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Research on Aircraft Cable Defects Locating Method Based on Time-Frequency Domain Reflection
AbstractThis paper presents an aircraft cable fault detection and location method based on TFDR in order to detect the intermittent faults effectively and to cope with the serial and after-connector faults being difficult to be detected in time domain reflection. In this method, the correlation function of reflected and reference signal is utilized to detect and locate the aircraft fault according to the characteristics of reflected and reference signal in time-frequency domain, so the hit rate of detecting and locating intermittent faults can be improved effectively. In the work process, the reflected signal is interfered by the noise and false alarm takes place frequently, so the threshold de-noising method based on wavelet decomposition is utilized to decrease the noise interference and reduce the fault alarm rate. Then the time-frequency cross correlation function of the reference signal and the reflected signal based on Wigner-Ville distribution is computed in order to locate the fault position. At last, LabVIEW is applied to implement operation and control interface, the main function of which is to link and control MATLAB and LABSQL. Utilizing the strong calculating capability and the abundant function library of MATLAB, the signal processing turn to be easily realized, moreover LabVIEW help the system to be more reliable and updated easily
Optical characterization of BiSe in a magnetic field: infrared evidence for magnetoelectric coupling in a topological insulator material
We present an infrared magneto-optical study of the highly thermoelectric
narrow-gap semiconductor BiSe. Far-infrared and mid-infrared (IR)
reflectance and transmission measurements have been performed in magnetic
fields oriented both parallel and perpendicular to the trigonal axis of
this layered material, and supplemented with UV-visible ellipsometry to obtain
the optical conductivity . With lowering of temperature we
observe narrowing of the Drude conductivity due to reduced quasiparticle
scattering, as well as the increase in the absorption edge due to direct
electronic transitions. Magnetic fields dramatically
renormalize and asymmetrically broaden the strongest far-IR optical phonon,
indicating interaction of the phonon with the continuum free-carrier spectrum
and significant magnetoelectric coupling. For the perpendicular field
orientation, electronic absorption is enhanced, and the plasma edge is slightly
shifted to higher energies. In both cases the direct transition energy is
softened in magnetic field.Comment: Final versio
A Survey of Taxi Drivers’ Aberrant Driving Behavior in Beijing
This is the author's accepted manuscript. The original publication is available from http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19439962.2013.799624#.VD_cxxYXNWs.Taxis are an important component in Beijing's urban integrated transport system. They provide passengers with convenient, comfortable, and efficient service. However, aberrant driving behaviors occur frequently among Beijing taxi drivers, leading to frequent violations and passenger complaints. This study explores Beijing taxi drivers’ aberrant driving behaviors and the factors influencing them. Questionnaires were designed to obtain different views of taxi drivers’ aberrant driving behaviors from taxi drivers, traffic police, and passengers, and to sample problems in the Beijing taxi industry. Responses from 52 professional taxi drivers, 40 traffic police officers, and more than 500 taxi passengers were obtained. The results show that taxi drivers generally under-report their own aberrant driving behaviors, whereas passengers and police appear to have a very negative impression of taxi drivers’ driving behaviors. Environmental influences such as economic pressure, ownership of taxi management, and the nature of the complaint system were found to contribute to taxi drivers’ aberrant driving behaviors. Some suggestions to increase the efficiency and safety of the taxi system in Beijing were proposed, such as improving drivers’ working and economic conditions, developing a better passenger loading system, establishing more effective license and termination policies for drivers, and improving the complaint system
THE INFLUENCE OF BACKPACK CARRIAGE ON TRUNK POSTURE IN CHILDREN DURING UNPLANNED GAIT TERMINATION
This study aimed to examine the trunk posture in children with different backpack loads during unplanned gait termination. Twelve school boys aged 9–10 years completed unplanned and planned gait termination with a backpack load of 0%, 10%, and 15% of their body weight (BW) while level walking. Trunk inclination angle and trunk range of motion at sagittal plane and spinal angle at frontal plane were examined. In comparison
with 0% BW load condition, the spinal angle increased significantly at 10% and 15% BW load condition during gait termination (
Optical loss compensation in a bulk left-handed metamaterial by the gain in quantum dots
A bulk left-handed metamaterial with fishnet structure is investigated to
show the optical loss compensation via surface plasmon amplification, with the
assistance of a Gaussian gain in PbS quantum dots. The optical resonance
enhancement around 200 THz is confirmed by the retrieval method. By exploring
the dependence of propagation loss on the gain coefficient and metamaterial
thickness, we verify numerically that the left-handed response can endure a
large propagation thickness with ultralow and stable loss under a certain gain
coefficient.Comment: 6 pages with 4 figure
Mirror symmetry decomposition in double-twisted multilayer graphene systems
Due to the observed superconductivity, the alternating twisted trilayer
graphene (ATTLG) has drawn great research interest very recently, in which
three monolayer graphene (MLG) are stacked in alternating twist way. If one or
several of the MLG in ATTLG are replaced by a multilayer graphene, we get a
double twisted multilayer graphene (DTMLG). In this work, we theoretically
illustrate that, if the DTMLG has a mirror symmetry along z direction like the
ATTLG, there exists a mirror symmetry decomposition (MSD), by which the DTMLG
can be exactly decoupled into two subsystems with opposite parity. The two
subsystems are either a twisted multilayer graphene (single twist) or a
multilayer graphene, depending on the stacking configuration. Such MSD can give
a clear interpretation about all the novel features of the moir\'{e} band
structures of DTMLG, e.g. the fourfold degenerate flat bands and the enlarged
magic angle. Meanwhile, in such DTMLG, the parity becomes a new degree of
freedom of the electrons, so that we can define a parity resolved Chern number
for the moir\'{e} flat bands. More importantly, the MSD implies that all the
novel correlated phases in the twisted multilayer graphene should also exist in
the corresponding DTMLGs, since they have the exact same Hamiltonian in form.
Specifically, according to the MSD, we predict that the superconductivity
should exist in the (1+3+1)-DTMLG.Comment: 12 pages, 6 figure
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