Full-Field Determination of Principal-Stress Directions Using Photoelasticity with Plane-Polarized RGB Lights

In this paper, we propose a new three-wavelength method for automatic measurement of principal-stress directions over an entire model on the basis of four-step phase shift method. This method uses four fringe patterns captured by a color charge-coupled devices (CCD) camera corresponding to four angular position arrangements of polaroids in a dark-field plane polariscope. The principal-stress directions can be determined by a single calculation. The method is applied to a circular disc under compression. The principal-stress direction distributions obtained from the proposed method are compared with those obtained from a conventional method and theory. It can be obviously seen that the proposed method accurately yields the principal-stress directions compared with the conventional method.     

Multi-Source Coupling Based Analysis of the Acoustic Radiation Characteristics of the Wheel–Rail Region of High-Speed Railways

Based on elastic mechanics, the fluid–structure coupling theory and the finite element method, a high-speed railway wheel-rail rolling-aerodynamic noise model is established to realize the combined simulation and prediction of the vibrations, rolling noise and aerodynamic noise in wheel-rail systems. The field test data of the Beijing–Shenyang line are considered to verify the model reliability. In addition, the directivity of each sound source at different frequencies is analyzed. Based on this analysis, noise reduction measures are proposed. At a low frequency of 300 Hz, the wheel-rail area mainly contributes to the aerodynamic noise, and as the frequency increases, the wheel-rail rolling noise becomes dominant. When the frequency is less than 1000 Hz, the radiated noise fluctuates around the cylindrical surface, and the directivity of the sound is ambiguous. When the frequency is in the middle- and high-frequency bands, exceeding 1000 Hz, both the rolling and total noise exhibit a notable directivity in the directions of 20–30° and 70–90°, and thus, noise reduction measures can be implemented in these directions.     

Surface contouring by phase-shifting digital holography

Surface contouring by phase-shifting digital holography is proposed that provides surface height from a change of reconstructed object phases due to the tilt of object illumination. Surface height from a reference plane is directly obtained from the phase change. Its sensitivity depends on the tilt angle as well as on the initial incident angle. By proper selection of the angles we can derive surface height without phase unwrapping. The sensitivity can be enhanced by increasing the tilt angle. Then we need phase unwrapping that is sensitive to noise due to laser speckles in the reconstructed images. This noise could be suppressed by selecting phase values at points of the maximum product of amplitudes before and after the illumination change in the course of data reduction from 1024×1024 to 512×512 and by selecting paths for phase unwrapping by looking for the intensity maximum. The observed height resolution is 20 μm. Effects of numerical focusing have also been investigated. The present method has the same sensitivity as the fringe projection method, but it has larger measurement depth and is also applicable to the deformation measurement with the same arrangement.     

The measurement of fluorescence decay curves with the single-photon counting method and the evaluation of rate parameters

The single-photon counting technique which is used in the measurement of fluorescence decays of weak intensity is treated in some detail. The so-called dead-time correction — already stated by Bollinger and Thomas — is derived using the laws of the photoeffect. This derivation is based on very few assumptions, and so shows that the method provides a very direct intensity measurement. The correction can be avoided if photomultipliers with a high-gain first dynode are used. Disturbing effects such as statistical fluctuations of the light intensity, noise and the wavelength dependence of the photocathode quantum yield are investigated and corrections to be applied to the measured curves are given. The measurable intensity range is over wide limits independent of the absolute fluorescence intensity, but depends on the noise of the photomultipliers used. In the second part the interpretation of the measured intensity curves is discussed. A simple, direct evaluation of rate parameters is in most cases not possible. A set of possible evaluation methods (catalog of curves, regression, characteristic values of measured curves, momentum method, analog simulation) is described. No method shows decisive advantages. The optimal procedure in evaluating rate parameters is the simultaneous use of several of the methods in order to reduce systematic errors.     

Pyro-spectroscopic technique for high resolution IR absorption data with an optically pumped FIR laser

The pyroelectric response of a type II TGS detector at 1188 μm is related to its FIR absorption in two perpendicular characteristic directions. We have found good agreement between the pyroelectric and classical spectrospic methods for the absorption ratio in these two directions. A so-called ‘pyro-spectroscopic’ method could be derived from our observation, for FIR absorption measurement of pyroelectric crystals.     

