COMPARISON OF COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE IN JAPAN AND SWEDEN—PART II: PATH ANALYSIS

Path analysis was applied to data obtained in social surveys in Kumamoto and Sapporo, Japan, and Gothenburg, Sweden, to cross-culturally compare the causal models that describe the multiple stratum relationships between road traffic noise annoyance and endogenous and exogenous variables. Path models can estimate not only the direct effect of a variable on annoyance but also the indirect effect of the variable via other variables. The exogenous variables were selected from housing, personal and environmental factors, and the endogenous variables were selected from various activity disturbances and related effects, based on the results of correlation coefficients between variables and discrimination by factor analysis. An a priori path model was constructed at the start of the analysis and the structure equations for the endogenous variables were formulated. The standardized partial regression coefficients are called path coefficients and show the strength of the linkage between variables. A revised path model was constructed by deleting insignificant paths. The characteristics of annoyance responses were as follows: (1) annoyance caused by exhaust has the strongest relation to noise annoyance and (2) structures of noise annoyance were different between Japan and Sweden and between housing types, probably owing to differences in lifestyle.     

DIFFERENT EFFECTS OF ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE AND FROGS' CROAKING ON NIGHT SLEEP

This study was designed to assess the effects of road traffic noise and frogs' croaking on the objective and subjective quality of sleep in a laboratory. The subjects were seven male students aged 19-21 years. They were exposed to recorded road traffic noise and frogs' croaking, with 49·6 and 49·5 dB(A)L_Aeq , and 71·2 and 56·1 dB(A) L_Amax, respectively. The background noise in the experimental room was 31·0 dB(A) L_Aeq. The sleep EEG was recorded according to standard methods. The sleep polygraphic parameters examined were the percentage of sleep stage relative to the total sleep time (%S1, %S2, %S(3+4), %SREM, %MT), total sleep time, sleep onset latency, and awakening during sleep in minutes and sleep efficiency. A structured sleep rating questionnaire (OSA), was administered to the subjects after they awakened. The %S2 increased and the %SREM decreased during exposure to road traffic noise. However, no significant effect of exposure to frogs' croaking was observed on any of the polygraphic sleep parameters. The subjective quality of sleep was degraded more by exposure to road traffic noise than that to frogs' croaking.     

HABITUATION OF SLEEP TO ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE OBSERVED NOT BY POLYGRAPHY BUT BY PERCEPTION

The habituation of sleep to road traffic noise was investigated. Habituation of sleep is improvement of sleep quality. Nine male students aged 19-21 were exposed to tape-recorded road traffic noise ofL_eq 49·6 dB(A) in an experimental bedroom. Among 17 nights, the first four and the last three nights were non-exposure nights and the other consecutive 10 were exposure nights. The polygraphic sleep parameters were: sleep stages S1, S2, S(3+4), rapid eye movements (REM), and so on. Subjective sleep quality was assessed by five scales of a self-rating sleep questionnaire named the OSA, sleepiness (F1), sleep maintenance (F2), worry (F3), integrated sleep feeling (F4), and sleep initiation (F5). In this experiment, the habituation of sleep to road traffic noise was observed clearly in all of the subjective sleep parameters of the OSA, though all of the polygraphic sleep parameters showed little or no evidence of habituation. This suggests that habituation to noise has two aspects, sensation and perception mechanisms, corresponding to sleep polygraphy and to questionnaire respectively.     

ON THE HORN EFFECT OF A TYRE/ROAD INTERFACE, PART I: EXPERIMENT AND COMPUTATION

Near the tyre/road contact area, the road surface and the tyre belt form a horn-like geometry, which provides a significant amplification mechanism for sound sources. Measurements have been carried out on a stationary tyre placed on a plane surface in an otherwise anechoic chamber. Following the reciprocal theorem a microphone was placed in the road surface near the contact patch and a white noise source was used in the far field. The amplification by the horn effect can then be determined as a function of frequency for an array of microphone positions relative to the contact patch and the centre of the tyre. These experimental measurements show that the horn effect is responsible for about 10-20dB increase in noise level. The amplification function shows a distinct interference pattern for higher frequencies and is independent of the longitudinal source position for low frequencies and source positions close to the contact patch. Numerical calculations using the indirect boundary element method have been carried out. These show excellent agreement with the measurements in the frequency regime of the BEM, i.e., up to 2500 Hz. The dependence of the horn effect on primary geometrical parameters such as the effect of the radius of curvature of the shoulders, the load and the width of the tyre has been investigated experimentally and numerically. The broad features of the horn effect are given by the cylindrical geometry of the tyre. The rounded edges of the tyre tend to increase the levels of the minima and shift them to higher frequencies, while slightly decreasing the levels of the maxima. Shape variations due to load can be accounted for by correcting the source distance to the edge of the formed contact patch. The amplification at low frequencies increases with width, the results collapsing onto a single curve as a function of the dimensionless widthω /λ.     

