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Simulation of valveless micropump and mode analysis
In this work, a 3-D simulation is performed to study for the solid-fluid
coupling effect driven by piezoelectric materials and utilizes asymmetric
obstacles to control the flow direction. The result of simulation is also
verified. For a micropump, it is crucial to find the optimal working frequency
which produce maximum net flow rate. The PZT plate vibrates under the first
mode, which is symmetric. Adjusting the working frequency, the maximum flow
rate can be obtained. For the micrpump we studied, the optimal working
frequency is 3.2K Hz. At higher working frequency, say 20K Hz, the fluid-solid
membrane may come out a intermediate mode, which is different from the first
mode and the second mode. It is observed that the center of the mode drifts.
Meanwhile, the result shows that a phase shift lagging when the excitation
force exists in the vibration response. Finally, at even higher working
frequency, say 30K Hz, a second vibration mode is observed.Comment: Submitted on behalf of EDA Publishing Association
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Investigation of empennage buffeting
Theoretical methods of predicting aircraft buffeting are reviewed. For the buffeting due to leading edge vortex breakdown, a method is developed to convert test data of mean square values of fluctuating normal force to buffeting vortex strength through an unsteady lifting-surface theory and unsteady suction analogy. The resulting buffeting vortex from the leading edge extension of an F-18 configuration is used to generate a fluctuating flow field which produces unsteady pressure distribution on the vertical tails. The root mean square values of root bending moment on the vertical tails are calculated for a rigid configuration
Efficient two-step entanglement concentration for arbitrary W states
We present two two-step practical entanglement concentration protocols (ECPs)
for concentrating an arbitrary three-particle less-entangled W state into a
maximally entangled W state assisted with single photons. The first protocol
uses the linear optics and the second protocol adopts the cross-Kerr
nonlinearity to perform the protocol. In the first protocol, based on the
post-selection principle, three parties say Alice, Bob and Charlie in different
distant locations can obtain the maximally entangled W state from the arbitrary
less-entangled W state with a certain success probability. In the second
protocol, it dose not require the parties to posses the sophisticated
single-photon detectors and the concentrated photon pair can be retained after
performing this protocol successfully. Moreover, the second protocol can be
repeated to get a higher success probability. Both protocols may be useful in
practical quantum information applications.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figure
Atomic oxygen effects on boron nitride and silicon nitride: A comparison of ground based and space flight data
The effects of atomic oxygen on boron nitride (BN) and silicon nitride (Si3N4) were evaluated in a low Earth orbit (LEO) flight experiment and in a ground based simulation facility. In both the inflight and ground based experiments, these materials were coated on thin (approx. 250A) silver films, and the electrical resistance of the silver was measured in situ to detect any penetration of atomic oxygen through the BN and Si3N4 materials. In the presence of atomic oxygen, silver oxidizes to form silver oxide, which has a much higher electrical resistance than pure silver. Permeation of atomic oxygen through BN, as indicated by an increase in the electrical resistance of the silver underneath, was observed in both the inflight and ground based experiments. In contrast, no permeation of atomic oxygen through Si3N4 was observed in either the inflight or ground based experiments. The ground based results show good qualitative correlation with the LEO flight results, indicating that ground based facilities such as the one at Los Alamos National Lab can reproduce space flight data from LEO
A comparison of ground-based and space flight data: Atomic oxygen reactions with boron nitride and silicon nitride
The effects of atomic oxygen on boron nitride (BN) and silicon nitride (Si3N4) have been studied in low Earth orbit (LEO) flight experiments and in a ground-based simulation facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Both the in-flight and ground-based experiments employed the materials coated over thin (approx 250 Angstrom) silver films whose electrical resistance was measured in situ to detect penetration of atomic oxygen through the BN and Si3N4 materials. In the presence of atomic oxygen, silver oxidizes to form silver oxide, which has a much higher electrical resistance than pure silver. Permeation of atomic oxygen through BN, as indicated by an increase in the electrical resistance of the silver underneath, was observed in both the in-flight and ground-based experiments. In contrast, no permeation of atomic oxygen through Si3N4 was observed in either the in-flight or ground-based experiments. The ground-based results show good qualitative correlation with the LEO flight results, thus validating the simulation fidelity of the ground-based facility in terms of reproducing LEO flight results
Electromagnetic manipulation for anti-Zeno effect in an engineered quantum tunneling process
We investigate the quantum Zeno and anti-Zeno effects for the irreversible
quantum tunneling from a quantum dot to a ring array of quantum dots. By
modeling the total system with the Anderson-Fano-Lee model, it is found that
the transition from the quantum Zeno effect to quantum anti-Zeno effect can
happen as the magnetic flux and the gate voltage were adjusted.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
Study of intermixing in a GaAs/AlGaAs quantum-well structure using doped spin-on silica layers
The effect of two different dopants, P and Ga, in spin-on glass (SOG) films on impurity-free vacancy disordering (IFVD) in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum-well structures has been investigated. It is observed that by varying the annealing and baking temperatures, P-doped SOG films created a similar amount of intermixing as the undoped SOG films. This is different from the results of other studies of P-doped SiOâ‚‚ and is ascribed to the low doping concentration of P, indicating that the doping concentration of P in the SiOâ‚‚ layer is one of the key parameters that may control intermixing. On the other hand, for all the samples encapsulated with Ga-doped SOG layers, significant suppression of the intermixing was observed, making them very promising candidates with which to achieve the selective-area defect engineering that is required for any successful application of IFVD.One of the authors (H.H.T.) acknowledges a fellowship
awarded to him by the Australian Research Council
Phonon quarticity induced by changes in phonon-tracked hybridization during lattice expansion and its stabilization of rutile TiO
Although the rutile structure of TiO is stable at high temperatures, the
conventional quasiharmonic approximation predicts that several acoustic phonons
decrease anomalously to zero frequency with thermal expansion, incorrectly
predicting a structural collapse at temperatures well below 1000\,K. Inelastic
neutron scattering was used to measure the temperature dependence of the phonon
density of states (DOS) of rutile TiO from 300 to 1373\,K. Surprisingly,
these anomalous acoustic phonons were found to increase in frequency with
temperature. First-principles calculations showed that with lattice expansion,
the potentials for the anomalous acoustic phonons transform from quadratic to
quartic, stabilizing the rutile phase at high temperatures. In these modes, the
vibrational displacements of adjacent Ti and O atoms cause variations in
hybridization of electrons of Ti and electrons of O atoms. With
thermal expansion, the energy variation in this "phonon-tracked hybridization"
flattens the bottom of the interatomic potential well between Ti and O atoms,
and induces a quarticity in the phonon potential.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures, supplemental material (3 figures
Variable Rate Fertilization for Maize and its Effects Based on the Site-specific Soil Fertility and Yield
The experiments of variable rate fertilization (VRF) for maize were carried out by using a VRF system that was designed and manufactured by us. In the studies, prescriptions of VRT were made for maize according to the nutrient levels in soil and the theory of yield goal. The results of this study have shown that VRF increased maize yield by 11% more in 2004 than that of conventional method of fertilization and 33% in 2005, and the application rate was saved by 32% in 2004 and 29% in 2005. In addition to higher yields, VRF also increased the cost-benefit ratio under the condition of reasonable rate of fertilizer application
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