A. Mimouni, Z. Azzouz, O. Harraz, B. Guemri, A. Cherifi
{"title":"Modelling and Simulation of Lightning Electromagnetic Fields Using an Hybrid Method for Poorly Conducting Ground Case","authors":"A. Mimouni, Z. Azzouz, O. Harraz, B. Guemri, A. Cherifi","doi":"10.15866/irephy.v9i4.9187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/irephy.v9i4.9187","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this paper is the calculation of lightning electromagnetic fields for a poorly conducting ground. For this objective, we first, discuss the return stroke models in two categories: Transmission line (TL) models and Travelling-Current Source (TCS) models. Usually, the representative expression of engineering models doesn’t include two of the TCS models which are the Diendorfer and Uman (DU) model and Modified DU with additional Decay (MDUD); for that, a new expression is proposed in this paper which solves this problem. Secondly, use is made of a hybrid technique based partially on the quasi- image theory, for the calculation of magnetic field, and on a Finite Difference Time Domain (F.D.T.D.) method, for the calculation of electric field components, taking into account the finite conductivity of the ground. The results are compared with other approximate numerical methods available in the literature. Our approach reproduces the same wave shapes of the electric and magnetic fields above the ground of a finite conductivity. Nevertheless, some discrepancies can be observed which can be explained by the differences in the lightning current model and current parameters.","PeriodicalId":448231,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Physics","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121712664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. A. Abid, M. Benzohra, D. Chalabi, Z. Hannachi, A. Saidane
{"title":"SiC Schottky Diodes Forward Bias Electrical Behavior with Temperature and Under a Low Applied Magnetic Field","authors":"M. A. Abid, M. Benzohra, D. Chalabi, Z. Hannachi, A. Saidane","doi":"10.15866/IREPHY.V9I3.6334","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/IREPHY.V9I3.6334","url":null,"abstract":"A study of Silicon Carbide Schottky diodes forward electrical behavior with temperature and under a low applied magnetic field was undertaken. Investigations involved four samples, two CSD01060 power diodes and two CD01060 medium power diodes. Silicon carbide is a promising material that has been recently used to manufacture electronic components operating at high power, high voltage, high frequency and high temperature. Among components made from silicon carbide, Schottky diodes are very important. They can withstand reverse voltages higher than 1200V and currents of 20A or more. Through forward I-V characteristics with and without applied magnetic field in temperature range from 100K to 300K with 50K steps, values of threshold voltage, ideality factor n and saturation current of four samples were determined. Temperature evolution of determined parameters is in relation with established theory while magnetic field effect appears only at low thermionic injection. Values of ideality factor are very close to 1 showing that current transport is diffusion dominated and there is no oxide layer at metal semiconductor interface. At low voltage, I-V characteristics indicate the presence of active deep defects in semiconductor band structure. High injection measurements at high temperatures confirmed results found at low injection and for low temperatures. Calculated series resistance shows good quality of devices and consistency of our results with literature.","PeriodicalId":448231,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Physics","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132473223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Shen, Zhenping Xing, Mengmeng Xu, Hao Song, Jian Xu
{"title":"Band Characteristics of a Parity-Time Symmetric Photonic Crystal Made of Multi-Level Atomic Systems","authors":"J. Shen, Zhenping Xing, Mengmeng Xu, Hao Song, Jian Xu","doi":"10.15866/IREPHY.V9I3.7817","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/IREPHY.V9I3.7817","url":null,"abstract":"Partity-time symmetry enables a quantum system or an optical/electromagnetic structure to have real eigenvalue spectra of energy (or wave number). A relatively simple and convenient scenario, which takes advantage of multi-level transition and optical pumping in a four-level atomic system, is suggested in order to achieve parity-time symmetry of such an atomic medium. In the present parity-time symmetric atomic vapor, the real part of the obtained electric permittivity is a constant, and the imaginary part is an odd function (e.g., sine function of spatial coordinate). The optical characteristics of such a parity-time symmetric periodic dielectric have also been studied in this paper. It can be found that the Bloch wave numbers in the present periodic dielectric are purely real or purely imaginary. A threshold in the magnitude of the imaginary part