利用P-R方程推算替代制冷剂的绝热指数

应用P-R方程编制了容积绝热指数与温度绝热指数的计算程序,利用该程序计算了HFC-161,HC-290,HC-600a的绝热指数,绘出了三种制冷剂的容积绝热指数与温度绝热指数随对比压力与对比温度变化的图线,并加以对比与分析。结果表明,HC-600a的两种绝热指数值都较小,在压缩机进出口条件一致的状况下,较适于作为替代制冷剂。     

东亚区域大气长程相关性

运用去趋势涨落分析方法分别研究NCEP/NCAR再分析资料中的高度场和温度场,揭示了东亚区域高度场和温度场的标度指数分布特征.结果表明高度场和温度场都具有长程相关性,且二者空间分布特征总体匹配.对同一层格点资料而言,低纬度地区标度指数较大,长程相关性较好;中高纬度地区标度指数较小,长程相关性较差,呈现比较明显的纬向分布特征.不同层格点资料的标度指数分布有所区别,具体表现为高度场资料随层数的增加,其平均标度指数值呈增长趋势且纬向分布特征更为明显;在高度场中下层青藏高原地区标度指数明显大于同纬度其他区域.温度场资料随层数的增加平均标度指数先减小再增大,也具有一定的纬向分布特征.总体而言,高度场长程相关性的标度指数值要高于温度场.分季节研究表明,高度场和温度场也具有较好的长程相关性,冬季标度指数高于其他季节,为利用冬季信息制作夏季汛期预报提供了一定的理论依据. 关键词： 高度场 温度场 长程相关性 去趋势涨落分析     

试用Lyapunov指数探讨气候突变及其前兆信号

Lyapunov 指数是标志一个系统做规则运动还是混沌运动的一个重要物理量.鉴于此, 本文利用Lyapunov指数研究系统的混沌特性, 研究气候的突变.计算结果表明, 定义法求得的Lyapunov指数是一种可靠的突变检测方法, 无论是理想序列还是实际存在突变的序列, 利用该方法都能准确地找出突变位置; 而利用非线性局部Lyapunov指数的可预报期限从理论上佐证了基于临界慢化现象的气候突变前兆信号的可靠性, 通过计算各个时间段的最大Lyapunov指数能够反映系统的内在性质、研究其混沌特性. 研究结果为该方法在实际观测资料中的广泛应用提供了理论基础. 关键词： Lyapunov指数 气候突变 前兆信号     

Lyapunov exponent diagrams of a 4-dimensional Chua system

We report numerical results on the existence of periodic structures embedded in chaotic and hyperchaotic regions on the Lyapunov exponent diagrams of a 4-dimensional Chua system. The model was obtained from the 3-dimensional Chua system by the introduction of a feedback controller. Both the largest and the second largest Lyapunov exponents were considered in our colorful Lyapunov exponent diagrams, and allowed us to characterize periodic structures and regions of chaos and hyperchaos. The shrimp-shaped periodic structures appear to be malformed on some of Lyapunov exponent diagrams, and they present two different bifurcation scenarios to chaos when passing the boundaries of itself, namely via period-doubling and crisis. Hyperchaos-chaos transition can also be observed on the Lyapunov exponent diagrams for the second largest exponent.     

Mapping of the roughness exponent for the fuse model for fracture

The roughness exponent for fracture surfaces in the fuse model has been thought to be universal for narrow threshold distributions and has been important in the numerical studies of fracture roughness. We show that the fuse model gives a disorder dependent roughness exponent for narrow disorders when the lattice is influencing the fracture growth. When the influence of the lattice disappears, the local roughness exponent approaches zeta(local)=0.65+/-0.03 for distribution with a tail toward small thresholds, but with large jumps in the profiles giving corrections to scaling on small scales. For very broad disorders the distribution of jumps becomes a Lévy distribution and the Lévy characteristics contribute to the local roughness exponent.     

Exponent inequalities in dynamical systems

In this Letter, we derive exponent inequalities relating the dynamic exponent z to the steady state exponent Γ for a general class of stochastically driven dynamical systems. We begin by deriving a general exact inequality, relating the response function and the correlation function, from which the various exponent inequalities emanate. We then distinguish between two classes of dynamical systems and obtain different and complementary inequalities relating z and Γ. The consequences of those inequalities for a wide set of dynamical problems, including critical dynamics and Kardar-Parisi-Zhang-like problems, are discussed.     

