Centroid Position and Intensity Distribution Measurement of the Small-Scale Focal Spot

2013 ◽  
Vol 303-306 ◽  
pp. 344-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Yan Liu ◽  
Zhi Wei Lu ◽  
Xin Wang ◽  
De Xin Ba

The measurement of the centroid position of small-scale focal spot is one of the most promising technologies for small-scale focal spot precise positioning. In this report, a method of two-dimensional scanning with CCD has been conducted to measure the centroid position and the intensity distribution of the small-scale focal spot. The theoretical analysis results are given.

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z.W. Lu ◽  
X.Y. Liu ◽  
X. Wang ◽  
D.X. Ba ◽  
Z.H. Jiang ◽  
...  

AbstractIn this paper, a method of two-dimensional fine-scanning with charge coupled device has been conducted to precisely measure spatial position and intensity distribution of small-scale focal spot (diameter in microns). The measurement accuracy of the small-scale focal spot position is better than 1 µm when the fluctuations of the light energy and background noise are relatively small. The theoretical analysis is consistent with the experimental results.


2020 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-114
Author(s):  
Adrian Blau

AbstractThis paper proposes a new framework for categorizing approaches to the history of political thought. Previous categorizations exclude much research; political theory, if included, is often caricatured. And previous categorizations are one-dimensional, presenting different approaches as alternatives. My framework is two-dimensional, distinguishing six kinds of end (two empirical, four theoretical) and six kinds of means. Importantly, these choices are not alternatives: studies may have more than one end and typically use several means. Studies with different ends often use some of the same means. And all studies straddle the supposed empirical/theoretical “divide.” Quentin Skinner himself expertly combines empirical and theoretical analysis—yet the latter is often overlooked, not least because of Skinner's own methodological pronouncements. This highlights a curious disjuncture in methodological writings, between what they say we do, and what we should do. What we should do is much broader than existing categorizations imply.


2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (247) ◽  
pp. 745-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. DE ANDRÉS ◽  
J. OTERO ◽  
F. NAVARRO ◽  
A. PROMIŃSKA ◽  
J. LAPAZARAN ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTWe have developed a two-dimensional coupled glacier–fjord model, which runs automatically using Elmer/Ice and MITgcm software packages, to investigate the magnitude of submarine melting along a vertical glacier front and its potential influence on glacier calving and front position changes. We apply this model to simulate the Hansbreen glacier–Hansbukta proglacial–fjord system, Southwestern Svalbard, during the summer of 2010. The limited size of this system allows us to resolve some of the small-scale processes occurring at the ice–ocean interface in the fjord model, using a 0.5 s time step and a 1 m grid resolution near the glacier front. We use a rich set of field data spanning the period April–August 2010 to constrain, calibrate and validate the model. We adjust circulation patterns in the fjord by tuning subglacial discharge inputs that best match observed temperature while maintaining a compromise with observed salinity, suggesting a convectively driven circulation in Hansbukta. The results of our model simulations suggest that both submarine melting and crevasse hydrofracturing exert important controls on seasonal frontal ablation, with submarine melting alone not being sufficient for reproducing the observed patterns of seasonal retreat. Both submarine melt and calving rates accumulated along the entire simulation period are of the same order of magnitude, ~100 m. The model results also indicate that changes in submarine melting lag meltwater production by 4–5 weeks, which suggests that it may take up to a month for meltwater to traverse the englacial and subglacial drainage network.


2000 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 1703-1713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peet Kask ◽  
Kaupo Palo ◽  
Nicolas Fay ◽  
Leif Brand ◽  
Ülo Mets ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 08 ◽  
pp. 364-367
Author(s):  
YOSUKE MIZUNO ◽  
MARTIN POHL ◽  
JACEK NIEMIEC ◽  
BING ZHANG ◽  
KEN-ICHI NISHIKAWA ◽  
...  

We perform two-dimensional relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations of a mildly relativistic shock propagating through an inhomogeneous medium. We show that the postshock region becomes turbulent owing to preshock density inhomogeneity, and the magnetic field is strongly amplified due to the stretching and folding of field lines in the turbulent velocity field. The amplified magnetic field evolves into a filamentary structure in two-dimensional simulations. The magnetic energy spectrum is flatter than the Kolmogorov spectrum and indicates that the so-called small-scale dynamo is occurring in the postshock region. We also find that the amplitude of magnetic-field amplification depends on the direction of the mean preshock magnetic field.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Haugeneder ◽  
Tobias Jonas ◽  
Dylan Reynolds ◽  
Michael Lehning ◽  
Rebecca Mott

<p>Snowmelt runoff predictions in alpine catchments are challenging because of the high spatial variability of t<span>he snow cover driven by </span>various snow accumulation and ablation processes. In spring, the coexistence of bare and snow-covered ground engages a number of processes such as the enhanced lateral advection of heat over partial snow cover, the development of internal boundary layers, and atmospheric decoupling effects due to increasing stability at the snow cover. The interdependency of atmospheric conditions, topographic settings and snow coverage remains a challenge to accurately account for these processes in snow melt models.<br>In this experimental study, we used an Infrared Camera (VarioCam) pointing at thin synthetic projection screens with negligible heat capacity. Using the surface temperature of the screen as a proxy for the air temperature, we obtained a two-dimensional instantaneous measurement. Screens were installed across the transition between snow-free and snow-covered areas. With IR-measurements taken at 10Hz, we capture<span> the dynamics of turbulent temperature fluctuations</span><span> </span>over the patchy snow cover at high spatial and temporal resolution. From this data we were able to obtain high-frequency, two-dimensional windfield estimations adjacent to the surface.</p><p>Preliminary results show the formation of a stable internal boundary layer (SIBL), which was temporally highly variable. Our data suggest that the SIBL height is very shallow and strongly sensitive to the mean near-surface wind speed. Only strong gusts were capable of penetrating through this SIBL leading to an enhanced energy input to the snow surface.</p><p>With these type of results from our experiments and further measurements this spring we aim to better understand small scale energy transfer processes over patch snow cover and it’s dependency on the atmospheric conditions, enabling to improve parameterizations of these processes in coarser-resolution snow melt models.</p>


Author(s):  
Scott A. Raschke ◽  
Roman D. Hryciw ◽  
Gregory W. Donohoe

Laboratory experiments are typically performed on particulate media to study stress-deformation behavior and to verify or calibrate computer models from controlled or measured boundary stresses and displacements. However, such data do not permit the formation of shear bands, displacement fields within flowing granular media, and other small-scale localized deformation phenomena to be identified. Described are two semiautomated computer vision techniques for accurately determining the two-dimensional displacement field in granular soils from video images obtained through a transparent planar viewing window. The techniques described are applicable for studying the behavior of particulate media under plane strain and certain axisymmetric test conditions. Digital image processing and analysis routines are used in two different computer programs, Tracker and Tracer, Tracker uses a graphical user interface that allows individual particles to be selected and tracked through a sequence of digital video images. A contrast edge detection algorithm delineates the two-dimensional projected boundaries of particles. The location of the centroid of each particle selected for tracking is determined from the boundary to quantify the trajectory of each particle. Tracer maps the trace or trajectory of specially dyed fluorescent particles in a sequence of video frames. A thresholding technique segments individual particle trajectories. Together, Tracker and Tracer provide a set of tools for identifying small-scale displacement fields in particulate assemblies deforming under either quasi-static or rapid loading (such as gravity flow).


1996 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 1743-1748 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Matsuda ◽  
K. Tanino ◽  
H. Ishii ◽  
T. Ikeshita ◽  
T. Ohzone

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