Analysis on observational results of Pi2 geomagnetic pulsation in Henan region

A measurement profile consisted of 5 sites from Xinyang to Tangyin in Henan Province was set up in September of 1996 to carry out simultaneous observation of Pi2 geomagnetic pulsations. Simultaneity of Pi2 geomagnetic pulsation occurrence along the N-S profile was investigated. Results of analysis pointed out that Pi2 gcomagnetic pulsations appeared at first at the site of Xinyang at the southern end of the profile, the later the same Pi2 geomag netic pulsation appeared, the more north the site was at. Apparent propagation speed of Pi2 in N-S direction in the region is about 140 kin/s. Because Pi2 geomagnetic pulsation varying with time is of instability, and based on characteristics that basic wavelet can be dilated and localized, we selected proper basic wavelat form and by means of wavelet transform to analyze the changes of periods and amplitudes of main periodic components included in Pi2 pulsations with time. The results show that there existed complex form in periods and amplitudes of wavelet varying with time.

Influence of the Channel Design on the Heat Exchange Characteristics of Pulsating Flows in the Supply System of an Engine

Heat engines based on reciprocating machines remain in demand as energy converters in a variety of industries around the world.The aim of the study was to evaluate the gas-dynamic,consumable and heat exchange characteristics of non-stationary air flows in a supply system with transverse profiling of valve channels based on experimental studies.Valve channels with cross sections in the form of a circle,square and triangle were used to control the consumable and heat exchange characteristics of the flows in the supply system of the reciprocatingengine model.The article presents data on changes in local velocity,volumetric airflow and instantaneous heat transfer coefficient of non-stationary airflow in supply systems with different valve channel designs.A spectral analysis of the pulsations of the local heat transfer coefficient was also performed.The Nusselt number was calculated for the studied supply systems.The figured valve channels lead to an increase in the volumetric airflow through the supply systemupto32%comparedwiththe basic configuration.The useof a square valve channel leads to suppression of heat transfer(drop is about 15%)compared to the basic supply system,and the use of a triangular valve channel causes an intensification of heat transfer(growth is about 17.5%).The obtained data can be useful for refining mathematical models,adjusting machine learning algorithms,and improving design methods for supply systems of reciprocating machines to improve their technical,economic,and environmental characteristics.

Comparison between Windowed FFT and Hilbert-Huang Transform for Analyzing Time Series with Poissonian Fluctuations: A Case Study

Hilbert-Huang Transform （HHT） is a novel data analysis technique for nonlinear and non-stationary data. We present a time-frequency analysis of both simulated fight curves and an X-ray burst from the X-ray burster 4U 1702-429 with both the HHT and the Windowed Fast Fourier Transform （WFFT） methods. Our results show that the HHT method has failed in all cases for light curves with Poissonian fluctuations which axe typical for all photon counting instruments used in astronomy, whereas the WFFT method can sensitively detect the periodic signals in the presence of Poissonian fluctuations; the only drawback of the WFFT method is that it cannot detect sharp frequency variations accurately.