Suppressed phase variations in a high amplitude rapidly oscillating Ap star pulsating in a distorted quadrupole mode

Abstract An advanced flash bootblock device was exceeding current leakage specifications on certain pins. Physical analysis showed pinholes on the gate oxide of the n-channel transistor at the input buffer circuit of the affected pins. The fallout contributed ~1% to factory yield loss and was suspected to be caused by electrostatic discharge or ESD somewhere in the assembly and test process. Root cause investigation narrowed down the source to a charged core picker inside the automated test equipment handlers. By using an electromagnetic interference (EMI) locator, we were able to observe in real-time the high amplitude electromagnetic pulse created by this ESD event. Installing air ionizers inside the testers solved the problem.

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APPLICATION OF THE EMPIRICAL MODE DECOMPOSITION METHOD TO GROUND-ROLL NOISE ATTENUATION IN SEISMIC DATA

Brazilian Journal of Geophysics ◽

10.22564/rbgf.v31i4.342 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 619 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Luiz Eduardo Soares Ferreira ◽

Milton José Porsani ◽

Michelângelo G. Da Silva ◽

Giovani Lopes Vasconcelos

Keyword(s):

Empirical Mode Decomposition ◽

Seismic Data ◽

Low Frequency ◽

High Amplitude ◽

Seismic Line ◽

Seismic Processing ◽

Mode Decomposition ◽

Ground Roll ◽

Fortran 90 ◽

Emd Method

ABSTRACT. Seismic processing aims to provide an adequate image of the subsurface geology. During seismic processing, the filtering of signals considered noise is of utmost importance. Among these signals is the surface rolling noise, better known as ground-roll. Ground-roll occurs mainly in land seismic data, masking reflections, and this roll has the following main features: high amplitude, low frequency and low speed. The attenuation of this noise is generally performed through so-called conventional methods using 1-D or 2-D frequency filters in the fk domain. This study uses the empirical mode decomposition (EMD) method for ground-roll attenuation. The EMD method was implemented in the programming language FORTRAN 90 and applied in the time and frequency domains. The application of this method to the processing of land seismic line 204-RL-247 in Tacutu Basin resulted in stacked seismic sections that were of similar or sometimes better quality compared with those obtained using the fk and high-pass filtering methods.Keywords: seismic processing, empirical mode decomposition, seismic data filtering, ground-roll. RESUMO. O processamento sísmico tem como principal objetivo fornecer uma imagem adequada da geologia da subsuperfície. Nas etapas do processamento sísmico a filtragem de sinais considerados como ruídos é de fundamental importância. Dentre esses ruídos encontramos o ruído de rolamento superficial, mais conhecido como ground-roll . O ground-roll ocorre principalmente em dados sísmicos terrestres, mascarando as reflexões e possui como principais características: alta amplitude, baixa frequência e baixa velocidade. A atenuação desse ruído é geralmente realizada através de métodos de filtragem ditos convencionais, que utilizam filtros de frequência 1D ou filtro 2D no domínio fk. Este trabalho utiliza o método de Decomposição em Modos Empíricos (DME) para a atenuação do ground-roll. O método DME foi implementado em linguagem de programação FORTRAN 90, e foi aplicado no domínio do tempo e da frequência. Sua aplicação no processamento da linha sísmica terrestre 204-RL-247 da Bacia do Tacutu gerou como resultados, seções sísmicas empilhadas de qualidade semelhante e por vezes melhor, quando comparadas as obtidas com os métodos de filtragem fk e passa-alta.Palavras-chave: processamento sísmico, decomposição em modos empíricos, filtragem dados sísmicos, atenuação do ground-roll.

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Method for prolonged ambulatory monitoring of high-amplitude propagated contractions from colon

AJP Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology ◽

10.1152/ajpgi.1991.261.2.g263 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 261 (2) ◽

pp. G263-G268 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

M. D. Crowell ◽

G. Bassotti ◽

L. J. Cheskin ◽

M. M. Schuster ◽

W. E. Whitehead

Keyword(s):

