Microscopic analysis of a thermal brownian motor

We study a genuine Brownian motor by hard disk molecular dynamics and calculate analytically its properties, including its drift speed and thermal conductivity, from microscopic theory.     

过阻尼谐振子的随机共振

研究了由交叉相关高斯白噪声驱动的过阻尼谐振子的随机共振,其中加法噪声被周期信号所调制,运用平稳关联函数的傅里叶变换,导出了过阻尼谐振子随机模型信噪比的精确表达式.结果揭示:在过阻尼谐振子的随机模型中存在二类随机共振.一类随机共振表现为信噪比随乘法噪声强度Q变化的曲线存在共振峰,另一类随机共振表现为信噪比随振子频率ω变化的曲线存在共振峰.大幅度改变信号频率Ω值的大小,信噪比随乘法噪声强度Q变化的曲线有单峰,一峰一谷和单调变化三种不同的形式.     

压电-电流变高分辨率直线步进马达特性研究

本文对一种新型的压电效应同电流变效应结合的直线步进马达性能作了进一步的研究。对压电马达的电流变箱位器作了改进,使压电直线步进马达的步进运动速度,从0.12mm/min提高到1.8mm/min,并获得优于0.1μm的高分辨率,和100gf的最大驱动力。研制了相应的马达计算机控制电路和编制了计算机控制软件。压电马达可在计算机控制下实现精确运动并具有大的行程。     

High resolution miniaturized stepper ultrasonic motor using differential composite motion

Experiments show that there is a limited minimum stepped angle in ultrasonic motors (USM). The research on the minimum angle of stepper USM with 15 mm in diameter and wobbling mode is being carried out. This paper presents a novel way to decrease the minimum stepped angle of USM based on the principle of differential composite motion (DCM), i.e. clockwise and counterclockwise rotation. The prototype was fabricated and experiments proved that this method is useful and also keeps a high torque for a large stepped angle. The stator of the prototype is steel, and rotor is fiberglass, antifriction material or steel. The prototype can operate well over 150 h with a 5 kHz wide frequency band. The minimum stepped angle is 46" using a coventional method while 12" using DCM method proposed in this paper.     

Dispersion curves for phonon-polaritons associated with an overdamped vibration mode

For an overdamped vibration mode, it is shown that polariton dispersion curves derived from various measurable quantities are different according to the kind of experiments considered and the way they are performed. Experimental results are given for BaTiO₃ and show that a resonant spectrum is observed when polaritons are studied by coherent excitation leading to an easier determination of the overdamped polariton mode parameters.     

输入方波信号的过阻尼谐振子的随机共振

计算了在输入方波信号情况下过阻尼谐振子的输出功率谱和信噪比,详细讨论了相应的随机共振现象,并与输入余弦信号情况进行对比.研究发现:它们均出现随机共振现象,且均存在共振和抑制并存的现象.但这一并存现象,在两模型中分别出现于不同的共振曲线. 关键词： 过阻尼谐振子 随机共振 方波信号     

螺旋天线步进电机控制系统仿真及运行曲线优化

为实现机械相控阵列天线的波束扫描,采用步进电机驱动螺旋天线单元转动来达到预定的辐射相位。为了优化步进电机的开环控制,研究运行曲线对步进电机控制性能的影响,提高步进电机控制速度和精度。根据步进电机及控制系统的工作原理,建立了基于Simulink的步进电机开环控制系统仿真模型,并在此基础上对梯形和抛物线两种运行曲线进行了仿真研究。仿真结果表明,该仿真模型能精确实现两种运行曲线对步进电机的控制,在100 ms的控制周期内,采用梯形运行曲线步进电机的最大无失步转动角度能够达到270,而采用抛物线运行曲线时其转动角度能够达到360,抛物线运行曲线在开环控制系统中具有更高的控制速度。     

螺旋天线步进电机控制系统仿真及运行曲线优化

为实现机械相控阵列天线的波束扫描,采用步进电机驱动螺旋天线单元转动来达到预定的辐射相位。为了优化步进电机的开环控制,研究运行曲线对步进电机控制性能的影响,提高步进电机控制速度和精度。根据步进电机及控制系统的工作原理,建立了基于Simulink的步进电机开环控制系统仿真模型,并在此基础上对梯形和抛物线两种运行曲线进行了仿真研究。仿真结果表明,该仿真模型能精确实现两种运行曲线对步进电机的控制,在100 ms的控制周期内,采用梯形运行曲线步进电机的最大无失步转动角度能够达到270°,而采用抛物线运行曲线时其转动角度能够达到360°,抛物线运行曲线在开环控制系统中具有更高的控制速度。     

Most probable transition path in an overdamped system for a finite transition time

The most probable transition path in a one-dimensional overdamped system is rigorously proved to possess less than two turning points. The proof is valid for any potentials, transition times, initial and final transition points.     

Stochastic multi-resonance in an overdamped bistable system with two types of modulation signal

The stochastic resonance (SR) phenomenon in an overdamped bistable system with multiplicative and additive noise is investigated. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is calculated when two types of modulation signal are added to the system. The effects of the intensities, the frequencies and relative phase shift of two types of modulation signal on the SNR are discussed, respectively. Research results show that: (i) the intensities of two types of modulation signal can enhance the maximum in the SNR as a function of the noise intensity, and the frequencies can restrain it; (ii) the additive modulation signal can enhance the maximum in the SNR as a function of the noise intensity in comparison with the multiplicative modulation signal; (iii) when both modulation frequencies are equal, the SNR as a function of the relative phase shift exhibits multiple maxima. The multiple maxima in the SNR identifies the characteristic of the stochastic multi-resonance phenomenon.     