STRUCTURAL RESPONSE OF LAMINATED COMPOSITE SHELLS SUBJECTED TO BLAST LOADING: COMPARISON OF EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL METHODS

The results from a theoretical and experimental investigation of the dynamic response of cylindrically curved laminated composite shells subjected to normal blast loading are presented. The dynamic equations of motion for cylindrical laminated shells are derived using the assumptions of Love's theory of thin elastic shells. Kinematically admissible displacement functions are chosen to represent the motion of the clamped cylindrical shell and the governing equations are obtained in the time domain using the Galerkin method. The time-dependent equations of the cylindrically curved laminated shell are then solved by the Runge-Kutta-Verner method. Finite element modelling and analysis for the blast-loaded cylindrical shell are also presented. Experimental results for cylindrically curved laminated composite shells with clamped edges and subjected to blast loading are presented. The blast pressure and strain measurements are performed on the shell panels. The strain response frequencies of the clamped cylindrical shells subjected to blast load are obtained using the fast Fourier transformation technique. In addition, the effects of material properties on the dynamic behaviour are examined. The strain-time history curves show agreement between the experimental and analysis results in the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical panels. However, there is a discrepancy between the experimental and analysis results in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical panels. A good prediction is obtained for the response frequency of the cylindrical shell panels.     

A WAVENUMBER APPROACH TO MODELLING THE RESPONSE OF A RANDOMLY EXCITED PANEL, PART I: GENERAL THEORY

Part I of this paper presents a self-contained analytical framework for determining the vibro-acoustic response of a plate to a large class of random excitations. The wavenumber approach is used, which provides an insight into the physical properties of the panel response and enables us to evaluate efficiently the validity of several simplifying assumptions. This formulation is used in Part II for predicting the statistical response of an aircraft panel excited by a turbulent boundary layer. In this paper, we first provide a general statement of the problem and describe how the spectral densities of the panel response can be obtained from an analysis of the system response to a harmonic deterministic excitation and a statistical model for the forcing field. The harmonic response of the system is then expanded as a series of the eigenmodes of the fluid-loaded panel and these fluid-loaded eigenmodes are approximated by a perturbation method. Then, we evaluate the conditions under which this series simplifies into a classical modal formulation in terms of the in vacuo eigenmodes.To illustrate the use of a wavenumber approach, we consider three examples, namely, the vibro-acoustic response of a panel excited by an incidence diffuse acoustic field, by a fully developed turbulent flow and by a pressure field which is spatially uncorrelated from one point to another. Convergence properties of the modal formulations are also examined.     

IMPROVEMENT OF THE SEMI-ANALYTICAL METHOD, FOR DETERMINING THE GEOMETRICALLY NON-LINEAR RESPONSE OF THIN STRAIGHT STRUCTURES. PART I: APPLICATION TO CLAMPED-CLAMPED AND SIMPLY SUPPORTED-CLAMPED BEAMS

In a previous series of papers (Benamar 1990 Ph.D. Thesis, University of Southampton; Benamaret al. 1991 Journal of Sound and Vibration149, 179-195;164, 399-424 [1-3]) a general model based on Hamilton's principle and spectral analysis has been developed for non-linear free vibrations occurring at large displacement amplitudes of fully clamped beams and rectangular homogeneous and composite plates. The results obtained with this model corresponding to the first non-linear mode shape of a clamped-clamped (CC) beam and to the first non-linear mode shape of a CC plate are in good agreement with those obtained in previous experimental studies (Benamaret al. 1991 Journal of Sound and Vibration 149, 179-195;164, 399-424 [2, 3]). More recently, this model has been re-derived (Azar et al. 1999 Journal of Sound and Vibration224, 377-395; submitted [4, 5]) using spectral analysis, Lagrange's equations and the harmonic balance method, and applied to obtain the non-linear steady state forced periodic response of simply supported (SS), CC, and simply supported-clamped (SSC) beams. The practical application of this approach to engineering problems necessitates the use of appropriate software in each case or use of published tables of data, obtained from numerical solution of the non-linear algebraic system, corresponding to each problem. The present work was an attempt to develop a more practical simple “multi-mode theory” based on the linearization of the non-linear algebraic equations, written on the modal basis, in the neighbourhood of each resonance. The purpose was to derive simple formulae, which are easy to use, for engineering purposes. In this paper, two models are proposed. The first is concerned with displacement amplitudes of vibrationW_max /H, obtained at the beam centre, up to about 0·7 times the beam thickness and the second may be used for higher amplitudes W_max/H up to about 1·5 times the beam thickness. This new approach has been successfully used in the free vibration case to the first, second and third non-linear modes shapes of CC beams and to the first non-linear mode shape of a CSS beam. It has also been applied to obtain the non-linear steady state periodic forced response of CC and CSS beams, excited harmonically with concentrated and distributed forces.     

