Experimental measurements of acoustical properties of snow and inverse characterization of its geometrical parameters

Snow is a sound absorbing porous sintered material composed of solid matrix of ice skeleton with air (+water vapour) saturated pores. Investigation of snow acoustic properties is useful to understand the interaction between snow structure and sound waves, which can be further used to devise non-destructive way for exploring physical (non-acoustic) properties of snow. The present paper discusses the experimental measurements of various acoustical properties of snow such as acoustic absorption coefficient, surface impedance and transmission losses across different snow samples, followed by inverse characterization of different geometrical parameters of snow. The snow samples were extracted from a natural snowpack and transported to a nearby controlled environmental facility at Patsio, located in the Great Himalayan range of India. An impedance tube system (ITS), working in the frequency range 63–6300 Hz, was used for acoustic measurements of these snow samples. The acoustic behaviour of snow was observed strongly dependent upon the incident acoustic frequency; for frequencies smaller than 1 kHz, the average acoustic absorption coefficient was found below than 0.4, however, for the frequencies more than 1 kHz it was found to be 0.85. The average acoustic transmission loss was observed from 1.45 dB cm⁻¹ to 3.77 dB cm⁻¹ for the entire frequency range. The real and imaginary components of normalized surface impedance of snow samples varied from 0.02 to 7.77 and −6.05 to 5.69, respectively. Further, the measured acoustic properties of snow were used for inverse characterization of non-acoustic geometrical parameters such as porosity, flow resistivity, tortuosity, viscous and thermal characteristic lengths using the equivalent fluid model proposed by Johnson, Champoux and Allard (JCA). Acoustically derived porosity and flow resistivity were also compared with experimentally measured values and good agreement was observed between them.     

Characterization of the road surfaces in real time

The main factor in the propagation of traffic noise is the road surface, where the vehicles generate noise due to the contact between tire and pavement, in addition to the noise produced by the engine.     

一种新型桥路型HTSFCL的实验研究

在研究一种新型桥路型高温超导限流器的限流原理的基础上，研制开发了一台三相600V、故障电流峰值100A的实验室样机．本文介绍了该限流器的功率电路、控制器、低温容器和高温超导磁体等部分的结构特点和功能．在三相系统中进行了各种短路故障限流实验，结果表明该限流器有较强的限流能力和重合闸能力，说明新型高温超导限流器的研究对改善电网动态性能和提高电网电能质量有十分重要的意义．     

热声系统中回热器特征阻抗与传播常数的研究

针对本实验室一台声驱动热声系统,采用传递函数法研究声驱动系统中回热器的特征阻抗和传播常数.通过调节谐振管长度,改变回热器表面的阻抗,从理论上分析了回热器网络传输方程中的声传播常数、特征阻抗与系统网络元件中的阻抗、导纳和流的关系.并且进一步讨论有无换热器以及不同的加热功率对回热器网络参数的影响.结论有利于进一步量化回热器的网络参数.     

快脉冲直线变压器驱动源模块的原理及实验

 介绍了直线型变压器驱动源（LTD）产生快脉冲的基本原理及技术优势,阐述了快脉冲LTD模块设计的要点,设计了输出脉冲上升时间小于100 ns的快脉冲LTD模块,并进行了初步的实验研究。实验得到该LTD模块充电±16 kV时,短路放电的电流峰值为23.7 kA,电流振荡1/4周期为69.6 ns;充电±50 kV驱动0.85 Ω负载时,电流峰值为41.4 kA,上升时间为36.8 ns（10%~90%）和60.8 ns（0~100%）。     

Design and simulation of a wire position monitor for cryogenic systems in an ADS linac

This paper introduces the design and simulation of a Wire Position Monitor(WPM)used in the cryogenic system of an Accelerator Driven System(ADS).The WPM is designed to monitor the contraction of cold masses during the cooling-down operation.In this paper,POISSON-2D electrostatic field software is used to calculate the best characteristic impedance for the WPM.Furthermore,the time domain signal of different end structures is theoretically analyzed and simulated.The coupling of electrodes and the influence of signal carrier size,which may influence the induced signal,are also discussed.Finally,the linearity of the induced voltage and the sensitivity of the WPM are analyzed.The time domain simulation results are consistent with the theoretical analysis.The influences of the coupling and carrier size are very small,and the linearity of the normalized voltage is good within r/2.     

Design of Coaxial Couplers for High Efficiency Helix TWT

The main objective of the paper is to make an efficient design of the input and output coaxial coupler for a helix TWTs. An approach has been developed for the efficient design and analysis of the coaxial couplers in the practical situation. Normally multi-section impedance transformer approach is used for any wide band coupler. For a space helix TWT, coupler should be wide bandwidth and small size. In this case coupler is matched with helix slow wave structure and the standard 50-ohm connectors. The simulated return loss (dB) profile for different type of couplers is obtained by using Ansoft HFSS, CST microwave studio and compares those with experimental results. The tip loss design at sever ends for the input and the output section has been also optimized.     

LOM and HOM damping study in a superconducting deflecting cavity for ALS at LBNL

Superconducting deflecting cavities can be used in synchrotron light source to generate subpicosecond X-ray pulses while the impedance of the lower order modes (LOM) and higher order modes (HOM) in the cavity should be kept below an accepted level to avoid beam instability. These modes can be damped by adding waveguide on beam pipe. Detailed simulation of Q in CST Microwave Studio is introduced and experiment results on an aluminum model cavity with damping waveguide are reported to make a comparison.     

脉冲功率应用的IGBT快速驱动电路

根据绝缘栅双极型晶体管(IGBT)的工作特性,研究设计了一种应用于脉冲功率系统的开关驱动电路,实现了IGBT的快速开通。阐述了驱动电路的原理,设计了基于平面变压器的驱动电路,在驱动芯片基础上为栅极提供幅值为60 V脉冲电压,提高开关速度。最后使用Blumlein双线结构对驱动电路的性能进行了实验验证。应用这种驱动方式,提高了集电极电流上升速率。实验结果表明,在1000 V的工作电压下,通过IGBT的脉冲电流达到了470.53 A,脉冲前沿为40 ns,di/dt达到9.41 A/ns,相比数据手册提供的数据,该电流上升速度提高了7.53倍,实现了对IGBT的快速驱动。     

Simplified power supply for long pulse CO2 laser using zero cross switching technique

We propose a simple power supply for a longitudinally pulsed CO₂ laser with long pulse duration by the switching control of AC line (60 Hz) on HV leakage transformer primary, which can generate long pulse of about 3 ms compared to a typical pulsed power supply. In this power supply, a low voltage open loop control for high voltage discharge circuit is employed to avoid the HV sampling or switching, and AC line voltage switched directly by a SCR is applied to the leakage transformer primary. Thus, there is no need of a rectified bridge and an energy-storage capacitor in the discharge circuit, and the leakage transformer allows one to omit a current-limiting resistor. In order to control the laser output power, the pulse repetition rate is adjusted up to 60 Hz. A ZCS circuit and a PIC one-chip microprocessor are used to control the gate signal of SCR precisely.