Estimate of the temperature field in a compressible medium

Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, No. 1, pp. 23–26, January–February, 1992.     

Efficacy of the accent method of voice therapy

The management of voice disorders may follow one of four approaches: surgical, pharmacological, technical aid, and/or voice therapy. The latter approach offers a wide variety of techniques, each based on certain theoretical beliefs. One of these techniques is the Smith Accent Method. The principles and goals of the Accent Method are presented. The results of its application are discussed. This technique proved effective for cases of functional voice disorders, vocal nodules, and some degrees of vocal fold paralysis.     

Below-bandgap refractive index of AlAs/GaAs multiple quantum wells

Precision reflection measurements were performed on GaAs/AlAs superlattices of the same composition but different layer spacings. Nonlinear-least-squares fits to the data were performed to a single layer. Measurements were extracted for the superlattice thickness, thickness of a disturbed interface layer between the superlattice and substrate, the uniformity in composition and/or spacing and the composition. It was demonstrated that these nondestructive measurements in the infrared region (3000 to 12 000 cm^–1) in conjunction with a simple single layer model are capable of accurately yielding the above quantities with high precision.     

Deposition of amorphous hydrogenated semiconductors by magnetron assisted silane decomposition

Magnetron assisted silane decomposition (MASD) is proposed as a method for deposition of a-Si:H and its alloys. In this method a silane containing gas mixture is passed through the magnetron plasma near a target and decomposed there. The deposition rate in the case of the c-Si target is increased 3 times compared to magnetron sputtering and film properties are changed. a-SiSn:H is obtained with a Sn target.     

A novel detection scheme for vibration monitoring using optical techniques

An all-fibre interferometer which allows the measurement of the movement (speed and distance) of a vibrating body is presented. An electronic signal processing scheme is used and this is contrasted with the measurement of velocity through an optical processing technique, which is however, more complex and expensive to implement. The overall simplicity of the electronic technique, the low cost of components and the use of an all-fibre arrangement make this an attractive system to implement where the more limited information available is sufficient for monitoring purposes.     

Algebraic properties of the 1 + 1-dimensional Heisenberg spin field model

The Estabrook-Wahlquist prolongation method is applied to the (compact and noncompact) continuous isotropic Heisenberg model in 1 + 1 dimensions. Using a special realization (an algebra of the Kac-Moody type) of the arising incomplete prolongation Lie algebra, a whole family of nonlinear field equations containing the original Heisenberg system is generated.     

Mössbauer spectroscopic study of Prussian Blue from different provenances

Ferric ferrocyanides synthesized from different sources of ferric cations and ferrocyanide anions and those derived from ferrous ferricyanide, ferrous ferrocyanide and ferric ferricyanide have been studied using Mössbauer and XRD techniques. Structural information of the effect of the provenance on the properties of the final compound is obtained. Significant correlations between isomer shift and quadrupole splitting of inner and outer iron cations have been observed.     

On a duel with time lag and arbitrary accuracy functions

This paper deals with a two-person zero-sum game called duel with the following structure: Each of two players I and II has a gun with one bullet and he can fire his bullet at any time in [0, 1], aiming at his opponent. If I or II fires at timex, he hits his opponent with probabilityp (x) orq(x), respectively. The gun of I is silent, and hence, II does not know whether his opponent has fired or not, and the gun of II is noisy with time lagt, wheret is a positive constant,i.e., if II fires at timex then I knows it at timex +t. Further, if I hits II without being hit himself before, the payoff is 1; if I is hit by II without hitting II before, the payoff is ?1; if they hit each other at the same time or both survive, the payoff is 0. This paper gives optimal strategy for each player and the value of the game.     

Periodic solution finder for an impact oscillator with a drift

In this paper, an efficient semi-analytical method is developed to compute periodic solutions for a new model of an impact oscillator with a drift, which explains the progression mechanism in vibro-impact systems and can be used to optimize their performance. The method constructs a periodic response assuming that each period is comprised of a sequence of distinct phases for which analytical solutions are known. For example, a period may consist of the following sequential phases: (I) contact with progression, (II) contact without progression, (III) no contact and (IV) contact without progression. Using this information, a system of four piecewise linear first order differential equations is transformed to a system of non-linear algebraic equations. The method allows one to accurately predict a range of control parameters for which the best progression rates are obtained.