POPULATION-BASED QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY ON HEALTH EFFECTS OF AIRCRAFT NOISE ON RESIDENTS LIVING AROUND U.S. AIRFIELDS IN THE RYUKYUS—PART I: AN ANALYSIS OF 12 SCALE SCORES

A questionnaire survey was made of health effects of aircraft noise on residents living around Kadena and Futenma airfields using the Todai Health Index. Aircraft noise exposure expressed by L_dnranged from under 55 to over 70 in the surveyed area. The number of valid answers was 7095, including 848 among the control group. Twelve scale scores were converted to dichotomous variables based on scale scores of the 90 percentile value or the 10 percentile value in the control group. Multiple logistic regression analysis was done taking 12 scale scores converted into the dependent variable andL_dn , age (six levels), sex, occupation (four categories) and the interaction of age and sex as the independent variables. Significant dose-response relationships were found in the scale scores for vague complaints, respiratory, digestive, mental instability, depression and nervousness. The results suggest that the residents living around Kadena and Futenma airfields may suffer both physical and mental effects as a result of exposure to military aircraft noise and that such responses increase with the level of noise exposure (L_dn).     

开放的无粒子数反转激光系统中原子响应的时间演化和光放大机制

研究了开放的Λ型无粒子数反转激光系统中原子响应的时间演化规律,阐明了该系统产生无粒子数反转光放大的机制.发现开放系统中原子响应的时间演化特征与封闭系统有显著的差 别.认为时间演化过程中振荡频率的改变和振荡的非谐性来源于系统中原子振子的随机相干性. 关键词： 开放 无粒子数反转激光 原子响应 随机相干性     

POPULATION-BASED QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY ON HEALTH EFFECTS OF AIRCRAFT NOISE ON RESIDENTS LIVING AROUND U.S. AIRFIELDS IN THE RYUKYUS—PART II: AN ANALYSIS OF THE DISCRIMINANT SCORE AND THE FACTOR SCORE

Discriminant function values of psychosomatics and neurosis are calculated using the 12 scale scores of the Todai Health Index, a general health questionnaire, obtained in the survey done around the Kadena and Futenma U.S. airfields in Okinawa, Japan. The total number of answers available for the analysis is 6301. Factor analysis is applied to the 12 scale scores by means of the principal factor method, and Oblimin rotation is done because the factors extracted are considered likely to correlate with each other to a greater or lesser extent. The logistic regression analysis is made with the independent variables of discriminant function (DF) values and factor scores and with the dependent variables of L_dn, age (six levels), sex, occupation (four categories) and the interaction of age and sex. Results indicate that the odds ratio of the DF values regarding psychosomatic disorder and of the score of somatic factor have clear dose-response relationship. The odds ratios of the DF value of neurosis and of the score of the mental factor increase in the area where noise exposure is very intense.     

IMPROVEMENT OF THE SEMI-ANALYTICAL METHOD, FOR DETERMINING THE GEOMETRICALLY NON-LINEAR RESPONSE OF THIN STRAIGHT STRUCTURES: PART II—FIRST AND SECOND NON-LINEAR MODE SHAPES OF FULLY CLAMPED RECTANGULAR PLATES

In a previous series of papers, a semi-analytical model based on Hamilton's principle and spectral analysis has been developed for geometrically non-linear free vibrations occurring at large displacement amplitudes of clamped-clamped beams and fully clamped rectangular homogeneous and composite plates. In Part I of this series of papers, concerned with geometrically non-linear free and forced vibrations of various beams, a practical simple “multi-mode theory”, based on the linearization of the non-linear algebraic equations, written in the modal basis, in the neighbourhood of each resonance has been developed. Simple explicit formulae, ready and easy to use for analytical or engineering purposes have been derived, which allows direct calculation of the basic function contributions to the first three non-linear mode shapes of the beams considered. Also, various possible truncations of the series expansion defining the first non-linear mode shape have been considered and compared with the complete solution, which showed that an increasing number of basic functions has to be used, corresponding to increasingly sized intervals of vibration amplitudes; starting from use of only one function, i.e., the first linear mode shape, corresponding to very small amplitudes, for which the linear theory is still valid, and ending by the complete series, involving six functions, corresponding to maximum vibration amplitudes at the beam middle point up to once the beam thickness. For higher amplitudes, a complementary second formulation has been developed, leading to reproduction of the known results via the solution of reduced linear systems of five equations and five unknowns. The purpose of this paper is to extend and adapt the approach described above to the geometrically non-linear free vibration of fully clamped rectangular plates in order to allow direct and easy calculation of the first, second and higher non-linear fully clamped rectangular plate mode shapes, with their associated non-linear frequencies and non-linear bending stress patterns. Also, numerical results corresponding to the first and second non-linear modes shapes of fully clamped rectangular plates with an aspect ratio α=0·6 are presented. Data concerning the higher non-linear modes, the aspect ratio effect, and the forced vibration case will be presented later.     

