Dynamic earth-contact building: A sustainable low-energy technology

Sustainable development includes low-energy buildings, which reduce energy consumption, green house gases emission, water usage, etc. The choice of subsurface wall at varying depths for construction of buildings has a direct impact on energy consumption and the environment. This paper includes in its scope all building structures in which a significant area is in direct contact with the earth, and excludes indirect earth contact. A two-dimensional simplified analytical Fourier boundary series was developed to study dynamic earth-contact heat transfer and humidity variation in building. It was used in conjunction with the whole-building energy simulation program developed in the TRNSYS environment. The predictions were compared with extensive experimental data measured from typical existing earth-contact buildings situated in the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi campus. Heat transfer through earth-contact building structures was predicted to decrease with increasing soil contact. The results obtained from the detailed model showed that earth-contact structures form excellent passive technology that can be exploited for energy conservation. This work is part of an effort to develop zero energy building models in India. The presented model can be easily incorporated into indirect earth-contact structures in order to describe the impact of cooling tubes, earth-air tunnels or heat pumps in indoor environment.     

Similar features in Z bands of both skeletal and cardiac muscle revealed by image enhancement

We have shown previously that the small square (ss) and basket weave (bw) states of the Z band lattice in cardiac and skeletal muscle are related to the contractile state of the muscle. We have used two-dimensional image processing techniques on digitized electron micrographs to enhance the structural features of each projected lattice form in cardiac and skeletal muscle. Four different processing techniques were employed to assess the effect of enhancement artifacts on the resulting Z band images. We observed only slight differences between enhanced images of a particular Z band form produced by the four different techniques. Every enhanced image showed an approximate four-fold symmetry independent of muscle type or Z band lattice form. Each enhanced image showed four cross-connecting Z-filaments which appeared to connect each axial filament to the four nearest axial filaments. In bw images from both cardiac and skeletal muscle, axial filaments had a greater apparent diameter and a greater interaxial filament spacing than in the ss images. In both muscle types, the cross-connecting Z-filaments appeared to overlap half-way between axial filaments in the ss images while the bw images showed no such overlap. These structural features are consistent with a dynamic Z band lattice that participates in muscle contraction.     

Quantitative theory of ideal phase-contrast microscopy,taking object width into account

In ‘ideal’ phase-contrast microscopy all the direct light and none of the diffracted light is influenced by the phase plate in the back focal plane of the objective. Contrary to almost all previous work, it appears that the intensity of an ideal phase-contrast image is affected not only by the transmittance and retardation of the object and of the phase plate, but also by the width of the specimen (or total width of multiple specimens) relative to the microscopic field. Equations and computer code are presented with which the intensity of such images can be calculated. Previously published equations are special cases, and implicitly or explictly assume either that the object is of negligible width, or occupies precisely half the microscopic field. The absolute brightness of an image in ideal central dark-field microscopy is a function of the object retardation, but the intensity of the image relative to the background is a function only of the width of the object(s) relative to the field. The equations give results for ideal phase-contrast microscopy identical with those of a computer program simulating microscopic imaging. The program can in addition take into account non-ideal factors including a finite width of phase plate, finite objective aperture, deviations from best focus, glare, primary spherical aberration and obliquity of the coherent illumination.     

Measurement technology for material emissivity under high temperature dynamic heating conditions

The thermal dissipation of radiation is main heat shield mechanism for non-ablative thermal protection materials on hypersonic vehicles withstanding high temperature dynamic heating cycle during endo-atmospheric ascent, cruise and reentry. Therefore, it is necessary to know the thermal radiative properties of the material under the simulated high temperature dynamic heating conditions on the ground. The emissivity depends on the surface state and its temperature. A new simultaneous measurement technology of emissivity and varying surface temperature is proposed under high temperature dynamic heating conditions. This new technology solved synchronous measurement problems by utilizing spectral signal of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The calibration of different temperature ranges, the background disturbances, the influences on temperature measurement by wavelength range and its corresponding fluctuations of measurement signal, were thoroughly investigated. The measured results of steel and graphite as reference materials proved the effectiveness of this simultaneous measurement technology and showed great potential in engineering applications under high temperature dynamic heating conditions.     

基于ARM的电力系统谐波分析仪的研究与设计

将32位的ARM微控制器应用于谐波分析中,并移植了嵌入式实时操作系统μC/OS-Ⅱ,算法上运用了改进的快速傅立叶变换(FFT),实现了电力系统中谐波的实时测量、显示和通信的功能。     

傅立叶变换红外光谱在癌症诊断中的应用进展

本文综述近年来傅立叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)在癌症诊断中的应用进展。叙述FTIR在乳腺癌、宫颈癌、肺癌、肠癌、甲状腺癌、胃癌、胆囊癌、鼻咽癌、食道癌等诊断中的应用。为癌症临床的诊断和防治提供参考。     

傅立叶变换光谱仪现状及其微型化进展

本文通过查阅大量的文献与产品信息,总结归纳了目前傅立叶变换光谱仪特别是微型的傅立叶变换光谱仪的结构类型,发展概况与进展。首先概述了时间调制型和空间调制型傅立叶变换光谱仪的基本原理、结构部件、优势缺陷以及研究进展;而后对目前市场上的傅立叶变换光谱仪器产品进行了整理与分析,对各项技术性能指标进行了评述;最后着重对微型傅立叶变换光谱仪的进展作了综述。     

The effect of IEC grouping algorithms on frequency domain noise

In this paper, noise propagation through a two-stage nonlinear algorithm for measurement of harmonic distortion in power systems according to IEC 61000-4-7 is analyzed. Noise generated in the instrument’s input circuitry is considered as an aggregated noise source without detailed characterization of its origin. The first stage of the measurement algorithm is the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) of the input signal. Noise propagation through the DFT is analyzed by means of probability theory. The result of this analysis, the probability density function (pdf) of the DFT spectrum amplitudes, is used for characterization of the second stage of the measurement algorithm – the root-sum-square grouping of several spectrum components into a single harmonic distortion index. In this way, pdfs of the most common harmonic indices are derived and analyzed.     

Analysis of color shift on butterfly wings by Fourier transform of images from atomic force microscopy

Butterfly wings have complex structure lending it several interesting properties. Coloration of the wing is one of the first things to encounter and the overall visual effect is in fact influenced by several factors. Chemical pigments set the base color of the wing, topographical structures on the wing scales cause color shift by interference and their arrangement into diffraction grating causes iridescence. The thin film interference can be attributed to microscopic ridges covering wing scales. Observation and calculation of the color shift on wings of Euploea mulciber species using Fourier transform of images obtained by atomic force microscopy is the focus of this article.     

FFT+FT离散频谱校正法参数估计精度

研究用FFT谱连续细化傅里叶变换分析法进行离散频谱校正时的参数估计误差。分析无噪声情况下频率﹑相位﹑幅值的估计误差随细化倍数的变化规律,估计精度随细化倍数的增大而提高,当细化倍数大于40时,最大估计误差几乎可忽略不计。在高斯白噪声的影响下,细化后频谱序列最大值找错的概率随细化倍数的增加而增加,综合考虑频率分辨率对频率估计精度的影响及频谱序列最大值找错的概率,提出用归一化频率估计综合误差和归一化频率估计最大可能误差两个指标评价此校正法对频率的估计精度,并基于此给出不同信噪比条件下的最优细化倍数。采用非线性最小二乘拟合法对噪声影响下的FFT谱连续细化傅里叶变换分析校正法进行改进,通过仿真模拟验证改进后该校正方法具备更高的校正精度和抗噪能力。