Inverse transient radiation analysis in one-dimensional non-homogeneous participating slabs using particle swarm optimization algorithms

Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithms, including standard PSO, Stochastic PSO, and Multi-Phase PSO, are applied to solve the time-domain inverse transient radiation problems in the present research. Time-resolved transmittance and reflectance signals of four different measuring models serve as the measurement data, which estimate absorption, scattering coefficients, and geometric position within one-dimensional non-homogeneous media by inverse simulation. To check retrieval performances and accuracies of PSO-based approaches, four different inverse transient radiation cases are investigated to deal with one homogeneous layer, two-layer, three-layer, and continuous non-homogenous media. The influences of different searching ranges, swarm sizes, and maximum fly velocities on the fitness function of PSO are discussed. Meanwhile, the effects of measurement errors on the reconstruction accuracy are also investigated. All the results confirm that radiative parameters could be estimated accurately with measurement noise using PSO-based approaches.     

Laser induced electronic acceleration process in nano dot

A physical model of the laser induced electron transport in dielectric with small size is discussed. The model assumes that free electrons are originally existent or produced by impact detrapping. The free electrons transporting in low dimensional dielectrics interact with phonons and surface. When the laser electric field strength is high enough, the inelastic electron scattering such as impact ionization and cascade processes will play important roles. A small size effect has been found in electron absorbing laser energy under the conditions that the laser wavelength is in near infrared zone and the material has size in nanometer level. This is a very significative effect to enlighten us on preparing ultrahigh threshold laser films with new nano-structure.     

制备均一性靶丸过程中的影响因素

在激光聚变实验中,高球形度、高厚度均一性的靶丸经常通过乳液微封装方法来制备。利用T.Norimatsu的模型研究在靶丸制备过程中,界面间表面张力、油相粘度、壳层尺寸、壳层厚度的影响。结果显示:较大的表面张力,较小的壳层尺寸,会使胶囊具有更好的均一性。当外部变形形式不同的时候,油相的粘度对于壳层均一性会有不同作用。     

引信用激光与加速度传感器复合定高技术

比较了不同类型的弹载定高体制,提出了脉冲激光与重力加速度传感器复合定高的定距原理,并对测距误差进行深入分析,得出其定高精度。对设计出的原理样机进行了实验测试,平台倾斜角度检测实验的结果表明,静态条件下最大角度误差小于0.3;0~500 m定高测试实验的结果表明,测量平均值与实际值最大误差为2.5 m,并且与目标距离无关。     

Optimising time-varying gradient orientation for microstructure sensitivity in diffusion-weighted MR

Here we investigate whether varying the diffusion-gradient orientation during a general waveform single pulsed-field gradient sequence improves sensitivity to the size of coherently oriented pores over having a fixed orientation. The experiment optimises the shape and the orientation of the gradient waveform in each of a set of measurements to minimise the expected variance of estimates of the parameters of a simple model. A key application motivating the work is measuring the size of axons in white matter. Thus, we use a two compartment white matter model with impermeable, single-radius cylinders, and search for waveforms that maximise the sensitivity to axon radius, intra-cellular volume fraction and diffusion constants. Output of the optimisation suggests the only benefit of allowing the gradient orientation to vary in the plane perpendicular to the cylinders is that we can gain perpendicular gradient strength by maximising two orthogonal gradients simultaneously. This suggests that varying orientation in itself does not increase the sensitivity to model parameters. On the other hand, the variation in a plane containing the parallel direction increases the sensitivity significantly because parallel sensitivity improves the diffusion constant estimates. However, we also find that similar improvement in the estimates can be achieved without optimising the orientation, but by having one measurement in the parallel and the rest in the perpendicular direction. The optimisation searches a very large space where it cannot hope to find the global minimum so we cannot make a categorical conclusion. However, given the consistency of the results in multiple reruns and variations of the experiments reported here, we can suggest that for probing coherently oriented systems, pulse sequences with variable orientation, such as double-wave vector sequences, do not offer more advantage than fixed orientation sequences with optimised shape. The advantage of varying orientation is however likely to emerge for more complex systems with dispersed pore orientation.     

