A method to predict the transmission of sound through corridors

This paper describes research carried out to provide a method by means of which sound levels in rooms adjacent to a corridor, produced by the transmission of sound through the corridor from another room, can be predicted. This has been done by using an acoustic scale model to show how the physical parameters of the corridor affect the transmission of sound into, out of and along the corridor. From analysis of the experimental results, empirical formulae are obtained to predict: (1) sound levels along a corridor produced by a sound source in the corridor or an adjacent room, (2) sound levels along a side corridor produced by a sound source in the main corridor and (3) sound levels in rooms adjacent to the corridor produced by a sound source in another room.     

水平层状介质并矢Green函数的递推矩阵方法

采用递推矩阵方法计算任意数目水平层状介质的并矢Green函数.根据层界面处电场和磁场的连续性条件得到3个确定Sommerfeld积分待定系数的矩阵方程组,分别对应于垂向单位电偶极子产生的TM波、水平方向单位电偶极子产生的TE波和TM波,这些方程组均可通过递推方法快速求解.只需改变3个方程组中源项元素的位置,就可以方便地得到当源点和场点在任意层时的并矢Green函数.本文给出的并矢Green函数表达式形式简洁且不含指数增加项,计算时不会出现溢出现象.     

一个有效减小透射式液晶后续光学系统口径的方法

由于液晶结构的特殊性 ,在液晶 (尤其是透射式液晶 )的后续光学系统设计中 ,要求有比较小的F数 ,这给光学系统设计带来了困难。提出了一个在液晶平面上添加场镜的方法 ,可以有效地降低对后续光学系统口径的要求 ,并且在实验中证明了该方法有效实用     

A general integration method for radiative transfer in 3-D non-homogeneous cylindrical media with anisotropic scattering

A general set of integral equations is presented to solve 3-D radiative heat transfer problems in emitting, absorbing and linear anisotropic scattering finite hollow or solid cylinders with non-homogeneous media. By tracing a ray to compute the intensity,it is much easier to handle the spatial change properties including extinction coefficient. Both the continuous change property and step-change property are dealt with without difficulties. The solid angle integration in getting the incident radiation and heat fluxes is represented by the bounding surface integration. In order to avoid the singularity problem near the bounding surface, the surface integrations are transformed to new modified integral equations by mathematical methods. By doing so, we get more flexible general integral equations applicable to all cases (3-D solid cylinders, 3-D hollow cylinders, finite cylinders or infinite cylinders). This scheme has been verified by comparing the results with published data in the literature. It is believed that this method will be useful in combined radiation and convection heat transfer problems.     

A new statistical mechanics approach to dense granular media

A new statistical mechanics approach to dense granular media is presented. The thermodynamic formalism is set out directly in terms of elastic potential energy, such that the configurational temperature (the intensive property which defines the steady state) relates to a quadratic function of the stresses (rather than other linear functions used in recent developments). Dense granular media are considered as canonical ensembles of noninteracting clusters, which can be identified with repeatable equilibrium configurations. Then, particles can be located in a new proposed phase space (conceived to separate the elastic potential energy levels). Although the importance of this paper lies in the method itself, it has been illustratively applied to the simple case of two-dimensional (2D) dense granular media (an arrangement of frictionless monodisperse elastic disks under isotropic horizontal stress compression). In this case, the temperature is directly replaced by the squared external pressure, and the packing ratio of the most probable microstate is close to the reported value of random close packing. Moreover, some interesting general conclusions arise.     

Speckle motion due to laser light scattering off non-homogeneous media

Non-homogeneous velocity distributions of light scattering particles generally result in a non-homogeneous motion of the speckle pattern. This has been shown theoretically and experimentally by considering the space-time intensity correlation function of light being scattered by particles within a shear flow.     

Non-resonant sound transmission through double walls using statistical energy analysis

Although SEA is a suitable framework for predicting sound transmission through double walls it has been found that the standard method of computing the non- resonant coupling loss factor from a room to cavity underestimates the coupling. A revised model for computing this coupling loss factor is presented which gives much better agreement with measured data. This allows better predictions to be made of sound transmission through lightweight double walls.     

