Techniques for the investigation of road traffic noise in regions of restricted flow by the use of digital computer simulation methods

Computer methods of calculating and predicting the noise from road traffic operating in restricted flow conditions are discussed. A method of calculating the noise from road traffic as a function of the manoeuvring parameters by means of a Monte Carlo digital computer simulation model is briefly described. The model is used in deriving correction contours for single streams of traffic which enable free flow L₁₀ levels to be modified to allow for a flow restriction. Flow restrictions of the type encountered at traffic signals, priority intersections and pelican crossings are considered. The contours cover a stretch of road 600 m long and a distance of 60 m from the kerb line and in general show a reduction in L₁₀ level in transferring from the free to the restricted flow situation. A method of applying the contours as a modification of the United Kingdom Department of the Environment prediction method for L₁₀ is proposed and compared with experimental results. Computer simulation models of complete road intersections are discussed. Two types of intersection controls are considered, the traffic signal control and the roundabout. The results of the two types of simulation are compared and the L₁₀ level adjacent to the accelerating traffic streams is generally found to be greater than that adjacent to decelerating streams. Experimental results for both types of intersection are compared with simulation runs in which the observed traffic parameters are used.     

Crystallography and defects in the epitaxial growth of titanium on MICA

Experiments are described which use bend contour patterns to precisely control the orientation of a buckled mica substrate with an epitaxial layer of titanium. The contours may be indexed with ease and mica contours can be distinguished from titanium contours. Where the mica and titanium contours are almost exactly superimposed moiré fringes can be observed and a weak beam dark field investigation has been made in such regions to look for interfacial dislocation networks.     

Solutions of singular integral equations from gas dynamics and plasma physics

In this paper we give the explicit form of the solutions of the singular integral equations associated with some models of gas dynamics and plasma physics which are extensively investigated in the existing literature. In particular, we deal with equations on infinite and semi-infinite contours, where the data are assumed to be meromorphic functions. In this context we rederive some published results and present some new results which show how our method can be successfully used to obtain the explicit form of the solutions in much more general cases than those found in the literature.     

On the Migdal-Makeenko Equation for Simple and Nonsimple Contours

The Migdal-Makeenko equation differs explicitely in the abelian and nonabelian case for simple smooth contours already. This is due to endpoint singularities of gauge noninvariant functionals which appear in the nonabelian equation providing anomalous finite contributions in the course of renormalization. Corresponding results are discussed for nonsimple contours.     

面向快速原型的工业CT图像内外轮廓自适应判别方法

为了实现工业CT切片图像内外轮廓的准确、快速判别,提出了工业CT切片图像内外轮廓的自适应判别方法。该方法能根据轮廓的凸凹性特征自动选取相应的内外轮廓判别方法:首先对单像素宽封闭轮廓的凸凹性进行判断,然后对存在凹点的切片轮廓采用射线法进行内外轮廓判别,不存在凹点的切片轮廓则采用坐标极值法进行判别。实验结果表明,该方法提高了自动判别程度,扩大了轮廓判别的适用范围,提高了判别质量和效率。在面向快速原型制造的具有复杂内部结构的大批量内外轮廓判别时,该方法具有优势。     

Adaptation of video moiré techniques to undersea mapping and surface shape determination

Fixed and variable resolution video moiré techniques have been used to project structured illumination in a model undersea environment and a prototype system has been developed which generates equal depth contours of undersea objects and has applications in sizing, orientation and ranging. An advantage of this system is that the entire field is continously illuminated, and the moiré contours and images are formed at video rates. The spatial frequency of the structured illumination can be continously varied, providing optimal contours for a variety of object sizes. The data can be easily interpreted by eye or processed by computer to obtain surface shape, range and orientation of a known structure.     

Analysis of absorption performances of anechoic layers with steel plate backing

Rubber layers with air-filled cavities or local resonance scatters can be used as anechoic coatings. A lot of researches have focused on the absorption mechanism of the anechoic coatings. As the anechoic coatings are bonded to the hull of submarine, the vibration of the hull should not be neglected when the analysis of the absorption characters is carried out. Therefore, it is more reasonable to treat the anechoic coating and the backing as a whole when the acoustic performance is analyzed. Considering the effects of the steel plate backing, the sound absorption performances on different models of anechoic coatings are investigated in this paper. The Finite Element Method is used to illustrate the vibrational behaviors of the anechoic coatings under the steel backings by which the displacement contours is obtained for analysis. The theoretical results show that an absorption peak is induced by the resonance of the steel slab and rubber layer. At the frequency of this absorption peak, the steel plate and the coating vibrates longitudinally like a mass-spring system in which the steel slab serves for mass and the coating layer is the spring. To illuminate the effects of the steel slab backing on the acoustic absorption, the thicknesses of the steel slab and the anechoic layer are discussed. Finally, an experiment is performed and the results show a good agreement with the theoretical analysis.     