Evaluating practical measurements of fire-induced vent flows with stereoscopic PIV

Stereoscopic particle image velocimetry (SPIV) was applied to a fire-induced doorway flow to provide the velocity field for computations of the mass flow rate of air into an enclosure. For a flow of uniform temperature and concentration, the technique met all of the requirements to provide the best estimate of the mass flow rate. Simultaneous measurements of vertical distributions of velocity and temperature were also conducted with conventional vent flow techniques, bi-directional probes and thermocouples. Correction factors for mass flow rate computations using the conventional techniques were determined based on comparisons to the SPIV results. An average correction factor of unity was determined for the bi-directional probe technique thus further confirming the utilization of velocity distributions acquired using the technique in mass flow rate computations. An average correction factor of 0.69 was determined for mass flow rates computed from vertical temperature distributions inside and outside the enclosure. This agrees with average correction factors determined in previous studies. The results from the present study suggest that the conventional techniques, which are practical and affordable for routine fire testing, may be applied with greater confidence for fires up to 500 kW.     

Pulsed arterial spin labeling perfusion imaging at 3 T: estimating the number of subjects required in common designs of clinical trials

Pulsed arterial spin labeling (PASL) is an increasingly common technique for noninvasively measuring cerebral blood flow (CBF) and has previously been shown to have good repeatability. It is likely to find a place in clinical trials and in particular the investigation of pharmaceutical agents active in the central nervous system. We aimed to estimate the sample sizes necessary to detect regional changes in CBF in common types of clinical trial design including (a) between groups, (b) a two-period crossover and (3) within-session single dosing. Whole brain CBF data were acquired at 3 T in two independent groups of healthy volunteers at rest; one of the groups underwent a repeat scan. Using these data, we were able to estimate between-groups, between-session and within-session variability along with regional mean estimates of CBF. We assessed the number of PASL tag-control image pairs that was needed to provide stable regional estimates of CBF and variability of regional CBF across groups. Forty tag-control image pairs, which take approximately 3 min to acquire using a single inversion label delay time, were adequate for providing stable CBF estimates at the group level. Power calculations based on the variance estimates of regional CBF measurements suggest that comparatively small cohorts are adequate. For example, detecting a 15% change in CBF, depending on the region of interest, requires from 7-15 subjects per group in a crossover design, 6-10 subjects in a within-session design and 20-41 subjects in a between-groups design. Such sample sizes make feasible the use of such CBF measurements in clinical trials of drugs.     

Surface morphologic and structural analysis of IR irradiated silver

The microstructural morphological changes in laser irradiated targets are investigated. Nd:YAG laser (1064 nm, ∼12 ns nominal, 1.1 MW) is used to irradiate 4 N pure (99.99%) fine polished and annealed silver samples in ambient air and under vacuum ∼10⁻⁶ Torr. The laser spot size and power density at tight focus are 12 μm and 3×10¹¹ W/cm², respectively. SEM micrographs and X-ray diffractograms of the exposed and unexposed targets reveal the surface texture and structural changes, respectively. Amongst the ablation mechanisms involved, exfoliation and hydrodynamic sputtering are found to be dominant. Surface modifications appear in the form of craters and ripples formation. Heat is conducted non-uniformly through narrow channels at the surface. Thermal stresses induced by the laser do not disturb inter planar distance of the target. On the other hand irradiation causes significant variations in grain size and diffracted X-rays intensities.     

纳米晶粒在高压下的相转变

本文报道了晶粒尺寸对压力诱导相转变的最新进展。用热力学理论分析了造成纳米晶体材料 (纳米晶 )的相转变压力与同种大块材料不同的主要因素是体积变化比 ,表面能差和内能差。通过估算这三个因素的具体大小 ,可解释文献报道的实验结果 ,并可确定大块材料和纳米晶之间相转变压力发生差异的控制因素。在纳米晶中 ,晶粒尺寸对结构稳定性和相转变压力的影响与体系本身有关