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Acoustic emission analysis as a non-destructive test procedure for fiber compound structures
The concept of acoustic emission analysis is explained in scientific terms. The detection of acoustic events, their localization, damage discrimination, and event summation curves are discussed. A block diagram of the concept of damage-free testing of fiber-reinforced synthetic materials is depicted. Prospects for application of the concept are assessed
Analysis of noise measured from a propeller in a wake
In this experimental study, the acoustic characteristics of a propeller operating in a wake were studied. The propeller performance and noise were measured from two 0.25 scale propellers operating in an open jet anechoic flow environment with and without a wake. One propeller had NACA 16 series sections; the other, ARA-D. Wake thicknesses of 1 and 3 propeller chords were generated by an airfoil which spanned the full diameter of the propeller. The airfoil wake profiles were measured. Noise measurements were made in and out of the flow. The propellers were operated at 40, 83, and 100 inf of thrust. The acoustic data are analyzed, and the effects on the overall sound pressure level (OASPL) and scaled A weighted sound level L sub A with propeller thrust, wake thickness, and observer location are presented. The analysis showed that, generally, the wake increased the overall noise (OASPL) produced by the propeller; increased the harmonic content of the noise, thus the scaled L sub a; and produced an azimuthal dependence. With few exceptions, both propellers generally produced the same trends in delta OASPL and delta L sub a with thrust and wake thickness
Noise response of cavities of varying dimensions at subsonic speeds
An expression for the Strouhal number of lengthwise cavity oscillations is obtained which includes the effect of length-to-depth ratio. This expression, which agrees well with the experimental data, is also used to predict the Mach number at which cavity acoustic response is maximum. Interaction between lengthwise and depthwise modes is seen to occur at Mach numbers from 0.1 to 0.5. Cavity shape is shown to affect the noise spectra in generating either a broadband or narrowband signal
Adaptive Ising Model and Bacterial Chemotactic Receptor Network
We present a so-called adaptive Ising model (AIM) to provide a unifying
explanation for sensitivity and perfect adaptation in bacterial chemotactic
signalling, based on coupling among receptor dimers. In an AIM, an external
field, representing ligand binding, is randomly applied to a fraction of spins,
representing the states of the receptor dimers, and there is a delayed negative
feedback from the spin value on the local field. This model is solved in an
adiabatic approach. If the feedback is slow and weak enough, as indeed in
chemotactic signalling, the system evolves through quasi-equilibrium states and
the ``magnetization'', representing the signal, always attenuates towards zero
and is always sensitive to a subsequent stimulus.Comment: revtex, final version to appear in Europhysics Letter
Measurements of farfield sound generation from a flow-excited cavity
Results of 1/3-octave-band spectral measurements of internal pressures and the external acoustic field of a tangentially blown rectangular cavity are compared. Proposed mechanisms for sound generation are reviewed, and spectra and directivity plots of cavity noise are presented. Directivity plots show a slightly modified monopole pattern. Frequencies of cavity response are calculated using existing predictions and are compared with those obtained experimentally. The effect of modifying the upstream boundary layer on the noise was investigated, and its effectiveness was found to be a function of cavity geometry and flow velocity
Consequences of the Factorization Hypothesis in pbar p, pp, gamma p and gamma gamma Collisions
Using an eikonal analysis, we examine the validity of the factorization
theorem for nucleon-nucleon, gamma p and gamma gamma collisions. As an example,
using the additive quark model and meson vector dominance, we directly show
that for all energies and values of the eikonal, that the factorization theorem
sigma_{nn}/sigma_{gamma p} = sigma_{gamma p}/sigma_{gamma gamma} holds. We can
also compute the survival probability of large rapidity gaps in high energy
pbar p and pp collisions. We show that the survival probabilities are identical
(at the same energy) for gamma p and gamma gamma collisions, as well as for
nucleon-nucleon collisions. We further show that neither the factorization
theorem nor the reaction-independence of the survival probabilities depends on
the assumption of an additive quark model, but, more generally, depends on the
opacity of the eikonal being independent of whether the reaction is n-n, gamma
p or gamma gamma.Comment: 8 pages, Revtex, no figures. Expanded discussion, minor correction
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