The Quadratic Divergencies and Confinement in Non-Abelian Gauge Theories

Regularization and renormalization of loop functionals are discussed. A special regularization the so-called superregularization, is developed which yields neither logarithmic nor linear divergencies when the regularization is removed. All integrals occurring in the perturbation expansion have a well-defined limit for which gauge invariance can be maintained. Finite subtraction constants referring to the logarithmic and linear divergencies of the originally ill-defined integrals can be included in their redefined form, the so-called supervalues of the integrals. On the same basis the derivatives of the loop functionals can be treated. The Makeenko-Migdal equation is studied in an once-integrated form. Assuming its singular behaviour to be dominant for large contours the area law is derived. Minimality of the area enclosed by the loop is guaranteed by the Bianchi identities. The string tension involves a subtraction constant of dimension of (length)² to be determined experimentally.     

Pseudo-three-dimensional reconstruction of ultrasonic images of the tongue

The purpose of the present investigation was to develop a method for the three-dimensional reconstruction of the surface of the tongue using serial ultrasonic images gathered during the production of the sustained fricative /s/. Using a phased linear array ultrasonic monitoring system, transducer position, subject position, and ultrasonic scan data were recorded simultaneously on composite video for off-line analysis. Reconstruction of a series of ultrasound images was completed using a microcomputer programmed to transform the ultrasonic image contours into three-dimensional space. Additional transformations converting the three-dimensional tongue contours into two dimensions for screen plotting were also developed. Results are discussed in light of previously reported models of the tongue surface.     

Effect of high foreign-gas pressures on perpendicular and hybrid IR absorption bands for symmetric top molecules

The effect of high foreign-gas pressure (He, Ar, N₂ up to 220 atm and CO₂ up to 90 atm) on the contours of perpendicular and hybrid IR absorption bands for symmetric top molecules has been studied. It has been established that over the entire studied pressure range, the shape of the contours of the perpendicular vibrational bands ν₄ and ν₅ for chloroform, deuterochloroform, and bromoform is stable and changes relatively little as the pressure increases. The effect of collisions on the band contours is estimated by comparing the contours for mixtures of compressed gases with the contours calculated in the approximation of the J-and M-diffusion models. It has been shown that intramolecular perturbation of free rotation by Coriolis forces is the determining factor in formation of the contours of the perpendicular bands, successfully competing with the perturbing effect of the foreign gases, evidence for which comes from the insignificant changes in the shape of the bands as the pressure of the foreign gases increases. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 74, No. 1, pp. 25–30, January–February, 2007.     

Contours of equal in-plane displacement in holographic interferometry

By using twin apertures in the hologram plane contours of equal in-plane displacement can be obtained from a double exposure hologram. This makes the analysis of three-dimensional deformations of diffusely reflecting objects possible. Some of the possibilities of the method are discussed and a preliminary experiment is described.     

Five layer narrow band position variable filters for sharp colours and ultra low emittance

A simplified approach to creating narrow visible and near IR transmission bands with thin films is outlined utilising just five layers on glass, three of which are thin silver. These films have very high reflection at most wavelengths except for a narrow anti-reflection band where reflectance can be very close to zero and transmittance is close to 70%. In addition these properties are combined with IR reflectance approaching 99% for a very small thermal signature. Spatial variation of narrow band colour is easily achieved and is demonstrated with production of a simple wedge filter covering the full visible spectrum. Measured CIE colour contours in transmittance and reflectance are presented and spectral data on experimental films is compared with ideal models. Potential sources of small departures from ideal models are examined to assess the scope for future improvements. PACS  78.20.-e; 78.20.Ci; 78.67.Pt     

A novel active contour model driven by local and global intensity fitting energies

In this paper, we propose a novel hybrid active contour model for image segmentation. In our model, we define a new region-scalable fitting (RSF) energy functional which combines the local and the global image information. The RSF energy functional can not only attract the contour toward object boundaries, but also improve the robustness to initialization of the contours. In order to segment the image fast and accurately, the length term and regularization term is incorporated into the variational level set formulation. Finally, by adopting gradient descent method, the minimization of the energy equation can be given. Due to the new kernel function we defined, our model can cope with intensity inhomogeneity images and less sensitive to the initialization of the contour when compared with the other models. Experimental results demonstrated that the proposed model can also segment both the real and medical images accurately.     

