We propose that using the phenomenon of refraction of two coaxially copropagating beams at the interface of two nonlinear media, a passive all-optical switch could be constructed for future integrated photonic circuits. 相似文献
A framework is presented for examining the effectiveness of limiting and modelling arguments used in the analysis of fluid
flows. It consists of examining the consequences of the arguments on the flow problem as a whole and breaking down the limiting/modelling
process into a sequence of steps and associated sequence of flow problems, termed here as ‘lidels’. The notion of validity
of lidels is given. Several examples are given to explain the present approach.
Invited general lecture at 3rd ACFM, Tokyo, September 1986 相似文献
Strength reduction factors (SRFs) continue to play a key role in obtaining design forces from elastic design spectra (via
response modification factors) in ductility-based earthquake-resistant design. Despite several years of sustained research
efforts, it has not been conclusively shown how SRF for a given singledegree-of-freedom structural system depends on various
source and site parameters. A parametric study is carried out here for the explicit dependence of SRF spectrum (describing
variation of SRF with system period for a given ductility demand) on strong motion duration, earthquake magnitude, geological
site conditions, and epicentral distance in case of (non-degrading) elasto-plastic oscillators. For this, scaled response
spectra are considered for different combinations of earthquake magnitude, site conditions and epicentral distance, and SRF
spectra are generated from 1274 accelerograms recorded in western USA after making those compatible with each of these spectra.
It is shown that there is no clear and significant dependence of SRF spectrum on strong motion duration. Further, the parametric
dependence on earthquake magnitude, site conditions, and epicentral distance broadly conforms to the trends reported by earlier
investigations. In particular, this study confirms that the dependence of SRF spectra on earthquake magnitude should not be
ignored.
This paper has been contributed in honour of Professor R N Iyengar, Indian Institute of Science, on the occasion of his formal
retirement. 相似文献
We present a new background-subtraction technique fusing contours from thermal and visible imagery for persistent object detection in urban settings. Statistical background-subtraction in the thermal domain is used to identify the initial regions-of-interest. Color and intensity information are used within these areas to obtain the corresponding regions-of-interest in the visible domain. Within each region, input and background gradient information are combined to form a Contour Saliency Map. The binary contour fragments, obtained from corresponding Contour Saliency Maps, are then fused into a single image. An A* path-constrained search along watershed boundaries of the regions-of-interest is used to complete and close any broken segments in the fused contour image. Lastly, the contour image is flood-filled to produce silhouettes. Results of our approach are evaluated quantitatively and compared with other low- and high-level fusion techniques using manually segmented data. 相似文献
Multimedia Tools and Applications - In this paper, a blind image watermarking scheme based on discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and singular value decomposition (SVD) is proposed. In this scheme,... 相似文献
This investigation was carried out to evaluate the antioxidant effect of turmeric (turmeric 1000 ppm, turmeric 5000 ppm), nitrite (nitrite 200 ppm) and ascorbic acid (ascorbic acid 500 ppm) on raw minced chicken stored at 4 ± 1 °C. Physicochemical properties [pH, water activity, cooking loss, thiobarbituric acid (TBA) value, peroxide value (PV), free fatty acid (FFA)] were evaluated on 0, 2, 4 and 6th day of storage. Highly significant differences (P < 0.01) in pH, TBA value, PV and FFA value were noticed between treatments and between storage periods. TBA values were observed to be lowest for nitrite 200 ppm and then turmeric 5000 ppm, and there was no significant difference between nitrite 200 ppm and turmeric 5000 ppm, and both were superior to ascorbic acid 500 ppm and turmeric 1000 ppm. Among different treatments, PV was found to be lowest in turmeric 5000 ppm and highest in nitrite 200 ppm. FFA value was found to be lowest in turmeric 5000 ppm and highest in ascorbic acid 500 ppm among all treated samples. It can be concluded that turmeric has potential to replace synthetic antioxidants presently used in meat processing with many added advantages. 相似文献
The design of rolling element bearings has been a challenging task in the field of mechanical engineering. While most of the real aspects of the design are never disclosed by bearing manufacturers, the common engineer is left with no other alternative than to refer to standard tables and charts containing the bearing performance characteristics. This paper presents a more viable method to solve this problem using genetic algorithms (GAs). Since the algorithm is basically a guided random search, it weakens the chances of getting trapped in local maxima or minima. The method used has yielded improved performance parameters than those catalogued in standard tables. 相似文献
Tuning of porosity and surface properties of nanoparticles especially on carbon-based nanomaterials, adopting a ‘greener’ or self-activation synthesis technique for electrical charge storage, is progressing. Herein, we report the self-activation of Teak wood sawdust in a nitrogen atmosphere at different activation temperatures to synthesize carbon nanoparticles. The activated carbon nanoparticles synthesized at 900 °C exhibits a maximum?~?360 m2 g?1 surface area with?~?2 nm average pore size diameter. Five electrolytes viz. KOH, KCl, Na2SO4, NaCl, and H3PO4 are used for studying the supercapacitance nature of the activated carbon nanoparticles in a 3-electrode configuration. A maximum specific capacitance of?~?208 F g?1 @ 0.25 A g?1 is obtained in 1 M KOH as the electrolyte. Two symmetric supercapacitors, aqueous (1 M KOH) and solid-state (PVA/KOH), are fabricated, and their performance difference is compiled. The solid-state symmetric supercapacitor performs in a wider voltage window (1.7 V) with a superior energy density of 27.1 Wh kg?1 at a power density of 178 W kg?1.