一种计算剪切模量温度系数的方法

采用理论计算与动高压实验相结合的方法，提出了一个计算剪切模量温度系数G′T的新方法.首先用理论方法计算一个中间数据G(PS)，然后再与动高压实验数据G(PH)结合在一起计算出G′T,并针对93钨合金材料进行了计算.计算结果表明剪切模量温度系数G′T开始是随温度和压力变化的，但在高温高压下，它趋近于一常数.对于93钨合金，这个常数约为-004GPa／℃.同时，这也是对Steinberg本构模型中的剪切模量温度系数为常数的一个证明.并且，当把这一常数代入剪切模量温度系数的计算式中，将重新计算出的剪切模量与实验测得的剪切模量结果进行了比较，结果表明二者符合得很好，从而证明了本计算的剪切模量温度系数的正确性. 关键词： 有限应变物态方程 剪切模量温度系数 Steinberg本构模型 动高压实验     

Coherent plasmonic enhanced terahertz transmission through random metallic media

We experimentally show coherent, enhanced terahertz transmission through dense 3D random metallic media having subwavelength heterogeneity. Preservation of the incident polarization state and strong dispersion of the transmitted radiation indicate that the enhanced transmission is due to delocalized plasmonic propagation over distances 5 orders of magnitude greater than the skin depth. The experimental observations are supported by numerical finite difference time-domain simulations.     

The prediction of sound transmission through buildings using statistical energy analysis

Measurements were carried out on a building to evaluate the uses of statistical energy analysis for determining sound transmission performance. Coupling loss factors were measured and compared with predicted values. It was found that, in general, good agreement was obtained. The coupling loss factors were also used to calculate the sound pressure level, or surface velocity, of each subsystem in the building for a number of different sources. Comparison with the measured results gave an average error of 4 dB. Some large errors were obtained but these were due mainly to the omission of airborne flanking paths from the SEA model or due to the breakdown of the theory for specific coupling loss factors.     

A method to estimate the self-consistency effects on electronic structure calculations

A simple method to estimate the effects of the self- -consistency on the calculation of the electronic structure of molecule and crystals is proposed. This procedure is based on the charge transfer between the constituent atoms and is intended to avoid much computational effort. Numerical results are presented for GaAs.     

A simple method to estimate the magnetic moment of magnetic micro-particles

Micro-particles in suspension in a fluid are an example of a very low Reynolds number problem. In this case, no inertial effects are observed. Magnetic micro-particles with magnetic moment m, suspended in a fluid orient to applied external magnetic fields B due to the interaction between the field and the magnetic moment. In this work, we present a simple method to estimate the total magnetic moment of magnetic micro-organisms. The method is based on the application of an external oscillating magnetic field in the sites where the micro-organisms are. In this case, it is possible to obtain theoretically the solution of the equation of motion (rotation of the organism and its trajectory). The solution is a transcendental equation relating the orientation angle and m and can be solved by numerical methods. Changing the frequency and/or the field intensity, it is possible to obtain a situation in which the crystal rotates uninterruptedly (a resonance regime). This condition is related to the applied field intensity, to the frequency, to the medium viscosity, to the crystal dimension, and to the micro-crystal magnetic moment m. The method can be used to estimate the total cellular magnetic moment of magnetic micro-particles.     

Pulse transmission through an interface between linear and resonance media

The problem of transmission of an optical pulse through an interface between linear and resonance media is addressed. Parameters of the transmitted and reflected waves versus the parameters of the incident wave are obtained. The amplitude and speed of the transmitted wave for an incident wave in the form of a soliton are calculated.     

Imaging and transforming transmission through inhomogeneous media with revolution symmetry

We study the paraxial imaging and transforming transmission through an inhomogeneous medium with spatial revolution symmetry obtaining the image and transform conditions. The medium is characterized by a transmittance function at the output plane similar to the conventional lens transmittance function.     

Round-trip imaging through scattering media based on optical transmission matrix

Traditional one-way imaging methods become invalid when a target object is completely hidden behind scattering media. In this case, it has been much more challenging, since the light wave is distorted twice.To solve this problem, we propose an imaging method, so-called round-trip imaging, based on the optical transmission matrix of the scattering medium. We show that the object can be recovered directly from the distorted output wave, where no scanning is required during the imaging process. We predict that this method might improve the imaging speed and have potential application for real-time imaging.     

一种新的模拟渗流运动的数值方法

根据格子Boltzmann方法及相关理论，建立了一个新的模拟渗流运动的数值模型，所得模型没有在边界上采取相应平均措施，同时还避免了一些非物理副产品的出现-实例计算数值结果与精确解符合较好，证明模型可靠- 关键词： 渗流 格子Boltzmann方法 数值模型     

Wavelet Leaders: A new method to estimate the multifractal singularity spectra

Wavelet Leaders is a novel alternative based on wavelet analysis for estimating the Multifractal Spectrum. It was proposed by Jaffard and co-workers improving the usual wavelet methods. In this work, we analyze and compare it with the well known Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis. The latter is a comprehensible and well adapted method for natural and weakly stationary signals. Alternatively, Wavelet Leaders exploits the wavelet self-similarity structures combined with the Multiresolution Analysis scheme. We give a brief introduction on the multifractal formalism and the particular implementation of the above methods and we compare their effectiveness. We expose several cases: Cantor measures, Binomial Multiplicative Cascades and also natural series from a tonic-clonic epileptic seizure. We analyze the results and extract the conclusions.