of the parity-time symmetric permittivity for emergence of forbidden band is also indicated in our numerical calculation. The present scenario for realizing parity-time symmetric atomic vapor would find potential applications in some new photonic or quantum optical device design and fabrication.","PeriodicalId":448231,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Physics","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131586915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Calculation of an Ambient Dose Equivalent Rate in the Vicinity of a Beam-Pipe Activated by 950 MeV/u 238U Ions","authors":"P. Vlk, M Tomislav Pavlovic","doi":"10.15866/IREPHY.V9I3.7688","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/IREPHY.V9I3.7688","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents an assessment of the ambient dose equivalent rate in the vicinity of a stainless steel beam-pipe activated by 950 MeV/u 238U ions. The input activation data were taken from previous experimental studies. The MCNP5 code has been used for fast and simple calculation based on conversion of the residual activity of induced isotopes to the ambient dose equivalent rate taking into account a broad energy spectrum of emitted gamma radiation. Long-lived isotopes with the dominating contribution to the total dose rate are identified and listed. Time evolution of the ambient dose equivalent rate during accelerator operation is predicted. Tolerable beam-loss criteria and conditions for the hands-on maintenance are discussed from the point of view of radiation protection.","PeriodicalId":448231,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Physics","volume":"216 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127435512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chewki Zegadi, A. Abderrahmane, A. Djelloul, S. Hamzaoui, M. Adnane, D. Chaumont, K. Abdelkebir
{"title":"Effects on Structural and Electro-Optical Properties of Iron Incorporation to p-Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Thin Films Deposited by Dip-Coating Process","authors":"Chewki Zegadi, A. Abderrahmane, A. Djelloul, S. Hamzaoui, M. Adnane, D. Chaumont, K. Abdelkebir","doi":"10.15866/IREPHY.V9I2.5759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/IREPHY.V9I2.5759","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, thin films of undoped Zinc Oxide (ZnO) and Fe-doped Zinc Oxide (ZnO: Fe) were prepared by a sol-gel process using the technique of coating .The effect of iron (Fe) incorporation on structural and electro-optical properties of ZnO films were investigated. The X-ray diffraction patterns showed that Fe-doping in Zinc Oxide thin film has affected their structural properties. All the films had polycrystalline structures, with a preferential growth along ZnO (002) plane. The crystallite size was calculated and found in the range of 25-40 (nm).The thin films were under compressive stress. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results indicated that a high quality of ZnO and ZnO: Fe thin films were obtained, which are in good agreement with the results of the dislocation densities obtained from X-ray diffraction. The optical transmittance measurement revealed a high transmittance (> 85%) in the visible region and the role of Fe dopant in ZnO lattice was clearly illustrated by decreasing the optical gap and expanding the Urbach tail. The determination of type carrier conductivity affected by the incorporation of iron atoms in resistive ZnO to p-type conductivity was demonstrated by the electrical system measurement.","PeriodicalId":448231,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Physics","volume":"111 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126019299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dielectric Properties of Polyaniline Emeraldine Base","authors":"P. Salovaara, M. Takala, K. Kannus","doi":"10.15866/IREPHY.V9I2.7111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/IREPHY.V9I2.7111","url":null,"abstract":"Dielectric properties such as permittivity, loss factor and conductivity of pure polyaniline emeraldine base PANI-EB pellets are measured as a function of electric field and frequency. Dielectric properties are measured in the electric field range from 0.2 kV/mm to 2.45 kV/mm and in the frequency range from 0.1 Hz to 1 kHz. Measurement results clearly show that relative permittivity, loss factor and conductivity of PANI EB increase as a function of increasing electric field. Relative permittivity of PANI EB is also quite high, approx. 