The equation of motion for the trajectory of a circling particle with an overdamped circle center

Inspired by biological microorganisms swimming in circles in liquid with low Reynolds number, I developed the dynamic theory for computing the helical trajectory of a circling particle with an overdamped circle center. The equation of motion for the circling particle is a hybrid equation of deterministic terms and stochastic terms. Observing the motion of a swimming microorganism, I found the strength of stochastic fluctuations should be much smaller than that governs deterministic dynamics. This dynamic theory predicts a nonlinear transverse motion perpendicular to the direction of external force. Both the living microorganism and artificial circling particle are applicable for an experimental check of this prediction. For the convenience of easy theoretical research, I further derived the probability conservation equations based on this dynamic theory both in two-dimensional and three-dimensional space.     

Neutron evidence for an overdamped phason branch in incommensurate K2SeO4

Neutron results on the incommensurate phase of K₂SeO₄ taken near a strong satellite reflection, reveal a heavily damped inelastic feature which is identified as the phase-mode response. The damped-harmonic-oscillator analysis of the experimental spectra leads to mode-parameter values which are consistent with recent optical results.     

周期外力对频率涨落的过阻尼谐振子所作的功和能量随机共振

研究了周期外力对频率涨落的过阻尼谐振子系统作功的特点. 结果揭示了瞬时功率随时间的周期变化出现不对称性. 研究结果还揭示周期外力一个周期对系统所做的功随乘法噪声强度的变化出现非单调行为, 系统是否出现能量随机共振与抑制并存, 由乘法噪声与加法噪声之间互关联的符号决定. 关键词： 过阻尼谐振子 频率涨落 周期外力作功 能量随机共振与抑制     

The dynamics of transients in an overdamped Josephson junction biased by trains of short current pulses with controllable parameters

The paper discusses the development of the method for studying the dynamics of an overdamped Josephson junction biased by a periodic current with controlled parameters, suggested earlier by the authors. The results obtained allow several known experimental observations to be explained. Analytic expressions for the rate of transient process damping and energy expenditures necessary for switching a Josephson junction from one quantum state to another are derived. Problems of interactions between the bias current and supercurrent and the influence of cos?-type terms on the rates of transient process damping and energy conversion are discussed. The results for junction biasing by short (uni-or bipolar) δ function-shaped pulses are obtained in the form of exact analytic expressions. Diagrams illustrating the dependence of the Shapiro step width on the shape of biasing pulses are given.     

Molecular symmetry as an aid to geometry determination in ligand protein complexes

Dipole-dipole couplings between pairs of spin 12 nuclei, which can be measured from NMR spectra in field-ordered media, offer useful constraints on the orientation of various fragments in molecular systems. However, the orientation of fragments relative to a molecule fixed reference frame is often key to complete structure determination. Here, we demonstrate that the symmetry properties of molecular complexes can aid in the definition of a reference frame. It is shown that a threefold rotational symmetry axis dictates the direction and symmetry of the experimentally determined order tensor for alpha-methyl-mannose in fast exchange among the three symmetry-related binding sites of mannose binding protein. This approach facilitates studies of the geometry of the ligand in the protein-ligand complex and also may provide a novel route to structure determination of a homomultimeric protein.     

Integration of a piezoelectric transformer and an ultrasonic motor

Ultrasonic motors are usually operated at an AC voltage higher than a regular battery. This implies the need of a voltage step-up transformer. In this paper, we report the integration of a piezoelectric transformer (PT) with an ultrasonic motor and a simple drive circuit. The stator of the ultrasonic motor and the PT were operated in the same radial vibration mode. Their dimensions were very close to each other yielding nearly matching resonance frequencies. Consequently, they could be combined together without inductor. The drive circuit was designed by using a 555 timer as an astable multivibrator, and high-speed dual MOSFET drivers as a class D half-bridge switching amplifier. This integrated PT-ultrasonic motor performed reasonably without the use of electromagnetic transformer or inductor.     

Collagen as a model system to investigate the use of aspirin as an inhibitor of protein glycation and crosslinking

Aspirin has been shown to be a powerful inhibitor of post-Amadori Maillard reactions, although the exact mechanism of this action remains unclear. We have used corneal and scleral collagen as a model system: (i) to assess how aspirin, either alone or in combination with sugars, affects the surface charge distribution along the collagen fibrils; (ii) to see how sugars and/or aspirin affect the swelling properties of the cornea; and (iii) to see if sugars and/or aspirin change the distribution of water within the corneal stroma as the tissue swells. Charge changes were detected by examining changes in the uptake of phosphotungstate ions as seen in the electron microscope. Swelling was measured by monitoring the uptake of water as a function of swelling time, and water distribution was determined by using synchrotron X-ray diffraction to follow changes in the interfibrillar Bragg spacing as the cornea swells. Aspirin has a marked effect on the positive staining pattern of scleral collagen. This is different to the changes in stain uptake produced by glycation. Incubation with both sugars and aspirin showed that the sugar binding takes precedence over the effects of aspirin which, in turn, suggests that protein acetylation by aspirin is unlikely under these circumstances. However, aspirin completely suppresses corneal swelling. Even when the aspirin is removed, swelling in distilled water is reduced, and this is accompanied by changes in the water distribution. The results suggest that water is more evenly distributed in aspirin-treated corneas that are subsequently swollen than in swollen glycated corneas. Fructation, glucation and ribation on their own have little effect on the uptake of water as the cornea swells. This suggests that any sugar-derived crosslinks formed at this stage do not limit swelling.