A study on coherent structures and drag-reduction in the wall turbulence with polymer additives by TRPIV

An experimental measurement was performed using time-resolved particle image velocimetry (TRPIV) to investigate the spatial topological character of coherent structures in wall-bounded turbulence of polymer additive solution. The fully developed near-wall turbulent flow fields with and without polymer additives at the same Reynolds number were measured by TRPIV in a water channel. The comparisons of turbulent statistics confirm that due to viscoelastic structure of long-chain polymers, the wall-normal velocity fluctuation and Reynolds shear stress in the near-wall region are suppressed significantly. Furthermore, it is noted that such a behavior of polymers is closely related to the decease of the motion of the second and forth quadrants, i.e., the ejection and sweep events, in the near-wall region. The spatial topological mode of coherent structures during bursts has been extracted by the new mu-level criteria based on locally averaged velocity structure function. Although the general shapes of coherent structures are unchanged by polymer additives, the fluctuating velocity, velocity gradient, velocity strain rate and vorticity of coherent structures during burst events are suppressed in the polymer additive solution compared with that in water. The results show that due to the polymer additives the occurrence and intensity of coherent structures are suppressed, leading to drag reduction.     

Superelastic shape memory alloy cables: Part II – Subcomponent isothermal responses

This paper constitutes the second part of our experimental study of the thermo-mechanical behavior of superelastic NiTi shape memory alloy cables. Part I introduced the fundamental, room temperature, tensile responses of two cable designs (7 × 7 right regular lay, and 1 × 27 alternating lay). In Part II, each cable behavior is studied further by breaking down the response into the contributions of its hierarchical subcomponents. Selected wire strands were extracted from the two cable constructions, and their quasi-static tension responses were measured using the same experimental setup of Part I. Consistent with the shallow wire helix angles in the 7 × 7 construction, the force–elongation responses of the core wire, 1 × 7 core strand and full 7 × 7 cable were similar on a normalized basis, with only a slight decrease in transformation force plateaus and slight increase in plateau strains in this specimen sequence. By contrast, each successive 1 × 27 component (1 × 6 core strand, 1 × 15 strand, and full cable) included an additional outer layer of wires with a larger number of wires, greater helix radius, and deeper helix angle, so the normalized axial load responses became significantly more compliant. Each specimen in the sequence also exhibited progressively larger strains at failure, reaching 40% strain in the full 1 × 27 cable.Stress-induced phase transformations involved localized strain/temperature and front propagation in all of the tested 7 × 7 components but none of the 1 × 27 components aside from the 1 × 27 core wire. Stereo digital image correlation measurements revealed finer features within a global transformation front of the 1 × 7 core strand than the 7 × 7 cable, consisting of an staggered pattern of individual wire fronts that moved in lock-step during elongation. Although the 1 × 27 multi-layer strands exhibited temperature/strain localizations in a distributed pattern during transformations, the localizations did not propagate and their cause was traced back to contact indentations (stress concentrations) arising from the cable’s fabrication. The normalized axial torque responses of the multi-layer 1 × 27 components during transformation were distinctly non-monotonic and complex, due to the alternating handedness of the layers. Force and torque contributions of individual wire layers were deduced by subtracting 1 × 27 component responses, which helped to clarify the transformation kinetics within each layer and explain the unusual force and torque undulations seen in the 1 × 27 cable response of Part I.     

风吹雪廓线的风洞实验研究

利用颗粒图像测速仪对新雪形成的风吹雪进行风洞实验研究, 给出了不同高度处雪粒粒径分布函数以及平均粒径廓线、雪粒数通量廓线的分布规律. 发现当摩阻风速大于0.5 m/s 时单宽输雪率与摩阻风速满足指数函数的关系, 小于0.5 m/s 时两者满足幂函数的关系, 总体而言, 单宽输雪率与摩阻风速呈线性关系.     

