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Leak-rate of seals: effective medium theory and comparison with experiment
Seals are extremely useful devices to prevent fluid leakage. We present an
effective medium theory of the leak-rate of rubber seals, which is based on a
recently developed contact mechanics theory. We compare the theory with
experimental results for seals consisting of silicon rubber in contact with
sandpaper and sand-blasted PMMA surfaces.Comment: 8 pages, 11 figure
Relationship between ferroelectricity and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in multiferroics and the effect of bond-bending
We studied the microscopic mechanism of multiferroics, in particular with the
"spin current" model (Hosho Katsura, Naoto Nagaosa and Aleander V. Balatsky,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 057205 (2005)). Starting from a system with helical spin
configuration, we solved for the forms of the electron wave functions and
analyzed their characteristics. The relation between ferroelectricity and
Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (I. Dzyaloshinskii, J. Phys. Chem. Solids 4,
241 (1958) and T. Moriya, Phys. Rev. 120, 91 (1960)) is clearly established.
There is also a simple relation between the electric polarization and the wave
vector of magnetic orders. Finally, we show that the bond-bending exists in
transition metal oxides can enhance ferroelectricity.Comment: 14 pages, 3 figures. acceptby Physical Review
On the dependence of the leak-rate of seals on the skewness of the surface height probability distribution
Seals are extremely useful devices to prevent fluid leakage. We present
experimental result which show that the leak-rate of seals depend sensitively
on the skewness in the height probability distribution. The experimental data
are analyzed using the critical-junction theory. We show that using the
top-power spectrum result in good agreement between theory and experiment.Comment: 5 pages, 9 figure
Statistics of the General Circulation from Cumulant Expansions
Large-scale atmospheric flows may not be so nonlinear as to preclude their
statistical description by systematic expansions in cumulants. I extend
previous work by examining a two-layer baroclinic model of the general
circulation. The fixed point of the cumulant expansion describes the
statistically steady state of the out-of-equilibrium model. Equal-time
statistics so obtained agree well with those accumulated by direct numerical
simulation.Comment: 1 page paper with 4 figures that accompanies one of the winning
entries in the APS gallery of nonlinear images competitio
Heat transfer between elastic solids with randomly rough surfaces
We study the heat transfer between elastic solids with randomly rough
surfaces. We include both the heat transfer from the area of real contact, and
the heat transfer between the surfaces in the noncontact regions. We apply a
recently developed contact mechanics theory, which accounts for the
hierarchical nature of the contact between solids with roughness on many
different length scales. For elastic contact, at the highest (atomic)
resolution the area of real contact typically consists of atomic (nanometer)
sized regions, and we discuss the implications of this for the heat transfer.
For solids with very smooth surfaces, as is typical in many modern engineering
applications, the interfacial separation in the non-contact regions will be
very small, and for this case we show the importance of the radiative heat
transfer associated with the evanescent electromagnetic waves which exist
outside of all bodies.Comment: 23 pages, 19 figure
Space shuttle active-pogo-suppressor control design using linear quadratic regulator techniques
Two methods of active pogo suppression (stabilization) for the space shuttle vehicle were studied analytically. The basis for both approaches was the linear quadratic regulator, state space technique. The first approach minimized root-mean-square pump inlet pressure by using either fullstate feedback, partial-state feedback, or output feedback with a Kalman filter. The second approach increased the modal damping associated with the critical structural modes by using either full-state feedback or reconstructed state feedback. A number of implementable controls were found by both approaches. The designs were analyzed with respect to sensitivity, complexity, and controller energy requirements, as well as controller performance. Practical controllers resulting from the two design approaches tended to use pressure and flow as feedback variables for the minimum-rms method and structural accelerations or velocities for the modal control method. Both approaches are suitable for the design of active pogo-suppression controllers
Ventilation of double facades
This paper deals with the development and thetesting of a simulation algorithm for the temperaturebehaviour and the flow characteristics of doublefaçades. It has been developed in order to obtain atool which enables the energy consultant to makequick design decisions without being required to usefairly complicated CFD tools.In order to determine the degree of accuracy of thealgorithm, a double façade has been monitored undercontrolled conditions and the results have beencompared against the predicted values for severaldesign situations. The resulting inaccuracy in somecases can be traced back to how the flow resistanceof various geometries are modelled. This paper deals with the development and thetesting of a simulation algorithm for the temperaturebehaviour and the flow characteristics of doublefaçades. It has been developed in order to obtain atool which enables the energy consultant to makequick design decisions without being required to usefairly complicated CFD tools.In order to determine the degree of accuracy of thealgorithm, a double façade has been monitored undercontrolled conditions and the results have beencompared against the predicted values for severaldesign situations. The resulting inaccuracy in somecases can be traced back to how the flow resistanceof various geometries are modelled
Ferroelectricity in perovskite and
Ferroelectricity is observed in orthorhombic and at the
magnetic lock-in transitions into an E-type structure or an incommensurate
phase with a temperature independent wave vector, respectively. In
the ferroelectric polarization strongly depends on the external magnetic field
indicating the involvement of the rare earth moment order in this compound. The
results are discussed within the framework of recent theoretical models, in
particular the double exchange driven polar displacements predicted for E-type
magnetic structures.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
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