A Quantitative Index Representing Crack Shapes and Corresponding Techniques

In order to quantificationally describe the soil cracks due to dry-wet cycles, the concept of gray level entropy is applied according to the physical significance of the information entropy to represent various shapes of cracks. Then a piece of simple and easy-to-use equipment for taking photos is used to monitor and record the crack propagation. A grayscale image and the corresponding gray level entropy are obtained automatically by a program. Test results showed that gray level entropy can quantificationally describe the shape of cracks reasonably well and evaluate the degree of crack development effectively.

Question of Parity Non-Conservation in Weak Interactions

In order to reasonably explain the phenomenon of cell bioelectricity, we proposed the conservation law of cell membrane area, established the ion inequality equation, and therefore paid attention to the mystery of "θ-τ". We researched and analyzed the "θ-τ" mystery, discussed the parity non-conservation in weak interactions, suggested possible experiments to test the parity non-conservation in weak interactions, and gave our research and analysis conclusions: The experimental scheme proposed by C. N. Yang and T. D. Lee in the hypothesis cannot be used as a positive evidence of whether the weak interaction parity is conserved, nor can it directly answer whether θ and τ in the "θ-τ" mystery are the same particle; The Co60 β decay experiment such as C. S. Wu is a pseudo-mirror experiment, and it has not overturned the so-called "parity conservation law" or proved the "parity non-conservation" in weak interactions; The "θ-τ" mystery is a "man-made" mystery. θ and τ are two different particles, which may be the result of the same precursor particle being divided into two. Parity conservation or non-conservation under mirror image has no physical significance. The work of C. N. Yang, T. D. Lee, C. S. Wu et al. have brought quantum physicists from the "Little black house" to the "Big black house" or "smaller black house". The right and wise choice is to go back through "the door that came in". With the development of science today, it is time for some contents to reform from the bottom.

Engineering non-classical correlation and teleportation with Robust fidelity using Jaynes–Cummings model

In this paper, we propose a model to describe the geometry of quantum correlations and entanglement through their distinct physical significance in quantum information processing and modern communications. However, geometric discord, using trace, Hilbert–Schmidt distances, and entanglement of formation, is engineered to be a well-defined non-classical correlation measure of an atomic field system. It consists of employing Jaynes–Cummings model to study the interaction between an excited atom at two levels and a single electromagnetic field mode inside an electrodynamic cavity in two cases, namely resonance and non-resonance. In fact, the dynamics of these measures depends decisively on the atom-field initial parameters where, importantly, the field parameters can be specified as control settings to implement an optimal teleportation protocol. The obtained results reveal that the behaviors of teleported geometric quantum discord and entanglement are similar to those displayed for maximum fidelity in terms of fully entanglement fraction. Therefore, since fidelity always exceeds the classical limit, one can design a quantum teleportation scheme with robust fidelity superior to any conventional communication protocol.

Several conjectures about the existence of the ether

The "zero result" of Michelson Morley's experiment was not enough to deny the existence of a fifth element---ether, as conceived by Aristotle. Hubble's explanation of the Doppler effect of the systematic cosmic the red shift was incomplete and needed to be introduced into the ether.The physical significance of universal gravitation constant reveals the possibility of the existence of ether. After much thought and logical reasoning, there is good reason to think that the ether is negative energy, stream of consciousness, and space itself, it combines with photons to build elementary particles, elementary elements, everything in the universe, including ourselves. In addition, it is feasible to explain the causes of gravitation, electromagnetic force, strong force and weak force from the perspective of the ether, which seems to be easier for us to understand. The most tragic conclusion is that the universe was created out of nothing and will eventually return to nothing.

Frequency Dispersion of Impedance in a Molten Electrolyte

<p>It is an experimental fact that the impedance of an electrolyte as usually measured (by conductance bridge in a two electrode cell) is dependent on the frequency of the applied voltage. A quantity of fundamental physical significance in the elucidation of the structure of an electrolyte is the mobility of the conducting species. In order to know the mobilities of conducting species it is necessary to know the resistance of the particular electrolyte. However in order to establish the nature of the electrolyte i.e. its structure, resistance measurements are required which are precise and accurate and the variation of resistance (conductance) with temperature must be accurately know.</p>

Frequency Dispersion of Impedance in a Molten Electrolyte

<p>It is an experimental fact that the impedance of an electrolyte as usually measured (by conductance bridge in a two electrode cell) is dependent on the frequency of the applied voltage. A quantity of fundamental physical significance in the elucidation of the structure of an electrolyte is the mobility of the conducting species. In order to know the mobilities of conducting species it is necessary to know the resistance of the particular electrolyte. However in order to establish the nature of the electrolyte i.e. its structure, resistance measurements are required which are precise and accurate and the variation of resistance (conductance) with temperature must be accurately know.</p>

Modeling of Frictional Stick-Slip of Contact Interfaces Considering Normal Fractal Contact

In this paper, a physics-based approach is proposed to represent the tangential frictional stick-slip behaviors of contact interfaces in mechanical systems. The modeling idea of the discrete Iwan model is adopted, where the yield forces of Jenkins elements are determined by considering the surface fractal feature and normal loading conditions. Initially, surrogate asperities are defined to express the fractal features of the contact surface topography, and Jenkins elements are used to describe the tangential stick-slip motions between surrogate contact asperities. Then, a geometric series distribution principle of the normal loads at contact asperities is proposed to determine the yield forces of the Jenkins elements. The criterion for identifying the micro- and macro-slips of the contact interfaces is proposed, which are determined by the stick and slip conditions of the largest contact spot. An experimental setup for measuring frictional stick-slip of contact interfaces was constructed, upon which tangential quasi-static experiments were conducted. Satisfactory agreements between the theoretical and experimental results indicates that the proposed modeling approach can perfectly predict the stick-slip behavior of the contact interfaces. Finally, mechanical characteristics of the contact interfaces were investigated in detail by employing the validated modeling approach. Owing to the definite physical significance of the proposed modeling approach, the mechanism of the tangential stick-slip behavior of contact interfaces is partially demonstrated.

Conditions for a pure toroidal dipole source

Recently, the physical significance of dynamic toroidal multipoles in the context of electrodynamics has been put under discussion. Indeed, the latter can be shown to arise simply from a Taylor series of the exact source (Cartesian) multipole moments. The split into elementary and toroidal parts was demonstrated to lead to an unphysical result were forbidden components of the momentum transform of the current could radiate into free space. In this contribution, we elaborate the conditions that a current distribution must necessarily satisfy to be considered a ‘pure’ toroidal dipole source. We demonstrate for the first time that symmetry prevents such current distribution to radiate as an elementary electric dipole moment, without leading to an unphysical result. Thus, while both elementary electric dipole and toroidal dipoles are indistinguishable outside the source, they display topologically distinct characteristics within the smallest spherical surface enclosing the source itself and have different physical origin. Based on our results, a pure ‘toroidal’ source can be designed. We believe the outcome of our investigations will help clarify further the formal meaning of the toroidal multipoles.

Kinetic studies relating to the accelerated expansion of the Universe

After taking into account the mass loss of galaxies and stars at the cosmic scale, the speed and acceleration of the accelerating expansion of the Universe are derived from general relativity and Newtonian mechanics, as respectively. The physical significance of the Hubble constant is proved to be the average of the masses ejected per second per unit mass in the observed range, and it is shown that the accelerated expansion of the universe doesn’t require dark energy