20 even in the lowest electric field at 50 Hz. On the other hand relative permittivity also increases as a function of decreasing frequency range as well as the loss factor. Only conductivity increases as a function of increasing frequency. The formalism of electric modulus is also studied in the paper.","PeriodicalId":448231,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Physics","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115135338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Rotation on the Free Vibrations in a Non-Homogeneous Orthotropic Elastic Hollow Sphere","authors":"A. Farhan","doi":"10.15866/IREPHY.V9I1.5427","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/IREPHY.V9I1.5427","url":null,"abstract":"In the present paper, the effect of the rotation and non-homogeneous on the free vibrations in an orthotropic material is studied. The fundamental equation of elastodynamic is solved in terms of radial displacement. The boundary conditions are considered, namely the free, fixed and mixed. The determination is concerned with the natural frequency of the free vibrations for different boundary conditions in the case of harmonic vibrations. Numerical results are given and illustrated graphically in each case considered. Comparisons are made with the results in the absence of rotation and non-homogeneity.","PeriodicalId":448231,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Physics","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130240902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New Method for Glass Selection in the Infrared Systems","authors":"R. I. Ibrahim","doi":"10.15866/irephy.v9i1.5693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/irephy.v9i1.5693","url":null,"abstract":"This paper provides a method that facilitates the construction of multi-band IR optics by simplifying the factors to be considered regarding the relationship between refractive index and wavelength. It relates to process for manufacturing infrared optical lenses that will transmit in multiple infrared bands, for example, lenses with multiple optical elements such as doublet and triplet lenses (i.e., achromatic and apochromatic optical elements). However, designing refractive optics capable of covering such a broad range of wavelengths is difficult by using traditional methods, which involve the use of Abbe number and partial dispersion, So, The lens materials are selected on the basis of dispersion ratios and/or minimum dispersions and minimum dispersion wavelengths as defined here in short wavelength Infrared (0.9-1.7 µm) materials of achromatic and apochromatic, and then test the results by Oslo program.","PeriodicalId":448231,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Physics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116082686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Afshari, N. Rostamy, I. S. Nejad, A. Novinzadeh
{"title":"Nonlinear Optimal Closed-Loop Guidance Law for Lunar Landing Mission Using Perturbation Feedback Control","authors":"H. Afshari, N. Rostamy, I. S. Nejad, A. Novinzadeh","doi":"10.15866/IREPHY.V9I1.6156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/IREPHY.V9I1.6156","url":null,"abstract":"An optimal trajectory design of a nonlinear lunar landing mission for soft landing on the moon by minimizing the landing time is reported in this paper. It is an exact solution to the two-point boundary value problem which determines the state variables and optimal control history in the open-loop form by satisfying the terminal conditions. Furthermore, in this paper the lunar landing mission is closed-loop against the environment disturbances by using of optimal open-loop solution and applying an analytical method named perturbation feedback control. By using the perturbation feedback method based on the calculus of variations theory, one can compute the feedback control law for nonlinear lunar landing mission in each instant of time. This law is a function of states perturbation and constraints perturbation which can minimize the landing time and satisfy the terminal conditions appropriately.","PeriodicalId":448231,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Physics","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117179215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Failure Load Prediction of Composite Rings Using Acoustic Emission Monitoring","authors":"V. Arumugam, G. Vaidyanathan, A. Stanley","doi":"10.15866/IREPHY.V9I1.6157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/IREPHY.V9I1.6157","url":null,"abstract":"The Aim of this Study is to investigate the progressive failure of ring specimens cut from a Filament wound Glass-Epoxy pipes and predict the failure load using Acoustic Emission Technique. Defects like Delamination and fibercut are being artificially introduced in the specimen during the winding process. The split disk fixture is fabricated and Rings are tested in Universal testing machine under Acoustic Emission Monitoring. Acoustic Emission Results obtained with specimen having artificial induced defect is compared with specimen without any induced defect. The AE parameters are obtained for number of specimens and they are given as input to Neural Network. AE data of new specimen can be stimulated in the Neural Network for predicting the failure load.","PeriodicalId":448231,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Physics","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134382827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}