of enamelled metal artefacts are restricted to non-destructive surface analysis or analysis of cross sections after destructive sampling. Radiography, a commonly used technique in the field of cultural heritage studies, is limited to providing two-dimensional information about a three-dimensional object (Lang and Middleton, Radiography of Cultural Material, pp. 60–61, Elsevier-Butterworth-Heinemann, Amsterdam-Stoneham-London, 2005). Obtaining virtual slices and information about the internal structure of these objects was made possible by CT analysis. With this technique the underlying metal work was studied without removing the decorative enamel layer. Moreover visible defects such as cracks were measured in both width and depth and as of yet invisible defects and weaker areas are visualised. All these features are of great interest to restorers and conservators as they allow a view inside these objects without so much as touching them.     

Measurement of surface roughness properties using speckle patterns with non-gaussian statistics

The surface roughness properties (i.e. the rms surface roughness and the correlation length) of strong diffuse objects are investigated by using the speckle patterns which obeys the non-gaussian statistics. The intimate linear relation is found to exist between the rms surface roughness of objects and the maximum contrast obtained from the varying curves of the average image speckle contrast as a function of the point spread of an optical imaging system. The correlation length of surface roughness of objects is related to the averaged intensity distribution of speckle patterns produced at the far-field diffraction plane. It now becomes clear that the rms roughness and the correlation length of strong diffuse objects are determined, respectively, from the maximum speckle contrast at the image plane and the averaged speckle intensity distribution at the far-field diffraction plane.     

一种液面微形貌测量技术及在微浮力和表面张力研究中的应用

应用改进的云纹法测量微小物体漂浮在水面上所产生的水面凹陷曲面的三维形貌,并根据此三维形貌来定量测量微小物体受到的微浮力和表面张力,分析其与水面的相互作用.通过对不同大小的硬币浮在水面上所形成的液面三维形貌的测量以及进一步的分析表明:硬币浮在水面上是表面张力和浮力共同作用的结果,其中浮力起主要作用.该实验验证了所提出的技...     

Limitations of portable XRF implementations in evaluating depth information: an archaeometric perspective

Portable instruments that can perform non-destructive analysis techniques are of great importance due to their high applicability, which can extend beyond the controlled laboratory environment. Their importance has long been recognised in the archaeometric field where art historians, conservators and restorers perform analyses on art works without causing any damage and without the need to move the objects to specialized laboratories. The X-ray fluorescence (XRF) technique is a popular choice in the archaeometric field for in situ investigations with portable instrumentations. This enables qualitative (elemental analysis) and quantitative (chemical composition) information retrieval from the objects of interest. Quantitative analyses can be performed under the assumption that the sample is homogeneous and its surface material is the same as in the rest of the object. This work aims to expose various details, including the strengths and the weaknesses of typical XRF analyses in the case of surface alterations, focusing on portable implementations. The chosen approach will be in line with certain issues considered important in archaeometry; nevertheless the presented findings are valid beyond this. We will focus our discussion on two kinds of objects that can be found in the cultural heritage field: artefacts that had their surface material altered due to prolonged exposure to the environment and artefacts that have been gilded. Our work also includes a critically examined overview of relevant information available in the literature. The core of our analysis focuses on two main distinct cases, that of multilayer objects and that of bronzes. PACS 78.66.Bz; 78.70.En; 33.20.Rm     

基于相移的彩色结构光编码三维扫描技术

在物体三维轮廓扫描中,被动式双目立体视觉方法对表面特征不明显的物体难以获取足够的三维信息,针对这一问题,基于双目立体视觉原理,结合主动视觉中结构光投射方法,提出了基于相移的彩色结构光编码方法。该方法将四种颜色按照全排列的相关性质编码产生彩色光栅投射在被测物体表面,依据光栅相位移动增大光栅密度,结合极线约束实现立体匹配,最终获取物体三维数据。结果表明使用该三维扫描技术得到的三维曲面符合原物特征,特别适用于物体三维轮廓的致密测量。     

正多边形带电框、带电面轴线上的场强分布

场强积分是计算带电体场强分布的基本方法，通用教材上介绍了简单形状带电体（如均匀带电直线、圆环及圆面）场强的计算．但对于一般对称性的带电体情形并未提及．本文拟给出正多边形框及正多边形面轴线上的场强分布，并讨论了若干极限情形。取得了预期的结果．