Distributed Deep Fusion Predictor for a Multi-Sensor System Based on Causality Entropy

Trend prediction based on sensor data in a multi-sensor system is an important topic. As the number of sensors increases, we can measure and store more and more data. However, the increase in data has not effectively improved prediction performance. This paper focuses on this problem and presents a distributed predictor that can overcome unrelated data and sensor noise: First, we define the causality entropy to calculate the measurement’s causality. Then, the series causality coefficient (SCC) is proposed to select the high causal measurement as the input data. To overcome the traditional deep learning network’s over-fitting to the sensor noise, the Bayesian method is used to obtain the weight distribution characteristics of the sub-predictor network. A multi-layer perceptron (MLP) is constructed as the fusion layer to fuse the results from different sub-predictors. The experiments were implemented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method by meteorological data from Beijing. The results show that the proposed predictor can effectively model the multi-sensor system’s big measurement data to improve prediction performance.     

Signal intensity enhancement of μ-LIF by using ultra-thin laser sheet illumination and aqueous mixture with ethanol/methanol for micro-channel applications

Measurement of concentration distributions of suspended particles in a micro-channel is one of the most crucial necessities in the area of Lab-on-a-chip to be used for various bio-chemical applications. One most feasible way to measure the concentration field in the micro-channel is using μ-LIF (micro-scale laser-induced fluorescence) method. However, an accurate concentration field at a given cross-plane in a micro-channel has not been successfully achieved so far due to various limitations in the light illumination and fluorescence signal detection. The present study demonstrates a novel method to provide an ultra-thin laser sheet beam having 5 μm thickness using a micro-focus laser line generator. The laser sheet beam illuminates an exact plane of concentration measurement field to increase the signal-to-noise ratio and considerably reduce the depth uncertainty.Nile Blue A was used as fluorescent dye for the present LIF measurement. The enhancement of the fluorescent intensity signals was performed by a solvent mixture of water (95%) and ethanol (EtOH)/methanol (MeOH) (5%) mixture. To reduce the rms errors resulting from the CCD electronic noise and other sources, an expansion of grid size was attempted from 1×1 to 3×3 or 5×5 pixel data windows and the pertinent signal-to-noise level has been noticeably increased accordingly.     

Load-stepping photoelasticity: new developments using temporal phase unwrapping

A new approach to load-stepping photoelasticity is presented in which the isochromatic phase is unwrapped between load steps rather than spatially. This is based on the technique known as ‘temporal phase unwrapping’ that has mainly been applied in shape measurement. The potential advantages of temporal phase unwrapping are based on the notion that each pixel is unwrapped independently of its neighbours. The benefits for load-stepping photoelasticity for reducing the effects of measurement error are discussed in this paper. New developments using temporal phase unwrapping are applied to experimental data obtained from a bimaterial interface specimen loaded in three-point bend. The results show that a modified approach to unwrapping significantly reduces the effects of systematic noise present in the data.     

Positive exponential sum method of inverting Laplace transform applied to photon correlation spectroscopy

A computer program for the positive exponential sum method of inverting Laplace transform of photon autocorrelation curves has been written and applied to both simulated and experimental data. The method recovers the decay time spectra from autocorrelation curves by replacing the decay time distribution by a set of delta peaks whose envelope roughly follows this distribution. Spacing of this set becomes slightly denser with decreasing noise and is about two peaks per decade under usual conditions (noise level about 10^–3). Occasional irregularities in peak spacing and an appearance of weak artifact peaks in regions where the decay time spectrum is of zero density may make the physical interpretation of results difficult.     

粉末倍频系数的模拟研究

根据Kurtz粉末倍频理论,使用光纤光谱仪自行设计搭建一个粉末倍频测试系统,该系统可在基频光波入射方向不变的情况下,通过转动旋转臂在不同方向探测二次谐波,并且具有较高的精确度和灵敏度。使具有位相匹配特性的颗粒尺寸范围扩大为46μm～250μm 。使用波长为1.064μm的基频光,对KIO3晶体粉末的倍频效应进行了测试。测试结果表明,KIO3晶体粉末透射倍频光具有位相匹配特性。这一测试结果与已报道结果相一致。通过数值模拟实验测试曲线,获得了KIO3晶体粉末的倍频系数d2ω的值为9.7×10-12m/V。这一模拟值与已报道的KIO3晶体对该基频光波产生的倍频系数d32的值相吻合。由此可见,该方法切实可行。并且可推广应用到其他晶体材料的非线性特性测试研究。     

Measurement of the spin-lattice relaxation time in the NQR of light nuclei

This work proposed a method for increasing the signal/noise ratio in NQR by preliminary magnetization of the sample in a constant magnetic field B₀ and its subsequent adiabatic demagnetization. The proposed method for the measurement of spin-lattice relaxation times is verified experimentally with a number of compounds. The results agree well with published data.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 7, pp. 88–91, July, 1987.     

