The purpose of this study is to make clear the behavior of swirling pipe flows with non-circular section. We have investigated experimentally and numerically the swirling flows in a rectangular channel with aspect rat...
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The purpose of this study is to make clear the behavior of swirling pipe flows with non-circular section. We have investigated experimentally and numerically the swirling flows in a rectangular channel with aspect ratio of 1.3, which is one of the typical pipe flow with non-circular section. In this paper, experimental apparatus with water circulation system is produced, and LDV measurement of the swirling flows is performed in order to clarify the mean velocities and turbulent quantity with higher accuracy. In addition, flow visualization for movement of vortex core region in the swirling flows is carried out using tracer method. Moreover, large eddy simulation (LES) of the flow field is made and compared with the experimental results. As results of these investigations, the behavior of the swirling flows in the rectangular channel is totally discussed.
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are synthesized in a gas-phase thermally non-equilibrium plasma process. The carbon producing CO disproportionate reaction is driven very efficiently in a flow reactor, in which ...
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Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are synthesized in a gas-phase thermally non-equilibrium plasma process. The carbon producing CO disproportionate reaction is driven very efficiently in a flow reactor, in which extreme molecular vibrational mode disequilibrium of the carbon monoxide gas is maintained by using a powerful and efficient carbon monoxide gas laser. The CO molecules absorb the laser radiation on the lowest 10 vibrational transitions and transfer energy to high vibrational states by vibration-vibration energy exchange collisions. This leads to a highly non-equilibrium energy distribution in the CO which provides enough energy for the CO disproportionation reaction to occur even at low translational temperatures. In the presence of metal catalysts, the vibrationally excited CO reacts to form CO2 and structured carbon molecules, notably SWNTs. The iron catalyst necessary for the nanotube formation is added into the flow reactor through a bubbler system in the form of iron pentacarbonyl. In addition to some thermal decomposition, the CO laser photodissociates the metal carbonyl to form iron clusters in situ. The flow reactor employed in the synthesis allows access for spectroscopic studies of the kinetic processes involved in the nanotube formation process. Presently, the vibrational distribution function of the CO and the gas translational temperature are monitored using infrared emission spectroscopy. Fe, C and C2 emission are observed with UV-Vis emission spectroscopy and the iron pentacarbonyl concentration is monitored with IR absorption spectroscopy. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is employed to study the nanotubes. Ropes of single-walled carbon nanotubes with a high degree of alignment have been observed in deposits for certain plasma conditions. This ordering occurs in the synthesis, without any post-production processing. Substantial quantities of nanotube containing material are produced at low pressure (50 Torr) due to the efficient c
In this paper we present an efficient method for smooth surface generation from unorganised points using NURBS. This is a preferred alternative to using triangular meshes, which are expensive to store, transmit, rende...
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The high porosity and uniform pore size provided by mesoporous oxide films offer interesting opportunities for MEMS devices that require low density and low thermal conductivity. This paper describes recent efforts at...
The high porosity and uniform pore size provided by mesoporous oxide films offer interesting opportunities for MEMS devices that require low density and low thermal conductivity. This paper describes recent efforts at adapting mesoporous films for MEMS fabrication. Mesoporous SiO2 and Al2O3 films were prepared using block copolymers as the structure-directing agents, leading to films which were 70% porous and < 5 nm surface roughness. A number of etchants were investigated and good etch selectivity was observed with both dry and wet systems. Micromachining methods were used to fabricate cantilevers, micro bridges and membranes.
A modified version of the Cu-depletion electrochemical framework was used to explain the metallurgical factor creating intergranular stress corrosion cracking susceptibility in two aged Al-Cu-Mg-Ag alloys, C415 and C4...
