The work presented in this paper aims at investigating the ability of acoustic noise correlation technique for railway infrastructure health monitoring. The principle of this technique is based on impulse responses re...The work presented in this paper aims at investigating the ability of acoustic noise correlation technique for railway infrastructure health monitoring. The principle of this technique is based on impulse responses reconstruction by correlation of random noise propagated in the medium. Since wheel-rail interaction constitutes a source of such noise, correlation technique could be convenient for detection of rail defects using only passive sensors. Experiments have been carried out on a 2 m-long rail sample. Acoustic noise is generated in the sample at several positions. Direct comparison between an active emission-reception response and the estimated noise correlation function has confirmed the validity of the equivalence relation between them. The quality of the reconstruction is shown to be strongly related to the spatial distribution of the noise sources. High sensitivity of the noise-correlation functions to a local defect on the rail is also demonstrated. However, interpretation of the defect signature is more ambiguous than when using classical active responses. Application of a spatiotemporal Fourier transform on data recorded with variable sensor-defect distances has allowed overcoming this ambiguity.展开更多
A coupled Navier-Stokes/free-wake method is developed to predict the rotor aerodynamics and wake.The widely-used Farassat 1 Aformulation is adopted to predict the rotor noise.In the coupled method,the Reynolds-average...A coupled Navier-Stokes/free-wake method is developed to predict the rotor aerodynamics and wake.The widely-used Farassat 1 Aformulation is adopted to predict the rotor noise.In the coupled method,the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes(RANS)solver is established to simulate complex aerodynamic phenomena around blade and the tip-wake is captured by a free-wake model without numerical dissipation in the off-body wake zone.To overcome the time-consuming of the coupling strategy in previous studies,a more efficient coupling strategy is presented,by which only the induced velocity on the outer boundary grid need to be calculated.In order to obtain blade control settings,a delta trimming procedure is developed,which is more efficient than traditional trim method in the calculation of Jacobian matrix.Several flight conditions are simulated to demonstrate the validity of the coupled method.Then the rotor noise of operational load survey(OLS)is studied by the developed method as an application and the computational results are shown to be in good agreements with the available experimental data.展开更多
The characteristic property of white Gaussian noise (WGN) is derived in S-transformation domain. The results show that the distribution of normalized S-spectrum of WGN follows X2?distribution with two degrees of freed...The characteristic property of white Gaussian noise (WGN) is derived in S-transformation domain. The results show that the distribution of normalized S-spectrum of WGN follows X2?distribution with two degrees of freedom. The conclusion has been confirmed through both theoretical derivations and numerical simulations. Combined with different criteria, an effective signal detection in S-transformation can be realized.展开更多
If Hall plates are used as magnetic field sensors they are usually powered up by a current source connected to a pair of non-neighboring contacts. The output voltage is tapped at another pair of non-neighboring contac...If Hall plates are used as magnetic field sensors they are usually powered up by a current source connected to a pair of non-neighboring contacts. The output voltage is tapped at another pair of non-neighboring contacts. In this paper we study more general operating conditions of Hall plates with an arbitrary number of contacts. In such hybrid operating modes current sources are connected to a first set of contacts and voltage sources to a second set of contacts. Output voltages are tapped at the first set of contacts and output currents are measured at the second set of contacts. All these output signals are multiplied by coefficients and added up. The purpose of this work is to figure out which operating mode and which Hall plate achieve maximum signal at minimum thermal noise and power dissipation. To this end we develop a theory, which gives the ratio of signal over noise and power as a function of the resistance matrix of Hall plates, of the supply voltages and currents, and of the coefficients. Optimization is done analytically in closed form and numerically for specific examples. The results are: 1) all operating modes have identical noise performance if their parameters are optimized;2) for any Hall plate one can measure its resistance matrix and insert its values into our formulae to obtain the optimum supply currents and coefficients for optimum noise performance.展开更多
