Signal processing

The data processing then estimates from the primary data the desired fluid mechanic properties, such as the mean velocity, the turbulence level, spectral densities, or in the case of PDA, particle distributions, concentrations, mass 

Obviously, Up - [ -represents the slip velocity. Table 7-1 gives allowable seed particle sizes for a 99% amplitude response to sinusoidal fluctuations at 1 kHz and 10 kHz. 

Particle Medium Density ratio Allowable f= 1 kHz diameter f= 10 kHz 

The estimation of signal frequency is the main task of the signal processing and there have been a large number of techniques used in the past to accomplish this. Whereas time domain methods such as zero or level crossing detectors 

A remark concerning the interplay between optical parameters and signal processing performance is appropriate here, especially for two-phase flows. Clearly the signal-to-noise ratio should be maximized. A good approximation for SNR is given by Stieglmeier and Tropea (1992). 

FIGURE 2.8 Signal integration for a group of ions arriving at the detector. 

FIGURE 2.9 Mass spectra of cinnamic aldehyde. Top normal spectrum. Bottom spectrum recorded with a saturated detector. 

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The extensive use of computers in the analytical laboratory is responsible for the fact that data are usually processed digitally (cf. Section 1.1). As a consequence, further processing of the digital signals is carried out by software rather than by hardware as previously. 

Digital filters therefore dominate analog filters, possessing many advantages compared to analog ones  

Preprocessing of analytical signals by filtering serves the following purposes  

After applying the moving-average filter, the data contain less noise. In the case of structured data, the filter width has to be chosen such that the structure of the data, for example, of a peak, is not distorted. 

Very efficient smoothing of data is obtained with filters that weight the raw data differently. In the case of the moving-average filter, all the data were weighted by the same factor, that is, l/(2m -I-1) (cf. Eq. (3.1)). A better fit results if weights are used that 

The important application of numerical differentiation is locating the extrema or inflection points of the curve. Finding the area under the curve involves numerical integration. 

Interpolation assumes that the data are error—free. In many cases, however, 

Signal processing may also involve parameter estimation methods (e.g., resolution of a spectral curve into the sum of Gaussian functions). Even in such cases, however, we may need non-parametric methods to approximate the position, height and half-width of the peaks, used as initial estimates in the parameter estimation procedure. 

As shown in Fig. 4.2, we have several methods to solve any particular problem. The choice primarly depends on the sample size, and hence we introduce the following classification  

More attention will be given to two families of very general methods. The 

Ultrasound-based detection techniques constitute a broad group of techniques that use ultrasound energy to interrogate and measure the response of a given specimen or only as interrogating force. These techniques have been named according to the way US is 

In order to facilitate the designation of similar techniques differing only slightly, the word mode is used here to distinguish them according to their essential characteristics. Such characteristics are included in their names. 

The olfactory cells run through the cribriform plate at the base of the skull and feed directly into the olfactory bulb. Neurons from the epithelium converge on areas of the olfactory bulb known as glomeruli. Evidence 

About 60% of odorants also trigger receptors in the trigeminal nerve fibres, which run around the entire surface of the nasal cavity. For example, nicotine fires both the olfactory and trigeminal nerves whereas vanillin triggers only the olfactory system. Indeed, it is suggested that our ability to distinguish between the odours of the enantiomers of nicotine is due to the trigeminal rather than the olfactory system (Hummel et al., 1992 Thurauf et al., 1995). 

Odour only exists in the higher brain and is a synthesis of signals from the olfactory pathway, those of the trigeminal system, those from other senses (e.g. taste) and so on. There are many gates along the pathway with the potential to shut off or enhance odour signals. All of the various nerve pathways (those due to different smells and those from other channels interact with each other and so we can have odour enhancement or suppression as a result of these various interactions. For instance, any 

In all cases, the objective is to optimize the value of the CRF with respea to the controllable chromatographic variables such as column temperature, column length, flow rate, mobile phase composition, gradient shape, and other conditions. 

Many of the analytical signals that must be analyzed can be viewed as time series data, since the data are gathered over time as some instrumental parameter or experimental condition is varied, e.g., m/z sweep in a mass spectrometer or time in a chromatographic experiment. Filtering or smoothing can be done to these time domain signals direaly. 

Then the central data point in the range under consideration is replaced by the value of the smoothing function. The smoothing function is applied to each set of raw data points across the entire set of data. The equations used in Savitzky-Golay smoothing can be solved analytically, so the coefficients have been tabulated as a function of n and m. They can be used directly, which makes this approach very fast. The objective is to substitute the smoothed point, which contains less noise and more deterministic data, for the original data point, which contains relatively more noise. The effectiveness of this ap-proa depends on the width of the window used for smoothing. 

