Environmental Audio Tagging Using Deep Convolution Neural Network and Digital Signal Processing

Machine learning has experienced a strong growth in recent years, due to increased dataset sizes and computational power, and to advances in deep learning methods that can learn to make predictions in extremely non-linear problem settings. The intense problem of automatic environmental sound classification has received alarming attention from the research community in recent years. In this paper the audio dataset is converted into mass spectrogram using Digital Signal Processing (DSP). The spectrogram thus obtained is fed to the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) for the classification of the audio signal. In this we present a deep convolutional neural network architecture with localized kernels for environmental sound. By training the network on another additional deformed data, the hope is that the network becomes invariant to all deformations and generalizes better to all unseen data. We show that the proposed DSP in combination with CNN architecture, yields state-of-the-art performance for environmental sound classification

H-Theorem and Boundary Conditions for Two-Temperature Model: Application to Wave Propagation and Heat Transfer in Polyatomic Gases

Polyatomic gases find numerous applications across various scientific and technological fields, necessitating a quantitative understanding of their behavior in non-equilibrium conditions. In this study, we investigate the behavior of rarefied polyatomic gases, particularly focusing on heat transfer and sound propagation phenomena. By utilizing a two-temperature model, we establish constitutive equations for internal and translational heat fluxes based on the second law of thermodynamics. A novel reduced two-temperature model is proposed, which accurately describes the system's behavior while reducing computational complexity. Additionally, we develop phenomenological boundary conditions adhering to the second law, enabling the simulation of gas-surface interactions. The phenomenological coefficients in the constitutive equations and boundary conditions are determined by comparison with relevant literature. Our computational analysis includes conductive heat transfer between parallel plates, examination of sound wave behavior, and exploration of spontaneous Rayleigh-Brillouin scattering. The results provide valuable insights into the dynamics of polyatomic gases, contributing to various technological applications involving heat transfer and sound propagation

Fundamental solutions of an extended hydrodynamic model in two dimensions: derivation, theory and applications

The inability of the Navier-Stokes-Fourier equations to capture rarefaction effects motivates us to adopt the extended hydrodynamic equations. In the present work, a hydrodynamic model comprised of the conservation laws closed with the recently propounded coupled constitutive relations (CCR) -- referred to as the CCR model -- adequate for describing moderately rarefied gas is utilized. A numerical framework based on the method of fundamental solutions is developed and employed to solve the CCR model in two dimensions. To this end, the fundamental solutions of the linearized CCR model are derived in two dimensions. The significance of deriving the two-dimensional fundamental solutions is that they cannot be deduced from their three-dimensional counterparts that do exist in literature. As applications, the developed numerical framework based on the derived fundamental solutions is used to simulate (i) a rarefied gas flow confined between two coaxial cylinders with evaporating walls and (ii) a temperature-driven rarefied gas flow between two non-coaxial cylinders. The results for both problems have been validated against those obtained with the other classical approaches. Through this, it is shown that the method of fundamental solutions is an efficient tool for addressing two-dimensional multiphase microscale gas flow problems at a low computational cost. Moreover, the findings also show that the CCR model solved with the method of fundamental solutions depicts rarefaction effects, like transpiration flows and thermal stress, generally well.Comment: 14 figure

Coupled constitutive relations: a second law based higher order closure for hydrodynamics

In the classical framework, the Navier-Stokes-Fourier equations are obtained through the linear uncoupled thermodynamic force-flux relations which guarantee the non-negativity of the entropy production. However, the conventional thermodynamic description is only valid when the Knudsen number is sufficiently small. Here, it is shown that the range of validity of the Navier-Stokes-Fourier equations can be extended by incorporating the nonlinear coupling among the thermodynamic forces and fluxes. The resulting system of conservation laws closed with the coupled constitutive relations is able to describe many interesting rarefaction effects, such as Knudsen paradox, transpiration flows, thermal stress, heat flux without temperature gradients, etc., which can not be predicted by the classical Navier-Stokes-Fourier equations. For this system of equations, a set of phenomenological boundary conditions, which respect the second law of thermodynamics, is also derived. Some of the benchmark problems in fluid mechanics are studied to show the applicability of the derived equations and boundary conditions.Comment: 20 pages, 6 figures, Proceedings of the Royal Society A (Open access article

Evaporation boundary conditions for the linear R13 equations based on the onsager theory

Due to the failure of the continuum hypothesis for higher Knudsen numbers, rarefied gases and microflows of gases are particularly difficult to model. Macroscopic transport equations compete with particle methods, such as the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo method (DSMC), to find accurate solutions in the rarefied gas regime. Due to growing interest in micro flow applications, such as micro fuel cells, it is important to model and understand evaporation in this flow regime. Here, evaporation boundary conditions for the R13 equations, which are macroscopic transport equations with applicability in the rarefied gas regime, are derived. The new equations utilize Onsager relations, linear relations between thermodynamic fluxes and forces, with constant coefficients, that need to be determined. For this, the boundary conditions are fitted to DSMC data and compared to other R13 boundary conditions from kinetic theory and Navier–Stokes–Fourier (NSF) solutions for two one-dimensional steady-state problems. Overall, the suggested fittings of the new phenomenological boundary conditions show better agreement with DSMC than the alternative kinetic theory evaporation boundary conditions for R13. Furthermore, the new evaporation boundary conditions for R13 are implemented in a code for the numerical solution of complex, two-dimensional geometries and compared to NSF solutions. Different flow patterns between R13 and NSF for higher Knudsen numbers are observed