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A modified version of the Cu-depletion electrochemical framework was used to explain the metallurgical factor creating intergranular stress corrosion cracking susceptibility in two aged Al-Cu-Mg-Ag alloys, C415 and C416. This framework was also used to explain the increased resistance to intergranular stress corrosion cracking with over-aging. Susceptibility in the under-aged and T8 (peak-aged) conditions is consistent with the grain boundary Cu-depletion mechanism. Improvements in resistance of the T8 + thermal exposure of 5000 h at 225°F (T8+) compared to the T8 condition can be explained by depletion of Cu from solid solution therefore reducing the viability of a copper depleted zone framework and resultant preferential dissolution path along grain boundaries.
Summary form only given, as follows. Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are synthesized in a thermally non-equilibrium flow reactor, in which extreme molecular vibrational mode dis-equilibrium of the primary feeds...
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Summary form only given, as follows. Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are synthesized in a thermally non-equilibrium flow reactor, in which extreme molecular vibrational mode dis-equilibrium of the primary feedstock, carbon monoxide (CO) gas, is maintained by using a powerful and efficient CO gas laser. The CO molecules absorb the laser radiation on the lowest 10 vibrational transitions and transfer energy to high vibrational states by vibration-vibration energy exchange collisions. This leads to a highly non-equilibrium energy distribution in the CO, which provides enough energy for the carbon-producing CO disproportionation reaction to occur. The vibrationally excited CO reacts in the presence of metal catalysts to form, primarily, carbon dioxide and structured carbon molecules, notably SWNTs, in this continuous (non-batch) process. Iron pentacarbonyl is employed as the catalyst precursor, which dissociates in the plasma and subsequently forms small iron clusters. The influence of iron pentacarbonyl concentration on the quality of the nanotube material is investigated. Ropes of single-walled carbon nanotubes with a high degree of alignment have been observed in deposits created in the CO plasma without any post-production processing. A nanotube content of better than 50% is observed in the deposited material for certain synthesis conditions. At low pressure, substantial quantities of about 20 mg/hour of nanotube containing material are produced. The non-equilibrium synthesis process has been successfully scaled to high plasma pressures up to an atmosphere. We will present results on the production rate and purity of the nanotube containing material under these conditions. IR, visible and UV spectroscopy in the flow reactor has been used to control process parameters.
The effect of Ta addition on the martensitic transformation characteristics and the X-ray visibility on NiTi shape memory alloy have been studied in (Ni51Ti49)1-xTax system. It was found that the transformation temper...
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The effect of Ta addition on the martensitic transformation characteristics and the X-ray visibility on NiTi shape memory alloy have been studied in (Ni51Ti49)1-xTax system. It was found that the transformation temperatures of the Ni51Ti49 binary alloy increased drastically by an addition of 0~4 at. pet Ta, but only slightly when the concentration exceeded 4 at. pct; the addition of Ta greatly decreases the sensitivity of the martensitic transformations to the variation in the Ni-Ti ratio. The addition of Ta to the NiTi binary alloy can improve its X-ray visibility.
Natural vibration frequencies and modes of repetitive structures, including symmetric, periodic, linking structures, are considered in this work. By using the repetition of the identical parts, we reduce the eigenvalu...
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Natural vibration frequencies and modes of repetitive structures, including symmetric, periodic, linking structures, are considered in this work. By using the repetition of the identical parts, we reduce the eigenvalue problem of the structure to a set of eigenvalue problems of lower dimensions associated with the parts. Special forms and properties of the modes of natural vibrations are observed.
An acoustic boundary element method is formulated using the time-averaged intensity and mean-square pressure. A continuous distribution of uncorrelated broadband high frequency sources is used to represent the boundar...
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Lattice distortions, be they in the form of chemical and hydrostatic pressure in bulk or lattice mismatch between film and substrate, have significant effects on the transport as well as the magnetic properties of col...
Lattice distortions, be they in the form of chemical and hydrostatic pressure in bulk or lattice mismatch between film and substrate, have significant effects on the transport as well as the magnetic properties of colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) materials. We summarize here our results on tensilely and compressively strained La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (LSMO) thin films that indicate the important role of lattice distortions due to the lattice mismatch between the film and substrate. The strain due to lattice distortions can be used to tune the magnetic domain structure, magnetization, magnetic anisotropy and magnetotransport of LSMO thin films.
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