The paper discusses the quantitative definition of the s/n (signal to noise ratio) by means of new computational parameters derived (and computed) by the Fourier analysis. The theme is of great relevance when the geom...The paper discusses the quantitative definition of the s/n (signal to noise ratio) by means of new computational parameters derived (and computed) by the Fourier analysis. The theme is of great relevance when the geomagnetic observed field has high transient noise and high energy content (i.e.geomagnetic signal interfered by human activity magnetic band) and when the signal analysis action is oriented to the detection of magnetic sources characterized by quasi-punctiform size, low energy level and kinetic mechanical status (i.e.uw armed terrorist). The paper shows the results obtained introducing two new informative spectral parameters: the informative capability “C” and the enhanced informative capability “eC”. These parameters are depending on the comparison of the energy of the target signal with total field energy and they are characteristics of each elementary signal. C classifies the energy of the spectrum in two metrological bands: elementary signal informative energy EI (band or single signal) and passive energy EP. This metrological classification of the energy overtakes the concept of noise: each signal is part of the noise band when it is not under observation and becomes out of the band when it is under observation (numerical observation→computation). C (and eC) allows to compute the value of the “visibility” of the informative signals in a high energy geomagnetic field (or spectrum). C is a fundamental parameter for the evaluation of the effectiveness of singularity magnetic metrology in the passive detection of small magnetic sources in high noised magnetic field.展开更多
The problem of optimal periodic pulse jamming design for a quadrature phase shift keying（QPSK）communication system is investigated.First a closed-form bit-error-rate（BER）of QPSK system under the jamming of pulse s...The problem of optimal periodic pulse jamming design for a quadrature phase shift keying（QPSK）communication system is investigated.First a closed-form bit-error-rate（BER）of QPSK system under the jamming of pulse signal is derived.Then the asymptotic performance of the derived BER is analyzed as the signal-to-noise ratio（SNR）grows to infinity.In order to maximize the BER of the QPSK system,the optimal parameters of periodic pulse jamming signal,including the duty cycle and signal-tojamming power ratio（SJR）,are found out.Numerical results are presented to verify our analytical results and the optimality of our design.展开更多
The effectiveness of optimizing electrical conductivity of carbon fiber/carbon nanotube (CNT)/epoxy hybrid composites via Taguchi method was demonstrated.CNTs were induced on carbon fabric by electrophoretic depositio...The effectiveness of optimizing electrical conductivity of carbon fiber/carbon nanotube (CNT)/epoxy hybrid composites via Taguchi method was demonstrated.CNTs were induced on carbon fabric by electrophoretic deposition (EPD) technique.The essential deposition parameters were identified as 1) the deposition time,2) the deposition voltage,3) the mass fraction of CNTs in suspension,and 4) the distance between the electrodes.An experimental design was then performed to establish the appropriate levels for each factor.An orthogonal array of L9 (34) was designed to conduct the experiments.Electrical conductivity results were collected as the response.The relative influences of design parameters on the response were discussed.Using the model,signal to noise (S/N) ratio and response characteristics for the optimized deposition parameter combination were predicted.The results show clearly that the optimum condition of electrophoretic deposition (EPD) process improves the electrical conductivity of carbon/epoxy hybrid composites.展开更多
<span style="font-family:Verdana;">In Nigeria, most welding activities are carried out by road side welders, majority of this welders are ignorant of weld residual stress and its adverse effect on weld...<span style="font-family:Verdana;">In Nigeria, most welding activities are carried out by road side welders, majority of this welders are ignorant of weld residual stress and its adverse effect on weldment. Residual stress (RS) measuring device </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">is</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> vital in the measurement of inherent stresses in material. The aim of this research was to employ proof of principle in analyzing the weld residual stresses in a material. This was achieved by measuring samples with magnetic residual stress device and then subjecting the weld samples to mechanical tensile test with hope that materials with more residual stresses fail first. Finally the result from both procedures w</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">as</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> compared to establish </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">a </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">relationship</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">. Four (4) pieces of mild steel coupons measuring 100 × 40 × 3 mm were welded, producing two specimens, A</span><sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;">11</span></sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> and B</span><sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;">11</span></sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> of 200 × 40 × 3 mm</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> respectively. The specimens were measured using the Magnetic device developed and 37 signals were obtained per specimen, thereafter, the welded specimens were subjected to tensile testing and results analyzed. From the results obtained, Specimen A</span><sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;">11</span></sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> was observed to have the highest signal peak at the weld