Lifetime of a nanodroplet : kinetic effects and regime transitions

A transition from a d2 to a d law is observed in molecular dynamics (MD) simulations when the diameter (d) of an evaporating droplet reduces to the order of the vapor’s mean free path; this cannot be explained by classical theory. This Letter shows that the d law can be predicted within the Navier-Stokes-Fourier (NSF) paradigm if a temperature-jump boundary condition derived from kinetic theory is utilized. The results from this model agree with those from MD in terms of the total lifetime, droplet radius, and temperature, while the classical d2 law underpredicts the lifetime of the droplet by a factor of 2. Theories beyond NSF are also employed in order to investigate vapor rarefaction effects within the Knudsen layer adjacent to the interface

Evaporation-driven vapour micro flows : analytical solutions from moment methods

Macroscopic models based on moment equations are developed to describe the transport of mass and energy near the phase boundary between a liquid and its rarefied vapour due to evaporation and hence, in this study, condensation. For evaporation from a spherical droplet, analytic solutions are obtained to the linearised equations from the Navier–Stokes–Fourier, regularised 13-moment and regularised 26-moment frameworks. Results are shown to approach computational solutions to the Boltzmann equation as the number of moments are increased, with good agreement for Knudsen number , whilst providing clear insight into non-equilibrium phenomena occurring adjacent to the interface

Analytical and Numerical Solutions of Boundary Value Problems for the Regularized 13 Moment Equations

Abstract. Classical hydrodynamics-the laws of Navier-Stokes and Fourier-fails in the description of processes in rarefied gases. For not too large Knudsen numbers, extended macroscopic models offer an alternative to the solution of the Boltzmann equations. Anlytical and numerical solutions show that the regularized 13 moment equations can capture all important linear and non-linear rarefaction effects with good accuracy

H-theorem and boundary conditions for the linear R26 equations : application to flow past an evaporating droplet

Determining physically admissible boundary conditions for higher moments in an extended continuum model is recognised as a major obstacle. Boundary conditions for the regularised 26-moment (R26) equations obtained using Maxwell's accommodation model do exist in the literature; however, we show in this article that these boundary conditions violate the second law of thermodynamics and the Onsager reciprocity relations for certain boundary value problems, and, hence, are not physically admissible. We further prove that the linearised R26 (LR26) equations possess a proper H-theorem (second-law inequality) by determining a quadratic form without cross-product terms for the entropy density. The establishment of the H-theorem for the LR26 equations in turn leads to a complete set of boundary conditions that are physically admissible for all processes and comply with the Onsager reciprocity relations. As an application, the problem of a slow rarefied gas flow past a spherical droplet with and without evaporation is considered and solved analytically. The results are compared with the numerical solution of the linearised Boltzmann equation, experimental results from the literature and/or other macroscopic theories to show that the LR26 theory with the physically admissible boundary conditions provides an excellent prediction up to Knudsen number ≲1 and, consequently, provides transpicuous insights into intriguing effects, such as thermal polarisation. In particular, the analytic results for the drag force obtained in the present work are in an excellent agreement with experimental results even for very large values of the Knudsen number

The R-process Alliance: First Magellan/MIKE Release from the Southern Search for R-Process-enhanced Stars

Extensive progress has been recently made into our understanding of heavy element production via the $r$-process in the Universe, specifically with the first observed neutron star binary merger (NSBM) event associated with the gravitational wave signal detected by LIGO, GW170817. The chemical abundance patterns of metal-poor $r$-process-enhanced stars provides key evidence into the dominant site(s) of the $r$-process, and whether NSBMs are sufficiently frequent or prolific $r$-process sources to be responsible for the majority of $r$-process material in the Universe. We present atmospheric stellar parameters (using a Non-Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium analysis) and abundances from a detailed analysis of 141 metal-poor stars, carried out as part of the $R$-Process Alliance (RPA) effort. We obtained high-resolution "snapshot" spectroscopy of the stars using the MIKE spectrograph on the 6.5m Magellan Clay telescope at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. We find 10 new highly enhanced $r$-II (with [Eu/Fe] $> +1.0$), 62 new moderately enhanced $r$-I ($+0.3 <$ [Eu/Fe] $\le +1.0$) and 17 new limited-$r$ ([Eu/Fe] $< +0.3$) stars. Among those, we find 17 new carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) stars, of which five are CEMP-no. We also identify one new $s$-process-enhanced ([Ba/Eu ]$> +0.5$), and five new $r/s$ ($0.0 <$ [Ba/Eu] $< +0.5$) stars. In the process, we discover a new ultra metal-poor (UMP) star at [Fe/H]=$-$4.02. One of the $r$-II stars shows a deficit in $\alpha$ and Fe-peak elements, typical of dwarf galaxy stars. Our search for $r$-process-enhanced stars by RPA efforts, has already roughly doubled the known $r$-process sample.Comment: 17 pages, 9 figures, 6 tables, Accepted for publication in Ap