540 research outputs found
Analytic expressions for the moving infinite line source model
Groundwater flow can have a significant impact on the thermal response of
ground heat exchangers. The moving infinite line source model is thus widely
used in practice as it considers both conductive and advective heat transfert
processes. Solution of this model involves a relatively heavy numerical
quadrature. Contrarily to the infinite line source model, there is currently no
known first-order approximation that could be useful for many practical
applications. In this paper, known analytical expressions of the Hantush well
function and generalized incomplete gamma function are first revisited. A clear
link between these functions and the moving infinite line source model is then
established. Then, two new exact and integral-free analytical expressions are
proposed, along with two new first-order approximations. The new analytical
expressions proposed take the form of convergent power series involving no
recursive evaluations. It is shown that relative errors less than 1% can be
obtained with only a few summands. The convergence properties of the series,
their accuracy and the validity domain of the first-order approximations are
also presented and discussed.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures, 1 code. Accepted for publication by Geothermic
Automatic Calibration of Modified FM Synthesis to Harmonic Sounds Using Genetic Algorithms
Many audio synthesis techniques have been successful inreproducing the sounds of musical instruments. Several of these techniques require parameters calibration. However, this task can be difficult and time-consuming especially when there is not intuitive correspondence between a parameter value and the change in the produced sound. Searching the parameter space for a given synthesis technique is, therefore, a task more naturally suited to an automatic optimization scheme.
Genetic algorithms (GA) have been used rather extensively for this purpose, and in particular for calibrating Classic FM (ClassicFM) synthesis to mimic recorded harmonic sounds. In this work, we use GA to further explore its modified counterpart, Modified FM (ModFM), which has not been used as widely, and its ability to produce musical sounds not as fully explored. We completely automize the calibration of a ModFM synthesis model for the reconstruction of harmonic instrument tones using GA. In this algorithm, we refine parameters and operators such as crossover probability or mutation operator for closer match. As an evaluation, we show that GA system automatically generates harmonic musical instrument sounds closely matching the target recordings, a match comparable to the application of GA to ClassicFM synthesis
Suppression of superconductivity by non-magnetic disorder in the organic superconductor (TMTSF)2(ClO4)(1-x)(ReO4)x
We present a study of the superconducting properties (Tc and Hc2) in the
solid solution (TMTSF)2(ClO4)(1-x)(ReO4)x with a ReO-4 nominal concentration up
to x = 6%. The dramatic suppression of Tc when the residual resistivity is
increased upon alloying with no modification of the Fermi surface is the
signature of non-conventional superconductivity . This behaviour strongly
supports p or d wave pairing in quasi one dimensional organic superconductors.
The determination of the electron lifetime in the normal state at low
temperature confirms that a single particle Drude model is unable to explain
the temperature dependence of the conductivity and that a very narrow zero
frequency mode must be taken into account for the interpretation of the
transport properties.Comment: Received 26 January 2004 / Received in final form 17 June 2004 /
Published online 3 August 200
MediaScape: towards a video, music, and sound metacreation
We present a new media work, MediaScape, which is an initial foray into a fully interdisciplinary metacreativity. This paper defines metacreation, and we present examples of metacreative art within the fields of music, sound art, the history of generative narrative, and discuss the potential of the “open-documentary” as an immediate goal of metacreative video. Lastly, we describe MediaScape in detail, and present some future directions
Numerical simulations with the P-Hydroslag model to predict phosphorus removal by steel slag filters
The first version of the P-Hydroslag model for numerical simulations of steel slag filters is presented. This model main original feature is the implementation of slag exhaustion behavior, crystal growth and crystal size effect on crystal solubility, and crystal accumulation effect on slag dissolution. The model includes four mineral phases: calcite, monetite, homogeneous hydroxyapatite (constant size and solubility) and heterogeneous hydroxyapatite (increasing size and decreasing solubility). In the proposed model, slag behavior is represented by CaO dissolution kinetic rate and exhaustion equations; while slag dissolution is limited by a diffusion rate through a crystal layer. An experimental test for measurement of exhaustion equations is provided. The model was calibrated with an experimental program made of three phases. Firstly, batch tests with 300 g slag sample in synthetic solutions were conducted for the determination of exhaustion equation. Secondly, a slag filter column test fed with synthetic solution was run for 623 days, divided into 9 cells and sampled at the end of the experiment. Finally, the column was dismantled, sampled and analyzed with XRD, TEM and SEM. Experimental column curves for pH, oPO4, Ca and inorganic carbon were well predicted by the model. Crystal sizes measured by XRD and TEM validated the hypothesis for homogeneous precipitation while SEM observations validated the thin crystal layer hypothesis. A preliminary validation of the model resulted in successful predictions of a steel slag filter longevity fed with real wastewater
- …