zone with RS signal of 20.3983 mV compared to B</span><sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;">11</span></sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> with 19.358 mV. While under tensile loading, it took 1.63 kN to cause failure to specimen A</span><sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;">11</span></sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> and 8.65 kN for specimen B</span><sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;">11</span></sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;">. From this simple experiment, it implies that the Magnetic RS device was able to mimic the behavior of residual stress and also predicted that A</span><sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;">11</span></sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> would fail first.展开更多
针对广域多点定位系统中接收信号信噪比(signal to noise ratio,SNR)低导致到达时间(time of arrival,TOA)提取不准确的问题,提出了一种匹配滤波结合非相干积累的联合TOA估计算法,该算法能够有效降低匹配滤波法在低SNR下TOA估计的均方...针对广域多点定位系统中接收信号信噪比(signal to noise ratio,SNR)低导致到达时间(time of arrival,TOA)提取不准确的问题,提出了一种匹配滤波结合非相干积累的联合TOA估计算法,该算法能够有效降低匹配滤波法在低SNR下TOA估计的均方根误差(root mean square error,RMSE).联合算法通过对二次雷达驻留时间内接收的应答信号的匹配滤波输出做非相干积累,在最大值点处标记时间戳进行TOA估计,利用能量累积原理提高SNR,从而使得估计精确度得以提升.仿真结果表明:该算法可在-15 dB SNR,53 MHz采样频率及9个积累信号时,达到24.302 ns的TOA估计精确度.所提联合TOA估计算法具有高精确度与高稳健性的特点,能够在-15~0 dB SNR将估计精确度提升至25 ns以下,为提取低SNR S模式信号TOA进而提升广域多点定位精确度提供了一种有效的方法.展开更多
文摘The work presented in this paper aims at investigating the ability of acoustic noise correlation technique for railway infrastructure health monitoring. The principle of this technique is based on impulse responses reconstruction by correlation of random noise propagated in the medium. Since wheel-rail interaction constitutes a source of such noise, correlation technique could be convenient for detection of rail defects using only passive sensors. Experiments have been carried out on a 2 m-long rail sample. Acoustic noise is generated in the sample at several positions. Direct comparison between an active emission-reception response and the estimated noise correlation function has confirmed the validity of the equivalence relation between them. The quality of the reconstruction is shown to be strongly related to the spatial distribution of the noise sources. High sensitivity of the noise-correlation functions to a local defect on the rail is also demonstrated. However, interpretation of the defect signature is more ambiguous than when using classical active responses. Application of a spatiotemporal Fourier transform on data recorded with variable sensor-defect distances has allowed overcoming this ambiguity.
文摘A coupled Navier-Stokes/free-wake method is developed to predict the rotor aerodynamics and wake.The widely-used Farassat 1 Aformulation is adopted to predict the rotor noise.In the coupled method,the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes(RANS)solver is established to simulate complex aerodynamic phenomena around blade and the tip-wake is captured by a free-wake model without numerical dissipation in the off-body wake zone.To overcome the time-consuming of the coupling strategy in previous studies,a more efficient coupling strategy is presented,by which only the induced velocity on the outer boundary grid need to be calculated.In order to obtain blade control settings,a delta trimming procedure is developed,which is more efficient than traditional trim method in the calculation of Jacobian matrix.Several flight conditions are simulated to demonstrate the validity of the coupled method.Then the rotor noise of operational load survey(OLS)is studied by the developed method as an application and the computational results are shown to be in good agreements with the available experimental data.
文摘The characteristic property of white Gaussian noise (WGN) is derived in S-transformation domain. The results show that the distribution of normalized S-spectrum of WGN follows X2?distribution with two degrees of freedom. The conclusion has been confirmed through both theoretical derivations and numerical simulations. Combined with different criteria, an effective signal detection in S-transformation can be realized.
文摘If Hall plates are used as magnetic field sensors they are usually powered up by a current source connected to a pair of non-neighboring contacts. The output voltage is tapped at another pair of non-neighboring contacts. In this paper we study more general operating conditions of Hall plates with an arbitrary number of contacts. In such hybrid operating modes current sources are connected to a first set of contacts and voltage sources to a second set of contacts. Output voltages are tapped at the first set of contacts and output currents are measured at the second set of contacts. All these output signals are multiplied by coefficients and added up. The purpose of this work is to figure out which operating mode and which Hall plate achieve maximum signal at minimum thermal noise and power dissipation. To this end we develop a theory, which gives the ratio of signal over noise and power as a function of the resistance matrix of Hall plates, of the supply voltages and currents, and of the coefficients. Optimization is done analytically in closed form and numerically for specific examples. The results are: 1) all operating modes have identical noise performance if their parameters are optimized;2) for any Hall plate one can measure its resistance matrix and insert its values into our formulae to obtain the optimum supply currents and coefficients for optimum noise performance.
