Design criterion for low-loss optical coupler tapers

A criterion for the local taper angle of a low-loss single-mode fibre coupler is established by considering the dominant mode coupling in the coupler taper. Effects due to structure parameters, such as cladding/core thickness ratio, corecladding index difference and core separation, are investigated. It is found that the criterion for the coupler taper can be well approximated by that for the single-mode fibre taper with the same structure parameters.     

The evolution of RFID security

As RFID technology progresses, security and privacy threats also evolve. By examining RFID's history, we can learn from past mistakes, rediscover successful solutions, and inspire future research.     

贵欧泊合成的某些方面

描述了在俄罗斯Dubna应用研究中心合成全硅欧泊的开发研究以及基本步骤. 阐述了这种漂亮的、相对无孔隙的合成欧泊的结构和基本特征以及这种合成欧泊切磨和抛磨的例子.     

Corrosion behaviour of low-Si alloyed steels in neutral reducing conditions at 90 °C

Electrochemical investigations on low-Si alloyed steels with Si content ranging from 0.25 to 3.2 wt.% were carried out in a 0.1 M NaCl borate-buffered solution (pH 8.4) in reducing conditions at 90 °C. Silicon as an alloying element was proved to degrade at first the steel ability to passivate. For longer immersion times, protective effects developed more efficiently on the steel containing 3.2 wt.% silicon. Passive layers electrochemically formed in the transpassive domain on the steel containing 3.2% Si were shown to be significantly different from those grown at rest potential.     

Prediction of swirling confined diffusion flame with a Monte Carlo and a presumed-PDF-model

This work aims to compare numerical results obtained by using the Monte Carlo composition-PDF method and a presumed-β-PDF in order to reveal their effects on the prediction of flow and scalar fields in swirling confined methane diffusion flame. Using the intrinsic low dimensional manifolds method for modelling the chemistry and a second moment closure for the turbulence, it is shown that both PDF-methods provide a similar accuracy level of the prediction of mean quantities. While the presumed-β-PDF performs using reasonable computational efforts, the Monte Carlo-PDF allows to capture well the turbulence-chemistry interaction and strong finite-chemistry effects such as local extinction.     

An experimental study of heat transfer characteristics of a pair of longitudinal vortices using color capturing technique

The flow and heat transfer characteristics of a pair of embedded counter-rotating vortices are studied experimentally. In order to control the strength of longitudinal vortices, angle of attack of the vortex generators is varied from ±20° to ±45°, and the spacing between the vortex generators is 4 cm apart. The heat transfer measurements using thermo-chromatic liquid crystal are made to provide the local surface distributions of heat transfer coefficients. The following conclusions are obtained from the present experiment. For the common-flow-down cases, two maximum values in the local heat transfer distributions exist for the three angles of attack. With the common-flow-up cases, only one maximum value exists. The common-flow-down cases show better heat transfer characteristics than the common-flow-up cases.     

Use of Invariant Combinations of Parameters Characterizing Acoustic Emission in Diagnostics of Prefracture States of Solids

The paper is devoted to the diagnostics of solids based on deviations of invariant combinations of measured acoustic-emission (AE) parameters from their stable values. Introduction of an informative AE parameter susceptible to transitions between stages of aw generation has been justified. The method of sampling of an AE flow by selecting each mth pulse yields little information because it records Erlang's flow, which is notably different from the input flow of signals.     

Symmetry-breaking transitions in equilibrium shapes of coherent precipitates: Effect of elastic anisotropy and inhomogeneity

We examine the symmetry-breaking transitions in equilibrium shapes of coherent precipitates in two-dimensional (2-D) systems under a plane-strain condition with the principal misfit strain components ε* _xx and ε* _yy . For systems with cubic elastic moduli, we first show all the shape transitions associated with different values of t=ε* _yy /ε* _xx . We also characterize each of these transitions, by studying its dependence on elastic anisotropy and inhomogeneity. For systems with dilatational misfit (t=1) and those with pure shear misfit (t=−1), the transition is from an equiaxed shape to an elongated shape, resulting in a break in rotational symmetry. For systems with nondilatational misfit (−1<t<1; t ≠ 0), the transition involves a break in mirror symmetries normal to the x- and y-axes. The transition is continuous in all cases, except when 0<t<1. For systems which allow an invariant line (−1≤t<0), the critical size increases with an increase in the particle stiffness. However, for systems which do not allow an invariant line (0<t≤1), the critical size first decreases, reaches a minimum, and then starts increasing with increasing particle stiffness; moreover, the transition is also forbidden when the particle stiffness is greater than a critical value.