Thin films can be effectively described by the lubrication approximation, in which the equation of motion is ht+(hnhxxx)x=0. Here h is a necessarily positive quantity which represents the height or thickness of the fi...
Thin films can be effectively described by the lubrication approximation, in which the equation of motion is ht+(hnhxxx)x=0. Here h is a necessarily positive quantity which represents the height or thickness of the film. Different values of n, especially 1, 2, and 3 correspond to different physical situations. This equation permits solutions in the form of traveling disturbances with a fixed form. If u is the propagation velocity, the resulting equation for the disturbance is uhx=(hnhxxx)x. Here, quantitative and qualitative solutions to the equation are presented. The study has been limited to the intervals in x where the solutions are positive. It is found that transitions between different qualitative behaviors occur at n=3, 2, 3/2, and 1/2. For example, if u is not zero, solitonlike solutions defined on a finite interval are only possible for n<3. More specific results can be obtained. In the case in which the velocity is zero, solitons occur for n<2. For n=1, the region 3/21/2, single-minimum solutions diverging at ±∞ are possible. The generic solution, present for all positive values of n, is a receding front, which diverges at finite x for n<0.
Results of a numerical study of the dynamics of a collection of disks colliding inelastically in a periodic two-dimensional enclosure are presented. The properties of this system, which is perhaps the simplest model f...
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As the depth of focus of optical steppers grows smaller, it becomesmore important to determine the position of best focus accurately andquickly. This paper describes the use of phase-shifted mask technologyto form a f...
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The aerial image of alternative exposure systems was calculated in order to determine process latitude in photolithography at 0.25 μm and below. A fast software package was used for both simple and complex mask patte...
The aerial image of alternative exposure systems was calculated in order to determine process latitude in photolithography at 0.25 μm and below. A fast software package was used for both simple and complex mask patterns. The depth‐of‐focus (DOF) was obtained with the aid of exposure–defocus plots at 193 and 248 nm. The numerical aperture and degree of spatial coherence were varied over a wide range. The effects of annular illumination were also studied. It was shown that for most geometries the DOF at 193 nm exceeds that of 248‐nm systems. Only for equal lines and spaces does a 248‐nm tool with annular illumination possess a DOF comparable to that of a conventionally illuminated 193‐nm system.
Numerical simulation is used to model ion etching in trilayer lithography. The simulations are capable of capturing the evolution of the boundary between two materials as well as the physically observed phonemena reac...
Numerical simulation is used to model ion etching in trilayer lithography. The simulations are capable of capturing the evolution of the boundary between two materials as well as the physically observed phonemena reactive ion etching lag and undercutting. Numerical results are compared with experimental data and a good agreement is found except close to the material interface where the slope of the surface is large. This error is attributed to a purely energy dependent yield used in the simulations.
A series of benchmark tests was made to check the neutron nuclear data of main fissile nuclides (239Pu, 236U and 233U) of JENDL-3 for fast reactors. A total of nine critical assemblies were analyzed. They are assembli...
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A series of benchmark tests was made to check the neutron nuclear data of main fissile nuclides (239Pu, 236U and 233U) of JENDL-3 for fast reactors. A total of nine critical assemblies were analyzed. They are assemblies of single material, high enrichment and simple geometry with small volume and therefore suitable for nuclear data testing. Criticality calculation was made by ANISN with S16P5 using the VITAMIN-J 175-energy-group. Discussions are made on ken, spectral indices at core center and leakage spectra.
From the study, a problem was pointed out relating to the interpolation of secondary-neutron energy distributions for threshold reactions near the threshold energy point adopted in the original JENDL-3 and its remedy was proposed. By the benchmark tests of thus revised JENDL-3 (JENDL-3.1), it was shown that integral experiments for 239Pu and 235U cores were reproduced quite satisfactorily. On the contrary, it was revealed that large deviations for 233U cores from the experiment were due to uncertainties of the fission spectrum and the inelastic scattering cross sections, In the present work, sensitivity of "a" parameter (level density parameter) of Madland-Nix's fission spectrum formula to the integral data was extensively studied. Some recommendations are made to improve JENDL-3.1.
Surface area of a macromolecule, accessible to a solvent, is defined and calculated, taking into account the probabilistic character of atomic positions due to the high frequency atomic vibrations. For a given a space...
Surface area of a macromolecule, accessible to a solvent, is defined and calculated, taking into account the probabilistic character of atomic positions due to the high frequency atomic vibrations. For a given a space point, we consider a probability of the event, that this point is covered by a macromolecule. A volume is defined as a space integral of this probability field. The envelope, accessible to a solvent molecule center, becomes fuzzy, existing only in a probabilistic sense. The accessible area is defined as a derivative of the envelope volume with respect to the probe size. The accessible area thus defined has the advantage of being an analytic function of atomic coordinates and allows for an arbitrary (not necessarily spherical) probe geometry. Space integration is performed on a rectangular grid, using a third order Runge-Kutta integration scheme and the analytical subgrid averaging.
Four-Dimensional Simplicial Quantum Gravity is simulated using the dynamical triangulation approach. We studied simplicial manifolds of spherical topology and found the critical line for the cosmological constant as a...
Four-Dimensional Simplicial Quantum Gravity is simulated using the dynamical triangulation approach. We studied simplicial manifolds of spherical topology and found the critical line for the cosmological constant as a function of the gravitational one, separating the phases of opened and closed Universe. When the bare cosmological constant approaches this line from above, the four-volume grows: we reached about 5 x 10(4) simplexes, which proved to be sufficient for the statistical limit of infinite volume. However, for the genuine continuum theory of gravity, the parameters of the lattice model should be further adjusted to reach the second order phase transition point, where the correlation length grows to infinity. We varied the gravitational constant, and we found the first order phase transition, similar to the one found in three-dimensional model, except in 4D the fluctuations are rather large at the transition point, so that this is close to the second order phase transition. The average curvature in cutoff units is large and positive in one phase (gravity), and small negative in another (antigravity). We studied the fractal geometry of both phases, using the heavy particle propagator to define the geodesic map, as well as with the old approach using the shortest lattice paths. The heavy propagator geodesic appeared to be much smoother, so that the scaling laws were found, corresponding to finite fractal dimensions: D+ approximately 2.3 in the gravity phase and D- approximately 4.6 in the antigravity phase. Similar, but somewhat lower numbers were obtained from the heat kernel singularity. The influence of the alpha-R2 terms in 2, 3 and 4 dimensions is discussed.
The flow in a channel with its lower wall mounted with streamwise V-shaped riblets is simulated using a highly efficient spectral-element-Fourier method. The range of Reynolds numbers investigated is 500 to 4000, whic...
We examine the derivation of eddy-diffusivity equations for transport of passive scalars in a turbulent velocity field. Our main contention is that, in the long-time–large-distance limit, the eddy-diffusivity equatio...
We examine the derivation of eddy-diffusivity equations for transport of passive scalars in a turbulent velocity field. Our main contention is that, in the long-time–large-distance limit, the eddy-diffusivity equations can take very different forms according to the statistical properties of the subgrid velocity, and that these equations depend very sensitively on the interplay between spatial and temporal velocity fluctuations. Such crossovers can be represented in a ‘‘phase diagram’’ involving two relevant statistical parameters. Strikingly, the Kolmogorov-Obukhov statistical theory is shown to lie on a phase-transition boundary.
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