文摘The paper discusses the quantitative definition of the s/n (signal to noise ratio) by means of new computational parameters derived (and computed) by the Fourier analysis. The theme is of great relevance when the geomagnetic observed field has high transient noise and high energy content (i.e.geomagnetic signal interfered by human activity magnetic band) and when the signal analysis action is oriented to the detection of magnetic sources characterized by quasi-punctiform size, low energy level and kinetic mechanical status (i.e.uw armed terrorist). The paper shows the results obtained introducing two new informative spectral parameters: the informative capability “C” and the enhanced informative capability “eC”. These parameters are depending on the comparison of the energy of the target signal with total field energy and they are characteristics of each elementary signal. C classifies the energy of the spectrum in two metrological bands: elementary signal informative energy EI (band or single signal) and passive energy EP. This metrological classification of the energy overtakes the concept of noise: each signal is part of the noise band when it is not under observation and becomes out of the band when it is under observation (numerical observation→computation). C (and eC) allows to compute the value of the “visibility” of the informative signals in a high energy geomagnetic field (or spectrum). C is a fundamental parameter for the evaluation of the effectiveness of singularity magnetic metrology in the passive detection of small magnetic sources in high noised magnetic field.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61271258)
文摘The problem of optimal periodic pulse jamming design for a quadrature phase shift keying（QPSK）communication system is investigated.First a closed-form bit-error-rate（BER）of QPSK system under the jamming of pulse signal is derived.Then the asymptotic performance of the derived BER is analyzed as the signal-to-noise ratio（SNR）grows to infinity.In order to maximize the BER of the QPSK system,the optimal parameters of periodic pulse jamming signal,including the duty cycle and signal-tojamming power ratio（SJR）,are found out.Numerical results are presented to verify our analytical results and the optimality of our design.
基金Project supported by the Second Stage of Brain Korea 21 Projects and the National Research Foundation of Korea (2011-0030804) Funded by the Korea Government (MEST)
文摘The effectiveness of optimizing electrical conductivity of carbon fiber/carbon nanotube (CNT)/epoxy hybrid composites via Taguchi method was demonstrated.CNTs were induced on carbon fabric by electrophoretic deposition (EPD) technique.The essential deposition parameters were identified as 1) the deposition time,2) the deposition voltage,3) the mass fraction of CNTs in suspension,and 4) the distance between the electrodes.An experimental design was then performed to establish the appropriate levels for each factor.An orthogonal array of L9 (34) was designed to conduct the experiments.Electrical conductivity results were collected as the response.The relative influences of design parameters on the response were discussed.Using the model,signal to noise (S/N) ratio and response characteristics for the optimized deposition parameter combination were predicted.The results show clearly that the optimum condition of electrophoretic deposition (EPD) process improves the electrical conductivity of carbon/epoxy hybrid composites.
文摘<span style="font-family:Verdana;">In Nigeria, most welding activities are carried out by road side welders, majority of this welders are ignorant of weld residual stress and its adverse effect on weldment. Residual stress (RS) measuring device </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">is</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> vital in the measurement of inherent stresses in material. The aim of this research was to employ proof of principle in analyzing the weld residual stresses in a material. This was achieved by measuring samples with magnetic residual stress device and then subjecting the weld samples to mechanical tensile test with hope that materials with more residual stresses fail first. Finally the result from both procedures w</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">as</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> compared to establish </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">a </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">relationship</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">. Four (4) pieces of mild steel coupons measuring 100 × 40 × 3 mm were welded, producing two specimens, A</span><sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;">11</span></sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> and B</span><sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;">11</span></sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> of 200 × 40 × 3 mm</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> respectively. The specimens were measured using the Magnetic device developed and 37 signals were obtained per specimen, thereafter, the welded specimens were subjected to tensile testing and results analyzed. From the results obtained, Specimen A</span><sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;">11</span></sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> was observed to have the highest signal peak at the weld zone with RS signal of 20.3983 mV compared to B</span><sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;">11</span></sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> with 19.358 mV. While under tensile loading, it took 1.63 kN to cause failure to specimen A</span><sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;">11</span></sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> and 8.65 kN for specimen B</span><sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;">11</span></sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;">. From this simple experiment, it implies that the Magnetic RS device was able to mimic the behavior of residual stress and also predicted that A</span><sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;">11</span></sub><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> would fail first.
文摘针对广域多点定位系统中接收信号信噪比(signal to noise ratio,SNR)低导致到达时间(time of arrival,TOA)提取不准确的问题,提出了一种匹配滤波结合非相干积累的联合TOA估计算法,该算法能够有效降低匹配滤波法在低SNR下TOA估计的均方根误差(root mean square error,RMSE).联合算法通过对二次雷达驻留时间内接收的应答信号的匹配滤波输出做非相干积累,在最大值点处标记时间戳进行TOA估计,利用能量累积原理提高SNR,从而使得估计精确度得以提升.仿真结果表明:该算法可在-15 dB SNR,53 MHz采样频率及9个积累信号时,达到24.302 ns的TOA估计精确度.所提联合TOA估计算法具有高精确度与高稳健性的特点,能够在-15~0 dB SNR将估计精确度提升至25 ns以下,为提取低SNR S模式信号TOA进而提升广域多点定位精确度提供了一种有效的方法.