A random field model for anomalous diffusion in heterogeneous porous media

Heterogeneity, as it occurs in porous media, is characterized in terms of a scaling exponent, or fractal dimension. A feature of primary interest for two-phase flow is the mixing length. This paper determines the relation between the scaling exponent for the heterogeneity and the scaling exponent which governs the mixing length. The analysis assumes a linear transport equation and uses random fields first in the characterization of the heterogeneity and second in the solution of the flow problem, in order to determine the mixing exponents. The scaling behavior changes from long-length-scale dominated to short-length-scale dominated at a critical value of the scaling exponent of the rock heterogeneity. The long-length-scale-dominated diffusion is anomalous.     

Relationship between the critical field and energy gap of a superconductor

The theory of Lewis concerning the relationship between the critical field and the exponent of the superconducting electronic specific heat is found to be verified over an extended region of this exponent in the light of new data. If the identification of this exponent with the zero temperature energy gap is valid, then the theory of Toxen, for large energy gaps, is found to be incorrect.     

Quantitative characterization of spatiotemporal patterns II

Disorderness of spatiotemporal patterns which are obtained by nonlinear partial differential equations is characterized quantitatively. The mean Lyapunov exponent for a nonlinear partial differential equation is given. The local Lyapunov exponent which is a finite time average of the mean Lyapunov exponent is shown to have close relation to the spatiotemporal patterns. It is suggested that the systems which are described by nonlinear partial differential equations are characterized statistically through the probability distribution function of the local Lyapunov exponent.     

Dislocation mobility in silver chloride

Stress relaxation test has been used as an indirect method for determination of the velocity-stress exponent for dislocation motion in AgCl single crystals in the temperature range 77 to 423 K. The stress dependence of the velocity-stress exponent has been estimated. A large effect of quenching on the value of the exponent has been found.We wish to thank Dr. F.Vávra for supplying the specimens.     

Distribution of anomalous exponents of natural images

Recent studies of correlations of intensity in databases of natural images revealed a remarkable property. The two point correlations are described in terms of power law behavior, with an exponent which seems to be robust. In the present Letter we consider the statistical meaning of that result. We study many individual images of one of the databases considered. We find that the same law characterizing the correlations in the whole database governs also images randomly chosen from that database, with one essential difference. The exponent characterizing each image is specific and differs from the exponent characterizing the whole database. The distribution of single image exponents has been measured and found to exhibit a rather heavy tail. The database exponent cannot, thus, be considered as a statistical representative of a single image exponent. Possible reasons for the diversity in image exponents are discussed.     

Hurst exponent and prediction based on weak-form efficient market hypothesis of stock markets

We empirically investigated the relationships between the degree of efficiency and the predictability in financial time-series data. The Hurst exponent was used as the measurement of the degree of efficiency, and the hit rate calculated from the nearest-neighbor prediction method was used for the prediction of the directions of future price changes. We used 60 market indexes of various countries. We empirically discovered that the relationship between the degree of efficiency (the Hurst exponent) and the predictability (the hit rate) is strongly positive. That is, a market index with a higher Hurst exponent tends to have a higher hit rate. These results suggested that the Hurst exponent is useful for predicting future price changes. Furthermore, we also discovered that the Hurst exponent and the hit rate are useful as standards that can distinguish emerging capital markets from mature capital markets.     

A finite-time exponent for random Ehrenfest gas

We consider the motion of a system of free particles moving on a plane with regular hard polygonal scatterers arranged in a random manner. Calling this the Ehrenfest gas, which is known to have a zero Lyapunov exponent, we propose a finite-time exponent to characterize its dynamics. As the number of sides of the polygon goes to infinity, when polygon tends to a circle, we recover the usual Lyapunov exponent for the Lorentz gas from the exponent proposed here. To obtain this result, we generalize the reflection law of a beam of rays incident on a polygonal scatterer in a way that the formula for the circular scatterer is recovered in the limit of infinite number of vertices. Thus, chaos emerges from pseudochaos in an appropriate limit.     

Invariant power law distribution of langevin systems with colored multiplicative noise

The random multiplicative process is studied for the case of a colored multiplicative noise with exponentially decreasing autocorrelation function. We observe the power law exponent of probability distribution in a statistically steady state numerically to clarify the effect of finite correlation time. The renormalization procedure is applied to derive the power law exponent theoretically. The power law exponent is inversely proportional to the autocorrelation time of the multiplicative noise.     