基于干涉原理的双图像加密系统

提出一种新的虚拟光学加密方法,该方法分3个步骤将两幅图像隐藏于3个随机相位板中。将两幅图像分别作为相位和幅度信息隐藏于一个复数场中,利用随机相位板作为参考光,并采用数字全息术将该复数场转换成平稳随机白噪声,利用干涉加密原理进一步将此白噪声储存于2个随机相位板中,从而将两幅图像信息隐藏于3个纯随机相位板中。该方法原理简单,无需进行迭代操作。计算机模拟结果显示:任何一个密钥错误,均无法得到原始图像的任何信息。同时,解密过程对系统中距离及波长等参数非常敏感,较大地提升了系统的安全性。     

基于奇异值分解的运动模糊图像广义逆恢复方法

当线性模型应用于运动模糊模糊图像的恢复时,方程的最小二乘解是恢复图像的最优线性无偏估计。由于图像退化过程的不适定性,当观测值受到噪声干扰时,该解往往会远偏离真值。为了克服这个问题,通过对退化矩阵的奇异值分解,提取其不易受干扰的子空间,用该空间重构的逆矩阵具有良好抑噪能力,使图像在较长的运动模糊尺度内恢复时保持较低的失真。     

基于峰值信噪比和小波方向特性的图像奇异值去噪技术

提出一种利用小波变换子图像不同的方向特性和峰值信噪比进行奇异值分解的图像去噪算法。由于图像经过小波变换后,低频子图像集中了原图像的大部分能量噪声,故仅作简单维纳滤波;而噪声则主要集中在小波域中的三个不同方向的高频子图中,且系数较小,因此可以利用奇异值分解进行去噪处理,即用较大的奇异值和对应的特征向量重构出去噪图像,然而由于奇异值分解固有的行列方向性,对于高频对角线子图重构出的图像去噪效果不理想,故采取旋转至行列方向后再进行常用的奇异值滤波;最后将去噪后的低频和高频子图进行小波反变换重构出最终的去噪图像,其中重构所需的奇异值个数由图像的峰值信噪比确定。 实验结果表明,该方法在有效去噪的同时较好的保留了原有的高频细节信息。     

数字图像相关曲面拟合法相关系数修正算法的实验研究

为了提高数字图像相关曲面拟合法亚像素定位精度,经研究发现,在实际应用中,曲面拟合法在亚像素位移为0.5像素左右时会发生较大的波动,与实际亚像素位移发生一定偏离,导致此位置位移的不连续。本文通过分析曲面拟合法亚像素位移偏离真实位移的原因,给出了具体修正方法,用模拟平移实验讨论了修正系数k和子区大小对修正结果的影响,用三点弯曲实验验证了修正方法在复杂变形情况下的有效性,提高了曲面拟合法在实际应用中的测量精度。     

滚动轮胎表面红外成像测温的偏差及其修正

使用红外热像仪从三个方向测量了滚动轮胎的表面温度,结果表明从不同方向对同一表面的测温结果不相同。根据几何光学和热辐射原理,造成这一偏差有两个原因:一是轮胎表面点的像面照度按其辐射入射角α的余弦四次方定律变化;二是轮胎表面点的发射率与β(该点入射方向与其法向之间的夹角)有关。本文首先采用余弦四次方定律对三个方向下的轮胎表面红外测试结果进行了与α相关的修正,然后依据轮胎表面任意点温度的同一性(即与测量方向无关)进行了与β相关的进一步修正,并给出了一个轮胎表面发射率与β的经验关系。具体表现为发射率在法向上最大,当β在60°以内时其变化相对平缓,超过60°则急剧下降,最终得到了一个表征轮胎表面点红外像面照度下降的双角度(α和β)修正函数以及相应的温度修正公式。 修正后不同方向下的温度分布趋于一致,其平均结果即可视为轮胎表面真实的温度分布。     

一种基于分块的遥感影像并行处理机制

高性能计算的基础是集群体系下的大规模并行计算.遥感图像处理效率的提高,依赖于并行计算技术的运用.在分析了已有网格计算环境下分布式任务分配方法的基础上,针对远海遥感影像目标物数量相对较少的特点,从软件角度利用四叉树结构对目标区域进行划分,同时采用动态负载均衡的任务分配策略与并行计算的思想,提出了对影像进行并行处理的集群体系任务分配算法模型,实验表明该集群体系下任务分配模型能有效提高图像并行处理的速度.     

基于大鼠背部视窗显微观测的微血管网的三维重建

微循环是循环系统中最基层的结构和功能单位,它在保持人体正常生理功能中占有突出地位,许多疾病的发生也是从微循环开始. 因此,利用脊背视窗技术,并通过体视显微镜观察视窗内的血管结构, 进一步对所获血管图像进行一系列图像处理,得到了血管边界和中心线等结构信息. 同时,根据血管分叉处相贯线的信息确定分叉血管的连接方式. 在网格划分时,采用了改进的超限插值算法,构建了三维血管网的有限元网格模型,实现了对任意分支血管网的三维重建. 为微循环的体外实验和数值分析奠定基础.