New Pool Boiling Heat Transfer in the Presence of Low-Frequency Vibrations Into a Vertical Cylindrical Heat Source

A vertical cylinder was applied as a heat source into a water pool; the vibrations were imposed into the heater with different heat fluxes, and the frequencies were adjusted at 10, 15, 20, and 25 Hz. An imaging system was employed to observe the produced bubbles around the cylindrical heat source. The results showed that the boiling heat transfer was enhanced under the vibrations with a shorter transient process, and the wall temperature also decreased. The best enhancement ratio was achieved at the frequency of 25 Hz and a heat flux value of 30 kW/m² as a consequence of imposed vibrations.     

A blind color image watermarking based on DC component in the spatial domain

Color image watermarking has become essential and important copyright protection or authentication scheme. It is noted that most of the existing color image watermarking algorithms are performed only in the single domain (spatial domain or frequency domain), and not to integrate these merits of the different domains. By utilizing the generating principle and distribution feature of the direct current (DC) coefficient, a novel blind watermarking algorithm is proposed for color host images in this paper. Firstly, the Y luminance of host image is divided into 8 × 8 sub-blocks and the DC coefficients of each block are directly calculated in the spatial domain without DCT transform. Secondly, according to the watermark information and the quantization step, the DC coefficients are calculated and their increments are further utilized to modify directly the values of all pixels in the spatial domain instead of the DCT domain to embed watermark. When watermark extraction, only the watermarked image and the quantization step are needed in the spatial domain. Experimental results show that the proposed method not only can resist both traditional signal processing attacks and geometric attacks, but also has more efficient in computational complexity. Comparisons also demonstrate the advantages of the method.     

Picosecond stimulated Raman scattering of BaWO4 crystal

In single-pass configuration, a picosecond pulse laser was used to investigate the stimulated Raman scattering in different BaWO₄ crystals. Using the thresholds for the first Stokes line along the a- and c-axis, the Raman gain coefficients of the BaWO₄ crystals were calculated along their respective direction. The higher Stokes (fourth) and anti-Stokes (third) lines were observed. Compared with other well-known Raman crystals, such as KGd(WO₄)₂ and Ba(NO₃)₂, BaWO₄ has favorable properties for scattering the pump radiation with picosecond pulse duration. The Raman gain coefficients of BaWO₄ are different, but do not vary for different transmission directions, which means that this Raman material can be selected more freely.     

Optimal estimation of the diffusion coefficient from non-averaged and averaged noisy magnitude data

The magnitude operation changes the signal distribution in MRI images from Gaussian to Rician. This introduces a bias that must be taken into account when estimating the apparent diffusion coefficient. Several estimators are known in the literature. In the present paper, two novel schemes are proposed. Both are based on simple least squares fitting of the measured signal, either to the median (MD) or to the maximum probability (MP) value of the Probability Density Function (PDF). Fitting to the mean (MN) or a high signal-to-noise ratio approximation to the mean (HS) is also possible. Special attention is paid to the case of averaged magnitude images. The PDF, which cannot be expressed in closed form, is analyzed numerically. A scheme for performing maximum likelihood (ML) estimation from averaged magnitude images is proposed. The performance of several estimators is evaluated by Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. We focus on typical clinical situations, where the number of acquisitions is limited. For non-averaged data the optimal choice is found to be MP or HS, whereas uncorrected schemes and the power image (PI) method should be avoided. For averaged data MD and ML perform equally well, whereas uncorrected schemes and HS are inadequate. MD provides easier implementation and higher computational efficiency than ML. Unbiased estimation of the diffusion coefficient allows high resolution diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and may therefore help solving the problem of crossing fibers encountered in white matter tractography.     

Exact Stationary States of a Two-Dimensional Transport Model

Previous calculations of transport coefficients of particle systems in two or more dimensions have used computer simulations or various approximations, like those implicit in the Boltzmann equation or in the standard probability theory of diffusion. Here an exactly solved model of crystal growth in three dimensions is transformed into a 2D model of steady particle transport. Then the exact, many-body stationary distribution and exact transport coefficients can be found as well as correlation functions. The model is highly asymmetric. In the transverse direction, particles are strongly attracted, so that long transverse rows of particles tend to form at low temperature. Kinks in these rows are rare, so the transverse positions of kinks effectively move continuously on a large distance scale.     

X射线荧光分析中谢尔曼方程逆问题的求解（理论影响系数法 …

本文首先在理论分析基础上,建立多元素样品的重量分数Ｃｉ、Ｘ射线荧光相对强度Ｒｉ与基体效应因子Ｆｉ的代数关系。然后,按照此关系导出两种求解谢尔曼方程逆问题的方法,即理论影响系数法和基本参数法。并用这两种方法分析了６个耐热钢标样,主量、常量元素的平均相对分析误差〈０．５％,对低含量轻元素Ｓｉ、Ｐ、Ｓ的分析也取得良好的结果。     

声学实验及部分声学量的测量

根据超声波在损耗介质中的淮驻波效应，对声速测量实验的内容进行了重新设计，丰富了机械波实验的内容和实验数据处理手段。     

惰性气体输运性质的理论计算

利用惰性气体原子间相互作用势,系统计算了5种惰性气体的输运系数,包括第二维里系数B、扩散系数D、热传导系数λ、黏滞系数η和热扩散因子αT的计算.从输运性质的计算证明了TangToennies势模型的准确性. 关键词： 惰性气体 TangToennies势模型 输运系数 计算     

高功率光子晶体光纤放大器内超短脉冲的放大传输特性

由速率方程和功率传输方程得到信号脉冲平均功率和增益系数随脉冲传输距离的变化关系.利用Ginzburg-landau方程,在信号脉冲功率的不断增强和增益系数的不断变化的情况下,研究超短脉冲的传输演化特性,发现信号脉冲平均功率、能量和增益系数等参量受到色散和非线性效应的影响相对较小,而信号脉冲的峰值功率、时域和频域特性则易受到色散和非线性效应的影响.探讨了在非线性作用下,脉冲分裂和展宽等所导致的脉宽不稳定性对传输特性的影响,表明研究脉冲传输问题时,引入脉宽不稳定性有利于提高数值模拟准确度.     

Mechanical stability and thermodynamic properties of OsC from first-principles calculations

The elastic and thermodynamic characteristics of OsC crystal have been predicted through a method of density functional theory within the generalized gradient approximation (GGA). Compared with WC-type OsC, NaCl-type OsC is not only energy unfavorable but also mechanics unstable. The five independent elastic constants (C_ij), bulk modulus (B₀), the dependence of bulk modulus on temperature and pressure as well as the thermal expansion coefficient (α_V) at various temperatures for WC-type OsC are discussed. According to our calculations, WC-type OsC should be an ultra-incompressible material with high bulk modulus about 381 GPa. In addition, the bulk modulus will increase with increasing pressure while decrease with increasing temperature. The researches on the thermal expansion coefficient indicate that there will be a knee point during the process of thermal expansion coefficient variation versus increasing temperature. Our results may provide useful information for theoretical and experimental investigation of OsC.