Most modern infrared and NMR spectrometers collect data in the time domain with interferometers, and then the data are transformed to the familiar frequency domain by the Fourier transform. Filtering and signal enhancement in the Fourier domain before transformation is often an attractive approach to signal processing. 

For the measurement of electrical currents which flow through nonpolar liquids, the measurement instruments can be classified with respect to the quantity they are designed to record DC current and voltage meters, ionic or electronic current pulse amplifiers, and microwave circuits. The operating principles of these instruments can be found in the relevant literature (Barna and Porat, 1989 Horowitz and Hill, 1980). Here we treat them as a black box with specific properties that are to be compared with the requirements of a given experiment. 

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Figure 3 Echo from 8 mm side-drilled hole at sound path 50 mm, before and after signal processing.

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Limited capabilities as the instrument carries out an analog measurement, on-line signal processing of data is almost impossible. All analysis tasks must be done off-line, and cost is increased (equipment, specialists). 

VME bus. It is possible to plug other standard VME boards in the ET instrument. For example, it is possible to add a DSP board, and carry out on-line analysis. But there is also CPU time left to add signal processing on the eddy current board itself. (For example on-line mixing of signals at 2 different frequencies). 

The DSP has enough time to do some on-line signal processing combinations between channels, or noise reduction. 

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Constant steps are not necessary, but they simplify the matrix g of eq.(6). Eq.(5) and eq.(6) respectively show the relationship between input and output signal for discrete signal processing. It is given by a linear equation system, which can easily be solved. 

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Shear Horizontal (SH) waves generated by Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer (EMAT) have been used for sizing fatigue cracks and machined notches in steels by Time-of-Flight Diffraction (TOED) method. The used EMATs have been Phased Array-Probes and have been operated by State-of-the-art PC based phased array systems. Test and system parameters have been optimised to maximise defect detection and signal processing methods have been applied to improve accuracy in the transit time measurements. 

The image without treatment (Fig lb) should be compared with the deconvolved image of the rod (Fig. 2b). The dimension of the rod is well restored and the contour is reinforced by the signal processing. 

To restore resolution, we proposed a signal processing method based on Papoulis deconvolution. We implemented this algorithm and tried to operate an improvement from an aluminum rod smaller than the wavelength. 

Signal processing in mechanical impedance analysis (MIA) pulse flaw detectors by means of cross correlation function (CCF) is described. Calculations are carried out for two types of signals, used in operation with single contact and twin contact probes. It is shown that thi.s processing can increase the sensitivity and signal to noise ratio. 

The modern Russian MIA flaw detectors use pulse version of the method [1-3], which peirnits to produce very portable (0.7 - 1.5 kg) and simple instruments, convenient especially for in-service testing. The objects to be tested are multilayer structures of reinforced plastics, metals and other materials honeycomb panels, antenna fairings, propellers, helicopter rotors and so on. In mentioned instruments amplitude-frequency analog signal processing is used. 

So the correlative processing gives additional (to the amplitude) variation of output signal and makes the signal processing a multiparamctric one. Such processing increases the sensitivity and reduces the noises. 

Correlative signal processing in MIA pulse flaw detectors is an effective way to increase the sensitivity and signal to noise ratio. Instruments with such processing system should be provided with a device for adjusting and sustaining initial phases of both current and reference pulses. 

The evaluation of the deconvolution results show that time resolution is better or equal to 1 with the chosen processing time unit of 0.08 microseconds (respectively a rate of 12.5 MHz). First signals processed conservatively have been acquired with a samplerate of 12.5 MHz. A Fourier analysis shows that the signals spectras do not have energy above 2.0 MHz. This means that a sampling rate of 4.0 MHz would have done the job as well. Due to the time base of the ADC an experimental check with a sample rate of 5.25 MHz has been carried out successfully. 

Materials to be inspected are, for example Concrete with lest frequencies of about 50 kHz, sandwich components with 500 kHz, metallic materials up to 10 MHz and thin components up to 35 MHz. Apart from the difference of materials, variable thicknesses and attenuations require different amplifications and signal processings. 

A signal processing scheme to enhance the signal to noise ratio,... 

Nonlinear optical properties are of interest due to their potential usefulness for unique optical devices. Some of these applications are frequency-doubling devices, optical signal processing, and optical computers. 

Signal processing. The mechanisms involved in analyzing, routing, sampling, or changing the representation of a signal. 

Sigma (s-) receptors Signal flares Signaling smokes Signal modulators Signal processing... 

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