Finite-space Lyapunov exponents and pseudochaos

We propose a definition of finite-space Lyapunov exponent. For discrete-time dynamical systems, it measures the local (between neighboring points) average spreading of the system. We justify our definition by showing that, for large classes of chaotic maps, the corresponding finite-space Lyapunov exponent approaches the Lyapunov exponent of a chaotic map when M-->infinity, where M is the cardinality of the discrete phase space. In analogy with continuous systems, we say the system has pseudochaos if its finite-space Lyapunov exponent tends to a positive number (or to +infinity), when M-->infinity.     

The effect of respiratory oscillations in heart rate on detrended fluctuation analysis

Characterization of heart rate using detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA) is impeded by respiratory oscillations. In particular, the short-term exponent measured from 15 to 30 beats is compromised in the DFA. We reconstruct respiratory signal from electrocardiograms and attenuate the respiratory oscillation in the heart rate using a frequency-dependent subtraction approach. We validate this method by applying it to an electrocardiogram signal simulated using a coupled differential equation with the respiratory oscillation modelled using a sine function. The exponent estimated using the proposed approach agreed with the exponent incorporated in the model within a narrow range. In contrast, the exponent obtained from the raw data deviated from the expected value. Furthermore, the exponents obtained for the raw heart rate are smaller than the exponents obtained for the respiration oscillation attenuated heart rate. We apply this approach to heart rate measured from 12 preterm infants that were being treated for prematurity related complications. As observed in the simulated data, we show that compared to the raw heart rate, the respiratory oscillation attenuated heart rate shows higher short-term exponent (p < 0.001).     

Prediction of the absorption exponent in rectangular enclosures with a single absorbent boundary

It is known that the classical theory of room acoustics cannot be strictly applied to the study of the sound field in a rectangular enclosure with only five boundaries (i.e., with a single absorbent boundary), as the sound field in the enclosure is not diffuse. A theoretical method is developed for the prediction of the absorption exponent in a rectangular enclosure with a single absorbent boundary, and the absorption exponent is used to describe the exponential decay of the sound energy. The method is based on the radiosity-based theoretical/computer model and is used for diffusely reflecting boundaries. The predicted absorption exponent is compared with the Kuttruff values and the simulation results from Monte-Carlo computations. It is found that the predicted absorption exponent of the proposed method shows better agreement with the simulation results from Monte-Carlo computations than the Kuttruff values. With the more accurately predicted absorption exponent, the slope of the energy decay curve and other acoustic parameters in an enclosure with a single absorbent boundary can be obtained accurately.     

Persistence in systems with algebraic interaction

Persistence in coarsening one-dimensional spin systems with a power-law interaction r(-1-sigma) is considered. Numerical studies indicate that for sufficiently large values of the interaction exponent sigma (sigma > or =1/2 in our simulations), persistence decays as an algebraic function of the length scale L, P(L) approximately L(-theta). The persistence exponent theta is found to be independent on the force exponent sigma and close to its value for the extremal (sigma-->infinity) model, theta =0.175 075 88. For smaller values of the force exponent (sigma < 1/2), finite size effects prevent the system from reaching the asymptotic regime. Scaling arguments suggest that in order to avoid significant boundary effects for small sigma, the system size should grow as [O(1/sigma)](1/sigma).     

基于小波变换的光混沌信号消噪与Lyapunov指数计算

针对动力学方程未知且信噪比小的光混沌信号,采用小波多分辨分解算法对其进行噪音消减.用Lorenz混沌信号对该算法的消噪效果进行了检验.提出利用互信息量法和Cao氏法来改进小数据量法在时间延迟和嵌入维数计算上存在的主观选择性,对经过噪音消减的Lorenz混沌信号利用此改进的小数据量法计算其最大Lyapunov指数.结果表明,信噪比可提高近10 dB左右,最大Lyapunov指数计算误差可减少近30%,并求得半导体放大器光混沌信号的最大Lyapunov指数为0.389 6.     

Roughness of crack interfaces in two-dimensional beam lattices

The roughness of crack interfaces is reported in quasistatic fracture, using an elastic network of beams with random breaking thresholds. For strong disorders we obtain zeta = 0.86(3) for the roughness exponent, a result which is very different from the minimum energy surface exponent, i.e., zeta = 2 / 3. A crossover to lower values is observed as the disorder is reduced, the exponent in this regime being strongly dependent on the disorder.