Chironomic stylization of intonation

Intonation stylization is studied using "chironomy," i.e., the analogy between hand gestures and prosodic movements. An intonation mimicking paradigm is used. The task of the ten subjects is to copy the intonation pattern of sentences with the help of a stylus on a graphic tablet, using a system for real-time manual intonation modification. Gestural imitation is compared to vocal imitation of the same sentences (seven for a male speaker, seven for a female speaker). Distance measures between gestural copies, vocal imitations, and original sentences are computed for performance assessment. Perceptual testing is also used for assessing the quality of gestural copies. The perceptual difference between natural and stylized contours is measured using a mean opinion score paradigm for 15 subjects. The results indicate that intonation contours can be stylized with accuracy by chironomic imitation. The results of vocal imitation and chironomic imitation are comparable, but subjects show better imitation results in vocal imitation. The best stylized contours using chironomy seems perceptually indistinguishable or almost indistinguishable from natural contours, particularly for female speech. This indicates that chironomic stylization is effective, and that hand movements can be analogous to intonation movements.     

Integrated design of depressed collectors for gyrotrons

In order to obtain optimum collector efficiency and to control the electron trajectories in the collector region the design process for depressed collectors has to take into account several interlinked parameters. A flow diagram is presented for a systematic design procedure which integrates the various steps. A library of computer codes has been developed to assist in different stages of design. Among the key elements is a code that generates contours of effective potential and helps to define the regions of accessibility for electrons. These contours and the lines of magnetic flux can be drawn against the backdrop of the collector geometry. The different control parameters can be varied and their effect on the contours studied interactively. The search area for optimum parameters is thus considerably reduced. Additional codes make it possible to evaluate each design in terms of collector efficiency, division of beam current between different collectors, and the heat dissipation density profile. Using these codes, a design has been developed for a two-stage depressed collector for a 1-mW, 110-GHz gyrotron yielding a collector efficiency of 68%     

Modeling and analysis of simultaneous laser transmission welding of polycarbonates using an FEM and RSM combined approach

In this paper, simultaneous laser transmission welding process is systematically investigated via process modeling, using an FEM and RSM combined approach. The objective of the present research is to study the effects of process parameters on the temperature field and weld bead dimensions. The thermal field is simulated by solving a three dimensional transient heat diffusion equation with temperature dependent material properties using the ANSYS^® multi-physics. Response surface methodology is then applied for developing mathematical models based on simulation results. The second order equations developed by RSM can predict the values of the responses with significant accuracy. The effect of parameters and their interactions on the responses are studied using the developed response surface models. The mathematical models are further used in search of the optimal process window for obtaining an acceptable weld. The graphical optimization results into a couple of overlay contours plots, which allow quick visual inspection of the area of feasible response values in the factor space to choose the favorable welding parameter combination.     

Localized defects in classical one-dimensional models

Several aspects of localized defects in the Frenkel-Kontorova, classicalXY chain and analogous models with a finite range of interactions are discussed from a general point of view. Precise definitions are given for defect phase shifts (charges) and for creation, pinning, and interaction energies. Corresponding definitions are also provided for interfaces (localized regions separating two phases). For the nearest-neighbor Frenkel-Kontorova model, the various defect energies are related to areas enclosed by contours joining heteroclinic points of the area-preserving map generated by the conditions of mechanical equilibrium.     

Spectrogram denoising and automated extraction of the fundamental frequency variation of dolphin whistles

Marine mammal vocalizations are often analyzed using time-frequency representations (TFRs) which highlight their nonstationarities. One commonly used TFR is the spectrogram. The characteristic spectrogram time-frequency (TF) contours of marine mammal vocalizations play a significant role in whistle classification and individual or group identification. A major hurdle in the robust automated extraction of TF contours from spectrograms is underwater noise. An image-based algorithm has been developed for denoising and extraction of TF contours from noisy underwater recordings. An objective procedure for measuring the accuracy of extracted spectrogram contours is also proposed. This method is shown to perform well when dealing with the challenging problem of denoising broadband transients commonly encountered in warm shallow waters inhabited by snapping shrimp. Furthermore, it would also be useful with other types of broadband transient noise.