基于拟合衰减差自补偿的分布式光纤温度传感器

针对斯托克斯光和反斯托克斯光的本质损耗、附加损耗使分布式光纤温度传感器产生测温误差的问题,通过对分布式光纤温度传感器的温度解调原理的研究,提出了拟合斯托克斯光与反斯托克斯光之间衰减差的方法实现温度自补偿,以此减小测温误差.以传感光纤上不同位置的两部分作为参考段和测温段,参考段的光信号作为测温段拟合多阶衰减差和解调温度的参量,通过引入多阶拟合结果解调温度,减小因斯托克斯光和反斯托克斯光的本质损耗、附加损耗导致的温度误差,实现温度的初步修正.改变光纤上同一位置的温度,取3组不同温度值及对应信号值计算引入拟合衰减差前后的瑞利噪声,分析了瑞利噪声与光纤长度和温度的关系,通过引入拟合衰减差消除瑞利噪声,减小了斯托克斯光和反斯托克斯光的本质损耗、附加损耗导致的瑞利噪声误差,实现温度的再次修正.分析比较多阶衰减差拟合结果对测温误差以及消除瑞利噪声的影响,获得最优拟合阶次.在拟合因参考段的附加损耗而导致的测温段的附加误差后,通过拟合结果进行温度补偿,完成了最终温度修正.实验结果表明,在30-90℃,引入一阶线性拟合结果的温度修正效果最好,经过三次修正后,测温误差从10.50℃降低至0.90℃.     

Stable reconstruction of the T(2) distribution by low-resolution NMR measurements and the classical markov and hausdorf momentum problem

Assuming that an original distribution is a probabilistic measure and the Laplace transforms are known only for a finite number of points that are affected by errors, we develop a method for reconstructing weak-sense mean values obtained by integrating smooth functions with the measure. Our method is useful in NMR if the NMR signal can be represented as a superposition of exponential terms. In these circumstances, we show how the data processing can be related to the classical Hausdorf momentum problem. First, we clarify the meaning of stable spectrum reconstruction, and then develop stable filtering and a mean value reconstruction algorithm. Our method has been tested on both simulated and real sets of spin–spin relaxation curves with noise. In view of this, our method could provide an efficient and accurate reconstruction of spin–spin relaxation data. For any reader interested in applications, a “practical recipe” that is almost self-consistent has been included.     

On the noise limit of stress and temperature measurements with micro‐Raman spectroscopy

We report for the first time on the thorough experimental and theoretical assessment of the noise limit of mechanical stress and temperature measurements with micro‐Raman spectroscopy. A comprehensive study has been performed in which, for different incident laser light intensities and acquisition times, 1000 Raman spectra of mono‐crystalline silicon were acquired per setting. Curve fitting was employed to obtain the peak positions of all the spectra, from which the standard deviations of the measured peak positions were obtained versus the total accumulated amount of laser light incident on the sample during one measurement. It has been found that the noise in the obtained peak position decreases as 1/sqrt(n) over more than three decades of the incident amount of laser light. At very low light conditions, the noise decreases as 1/n. By comparing the experimental results obtained to recent theoretical work, we show that the acquisition is limited by photon shot noise over most of the range and is limited by electronic detector noise at very low light conditions only. Pixelation errors do not play a role. It is concluded that the low electronic noise of typical Raman spectroscope detectors is overkill for the investigation of mechanical stress and temperature in silicon and other materials with comparable peaks, as it has absolutely no influence on the noise level of such an experiment. Maximum Raman signal intensity on the detector and high quantum efficiency detection are more important. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Measurement of the light pressure and energy of a laser pulse

A method is described for measuring the light pressure and energy of a laser pulse. The method is based on a transformation of the kinetic energy acquired by a suspended object from the laser pulse into the potential energy of a twisted elastic filament. Comparative measurements are made of the energy radiated by a pulsed ruby laser ( = 6943 Å) by a calorimetric method and by a method based on measurement of the light pressure. This latter method essentially eliminates the influence of the radiometric effect on the measured results. It permits a quite accurate measurement of the light pressure and energy of a laser pulse at pressures of the order of 10^–5 torr and below.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, Vol.12, No. 6, pp. 48–54, June, 1969.     

