KClO_4/Zr在石英管内的燃烧发射光谱与燃烧产物分析

为了研究燃烧条件对KClO_4/Zr烟火剂燃烧过程中光辐射性能的影响,考察了KClO_4/Zr在开放环境和不同规格封闭石英管内的燃烧发射光谱和燃烧产物。借助光纤光谱仪、光电二极管和示波器测试了烟火剂燃烧过程中的光辐射能量分布和闪光时间-强度曲线,分析了所得发射光谱在(590±10),(750±10)和(808±10)nm三个主吸收波段内的光谱效率,借助SEM表征了不同燃烧条件下KClO_4/Zr燃烧产物的形貌。结果表明:在开放条件下燃烧时,KClO_4/Zr的燃烧发射光谱在可见光到近红外的宽波段内,最强辐射出现在730~820nm波段。在石英管内封闭燃烧时,随着石英管体积的减少,在石英管外检测到的燃烧发射光谱强度逐渐减弱,光谱能量分布也呈现不同的变化规律,而且对火焰发射光谱分布进行处理后,随着石英管体积的变化,得到(590±10),(750±10)和(808±10)nm波段的光谱效率也呈现不同的变化规律。但是,随着石英管体积的减少,KClO_4/Zr烟火剂的爆燃闪光辐射时间逐渐缩短,峰值辐射强度逐渐提高。增加石英管的直径,有利于在管外获得更高的有效光辐射能量,减少石英管的直径,则有利于提高烟火剂的峰值辐射强度。随着管直径的增大,KClO_4燃烧更加充分,产物粒径较小,呈规则的球状。而管长度的改变对反应并无太大影响。     

Toward a universal quantum QSPR operator

This article presents a discussion about the formalism, which might be associated to a general Quantum quantitative structure–properties relations operator, appearing in a Boltzmann‐like exponential form, which is based in turn on the definition of the concept of thermal voltage, applied to thermally scaled electronic density functions. Three practical numerical examples are presented, corresponding to the calculation of the polarization angle in assorted chiral molecules, the estimation of fish toxicity for perchlorobenzene within the set of chlorobenzenes and a typical quantum QSAR study on the popular Cramer steroid set.     

Defect-related relaxation processes in irradiated rare gas solids

Electronic and atomic relaxation processes in preirradiated solid Ar doped with N 2 were studied with a focus on the role of radiative electronic transitions in relaxation cascades. Combining methods of activation spectroscopy - thermally stimulated and photon-stimulated exoelectron emission, a new channel of relaxation induced by photon emission from metastable N atoms was detected. It was shown that in insulating materials with a wide conduction band photons of visible range can release electrons from both kinds of traps - shallow (lattice defects) and deep thermally disconnected ones. Correlation in the charge recombination reaction yield and the yield of low temperature desorption - important relaxation channel in a preirradiated solid - clearly demonstrates interconnection between atomic and electronic processes of relaxation.     

Nondimensional frequency scaling of aerodynamically-tensioned membranes

Membrane wings have applications that involve low Reynolds number flyers such as micro air vehicles. The time-averaged and time-dependent deformations of the membrane affect the aerodynamic characteristics of the wing, primarily in the region beyond the maximum aerodynamic efficiency of the wing. This paper investigates an appropriate nondimensional vibration frequency scaling of a spanwise tensioned membrane with free (unattached) leading and trailing edges at low Reynolds numbers relative to nondimensional aeroelastic parameters. Silicone rubber membranes with varying spanwise pre-tension, aerodynamic tension (due to wing angle-of-attack and flow dynamic pressure), modulus of elasticity, span, and thickness are studied. Experimental results are compared to a proposed scaling that simplifies the aerodynamic loading as a uniform pressure distribution acting on the membrane. Data is further compared and discussed relative to previous published results of membrane wings with finite wing spans (three-dimensional flow) and fixed (rigid) leading edges.     

Single determinant N‐representability and the kernel energy method applied to water clusters

The Kernel energy method (KEM) is a quantum chemical calculation method that has been shown to provide accurate energies for large molecules. KEM performs calculations on subsets of a molecule (called kernels) and so the computational difficulty of KEM calculations scales more softly than full molecule methods. Although KEM provides accurate energies those energies are not required to satisfy the variational theorem. In this article, KEM is extended to provide a full molecule single‐determinant N‐representable one‐body density matrix. A kernel expansion for the one‐body density matrix analogous to the kernel expansion for energy is defined. This matrix is converted to a normalized projector by an algorithm due to Clinton. The resulting single‐determinant N‐representable density matrix maps to a quantum mechanically valid wavefunction which satisfies the variational theorem. The process is demonstrated on clusters of three to twenty water molecules. The resulting energies are more accurate than the straightforward KEM energy results and all violations of the variational theorem are resolved. The N‐representability studied in this article is applicable to the study of quantum crystallography. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Hidden Markov models revealing the stress field underlying the earthquake generation

The application of the hidden Markov models (HMMs) is attempted for revealing key features for the earthquake generation which are not accessible to direct observation. Considering that the states of the HMM correspond to levels of the stress field, our objective is to identify these states. The observations are considered after grouping earthquake magnitudes and the cases of different number of states are examined. The problems of HMMs theory are solved and the ensuing HMMs are compared on the basis of Akaike and Bayesian information criteria. A new insight on the evaluation of future seismic hazard is given by calculating the mean number of steps for the first visit to a particular state, along with the respective variance. We further calculate an estimator of the mean number of steps for the first visit to a particular state and we construct its confidence interval. Additionally, a second approach to the problem is followed by assuming a different determination of observations. The HMMs applied to both approaches, contribute significantly to seismic hazard assessment via revealing the number of the stress levels as well as the way in which these levels are associated with certain earthquake occurrence.     

A scaling limit for the length of the longest cycle in a sparse random digraph

We discuss the length of the longest directed cycle in the sparse random digraph , constant. We show that for large there exists a function such that a.s. The function where is a polynomial in . We are only able to explicitly give the values , although we could in principle compute any .     

Synthesis and Liquid Crystalline Behavior of Random Copolymer of Poly(ethylene oxide) Macromonomer and Liquid Crystalline Monomer by the Photon Transmission Technique

Random copolymers of poly(ethylene oxide) macromonomer with p‐vinylbenzyl end‐functional group (PEOVB) and liquid crystalline monomer, namely 6‐(4‐cyanobiphenyl‐4′‐oxy)hexyl acrylate (COA), were prepared by conventional free radical polymerization. A living anionic polymerization technique was employed for the synthesis of PEO macromonomers bearing p‐vinylbenzyl moiety at one end. The photon transmission method was also applied to study the phase transitions of COA monomer and its random copolymer with PEO. It was found that, for both samples, the nematic‐smectic A transition is continuous, but the critical fluctuation regions do not allow to obtain 3D XY values. Instead, we have obtained the values close to mean field regime. Scaling of thermal hystersis for random copolymer sample near the nematic‐isotropic transition was studied as well. Thermal hysteresis loops were produced under linearly varying temperature. It was shown that the areas of the hysteresis loops scale with the temperature scanning rate with an exponent being equal to 0.614 which is in good agreement with the field‐theoretical value.