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  2. Rayleigh distribution - Wikipedia

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    In probability theory and statistics, the Rayleigh distribution is a continuous probability distribution for nonnegative-valued random variables. Up to rescaling, it coincides with the chi distribution with two degrees of freedom .

  3. Rayleigh fading - Wikipedia

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    Rayleigh fading is a statistical model for the effect of a propagation environment on a radio signal, such as that used by wireless devices.. Rayleigh fading models assume that the magnitude of a signal that has passed through such a transmission medium (also called a communication channel) will vary randomly, or fade, according to a Rayleigh distribution — the radial component of the sum of ...

  4. Thermoacoustic heat engine - Wikipedia

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    In about 1887, Lord Rayleigh discussed the possibility of pumping heat with sound. In 1969, Rott reopened the topic. [4] Using the Navier-Stokes equations for fluids, he derived equations specific for thermoacoustics. [5] Linear thermoacoustic models were developed to form a basic quantitative understanding, and numeric models for computation.

  5. Surface acoustic wave - Wikipedia

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    Experimental image of surface acoustic waves on a crystal of tellurium oxide [1]. A surface acoustic wave (SAW) is an acoustic wave traveling along the surface of a material exhibiting elasticity, with an amplitude that typically decays exponentially with depth into the material, such that they are confined to a depth of about one wavelength.

  6. Distributed acoustic sensing - Wikipedia

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    In Rayleigh scatter-based distributed fiber optic sensing, a coherent laser pulse is sent along an optic fiber, and scattering sites within the fiber cause the fiber to act as a distributed interferometer with a gauge length approximately equal to the pulse length. The intensity of the reflected light is measured as a function of time after ...

  7. Thermoacoustics - Wikipedia

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    Lord Rayleigh gave a qualitative explanation of the Sondhauss thermoacoustic oscillations phenomena, where he stated that producing any type of thermoacoustic oscillations needs to meet a criterion: "If heat be given to the air at the moment of greatest condensation or taken from it at the moment of greatest rarefaction, the vibration is ...

  8. Rayleigh's quotient in vibrations analysis - Wikipedia

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    The example shows how the Rayleigh's quotient is capable of getting an accurate estimation of the lowest natural frequency. The practice of using the static displacement vector as a trial vector is valid as the static displacement vector tends to resemble the lowest vibration mode.

  9. Subsurface mapping by ambient noise tomography - Wikipedia

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    Ambient noise, as the rising star of the seismic source for seismic research other than earthquake, accounts for the naturally and anthropogenically produced seismic vibration of the background. [7] This is different from the active seismic source created solely for seismic research or large seismic source from earthquake .