环形压气机叶栅内部分离流结构分析 第一部分:近壁区分离流

1前言随着对叶轮机械研究的深入,叶轮机械内部的真实复杂流动已成为重要的研究课题。认识扩压叶栅内的流动分离和旋涡的发生、发展及相互作用,对于揭示压气机内部流动机制,改善流动结构,提高其喘振裕度,以及发展喘振控制技术都具有重要意义山。尽管人们已进行了许多研究,但尚未完整充分地认识这一复杂现象的物理现象和物理模型。对处在严重流动分离状态下的环形叶栅内部流动的研究就更为少见。本文应用油膜法显示了从约零度到二十几度多个来流攻角下,一大展弦比叶片低稠度环形压气机叶棚的表面流场。进口气流马赫数约为0．1。叶片进…     

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MECHANICAL TENSILE BEHAVIOR AND MICRO-MECHANISMS IN POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE) AT HIGH TEMPERATURES: INFLUENCE OF THE MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) is a crystalline polymer known for its multiple crystalline phases. When elongated at room temperature before necking, the nucleation and growth of micro-voids is a major process. No phase transition was observed. In this paper, micromechanisms of deformation are studied and linked to the macroscopic mechanical tensile behavior at temperatures higher than 100°C and after necking. Cavitation, crystalline phase transitions and orientation process are investigated by small and wide angle x-ray experiments. Two PVDF with different molecular weight distributions are considered. These microstructure differences mainly affect cavitation.     

燃气轮机中热值合成气燃烧室改造技术——现场调试与考核

将某型烧天然气的燃气轮机改为烧中热值合成气,需要改造燃烧室、燃机控制系统、燃料供给系统和相关配套系统,并校核燃机关键部件的通流匹配情况.在完成合成气燃烧室设计、试验和制造之后,需要进行燃气轮机组的安装调试、现场测试和考核.本研究所建立了燃气轮机现场测试平台;进行了合成气燃气轮机的安装调试、168小时连续运行考核和第三方的燃机性能考核;初步掌握了燃机控制系统和配套系统的改造技术.现场测试平台用贴片式热电偶对火焰筒壁温进行了监测,用示温漆测量了满负荷工况火焰筒壁温分布,用燃气分析仪测量了燃烧室效率和污染物排放.考核结果表明燃机功率、燃机热耗、燃烧效率、污染物排放基本达标.     

负能模式在驱动漂移波非线性不稳定性中的作用(Ⅰ)——向正能模式的转变和双稳态

在正弦波驱动的非线性漂移波中,每一个模式都有与驱动波共振的参数区,驱动波能量的馈入引起共振负能模式向正能模式转变,这个转变与相应参数区中系统发展双稳态有关。     

CdTe:Li晶体中ALi°受主与电子及激子的相互作用

用两种不同方法实现了在CdTe晶体中Li杂质的低温扩散。其中后一种无Te预扩散的方法是首次报导的。为研究在CdTe:Li中ALi°受主与电子和激子的相互作用,分析了各种发光机制中的动力学过程,观测了(e,ALi°)及(ALi°,X)发光的激发光强度效应。(ALi°、X)束缚激子可以热离解成一个自由电子和一个自由空穴而留下一个中性受主ALi°,其束缚能为Eb=4meV。在不同强度的光激发下,研究了(e,ALi°)辐射复合中电子—声子耦合。当杂质中心不变时,平均声子数N～0.1基本上保持不变,它是杂质中心波函数半径的一个量度。若假定杂质中心上电荷分布为Gaussian形,计算出表征电荷在杂质中心局域程度的常数α～160Å。     

巴基球C60内嵌原子(Li,Na,K,Rb,Cs;F,Cl,Br,I)的稳定存在位置及其复合物的几何与电子结构

本文用量子化学EHMO/ASED方法对巴基球C60内嵌原子(A=Li,Na,K,Rb,Cs;F,Cl,Br,I)进行了计算。结果表明除Li、Na外,其它元素当置于C60笼中心附近时,复合物能量最低,最稳定;对于内嵌Li、Na原子的巴基球(Li@C60)及(Na@C60),当Li、Na位于围绕中心的一个球壳层(r～1.5A)内时最稳定。