The modified Beckmann–Kirchhoff scattering theory for surface characteristics in-process measurement

This paper focuses on how the scattering theory can be applied to the analysis of the surface characteristics in an in-process optical measurement. The mean scattered intensity distributions from a surface without and with the additional layers are presented based on the modified Beckmann–Kirchhoff scattering theory. The results show that the introduction of the additional layers only affects rough surfaces. The light scattered from a rough surface under the additional layers seems to be scattered from a bare rough surface with a different surface parameter in the small angle approximation. The experiment is conducted with pixel gray value measurement along the main direction of light scattering stripe to verify the theoretical analysis. The experimental curves can well fit the proposed model, which testifies the correction of the modified Beckmann–Kirchhoff scattering theory.     

Electron diffraction study of the nature of the chemical bonds in MnO

This paper evaluates the experimental values of atomic factors of electron scatter for manganese and oxygen, which were approximated by analytical expressions obtained using Slater's approximation. The approximation parameters obtained were used to plot curves of the radial distribution of the electron density of the bound ions in the MnO lattice and the potential along the principal crystallographic directions was evaluated.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 10, pp. 63–68, October, 1972.     

Performance evaluation of IDW,Kriging and multiquadric interpolation methods in producing noise mapping: A case study at the city of Isparta,Turkey

In order to produce an accurate noise map of a city or a region, it is necessary to make noise measurements at certain locations and these measurements must be modeled with the most suitable mathematical algorithm. A homogeneous and representative distribution of the noise measurement points is the first key factor in the production of sound noise maps. The second key element is the calculation of the noise values of gridding points based on noise measurement points according to the selected mathematical calculation method and the generation of maps according to these gridding points. In this study, a noise map of the Isparta city center and its periphery was produced using inverse distance weighted (IDW), Kriging and multiquadric interpolation methods with different parameters and four grid resolution. Then, the influence of parameter selection for each method was investigated in themself by taking into account grid resolution, namely 10 ∗ 10 m, 50 ∗ 50 m, 100 ∗ 100 m and 200 ∗ 200 m, and the performance of three method with 50 ∗ 50 m grid resolution were compared with each other. In addition, the noise mapping of the city of Isparta were produced by Kriging method with respect to maximum, average and minimum noise data and they were evaluated by considering the national environmental noise thresholds.     

低频标准真空涨落的测量

采用自平衡零拍方案, 对低频段的标准量子真空涨落进行了测量. 实验确定了该系统的饱和光功率约为3.2 mW. 在10 Hz–400 kHz的频率范围内, 系统的共模抑制比平均为55 dB, 在100 Hz处高达63 dB, 对激光经典技术噪声具有很强的抑制作用. 当入射光功率为400 μ W 时, 真空涨落噪声达到11 dB. 此低频量子真空噪声探测系统可广泛应用于量子计量和量子光学等研究领域.     

Temperature measurement of air convection using a Schlieren system

In this work, we have developed a procedure for full-field measurement of temperature of a fluid flow by using the schlieren technique. The basic idea is to relate the intensity level of each pixel in a schlieren image to the corresponding knife-edge position measured at the exit focal plane of the system. The method is applied in the measurement of temperature fields of the air convection caused by a heated rectangular metal plate (7.3 cm×12 cm). Our tests are carried out at plate temperatures of 50 °C and 80 °C. To validate the proposed method, the schlieren temperature results are compared to those obtained by a thermocouple. Thermocouple data are obtained along two mutually perpendicular directions (one direction along the optical axis, z-direction, and other direction along the x-axis, which is perpendicular to the optical axis) at points located on a 9×9 grid with a variable spacing. The thermocouple measurements were integrated along the z-axis in order to be compared with the measurements obtained by the schlieren technique. The results from the two methods show good agreement between them.