Bowel Movement ◽

Anal Verge ◽

Ambulatory Monitoring ◽

High Amplitude ◽

X Ray ◽

Pressure Transducers ◽

Peristaltic Activity ◽

Bowel Prep ◽

Asymptomatic Individuals ◽

State Pressure

This study monitored high-amplitude propagated contractions (HAPCs) in ambulating subjects over a 24-h period using a new ambulatory recording system. Twelve healthy volunteers aged 34 +/- 5.96 yr participated. Approximately 12 h after a Colyte bowel prep, a small catheter (OD less than 3 mm), containing three solid-state pressure transducers spaced 5 cm apart, was positioned by flexible sigmoidoscope at 40-50 cm from the anal verge. A battery-operated data recorder sampled the pressure at each port at 1 Hz and stored the values on all ports if any port exceeded 75 mmHg. At the conclusion of the 24-h period, an X-ray was taken to confirm the location of the catheter. Fifty-four percent of all HAPCs preceded a bowel movement by less than or equal to 1 h. Forty-nine percent of all HAPCs occurred within 1 h after a high-fat meal, and 33% occurred within 1 h of morning awakening. Reverse propagated waves, not previously described in the colon, were observed in three individuals. Spontaneous high-amplitude caudally propagated contractions occur 6.9 +/- 1.5 times/24 h in the sigmoid colon in ambulating asymptomatic individuals and are temporally related to defecation and meals. Peristaltic activity is decreased during sleep. This recording technique was reliable and well tolerated in all participants.

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Dynamic Processes During Pulsed Gas Injection Into Liquid Column

Volume 3: Thermal-Hydraulics ◽

10.1115/icone24-60615 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

P. D. Lobanov ◽

O. N. Kashinsky ◽

A. S. Kurdyumov ◽

N. A. Pribaturin

Keyword(s):

Liquid Metal ◽

Gas Phase ◽

Gas Injection ◽

High Amplitude ◽

Metal Alloy ◽

Dynamic Processes ◽

Flow Parameters ◽

Liquid Metal Alloy ◽

Inner Diameter ◽

Gas Volume

An experimental study of dynamic processes during pulsed gas injection into quiescent liquids was performed. Both water and low melting temperature metal alloy were used as test liquids. Air and argon were used as gas phase. The test sections were vertical cylindrical columns 25 and 68 mm inner diameter. Measurements of flow parameters during gas injection were performed. Water – air experiments were performed at room temperature, the temperature of liquid metal alloy was 135 deg C. Time records of pressure in the liquid and in gas phase above the liquid were obtained. Measurements of liquid temperature and level of liquid surface were performed. It was shown that at pulse gas injection into liquid metal high amplitude pressure fluctuation may arise. Also the fluctuation variation of the free surface of the liquid may appear which are connected with the oscillations of the gas volume. Experimental data obtained may be used for verification & validation of modern CFD codes.

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Effects of Fling Step and Forward Directivity on Seismic Response of Buildings

Earthquake Spectra ◽

10.1193/1.2192560 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 367-390 ◽

Cited By ~ 255

Author(s):

Erol Kalkan ◽

Sashi K. Kunnath

Keyword(s):

Seismic Response ◽

Ground Motions ◽

High Amplitude ◽

Moment Frames ◽

Steel Moment Frames ◽

Damage Potential ◽

Near Fault ◽

Forward Directivity ◽

Fling Step ◽

Far Fault

This paper investigates the consequences of well-known characteristics of near-fault ground motions on the seismic response of steel moment frames. Additionally, idealized pulses are utilized in a separate study to gain further insight into the effects of high-amplitude pulses on structural demands. Simple input pulses were also synthesized to simulate artificial fling-step effects in ground motions originally having forward directivity. Findings from the study reveal that median maximum demands and the dispersion in the peak values were higher for near-fault records than far-fault motions. The arrival of the velocity pulse in a near-fault record causes the structure to dissipate considerable input energy in relatively few plastic cycles, whereas cumulative effects from increased cyclic demands are more pronounced in far-fault records. For pulse-type input, the maximum demand is a function of the ratio of the pulse period to the fundamental period of the structure. Records with fling effects were found to excite systems primarily in their fundamental mode while waveforms with forward directivity in the absence of fling caused higher modes to be activated. It is concluded that the acceleration and velocity spectra, when examined collectively, can be utilized to reasonably assess the damage potential of near-fault records.

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Sitsen: Passive sitting posture sensing based on wireless devices

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks ◽

10.1177/15501477211024846 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (7) ◽

pp. 155014772110248

Author(s):

Miaoyu Li ◽

Zhuohan Jiang ◽

Yutong Liu ◽

Shuheng Chen ◽

Marcin Wozniak ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Radio Frequency ◽

Radio Frequency Identification ◽

High Performance ◽

Learning Algorithm ◽

Low Cost ◽

Recognition System ◽

Sitting Posture ◽

Average Accuracy ◽

Phase Variations ◽

Window Approach

Physical health diseases caused by wrong sitting postures are becoming increasingly serious and widespread, especially for sedentary students and workers. Existing video-based approaches and sensor-based approaches can achieve high accuracy, while they have limitations like breaching privacy and relying on specific sensor devices. In this work, we propose Sitsen, a non-contact wireless-based sitting posture recognition system, just using radio frequency signals alone, which neither compromises the privacy nor requires using various specific sensors. We demonstrate that Sitsen can successfully recognize five habitual sitting postures with just one lightweight and low-cost radio frequency identification tag. The intuition is that different postures induce different phase variations. Due to the received phase readings are corrupted by the environmental noise and hardware imperfection, we employ series of signal processing schemes to obtain clean phase readings. Using the sliding window approach to extract effective features of the measured phase sequences and employing an appropriate machine learning algorithm, Sitsen can achieve robust and high performance. Extensive experiments are conducted in an office with 10 volunteers. The result shows that our system can recognize different sitting postures with an average accuracy of 97.02%.

