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Prediction of pressure drop in multiphase horizontal pipe flow
Empirical correlations were tested against reliable two phase pipe flow data for the prediction of pressure drop. Correlations are recommended for the prediction with stratified and annular type flows. When these correlations were adapted to three phase gaswater-oil pipe flow in general they predicted for intermittent slug type flows. Momentum balance models could not be successfully adapted to the prediction of pipe three phase pressure drop
Thermodynamic inequalities in superfluid
We investigate general thermodynamic stability conditions for the superfluid.
This analysis is performed in an extended space of thermodynamic variables
containing (along with the usual thermodynamic coordinates such as pressure and
temperature) superfluid velocity and momentum density. The stability conditions
lead to thermodynamic inequalities which replace the Landau superfluidity
criterion at finite temperatures.Comment: 7 pages, 1 figur
Quantum turbulence at finite temperature: the two-fluids cascade
To model isotropic homogeneous quantum turbulence in superfluid helium, we
have performed Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS) of two fluids (the normal
fluid and the superfluid) coupled by mutual friction. We have found evidence of
strong locking of superfluid and normal fluid along the turbulent cascade, from
the large scale structures where only one fluid is forced down to the vorticity
structures at small scales. We have determined the residual slip velocity
between the two fluids, and, for each fluid, the relative balance of inertial,
viscous and friction forces along the scales. Our calculations show that the
classical relation between energy injection and dissipation scale is not valid
in quantum turbulence, but we have been able to derive a temperature--dependent
superfluid analogous relation. Finally, we discuss our DNS results in terms of
the current understanding of quantum turbulence, including the value of the
effective kinematic viscosity
Direct measurement of quantum phase gradients in superfluid 4He flow
We report a new kind of experiment in which we generate a known superfluid
velocity in a straight tube and directly determine the phase difference across
the tube's ends using a superfluid matter wave interferometer. By so doing, we
quantitatively verify the relation between the superfluid velocity and the
phase gradient of the condensate macroscopic wave function. Within the
systematic error of the measurement (~10%) we find v_s=(hbar/m_4)*(grad phi)
Scattering of second sound waves by quantum vorticity
A new method of detection and measurement of quantum vorticity by scattering
second sound off quantized vortices in superfluid Helium is suggested.
Theoretical calculations of the relative amplitude of the scattered second
sound waves from a single quantum vortex, a vortex ring, and bulk vorticity are
presented. The relevant estimates show that an experimental verification of the
method is feasible. Moreover, it can even be used for the detection of a single
quantum vortex.Comment: Latex file, 9 page
Unraveling the Landau's consistence criterion and the meaning of interpenetration in the "Two-Fluid" Model
In this letter we show that it is possible to unravel both the physical
origin of the Landau's consistence criterion and the specific and subtle
meaning of interpenetration of the "two fluids" if one takes into account that
in the hydrodynamic regime one needs a coarse-graining in time to bring the
system into local equilibrium. That is, the fuzziness in time is relevant for
the phenomenological Landau's consistency criterion and the meaning of
interpenetration. Note also that we are not questioning the validity of the
"Two-Fluid" Model.Comment: 8 pages, affiliation added, typos corrected, final version published
in Eur. Phys. J.
Unexpected impact of D waves in low-energy neutral pion photoproduction from the proton and the extraction of multipoles
Contributions of waves to physical observables for neutral pion
photoproduction from the proton in the near-threshold region are studied and
means to isolate them are proposed. Various approaches to describe the
multipoles are employed
--a phenomenological one, a unitary one, and heavy baryon chiral perturbation
theory. The results of these approaches are compared and found to yield
essentially the same answers. waves are seen to enter together with
waves in a way that any means which attempt to obtain the multipole
accurately must rely on knowledge of waves and that consequently the latter
cannot be dismissed in analyses of low-energy pion photoproduction. It is shown
that waves have a significant impact on double-polarization observables
that can be measured. This importance of waves is due to the soft nature of
the wave and is a direct consequence of chiral symmetry and the
Nambu--Goldstone nature of the pion. -wave contributions are shown to be
negligible in the near-threshold region.Comment: 38 pages, 13 figures, 19 tables. Version to be published in Physical
Review
Kolmogorov spectrum of superfluid turbulence: numerical analysis of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation with the small scale dissipation
The energy spectrum of superfluid turbulence is studied numerically by
solving the Gross-Pitaevskii equation. We introduce the dissipation term which
works only in the scale smaller than the healing length, to remove short
wavelength excitations which may hinder the cascade process of quantized
vortices in the inertial range. The obtained energy spectrum is consistent with
the Kolmogorov law.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures and 1 table. Submitted to American Journal of
Physic
Shape deformations and angular momentum transfer in trapped Bose-Einstein condensates
Angular momentum can be transferred to a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate by
distorting its shape with an external rotating field, provided the rotational
frequency is larger than a critical frequency fixed by the energy and angular
momentum of the excited states of the system. By using the Gross-Pitaevskii
equation and sum rules, we explore the dependence of such a critical frequency
on the multipolarity of the excitations and the asymmetry of the confining
potential. We also discuss its possible relevance for vortex nucleation in
rotating traps.Comment: 4 pages revtex, 2 figures include
Vortex Waves in a Cloud of Bose Einstein - Condensed, Trapped Alkali - Metal Atoms
We consider the vortex state solution for a rotating cloud of trapped, Bose
Einstein - condensed alkali atoms and study finite temperature effects. We find
that thermally excited vortex waves can distort the vortex state significantly,
even at the very low temperatures relevant to the experiments.Comment: to appear in Phys. Rev.
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