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Subway Gearbox Fault Diagnosis Algorithm Based on Adaptive Spline Impact Suppression

Entropy ◽

10.3390/e23060660 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 23 (6) ◽

pp. 660

Author(s):

Zhongshuo Hu ◽

Jianwei Yang ◽

Dechen Yao ◽

Jinhai Wang ◽

Yongliang Bai

Keyword(s):

Fault Diagnosis ◽

Spline Interpolation ◽

Reference Value ◽

High Amplitude ◽

Engineering Practice ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Short Term ◽

Time Domain Signal ◽

Gearbox Vibration ◽

Long Time

In the signal processing of real subway vehicles, impacts between wheelsets and rail joint gaps have significant negative effects on the spectrum. This introduces great difficulties for the fault diagnosis of gearboxes. To solve this problem, this paper proposes an adaptive time-domain signal segmentation method that envelopes the original signal using a cubic spline interpolation. The peak values of the rail joint gap impacts are extracted to realize the adaptive segmentation of gearbox fault signals when the vehicle was moving at a uniform speed. A long-time and unsteady signal affected by wheel–rail impacts is segmented into multiple short-term, steady-state signals, which can suppress the high amplitude of the shock response signal. Finally, on this basis, multiple short-term sample signals are analyzed by time- and frequency-domain analyses and compared with the nonfaulty results. The results showed that the method can efficiently suppress the high-amplitude components of subway gearbox vibration signals and effectively extract the characteristics of weak faults due to uniform wear of the gearbox in the time and frequency domains. This provides reference value for the gearbox fault diagnosis in engineering practice.

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Vibration Exposure and Transmissibility on Dentist’s Anatomy: A Study of Micro Motors and Air-Turbines

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18084084 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (8) ◽

pp. 4084

Author(s):

Harish Kumar Banga ◽

Pankaj Goel ◽

Raman Kumar ◽

Vikas Kumar ◽

Parveen Kalra ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Research Work ◽

High Amplitude ◽

Vibration Exposure ◽

Body Parts ◽

Descriptive Research ◽

Air Turbine ◽

Test Of Homogeneity ◽

Hand Piece ◽

Vibration Transmissibility ◽

Levene Test

The use of dental hand pieces endanger dentists to vibration exposure as they are subjected to very high amplitude and vibration frequency. This paper has envisaged a comparative analysis of vibration amplitudes and transmissibility during idling and drilling with micro motor (MM) and air-turbine (AT) hand pieces. The study aims to identify the mean difference in vibration amplitudes during idling, explore different grasp forces while drilling with irrigant injection by the dentist, and various vibration transmission of these hand pieces. The study utilized 22 separate frequency resonances on two new and eight used MMs and two new and eight used ATs of different brands by observing the investigator at 16 different dentist clinics. The study adopted a descriptive research design with non–probability sampling techniques for selecting dentists and hand pieces. Statistical methods like Levene Test of Homogeneity, Welch ANOVA, independent t-test, and Games–Howell test were utilized with SPSS version 22 and MS-Excel. The results reveal that vibration amplitudes and vibration transmissibility when measured at position 2 are higher than in another position 1. Vibrations during idling for used MMs are more than AT hand pieces, and the used MM (MUD) and used AT (AUA) hand pieces differ due to their obsolescence and over-usage. Vibration amplitudes increase every time with the tightening of grasping of the hand piece. Vibration amplitudes for each grasping style of MM hand piece differ from all other grasping styles of AT hand pieces. Routine exposure to consistent vibrations has ill physical, mental, and psychological effects on dentists. The used hand pieces more hazardous as compared to newer ones. The study suggests that these hand pieces must be replaced periodically, sufficient to break between two operations, especially after every hand piece usage. Hence, the present research work can be further extended by creating some control groups among dentists and then studying the vibration amplitude exposure of various dental hand pieces and subsequent transmissibility to their body parts.

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A 28–40-GHz Digital Step Attenuator With Low Amplitude and Phase Variations

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters ◽

10.1109/lmwc.2020.3039914 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 64-67

Author(s):

Keping Wang ◽

Tongxuan Zhou ◽

Hao Zhang ◽

Lei Qiu

Keyword(s):

Phase Variations ◽

Low Amplitude

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